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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
3
Leaders in Evanston and Chicago hold talks as Mrs Huntoon is named president and a new constitution is adopted. Officers are selected and discussions emphasize community plans and organizational direction.
Mercury in catarrh ointments can ruin smell and disturb the whole system through mucous surfaces. Use only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A surveying and map publishing firm plans an extensive Rock Island County atlas with township plats, county and township maps, farm owners and acreages, town and village layouts, railroads, roads, rivers, post offices, and school sites. It includes a farmers directory, railroad and world maps, and an education on land surveys, printed on heavy white paper with leather bound, 15x17.14 inch format.
A Moline girl attempted to kill herself with carbolic acid at Daisy Hall, Burlington. She was found raising the bottle to drink, was rushed to hospital in critical condition, and physicians report little hope for recovery. Relatives have been notified of her precarious status and the motive appears to be a desperate resolve fueled by unhappiness.
The Peoria Herald Transcript reports broad support for Judge Carter of Quincy in Illinois as he seeks reelection in the 4th supreme district. It notes his long tenure, judicial precedents, and calls for voters in fourteen western counties to return him, stressing his integrity and ability.
Short dispatch advertises a beer sale and related merchandise. It mentions promotional timing and store location details available to customers.
Marshal Wylie of West Liberty pursues a masked gunman who shot 25 year old Arthur Meade at a restaurant at midnight on May 13. The suspect fled through Cedar Rapids area, stole a laprobe mask, looted the till, and left through River Junction Nichols and Columbus Junction before vanishing into the woods. Authorities describe the fugitive as matching the man who hired Meade.
The First Baptist and Mission Tabernacle plan confirmations for 20 members of the reading class, with 18 girls and 2 boys listed by name and address. A separate seven member class will join next Sunday, and the First Baptist church seeks a pastor with a five member committee to invite visitors and extend a call after candidate hearings.
The body recovered from the Mississippi at Watertown on May 21 is P. A. Froyd a Moline resident who leaves two sons Nels Peterson and Andrew Pearson and a daughter Mrs Nels Oberg. Froyd born in Sweden 64 years ago lived in Moline and Sweden during his life and returned from Sweden shortly before his death. An inquest at Watertown noted the decomposed state hindered identification and a key found on him unlocked a trunk at his daughter's home. The widow and two daughters in Sweden survive him along with a son in Manlius Illinois and C P Froyd listed on his person.
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. The copy suggests medical endorsement and urges readers to try the tonic for stomach ailments.
The board of education appointed teachers for the next year at a special meeting on the 21st. Diploma grants go to the last class of the old teachers training school including Maude Allen and Frances Hemenway. The board will not contract high school teachers without approved diplomas or first grade certificates. A lengthy list covers superintendent principal and numerous teachers across grades, with many names and salaries noted. The issue also lists charter members of the Moline Woman's Club, more than seventy, and outlines plans for lectures and merged local women’s societies.
A local report notes an initiative to merge all area clubs into a single umbrella group. The plan aims to streamline activities, consolidate resources, and coordinate events across diverse organizations within the community.Further details on leadership and timeline remain unclear.
Ben Rubinsky a 26 year old Hebrew man was arrested in Davenport after plans to marry a mulatto girl faced obstruction. The girl described as pretty and about 12 was found in Rock Island while Rubinsky tried to claim baggage sent from Springfield. A letter from his father a Springfield merchant is believed to explain the effort to stop the marriage, a result of years of friendship.
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