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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
3
The Watertown hospital plans a $100000 sanitarium with a surplus of about $50000 from prior funds. Legislation sets $11000000 in total appropriations but payments depend on tax receipts and final certificates, allowing work to proceed in stages despite partial funding.
Fire swept the hospital laundry at noon Friday as sparks from the iron smokestack ignited west gable shingles. The blaze burned only six to eight feet of roof before the fire department arrived and quickly extinguished the flames.
Henry W Savage asks George Ade to write a musical comedy after Sultan of Sulu. Ade refuses saying he cannot write lyrics to save his immortal soul. The manager questions his reasoning as Ade laments the failed lyric Remorse described as autobiography.
Notice announces a special meeting of stockholders at the company's Moline office on July 24, 1907 at 4 p.m. to consider and vote on increasing capital stock to 15,000 dollars. Directors Wyland Keil Greim Hoffman sign as majority of the board.
The article describes Jupiter fading in late June and July evenings, Mars rising in the southwest with its opposition on July 6 and near Earth on July 18. It notes Antares nearby, a greenish companion star, and mentions viewing Mars’s polar caps and larger markings with a modest telescope.
The article describes the annular eclipse near Bolivian skies with Antares and a vast nebulous cloud around it. It notes Mars’ loop in July and August, Uranus alignment on July 19 and August 24, and the July 10 partial eclipse visible in South America. It also details the July 24 lunar eclipse visible in the United States with timings of partial shading and total emergence.
Miss Harriet Kent of Belongs Wis led the wedding procession at home of the bride on Twenty third Street Mo Mae with fifty relatives present. The ceremony was performed by Rev W Clemmer of Memorial Christian church Rock Island. The Truedsons will reside in Chicago after a September 1 move to 5126 Kimbark Avenue. Out of town guests included Frieda Frehse Harriet Kent Daisy Anthony and Mrs U S Vrumer.
A federal petition in Peoria seeks appointment of a receiver for the Concrete Construction Co of Rock Island. Lack of capital endangers operations though assets are believed sufficient to cover about half liabilities. The firm, with $20,000 charter, sought to raise to $60,000 this spring. only $10,000 paid in, leaving $30,000 short for ongoing contracts totaling about $120,000.
The firm organized in 1905 has completed numerous large contracts over three seasons, ending with a final difficulty that prompted a petition for a receiver.
A traveler in Alabama questions a sleepy hamlet resident about being native. The man and his wife respond with literal misinterpretation and a blunt definition of birth and living head, ending in a wry local exchange.
A colorful Chicago Tribune cartoon voice declares the state may reach victory if supporters stay united and push forward. The impassioned speaker urges firm leadership and collective effort to steer toward success. Audiences respond with enthusiastic applause.
A fragment from Cleveland Ohio notes a confrontation as Boréham plans to press a new tale on reporters. One figure claims immunity while another protests that the story will be told. The exchange hints at newsroom tensions and conflicting narratives.
John W Hoss plans a brick two story residence at the Ball property corner Eighth street and Eleventh avenue Omaha with 12 rooms and a large west side porch. Fisher Lawrie of Omaha are the architects. the 36 by 45 foot house will face Eleventh avenue and sit on about 140 by 180 feet of grounds.
The government contracts for the U 98 engineers rent the Mogul dredge Prescott towboat and mud barges from T B Davis. They will operate in Rock Island and Moline harbors at $1360 per hour until $20,000 in time is used, about 1480 hours over roughly six months. The Geyser sand pump near Twenty third Street supports channel maintenance, not the Moline project.
An elderly singer in Bar Harbor performs a tangled, dreamlike chant all afternoon. The piece presents a whimsical, inner chorus about a man and his clan, with references to Indiana, Diana, Susanna, Anna, and a banana in a playful, poetic voice.
A coroner jury returned an open verdict on Emil Beckstrom's death near Twenty-seventh Street in Rock Island after a Milwaukee freight accident. Beckstrom's companions testified they believed he was pushed or thrown from the front end of a waycar, while brakeman Glover testified but was not recorded for sensational testimony.
Davenport YMCA workers completed a drive last Friday securing $60,000 and more than the required amount to claim a $50,900 offer from E. Crossett. By Thursday night the thirty day drive showed a shortfall but subscriptions the next morning filled the gap. Plans call for immediate preliminary work and a $100,000 facility aimed to be among the region’s finest YMCA buildings.
A collage of light humor and social jabs from era papers. Jests on fashion laws, men in tailcoats, queer English phrases, and witty exchanges about money, marriage, and public life appear across entries from the Pittsburg Post, Somerville Journal, Puck, Washington Star, and Houston Post.
Substantial reductions in the Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown were approved at a June 27 conference with Governor Deneen and Secretary Graves. Only $60,000 of a $100,000 psychopathic and hydro therapeutic institute appropriation will be spent this year, $5,000 of ventilation funds, with the remainder rolled to next year for the planned three story sanitarium.
A Cleveland Leader quotation captures a sharp flirtation about marriage and choice as one speaker rejects a proposal and the other concedes the abundance of options, signaling witty social banter.
Public notice for the estate of Sarah E Cook deceased. George A Crawford administrator reports settlement in Rock Island County Court with hearing set for July 15, 1907 at 9:00 pm. Interested parties may appear to file objections and, if none, the report will be approved and distribution sought. Buck Island June 1907.
In Rock Island County probate, Isabelle Parkes guardian seeks leave to sell the minor’s undivided one thirty second interest in parts of the northwest quarter of section 12 township 17 north range 1 west. The sale to proceed July 15, 1907 at 3 PM at the east door of the Rock Island County Courthouse, only if bid meets a minimum of $4,500.
Catherine Hegarty administratrix of William Hegarty deceased seeks court approval to sell undivided one half of lots 21 and 22 in block 1 of P. H. Weasel’s first addition at public auction for cash to pay debts. Sale set at 2 o clock pm at the east door of Rock Island County Courthouse during May term 1907.
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