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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
2
A man attempting to couple rail cars slipped on the tracks and was struck by a passing car. Emergency crews responded to the incident, but the victim died at the scene.
A man named O L Smith 35 died after being crushed between box cars at the Molive Wagon plant rear while switching for the NW Railway Co. He tripped and fell as a coupling rod broke. An unknown man thought to be Frank Soderlund was found dead in Silvis yards with a severed head and mangled limbs. The Quail saloon card and 3 50 were found on him. Coroner Rose ordered the body removed by Allshrow of Watertown. The unknown man’s identity remains uncertain. Smith lived in Kansas but resided locally and worked for Deere Co and Campbell I stand before his death.
A rediscovered Moline city directory from 1858 shows the town's first listings including miller George H Abbey and plow maker John Abrahamson. The 1858-59 edition, published by Tanner Halpin & Co., documented 637 Moline names and noted nearby rail and stage lines linking Rock Island and Davenport.
East end property owners, facing assessments for Fourth avenue paving from Thirty fourth street east to the city limits, plan to appeal to Moline’s manufacturing and business interests for $25,000 support. A five man committee will solicit contributions while Mayor Olson notes the city cannot cover more than $11,800. owners argue benefits favor businesses and auto traffic harms pedestrians.
Gustaf Adolph Bergstrom a longtime drill er at Moline Plow Co died at his residence 1213 15th Street after kidney trouble and paralysis. Born February 20 1850 in Ostergotland Sweden he came to America in 1876 and married Hannan M Swanson that year. Survived by wife and three children Ernest Siffora Nellie one brother in Kansas. Dorothea Margaret Kruckenberg died in Port Byron aged 78 born Eggers in Holstein Germany April 22 1837 came to America in 1871 life long Lutheran. Surviving husband two daughters Anna and four sons Louis August John William, plus one sister Mrs Mary Spaith. Funeral at Port Byron Methodist Church with Rev J G Jaggers officiating and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Stephen W Hoover, veteran Rock Island locomotive engineer, died April 28 at his Chicago home. He worked on Illinois and East Iowa divisions and later health problems from a Klondike stint led to his death. Survived by widow Florence Beck, daughter Mrs Donald Wasson, his parents, sister Mrs E Cropper, brother James Hoover, niece Mrs Harriett Cropper Johnston, and brother in law EB Cropper. Funeral held Sunday at his mother's home in Davenport. interment Oakdale Cemetery.
Circulation of a petition to widen Fifth avenue from Fifteenth to Twelfth streets gains support with more than half of nearby property owners signing. Officials say adding ten feet could be incorporated into the existing project without major delays if sufficient signatures are gathered. Owners include Swedish Odd Fellows Lodge Industrial Home and Swedish Lutheran Church, with others abroad and awaiting member meetings before action.
In a humorous line the client asks a taxidermist to treat a skin for a creature. The reply notes the request can be granted only if the subject were a lion or hippopotamus, highlighting playful misunderstanding.
Short remarks were offered by J. H. McElhatton and R. L. Doug at the event. The notes indicate their statements covered the gathering's purpose and thanked attendees for support.
Rock Island County Sunday School association workers met at Fisk and Loosley tea room to plan the June 23 rally. Ed Osborne and Clarence S. Trevor will lead a booster committee, with a literature budget to be sent to county Sunday schools and personal visits to nonresponding schools planned.
Frank Gordon a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Gordon of Rock Island was adjudged delinquent on April 27 by Judge R W Olmsted in county court. He was sent to the school for delinquent boys at St Charles the following day. The father petitioned for the action as the boy repeatedly left home for days at a time.
At a Rockie land civic federation meeting last evening a motion to impeach Mayor George Washington McCaskrin drew strong support. The crowd debated his alleged moral profligacy while one speaker urged strict law enforcement as the group formed a Law and Order league with a new constitution adopted.
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