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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
8
The city council is to consider formal action on new building plans submitted in writing. Proposals include paving improvements on East Seventeenth Street and surrounding streets, with a site near Park and West avenues to be upgraded. The measure outlines timelines for board action and potential construction steps contingent on approvals.
Excerpts from Taft's Lincoln Day address in New York City focus on tariff revision difficulties and the impact on producers. The president argues changes affect schedules and revenues, with woolens and luxuries receiving varied treatment under the proposed plan.
The Rock Island Frisco reorganization creates the Consolidated Mining Coal Co to own and market output from about 31 000 acres in Franklin and Sullivan counties Indiana plus 6 800 Illinois acres The firm retains four active mines along Evansville Terre Haute and Southern Indiana railways with three more Indiana mines ready for development Improvements and production are planned in Franklin county fields along four rail lines with strong transport links The company names H A Mudrae Carl Scholz F Nav and G H Crosby as executives all tied to the Rock Island network
The old storekeeper jokes that many nearby men are captains. A passerby replies there are many captains among them except those in industry, as noted in the Louisville Post.
Reports from the Smith-Hippen Grain Co show fifty thousand bushels in the canal elevator and more in farm bins awaiting space. Officials expect further elevators along the feeder and main lines as canal use grows, though current traffic remains local due to lack of termini and no link to Chicago.
Clyde West is arrested on larceny charges after he entered a store, misled clerks with the name Arthur Johnson, and carried away a cape. Police later linked him to a missing cape, a rifle bought and not paid for, and a pair of shoes, with another suspect named Harry Johnson involved in the rifle case. West admits taking items and is said to have friends trying to help.
Fire thought to start from a defective chimney damaged the I L Kerr boarding and rooming house at 1708 Fourth Avenue, with losses in the hundreds of dollars for roof and water damage. Insurances total 4000 on house and furniture. Central and No 3 fire brigades fought the blaze after the alarm from box No 88.
Ferguson county superintendent pushes plans to establish an experimental station near Milan and to run annual corn exhibits in every township. Prizes will target boys for best corn, with at least two prizes per township to spark interest and raise awareness of agricultural experts. He seeks campus cooperation and land offers as support grows.
A humorous exchange features a teacher asking who is the greatest inventor and a pupil responding Pat Pending, noting the name appears on many inventions. The quip plays on a pun about pending patents and recognition in invention.
R H Graham post No 312 of the Grand Army of the Republic adopted resolutions February 4 opposing statues of disloyal figures in the Washington Hall of Fame. A committee drafted the resolutions, now sent to Washington with copies to Representative James McKinney and Senator William Lorimer.
Fred Long retires as timekeeper after thirteen years with the Moline Plow Co. He served nine years in that role. William H Breed of Rock Island is named successor and has already assumed duties as assistant cashier. Breed takes over duties as timekeeper transition underway.
Mrs. Brown explains she buys duplicates of all mechanical toys to replace lost ones and to keep Mr Brown able to wind them and demonstrate operation for the children, ensuring toys remain complete even after breakage. The neighbor asks about the motive and Mrs. Brown clarifies the plan.
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