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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
2
The Rosenstein block at 5th and 15th changes hands for 85 000 dollars. The purchaser plans a home for State Bank or a similar institution. The first floor is described as destined for occupancy by State Savings Bank and Trust Co.
An attorney Gentoo Davenport faces embezzlement charges involving $5000 from the Quinn estate. He waived preliminary hearing and was held by the grand jury in bonds set at $260. McCarthy signed his bond and he was released. A meeting of Moline Ferry stockholders resulted in a capital increase from $20,000 to $50,000. the change was filed with state and county offices. The notice is dated February 46, 2010, in Moline Illinois.
A fragment lists property items and valuations totaling 12 million for state institutions. The text includes inventories of clothing bedding medicine stock and various livestock as part of a budgetary record. A civic event note mentions Governor Charles Deneen accepting an invitation to speak at the Rock Island club banquet on February 12.
George D Reynolds asked the Moline Civic Improvement Commission for aid to establish a local factory for gearcutting and automatic screw driving machines under Reynolds Mathide Co. The commission agreed to study the plan and to raise 2000 dollars by popular subscription, while Reynolds aims to expand manufacturing at the Marine Fool plant and push sales in the United States and abroad.
Officers of the Tri-City Manufacturers association were installed Tuesday night at a well attended meeting in the association rooms of the Moline theatre building. Following installation an informal reception was held and a meal was served. Attending members hailed from Moline and Rock Island.
Davenport and Bettendorf attendees wrapped the session at midnight after a long get-together. C R Stephens, retiring president, praised the association’s growth and role in attracting industries to improve the three cities. William Butterworth was elected president and urged standardizing principles benefiting capital and labor. New vice presidents are G A Stephens Moline James Lardner Rock Island and Wilson McClelland Davenport.
Joshua Dillon, born in 1829 in Ohio, dies at his Rock Island home after a nine day illness of paralysis of the brain. A Civil War veteran and longtime church worker, he lived in the county’s upper end and later in Rock Island. Survived by widow, eleven children, fourteen grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. funeral at Hilladal Church with burial in Bethesda Cemetery.
Yeggmen blew open the vault of the EFE Rogers Son Bank in Port Byron on a Tuesday night escaping with between 6000 dollars and 6000 in paper currency gold and silver. They used nitro glycerin to force four doors and fled toward a Milwaukee handcar abandoned at Water town. Investigators link the raid to a prior 1907 Port Byron robbery and left few clues besides tools from a blacksmith shop.
The Rock Island Plow Co seeks closing of certain streets to build a new plant while the Rock Island Southern demands a right of way on Fleet Avenue to reach the business district. At a council meeting both sides pressed for action with remonstrances and possible condemnation talks. Property owners oppose granting the street right of way on Fleet Avenue and suggest alternate routes via Fifth Avenue Mill Street Seventeenth Street to First Avenue and east to Twentieth Street.
February transfers show multiple parcels changing hands across Silvis East Moline Rock Island and Reynolds county. Notable deeds include Henry Btoneberg to Simmon family for lot 20 block 14 Firat addition Silvis and Moline Trust and Savings Bank quitting to John D Johnson for Acme addition lot 24 block 3. Values range from 1000 to 5600 dollars with numerous additions and quit claim actions.
Deere & Co annual statement shows 1909 year end insurance funds totaling 10 322 0 with 8 551 57 balance and 13 873 77 received from shop employees and the company. The plan provides sick benefits medical service and permanent injury coverage while a separate pension system covers retirees. There are about 25 veterans on pension roll.
In Drury township farmers report wolves causing heavy livestock losses this winter. Eugene Smith leads bounties with 174 dollars earned from eight scalps, including a 15 year old amber wolf. A large pack from unknown origin is blamed for extensive depredations on sheep and goats.
A clipped or fragmented notice reports Cleone Sandstrom is very ill at City Hospital with a general health breakdown and serious complications. The text is dialogic and garbled, mentioning concern for recovery and unclear surrounding commentary.
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