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Newspaper

Moline Review Dispatch

Location

Moline, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1903

Page

8

Washouts Delay Trains as Bridges Fail at Two Crossings

A bridge at Warner Crossing was moved after washouts delay trains. Another crossing near East Moline sustains damage to an interurban bridge, disrupting service and prompting inspections and repairs.

Warner Crossing East Moline Loren G. Pierce Northwestern University Dental School Bliss Dr. Pierce Moline New Shops

Lightning Damage and Floods Hit Moline Area

News describes a severe storm near Moline causing the Rock Island railroad culverts to fail, rails washed out, and east of town bridges damaged. Three Austrians were knocked down by lightning but survived. barns and fences were struck, and property losses included a burned barn and a shattered chimney.

Frank Wiley Robert Anderson Mr. Anderson Rock River Claus Larson Charles King Colona Road Chris King Nineteenth Fifteenth Street Moline Trust and Savings Bank East Moline Schillinger & Ingersoll Minnie Jones Moline Johnson Rock Island

Masonic Basket Picnic Successful Despite muddy roads

The Masonic basket picnic held yesterday enjoyed sunshine and a pleasant temperature. Attendance was large given the soft roads from Wednesday’s rain, though many families in outlying districts were unable to travel.

The Letter List for Moline Post Office

Unclaimed letters at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending September 17 1903 include Jno Anderson Burlingame Miss G Karlson C J Cronson Miss Anna Dahlberg James Dean Micheal Donovan Earnest Ek C W Erikson Miss Grace Ewing Joseph Feeley Geo D Fogarty Geo D Grandy Miss Lina Hiett Mrs Noria Johnson Miss Martha Kaim Annie Kelly Mrs Hettie Kemmis Alfred Kennedy G H E Larson Mrs Alfred McDonald Thomas McIntosh Mrs Fred McMorris S N Miller 8 H (M D ) Montgomery Joe Nelada Guat Nilson Frank Olson Miss Phyna Petersson J.

Prolonged tax burden prompts Whiteside suit over Meredosia pump

George Wells and forty petitioners in Whiteside county filed suit in county court against the Meredosia and Levee district seeking the abolition of the pumping station in the Meredosia swamp. They argue taxes to maintain the plant outweigh the land improvement benefits and note the station drains Whiteside and Rock Island counties into the Mississippi near Albany.

George Wells Whiteside County Meredosia and Levee Meredosia Mississippi Albany

Hamilton residents visit relatives and molders strike update

Mrs Thompson and daughter Miss Martha returned from Sioux City after a three week visit. Joseph Valentine, national president of the molders union, met with strike committees in Moline and Tri City manufacturers, signaling progress toward a settlement. he left for Cincinnati, plans a return in a few days to finalize terms for workers to resume, with meetings paused in the interim.

Fannie Matilda Ferry C. Ferry Fairview School Prospect Park Moline South Moline Anna H. M. Ferry Vin Anderson Twelfth Street Fea W. P. Odendahl St. Mary’s Cemetery St. Mary’s Church Wellown South Moline City Hospital Odendahl Lyons Iowa Emily Bensenberg Watertown Wisconsin Zion Church Zuma Andrew J. Nelson Deere& Co Qvenneberga Socken Smaland Sweden Ingrid Swenson Avore Tian Birth Avenue Katherine Louisa Olsen R. Hakeller Eighth Avenue Rock Island Nora United States New York City Olsen Hakelier Thvansville Ind Swedish Joseph John W. Lusk Lusk Molina Mary Perkins Lena, IL Katherine Brown Seventeenth Street Mrs. Brown T. 8. S. Crompton Chicago Ninth Illinois ,Cavalry Evian Sargent

Social Notes Highlight Local Marriages and Travels

Long list of social happenings in Moline and Rock Island. Residents mark anniversaries and ceremonies while families visit Michillinda, Joliet, Champaign, Davenport, and other towns. Several weddings, engagements, and receptions unfold as friends and relatives travel and gather.

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