Moline Business Men's Assn Pushes City Court Plan
The Moline Business Men's Association seeks a city court under Illinois law to speed local litigation. The petition cites Mattoon and East St. Louis precedents, notes court costs mainly covered by the county, and urges city council action for a new Moline court to benefit merchants, manufacturers, and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paar, Ays Inte Men’ S Association
Moline
Circuit Court
Aea Moling Business Men's Association
W. A. Meese
Carlson
Mattoon
East St. Louis
Flee From Volcanic Troubles in Ecuador
Archie Corken of Rock Island returned to the United States from Ecuador where he worked as timekeeper for McDonald Construction Company on large railroad contracts. He had planned to stay a year but the firm halted operations due to internal troubles in the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Corken
Rock Island
Ecuador
South America
McDonald Construction Company
Republic
United States
Weaver Case Put Over For One Week
In circuit court the trial of Weaver against the Tri City Railway Company was continued until next Friday. The court will hear pending motions this morning and adjourn in the afternoon to resume the case next Friday. Groquet sits at the Racket Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver
Tri-City Railway Company
Doctor Returns From Darlington Cleft Palate Operation
Dr. Huntington has returned from a trip to Darlington Wisconsin to perform a delicate operation for cleft palate on a child of about three years. The procedure involved removing bone from the roof of the mouth to restore speech and required anesthesia for over two hours. The operation was successful with strong indications of full articulation. The doctor notes many cases begin in infancy and that nine of ten treatments succeed. Halrip is another birth related condition treated successfully and many children with this dual deformity are helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Darlington
Wis
Illinois student wins inter-state oratorical prize
Illinois pride grows as W R Mofet from Northern Illinois Normal at DeKalb captures first prize in the inter-state oratorical contest at Emporia Kansas. Representing Illinois Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Kansas and Missouri, Mofet earned the top spot after state preliminaries.
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Northern Illinois
Emporia
Illinois
Northern Illinois Normal
DeKalb
W. R. Mofet
Kas
Iliois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Mr. Mofet
Illnois
Rock Island gains control of Kansas City Southern assets
A Kansas City dispatch reports Meeres and John W. Gates acquire control of the Kansas City Southern from Dutch stockholders, potentially also taking the Arkansas & Choctaw. Rock Island gains majority stock, tainting voting trust legality concerns. John Scullin of St Louis serves as KCS president. Dutch holders had sought board representation. two directors were added previously.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Gulf of Mexico
Meeres
John W. Gates
Rock Island Road
Arkansas & Choctaw
Kansas City Southern Voting Trust
Rock Island
Knott
John Scullin
St. Louis
Messrs. Harriman
Gates
Gould
Trolley Wire Hazard And Lightning Strikes Reported
Early morning incidents report a Fifteenth street trolley wire breaking after contact with a stray line on the Fourth Fifth avenues switch. A dangling live wire created danger as bystanders and a farmer narrowly escaped injury. Separately lightning struck the Rock Island bridge feed line and Davenport firms Mossman Petersons Furniture briefly.
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Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Rock Island
Mossman & Peterson's Furniture Company
Davenport
Man Hits Tracks After Narcoleptic Jag In Rock Island
Dennis McCarthy, a vagrant who checked in at Rock Island police, laid across a railroad yard track in a drugged sleep. An engine stopped three feet from him, and he was taken to jail to sober up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Dennis McCarthy
Rock Island Railroad
28Th Street
McCarthy
Dorsey Patton and William Deering Visit Local Area
Dorsey Patton and William Deering of Chicago are in this region for a brief vacation. Patton is a civil service examiner for the post office department and Deering is cashier of the Chicago post office. They are staying with J. W Parker at the Water town hospital and visiting Moline politicians, maintaining a long acquaintance there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Patton
William Deering
Chicago
Neck of the Woods
Patton
Postoffice Department
Deering
Mad Runaway On The Big Bridge
A Tri City Bottled Milk wagons runaway caused by team breaking loose on Rock Island bridge and Fort Armstrong avenue. The wagon overturned near the island turn as wheels dragged wreckage. team fled toward home and was halted just before entering the viaduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City Bottled Milk & Butter Company
Rock Island Bridge
Fort Armstrong Avenue
Davenport
Fort Armstrong Avenu
Coronation Week Spoof in Manson Democrat
The Manson Democrat jokes about Coronation Week with playful barbs and caricatures of local figures. It notes fashionable outfits and accents as townsfolk mock the event, including a roast beef theme and humorous accessories, while an Irish stenographer declines involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Ed
Joe Chamberlain
Swanson
George Sherman
Mickey Jameson
London
Manson Democrat
Obituary: Mrs Bertha Pfafflin Dies in Rock Island
German born Mrs Bertha Pfafflin died Friday at her daughter Mrs John Linn's home in Rock Island at 71. She came to the United States in 1849, had stayed in Rock Island most of the year, and had been bedbound for about two months. Remains shipped to Cincinnati. She is survived by four daughters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Pfafflin
Wurtenburg
Germany
John Linn
Rock Island
Nu Rock Island
Justa Lindgren Offered High Honor At Illinois Meet
Moline high school sent Harles Perrin and Carl Hammer to Champaign for the interscholastic meet with Hammer in discus hammer and pole vault and Perrin in 220 yard hurdles. They expect to return tomorrow evening as many schools participate and a special train will run from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harles Perrin
Carl Hammer
Moline High School
Champaign
Hammer
Perrin
Galesburg
Tower
Washington University
Seth Smith
John Schacht
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