Alone in Her Room Mrs Quillen Dies of Heart Disease
Mrs. Quillen 80, of 418 3d avenue, died at 4 30 yesterday afternoon in her rear room after living there two to three years. A visitor found her throat turned, and coroner ruled death from heart disease with dropsy. She kept substantial wealth including $1,400 in bank books and multiple policies. Her husband was killed by a train in 1886 and she leaves two nephews and a niece as relatives.
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BATH
DD Corcjine Quillen
3D Avenue
Atreet
Mra. Wilson
A. Roderquist
Quillen
John Nelson
Christina Anderson
Gustaf Swensson
Eckhart
Port Byron
F Swensson
VU M. Bryant
W. H. Bahl
Emil E Wold
T I Stanley
A R. Beal
Ion
August Races Forecast At Davenport Mile Track
Secretary Jack Van Tuyl reports entries for the Davenport August meeting near 200 with a four day program the week of May 11. Entries show pace and trot classes, weeded entries, and a likely 210 pace race contested to finish, amid broader notes on local remedies and medical ads from the era.
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Jack van Tuyl
Davenport
Funeral set for Mrs Quillen in Colchester area
Moline and his brother of Colchester Illinois with Mrs Hyna Olson and Miss Minnie Wold and the mother of the above named who lives at 415 10th street announce the funeral of Mrs Quillen at 9 30 tomorrow morning.
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Moline
Colchester
Hyna Olson
Minnie Wold
10Th Street
Quillen
Mr Cable On The Crops Not Badly Damaged
A New York dispatch to today's Chicago Chronicle reports President R R Cable of the Rock Island railroad is in town and says crop damage figures are greatly exaggerated. He notes corn losses exist but are not as dire as fear and dismisses talk of wholesale cattle losses from drought.
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New York
Chicago Chronicle
R. R. Cable
Rock Island Railroad
Property Transfers Rock Island Notes
H B Sudlow transfers lot 16 block 4 21st street Rock Island for 700 dollars. Mary Egan transfers 860 feet outlot 18 Bailey & Boyles second add Rock Island for 1 dollar.
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H B. Sudlow
John G Miller
21St Street
Rock Islandd
Mary Egan
Agnes Rigan
Bailey & Boyles
Rock Island
All Sadleville Learns Cause of Health Improvement
Mrs Whit tak had suffered chronic bronchial trouble for years. Her husband credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing her and their granddaughter of a severe whooping cough attack. It cures coughs colds grippe bronchitis throat and lung troubles. Bottles 60c and $1.00. Free trials at Clendenin’s drug store.
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Sadleville
P Whittak
Clendenin
Northwestern University Club formed in tri city region
William H. Birch of Evanston organized a Northwestern alumni club for the tri cities. The Northwestern University Club of the tri-cities will have semi annual meetings with an October starter, officers named, and honorary member Judge Elhanon Searle. Mrs Ellen Blakely died July 28 1901 aged 78 after a long illness in Farmaugh County Ireland. She immigrated to America in 1845 with her husband a pioneer settler. She left nine living children and many enduring memories of faith and Christian service.
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Northwestern University
William H. Birch
Evanston
Tri-Cities
Harper House
Northwestern University Club
W J Sweeney
Jo Fo Retansan
Joseph DeSilva
Kuk Island
A J Lydehn
Moline
F H Itbuser
Davenport
Elhanon John Searle
Rock Island
Thie
Dubuque
Burlington
Ellen Blakely
John Hlakely
Farmanaugh
Ireland
Protestant Episcopal Church
America
Coroner to Exhume Mrs Cooley’s Body for Autopsy
Coroner Eckhart orders exhumation of Mrs William Cooley of Port Byron after a reported sudden death and alleged years of abuse by her husband. Neighbors claim neglect and abuse. autopsy planned to determine exact cause amid a contested death investigation.
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Eckhart
Port Byron
Watermelons and a confrontation at Wilsons
Davenport man Ben Cundiff entered a lunch room Wednesday evening, struck the young man in charge in the eye, and fled after a quarrel over free fare. A prior visit involved coffee and a sandwich, then a rebuke and an assault as retaliation. The drug store will close early for a tri city grifgists union meeting.
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Ben Cundiff
Davenport
Cundiff
Traimdif
Friggists Union
El Reno Lands Draw Ends Amid Controversy and Change
TheCausted States land lottery drawing concluded with protests over misprints and accusations of misqualification. Homestead speculators and prize-seekers rushed to secure entries while voters prepared for future land grants and relocations. Ex-Congressman John Davis dies at 74 after a career in labor reform and populism.
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el Reno
Okla
Cato
Catia
Rita
Otter
Vidooue
Topeka
Kan
John Davis
Sangamon
Wwarsas
Economis
Car Distributor Position Abolished by the C B Q
Report notes the car distributor position recently established for Leboeudien Woh and Roawk replaced by another system. Howard head of the office and Brown of Bennett are mentioned in the upheaval with changes in cashier duties and staff assignments. The passage also includes unrelated testimonial advertising for Electric Fittters.
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Otto of
Watt Mere Ester I
Howard
Crop Conditions Report July County Hints and Estates Notices
Corresponden t forwarded report on crop conditions for the month of July to Rock Island county. Average corn condition 60 percent vaders 80 potatoes hay pasture and apples with various percentages. final administrator report filed and approved estates notices and guardian reports pending personal service.
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Veil
Rock Islated
Secretary of Agricultur
Ristate
Charles Swanson
Iistatc
Fatite
Helen Johnson
Guardian
George Brown
Frightful Ale Figurement Nannie Galleger Heals With Salve
Mrs Nannie Galleger of La Grange Florida reports using Bucklings Arnica Salve on head and face sores. She says the cure surpassed all hopes and the product works on sores bruises eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles. Clendenin druggist guarantees cure.
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Nannie Galleger
la Grange
Fla
Clendenin
Warranted Syrup of Tariff Refund Offer
A card from The Bath's Pharmacy offers a refund guarantee for Greene’s Warranted Syrup of Tariff. If it fails to cure a cold or rough symptoms, customers receive their money back, plus a 22 cent bottle to prove satisfaction. Address: HO Sandstrom.
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Baiths Pharma Y
Sandstrom
Closing Out Sale Narrowed Prices Across Goods
Notice of a closing out sale with reduced prices on shirts and other goods. Limited quantities advertised with terms indicating half original prices and further markdowns on various items. Local shop promotes large inventory clearout.
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