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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
5
A report from a recent hospital fair notes 1500 to 2000 attendees from Moline and Watertown. Visitors praised the exhibits including embroidery, lace, china, brasswork, paintings, and handcrafts with many items for sale or display.
Colonel C W Durham of the U S engineers office argues Rock River is navigable in fact from its mouth to Dixon, Illinois, with court decisions and federal surveys supporting navigation up to 92 miles and implying extension to Rockford. He notes potential government funded improvements like locks and dams would be paid by the government if needed.
A 10 year old girl, Madna Miller, was knocked under a moving freight car in the railroad yard east of Twente Street. Her right leg was severed at the knee and surgeons at City Hospital amputated above the knee within an hour. She is reported in critical condition. The accident occurred as the girl moved toward coal piles near the tracks with her mother and stepfather, with several children nearby.
East Moline brief notices record deaths and hospital terms for Mrs Belowsht and Mrs Belowsh who died at St Lukes hospital. It mentions relatives Marshall Aldrich and Mrs Car Drafie, and Mrs Wood Wilson visiting Holden. Other items note moves to Quincy Atkinson and a farewells for Jack Frost and family as they head to California. Local social updates include visitors from Cedar Rapids and a damask tablecloth gift.
A proposed Thirteenth street extension from current end to Colona road aims to serve about sixty farms within a mile of East Moline. Kimball Engineering will complete a full survey with cost estimates this fall as talks proceed with the East Moline Land Co and local farmers pledging land and labor to share expenses.
Well known river pilot Captain Dorrance is accused of insanity by his daughter Mrs Irene Spingby of LeClaire. A hearing before a lunacy commission was continued due to her absence. Dorrance previously piloted rafts through the rapids between Le Claire and here, prompting doubt from friends about his mental balance.
Jane records Moline social scenes with a convention for bankers ladies at Allendale hosted by Mrs. F G Allen. About eighty five ladies attended with dining in pink roses and a frappe table. Twenty six guests visited a Watertown fair and golf tea. Mrs. Nancy Hartzell, Moline’s oldest resident at 91, celebrated her birthday with family and autumn flowers. The Hillhouses show Texas fascination buying property near Cleburne. A football accident injures Dan Beal and Miss Marjorie Wheeler recovers. The Doll Carnival features live dolls trained for action planned for December 13-14 with a large baby show and a wedding in dollland.
The Moline Woman's club met at First Congregational church for its opening session with about 125 attendees from three cities. Speeches highlighted local club work, yearbooks were distributed, dues collected totaling 237 paid members, and tickets to the Butler concert were offered as incentives. A Jerusalem olive wood gavel was presented to the club by Mrs G H Huntoon.
George Colberg, guilty plea on an indictment from the recent grand jury, charged with beating Marie Hendricks who lived with him as his wife. Hendricks also indicted for immoral living and fined forty dollars with about seventy dollars costs. she paid fifty and vanished. Mrs Emma Hudson’s divorce suit from Charles Hudson, filed in 1893 with three children, is under advisement.
Port Byron residents discuss creating a Business Men's association to advance town projects including a new hotel and a town hall. Citizens weigh the advisability of organizing to handle such undertakings and other future actions.
May Hubbard was reelected to the office of County Treasurer at a four day session in Chicago County Rock Talend with Hubbard serving in the role for years. The convention at the Palmer House featured addresses on care of the poor country schools road improvements and benefits of interurban transportation. Delegates toured the corn exposition White City luncheon and Dunning institution. next convention planned for Kankakee.
Ray Rodgee eloped with 14 year old Della Woods and was acquitted of the serious charge after the court ruled Woods was his legal wife and thus unable to testify. He faces larceny charges in Dismois for a boat and clothing from his wife’s family.
Winnipeg based Fairchild Company, a long standing wholesale implement supplier with branches in Calgary Regina and Edmonton, sells to Johan Deere Plow Co. The deal, under discussion for years, will take effect December 31. Fairchild’s capital stock stands at $500,000 amid Western Canada’s growing agricultural demand.
W S Breckenridge chief engineer R A Howard real estate agent and H W Crawford division freight agent of Burlington road visited Rock Island city Monday to meet the track removal committee. Other railroads did not appear and no formal discussion occurred as the plan’s feasibility remained unassessed.
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