Politician’s Row Emerges in Sheriff Race and County Bench
The piece notes Republican party jockeying for sheriff with three nominees Ed Kitthisen of Moline Levi Cralle’s deputy George W Heider and W H Carey of Carbon Cliff with Oakleaf of Moline set to run for county judge. It cites Kitthisen’s wartime service and harmony choices while outlining Oakleaf’s legal career and city attorney duties.
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Ed Kitthisen
Moline
Levi Cralle
George W. Heider
Cralle
George
W. H. Carey
Carbon Cliff
Board of Supervisors
Cary
J. B. Oakleaf
Lucian Adama
Oakleaf
Spaniard Cervera Praises Schley After Santiago Battle
Admiral Cervera, commander of the Spanish fleet defeated at Santiago on July 3, 1898, tells the Chicago American that Admiral Schley accomplished his task and deserves no adverse criticism. He recalls fair treatment by Americans, notes Schley’s gallantry, and emphasizes the decisive three hour conflict and equal terms aboard Schley’s Brooklyn.
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Sampsonites
Schley
Santiago
Chicago
England
Hooer Republica
Ahley
Rome
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Colon
Oregon
Christobel Colon
Night school for polite telephone etiquette urged
The Central Union Telephone Company should run a night school to teach patrons respectful speech on calls. The piece criticizes callers who shout Who is this and urges asking for the intended person by name. It also comments on milk price hikes, a misaligned Chicago Chronicle identity, and a melon overindulgence death.
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Central Union Telephone Company
Deep waterways commission report outlines Duluth to Atlantic deep water plan
The three year study cost nearly 500000 and spans 1100 pages with an atlas. It weighs 21 and 30 foot channels from Duluth to tide water, with Mohawk and Champlain routes. Estimated costs exceed 200 million to over 320 million depending on depth and path.
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Deep Waterways Commission
Congress
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Oswego
Lake Champlain
Duluth
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lasalle
Lewiston
Lake Fite
Lasalle-Lewiston
Mohawk Valley
Mohawk
Champlain
Plan for Interocean Canal Faces Need and Cost Debate
The article weighs building an Isthmus of Panama canal against its high cost and uncertain necessity. It notes drought in Kansas prompting alfalfa relief, western Kansas feeding markets, and cattle transfers amid shortages. It also mentions the 1892 fast cruiser Columbia to be repurposed at New York navy yard, replacing the old Vermont.
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Panama
United States Treasury
Western
Kansas
Kansas City
Cramer Columbia
New York Navy Yard
Vermont
Columbia
Exen
Spain
Railroad Crossings Restricted Under New State ruling
A Chicago dispatch reports the board of railway and warehouse commissioners forbids at grade crossings in the state, requiring rail lines to cross above or below. Existing crossings stay for now while upgrades proceed and similar steps are urged for other states and highway crossings.
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Nminois
Chicago
Board of Railway and Warehouse Commissioners
Itinuls
Warning to husbands over cook failure ends in tragedy
In Binghamton New York a husband who complained about his wife cooking was attacked with a common table fork by the bride. He died in a hospital a few hours later. The incident serves as a grim warning that the old joke about can't cook like mother used to is no longer humorous.
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Binghamton
Ing
Prize for American history winner named by Berlin academy
The Marquis de Chas seloup Loubat once offered 8000 marks for the best modern work on American history awarded to James Ford Rhodes of Cleveland. The contest standings for Mr Maclay remain unclear. A Utah desert town Phoenix, Arizona now thrives with 25000 residents and 10 million dollars in assessed property due to canal water from distant streams.
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Marquis de Chasseloup Loubat
Berlin Academy of Science
James Ford Rhodes
Cleveland
Phenix
Salt River Valley
Rock Island Train Schedules and Connections
A dense timetable lists railroad trains to and from Rock Island with routes to Des Moines Os kaloosa Council Bluffs Denver Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis St Paul Chicago and Peoria It notes daily operations with Sundays exceptions and connections at Davenport Barstow Sterling and other joints.
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Council Bluffs
Kanes City
Denver
Counci Bluffs
Denver Express
Kansas City
St. Jo
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Paul
South Dakota
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Minneapolia
Kan City
Counc! Bluffs
Ft Worth
Tarver
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Davenport
Pom
Es Molnes
Sumluy
Rock Shined Do
Daverport
Oruog
Rock Island
Moline
Dubuque
Savanna
Clinton
St. Louis
Peoria
Burlington and Quincy
Sterling
Beardstown
Quincy
Burlington
Lincoln
Barstow
Train timetable notes for Dubuque division passengers
Schedule fragment lists trains between Dubuque and Savanna Clinton Davenport and Milwaukee with times for arrivals departures and changes at Sabula Savanna Clinton Davenport and Freeport. Notes passenger connections for R and W division and eastbound services from La Crosse and Moline to Clinton and Savanna.
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Duvuque
Iowa
Savanna
Moline
LaCrosse
Wis
Freeport
Clinton
Davenport
Milwaukee
Sabula
Thavenport
Davenbert Clnton
East Moline
Dubuque
East Melune
Change
Ara
Atators R & & W
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Moline Daily Journal
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Aed Toy Has
Bad
Ine Journal Printing Company, Incorporated
Lith Street
Journl Building
Illinois
Éarrier
Mall
BUNAR
Opie
Foerereorene Eevee
Maurice Farnham
Warren
L. Eastman
Mar Te Managers
Cervera
Tri-City
Chicago Chronicle
John R. Walsh
Angeoria
Shaffer
Kentucks
Blue Grass
West
Westville
Carda
Mary E. Cooley
Tor
Wand Ladies
Chatsinoogs Medias Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
Aed
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Guing Hast
Cincinneath
Indianapolis
Springfield
St Louis
South
Bloomington
TetoSa
Incinnati
Hbloamington
Gem Mercer Couny Lini
Cable and
Sherrard
Yih
Dal’y Ail
C Roi & P
Union Depot
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Barestow Fur Sterling
Junwau
Glenn
Trevor
Ng Moline
Glenn & Trevor
Fifteenth Street
South Moline
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