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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
2
A river voyage launches here accompanying the Inland Waterways Commission proceeding, with plans to travel as far as Memphis and to address the convention.
President Roosevelt intends to begin a three city inspection voyage along the Mississippi River, the first such presidential river tour. The trip, accompanying the inland waterways commission, will test deep waterways from Chicago sanitars district to the Mississippi, then downstream toward Metropolis, with start from three cities on a government steamer next October.
The president plans to inspect Mississippi waterways, aiming to address national problems and improve inland waterway utilization. He seeks commissions to study and advance waterway improvements, reduce rail dependence, and push rapid solutions during the Waterway Convention address.
City officials discuss extending Twenty first or Twenty ninth avenues from Peck to Fourth and adding utilities. Taxpayers with twenty years payment history seek improvements while street upgrades include paving and sidewalks. Aldermen approve preliminary steps as plans proceed. In related actions, property transfers and a crockery store sale conclude, shifting local commerce.
A child asks to keep the canary whistle after the bird’s death, showing a child’s bond with a pet and a wish to preserve a keepsake. The scene centers on Jimmieboy and his simple, poignant request upon loss.
Residents in the area between Watertown road and district No 37 sign a petition seeking a local school building within their territory. About 30 families and an estimated 80 children would attend, as current facilities in Silvis and East Moline are crowded or distant. The effort follows a failed merger attempt with districts 32 and 34 into 37, opposed by Silvis and Watertown residents.
Wautertown May 20 Miss Lydia Peterson is visiting the Petersons at Beardstown George D Green is appointed village clerk to fill the Hawkins vacancy J Olker now on the interurban line has moved to Moline Emil Henline of Hampton acts as Milwaukee depot agent while H C McNeal is ill Miss Lena Thompson former hospital employee visited last week and plans a trip to Kansas Mrs Anna Thompson and Mrs Martha Odell of Hampton were in town Mrs TM M Driggs attended the wedding of his niece Miss Nellie Williamson in Galesburg TM M Benson a Hamp ton contractor building a residence for Eric Heeren Miss Sale the teacher has returned home Rawleigh Bailey disposed of his fur
Preparations for leaving to Winchester Illinois are noted with a Methodist church relocation committee. Various residents are listed with moves and employment changes. A spring social by the Baptist church is set for Tuesday the 21st at Woodman hall with 35 cents a plate. Other items include travel, injuries, and local visits.
Joseph Hardsley a 22 year old driver at Coal Valley Mining Co in Sherrard was fatally injured when thrown under a mine car Friday afternoon. He died within minutes after reaching home. His spine ribs were crushed. He is survived by his mother three sisters and two brothers. The funeral was held Sunday.
Weather data for Illinois for the week ended May 29 shows improved conditions after frosts on May 15 in the northern counties. Mean temperature 58 degrees, 4 below normal, with 0.69 inches of precipitation, 0.39 below normal. highs 82, lows 36, sunshine about 50 percent at Davenport.
A diary notes vegetables frozen to the ground in May 1883 and ripe by June. Grace Lutheran invites Rev G A Elliott of Chicago for pastor but he declines and stays in Chicago. Rev O B Hoffsten to depart for Harlem in June. George C Warner, Moline salesman, disappeared after taking the week’s collections, leaving wife and daughter behind. Ben Lusty returns from four years aboard the Balti more, glad to be home to Moline.
The First Congregational church unveiled a nearly rebuilt organ, gifted by Mrs. Sarah M Atkinson, with two-and-a-half times the power of the old instrument. Marshall-Bennett Organs installed a tubular pneumatic action, 27 stops, about 1400 pipes, re-voiced old pipes, new Dulciana pedal stop, Vox Humana, and a sforzando pedal enabling grand passages once wished for by composers.
A comical clash unfolds as a tiger, awakened by a lady missionary, asserts its appetite while she scolds him. The scene ends with her covering her head and the tiger blinking away, in a humorous Puck column tone. The exchange turns on misperception and startled bravado rather than danger.
A fragment from La Rire presents a dialogue where a child asks if the mother loved to flirt in youth and if she was punished. The mother replies she was cruelly punished by marrying the father, revealing a grim joke on consequences of flirtation.
Morris Howell, 12, son of Ed and Mrs. Howell of Bettendorf, was found dead beside the D RL and N W tracks west of Bettendorf after a freight train passed. The boy, who had been fishing near the river, was struck while crossing the tracks. the head and limbs were severed and the body dragged blocks. His family operates an ice cream business in Bettendorf.
D R Hoover of this city was elected secretary and treasurer of the Illinois Association of Stationary Engineers at its Joliet annual meeting. New officers include President Philip Breele of Chicago and Vice President Walter W Brooker of Joliet. Past national presidents Jon Beckerley and C W Naylor attended. Peoria may host next convention. Delegates toured the penitentiary and Bates Machine Co shops.
Commander E H Buck of Rock Island issues the annual Illinois G A R memorial day order urging observance by strong posts aiding weaker ones. Memorial Sunday urged with veterans visiting schools to arouse patriotism and the reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address during ceremonies.
A special election will probably be called soon to elect an alderman from the Second ward to serve out the unexpired term of Alderman Ed Nelson. Mr Nelson moved from the Second ward to the Third ward, and City Attorney G A Ghaliberg's finding is that he cannot reside in the Third ward and still represent the Second ward. The alderman was absent at the council meeting and the office was not declared vacant. Action is expected at the next council meeting.
In a courtroom exchange the prisoner asks the court to consider the youth of his attorney before sentence. The remark, attributed to a line from a Blanco y Negro publication, underscores the defense’s appeal for leniency based on counsel’s inexperience.
A cryptic encounter unfolds as a fortune hunter confronts an elderly woman, demanding money rather than affection. The maiden resists, telling him to leave and condemning him as like the others.
A Milwaukee Sentinel line recalls harsh seasons with a quip about winter rivaling the spring of 1907. The narrator, near a fire, tumbles into a nap as a wisp of straw sparks debate about luck and weather in the past.
In a nautical scene, the captain pleads for help as his wife falls overboard during a yachting excursion. The owner curses the recurring sinking spell while the crew reacts, highlighting a tense maritime mishap with uncertain outcome.
Two Moline women topped the Augustana Commercial College class of 1907. Addie Lund, valedictorian, and Winifred Kavanagh, salutatorian, were chosen for merit from the bookkeeping and shorthand departments. Thirty students graduate, with several securing jobs in Rock Island and Davenport. An employment bureau will match students with summer and future positions, while the college continues penmanship and bookkeeping instruction through a summer program.
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