City Plans Improve Waterworks Delayed by Budget Limits
City officials announced completed plans for a remodeled pumping station filter and basin as part of waterworks improvement but the proposed reservoir and stand pipe on the bluff will be postponed for now due to insufficient funds. Engineer Mead will review the plans Friday with the council. estimated cost for this year is about $75 000.
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P H. Wessel
Weasel
Mead
Kohler
EE. B. Knox
Fifteenth Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Mayor Wessel
Messrs. Sheley
Ibbs
Maynor Wessel
Milan seeks low fare for street car line renewal
Milan residents push for renewed Tri City Railway franchise with 20 ticket books at one dollar and reduced monthly passes. They advocate rapid transit extension to Wluge, hourly winter runs, and steel bridge repairs to support electric cars while the city lobbies Rock Island for safer bridges.
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Milan
Tri- City Railway Company
Rock Island
Hye
South Rock Islands
Milans
Bersfee
Rock River
First Class Investment in Moas Addition
In Mr Cady's Addition to Mo, prime investment and home site with unbeatable location. Streetcar line due by midsummer. Lots valued as city land priced at four to five hundred dollars with small down payments and low monthly installments. Stone quarry feature offers cheap foundation stone. For details contact E. E. Morgan at Skinner building.
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E. E. Morgan
Skinner
Dolly Bros Shoe Store Promises Bargains in Rock Island
Dolly Brow of 307 Twentieth Street Rock Island advertises a spring stock of shoes for women and men with wide selection and prices aimed at saving buyers. Concert music by Ogden's Orchestra at Turner Hall Friday evening, April Tith.
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Twentieth Street Shoe Store
Rock Island
Dolly Brow
Twentieth Street
Ieot
Rock Island Mason Robert McFarlane Dies
Robert McFarlane longtime Rock Island mason and arsenal master mason died at 6 PM Sunday at his home 837 Twenty third street of heart disease. Born 63 years ago in Strathland Scotland he immigrated in 1865, formed a masonry firm in 1894 and later worked as city reservoir wall inspector. Survived by wife Rachel Jones and three children William Duncan and Mrs Anderson. Funeral at 2 PM Wednesday from his home with Mason fraternity services.
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Robert McFarlane
Rock Island
Twenty-third Street
McFarlane
Strachland
Scottish Highlands
America
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Wm. McConochie
Rachel Jones
Victoria
Wales
C C Anderson
Peoria
William
Refund guaranteed for tar syrup bottles at Battles Pharmacy
The Battles Pharmacy run by H. Sandatrom offers a refund on the 50c Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. A 26c bottle is also offered for proof of satisfactory results, with money back if unsatisfied.
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Nereby
Battles Pharmacy
H. Sandatrom
His Friend the Enemy County Seat Fight in Dakota
A county seat contest unfolds in a Dakota town with a clash between rival factions. The piece presents a lively, plausible rivalry framed around local power and political maneuvering.
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Dakota
Plan Electric Road to Link Towns Across Mercer County
The Rock Island city council considers granting an 18 month electric railway franchise from Eighteenth Street to Milan and on to Aledo via Edgington Buffalo Prairie Andalusia and Millersburg. Worth about 42 miles at $6,000 a mile the project aims to spur quick cheap transport, attract subscriptions, and boost farmer access to markets with Caldwell driving the plan toward Andalusia this summer.
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Rock Island
Milan
Edgington
Eighteenth Street
Ninth Street
Buffalo Prairie
Andalusia
Millersburg
Aledo
Mercer County
Peoria
Caldwell
Board of Supervisors
Shirt Waist Hats At Schlotfeldt Wieseg Fifth Avenue
Spring hat season brings exclusive patterns in shirt waist hats including Foxy Quiter Regent Harned and more. Schlotfeldt & Wiese offer a splendid assortment on Fifth Avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets.
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Foxy Quiter
Regent
Harned
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Schlotfeldt & Wiese
Notice of Stewart Camp Meeting Wednesday Night
Stewart Camp 457 holds an important gathering announced by Vice General H. R. Gould for Wednesday night. Members urged to attend and participate in proceedings.
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Stewart Camp
H. R. Gould
V. G
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Child's
Sixteenth
Spy
Josephson
P.R.R
Langbehn’s Bakery
Fifteenth St
India
L&c
Manchester
Minerva Dimities
Standard Fashion
Dimities
Boston
Illinois
Lotsa
Mr. Cady
Tine
Dolly Bros
E. Mayer
Sundeen & Vander Vennet
Third Avenue
Rock Island Mason
William Wallace Cook
Schlotfeldt Wieseg
Dewend-Kuschmann
Fatap Avenue
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