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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
4
The text discusses Kewanee's liquor licenses, high fees, and enforcement, noting saloons clustered in one district and community debates over legality and social impact. It contrasts business growth with prohibition fears and cites local attitudes toward saloon density and education.
A garbled report describes a national convention discussing tariff revision and its potential impact on American industry. Attendees stress protection for domestic makers against cheap foreign goods and the need to safeguard workers and local markets.
The Chicago publication highlights southern advancement across all sectors, praising factories, banks, and colleges. It notes payrolls, large employment, and rapid growth of the Water Supply company as a major customer, signaling broad regional development.
The article surveys financial and industrial expansion in the southern states from 1896 to 1906. It cites bank deposits rising from $718.3 million in 1894 to $1.0966 billion, wages in manufacturing up about 50 percent, and railway mileage increasing from 44,087 to 67,129 miles. It discusses cotton, lumber, turpentine, and mining growth, diversified agriculture, and suggests southern resources rivaling the Midwest, with renewed infrastructure and production. It notes shifts in cotton value from raw to manufactured forms and hints at rising regional wealth and development.
The article analyzes the rapid rise of beet sugar in the United States, noting a 120 percent production increase in five years. It discusses favorable tariff effects, land and locality decisions for factories, and the beet’s role in arid western agriculture while highlighting substantial farm value at $21,180,560 and the feed value of molasses for stock.
The Dispatch admits error in its vote estimate and lauds a citywide victory for high license. It notes heavy opposition funded by breweries and asserts no organized proponent effort, while pastors and Dispatch columns built sentiment. A Chicago visitor praises Moline scenery and park plans amid calls to buy two to four hundred acres for a future city park system.
A compilation from the Dispatch’s Exchanges includes commentary from Davenport Davenport Rock Island and Maine on Roosevelt Taft Foraker and party unity. It also covers postal routes Europe China Chinese exclusion pensions and tariff reform with multiple city editorials.
Brief item notes a woman claiming she could keep a secret, but the man fears betrayal as the secret is repeatedly shared despite promises. The fragment hints at a romantic tangle reported in the Peoria Star era.
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