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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
5
A lightning bolt during Wednesday night storms hit George Pahl at 217 Fifth Avenue starting a fire that ruined much of the family apparel. Firefighters kept damage to the third story storeroom where clothing was stored, using chemicals to limit water damage. Fire alarms malfunctioned but did not delay response. all loss is covered.
Mrs H M Me Dowell of Chicago visits her parents Mr and Mrs C Corbin. Mrs W Mardis and children return home after a week with Illinois City relatives. Laughery comes home for the Fourth from Sherrard. Mrs Baker of Andalusia visits her parents Mr and Mrs Walton. Henry Crumbeck loses a finger and injures his hand at New Shops. L Pfoh and Miss B Egan of Rock Island spend Sunday here. Mrs White of Chicago visits her father Mr Frank Bay. Miss Garvey and relatives from Rock Island visit Mr Hennegan. Mrs Brusso travels to Galesburg to visit friends. P MacNaughton Wright of Chicago visits friend H Calvert, inspector of the Rock River bridge. Snell, Illinois inventor, promotes patent clay posts at Argillo works.
Watertown July 2 local item finds J Davis of Council Hill visiting hospital patients and Mrs Manuel Smith calling. C J Wright leaves hospital job for Moline Brunswick venues. Philip Vincent and spouses visit from Hampton with John Odell and spouse. Miss Addie Couch home from hospital dining room duties in Bushnell. Several residents, including Lena Coulter and A J Coulter, move to Denver for work. Neighbors and relatives from Hampton, Moline, Rock Island, Bushnell and Carbon Cliff appear in short visits and transfers.
Corrected quotations from Brown & Christison and Dun can & Ransom appear alongside price lists for dairy, fruits, grains, and livestock. The records show hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts with bid ranges, plus regional notes from East Buffalo and St. Louis markets.
Post office at Moline Illinois lists advertised letters for the week ending July 2 1903. Names include Anderson James L Adams Mrs Blanchard Mrs Blejard Camiel Baxter John Barnhard W Cox Laura Cassidy Mrs J Dillon Mrs Mattie Lu Davison Up Davis Charlie DeCock J A Eastin Louis Fitzgerald L J Fredman P Foster Charles Gibson Willis Hogstatt Miss Hanna Hoyt Ogilivia A Hufford Preston Johnston Mrs 8 H Johnson Miss Hilda King Frank Lindquist J F Lamb Mrs S E Miller W M Miller Richard J McGee Charley Moorehead Manford Mark Augusta Maddlock L F Ohlson C J Oliver I Quinn James Reed Mrs A J Smith Jim Sweeney Miss Susie Smith Miss Clara Simmers C Savage Arthur Schadt Otto Silver F L Whitbeck Theodore Wimberley F W Weat G B Mrs GEO H McKinley P M
J Peterson Co advertises pianos and organs from their factory at Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street. The notice promotes affordable instruments and signals a local sales location for home musicians.
Authorities probe the brutal killing of Dick Tebbetts, an eight year old Rockford newsboy. His naked body was found near the driving park with gaping wounds and a gag, raising questions about motive and the possibility of a savage crime by an unknown assailant.
A Philadelphia Record anecdote describes a photographer testing time to set exposures. He counts seconds precisely, noting a 29 to 31 second difference across trials. He claims many photographers share this skill to guess intervals from half a second to several minutes with near perfect accuracy.
In Grand Haven Michigan on July 2 a post office raid at Spring Lake yielded almost 1000 dollars in stamps and coins. Sheriff Dykhuis continues countywide search and suspects the robbers fled into Muskegon county.
In Birmingham Alabama on July 2 a new wage agreement is reported for about 13 000 United Mine Workers members in the district. The old wage scale has expired and a new contract is agreed upon.
A brief notice advertises consultation and X ray services for disease affliction with call to see eminent specialists. Details unclear but emphasizes expert opinion and diagnostic imaging availability.
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