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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
5
American philanthropist Carnegie pledges twenty thousand dollars toward a jubilee fund, contingent on the college reaching eighty thousand to one hundred sixty thousand dollars in promised gifts. The arrangement frames the campaign as a staged goal with donor support and future matching potential.
The Augustana synod in New Britain Conn voted to apply the $250 000 Jubilee endowment to the college general fund not the seminary alone Consul Oscar Ekman of Sweden sent 20 000 kronor about $5 291 01 toward the Jubilee fund and Carnegie pledged 20 000 more once $80 000 is raised The Tilmots and Iowan conferences have already contributed 140 000 and 40 000 respectively leaving 70 000 still to be raised before the 1910 Jubilee year
A historical note describes a wave of pearl hunting along the Mississippi, tracing origins to Wisconsin's clam digging and millpond water draws. It cites a pre 1895 government report valuing Wisconsin Sugar River pearls at $300,000, yielding $10,000 before exhaustion and mentions shifting demand from local to Oriental jewelers.
Miss Margaret Mather, director at Lincoln College, argues in a Farmers Institute address that schools fail to teach pride and self respect without threefold education. She cites manual training as crucial to discipline, self reliance, and moral strength, contrasting it with purely mental schooling.
The Augustana synod discusses a new constitution expanding voting rights for women at church meetings. It reports >$12,000 profit for the Augustana Book Concern, with $4,000 funneled to Augustana College, and outlines changes in boards and missions including Persia and India. Delegates attend sessions in Chicago with 200 attendees and plan future meetings in Chicago.
Reports describe a clam gathering boom on the Mississippi with shells sold to button factories and a later market collapse due to overfishing. The text notes diverse workers, a July downturn, and a 1902 peak. It also mentions Harmony lodge litigation and upcoming Ringling Bros circus visits to Rock Island and Davenport, plus a personal injury suit over a fall from a truck with alleged faulty stakes.
Charles Ritze patternmaker in Rock Island 62 kills himself with a 46 calibre revolver at his Fourth Avenue home after months of despondency. He had been idle since leaving Rock Island Plow Co. eight months ago. Coroner's jury returns verdict of death by own action. Survived by wife and several children.
A government commission will study the Mississippi clam and its propagation this summer along the river from St. Paul to the Arkansas. The panel will be headed by Professor Paul Bartsch of Burlington and operate under the winter appropriations secured by Congressman Downer.
The government expedition will survey sloughs and streams to study mussel customs and habits. Professor Bartsch notes artificial propagation is not yet proven, as mussel eggs require a larval stage attached to fish and few hatch. protection and closed seasons may yield benefits.
A historical note recalls a cipher exchange between a woman asking for a coded message and an English cleric author. The witty back and forth features lines about sighs and signs, with a playful word puzzle about deciphering love and fate. Dispatch Short Ads.
The Peoria Star reports W H Yankee Robinson, a Rock River fisherman and river guide near Hillsdale, operated a beer trade from his houseboat without a license. He was arrested by Capt. Tripp, waived examination before Commissioner Elliott, could not post $200 bail, and is held in Peoria County jail.
The body of Miss Margaret Kennady of Rock Island was recovered at 8:45 the next morning by her uncle William Grote, near the spot where the canoe overturned in Rock River. The report also notes a sharp courtroom exchange involving a burglar and his wife, and mentions pastor calls and assignments.
Local choral groups pledge 2000 for visitor entertainment as the Western Division of Swedian Bingers prepares for a July convention in Moline. Delegations from Chicago Rock Island and others expect 20 to 35 singers each, with housing and banquet arrangements under way at the big tent venue.
Mrs Eleanor Philipp was granted a divorce from Alfred Philipp on desertion. They wed in March 1803 and lived together until 1905. Custody of their fiftieth daughter was awarded to the complainant, who may resume her maiden name Miss Mena Nor Toenneges. McCaskrin represented her.
The will of Jerry Busey of Moline was admitted to probate Saturday morning. The matriment was executed October 14 1888, and by its terms his entire estate both real and personal is bequeathed to his wife Mary Busey.
Prof Olof Grafstrom of Augustana College has finished two large altar paintings for Swedish Lutheran churches in Centerville and Strandburg. He is currently painting three altar pieces for the new Zion Lutheran Church in Rock Island. The works receive ample commendations.
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