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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
3
Opened register notes that J H Parrard extracted valuables from packages over a long period, alleged in a mail service record. The item tags Geers Service and Mai Pind accompany the claim as contextual references.
James H. Farrand, 45, longtime Davenport postal carrier and alleged scammer, was found dead in bed with a chloroform-soaked cloth. Secret Service had tied him to tampering with registered mail after decoy letters exposed his guilt and he was to face a federal grand jury. Farrand had admitted to bail after an arrest, leaving questions about stolen funds and motive.
The passage presents a collage of garbled lines and partial headlines. It hints at literary jests, political mentions, and scattered captions, including references to Roosevelt, Pittsb urgh, and public notices, all rendered in a chaotic OCR-like jumble. The result is a fragmented snapshot of a divided newspaper page.
Judge Ram gay granted a divorce to Addie Meg from Daniel Arthur after extreme cruelty and awarded custody of two children. Rose Cole obtained a divorce from William B. Cole for cruelty with custody of three minor children. August Van Hazebroeck filed for divorce from Irma Van Hazebroeck due to desertion. Ed Reed won $40 judgment against the county for a grand jury stenographic report. Judge W H Gest returns from trip and will preside in circuit court this afternoon.
Miss Nellie Scales a lodging house keeper in Rock Island drank laudanum and creosote between 3 and 4 AM Monday dying within 30 minutes. Supposed love affair caused despondency. Mil dred Beiseck and Charles Leimbaugh hurried to her room. Leimbaugh knocked away poison after she had swallowed half. Coroner L. V. Eckhart took charge of the body. Scales was 30 years old.
A mechanical mishap near 5:20 pm nearly caused a fatal crash when T B Davis’s electric machine stalled on Fort Street. Eklund rode a bicycle nearby, but the driver avoided collision with only minor bruises as spectators watched a Swedish Olive lodge building get involved.
State geological survey reports Illinois now leads the nation in oil production with about 5 million barrels in the year. Dr. J. A. Udden of Augustana College notes discoveries east of St. Louis and in several counties near the Indiana line. Wildcat drilling continues as prospectors stock independent firms in smaller towns while awaiting further oil strikes and field expansion.
Arrangements set for a Sunday race meet on October 13 at the Ninth Street track in Rock Island. A $75 purse funds the first three events with entries from several local harness teams and owners including Harry J. and Billy the Ghost. A $25 roadster purse invites about twelve driving horses with entrants such as Alfred Walsh and Tony Koester.
Rock Island manages announces rapid deployment of new style cars from Tri-City shops to Elm Street and Longview lines with two extras. Old cars will be removed soon as track rebuilding progresses. Power plant stance unchanged. boilers upgraded at $300,000 with reserve capacity for emergencies.
Readers are assured Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It is taken internally, targets the blood and mucous surfaces, and aims to restore strength by building the constitution. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any uncured case and invite testimonials.
The McKinley interurban syndicate pursues a three-pronged system linking East Dubuque, Galena, Freeport, Moline, Savanna and Fulton with routes southeast from Rock Island. Proposals include extensions from Freeport to East Dubuque and a southbound line to Moline, while Galena would be a junction point. The plan spans about 159 miles of new track, but experts call it speculative and dependent on future growth and population centers.
Twelve boys aged 10 to 17 were rounded up for malicious mischief after breaking windows tearing down plaster and damaging a house at 1226 Third Street. Crompton named as complainant. parents face about $50 in damages plus a $1 fine and $3.05 costs per boy as Magistrate Gustafson imposed.
The Rev James M King of the Methodist church board in Philadelphia died suddenly October 9. He aided Spencer Memorial church in Edgewood Park by securing 2300 for its debt and had chaired church extension affairs for two years. His death leaves the board to assume charge while he served as delegate to multiple general conferences. Also noted is the Davenport funeral of William Ade, long time railway mail clerk and father of Mrs A R Eb of Davenport after an eight week illness.
J C Painter of Tri City Railway was seriously hurt when car No 260 hit a blind horse at Eighteenth avenue and Twenty third street. The front vestibule was caved in and he suffered a fractured left thigh. The horse died instantly and the Longview line was blocked about an hour while crews freed the wreckage. Passengers were shaken but none others injured. Painter was taken to St Anthonys hospital for surgery. Another man, Joe Fennell, was struck by a runner in Davenport and fractured his left wrist earlier that evening.
Muscatine board of education acted Friday evening to disapprove the formation of any secret society by high school pupils. The unanimous resolution states no secret societies are in the pupils' best interests and signals readiness for drastic steps if needed.
A Louisville Courier-Journal remark praises a salesman as highly persuasive, joking he could sell a snowplow to the Cuban government. The quip highlights exaggerated sales prowess with regional wit and a light political edge.
A westbound Chicago to Minneapolis passenger train and an eastbound Rock Island freight crashed in Rock Island yards at 1050 p m. Six passengers were injured including Miss Ruth Penny of Cedar Rapids who was seriously hurt.
The joint will of Daniel and Elizabeth Henry of South Moline was admitted to probate. Dated February 10, 1892, the instrument freed after Elizabeth Henry’s death at age 70. After both deaths the property revert to daughter Lucy Henry if she cares for Mary during her life. specific bequests of 200 dollars to Nancy Einfeldt, Mattie Van Orden, William Henry, and George Henry.
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