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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
5
A heavy fog at Hawthorn yards early this morning caused freight No. 99 to crash into the rear of No. 93. No injuries reported. both engines and multiple freight cars damaged. caboose destroyed. Wrecking crews cleared tracks by 9 and service resumed with delays to several trains. The railroad cites fog as the likely cause.
The Peru Plow & Wheel Company is negotiating with Ottawa Development Association to relocate its plant to Ottawa, with a decision expected soon. Ottawa residents are urged to influence owners to stay, as tension with Peru officials has persisted over privileges, water, and city demands.
The Second District Court at Ottawa on Tuesday sustained the Rock Island county circuit court verdict in Heywood v Coal Valley Mining Co. The miner Heywood recovered $1,800 damages for injuries in Coal Valley mines. appeal by the company was denied.
Geneseo plans a gas plant and awards the contract to a Tiskilwa company. Gas will be generated from gasoline by submerging a tank in water and forcing gas into the mains with compressed air. The method is expected to be cheaper than coal gas.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poisons ulcers and cancer claiming to drain poison from the system heal sores purify blood and build the body It notes 80 years of testing and 3000 testimonials with trial offers and local pharmacy availability and a newspaper ad column promotion.
Mrs. Fannie Walter of Rock Island files for divorce from her husband George L. Walter. She asserts marriage in Missouri on December 12 1894, desertion on June 4 1899, and asks restoration of her maiden name Fannie Krouse.
The Vesuvius Club extends an invitation to attend their first grand ball at the Industrial hall in Moline on Saturday evening at midnight with music by the Marine band. Quod order maintained.
The general theatre committee selects square backed red plush upholstered chairs with feather seats for the Rock Island theatre. Promoter G. H. Johnston says the first performance could occur in December.
Carl Helpenstell of the People's National Bank in Rock Island bought a black thoroughbred Ken tuckian in Chicago. The horse is trained for saddle and harness and may appear in future equine pageants. Charles Peacock was arrested in Maine on a warrant by Julia Wolf of Rock Island. arraigned, she declined to prosecute and the case was dismissed. The couple likely will marry.
Former Davenport Rock Island Northwestern railway official L B Berry becomes general agent for Chicago and Northwestern Des Moines with Northwesterns freight and passenger supervision in Iowa. He accepted the position and telegraphed resignation to Burlington office. Also ad content about Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and croup with a testimonial.
Washington reports Miss Stone and her bandit captors are on a Guellepe mountain, with Constantinople confirming their location. Troops are rapidly surrounding the movements and capture is confidently expected.
It is reported that the engineer two firemen and one brakeman all from Chicago were killed in a freight wreck on the Chicago and Great Western near Lombard Illinois at about six oclock this morning.
Butterworth Regiment No 20 adopts a memorial tribute to President William McKinley. The resolution denounces the assassin and calls for laws to protect rulers and curb anti government forces. It praises McKinley as a steady leader guiding the nation to peace and liberty and expresses sympathy for his widow.
W H Dads of Jonesville Virginia recalls a childhood burn that caused leg sores for eight decades. Bucklin's Arnica Salve cured him after other remedies failed. The salve is advertised as infallible for burns scalds cuts sores bruises and piles, sold by G B Clendenin for 25 cents.
Emil Bogart was convicted of assault and battery after a trial in which Jamieson and Newton testified about a scuffle in Bogart’s saloon. The jury returned a guilty verdict with a $5 fine and $17.45 total costs.
A panel of petit jurors was drawn to report for county court service on November 11. Names include Rock Island-Herman Nicholas Oscar Barth Adelbert Head Wm McConochie Carl Melow and others from South Rock Island Buffalo Prairie Coe Coal Valley Port Byron Drury Zuma Edgington and Zuma area communities.
At about o'clock this morning Herman Miller of 4th Avenue near 25th Street sustained a severe thumb injury while at work for Deere & Mansur Company. He was taken to the city hospital where Dr. Punn performed amputation of the right thumb.
A Cheokee Iowa man survived a severe kidney attack and back pain after weeks of suffering. He credits Electric Bitters with a dramatic recovery, stating he now feels like a new man. The remedy purifies blood and strengthens health, available at Clendenin's drug store for 60 cents.
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