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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
1
Weather data shows unusual season with heavy rain in July and August, and record high temperatures in early 1901. Forecaster Sherler notes April to June below normal rainfall, July storms, and a hot summer driven by a stationary low pressure system from the Northern Rockies to the upper Mississippi valley.
Rumor circulates that former Silvis shopy workers were rejected for rehire after a boilermakers strike. The boilermakers’ committee supposedly demands reinstatement or another strike, but the report lacks foundation. Fifty seven boilermakers were on the job. thirty have returned, with others to be recalled as demand increases.
Hon James McKinney is due back in early November from a Philippines and Asia trip after delays. He reported reaching northern China where his sister serves as a Presbyterian missionary. A Jolo mail note notes a visit by the sultan of Sulu to the commission, contrasting royal pageantry with stage depictions.
The 13th annual Rock Island Sunday School association convention takes place October 8 and 9 at the Andalusia Baptist church. J H Hauberg serves as vice president and G W Muhleman township president for Moline, with many locals attending. An afternoon address on Inspiration will be given by G M Loosley Jr of Moline, with several reverends and speakers on the program.
Mr and Mrs D W Mumma and daughter Verna return from three weeks in Barnesville Ohio. Alicia Franklin returns to Barstow after visiting Edna Mumma in Zuma. Elsie Garnett of Port Byron visits Edna Mumma. Roads remain poor due to heavy rains. Rose Hill church box social attracted few due to weather, about 3 dollars raised. Albert Lamphere and daughter depart Broken Bow Nebraska after visiting Zuma relatives. Wm Donahoo family from Hillsdale visit Clydeswake. Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea advertised as a restorative.
Prices for butter increase to 36 cents per pound and eggs to 25 cents per dozen, while pumpkins appear in quantity at about 10 cents each. Raisins and other dried fruits stay scarce with prunes and dried peaches high priced. Flour sells around 1 75 a sack as winter expectations grow. Local notices report community movements and small-town events among Hillsdale residents and nearby towns.
Mr Hunt who rents Charlies Ashdown's farm was severely hurt Thursday while haying. A pitchfork thrown up to him pierced his lung after striking an obstacle in the tayloft. Several locals and visitors were noted in nearby towns and on farms during the week, including families from Rock Island and Moline. Golden wedding for Mr and Mrs Henry Banker reported with a large gathering and gifts.
Beraphin Van Hecke and Susan Wright of Rock Island. Willam D Camer of Preemption and Mauae Albertson of Bowling Frank Hudson and Fay M Hynes of Bowling. Fred Bennett of Allanta Missouri and Augusta Hanson of South Rock Island. George B. Larson and Olaf Hanson of Moline. William B. Walters and Theresa M. Criswell of Milan. James Lanman of Davenport and Mrs Florence von Koeckritz of Rock Island. Marshall Kennedy of Moline and Alice M. Driggs of Rock Island. Carl R. Jacobson and Elizabeth C Brenstrom of Moline.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims to remove the cause of bad breath and purify the mouth. Sold as tea or tablets for 365 cents by Jeri cho Drug Co.
Mrs Henry Rundquist of 1909 Sixth avenue was seriously injured early today when she misjudged a step on the home stairway while raising a curtain. Her left thigh bone was broken at the hip. Dr Browning and Dr Sloan set the fracture as her husband and neighbors aided her to her room. She is about 60 and hopes for a full recovery.
Henry County Bridge Committee did not attend a planned site tour for the Rock River bridge project. The Henry county group was delayed by the death of their committee chair Thomas Newers, and the notice did not reach their members. The Rock Island group examined the two proposed sites and toured Henry county before returning.
John L Faulstich died after a four week illness at his Rock Island visit site aged 25. His wife survives and the family mourns. Mrs Carolina Nelson died after seven months of stomach trouble at 1310 Seventeenth Ave Rock Island. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Olof Nelson home Riverside cemetery officiated by Rev L A Johnston. John Russell of Rock Island died at home 4215 Fifth Ave leaving a widow Mary Navin Russell and children including John Joseph Margaret Mary Helen Elizabeth and a brother James in Ireland.
Cordova updates detail visits and relocations across towns. Names include Mrs Stimpson Quick Mr Bennett and families, George Bryant Jerr Bryant Grant Hatcher, Willie Forsythe, Ed Tavenner, and Verlie Pinneo. Mentions Civil War era river rise and upcoming duck hunting, plus a travel anecdote about a Yankee girl in Paris and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.
A youth named Bjornsdahl attempted suicide by leaping from the Fifteenth Street bridge connecting Moline to Arsenal Island. Guards restrained him, he was held at the police station, then brought before Magistrate Gustafson for arraignment and lectured to pursue better conduct before release.
Residents report visits by Mr and Mrs Thompson and Miss Libby with relatives. Mrs Nelson of Moline saw friends. Mina Donnell attended a reception for Mr and Mrs Lowe in Stivis. Mardis resigned to pursue newspaper business in East Moline. Mrs Kennedy, longtime resident, buried here Saturday. church services held at MoF church.
Dr Plummer surveyed the Silvis sanitarium with Dr V Ho noting no major changes in the plant and praising conditions and provisions for workers. William Heirs Rowitt injured weeks ago, then struck by a moving caboose at the city hospital this morning resulting in loss of part of his right heel. The will of Catherine Brogan of Rock Island admitted to probate bequeathing entire estate to husband Patrick Brogan.
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