Rock Island Water Works Faces Meter Move and Pump Upgrade
Rock Island faces a water supply crisis with calls to install universal meters to curb waste or buy a new pump. Superintendent Bancroft argues rates must be revised as costs rose with filtration and labor, while capacity tests show the Gaskell pump’s 5 million gallons per day limit and Holly pump’s uncertain reliability threatening future shortages.
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Ock Island
Bancroft
Rock Island
Hook Island
Kansas
Che Ems
Thy Waterworks Department
Shenian Fran
Rupuldus
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Dart
V Voy Ao Tren
Ted A.ing
Superintenent
Gaskell
Haanteeft
Improvements Expand in Rock Island Site
A damaged OCR fragment describes construction work and plans in Rock Island. It mentions a location between Preth and Sixth streets and a project involving a toad or road, with mention of stairs, floors, and arrangements for rooms or spaces.
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Toad Ag
State University Lab Finds Water Quality Improves
Lab tests show a distinct improvement in water quality at the state university laboratories with October readings lower in solid matter. City water, courthouse well water, and Black Hawk Spring samples were examined and all deemed safe for use.
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State University
Court House
Black Hawk Spring
Port Byron and Orion Ticket Entries
In Port Byron a single anti license ticket lists F E Rogers for president of the board of trustees J J Huntley J F Normand and D Larson as trustees J Linke as clerk and John Moody as police magistrate in Orion two tickets contest the license issue anti license nominates W J Blodgett for president Peter Westerlund J C Erickson and C R Hanna as trustees A R Burke for clerk no police magistrate named license ticket lists A Asplund for president A P Johnson Thomas Wirxing and Ed Wilson as trustees H V Conover for clerk and John McEwen for police magistrate
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Port Byron
Board of
F E. Rogers
J J Huntley
J. F. Normand
D. Larson
J. Linke
John Moody
Orion
Anti-Lcense
W J Blodgett
Peter Westerlund
J C Erckson
C R Hanna
A R. Burke
Ikhense
Hik
Death by Own Action of Star Editor at Kansas City
Special to the Journal reports James Whitfield prominent editor of the Kansas City Star and president of the Western Baseball League died by his own hand early this morning in Kansas City. The incident shocks readers of one of the era’s leading journals.
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Kansas City
James Whitfield
The
Kansas City Star
Western Baseball League
Ladies Day Open at Post Office Pool
Ladies invited to inspect facilities at the Turkish bathrooms and pool under the post office wall on Wednesday from 9 am to 6 pm. Mrs Mears, an expert massage artist, will attend. Teach Kennedy will be present to preview treatments.
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Fet
Og Pool
Wailrote
Mears
Teach & Kennedy Prey Tietore
Cottage Vandals Break In At Emery Farm Rock River
Wm Horton Stanley Skinner and club members discovered their summer cottage at the Emery farm on Rock River had been broken into. Intruders bored through a door, wrecked interiors, broke furniture, soaked bed clothing, and dumped larder contents on the clothing pile. A $26 reward is offered for the vandals. Sweeter than morning breath is Rocky Mountain Tea from F W Uhrus.
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Wm. Horton
Stanley Skinner
Emery Farm
Rock River
Personal and Social Brevities Items and notices
Rudolph Norton, Journal press room assistant, is laid up at home with a severe attack of appendicitis. Capt Swan Dahlberg arrived from Pollock, Lat, summoned by telegram from his family. William F. Page and Misa Hertha Teskle married at the First Methodist church parsonage in Rock Island with Rev RB Wolhanis officiating.
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Rudolph Norton
Journal
Swan Dahlberg
Pollock
William F. Page
Misa Hertha Teskle
Dravenport
First Methodist Church
Rock Island
Res RB Wolhanis
Two Small Fires Do Little Damage
Two fire alarms sent firefighters to a small house on Twelfth Avenue occupied by Mr Robinson and to an upper room in a house on First Avenue between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets. Each blaze was quickly extinguished and damage described as nominal.
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Twelfth Avenue
Opera House Project On Moline Agenda Tomorrow
The Moline Business Men's Association will meet in the city hall committee room tomorrow evening to decide on the building of an opera house. The meeting centers on whether to proceed with the project and its financing.
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Moline Business Mens Association
Turner hall hosts gymnasts exhibition and operetta show
Upcoming events list includes April 11 Turner hall gymnasts exhibition and Wagner Opera House operetta Little Red Riding Hood by Abide in Medirch of King's Daughters. April 18 Industrial hall hosts chorus recital by public school pupils directed by Miss Swartz.
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Turner Hall
Turners
Wagner Opera House
Abide
Medirch
King’s Daughters
Industrial Hall
Miss Swartz
Dolly Bros. Rock Island Offers Spring Shoe Stock
Dolly Bros. at 307 Twentieth Street Rock Island announces a spring stock of shoes for ladies and men all sizes and widths from 2% to 9 and AAA to F. The ad promises best prices and value with a store known for bargains.
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Tucson
Rock Island
Twentieth Street Shoe Store
Dolly Bros
Twentieth Street
Dr Middleton, Esteemed Iowa Surgeon, Dies at Davenport
The death of Dr William Drummond Middleton at his Davenport home ends a storied medical career. Born in Scotland 1844, he studied in New York and Davenport, shaping the state university College of Medicine as dean and professor of physiology micrscopic anatomy and surgery. He led medical societies, authored influential papers, and guided the Middletonian Medical Society. He leaves a wife Susan Yandell Modeman and six children, with a funeral held at 2 pm at Oakdale cemetery.
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W. D. Middleton
Davenport
Iowa
William Drummond Middleton
Aberdeen
Scotland
John
Mary Gilchrist Middleton
William
Albany
W. F Peck
Bellevue Medwal College
New York City
The
State University
Middleton
Ta Firat
Wood Robertson
Peckin Isl
Iowa State Medical
State Society
American Medical Association
Columbus
Ohio
Scott County
Iowa and Miiola Central District Medical Society
American Surgical Society
American Association of Railway Surgeons
International Association of Railway Surgeons
Detroit
College of Medicine
Medical College
Middletonian Medical Society
R Middleton
Dr Middleton
Misa
Susan Yandell Modeman
Mary Lenin
Jessie McCwkensle
George McClelland
Edward Duncan
John Gilbeat
William Drummond Middleton Jr
Jennie
Eliza Middleton
Oakdale Cemetery
George F. MacLean
Goda
Wilson FE Donaldson
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