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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1898
Page
8
Davenport district briefs report a Lindsay & Phelps filer’s notice and a secretary’s Epworth meeting in Bloomington. Davenport and Rock Island couples wed including Maude Bennett and Charles Woller. labor, church and recruiting updates, accidents, school changes, and a cyclone aftermath in Scott County with bridge losses and street flooding.
Davenport captured first with 57 points and a silken banner as Moline girls guard the trophy. Rock Igland led scoring with 26 points while Moline totaled 28. Event winners included Koester in the 100 and 440 dashes, Carter in shot put, Siegfriedt in hammer and high jump, and Knox in bicycle races.
Delegates arrive daily for the Augustana Synod meeting in Galesburg where eight conferences will decide on educational institutions and disciplinary cases. The ordination of seminary candidates is set for Sunday as several students await examination by the ministerium.
James P. Wubbell plans relocation to Keokuk while Franz Havestick of Rock Island joins a Tampa bound fleet. Stewart and Schofer dissolve their partnership, Roy Hammerly faces theft charges, and Rock Island education board reelects teachers with a $2,200 superintendent salary. The Rock Island training school is discontinued after a year of practice teaching. the graduating class of 1898 included many named young women. exercises were held at First Methodist Church with Rev. W. W. Willard as orator.
Officer Archer, traveling from Rock Island, arrested Ferdinand Dibbern in Moline yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with abandoning his wife.
The Dispatch reports a promotion to brigadier general and assignment to duties in the Philippines under General Merritt with Captain Charles credited as the author of the piece.
Memorial Sunday services were held separately by two churches with each pastor delivering a sermon. Memorial day exercises were led Monday by Harold A. Weld of Rock Island at the town hall, followed by a parade to the cemeteries. WORC hosted a reception for Pearsall’s volunteers, with a program at the rink and refreshments at the A T R hall. Volunteer units drill under Captain Few, and Evangelist Stevenson’s meetings at the Congregational church have drawn strong attendance and interest.
A severe cyclone-like storm hit Colona on a Sabbath afternoon with electric display darkness and a cloudburst of rain and hail. Wind wrecked corn cribs and outbuildings, drowned chickens, and damaged fruit trees while many cornfields were destroyed. The town notes reduced pests this spring and mentions a Farmers' Social club picnic and school yard picnic.
Two more acres are added to Concordia park for the turnfest June 18 to 20 with extended entrances on Fifteenth Street and 181st Avenue. Chicago mayor elect Carter Harrison is expected Sunday. excursions from Peoria Pekin Clinton Lyons Peru Fulton and others planned. Free admission for badge holders. refreshments by the ladies auxiliary. park wired for telephones and war bulletins. Large posters leaflets and ads prepared. weather permitting a big turnout is anticipated.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending June 2 1898. Names include Amous M E Eaton George Green George Hase Holm Mrs Sophie Geltenfehey Crist hantite Larson Mrs Lowdown Cyclone Mfg Co Mailquist Martin Enna Palmquist Mrs Hi A Smith Mrs W H Streeter Nellie B Frank Toline and others. The notice asks callers to say advertised and date of list. Postmaster McKinley signs the notice.
The remains of Mrs. Louisa Kerns were laid to rest in Riverside cemetery after funeral services at her daughter’s home. She was born Louisa Entrikin in 1829 in Pennsylvania and lived in Moline Geneseo and Port Byron. Surviving children include Emily McCurdy, P A Merriman, Liszie Kerns, and J B Rich, with seven Entrikin relatives listed across Ohio and Iowa. The text also mentions the deaths of Mrs. James Rathburn and Miss Henrietta Behn, noting causes and family relations and detailing funeral arrangements and attending relatives.
The jury in Green Moore v Robert Blackwell returned a verdict for the defendant. Judge Gest granted the petitions in Ellen Moore v Frank Moore, Ellen Johnson v Nels Johnson, and Kate Baylis v Joseph Baylis. Mrs Baylis alleged her husband’s drunkenness and cruelty. the others cited desertion. Jail inmates were arraigned and Edwin C Bomgardner pleaded guilty to counterfeit charges. A list of next week’s trial settings follows with dates and names. another criminal bar meeting is urged.
Charles P Stockhouse of Rock Island and Miss Edna Benser of Pittsburg were married at noon Thursday at the bride’s mother Mrs Benser’s home 423 Denniston avenue Pittsburg. The bride heiress of the late Charles A Benser founder of Moling Wagon Works inherits a large estate. The groom is the son of the Rock Island and Peoria railway official and will reside in Rock Island after a wedding tour in the northwestern states.
A claim labels the banana as the most prolific food product citing 44 times the output of potatoes and 338 times that of wheat. The remark prompts discussion on crop efficiency and dietary reliance.
Fred Watt departs tonight for Dallas to assume the role of assistant manager at the Texas branch house of the MoLine Plow Co. At the Hotel Windsor Saturday evening twenty five friends hosted a banquet and presented him a gold watch chain and K. P. charm with inscriptions. A H Kohler gave a moving presentation stressing the bonds of friendship and Watt's faithful support, while Watt expressed deep emotion at the tribute.
The notice records multiple transfers: John A. Johnson to Hattie Smith for a lot in Moline Weights, Lehrke to Hans Beeke of part of Hale's add Rock Island, Orr to Estella Miller in Edgington, and other deeds in Rock Island Milan East Moline and surrounding towns with prices from 175 to 2,000 dollars. Several May and June dates appear with various buyers and parcels in Thompson & Wells add, Connell’s, Brooks Fifth, Weckel Place, and Columbia Park add.
The Orion Times reports the Henry county W C T U convened in Orion last Friday and voted unanimously to combat all forms of gambling and immorality at the Henry county fair. The discussion focused on the issue as part of the W C T U's mission, with persistent opposition to last year's temptations.
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