Rock Island Plans New St Louis Chicago Line Extension
Rock Island agents study purchasing a majority of Chicago St Louis and Peoria stock to form the southern segment of a St Louis Chicago route. Proposals claim 360 mile cut off shortens the line by about 60 miles linking St Louis to St Paul and Minneapolis via Peoria Rock Island and Burlington routes. Gould interests seek Maple Leaf and Great Western control as western road futures brighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, St. Louis & Peoria
Wynless
Rock 34 Island Management
Chicago
St. Loui
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Rock Island
Chicago, St. Louis
Peoria Road
Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Chiccago
St Louis-St Paul
Gould
Great Western
Prominent Davenport Lawyer Charles Davison Dies at 45
Charles Davison, longtime partner in the Davenport law firm Davison & Lawe, died at his home on Prospect Terrace after a long illness. He was 45, survived by his wife and children, and had been gravely ill for some days as doctors could not determine a final diagnosis. Davison was the son of the late Abner Davison and had helped lead one of the state’s best known legal partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davison
Prospect Terrace
Davenport
Abner Davison
Davison & Lawe
Lowe
Adam Kramer
South Rock Island
Charles
Rome
Kramer, Bleuer & Company
Kramer & Company
Rock Island
Om Davenport
Coal Valley couples wed in weekend ceremonies
In a pair of Rock Island area weddings, Miss Mary Roberts caught the bouquet at Coal Valley bride Miss Roberts wed Fred Barker of Coal Valley at the Lutheran church parsonage in Rock Island. The couple hosted a dinner with family, and Barker furnished a tile home in Coal Valley. Another ceremony united Charles Kramer and Miss Elste Bertelsen in Rock Island with a small family reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Valley
Miss Roberts
Mary Roberts
Lutheran Church of
Rock Island
Fred Barker
Bertha Robert
Henry Barker
Mr Barker
Charles Kramer
Elste E. Bertelsen
Henrietta Bertelsen
Twenty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
WiJliam Torrance
Central Presbyterian Church
Kramer
Mrs. Bertelsens
Miss Mary Dooley Soprano Leads The Creation at Augustana
Haydon's great oratorio The Creation will be rendered this evening at Augustana College before the Handel Oratorio Society. Three celebrated soloists from thirago will take leading parts Miss Mary F Dooley soprano Pen To Holenback tenor Gustave Holmquist basse.
Rock Island Community Heads for Weekend Faith and News
Local society notes report weddings and engagements in Rock Island and Geneseo including Charles Kramer and Elsie Bertelsen marriage plans and Peter Langbehn Jr and Laura Hhencke wedding in Rock Island. Clergy and clubs announce gatherings, dances, meetings, and charity entertainments across Davenport and Rock Island with licenses issued to Hiram Whitehead Florence Maxwell and others.
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Hubbard
Hiram Whitehead
Florence L. Maxwell
Hampton
Louis P Rose
Florence Halsey
Rock Island
Charles Kramer
Elsie E. Bertelsen
Nurses Graduate From City Hospital Graduation Names
At a Tuesday meeting the Woman's Hospital Association set Thursday June 19 as commencement day for the city hospital nurses. Names listed include Miss Anna Popp Bennett of Moline, Mrs Kitson Cowley of Moline, Miss Mary Carlson of Moline, Miss Jessie Bhales of Sandwich, I. Mijas Stella Vandrut of Rock Island, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Hospital Association
Anna Popp
Bennett
Lowal
Kitson Cowley
Moline
Mary Carlson
Jessie Bhales
Sandwich
I. Mijas Stella
Vandrut
Rock Island
Ares
Mystery of Davenport Man Cleared by Muscatine Body Find
The body of Ferdinand Boock, missing from Davenport about three weeks, was found among logs at Musser saw mill boom in Muscatine. Coroner's inquest ruled death by self act, noting his dissipated habits and debt issues. His widow declined burial arrangements. Boock, a Holstein native, had been at the West St. Paul house and previously operated a Lyons grist mill.
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Ferdinand Boock
Sweat St. Paul
Davenport
Muscatine
Musser Mill
August Dietrich
Norton
Boock
F. F. Boock
Holstein
Iowa
West St. Paul
Lyons
Locomotive duel tests Atlantic versus Prairie engines
The Illinois Central plans to test an improved Prairie locomotive from Rogers Works against a recently completed Atlantic engine from Baldwin. Designer William Renshaw will oversee the comparisons to determine which type earns broader use. The Atlantic model features a center mounted driving wheel arrangement with a cab on a small front truck, unlike standard passenger locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
William Renshay
Automobile Crash Injures Man at Second and Ripley
Wm Mundt of Davenport suffered a broken leg when his bicycle rider veered to avoid a car and collided with a sand wagon at Second and Ripley streets. He was taken by ambulance to St Luke Hospital after the incident just after 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Mundt
St Louis
Davenport
Luke 8
Second
Ripley
Printers Elect Their Officers For The Year
A Tri City Typographical Union meeting at Industrial Home hall Stock Island elected officers for the year. President F M Sneed, Vice President A Ethl, Financial Secretary J Schlemmer, Recording Secretary G E Morgan, Sergeant at Arms George Simmons. Executive committee J Mullin B Kennedy R Brush. Auditing committee George Fotter H Linbeck W Osborn.
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Tri-City Typographical Union
Industral Home
Stock Island
F M. Sneed
A_ Ethl
J Schlemmer
G E. Morgan
George Simmons
J. Mullin
Kennedy
R. Brush
George Fotter
H Linbeck
W Osborn
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Lal RO
Tost Pasl
Escher Ponerinae
Miss Mary I, Dooley
New York
PIERR @ CO
Japan
Batiste
Plese F
Poiteeuggan
Teleloth Tee
Battler
Craton
Wong
Mate Goed
Pierr & CO
Fifteenth Street
Molina, Il
Adelphia Debating Society
Davenport High School
Ams Li Venture
Charles F .T
Alice Emets
Horatio Ballard
Worge L. Spick
Frank Betty
William Colina
Beder Weel
Thia Ct
West Virginia
Rufus Walker Jr
Joseph ¢Husty Walker
Des Moines
Wre. Walkers
Moling
Honor No 100
Fred Fields
Galesburg
the Witch Tower
Arlen Anderson
Mission Tabernarcle
Louisa Nyquist
Hex Johnson
Tomerrow
Veronika Beefts
John Fennston
Forth Avenue
Jef. Ainsworth
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Congregational Church
Fred Hass
Pacific Coast
Mr Hass
San Francisco
California
Mexico
Peter Langbehn, Jr
Laura Hhencke
Geneseo
Mennitke
Langbehn
Buffalo
Sixteenth Street
Fifth
Ereason School
Gustaf Adolph
Track Island
Mises Rose
Farley
Hammond
Laa
Edwin Peaster
Louis . Rose
Adama
Court House
M H Sexton
Vorwaerts
J. M. Heldeke
Robert Benson
Charles Peterson
Franz Swanson
Grant Peterson
Gus Holtz
Wiliam Seiffert
Albert Grantz
Wise
J Hill
Blue
Eland
Lioyd Chandler
Harlotte Huford
French Lick
T A Anthony
Farmers State Bank
Wusau
Neb
Trock Island
Kane
Beire
Sioux City
Frank Mixter
E W Rahnaen
Ind
Florence Mixter
I Josephson
C H_ Perrin
J P. Drake
S. 8. Hoffman
E. Luchman
City Hospital
Aan
SAR Pss
Ferdi
Daylight Clothing Store
Forsberg & Talty
Mituayututthan
W.L
Aa Han
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