Rat OE: Wehbe Faces Review In Odd East Africa Case
An obscure case in East Africa involves figure Wehbe and an unnamed party amid a court review. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text and OCR errors.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
3
An obscure case in East Africa involves figure Wehbe and an unnamed party amid a court review. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text and OCR errors.
A Pittsburgh long-distance message reports Republic Iron and Steel Co. donating to Moline's Y. M. C. A. fund. The paper lists numerous donors with amounts ranging from 500 to 20,000 and notes total subscriptions reach 8,300 with total donations of 135,830.
The list names the Building Committee members with roles including chairman R B Lourie and treasurer Rufus Walker Jr. It includes C A Banister as vice chairman and members Harry Ainsworth Trevor W L Welie O B Mansur Bchiller Hosford W H VanDervoort Chas R Stephens B B Jackson A C Barber George W Ross George W Mixter and R J Montgomery.
YM C A building committee met at the Moline club to organize. The session lasted a short time with no new action beyond public information. Several site options were secured and others requested. Rumors spoke of a board of directors and an association president election. C B Ward urged electing Schiller Hosford as president.
A seven day campaign in Moline raises about 153000 for the Y M C A building fund and rural road support. Leaders emphasize team effort, applaud donations from Fred Nielsen the candy kid and workers. Rock Island watchers note envy as city-wide support grows.
A compiled list shows numerous teams and captains with members across multiple units and squads. Names include Crampton Blackman Albin Anderson and many others, detailing participants by team and leadership.
The Moline YMCA fundraising drive set Illinois records outside Chicago by raising 134000 in seven days with more than 2000 shop workers contributing. Leading firms included Velle Carriage Co Deere & Mansur Co and Deere & Co plus Velle Motor Vehicle Co and Moline Plow Co. Veterans say the effort relied on individual gifts rather than large corporate gifts.
The Davenport tag day collected 2826 to support the fund for the visiting nurse program in the city. The total exceeded last year’s drive by over 800, reflecting strong community support and continued health services funding.
Matthias Kelleher formerly of Moline killed himself at his father’s Keokuk home by drinking carbolic acid. He had married Jessie Frazier eight years ago. they had not lived together recently. Authorities seek Mrs Kelleher and her 8 year old son to notify them of the tragedy. Mrs Martin Kiemke of Davenport was found dead from asphyxiation. a jet was on and letters to Germany were found.
Captain Shaw a carpenter for Henry Stoneberg on a house under construction at fifteenth Street East Moline fell twenty feet from a scaffold last week. He suffered severe bruises and several ribs were cracked but is resting easily. Shaw recently arrived from Cairo Michigan and likens his spill to the San Francisco quake.
Impressive memorial services were held in the college chapel for Senator C A Ericson a benefactor of Augustana college. The program featured Handel Largo readings by Dr S G Youngert and tributes from Rev Joseph A Anderson and Prof Jules Mauritzson detailing Ericson’s public service benevolence and bonds to Sweden and America. Benediction followed as the mixed quartet sang then the service concluded.
Thirteen Greek shipyard workers in Silvis yards were arrested after a merchandise car theft in Rock Island. Ten caps recovered from shanties. three more caps found on a suspect’s wife. Leaders described as a "bad man" feared by others. twelve caps remain missing. They face arraignment before Magistrate Smith.
At 10 30 last evening three brazen hold up men entered a cigar store on Twentieth street near Third avenue and robbed proprietor John Lempfert of a diamond stud and $33 from the cash register. The trio fled and no suspects were yet located. Local police were alerted.
F C Simmons and his son Roy of Bowditch Street Davenport are believed dead in Rainy River district Minnesota fires. Inquiry reveals they traveled to Rainy River recently and have not been heard from. Telegrams list them among the four Davenport land speculators reported dead near Baudette, caught by flames while seeking homesteads on the Baudette River’s south side.
The Marseilles Manufacturing Co. started the paint department at Mast Moline this forenoon with James J. Conn in charge. A partial crew began work while total employment in all departments nears the two week mark, as workers from the old Marseilles plant dismantle machinery for shipment.
Rock Island physician Dr Juseph De Silva, who attended the National Prison Congress in Washington, was elected secretary of the National Association of Governing Boards of Prisons.
A Yonkers Statesman item reports lawmakers ready to build a house amid graft rumors. An architect asks if they want a southern exposure but the client declines, saying he will hire another architect if the project cannot be built without exposure.
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