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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1910
Page
5
A former well regarded resident who entered prison on his sixtieth birthday gains complete liberty. He plans to depart the state and now lives in a metropolitan area.
Merchants along Fifteenth street sign to install boulevard lighting from Fourth to Fifth avenues in Moline. Plan calls for sixteen posts per block with 8 cents per front foot monthly maintenance and a sinking fund for breaks, with a $2 front foot installation cap and a 4 percent to 8 percent range for the district’s costs.
Congressman elect James McKinney tours the Fourteenth Illinois district visiting Moline and Rock Island to hear citizen desires before leaving for Washington to begin the winter session.
Jacob Catner, a 65 year old blind street musician and beggar, died in Rock Island jail after intoxication. A coroner's jury ruled death due to heart trouble aggravated by excessive use of intoxicating liquors.
A brief traincar exchange in Marietta features a colored porter offering to escort a gentleman off the train. The man declines, preferring the usual exit. The scene, captured in a Princeton Tiger note, ends with a casual underscore of civic routine amid light humor.
John H. Berghoff of this city suffered a left arm fracture when he fell from his automobile on the road south of Camanche while a brother assisted after a rear tire went flat. The fracture occurred between the elbow and wrist and was set by a surgeon in Clinton.
Special correspondence from Zuma notes a school disruption due to tobacco fumes and the plan to scrub the floor. Students visit Rose Hill School and a corncake contest awards several prizes for ears, bread, and popcorn amid Temperance Sunday plans and local funerals. A stockholders meeting for the Moline Plow Company records capital increase to nine million dollars.
George Kahler and a companion were driven to Moline City Hospital after a vehicle wreck at Brooks' Viaduct. The crash was described as a mischance with a lucky escape and no serious injuries reported.
A long feature describes making paper from papyrus stalks and the plant’s varied uses. It covers how papyrus could supply pulp, its history in Egypt, and experiments comparing it to modern pulps, noting the plant’s growth in the Nile region and potential substitutes like cactus for papermaking.
The Rock Island County Christian Endeavor union elected E. H. Osborn of Moline to president at the Watertown Baptist church convention session. Officers include Louis D. Hauberg Olive Hero Ruth Black Ara Millen, plus the executive committee. Dr L. M. Coffman spoke on service. N P Tucker led the musical program as 100 delegates attended. The Geneseo First Congregational church will host the next gathering.
The city announces two notices for the East Fifth Avenue widening project with a November 21 hearing. costs include 600 for removing portions of the Central Union Telephone Exchange building and 709 for removing part of a brick building at 602 Fifteenth Street.
Josiah G Heck a long time Moline resident and Dowie follower died after a brief illness at his home 2842 Fifteenth Street He was 67 and had lived in Moline since 1848 He leaves a wife Dora Cornwall a daughter Elairnd and a sister Mrs Rachael Willis Funeral arrangements were not yet announced Coroner to hold an inquest to determine the cause of death given absence of a death certificate and disputed pneumonia theory
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