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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
6
A garbled report notes Major Ricke sent to Detroit post and Major Keller arriving at Rock Island as engineer connected with Detroit station. The fragment mentions ships, rails, and a Mayet Kat event, with unclear details about assignments and dates.
Fragmented OCR text discusses merchant marine subsidies and steamship policy. It references price, subsidies, bids by steamship companies, and the idea of lowering costs by outsourcing to the lowest bidder. It also mentions the late Nelson Dingley and concerns about monopolies and trusts.
A classroom exchange pairs Lincoln and Washington birthdays with lessons about February birthdates. A student jokes that there isn’t room for more February births, prompting the judge to weigh in on the remark.
The nationwide cost of waste and fraud in the American economy is substantial, with annual losses running into billions. The Washington Post reports that producers and consumers bear the brunt of these inefficiencies and misallocations.
The Moline Observatory No 1 North Star Benefit association held a program Tuesday in Turner hall to honor a retiring chief and install new officers elected last month. Officers named include Peter Olson as Chief, C Vo Swan gon as Assistant, George Potandee as Treasurer, John A Swansen as Recomender, John OG as Director, Flotow Jonuson as Director, and Peter Gason as CPO. About 100 attendees from the association and friends attended the event and a musical program followed.
An experienced Rock Island County figure is appointed distant deputy for five counties in the Modern Woodmen of America. He resigns from prior posts to join the order and brings years of active service in rural Illinois counties. The new role aims to expand dep u ties and elevate recognition within the fraternity.
Walshes builders seek city consent to enter Rock Island on Fifth avenue with electric trains from Fifth to Seventh street then north to First avenue and east to Twentieth street. Petition circulates for property owners and council approval before construction.
Robert J Zentgraf, a young Missouri man jailed in Muscatine on suspicion of insanity, has been committed to Watertown hospital. He claimed stock ownership in Tri City Street Railway Co and refused fares, citing perpetual motion discovery. was found wandering in Muscatine last week and taken into custody.
A man named Henry was seen pushing a baby carriage near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore while reading a book. A woman on a nearby balcony called him, and about an hour later she told him the doll had been the baby all afternoon, and it was time for a turn.
Edna Freymann 65 of Rock Island died at St Anthony's hospital after being accidentally pushed into an unscreened fireplace by her sister while playing in a home room. She suffered severe burns to her face and upper body and died next morning. She is survived by her parents three sisters and one brother.
A compilation of property transfers shows multiple parcels moved among individuals and companies in East Moline, Rock Island, and Moline. Buyers include Chas H Pope, Batley, Charlies Sharpe, Edmond Murphy, Ida Morrissette, James Davis, George Jordan, Thos Convill, Fred Shull, Emil Warnecke, Bertha Cramer, Elizabeth Senn, Rosey Reimer, Edna Mitchell, Edward Bauerefeld, Harley King, Jos Murphy, Geof Gamble, ID A Hanner et al, Fab Brandt, Louis Rasmussen, Chas Kreps, Fredk Contach, Jacob Brandmeyer, Christian Hansen, John Camwell, P H Weassell, Everett Wheelock, Miller & Bundeen, Carl Schmacht, Meyer Taxman, and others. prices range from $1 to $7500, with parcels including blocks and additions such as Daebellehn’s, Schubert & Fluegel’s, Town of Reynolds, and Gen Rodman’s.
The Tri City Railway and Light Co. announces annual figures for year ended 1909 compared with 1908. Gross receipts totaled 2014068, up 209334. operating expenses were 1136423, up 62000. net earnings reached 877635, up 146734. surplus 413442, up 122691.
The newly chartered Merchants and Mechanics Bank in the Ford building on Fifteenth street has elected directors M Beal A Berglund P Styvaert M Magill 8 Kite Gibbon H Efflandt N Lage F Viertch B F Peek J P Pearson Chas Goldstein F H Gluesing G W Crampton H O W Plambeck A L Moore The officers include President Dr A M Beal Vice President James P Pearson Cashier H F Vierich Assistant Cashier R M Johnson Contract for bank furnishings not yet let. capital of 100 000 oversubscribed. State Savings Bank and Trust Co increases surplus by 6000 to 40000.
A fire started by a furnace register in an upstairs room of My and Mrs T H Paul at 1629 Fifteenth avenue caused $200 in losses. Snow on the roof helped save the house as flames spread from the father J G Sholes’s bedroom to the attic before discovery. Mrs Paul raised the alarm after smelling smoke and shuttering doors. Sholes rescued clothes and papers while paintings by his wife were destroyed. Firemen extinguished the blaze after a ceiling breach and the incident was insured.
J P ONeill owner of a saloon faced a Sunday closing charge after a patrolman found the rear door ajar while the saloon was dispensing beverages. ONeill paid a fine of 51 dollars and 80 cents, the minimum for a first offense under the Sunday closing ordinance.
Elizabeth A Anderberg Wheelock died after a nine month cancer illness at her home 1547 Twenty fourth avenue Chicago hospital operation July brought brief relief then relapse. She was born August 12 1870 in St Louis and married October 10 1891 to Fred Wheelock now survived by daughter Mrs George Roman Chicago and siblings J N Olson Violet Thompson O Anderberg J S Anderberg and father G A Anderberg Riverside cemetery burial. The service for Robert Bennet was held 230 Saturday at 1617 Sixth Avenue with Graham post in attendance.
Gust Ed and Sons unite with Robert Ed to form Gust Ed Construction Co. They bid for No 4 fire station and plan offices March 1 on Sixteenth Street. Robert Ed notes two years as independent contractor with projects including Manual Arts building and city hospital addition.
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