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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
1
An article reports a plan to erect housing near the arsenal to accommodate newcomer workers. Capitalist investigations lead to proposals for additional workers and refurbished residences, with a focus on supplying homes for machinists and other laborers.
The Business Men's association met at the city building, with a large turnout, to hear updates on railroad and river projects. Reports touched on amendments to a new constitution, potential Peoria road trains via this city, and plans to attract factories while addressing a housing shortage for new workers.
The council voted to send 12.50 to the Mississippi River Improvement Association, half the city’s assessment, while the city would cover the other half. A committee was reappointed to petition Congress for a continuous six-foot Mississippi channel and the meeting adjourned after a brief debate on new business, with the telephone issue noted as defaulted.
Morris Illinois Post recalls fifty years since the Rock Island line reached a stopping point near Joliet. A simple train with engine and cars arrived around noon after a slow run, watched by several schoolboys led by 16 year old William Kerns who helped push the train to start.
Galesburg urged to study Moline methods after a Dispatch article praises Moline for rapid industrial expansion. It notes 174000 in factory buildings over two years, 7000 factory workers, wages rising by 65400, and a large carriage factory, with many new structures, showing Moline’s leading, bustling business scene.
A Swedish special commissioner reports seven million dollars are required to avert starvation in northern districts where famine grips. Only two hundred thousand has been sent as disease spreads from cattle fed on willow and aspen. He fears the region may not recover for years as 1,600 carloads have shipped north to aid victims.
Southbound Burlington No 48 wrecked five miles northeast of Alton after rails spread. Engineer Horn killed. mail clerk Mitchell of Rock Island badly injured with leg crushed. baggage master Pollard and conductor Pollard bruised. Conductor Pollard crawled two miles to summon help. four others injured lightly as two cars toppled.
A. H. Mertz, famed exposer of municipal rings, plans a two week launch of a twenty page pamphlet targeting Davenport Rock Island and Moline. He predicts jail again, claiming eight prior imprisonments for exposing corruption. He vows to expose city county rings and associated vices with biweekly issues.
Earl Finley and Phoebe Dunker of Andalusia received a marriage license. Lane N. and Genevieve C. Halpin of Dubuque, Iowa were also issued licenses.
A Clinton woman, Mrs. Hackerman, visiting her sister in Albany Whiteside county, attempted suicide by arsenic after taking her three year old son from her husband. Physicians saved her after a day of suffering and she recovered.
A note to E B Keator from Mrs Agnes Anderson of Los Angeles reports the death of her father David Keator of Santa Ana California on Saturday January 10. A longtime resident of this city he was active in civic and church life. He left town about 1887 for health reasons and was 76 on Thanksgiving day. He was a cousin of J B Keator of this city. His widow son and daughter survive.
A new stamping machine at the Moline post office cancelled about 1,003,000 stamps since installation, from Sept 15 to Jan 15, showing rising letter activity. The record excludes bulky factory advertising, which must be hand stamped, with outgoing mail similarly estimated. Postmaster McKinley pushes for a carrier to Walker Station and Natick yards as sidewalks and lighting improve district accessibility.
At the Moline Plow Co Employes Aid association meeting officials deferred action on a plan to oppose the new physicians fee bill. Several options were discussed including a fixed salary plan funded by member assessments and a 4 per year option granting limited visits, or a monthly 60 cent levy to cover medicines and hospital care. The group reported receipts of 2604.89 and benefits of 2018.44 with a 491.48 balance, the best year yet.
Moliner is chosen to serve another term as lieutenant governor after a tight contest defeating Majo Tourtellot. The election results reflect local support for continuity in leadership and governance.
Colonel Foster and Major Channon retained commands in the Sixth Regiment while Major Tourtellot won promotion in the Third Battalion amid contested votes. The election, marked by a banquet, reaffirms leadership as the Paris Company undergoes changes ordered by the adjutant general, prompting community reactions and debate.
Stockholders elected directors for the Rock Island National Bank with reelections listed including D. Mudge HH Cleaveland Eo Sweeney C L Walker Frederick Weyerhaeuser J H Wilson O Schmitt Mrs F Robinson H E Castleel They will meet next Monday to name officers. Peoples National Bank also elected directors F C A Denkmann Frederick Weyerhaeuser Joseph Rosenfield George Wagner Huber C Hellpeitstell William Roth per the stockholders meeting in Rock Island.
The Western Tube Co plant at Kewanee shuts down amid a coal famine. Mines in Peoria Fulton and Knox counties supply cars but fail to meet demand. reopening depends on coal deliveries and weather. Cogent steps await supply improvement, with some relief possible if milder weather allows mines to increase output.
After a day of freedom, Jumbo Carlsén was found drunk and disorderly. He forced entry to his locked home by breaking a window, triggering police harassment again. Alphonse Vakaert is bound over for grand jury on larceny after stealing Seraphim bicycle.
Dietrich Oltman Jr born in Germany in 1825 died at his Hampton home Wednesday aged 77. He emigrated to America as a youth, lived in Hampton township his entire life, and worked in farming and coal interests. Survived by widow and nine children including Dietrich of Kingsley So and several daughters in Geneseo Rock Island and Moline. Funeral Friday at 1 pm from the residence with Lutheran church burial.
The Rock Island Union installs a flat bed Multipress from Campbell Printing Press Co New York. The press, built for the Union, prints 4000 to 6000 impressions per hour in theory but runs slower until fully tuned. It is the first Multipress in the neighborhood and marks progress for the tri cities edition.
A. K. Stiles of Ottawa claims a portion of the Fort Massac site as the Illinois movement to turn it into a national park grows. Reed Green of Cairo holds clear title to the historic spot, descended from Judge William H. Green who traced the title back to government purchase.
Benjamin Heverling of Rock Island was injured in a runaway wagon accident and hospitalized with a shed pelvic bone and possible other injuries. Heverling had agreed to test a horse for Miller and Hauck and rode a heavy Rock Island Lumber Co wagon when the pair of horses ran uncontrolled, throwing him into a narrow space near a barn before guards stopped them.
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