Davenport Fire Destroys Riverfront Lumber Yards and Homes
A massive blaze along Davenport Davenport Riverfront levee destroyed up to 75 residences and businesses from Rock Island Fuel piles to Weyerhaeuser Denkmann mill. Fire spread from dry lumber during a drought with heroic firemen from Davenport Rock Island and Moline fighting flames, saving Riverside Milling and Standard Oil plants while losses range between 500000 and 1500000 dollars.
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Tri Cities
Davenport
Rock Island Fuel Company
Weyerhaeuser-Denkmann
Conrad Severin
Moline
Mr Smith
Journal
Avcene
Chris Koch
William Melburg
Koch
Melburg
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann
Rock Island Bridge
Interior
Bluffs
Pienning
Eastern Insurance Company
Federal Street
Rock Island
Centrala
U N Roberts
Mt Ida
East River Street
Federal
Mississippi Avenue
Switz, Case
6Th Streets
Rock Island Road
6Th Street
Riverside Milling
Battery Equipment For Galesburg Militiamen
Equipment valued at 17 13918 and rifles for a Galesburg militia battery are being outfitted from Rock Island arsenal to Springfield for issue to Battery E. The unit will be armed with 32 inch sabre mounted rifles and supplemented with new equipment as Springfield hosts the assignment beginning a new term.
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Arsenal
Springfield
Galesburg
Ardin
Mayor Assures Water Main Work Will Proceed
Mayor Wessels dismisses the idea of an injunction to halt extending the water mains to South Moline. He tells the Journal the project will go forward, and residents will receive water as planned. Attorney Moore says a preliminary injunction could be pursued if the city acts further. The city has issued bids for the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Moline
Wessels
Journal Today
Fred Swensson
Moore
Journal
Relief Fund Subscribed At Teles Meeting
A telegraph meeting in Layenge raised 4000 dollars for relief to four thousand sufferers of the Wilson waterworks conflagration. The fund promises to grow large and aid many workers who lost their homes.
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Teles
Layenge
Local Notices and Household Chores Mix In Vague Item
Fragmented town column notes property purchase a house nearing occupancy social visit by Miss Floretes Hatitua at 24th Avenue and casual social details. Includes stray health product ads and old papers sale offering bundles and tonic braces from Clendenin and Rattles Pharmacy with prices and a general notice of household goods.
Trolley Party Announces Annual Tram Prize Event
Local notice describes an annual tram parade at the Wout Triwetoun Prize venue with participants Petar Eborkea Untonm Nelie and Mu Wilo. Details on the event date and procedures are incomplete in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petar ¢Berkea
Closing Out Sale of Dignities and Household Goods
Local store advertises a closing out sale with items priced at five cents for dignities and half price on shirt waists. Three pairs of children's hose for 25 cents, towels, Turkey red table linen at 12 cents a yard, and other goods offered cheaply.
Take Advantage of Low Rate Trip to Chicago
An OCR fragment describes a low rate excursion to Chicago with references to attendees and coastal or suburb context. It mentions the idea of a boat or trip leaving at a scheduled time and notes confusion or misread names and places. The text is garbled but centers on a planned travel outing to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Oscar Youngren
Agian
Chicago
Foot Elixir Company Starts in Rock Island
The Foot Elixir Company begins in Rock Island with a manufacturing program plan to start with at least $2000 capital. Promoters are three young men including a druggist. The note mentions a patent remedy Whitesteam Verunface, priced at 26 cents, claimed to destroy worms in children.
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Foot Elixir Company
Rock Island
Yooung
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St Lukes Hospital
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