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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1884
Page
1
Boating activity rises as regatta nears with oarsmen and scullers practicing along the water. Galveston crew trains in four oared shells and singles while captains from Davenport and Chicago arrive to support clubs and the Mississippi Valley rowing association.
On July 8 at Monmouth, Robert H Thompson argued with B T Hubbard about a $15 000 bank deposit. Thompson was arrested on Hubbard's complaint, bound over to keep the peace, jailed for lack of bail, then released on a $15,000 bond signed by 66 leading local business men and serenaded by a band. Public sympathy grew for Thompson as the matter unfolded.
Reports say Hubbard in poor health unable to work. An effigy hung from a telephone pole opposite the bank, viewed by crowds. By 10 AM the display was removed and buried in a gas-hole, marked Hubbard's grave.
The happiest man in Rock Island may be Dr W A Paul as he completes a three room office in the Masonic Temple Block on Eighteenth Street. The modern suite includes a daylight reception area a glass separated consultation room and a well stocked homoeopathic dispensary with medicines and surgical instruments.
Judge Glenn opened the Henry county court to hear Thomas Moran's motion for discharge. Moran, convicted a year ago of burglary and attempted robbery, was sent to Joliet and returned on a writ of habeas corpus. The crime occurred near the Knox Henry county line, and the prior statute allowed trial in either county. a recent supreme court ruling rendered that statute unconstitutional, prompting Moran's release after his attorney's strict reading of locality. Moran expressed penitence and promised reform.
The Davenport Herald reports Iowa’s prohibitory liquor law took effect at midnight and saloons stayed closed until morning. Saloons reopened without selling alcohol, while people used substitutes like Mumm and Conversation Water. Police noted no arrests yet and expect formal complaints before action.
Bedar Wood completes the Edna a 41 by 12 foot steamboat with a 10 horsepower engine. It is designed for pumping sand and general towing, with Bedar Wood serving as engineer and master.
The Galveston Texas Boat Club arrived from St Louis for the regatta at Moline with crew members including E J Baker Ed Graves William Crotty John Crotty and others. Entries cover junior four oared shells junior double sculls junior pair oars junior single sculls four oared shells Benson four oared shells Benson double scull and senior single sculls among many clubs and listed crews.
An inventive man placed a wired copper knobbled box on E W Brady’s door step, publisher of the Northwestern News temperance paper. Police, fearing dynamite, tested the device by firing at it with a rifle, discovering only a brick wrapped in paper and leaving the culprit frustrated.
A hotel in Orion owned by Mrs. Jeanette Martin burned to the ground on Saturday around 8 am. The unoccupied building housed two or three rooms with young men inside and little furniture. Cost about $3,000 with no known insurance. Some Orion residents say the blaze was a moral relief given the hotel's poor reputation.
At the Democratic convention in Cleveland, strong support for Cleveland dominated the proceedings while Kelley’s influence dwindled. Delays and motions marked the session as delegates cheered Cleveland’s name, and Bayard and Thurman were urged by advocates. A later report notes Cleveland’s health decline prior to his death, with coroner findings of accidental drowning in the canal near Moline.
Officer Measer captures a deserter from Ft Coacha Texas who fled on April 17 and is returned to his post. The piece critiques frontier army life and the harshness of young West Point officers on privates, noting widespread desertion risks and perceived abuse.
Police found the drowned man near the Sylvan Island bridge. The body was identified as August Magnesson of Fourth Avenue between First and Second streets. Witnesses, including Mr Hansen and boys John Ecklund, alerted authorities after noting a body in the water. Magnesson had suffered sun stroke about 16 years earlier.
The unknown man found June 22 in the Mississippi below Davenport is identified as Charles E. Guernsey, a printer who worked in Davenport and Muscatine areas. He left Porter's employ about a month ago and was last heard from in Muscatine. his body surfaced Sunday, death cause remains a mystery. Guernsey was known in the three cities and his father invented the Guernsey printing press.
The Post Office contract goes to W. Wheelock for another year after a bid that includes enlarging the building by adding Col. Clendenin's drug store wing. The planned expansion will increase space and improve the location, with work to modify the rooms once begun.
On Thursday evening Joseph M. Peterson and Miss Christine Ekblad were married at the bride’s parents residence. Rev. George Weber of Minneapolis officiated in the presence of relatives and friends, including guests from abroad such as Rev Hjerpe and wife, Gustavus Peterson wife and daughter, Mr John Hjerpe, and Miss Charlotte Peterson. The couple received numerous fine wedding gifts and warm congratulations.
An adjourned Board of Education meeting set the yearly budget at 28000 for school purposes. Miss Blanch Cutter of Oswego was added to the teaching corps but no room was assigned. H H Grover resigned as secretary. L E Fish elected secretary in his place. An election to fill Grover’s vacancy was ordered for July 26 at the engine house from 9 AM to 6 PM.
The De Nederlander Printing and Publishing Co of Chicago filed a bill in circuit court to enjoin John Kuyvenhoven, a former collector and circulator, from revealing business secrets and threatening to damage the firm. Judge Tuley granted the injunction. Olson relocates tailor shop to Library building opposite West Stevens.
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