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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
1
Ambiguous OCR fragment indicates upheaval at a league with an employee of law possibly involved. Readable elements include a mention of agency or law and a contested result. Details murky but core action concerns a disruption within a league and an employee of law connected to the event.
There is local activity around the Belgian American alliance as 1000 copies of the alliance rules adopted at the South Bend meeting on Labor Day are printed. They will be sent to H. B. Van Slembroeck in Detroit for distribution to auxiliary clubs nationwide. Belgian Americans plan winter events and the Belgian dramatic club prepares a play at The Barrymore soon.
Amos Lage a fifty eight year Rock Island resident died Tuesday at 11 am at his home 2709 8th avenue following months of illness He was born October 4 1852 in Holstein Germany and came to the United States in 1857 settling in Rock Island He and Anna Effbrandt were married December 1857 He worked for Harper Gas Co for over twenty years retiring twenty five years ago Survived by widow four children Mrs Anna Gripp Nicholas Lage Mrs Emma Effrant Peter Lage a sister Mrs Anna Welsein and a brother Nicholas Lage He will be buried in East Moline cemetery Also noted were obituaries for Mrs Sophia Cornelius and Miss Edith Barr with services held in Rock Island and nearby towns.
The Augustana College Students' union adopted a solemn resolution mourning Ernest Clementson who died unexpectedly. The text expresses heartfelt sympathy to his family, reflects on human life, and prays for wisdom and eternal life. The committee Irving Munson E A Kailstrom Elmer Olsen submitted it for publication.
Charles DeClerk aged 47 of 433 Worth avenue was killed at the Fifth street crossing by a Rock Island freight train. The body, found by 13 year old Robert Chaney south of the eastbound main, shows no eye witnesses. DeClerk, born in Belgium February 28 1828, arrived in America in 1873 and lived in Atkinson, Iowa, then Nebraska before moving to this city in 1900. He leaves a widow and three sons Peter August Louis, and daughter Mrs Theophil Martens of Milan. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church tomorrow, with burial at Brainerd Nebraska.
In Rock Island a crackdown by the Law and Order league provokes violent clashes as two sleuths linked to the league are beaten by a crowd amid raids on gambling houses and liquor sales. The grand jury convenes while prosecutors pledge to back decency efforts against gamblers, corrupt officials, and illicit proprietors.
Dr Dondanville and William R McClean narrowly escaped injury when Rock Island train No 26 crashed into their automobile at the Nineteenth street crossing. The gate signals failed and the crossing rails protruded, hindering passage. The Stoddard Dayton is wrecked, repairs estimated at 200 to 300 dollars, the engine halted after collision with the car.
Chicago Sept 22 Frank Relger a former New York clothier once reported worth 125000 died today from poison taken Tuesday in a personal crisis. Relger last appeared in headlines amid financial troubles and ruin.
Sterling II September 22 anti Lorimer democrats in Whitehead Lee and DeKalb counties organize to field an independent candidate against Democratic nominee W A Kanally who voted for Lorimer and against the deep waterway plan. Dissatisfaction grows as DeKalb lacked a primary nominee, prompting likely cross support from Republicans and Democrats.
For fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers for teething babies. It soothes the child softens gums allays pain cures wind colic and is described as the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty five cents per bottle.
Washington reports the thirteenth census shows Johnstown Pennsylvania with a population of 55 482, up 19 546 or 54 4 percent since 1900. Other Pennsylvania gains include Philadelphia 66 625, Altoona 42 127, McKeesport 42 694 and Williamsport 31 860, with varying increases over 1900.
Reports from the thirty fourth annual W C T U convention at the Second Methodist church in this city praise J H Hauberg attorney for Rock Island Law and Order League. Officers including president elect and recording secretary were chosen. discussions covered temperance and gambling raids in Buckle land. Also note: Azadul malk regent of Persia died in Tabriz.
A Moline business man commends your exposure of railroad flagmen underpayment at crossings. He argues flagmen perform work as valuable as common laborers yet earn only two dollars a day, urging railroads to raise wages and address the shameful practice.
Judge Murray of Sangamon County nullified recent Springfield park board selections, ousting incumbent members and appointing replacements. The ousted directors plan to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court, challenging county court jurisdiction in the election contest.
Hogs Receipts 12,000 noted with good heavy offerings around 820 to 835 and mixed loads. Butchers 8.30 to 8.40. Cattle Receipts 5,500. market appears weak with limited demand.
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