Moline Encampment celebrates 100 members and degree class
The Moline Encampment No. 155 I O O F held a banquet after surpassing 100 members. Grand High Priest Tom Wood of Princeton spoke on organization and 11 candidates received the patriarchal degree, boosting total to about 110. New paraphernalia cost about $200 as staff reorganization proceeds.
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Godd Fellows' Hall
Moline
Tom Wood
Princeton
Wood
N. H. Munson
Hugh H. Carlin
Muscatine and Moline Highs to Meet in Evening Games
The Muscatine High School basketball team will face Moline High School boys at Industrial Hall this evening at 8 o clock. A girls game between teams selected from local high schools will follow.
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Muscatine High School
Moline High School
Industrial Hall
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Grips And Weakness
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier to strengthen nerves and restore health after grip attacks. It claims to improve appetite energy and kidney function, and offers 60 cent price with perfect satisfaction guaranteed by F J Clendenin drug store.
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F J. Clendenin
Rock Island Health Board Expands Quarantine list
The Rock Island health committee backs the health commissioner by adding whooping cough and measles to quarantine diseases. While some oppose treating common childhood illnesses as serious threats, officials emphasize contagion. The panel also plans to buy an old carriage to transport smallpox patients to the pest house.
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The
Rock Island Council
Bargain Counter at Forsberg & Talty Clothiers
Special and 511 15th Street offers bargain prices on underwear flannels shirts jackets sweaters and children's goods. Men’s jeans and suits discounted with notable cuts on 69c 76c and 9 to 19 cent items. Forsberg and Talty Clothiers invite shoppers to view the sale.
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Forsberg & Talty, Clothiers
Peter Peterson Opens Boulder Office on Eighteenth Street
Contractor Peter Peterson announces a new office at 318 Eighteenth Street in Boulder. He offers free estimates for all building classes, preliminary sketches and designs, and claims top equipment for building construction tasks. Call phone 3221 red.
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Contractor
Boulder
Eighteenth Street
Bar Keepers Social Club Ball At Wagner Opera House
The Bar Keepers Social Club held its first annual ball last evening at the Wagner Opera House. A large crowd attended from Rock Island and Davenport and enjoyed a successful event with Freed's orchestra providing the music.
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Bar Keepers
Wagner Opera House
Rock Island
Davenport
Freed
Busy sleighing and society events fill Rock Island social notes
A flurry of sleighing parties visits Port Byron Hampton and Milan with oyster suppers and games. Marriage licenses issued for Kyte Jenkins and von Ach Liedtke. Church groups and clubs hold meetings and dances. Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans noted. various residents travel or entertain at homes across Rock Island and Moline.
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George Newton
Port Byron
Charles Heidemann
John Konosky
Frederick Schroeder
Rock Island
New Orleans
Hubbard
Charles E. Kyte
Harriet A. Jenkins
Milan
Fred von Ach
Hampton
Mary Liedtke
Joslin
Belated shipment sale at U S Clothing Co
A belated shipment goes on sale tomorrow noon with cap specials and odd suits. Boys and children's caps 10 cents, men's caps mostly 19 cents, with men’s suits at 4.95 and boys’ suits 1.98 or 2.98 on the sundry counter.
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U. S. Clothing CO
Funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Shurtleff Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Shurtleff will be held at 6 30 tomorrow at the residence of her son C H Shurtleff 1325 16th Avenue with Rev R C Bryant officiating The remains will be shipped at 7 30 by the Milwaukee Railroad to Rapids City where a second service at 10 30 will take place and interment will follow there
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Elizabeth Shurtleff
C. H. Shurtleff
16Th Avenue
R. C. Bryant
Milwaukee Railroad
Rapids City
Bertha Takes A Postgraduate Course For A Taste Of Youth
Constance recalls Bertha learning to skate at Vas sar. Harriet notes she agrees to more study whenever a good looking young man teaches her. Brooklyn Eagle records the witty exchange reflecting social mores.
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Constance
Bertha
Vassar
Harriet
Brooklyn Eagle
A Trifle Too Noisy in Bank Burglary
A brief exchange quotes a young burglar asking why powder was used instead of dynamite and the older burglar answering he feared waking the watchman. This vignette appears in a New York Weekly item illustrating a bank burglary anecdote with humorous dialogue.
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N. Y
To Whom it Referred Sunday School Teacher Willie Green
A reader mocks a Sunday school teacher Willie Green by asking what the Bible means by those with eyes who see not. The verse alludes to a man who worked hard and saved enough to pay the doctor who saved him from death, cited in a Philadelphia Record letter.
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Willie Green
Philadelphia Record
Washington
Fragmentary pass brief mentions a murder and a statesman
A cryptic fragment references a murder involving a politician or statesman. Names and clear details are obscured, leaving only scattered phrases about a sharp object, a piano, and a possible suspect.
Ice Harvest Begins For Car Load Shipments From Moline
This morning the Moline Channel Ice Company started a large force to harvest a second ice crop from the field above Dimock Gould and Company. The ice is cut for carload orders destined for the south and is reported to be of splendid quality, clear, and 12% inches thick.
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Moline Channel Ice Company
Dimock, Gould & Company’s
Great Factory Short Length Sale Draws Crowds at New York Store
Crowds filled the New York Store all day yesterday and again today as a large factory short length sale attracts shoppers. The event highlights discounted factory short lengths and draws buyers from surrounding areas.
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New York
Obituary of Lille May wife of John May
Lille May of 228 34 avenue died yesterday at 2 10 after eight weeks with typhoid fever. Born in Lorien NL 24 years ago she leaves husband one son her mother and step father two sisters Mrs Ross LaCrosse and Mrs John Ditmer Lo gan Iowa and three brothers John H Price Moline Samuel Schrover Altamont Iowa and H Schrover Browell Iowa Funeral at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence.
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Lille
John May
Avenue
Lorien
Ross
LaCrosse
John Ditmer
Logan
Iowa
John H. Price
Moline
Samuel Schrover
Altamont
H. Schrover
Browell
Saved Her Child’s Life With New Discovery Cure
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with saving her chubby three week old son from pneumonia. She reports a terrible cough and worsening condition despite doctor care until using the medicine, which she calls the only sure cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases. Clendenin’s drug store guarantees satisfaction with trial bottles free.
Inheritance tax proposals outlined with rate scales
The article explains an inheritance tax plan with rates ranging from one to six percent based on the amount inherited, detailing exemptions, collateral rules, and who collects the tax. It argues the tax targets personal property, supports economic equity, and reduces burdens on other state taxpayers.
Sleek Scheme to Skin Farmers of Hen Fruit
Iowa farmers report receiving notices from a Chicago firm promising 26 cents for all eggs shipped. Some send up to 100 dozen and receive only 25 cents per dozen, exactly as the letter claimed. The warning advises caution when dealing with strangers and unsolicited offers.
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Iowa
Chicago
Start the Day Right With Boston Java and Mocha Coffee
EB. H. Wilson promotes a steaming cup of Boston Java and mocha coffee selected by experts. The brew is roasted by a perfected process. Address: 1620 8d Avenue.
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Boston
EB. H. Wilson
1620
8D Avenue
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