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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
2
Michigan man Moline Mulder follows his wife and alleged home wrecker to Detroit and fires three shots at the latter, wounding but not killing. Authorities investigate motive and circumstances of the saloon incident.
Alidor Strobbe, a Belgian immigrant, shot Charles Verzaelle in Louis Bloome's saloon after learning his wife was with Verzaelle. Verzaelle, dying, denied being Strobbe's rival. Strobbe confessed to the act and was beaten by Bloome as police took him into custody. The couple's troubled marriage and prior abuse were noted along with neighborhood gossip.
Mrs. Charles Kopp of Moline Illinois testifies that kidney pain headaches and dizziness faded after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She praises the remedy as effective and recommends it to others with kidney complaints. The ad notes the product price and Foster Milburn Co as US agents.
The last available filter bed in the Moline plant will be placed in operation this summer with bids due by Friday July 1. Once awarded and completed the plant will have five beds capable of 5,000,000 gallons daily, easing summer shortfalls as demand nears 4,000,099 gallons and raw-water bypasses are needed on hot days. Equipment cost is about $8500.
The Rev Richard 8 Haney of Second Congregational church says a June bride ad in this paper drew responses. He reports clear understanding with hopeful couples to arrange a convenient altar visit time without interrupting his rush hours.
A visitor asks who holds most medals on the college campus tour. The guide, after brief deliberation, quips that the town pawnbrokers hold the bulk of the medals.
In Rock Island 1911 the Six-County Odd Fellows Picnic drew about 4000 from Rock Island Whiteside Carroll Clinton Jackson counties. A forenoon parade stretched over six blocks with many lodges and bands, followed by a Prospect park program and a baseball game between the Orphans' Home team and Thornbloom Tigers. Proceeds totaled 109 dollars for the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home baseball fund.
State officers took up a proposition with 5 loft representatives vested with voting power. Leaders named include Edward Bloomquist Hugo Erickson Otto Hellwagner John Schafer Hjalmer Johnson George D Berndt and others guiding the great convocation plans in Decatur in May 1911.
Kindley, superintendent of Silvis schools, was elected principal of Van Buren school in Davenport by a unanimous vote of the Davenport board of education. The appointment follows favorable committee recommendation and marks a promotion for Kindley who will resign his current post.
After a five year fight the synod restored intercollegiate athletics except football with a 219 to 182 final vote. Debate lasted hours as clerics argued over faculty control versus league wide contests. The decision affects Augustana and other synod institutions, ending five years of cutoff from outside play.
Major C W Hawes head clerk of the Modern Woodmen of America says the executive council will petition the state insurance department this week for a full investigation of the society. He notes officers are charged with excessive commissions from banks but asserts the public must see honest management. State's Attorney Wayman of Cook County plans to begin an inquiry this week into alleged takeoffs in Woodmen circles. PF Webb of Chicago urges Potter to investigate, aiming to protect the order, not harm it.
At Peru's opera house a Central Illinois Turner convention exhibition drew 1000 spectators. Moline Concordia Germania Turbvereln performed a midnight flag drill to enthusiastic acclaim. Delegates debated consolidation with Upper Mississippi districts and planned a referendum if not agreed. Local athletes, Roy Jensen and others, earned prizes in field events.
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