Oberlin President Barrows to Give Commencement Address
Dr Barrows president of Oberlin College will deliver the commencement address at the class of 1902 exercises. The program lists the processional chorus invocation and an address by Barrows DD on religious and philosophic topics. The event occurs Thursday evening at the First Congregational church with the choir and solo performances by local student groups.
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Oberlin College
Fine
First Congregational Church
John Henry Barrows
Halil Bright
Tannhauser
Wagner
Valedictory Program for Class of 02 at Christ Episcopal
Tomorrow evening at 745 o clock at Christ Episcopal church Rev F H Barrett D D will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the class of 02 Presentations include diplomas and musical numbers by Apollo male quartet and the Hensigtt Bobbeck Day Fades and Gloria from Twelfth Mass performed by the choir and orchestra Notes: o 2a and 1.2.0.0 appear as OCR remnants.
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Hensigtt
Bobbeck
A. Parks Apollo
A. M. Real
Christ Episcopal Church
F. H. Barrett
D. D
Journal Man Winner Solves Rank's Shoe Puzzle
George E Holt city editor wins a pair of shoes in Rank's Shoes puzzle contest by delivering the first correct solution. Others submitting correct entries were Severin Johansson and Axel T Jacobsen. A river excursion to Clinton costs 75 cents round trip leaving at 6 oclock Sunday May 2.
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Rank
George E. Holt
Journal
Severin Johanson
Axel T Jacobsen
San Peepe
At & O
Clinton
Tri City High School Dance Delights Graduates at Watch Tower
Royal entertainment marked the Tri City Socn He junior class dance for the graduating class at the Watch Tower inn. Rain and lightning framed an evening of dancing, wax figure parody, and social mingling with faculty and local residents. Reviews note lively performances by Signor Albert Vinton’s troupe and many attendees from Rock Island Davenport and beyond.
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Watch Tower
Rock River
Maline High School
Signor
Albert Vinton
Mr Tinton
Frappe
Allice Westberg
Cettemy Shuman Schilttiger
Maste Heal Drake
Thompson
W. C. Bennett
van Sant
Rock Island
Dinger
Adlets Sale Notice From Bark Town Vendor Listing
Fragmentary notice advertises land parcels for sale near Bark Town. Text is garbled but mentions land plots, a price around one dollar and a potential sale by public auction. No clear dates or names are readable.
Property Transfers and Estate Notices
Court House and County News lists transfers including Mathews Rowe sale partials 8 000. Kolls W Kolls lot 10 Rock Island 1360. Burtchael Lemmon Stoddard part lot Moline 1700. Cornwall Fisher lot Woodlawn Moline 1400. Curtis McQuoid tract nw 1-42 17 2w 600. Estates show personal property debts, sale petitions, and probate hearings set for Friday June 13 prox.
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Matilda V. Mathews
Burton C. Rowe
Schbert & Fluegel
F H. W Kolls
Schubert & Fluegels
Rock Island
Thomas A Burtchael
Lemmon & Stoddard
Moline du Bluff
John B Cornwall
Samuel Fisher
Axel FE Johnson
Samuel J Johnson
Ty Ebba Johnson
Mrs Letitia M Payne Died at 86 in Hampton Illinois
Mrs Letitia M Payne mother of Senator William Payne died Friday at her daughter Mrs Maria L J Sykes home in Hampton. Born near Cleveland Ohio she lived in Green County Illinois and Scott and Hampton townships. Funeral Sunday. Walter Baker cocoa gift funds local schools via educational exhibit charts.
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William Payne
Maria L. J. Sykes
Hampton
Payne
Illinois
Iowa
Cleveland
Ohio
Green County
Letitia M. Orr
Jeremiah Payne
Scott County
Hampton Township
Henry County
The
Baptist Church
Senator Payne
Sykes
Aix
Margery Brewater
Moline
Helen Seabring
Grinnell
Jeremiah
West
George and
Charles Payne
Hanna Township
Jennie Case
Missouri
Walter Baker Company
Death of Lord Pauncefote Former British Ambassador
Lord Pauncefote, longtime British ambassador to the United States, died in Washington at 5:30 this morning after a brief illness. The popular foreign minister had been in declining health and near retirement, and his passing will be mourned by many in diplomatic circles.
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Washington
D. C
Ldea Bauette
Bassador
Great Britain
Pauncefote-Hay Treatey
Lord Pauncefote
General strike ordered in Virginia and West Virginia mines
Huntington West Virginia May 24 The United Mine Conference ordered a general strike of all mines in Virginia and West Virginia to begin June 7 and continue until the wage increase demanded is accepted by the operators.
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Huntington
W. Va
United Mine Conference
Virginia
West Virginia
Weaver versus Tri City Railway case reaches jury
Circuit Court session led by Judge Gest reconvened on Friday to hear Weaver v Tri City Railway Co. The jury received the case in the evening and judges scheduled additional trials for Monday and Tuesday including Talty v Mayer, Peoples Power Co v Smith, Kepple v RI & P, Pearl v Odell, Zimmerman v DeVoe, Bull v Eastman, Meyers v Payne.
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Weaver
Tri-City Railway Co
Talty
Mayer
Peoples Power Co
Smith
Kepple
Peal
Odell
Zimmerman
DeVoe
Weaver Victorious in Weaver vs Tri City Railway Verdict
The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Weaver after two and a half days of trial. The plaintiff was represented by Allen and Ingleson, and the defendant by Jackson and Hurst.
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Weaver Vs
Tri-City Railway Company
Weaver
Allen and Ingleson
Jackson & Hurst
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