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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
6
The September circuit court docket shows 599 cases active on filing, with 360 in chancery and 239 common law. Twenty seven chancery matters involve divorce, and several suits include damages claims against Rock Island and the Rock Island Plow Co. Other actions list Milwaukee-era parties and several corporations pursuing lawsuits for damages or breaches.
A party led by Mr Jahu and Mr dihussen Har and Oscar Hrisanian ended a convention trip visiting Eliiortt and Hoty iv tdle Kentucky La Rue county and the Lincoln farm. They toured Mammoth cave Tuscumbia springs Shiloh battlefield gathering mementoes and topographical plans for a park and marble museum. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of dam foot after a Muscular Turk incident in Stamboul.
A man claimed to be mugged at night behind the C R Stephens place on Eighteenth Street Milford. The assailant, described with heavy stubble and a coffeine look, demanded actions as the victim, Godehin, defended himself with a punch that damaged teeth and jaw without clear resolution.
Preparations are under way in Rock Island for the Federation of German Catholic societies convention to be hosted next May. An executive committee has been formed with Albert Huber as president Nicholas Bredar as vice president Adam Klotz as recording secretary and Chris Naab as treasurer. Sub committees have been named and funds will be raised by a Columbia club moonlight excursion on the steamer WW this evening with many tickets sold.
Fragmentary note recounts a dire tale found in a floating bottle near Davenport Missouri. Nondescript lines describe a family disgrace and a morbid intent, referencing a body weighed by stones and a gold watch. Oliver Swanson is named.
An excerpt contrasts a vagrant’s life with a moral test as a porter questions charity and responsibility. The scene shifts to reflections on spring blossoms and dreamers, with Farmer Corntessel defending railways and locomotives amid urban indignation.
Ben Brice a Moline resident faced a grand jury with $1000 bonds after confessing to two daytime thefts. He admitted taking about $105 from Bedter Wood and $93.25 from Square Deal Shoe Store, then spent most stolen cash before being caught by store manager George Ford.
The man Ernest Soty and the woman Mrs Dahm were found in the Mississippi near Muscatine on September and identified from their bodies. Schultz, a Rock Island resident, had charges against him in July and was fined. the woman was Ed Dahm’s wife, about 30. The couple had been missing since August 31 and both deaths are treated as likely drowning.
List of unclaimed letters for the week ended September 7, 1907 at Moline Illinois. Names include Andersen de Anerson toacar Boatman Mre Sadle Brace Janke Canlaon Joan Collins Donahue Misa Nellie Fuhrman Hen Haoys Allen Herkner H F Johnson Mra John Juhneon Mises Alma Johiwen Mre Emil Karaten Fred Kuchmbueh Fred Linden Guat Tony Albert Miller Dave Moore Sarah C Nelgon Peterson John Richard George Bakett Miss M F Schwaerzkoph Henry Shaffer Howard Blank Charles Smith J W Van Laucker Peter Van Gravelschepe Edward Williams G W Eastman P M.
T B Irwin a car repairer at New Shops was struck under the jaw by a slipping jack while working on a car. He was knocked unconscious, revived en route to the hospital, and examination showed injuries not serious. He spent one day in hospital before returning home to Rock Island.
Miss Helen Swanson, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Swanson, married C Mauritz Johnson, eldest son of Mr and Mrs George W Johnson, in a Swedish Lutheran church ceremony. The reception featured a three course supper, octet music, and gifts from friends and relatives, with plans for a Minnesota trip and future home in Moline.
A Chicago Record-Herald report claims Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, deserted the Thirteenth Cavalry near Joslin Illinois after feminine attention from local girls made life uncomfortable. The regiment states he planned to join friends in the Dakotas and then return to Chicago for a hunting party.
Gust Tropp a former Beere Mansur Co. teamster sues in circuit court for 10000 damages naming Rock Island road and Deere Mansur Co. as defendants. He alleges permanent injuries from a January 27 1906 wagon collision with a Rock Island switch engine and is represented by G A Shailberg and Kenworthy Kenworthy.
A poem excerpt by Maurice Rutherford printed in Lippincott’s mocks modern life. It features a coatless man with a hatless girl and a wagon ride, alluding to absent machinery and bare resources. The verse renders social themes with ironic humor and wireless telegraph imagery.
The Pithy Philadelphian notes that Pennsylvania Democrats adopt Thou shalt not steal as a campaign refrain, a remark echoed by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
In a Washington Star quote, Uncle Eben declares that women are like fishers’ “suckers” who lure with looks that seem lucky but may be mere bait with a hook hidden.
At the National Corn exposition in Chicago a $30,000 decorations scheme using corn dominates the Coliseum. A central miniature corn farm and an ancient temple to the goddess of corn share space with a real farm scene at one end and state shields of corn yields at the other. A Minnesota picture, corn ear festoons, and two giant pumpkins complete the festive display.
A. L Brandenberg of Davenport, Northwestern manager for Applegate & Lewis Coal Co, files a federal complaint against Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Toledo, Peoria and Western railways. The suit seeks dissolution of discriminatory practices and establishment of joint freight rates from Cuba Ill to Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. It claims Rock Island withdrew joint rates July 1 and favors other routes, saddling regional coal mines with higher charges.
Dr Joseph De Silva of Rock Island was recently named president of the board of trustees for the Institution for the Feeble Minded at Lincoln after returning from a meeting where he had the honor of being elected to the presidency. He had been a member for a short time, marking an unusual distinction in his preferment.
A planned river carnival to celebrate the Hennepin canal opening in Sterling aims to feature national speakers and a grand pageant. Engineer Wheeler expects completion by October with water turned into the canal before winter to secure maintenance funds. Delegations from Moline, Rock Island, and nearby cities may join if Sterling and Rock Falls proceed.
In a clipped exchange recorded by Puck a dying magnate tries to transfer a substantial trust to a pastor. The pastor urges a turn to prayer rather than estate transfer at the solemn moment.
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