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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
5
East Moline conducts its inaugural caucus vote signaling a new political process for the city. Local officials oversee the event as residents participate in selecting party delegates and shaping early campaign dynamics.
Hast Mielke hosts first village meeting for Cleets i where incorporation proceeds with unanimous trustee vote. Andrew Wills, German Frank Palme, Sug DeSchipper, Rentons elected. board may press Rock Island track crossing petition by interurban streetcar, similar to Moline precedent, after spring election.
Dr ON Bean and Dr Bob Baker ruled the Visitation Academy case a chickenpox infection after a Saturday inspection. School residents and staff were quarantined and vaccine measures instituted as officials warned against possible spread.
Ed Estelle and Ttuteh Clark are jailed at Mt Carroll facing the Marcus train robbery. Sheriff Doty calls them desperate and watches them closely as Clark seeks a hearing set for Jan 26 at Savanna. Witnesses from Mt Carroll recall five men in a boat near the scene.
Roy Patton identifies Clark as the man who sat on the prow during the holdup and suspects Es telle may be in the stern though whiskers obscure him. Clark is described as a shrewd, well dressed man who would not stand out as a criminal to the average citizen.
The case of John Lundholm versus Moline Wagon Co reached a jury in the circuit court. At 11 Friday morning the jury retired and by 7:30 in the evening returned a verdict awarding Lundholm $1500 for injuries alleged to have occurred October 2, 1899 while employed by the defendant. Lundholm had sought $10,000. A prior trial had awarded $4,000 before a new trial was granted. Jackson Hurst and Staford represented the company.
A brief note from Miami records a man at a nota filed by E Lyford detailing a chase titled Wildwoose. The report notes the incident location and involved parties without graphic detail.
Capitalists of central western states form the Cerro Majarra Plantation Co at Rock Island to buy and manage a large Oxaca Mexico plantation with 275000 capital. Dr A Vawter of Cambridge and a group including H M Weir, P N Granville, and J S Little lead the venture. the 27000 acre site includes coffee trees, rubber, orange groves, sugar land, and a modern coffee processing plant. The project is described as a profitable enterprise, not a speculation.
The Burlington road will reshape a St Louis line from East Alton to Savanna to speed travel for the 1904 exposition. Curves capped at two degrees and grades limited to sixteen feet, with surveys at Colona and Orfano to align with the order. Major curves to be removed immediately, three year program, possible double tracking and a steel bridge replacing the Green river span at Briar Bluff. A possible link via DRL & N W through Carbon Cliff to Orion may alter the route.
Charles Lowe was arrested Saturday afternoon in South Heights by Deputy Sheriff Larson and jailed awaiting Joliet penitentiary officers. He was on parole after a larceny conviction and was supposed to work at Joliet steel mills. He reportedly left after four hours, prompting penitentiary officials to seek his return.
Moline Encampment No 43 met at Metropolitan hall last evening and installed officers with Deputy Henry J acting as Installing officer. Installed: Past Chief Patriarch N F Munson, Chief Patriarch G C Smith, High Priest G M Miles, Senior Warden Hugh Carlin, Junior Warden John Johnson, Scribe Axel Swanson, Financial Serjeant Cras Erickson, Treasurer Jas peers O Youngren elected delegate to the next annual encampment at Springfield. Afterward a grand banquet was served.
The Moline Dispatch presents short ads that promise swift market results. Traders respond to concise listings as advertisers seek brisk sales and quick responses from readers.
Probate items list bonds approved for Oscar Peterson administrator and appraisers named for Samuel Peterson estate. Sarah B. Cobb estate report approved. Kate H Hillier given guardianship. bonds approved. Mary Coyne estate claims allowed with appraisers named. Guardianship final reports for Isaac and Samuel Clark with land filing approved.
A sequence of January transfers lists E H Guyer to Andrew H Ellstrom for lot 1 block 10 Orlando Childs add Moline at 1600 dollars and several other deeds including Sherman M Powell to T F and Vesta E Townsley and John A Steckman to Chas M Johnson. Also notes William Jackson to George M Babcock Simon Peterson to Christian and Nils Peterson and more with amounts ranging from 400 to 8000 dollars. An ending medical ad references Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for severe colds.
North Star Observat completes plan to place a permanent tabernacle at Prospect Park in Moline's Chautauqua area. A 1,750 seat streetcar plan is being revised to hold about 2,500 with an enclosed side. The tabernacle will resemble camp meeting buildings and include a fence surrounding the site. Organizers list officers Recorder Hannah C Peter Treasurer Eli A Ediens Conductor Oscar Anderson Directors John Shallene and E Nyquist. Membership of associated lodges is projected at 500 with a comedy drama presentation of Old New Hampshire by Standard Drama Co. to follow installation.
A fragmented listing shows events at the Illinois Theatre and Bartis Opera Houses across January. Acts include Man to Man Barbara Frietehle Brothers Byrne Masquerade by Light Bunya band and a dance at Industrial Hall. Specific dates vary from January 23 to January 31 with unclear notes.
Misread ad proclaims free treatment for the sick if they call before February 1, promising restoration of vitality and cure of ailments. It boasts painless methods, no fee if cured, and urges readers with various conditions to seek their services in Moline and vicinity.
Notice of a special meeting for stockholders of the Vele Carriage Company to be held at offices on Dave and 3d Street in Moline Illinois on February 16 1903 at 2 p.m. to vote on increasing the capital stock. By order of the board. Dated June 1903 signed E Mansur secretary.
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