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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
3
The text appears to describe beneficiaries and estate allocations with unclear names and items. It mentions a third share and references Grandeons and a pulk of the estate. Details are garbled and unreadable.
Charles H Deere's will, dated January 8, creates a three part estate split among Mrs Deere, Mrs Butterworth, and the two grandsons Charley Deere Wiman and Dwight Erastus Wiman. The grandchildren receive shares at ages 30 40 and 60 with trustees to manage early actions and contingencies to keep the estate intact within twenty one years after Mrs Deere's life ends.
The will details full power for executors and trustees to manage the estate including sale and distribution of real and personal property. It bequeaths 5000 to Rev George H Deere and 6000 to Daisy Taylor, 100 for each year of service to long employed household staff, and 100000 in trust to William D Wiman with quarterly income. Mary Little Deere and Katherine Deere Butterworth receive residuary income, with a complex per stirpes inheritance structure for descendants and a trust for grandchildren with life estate provisions for the wife. Executors named are William Butterworth and Burton F Peek of Moline Illinois.
Two grandsons, Charles D. Wiman and Dwight E. Wiman, are named as future executors and residuary trustees. The will directs distribution of income from the residuary estate to the widow, with provisions for guardianship of the remainder, advancement of shares to the grandsons at ages 25 and 40, and eventual termination of the trust twenty one years after the death of Mary Little Deere. Provisions include substitutions for executors, bond requirements, and the condition that at least one replacement appointee be a major Chicago trust company.
The will directs that upon reaching a stated age each executor may join as a residuary trustee with others. Executors may retain charges and expenses, receive reasonable compensation, and employ counsel as needed. They are not liable for losses due to nonwillful default. Dated January 8, 1907, Charles H Deere signs with witnesses Peter C Simmon Fred H Cooper James M Dale.
Joe Sullivan, a south side resident, was fined 680 dollars by Magistrate Gustafson in the police court for violating health rules by handling a decayed turkey. He had bought a dead bird for ten cents, plucked it in an alley, and sold it to a restaurant for one dollar, which was discovered decayed in the kitchen. He also refunded the restaurant keeper the dollar.
Elmer H Youngman notes in the Bankers' magazine that the Mint's 1863 1864 designs followed a 1861 Treasury push for religious mottoes on coinage. Secretary Salmon P Chase urged a motto “In God We Trust” to appear after a 1837 act limited devices, with the 2 cent pieces in 1864 marking its first use.
Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the Manufacturers' hotel from noon to 2 PM.
Advertises aprons for sale at the Dutch market Saturday after noon and evening on November 30. Also mentions Christian Science services at 10 45 a.m. and a Unitarian church service with the subject Thanksgiving.
Small ads on page 10 list items for sale including furniture tools and appliances. Handyman services and part time job offers are featured with contact details and prices where shown.
Mercer county figure Squire William Wilmerton died at his son W W Wilmerton’s home near Preemption, aged 78. Born May 2, 1822, he was a prominent landowner long based in Mercer county and claimed to be misled by a St. Louis get rich quick scheme losing about 40 000. He served as justice of the peace for 53 years and is survived by three children including Mrs. Louisa Little of Chicago and Frank Wilmerton of Le Mars.
The Davenport Democrat reports Billy Sunday’s gospel meetings near Davenport drawing local interest. Men of Muscatine consider asking Rock Island road for a special train to Muscatine so Davenport can hear Sunday and return that evening. Sunday has preached here about two weeks and reportedly drew 127 conversions on a recent night.
The Buffalo News recounts a rough Christmas tour for actors. After leaving a small New York town for Wheeling West Virginia the company endured three train changes none with sleepers. Holiday crowds caused fights constables and injuries with the manager, star, and crew sustaining hurts before finally reaching New York for charity performances.
An old English superstition holds that all Christmas decorations must be removed before Candlemas. It warns that leaving holly or any evergreen in a house will bring a death within the year.
An advertisement for Virtol Cod Liver, claimed to be oil-free and better than traditional cod liver oil. Targets elderly people, delicate children, and the sick, asserting it restores health after illness and alleviates throat and lung troubles with a guarantee.
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