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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
2
The committee reports an appropriation of BL V27.00 for the Hiltners and the Mississippi canal. If approved, funds will advance the engineers design years in the making. Within four years the project aims to secure the necessary right of way and accelerate construction activity.
Local notes from Colona Illinois report Wallace Burton visiting relatives and a child return to school. Rev S H Wead attends Methodist service next Sunday. Miss Nelia Grassau returns from Hillsdale. The jury verdict favors the Hart brothers in the Colona ferry suit. Attorneys Wood and Meese of Moline appear.
Brooklyn readers hear a testimonial praising Ely Bros Cream Balm for curing obstinate head cold in under four hours after symptoms began. Notice lists price 50 cents full size and 10 cents trial, with mail option from Ely Bros Warren Street New York City. The piece also notes Arnold's Fun Makers disbanding after a fire loss and police escort following a dispute over pay.
A note on the extent of linguistic diversity within the Russian Empire reveals that sixty languages are spoken across its territories, reflecting the vast ethnolinguistic landscape under czarist governance.
City officials plan to extend blue line streetcar tracks west on Fifth Avenue to Thirteenth Street then north to Fourth Avenue to reduce dangerous track proximity to railroads. A committee will confer with railway officials, while fire safety and building code reforms seek more exits and separate heating locations.
B W Orton and Pat Howard, inmates jailed for vagabondage, escaped Monday afternoon from the county jail yard during a work detail near the court house. They bolted when Deputy Hull was distracted, leaving their overcoats behind.
August Guldenpfennig of Zuma and Laura Hoffstetter of Hampton were married at Grace Lutheran church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The ceremony was led by the Rev. J. L. Murphy and witnessed by a small group of country and city friends. The groom is a farmer in Zuma township.
Local ad touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as the best remedy for oats bruises sores ulcers salt rhaum fever sords totter Shaped handa chil blains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box sold by Wm Clendenin.
A castle scene unfolds with the Duchess demanding entry for her son and a guest. An attendant announces a visitor bearing an American wife and a purse large enough to settle the family debts. The Duchess orders admission of both the son and the purse holder.
Factories in the city are operating in tents to fill as many orders as possible as indicated by current conditions. The improvised layout aims to sustain production despite challenges.
The will of Edwin G Nourse, the civil engineer killed last fall at the Crescent bridge, was probated. Dated July 17, 1897, at Winona Minnesota, it leaves Horatio G. Nourse three thousand dollars and property in Winona and Moline. Emma E. Nourse receives the remainder of the estate and the land in Moline township.
A petit jury was drawn for the county court term beginning March 8. The panel includes Mack Hawk, George Halmer, Bowling A J Freeburg, John, Martin, Robert Hulaght, Buffalo Prairie Chas Thomas, Cordova Chas Williams, Coal Valley John Johnson, Drury Wm Ryan, Meline A Abraham John Day F C Gripp H He Parks Henry Teneke C Anderson C A Meline William Clendenin Fred Bergston Fred Gill We Copover John A Heldt August Anderson H M Reynolds Rock Island C We Negus Herman Doerring Wm Robb QM Rauch B E McKown A Studer John Raithel Dan Oberg. Turner Hall gathering for a local Federal Labor union in Rock Island faced low attendance due to Sunday weather. Despite that, organizers pushed to proceed. Organizer Moorehouse stressed benefits of unity among laborers, citing Moline’s success resisting unjust demands and establishing wage peace. He noted disputes within No. 454 caused by political manipulation by a faction of a dozen men who disrupted a recent meeting by intimidation. The insurgents deprived the official of keys and office items but records were recovered. President Gomperk plans to reconvene the Moline union soon to counteract wreckers. Officers elected: President M M Battles, Vice President J E Larkin, Corresponding and Financial Secretary W H Choe, Treasurer B F De Gear.
C H Foster of Clinton tested how long a letter takes to circle the globe. Sent March 10 to himself via Calcutta India with a note to forward to Honolulu, the letter returned Dec 20 after a nine month voyage. Calcutta stamp shows April 21, Honolulu June 3, consul keep Dec 6, Hawaii postmark Dec 7. Net round-the-world time: four months seven days.
Two young men wandered the capitol area when a stranger offered to show the city. The pair discussed using an elevator after deciding stairs were not needed, ending with a disagreement about the preferred ascent method.
A collision of two C B and Q freight trains east of Hillsdale derailed three engines and multiple cars in a snowy morning crash. Engineers and firemen jumped to safety after a misunderstanding of orders and the storm reduced visibility. Injuries include scalp and throat wounds, ankle sprains, and facial injuries but none life threatening. Rock Island received the injured. a relief train with doctors assisted. Kata Beckman wins a Happy Days coupon contest.
From Governor Tanner's office, General Clendenin telegraphs he can form a full regiment in Rock Island county within forty eight hours if given permission. He is ex commander of the Illinois National Guard Third brigade and asserts readiness. His cousin Captain Paul Clendenin, a surgeon at Key West, is ordered to Havana.
A consignment of 29 sacks containing 3 400 volumes was received for Wm Butterworth of this city from the library of the late Majoron Batterworth. The collection, among the best patent law libraries, will become part of his estate. Mr and Mrs Wm Batterworth plan to return to Moline next week. The state board of charities selects counties to send insane to Western Illinois Hospital at Watertown. The list includes Knox Warren Henderson Merver Henry Stark Rock Island Whiteside Carroll Jo Daviess. Governor to proclaim the apportionment. D C Daggett sold his interest in Atkinson Park to J W Atkinson.
The Modern Woodsmen order will not accept new members planning to travel to the Klondike citing hazards and pledging a clause to bar members who expose themselves to the northern country. Existing members may go, but new applicants will be restricted. about seven hundred applications are expected to be affected.
Sidney Steenbechte formerly a pattern maker at SeeHjer Carriage Co has accepted a superintendent role at Vulcan Play Works in Evansville Ind He will report for duty Sunday evening and plans to move his family there this spring.
The text outlines the career of a Green Mountain State governor born in Canada who lived in Vermont since childhood. It covers his Civil War service in Co. I large regiment cavalry rising to major, wartime wounds, law career, and lengthy Vermont legislature tenure including Speaker and Senator. It concludes with an endorsement of Paine's celery compound as a health remedy and a general health-advice pitch.
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