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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
2
Moline collects the Relay Trophy as the meet at Macomb concludes. Local teams score 31 points with Rock Island second. detailed events list Moline dominant in sprints, distance, and field events with multiple podiums across schools.
The fragment recalls pioneer resident Mrs Jane Wright and notes long history in town life. It describes a sports meet with events like the mile and pole vault, mentioning competitors such as Hubbard and Woodyatt, and details the Moline Rock Island relay race with Wyland and McFarland among finishers.
Deputy sheriff Andree, a former shop foreman, was fined zero dollars for breach of peace after a verbal confrontation on a East Moline street corner with witness George Schober. The incident began when Schober passed, and Andree brandished a club and exchanged insults before the arrest. Walter Baker prosecuted for the state, B S Bell defended.
In this centenary tribute Hampton Illinois honors six longtime locals whose combined ages total 402 years. Francis Black, Leonard Baker, Augustus Hayward, Harriet Aiken, Henry Fitch, and others are profiled for their Civil War service, business leadership, church roles, and deep roots in Rock Island county. The piece notes Black’s 1903 store era, Hayward’s frontier hunts, and Baker’s public offices as proof of a tight knit community.
A brief Life magazine style snippet captures a conversation about wages, noting they are fair enough to keep the body and a broken car together. The line uses dialect indicating modest income and living costs.
Frederickson's addition along the southeast bluff is opened for sale in acre tracts. The eighty six acre tract lies nearly level, close to the city, and convenient to work and a school house. Price ranges from 60.00 per acre. property extends north from Twenty Gord avenue and Thirty fourth street with market appeal for residential occupancy.
Instruction from state entomologist Dr S A Forbes on treating seed corn to protect against corn root aphis. Mix lemon oil with denatured alcohol, coat one bushel in a shaker, stir thoroughly, then bag and shade until planting. Yields enough treatment for about forty five acres. adjust for larger or smaller croplands.
A May 2 contract by F Van Galder editor of the Modern Woodman with Scott Printing Press Mfg Co secures a $25000 magazine press with forty page capacity. The press will be installed at the Modern Woodman building in Rock Island and publication will begin from the Rock Island office per the plan recently announced.
Jerry M. Busey a longtime Moline resident and post office messenger died in city hospital at 54 He was born a slave in Calloway County Kentucky February 16 1853 He served as state grand master of the colored Masons and held prominent roles in Knights Templar and Odd Fellows He is survived by his widow two brothers and a sister and other relatives in Davenport Wisconsin and Kansas City
The speaker muses on what to do with money and how wealth could tempt generosity or lead to self indulgence. The fragment contrasts wishing to share with the poor with the fear of adopting another's careless attitude.
J M and J T Kempsfetter and son, former Moline residents, incorporators of Davenport Tile Construction Co filed May 2. Company to buy erect own buildings and construct structures for public use. capital stock $26,000, fully paid. Officers: J M Kemp president, J T Kemp vice president, William Chowbich secretary treasurer. The firm builds a brick building at Perry and Second in Davenport.
A coroner's jury ruled no one blamed for the May 1 death of Charles M Parker struck by a Rock Island worktrain near Forty sixth Street. Brakeman McLain and engineer Tom Hansett testified Parker waved, attempted to board, and fell beneath the wheels.
The Davenport weather bureau records a new May low of 29 degrees last Friday at 6 am, surpassing the previous 29.8-degree low from May 7, 1885 and 1886 as the only near rival in more than thirty five years. Vegetation damage reports are pending from Des Moines and Springfield until the weekend.
The death of Rev James Lackey near Tacoma at about age 72 follows the recent passing of his sister Mrs R M Lackey of Oak Park. He was the only brother of R M Lackey and once pastor of the First Baptist church in Moline.
Fragmentary note reflects a debate on women’s suffrage with questions about voting rights. The text mentions terms like precedent and establishment and hints at public discussion rather than a concrete outcome.
April real estate deed total dropped to 191,973 from March’s 327,604 across Moline Rock Island and rural areas. Decreases appeared in each division while suburban tracts Frederickson’s addition and Cody’s acre tract opened for sale. Last week deeds totaled 76,745 with Moline 10,135 Rock Island 13,600 and country 53,010.
Peter Eldom’s $28000 verdict against the Rock Island road was reduced to $16000 by Judge Ramsay on Saturday. The defense motion for a new trial was overruled though the court noted the amount awarded for the tossing of all legs was too high. The judgment remains the highest ever allowed in Rock Island county.
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