FOURSORDERS INVOLVED.
Court records reveal four separate orders involved in the dispute. Details indicate multiple filings and actions across jurisdictions, with associated dates and parties under scrutiny.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1910
Page
3
Court records reveal four separate orders involved in the dispute. Details indicate multiple filings and actions across jurisdictions, with associated dates and parties under scrutiny.
A Chicago case exposes large embezzlement linked to Magill and associates with active involvement by Wayman. The investigation traces funds and outlines organizational roles. Authorities pursue charges and seek restitution amid ongoing court proceedings.
A Chicago funds theft involving $67,000 is tied to a former officer who allegedly kept the money. Investigators pursue a second suspect who reportedly fled with $14,000 to Springfield, with a detective tracking him for possible testimony on the embezzlement.
State's Attorney Magill of Rock Island county says evidence gathered in Chicago on an insurance scandal involving four fraternal orders will be presented to the Rock Island grand jury Thursday the 26th. He asserts political influence will not save the guilty and notes frauds involve embezzlement totals and forged notes.
Final preparations for the Six County Odd Fellow picnic on June 11 at Prospect Park are complete. John Rose leads the automobile section with a grand parade at 10:30 am, route details and signals planned, and Ed Kittilsen of Moline lodge 133 as marshal. A business session follows at Swedish Olive hall with sport events, a refreshment booth run by Salem Lutheran Church, a Boys band concert, and a dance later under lodge degree teams.
The Lily, U S lighthouse tender for the upper Mississippi, docked at Rock Island to begin the season from St Paul to St Louis. Crews place spar and non sinkable buoys, cement anchors, and new launch built at Fond du Lac, a 35 foot boat with 60 horsepower engines costing 3100 dollars. Captain Eagon notes low river levels with frequent groundings and coal supply delays due to the Illinois strike.
The Tri City Railway company and other public utilities in three cities are now under one management led by J F Porter. They own property valued at 12 million with a combined valuation of 1.2 million cited in the text. Over the past four years they have spent 1.5 million on permanent improvements and this year have ongoing or planned improvements requiring about 1 million more.
The Augustana College graduating class prepares for commencement on Thursday June 9 with Judge Crosscup delivering the address. Invitations for the annus commencement are issued in eight page booklet form bound in chamois skin with blue and gold embossing. The program includes hymns, speeches, and class honors with Marcus Skarstedt as valedictorian and Cora Benster as poetess among listed graduates. Mrs. J. F. Robinson and two other companions depart from Rock Island for New York en route to Edinburgh for the world missionary convention and the Passion play at Oberammergau.
A 40 member Molina delegation of Swedish singers leaves for New York to attend the American Union of Swedish Singers sangerfest. The group travels via Rock Island train from Chicago with a stop in New York for a performance before the king. Prominent members include Svea Male Chorus and Svea Female Chorus, with many noted names attached to the voyage and performances.
Reports confirm the death of Andrew Lindstrum, long time resident of Rock Island, following a sudden illness. The obituary notes Mrs Herbert Magi in Jepin as a sorrowful figure in the community, with relatives spanning Sweden and local ties in Joplin and nearby areas. Funeral details and ages are referenced but not fully clear in the fragment.
Tannis Johnson resigns from Lundt & Berglund Co to manage a general merchandise store in Funk Nebraska owned by his father. Previously worked at the Funk store, so he is fully qualified. He assumes the new duties on the first of the coming month.
HiLL Brown resigns after eight years as principal of Rock Island High School. He leaves at year end to take a post as principal of Kenilworth Township High School with an advanced salary. Brown has been in Rock Island for three decades, rising to a leading role in local and state educational circles.
Ray of Davenport reportedly recovering from an apoplexy stroke while en route to a treatment facility. His wife and son are at his side as he regains speech. Jo Sep Ray of Pittsburg, a former Wool City resident, has also been described as recovering from a recent illness.
The panel of petit jurors reported for service on Monday at multiple locations including Canoe Creek, Moline, Rock Island, South Rock Island, Coal Valley and Andalusia. Names listed include J E Camp Zuma Walker Johnson Hob Adaing A J Johnson Wm Hodges Cars told Stein Lamon McKeever Swanson Haggerty Crippen Mahon Newton Ritter Erickson Kerr Hammer Koehler Paridon Barnks and Schultz among others.
A humorous Buffalo Express quip about a street car company firing an old conductor over wages. The joke hinges on the conductor’s supposed pull or influence versus his actual use of it at the cash register.
In a humorous quip from Lippincott's Magazine a newlywed couple debates a hat priced at 880. The bride accuses the cost as ridiculous while the husband argues it was all they could afford.
State's Attorney Magill indicated further revelations in the Fraternal Tribunes affair may show at least 1000 embezzled from seven or eight fraternal societies. A former state official in the insurance department is expected for grand jury examination seeking an immunity bath. The grand jury resumed Thursday as two murder cases were set for Monday.
The United States Department of Agriculture publishes The Anatomy of the Honey Bee, detailing bee structure and physiology. It covers external and internal organs, circulatory and nervous systems, reproductive organs, and wax glands with fifty seven illustrated figures. The bulletin aims to provide accurate, practical information for beekeepers and students, and is available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office.
A rough OCR fragment presents a speech invoking sacrifice in battle, with phrases about fighting the foe, marching over frozen ground, and bearing blood. The text stalls mid sentence, mentioning a front line and water, leaving the speaker and context unclear.
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