Put Up Houses Expected 125 During Fall
In a bustling suburb during the fall season builders anticipate 125 new homes to rise. A total of 52 residences have already been completed this season, with many more planned to go up simultaneously.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1903
Page
6
East Moline to See Big Housing Boom with 125 New Homes
Local capitalists led by Mrs. H. O. Sleight plan ten house blocks in East Moline this fall with 125 more homes in sight. Chicago investors represented by I D. Stover expect rapid construction of ten house blocks starting next week. Firms Hoffmann Bros G W Scherbeck and Banks will build several houses while Peters Peterson handles Sleight residences in New Shops addition. Ground broken for ten homes on Second Avenue West of Seventh Street. Many lots sold in New Shops addition as workers move to be near Rock Island shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
D. Stover
Chicago
H. O
Engell
Sedalia
State Street
Natick Yards
Warner Crossing
Moline
Rock Island
Divorce suits lead new circuit docket in Rock Island
The term opens with 248 law cases and 375 chancery cases with 45 new law and 64 new chancery matters. Divorces include Adelia Kincaid versus William A. Kincaid deserted since July 3 1901 with custody request for three children, Belle Ross versus Claude Ross alleged cruelty adultery and desertion, and Minnie C. Erickson versus Charles W. Erickson alleged desertion in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Adelia Kincaid
Rock Island
William A. Kincaid
Aledo
Kincaid
Belle Ross
Claude Ross
Ross
Minnie C. Erickson
Charles W. Erickson
Erickson
Sleight Plans Ten East Moline Houses This Fall
It is Mrs. B. H. Sleight, not Mrs. H. O. Sleight, who will erect ten houses in East Moline this fall, the work for which has already been started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Sleight
H. O. Sleight
East Moline
Fire at Rock Island mattress plant causes $7000 loss
A Saturday fire in a brick four story Rock Island building housing the Rock Island Cotton and Mattress factory caused about 7000 in damage. The mattress stock and machinery suffered 5000 loss, Rosenfield's building 2000, with 4000 insurance on the factory and none on the building. The blaze started in a rear second story room where the cotton picker operated, possibly sparked by metal hitting during processing. Several people were cut by glass but no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Rock Island
Firat Avenue
Thomas Rosenfield
Memorial Christian Church
Rock Island Club
Bill for Repairing Wall and Lien Sought
Contractor Peter Peterson sues the Manufacturers' Hotel association for 7595.59 claiming extra costs from wall failures during reconstructions at the hotel. He seeks court payment or a lien, alleging an architect promised a receipt but failed to provide it. The suit cites original price 49397 with $7595.59 for plan changes and extra work. He also sues E Mayer for 602.82 on the Mayer block contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Peterson
Manufacturers’ Hotel Association
Peterson
E. Mayer
Mayer Block
Fifteenth Street
Ochs and McEntire Secure Options on 2nd Ave Properties
Max He Ochs and Walter F. McEn tire of Davenport secured options on three parcels on Second avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The deals total $9,400 with vendors Thomas Dunn E M Brown and Esther Brown and Sarah Robinson. C F Grantz negotiated. Purchasers, tied to Chicago capital and St Louis interests, hint at a large commission house for Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max HE Ochs
Walter F. McEntire
Davenport
Second Avenue
Nineteenth
Thomas Dunn
E. M. Brown
Esther Brown
Sarah Robinson
C F. Grantz
Moline
Ochs
Chicago Capital
Vast water power imagined in last week's rainfall
The Davenport Democrat analyzes a one to one and a half inch rain as if it fell across 700 miles by 700 miles, calculating volumes in cubic feet and gallons. It envisions a wall of water a mile long and hundreds of feet high, and estimates energy output far exceeding current steam power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Democrat
Hennepin Canal
Missouri River
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Duluth
Davneport Water Co
Mississippi
Vicksburg
County board debates purchasing controls and engineer appointment
Supervisor Kolloff pushes a resolution to require committee approval before county purchases. Officials discuss maintaining some purchasing privilege and the need for accountability. State's Attorney Weld cites sheriff appointment authority amid Ezra Wilcher's candidacy and dual roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolloff
Public Expenditures Committees
Schneider
Court House
Weld
Appellate Court
Ezra Wilcher
Heider
Wilcher
County Board Names January Grand Jury
Grand jurors for the January term of the circuit court were appointed by the board of supervisors Friday. Names include Cordova S A Durbin and many others from various towns. Gore & Wahiatrom of Coal Valley won the coal contract for the courthouse at specified bids. The semi annual county officers were read and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk
Merrit Gable
Coal Valley
Fred Engel
Gus Weiss
James McAffice
Edgington
Harry Tittprington
Andalusia
M. M. Boney
Gore & Wahiatrom
Disappearance Case Ties to Tracey and Mrs Tuttle
The Osceola area case centers on the suspected foul play in the vanishing wife of farmer William Tuttle. A letter allegedly from Mrs Tuttle or her lover Tracey hints at elopement. Tracey, a farm hand, reportedly escorted Mrs Tuttle to Wyoming and later to Buda and Galesburg before heading west, with Mrs Tuttle a daughter of George C. Boardman near Elmira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tuttle
Osceola
Buda
Kewanee
Toulon
Old Settlers’ Association
Stark County
Mrs. Tuttle
Tracey
Wyoming
Tuttle
Galesburg
Pacific Coast
George C. Boardman
Elmira
Trains Restored Between Cable and Rock Island Line
Rock Island officials announce the Peoria branch will restore the morning and returning train between Cable and Rock Island in a few days. The service, withdrawn for coal shipments, will run noon arrival and 3 80 return as traffic demands grow. A second train carries New York Life Insurance writers bound for San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
New York Life Insurance Co
Moline
San Francisco
Strawberry growers working second crop in Whiteside County
The London Illinois strawberry growers in Whiteside County market a second crop this year. The berries are large and of excellent quality, supplying beds owners and daily stores. Last year's crop was the biggest in the area's history, making a second crop unusual but not causing supply concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whiteside
Don
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moline Capital
H. 0. Sleight
Hoffman Bros
G. W. Sherbeck and
Banks
Late Bille
Law
Chancery
A.A
D.D
K.E
Cursaa
Kever
Amma
Saraing
Quincy
Epiacotic
Bill
Alus A Halton
Ra ‘Officials
W. R. Carey
H. B. Hubbard
Cordova
S. A. Durbin
Coe—L. I. Pearsall
Canoe Creek
C. C. Dillon
Zuma
Alonzo Dunbar
Port Byron
B. J. Lamb
Hampton—Irving
Cox
South Moline
Zach Einfeldt
J. R. Newton
Gust Nordhall
T. E. Carlberg
Charles Oswald
John Bladel
F. A. Smith
Gustav Klotz
South Rock Island
John Burton
With Tracey
Mr. Tuttle
Rock Island Road
Moline National Bank
3D Avenue
F.G. Allen
H.A. Ainsworth
Sol. Hirsch
Hull Bros Kimball Block
5Th St
Moline, Ill
Josephson
C. I. Josephson
Walsh
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