Twenty New Cases Reported Last Week
Twenty new cases were recorded last week, with health officials noting a continued rise in infections. The report highlights case counts by date and notes affected age groups.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
2
Diphtheria Rise and Isolation Hospital Urged
Health officials report six new diphtheria cases this week noting a higher death rate among males. They press for an isolation hospital to reduce household spread as scarlet fever cases also rise and outbreaks strain the city health system.
East Moline quarantine dispute and funeral notice
The piece reports local quar antine enforcement in East Moline tied to health officer actions and village concerns about contagion. It notes a funeral in Galesburg for Charles T Edward, formerly of Moline, with details on pallbearers and the Congregational church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
Supreme Court reverses $10,000 verdict in Lee v. Republic Iron
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate ruling and remanded to Rock Island county circuit court for judgment for the defendant in the Lee vs Republic Iron and Steel Co. case. William A. Lee, injured while working at Sylvan Steel, sought $10,000 damages. master mechanic was cleared in circuit court, affecting company liability. Lee resides in Watertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Moline Dispatch
Supreme Court
William A. Lee
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Rock Island
Lee
William E Lee
Watertown
Sylvan Steel Vill
Sad mission for pastor and wife
The Rev and Mrs W M Story left Tuesday for Clearfield after the death of Mrs Story’s nephew Leigh Hamilton who was killed near Devonport Monday afternoon. Hamilton had recently lived with the Story family in Clearfield and had moved to Moline in September to study at Au Bosaha preparators department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W M Story
Clearfield, !c
Davenport
Clearfield
Story
Leigh Hamilton
Devonport
Moline
Au Bosaha Preparators Department
Survivor of Morgan's Raiders John Swisher Dies at 76 in Moline
John Franklin Swisher a veteran of Morgan's Raiders and Civil War cavalryman dies at his home 21st Street Moline after seven weeks of illness Heart trouble fatal at 4:45 Tuesday morning Survived by widow and four children Sons Roy and Will daughters Mrs Harry (Moline) and another Child Funeral set for 2 PM Thursday from home to Hartzell cemetery Rev J W Edwards to officiate He was born in Gettysburg Pa and had lived in Moline twenty years prior he ran a general store and later worked at tobacco shops and mines in Cleveland St He left a sister Mrs C Young and brothers Will James Charles Robert and Wesely all in Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgans
First Street
Tao
Seaphis
Wiioama Eo Mines
Cleveland St
Moline
Twerdwyenne
Heaith
Wile & Suns Teienw Orviverdt
Roy
Rock Island
Harthas E
Harry
Will
Mra C Young
Gettysburg
Geneseo
James
Port Byron
Charles
Robert
Weasley
Pennsylvania
Hartzell Cemetery
J W Edwards
Swedish American Republican club elects officers for year
The Swedish American Republican club of this city held its annual meeting last Friday at the Art Gallery. Officers for the coming year were elected and a delegate slate to the state convention in Rockford was chosen. A February banquet in Moline under the club's auspices was planned with the newly elected officers forming the organizing committee. The group will travel via the Milwaukee Road with a reduced fare of one and one third for the Rockford trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Milwaukee Road
John Surdine
W Johnson
John Shallene
Wiwaukee Road
Port Byron Town Notes Briefly Flag Rising Fever Cases
Port Byron reports Stearlet fever on the rise with three cases at P H Weld and three at John Johnsons plus one at Gust Dunstrom. Public schools closed for a week and town leaders urge suspending public gatherings same period. Church services not held Sunday. Local events include a farce at Enterprise schoolhouse March 1 and a Bluff schoolhouse box social. Knights of Pythias banquet at Woodmen hall and a clay bird shoot planned for February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Byron
P H Weldmans
John Johnsons
Gust Dunstrom
A Olin
W B Shaw
John McCauley
Ed Ashdown
W Smith
Yolton
J J Huntley
John Schafer
Ora Maxwell
Pearsalls Store
Enterprise Schoolhouse
Dora Ziegler
Bluff
Olive Hunt
Knights of Pythias
Woodmen Hall
Annie Eipper
Trent
Mr Yoltons
Croup
Dan Muhlstedt
Davenport
Mra
John Johnson
Rapids City Rapids
Cty
John Sullivan
Lown
Albert Miler
Moline
Dan Larson
W Pearsall
Frank O'Hara
Brock
P G Rennick
Arthur Browning
Dorrance
Mrs. Marshall
Dodge House
Louis Newton
Henry Opendyke
Johnson
Divorce suit and circuit court theft cases heard
Ollie Whitmer of Milan seeks a divorce from Wilber Whitmer amid cruelty and unfaithfulness allegations. Monday opened criminal sessions with Elmer Donahue charged with theft of clothing and jewelry followed by Milde Falsae, James Brooks, Thomas Johnson, George Patterson, Ed Sala, Willam Daus, Clifford Anderson and Howard LaGrange in a list of larceny burglary cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Whitmer
Milan
Schriver & Schrtver
Wilber Whitmer
Whitmer
Elmer Donahue
Herman Milde
James Brooks
Thomas Johnson
George Patterson
Sala
Willam Daus
Clifford Anderson
Howard LaGrange
City Clerk Schaffer Responds to Embezzlement Allegations
Rock Island city official H C Schaffer, candidate for mayor, denies claims of embezzlement from the waterworks fund. He asks the finance committee to summon the Title Guaranty and Surety Co to audit his books, asserting full accountability and urging prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H C Schaffer
Rock Island
MacCaskrin
McCashrin
Schaffer
Finance Committee
A G Anderson
Guaranty and Surety Co
Scranton
Peters Family Sells Seventh Street Meat Market to Partners
Fred Peters retires from the meat business and sells the Seventh Street market to son William Peters and son in law Fred Wagner. The new firm Peters & Wagner will continue in the same trade with familiar customers, and Peters plans a modern residence at Fifteenth Street and Nineteenth Avenue to occupy this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peters
William Peters
Fred Wagner
Wagner
Peters & Wagner
Peters
Fifteenth Street
Nineteenth Avenue
How Easter Date Is Determined Across Centuries
Easter Sunday this year falls on March 31 with a 35 day range between March 22 and April 26. The rule from the Nice Council 825 AD sets Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, producing dates from March 23 to April 25 and rare extreme dates like April 26 in 1886 and 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Rock Island approves sweeping city salary increases
City Council in Rock Island passes six ordinances boosting pay for officers and workers. Highlights include a 35 cent day raise for laborers, up to 400 for the health commissioner and city engineer, and raises across waterworks and street departments with new annual and monthly rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Council
Rock Island
Close Call From Death Under Car In Davenport
Fred Gegenheimer a 16 year old Davenport boy and nephew of Officer Henry Lebbert was badly but not fatally injured last Friday when he fell under a moving eastbound Rock Island freight after missing his grip while trying to board. He was taken to City hospital after treatment for crushed right heel, scraped flesh, and hip injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gegenheimer
Davenport
Henry Lebbert
Fifteenth Street
Rock Island Road
Gegenheimer
A. Harp
Burlington
Silvis
Rock Island
Damages Sought After Brady Street Truck Collision
In Davenport, B A Shaw, Mrs. B A Shaw, W M Radcliffe, and Mrs. W M Radcliffe filed $60,000 in district court against Tri City Railway Co. for injuries from an August crash on Brady street. Shaw seeks $25,000. Mrs Shaw $10,000. Radcliffe $5,000 for himself and $5,000 for his wife. Mrs Radcliffe $5,000. Healy and Bush represent plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Tri- City Railway Co
Bults
Tri-City Railway Co
B. A. Shaw
W. M. Radcliffe
Brady Street
Tri-City
Mr. Radcliffe
Healy
Bush
Cuartets Leased for Home for Old Ladies
The Old Ladies' Home of Rock Island county organized by the King's Daughters reports leased quarters in Rock Island and plans to open about April 1. Interested applicants should notify Mrs. F W Bahnsen or any King's Daughter in Rock Island or Mrs. G H Huntoon of Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Daughters
Rock Island
King’s Daughters
F W. Bahnsen
G. H. Huntoon
Moline
Deere Capital to Buy Wagon Plant in Fort Smith
Negotiations continue between Deere & Co and the Fort Smith Wagon Co of Fort Smith Arkansas for Deere to purchase the wagon plant. St Velie has been in Fort Smith overseeing the deal but details are unclear. Velie fell ill returning home and is hospitalized in Chicago, delaying confirmation of any arrangement. The wagon company has capital of 300000 dollars and, if purchased, expected reorganization would raise capital stock to 600000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deere & Co
Fort Smith Wagon Co
Fort Smith, Ark
St. Velie
Fort Smith
Velie
Chicago
Remains of C. T. Edwards Interred in Riverside
The body of Charles T Edwards longtime Moline resident who died February 20 in Galesburg was brought home and buried at Riverside cemetery after a brief funeral in Galesburg. Born 1834 in Vermont he lived in Moline Dakota and Galesburg and worked as a traveling solicitor. He was active in churches and revival meetings and survived by his widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T Edward
Moline
Galesburg
Congregational Church
Edwards
John Moore
W H Gaylord
M R. Metzgar
S. Crompton
Ratsins
L Wu. Sinnet
Charles T Edwards
Riverside Cemetery
Brattleboro
Dakota
Aife
Edwards Waa
Osceola, Tif
Edwardes
Chauncey White
Pastor Hoffsten Accepts Harlem Call as Grace Church Plans
Reverend Hoffsten resigns from Grace Lutheran Church in New Ulm effective June 30 after seven years serving since ordination in 1901. He has accepted a call from the Swedish Lutheran Church of Harlem New York and awaits congregation approval. Grace Church has grown from 176 communicants to nearly 400, amid a dispersed, youthful Swedish flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C E. Hoffsten
Grace Lutheran Church
Hofsten
Swedish Lutheran Church of
Harlem
New York City
Grace Church
Hoffsten
Church Council
Verdict awards $2750 to Emil Englund in fatal train case
A jury awarded Emil Englund 2750 damages in a suit against Mississippi Valley Traction Co over the death of Maurice Englund his two year old son. The attack involved the Moline East Moline and Watertown Railway and leased Mississippi Valley Traction property. The jury deliberated after supper and reported to Judge Gest. Oakleaf represented the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Englund
Mississippi Valley Traction Co
Maurice Englund
Moline
East Moline
Watertown
Gest
J.B &J JL Oakleaf
Englund
Barber share price rises to 15 cents by Journeymen
Journeymen barbers voted to raise the share price to 15 cents with two weeks grace. Those displeased with a Vandyke style may switch to a safety razor. After March 16 no show, price will be 28 cents or join the haymakers.
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Montas
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Masshal
Supreme Court of State
Circuit Court
John Swisher
21St Street
John Franklin Swisher
Cwents
Ears
Swasher
Autobacco Tome
Gontaville
Wasth
Marie Ty
Mary Jo Rose
Pata
Mrs Suburbs
Kathryn de Vere
Heavens
Bridget
Princeton Tiger
John Goodmanson Club
Swedish-American Republican League of Illinois
John Goodmanson
Albert Ed
George Lander
J J. Oakleaf
Oscar Anderson
Fred Frisk
O F Anderson
Rose Rock Island
W C Peterson
G L. Peterson
Robert J Pears
G J. Peterson
John Sundine
Vo Swanson
G Carlson
Chas Hogberg
J F Freeman
J A Godelin
Elmer Donzhou
M’caskrin
H. C Schaffer
7Th Street
Street Department
Otto Johnson
Mo Nne Plow Co
Arp
L. D. Dunn
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C. T. Edwards
Riverside
Pastor Hoffsten
New York
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Augustana College
Mississippi Valley Company
Free Farms
J. Exougntex
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