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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
5
Factories report a new shipping record with an average of ninety carloads daily despite a serious handicap from a dearth of care. The year 1920 saw a huge grand total of carloads sent out, marking a high production period.
February shipments set records for Moline agricultural factories with an estimated 1920 carloads in 24 working days. One factory was 160 carloads behind, while railroads limited car supply and high freight tariffs added to costs. Prepaid charges at one plant reached $15,000 in a single week.
George H Stange buys from Alfred Lindvall four Soudé and lot 1010 Third Avenue. Thirteen Avenue frontage is 53 feet, a frame house in good condition. Purchase price 2500 dollars. Lindvall bought Fourteenth Street near Twelfth Avenue and plans building this summer. He resides at 1226 Twelfth Avenue.
W A Ebbert of Hickman Ebbert Wagon Co Owensboro Ky secures exclusive rights to the Ebbert wagon in Oregon through the Oregon Moline Plow Co. Sales will be routed via the Portland branch. The wagon suits mountain use and is promoted by the Moline line.
Cordova reports a fire on the east end of the Stockwell block used by Jesse Maxwell was extinguished with little damage. The incident marks the second in a year at the Stockwell building. Residents and visitors like Mrs Bernice Backsline moved through town as other local news unfolded.
The Silvis village board plans a franchise with the Moline Rock Island and Eastern railway for streetcar service. Cars will run every half hour from 6 to midnight with a five cent fare for adults and three cents for children under twelve.
Professor Doolittle describes March skies with the Zodiacal Light, counter glow, and bright planets. He notes Sirius, Rigel, Regulus, and Leo's rising stars, explains variable stars and the Maylike zodiacal phenomenon, and outlines Mercury and Neptune positions for western skies at dusk.
Fiedler and Eugene Smith depart for Calgary with Mo Mne. Paul Carpenter and M R Gould of Reynolds, Simon Anderson, and the Lofgren brothers plan shipments to the winter wheat district early next week. The Moline-Strathmore Development Co and C C North also send goods. North and F M DeWitt intend a ninety day stay in Strathmore to oversee interests.
Representatives of the Masonic Picnic association of Rock Island and Scott counties met in Rock Island to organize for the year. G. Wilson was elected president for the fourth term with Wm Glenn as vice president and F A Hitchcock as secretary treasurer. The thirteen lodges were represented and an executive committee was named to arrange the August picnic in Davenport. A prior Prospect Park outing was reviewed and discussed.
A notice notes a premium offered to men to refrain from signing or engaging with specific contracts. The brief states criteria for eligibility and the duration of the offer, with emphasis on compliance and penalties for violation.
About 218 molders idle in Moline and East Moline as Deere & Co and other plants face walkouts over contracts. A 60 cent per day bonus is offered to workers still at Deere & Co, with July pay contingent on continued employment. National and local union leaders plan arrivals to mediate as resolutions condemn the lockouts and call for reinstatement. A benefit dance for displaced molders raises an estimated 250 dollars. Attorneys seek legal fees related to the Joliet penitentiary case involving William Nagle and his companion.
A certified certificate of capital stock increase for the Moline Wagon Company has been filed with the secretary of state at Springfield Illinois and duplicated with the Rock Island County recorder of deeds. The increase is an accomplished fact dated February 16, 1907 in Moline Illinois. Signed by W A Rosenfield, president, with Jackson Hurst attorneys and BS Setford attorneys.
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