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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
5
Merchants endorse a plan to keep checks in the same denominations as bills received as legal tender. The proposal aims to standardize transactions and prevent confusion in everyday commerce. Local officials say the approach could streamline payments and reduce disputes.
Local banks, manufacturers, and retailers in Moline plan to issue clearing house checks secured by securities to cover payrolls as currency shortages from Chicago continue. The move aims to keep factories operating and workers paid, with acceptance by the Manufacturers and Retail Merchants associations and guaranteed by all city banks.
The Retell Merchants' association approved a plan to reduce forgery by issuing checks usable in multiple businesses as long as bankers and warranters approve. The Illinois coal miners' union recommended acceptance of these checks. In cities where tested, success was immediate and widespread among working people, including Moline.
The Rev. Carl Eklund cannot come to Moline until November 19, delaying revival services planned for November 12. He remains in Joliet where crowds grow and local demand for another week extends his meetings. Mrs. J. P. Miller attends Joliet events to assist musically as union services draw large audiences in Joliet’s Swedish Baptist church with Swedish and English addresses by Eklund and songs by Prof. Jacobsen.
F L Opendike butcher of Port Byron investigated a hog theft from his slaughter pen near Port Byron. Sheriff Kittilsen found a 200 pound pig hidden in an old trunk beneath clothing and Oliver Whitted was arrested under $100 bond.
Patriotic exercises marked the 375th anniversary of the Lutzen battle at Augustana College. Dr Forsander spoke Swedish on Our Most Glorious Achievement while Prof Andersson delivered an English talk Gustavus Adolphus Why Honor Him. The program praised the Protestant cause and Gustavus Adolphus as a duty-guided defender of humanity.
Workers report progress on the new Rock Island to Arsenal bridge and viaduct. Girders and piers are in place with five sets secured and concrete work advancing. Final connection to the city due soon as symmetry improvements finish and approach paving begins.
Colonel William Elliott leads a project to erect 195 marble headstones on Confederate graves at Rock Island Arsenal next summer. The effort, funded under a Roosevelt administration act, aims to mark each grave with name rank company act and state, using Georgia marble slabs sourced from Blue Ridge Marble Co.
A fragmented muse recalls a son and monks, referencing ambition and wearing black attire. The garbled text mentions Piladel and a vague ot ve, offering little clear context or names.
C A Rose cattleman of East Des Moines says he was knocked down on a Rock Island train platform last Friday after meeting a stranger. He was robbed of eight dollars and a hundred dollar check then pressed to identify a suspect captured in Davenport as F W Colling of East Des Moines.
Judge Gest announced the criminal docket will occupy the circuit court until Thanksgiving. After that date no jury trials will occur for a week, with motions and demurrers filling the calendar until disposed. Civil docket resumes after the break as the list of jurors reports November 19 includes Rock Island and nearby town names. A burglary case ends with Brown convicted and Nelson pleading to two counts. stolen goods tied to Nelson are recovered, with other thefts charged.
Dr C W Foss professor at Augustana College receives Lutheran church appointment to study missions in India and Persia. He and his wife depart mid next month for a year long trip via England Suez Canal Palestine and overland routes visiting Rajahmundry Holy Land Egypt Greece Italy and central Europe before returning for the next school year.
Port Byron merchants organize a Business Men's Association with Geo Witter as president and Dr O S Dalley as vice president. Fifty two members signed, annual fee one dollar, committees set to draft a constitution and solicit new members.
Twenty five boilermakers joined the Rock Island Silvia shops this week, bringing total at work to 69 and nearing pre strike levels. The gains allow more men to return across departments as fifty engines are under repair and twenty await in the grave yard while rolling stock and motive power improve on Rock Island lines.
The degree staff of Manufacturers lodge 480 H 28, I O O F, traveled in a special car to Viola Saturday, reached at six, and dined at the hotel. They initiated a close of sixteen into Gilchrist lodge, now ten years old and moved to Viola. Over 120 attended, with Viola and Gilchrist ladies serving supper. Forty lodge members came from Alexis. Moline visitors were driven to Alpha, then to Viola by train arriving Sunday morning.
In Rock Island at the Van Kerrebrouck saloon on Third Avenue Frank Kussow shot Thomas Herman after a dispute during a dice game. Herman, struck above the heart, suffered a serious wound with risk of pneumonia. Kussow, intoxicated, was arrested at his home where a .32 caliber revolver and two empty chambers were found.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy for children. It claims to soothe the bite soften gums and ease pain with a bottle priced at twenty five cents. Sold everywhere by all druggists with guaranteed compliance under the food and drugs act.
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