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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
3
Reidy Bros and M I Morris of Rock Island purchase 55 acres for an excellent site intended for new shops. The deal was closed Saturday.
Reidy Bros and M S Morris of Rock Island buy fifty five acres adjoining the Ruck Island road east of the mammoth shops. Morris Lewis brakeshoe plant to be moved from Chicago will be located on part of the tract with the rest platted for lots. Foundry and machine shop expected to cost about sixty thousand dollars. New owners may develop the area into a town site as interurban lines approach Tri-Cities.
The Rock Island city council debated gifting the Milan bridges to the county to shift maintenance costs. Some aldermen favored selling at a high price while others supported disposal without sale. A committee was appointed to confer with supervisors on the gift proposal. The council also reviewed McNamara's addition and favored progressing the suburban sewer project promptly.
Mrs J A Jordan widow of the late Captain Jordan died at her Orion home in Henry county Saturday evening from age related debility. She was 82 and an early Henry county settler with wide acquaintance in Henry and Rock Island counties. Surviving are three sons W H Jordan of Rock Island Byron Jordan of Orion and Edward Jordan of Monti Io.
Miss Augusta Jones was elected visiting nurse for Moline by the King's Daughters union. She will receive 50 dollars a month and 50 dollars for outdoor uniform. A Hahnemann hospital graduate with two years private nursing in Chicago she has strong physician references. She will train in Chicago for two months in August and plan to begin work in October.
The Rock River Traction Co plans an electric interurban from Rock Falls to Monmouth Geneseo area and reports strong financing offers. Right of way work proceeds with favorable responses from farmers and landowners. Hinds Electric Co signals future lines from Galesburg to Monmouth and Monmouth to Rock Island with routes secured between Monmouth and Galesburg.
Muscatine Island melons escaped full destruction as a levee break was repaired by local residents who used salvaged river shells to block further damage. Despite weak points, vigilance remains high and experts believe the melon crop may be saved unless water rises again.
Mercury based catarrh ointments can damage smell and upset the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure from druggists for 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free.
A terse report notes that drought conditions persist in Kansas with concern for crops. The article mentions fields remaining dry and stresses ongoing water scarcity despite weather relief efforts.
Eli Corbin writes from Canton Kansas May 28 1903 describing his farm northwest of Canton in McPherson County. He compares prairie weather to Illinois notes tax on fruit from a late April freeze and repeated rain delaying crops. He reports 40 acres wheat 40 corn 12 oats damaged alfalfa seed cost and faith in alfalfa plus raising horses cattle hogs and crops as a successful strategy.
August Larson, 60, a Cambridge resident recently moved from Andover, hanged himself Saturday night fearing insanity from a dog bite suffered seven years earlier. His body was found Sunday in a shed by his wife. He valued about $125,000.
Dr Henry S Bennett was elected poor physician for Moline by the board of supervisors. The appointment came unanimously with praise for the Moline native now practicing locally after leaving the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr C T Foster served the prior term and Dr A D West was the former poor physician.
Zella Eagle Eye a Sioux organizer sues Rock Island Police Magistrate G Albert Johnson for $10,000 claiming a writ of mutimus led to his detention in the city jail from April 6 until noon the next day. The magistrate cites prior cases involving Eagle Eye and Henry Donahoo for fines unpaid and notes a political payoff led to release.
W J Pratt of Rock Island has faithfully wound the Fort Armstrong arsenal clock every week for 36 years. The large tower clock, installed in 1867, has long set the standard time for the tri-cities while Pratt, a molder by trade, has maintained its regular routine for 37 years at the Rock Island arsenal.
Automobilists formed the Buzz Wagon Owners Association on Saturday choosing W. A. Fuller as president Orey Janssén as vice president F. W. Kelly as secretary R. E. B. Schricker Fay R. Harper G. B. Pleasants Alex L. Anderson W. H. Dart and John T. Stafford named honorary members New dues set at 5 plus one round to jolp The group will back the national good roads movement and push it forward to a triumphant conclusion within days.
The month shows an average rainfall of 4.14 inches with 7.07 inches on two days 1888 and 1899. From early May to last Friday seventeen days saw rain totaling 7.07 inches, Memorial Day being the wettest. May typically leads rainy months, but this May exceeds the long term May average.
George C. Dorst three, son of Gust and Mrs Dorst of Cordova, died at Seth Hicks's Stewartville home after a small tin whistle became lodged behind the breastbone. Doctors attempted removal by moving the whistle to the stomach but inflammation ensued and the child died. He was born July 1900 and is survived by his parents. Interment planned for Cordova.
River floodwaters push fish toward ponds as streams recede. Commissioners vow to relocate fish to the main channel, noting millions are caught in ponds as water dries. Game fish, including large shad and carp, hurry back to deep water, while pond catches rise during low stages.
A vivid warning compares piles to ten thousand demons gnawing at the body yet claims Doan's Ointment provides relief. The ad asserts the product never fails to soothe the itch and discomfort.
Washington DC reports a forecast of a cross continental disturbance from June 12 to 16 with a warm wave and cool wave through mid to late June. A June drought is expected with hot weather and little rain, impacting crops, and a long range forecast will be mailed on receipt of a two cent stamp to Box 123 in Washington DC.
In circuit court Judge Gest granted custody of the late Engineer John Norris’s eight year old son to Elizabeth Vandeventer, the child’s grandmother, with the order to hold until the next term for final adjudication. The day then proceeded to criminal trials including Miller who seeks a continuance after a stroke, and Fitzsimmons charged with mayhem for injuring Samuel Lane.
The Virginia, a 118 by 22 foot sidewheel steamer, left St Louis on May 2 1823 for the upper Mississippi. Passengers included William Clark Lawrence Taliaferro J C Betrami Great Eagle and others as they charted headwaters beyond Prairie du Chien under Captain Preston.
Moline mail carriers elected Nels Peterson as delegate to the National Association of Carriers convention to be held this year in Syracuse New York. George Carlson was named an alternate. Sunday some post office workers missed church after consuming leftover lemonade from the previous night leading to complaints and jokes about Postmaster McKinley.
An excerpt urges readers to decide for themselves after reading Moline endorsements and citizen statements. It cites St John W Temple a painter at 313 Nineteenth Street describing backache and renal issues worsened by turpentine. He used Deans Kidney Pills from Clendonin's drug store with relief after three boxes, priced 56 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
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