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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
1
Wm F Axtman buys the Moline Republican and will launch editorial leadership next Monday. He has Davenport roots and Omaha experience, planning independent politics with a partner and moving his family to the city. The sale price is not disclosed.
Evening Dispatch reports strong likelihood that Rev Gilman Parker will resign as pastor of the First Baptist Church. At a church meeting a pledge shortage prompted trustees to propose salary cuts or choir dismissal, but the church voted to maintain Parker’s pay. Parker, who has drawn calls from other churches, is credited with reviving the Moline church and expanding its membership.
Rumor of Rev J C H Reed leaving Grand Island with Miss Lottie Zediker spreads nationwide. Reed resigns from First Baptist and plans to pastor in Rock Island while Zediker and family move to Moline. The tale fuels libel talk as details shift between Omaha Bee and Chicago Tribune reports.
Judge Adams returns from the south to oversee a busy Rock Island week. A baby show at the industrial fair draws 30 entrants with Jerome O Connor winning. A dynamite blast damages property on Fourth Avenue and shakes nearby residents. The library extends access for non residents at 150 per six months. A new anti Catholic newspaper may appear mid March. Local obituaries and deaths are reported along with several court sentences for larceny and concealed weapons. Local unions discuss the nine hour day and wage rates for carpenters and bricklayers.
The Rock Island Argus reports Col J M Whittemore will take a year long leave of absence from the army after resigning his Rock Island Arsenal command. Gen Flagler is expected to appoint a successor with Maj Shaler or Maj McKee among likely choices. The community, longtime admirers, will miss his leadership at the post. Walter Bilack, hotel clerk, elopes with J Snyder's daughter and plans a two month wedding trip to Janesville and Chicago before returning to marry in Wisconsin.
Memorial service is planned next Sunday at 2 30 pm in Knowles Hall in memory of Wm Wecumsech with an impressive program of exercises. Probate notes list final accounts and probate actions for multiple estates including Wilhelmina Korppen John Cowden Eli Gambrel and others with guardianship and administrator proceedings in LaSalle County Illinois estate matters.
Judge Glenn Fearing hears the demurrer in the Moline YMCA case Moulton Knowles and heirs of Dr Knowles vs John M Gould and others. Defendants contest action right and the argument extends through the week with Pleasants and Lewis for the plaintiffs and Wilkinson Dunham Browning and Butrick for the defense.
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