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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
6
A summary notes wages for December reach a placeholder amount while an excess pays out around $20 000 for overtime on engine preparation duties for the Golden State Limited Service system.
A fragmented report outlines a community growth push in Moline centered on plant expansion and workforce investment. It notes funds, payrolls, and projects tied to local employers, with emphasis on employment, infrastructure, and anticipated economic benefits for residents.
Deputy Great Sachem Andrew Olson installed the newly elected officers in Mason January 13. The ceremony drew clan members and guests as officers were named, including Pereopetlet Joba Moberg and Arthur Topnsen, with War Chief and Wigwam guards listed among attendees and roles.
The article describes officers being installed by a Free Lodge. Phrases indicate orderly proceedings and ceremonial duties. The legible text mentions attendance and ritual actions associated with lodge installation.
A crowd supports a local bartender amid a string of events described in partial notes. The report highlights community assistance and raises questions about the person at the center of the gathering.
In the forenoon new shops and friends discussed saloons near Callewaert’s. In the afternoon Vermis allegedly shot O’Connor as he lay prostrate after stumbling from saloon steps. Vermis’s supporters raise a defense fund claiming provocation.
A rural township farmer reported a wagon theft last week as a man loaded corn onto a wagon and fled. A broken wheel forced the thief to substitute parts from another wagon, but the wheel did not fit and the thief abandoned the load on a hill, where authorities later found the wagon box with the thief’s name linked to a Moline teamster. A warrant is out for the suspect, who reportedly vanished when police attempted arrest.
The Modern Woodmen of America reports six million dollars paid in death claims for the year, with 3737 claims allowed and a 3 percent rise over the previous year. Funds on hand total around eight hundred seven thousand dollars, while outstanding times reach thirteen billion. An appeal for aid is issued for Camp 2766 Omaha member Shissler, injured in a Los Angeles water heater blast, with Woodmen donating skin grafts in the relief effort.
The First Congregational church annual meeting showed 141 men and 311 women among 452 members. The session, with no supper, discussed budget, pledges, building fund status, and officer elections, including a deacon reelectio n and a treasury update.
Unitarian members vote to resume forenoon worship with Rev Hedley Halil preaching exclusively in Burlington. Evening services to be dropped except for educational events. Christian Science congregation alerted to seek other arrangements. Dr Hedley Hall may help organize a Rock Island church.
A large Rock Island bar meeting in the circuit court room discussed Judge Gest’s plan to speed jury work and reduce county costs. A five member committee was appointed to confer with the judge, aiming to set a temporary rule for a two week jury trial, followed by a juryless third week for motions and ex parte matters. The group also considered establishing a Rock Island County branch court or legislative changes to handle high case volume. A memorial to the late Judge John J Glenn was prepared for the court, honoring his long service and character as part of the old tenth judicial circuit.
The Moline Plow Co announces construction of a six story warehouse in Kansas City to expand operations at the distribution center. Work to begin in spring, with a 150 by 200 foot footprint. last year the company opened a new St Louis building for its branch business. Neither the Moline Plow Co nor Neere & Co will add other local expansions this year.
Matthias Schnell sues the city of Rock Island to recover the contract price for the Twenty Fourth Street drainage improvement. He alleges a costly eight year dispute with a jury already finding some defendants guilty of conspiracy in a prior civil case. The case hinges on cement substitution and misvaluation, with Schnell claiming he is owed at least his invested amount plus interest. The city counteracts, asserting contract violations and fraud, and the trial is expected to be contentious.
Buffalo researchers report cancer is a parasitic infectious disease that can be transplanted and cured in mice with a serum from the Gratwick laboratory. Antitoxin serum from recovered mice halts tumor growth and can cause disappearance of small tumors, suggesting a possible human application. The team notes spontaneous cures exist in humans and aims to extend the serum approach to patients.
Mrs W Ben soc Davenport and her daughter welcomed a new baby last week. Mary Ewart visited. Contractors Cyrus Williams and A Steven of Green River won a contract to install ice for the C R I & P railroad. Lawrence Beckwith injured his toe at New Shops and will miss weeks. Several residents ill but convalescent. F Méseke and Henry Corbin ill. Mrs Cartwright hosted in Watertown. Latter Day Saints hold meetings at Hennegan hall. George Bowles shipped hogs to Chicago. Don Donahue injured foot at Silvis mine and out of use temporarily. J B McMichael sent hogs to Chicago. W Mardis left for Peoria for FP, R L A lodge. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised.
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