Rock Island Considers New Line To St Louis
Rock Island officials weigh a projected Kansas City to St Louis line with terminals in Kansas City and St Louis. A decision may come during the annual inspection tour, aiming to connect with eastern trunk lines and boost freight and passenger transfers once the line opens, potentially by 1908 during the St Louis fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Kansas City
St. Louis
Kansas Ace
St Louis
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Kansas Citys
Colorado
Southwest
Mexico
States
Fl Paso
Belles E
Teachers Association Meeting Concludes in Elgin
The Nearthern Timets Teachers Association held its meeting in Elgin on Saturday. A new meeting site was decided for Crttawe with officers elected including President Wo Haart Woodsteak and Vice President S Jo Ferguson. Secretaries Miss Maud hatteriin and Treasurer WoS Wallaer were also named amid a list of other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nearthern
Timets Teachers Association
Elgin
Saturay
Wo Haart
Unclear OCR City Notice and Pothole Report
Fragmentary text from a local notice references Lath Avenue area near TP Street andPOIs. Mentions potter shop thefts and police activity with scattered terms like store, pest, and soap. Content is too garbled to extract a coherent event or date.
Burlington Road Office Changes In Davenport
The office of general agent in Davenport was abolished and its affairs returned to Division Freight and Passenger Agent Mack of Rock Island. Walter Freeman may stay in the Davenport city office under Mack’s direction. Agent M I a Young of Rock Island would likely have been chosen before circumstances led to the office’s removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Road
Davenport
LF Berry
Abeliahed
Division Freight
Mack
Rock Island
Davenpor
Walter Freeman
Mia Young
Herry
Assault Leaves Man Injured in Keithsburg Incident
A man described as seriously injured was attacked Thursday evening in Keithsburg by unidentified assailants. The assailants struck with fists and a weapon, knocking the victim to the ground near a street, before fleeing. He was taken to a local hospital with head and facial injuries and was reported in stable condition.
Notice With Hidden Message in Wartime Memo
Fragmentary notice shows a cryptic wartime communication referencing a person named H i and a date indicated as 4 ter ty. The readable portion hints at a request or instruction involving dowse and a possible meeting or submission at a designated location.
Social and Personal Notes from Rock Island Area
Mrs D F Cromwell travels to Keokuk Iowa for sister Mrs John Williams illness. Mr and Mrs Frank Robinson arrive in Rock Island for a brief visit with Mr and Mrs Sweeney. Robinson expects to move to Leroy Minnesota with his bride Catherine Morrison. Miss Yola Buck hosts 17th birthday party for twenty five friends with ring gifts. Mar W Hawes and party return from Pacific coast tour with Woodmen. Mrs E H Bowman visits daughter Miss Mar Bowman studying nursing. Miss Lee Sithis and Miss Lange host at South Heights. County Clerk Hubbard issues marriage license to Mitchell Blomquist and Cora Catt. Charles McHugh returns from fishing trip. Mrs Mary Bers entertains at 6th Street. Lady Swedish Lutheran women present purse of money. Court of Hon 1 No 100 plans masquerade party and box social at Pierr a hall on Nov 21. King’s Hartford singer from Wing Etills in Chicago for service. trip to Sweden planned. Moline Naval Reserves host 160 couples at complimentary dance. Ogden’s orchestra. Swedish Lutheran church youth hear Dr Youngert on Alaska. 200 attend. First Congregational church youth share summer stories. refreshments served. Lieutenant AFB Bradley may go to Mexico for possible permanent position. temporary stay and militia role unchanged. Mrs Hannah Wilson visits from Chicago. Rev Eggan and family leave for Oakland California. Miss Tycia Pohl to accompany. Mrs Hillhouse hosts Ladies Missionary meeting. Telephone promoter seen in Moline, civic chatter and possible franchise talk noted.
Burlington adds eastern mail train out of Omaha to Chicago
A new Burlington fast mail train starts today routed east bound from Omaha to Chicago with stops at Burling ton Monmouth and other points. The service aims to handle rising mail volume faster than existing western trains and may be influenced by additions from Northwestern and standard delivery times.
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Chicago
Omaha
Otek Po
Burlingtons
Monmouth
Hlineas
Northwestern
Burlington
Local guest list appears for a city hotel event
A fragmentary hotel guest register lists numerous names and places including Arlington Heights and Chicago with partial affiliations and dates, indicating a social or official gathering. The garbled OCR preserves many proper nouns such as Boston Chicago Vernon and New York, but the context remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North
Dante
Fragmentary note on Pain Killer and medical use
The fragment mentions a prepared Pain Killer by a druggist and a user who has relied on it for years for diarrhoea cramps and stomach aches, but notes the current form may be problematic and asks about what it is and where the bettie stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davie
Meet the Old Maids Tonight at Wagner Opera House
The Old Maids joyfully gather tonight at the Wagner Opera House for a reunion show not seen since their youth. Ladies Burtell Peek Breale Tuckis Clarke Leipold Hartlett and numerous Misses Hepburn Huntoon Cage Rey Evans Morris Mae and Helen Moorehead head a long list of attendees including Ly ford Wilkinson Hill Woodyatt and First. The occasion features the original twine act with Fred Fleet and Emer Mowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Opera House
Saaalde
Josephine
Mary Hill
Della
Mary Woodyatt
Cecile
Helen Enegren
Belle
Ruth Hotchkiss
Girmace Starks
Vern Wheelauck
Mary Giltmore
Goldie Mowry
Goldie Gamble
Clara Thomas
Neble Anderson
Frances DesAulniers
Kate Moakiey
Irene Woodyatt
Minnie First
Annette Schillinger
Lara’ Funn
Fred Fleet
Emer Mowry
Property transfers including Edgewood Park and Rock Island parcels
Court records show deeds transferring lots 412 and 41 Edgewood Park to Henry L Becker for 1200 dollars. Naomie L Davenport and Catherine Davenport convey tracts in Moline Channel Ice Co holdings near Lake and Reserve for 200 dollars and 500 dollars respectively. Additional transfers include Hugh de Curtis to Moline Channel Ice Co lots in LeClaire reserve for 5000 dollars, Martha Rodman to Edward Dier AC pat assessor lot 3 in Sw Dl for 2 dollars, and several others in South Rock Island and Wait and Walker’s additions with amounts ranging from 1 to 365 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertha Niletz
Henry L. Becker
Edgewood Park
Rock Island
Naomie L
Catherine Davenport
Moline Channel Iee Co
Lake
Naomie LL Davenport
Moline Channel Ice Co
Hugh de Curtis
LeClaire
Fister
Martha A Rodman
Edward Dier
Property transfers and mortgage notices across Illinois towns
Multiple real estate and loan transfers listed from Sophronia H Hull to Electa L Kor, United States to John A Rockwell, and several other deeds. Transactions include lot and block descriptions in Moline Rock Island Milan Dixon Dixon & Youngs adds plus Home Building and Loan Association mortgage, with values ranging from $1 to $8,500.
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Sophronia H. Hull
Electa
L. Korsyth
United States
John A. Rockwell
William Roth
Rock Island
South Moline
Alice C Walker
Wm. A. Sundblad
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Moline
Henry A Ainsworth
Joseph Corston
Columbia Park
Admission Application and Estate Actions Reported
Charles Henry Settle applies for blind institution admission as an indigent. Notices served on County Clerk. Final reports filed/approved for estates of Landall Wendel Wendt Knocke Angel. executors and administrators discharged and property actions completed. Widow’s relinquishment, selection, and turnover order approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Settle
State Institution For the Education of the Blind
John A Landall
Frederick Wendel
Lexecutor
Carl Wendt
Adolph C Knocke
Axel F Angel
Dyspepsia Tableta advertised in 1900s ad
An advertisement promises quick relief and a permanent cure for dyspepsia with Hatley's Dyspepsia Tableta from Lakeside Medicine Co Chicago. The copy touts gentle tasting tablets priced 2 cents postpaid and urges readers to buy through druggists. It also invites readers to use the Journal "ADLET" column for local advertising reach in Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatley
W J Bailey
Lakeside
Chicago
Bample
Moline and
Vicinity
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E. Okerbers
Nat
E. Okerberg
Secretaurs
Miss Maud ¢ Hatteriin
Wallaer Savann
Philbrook
Bex Ty Omiumitt
Welth
Deott Beales
Woottack
Theokee
Mmuerderos Assault
OH Holbomb
Albedo
Keithsburg
Galesburg
Villabneus
Cmd
Grout
Is Al-toe
Mig
Hes
Oweaime
D. F. Cromwell
Keokuk
Iowa
John Williams
Frank Robinson
Rock Isand
Mr. Sweeney
Robinson
Catherine Morrison
Yola Buck
Rock Iealand
Mar| W Hawes
E. H Bowman
Miss Mar Bowman
Lee Sithis
Miss Lange
Hor
Sit
South Heights
Hubbard
Mitchell Blomquist
Cora Catt
Creenfield
Charles McHugh
Wines River
Mary Bers
Ils
6Th Street
Waspleagns Co
Ladiew Sotvo
Swedish Lutheran Church
Mra Benson
Court of Hon 1 No 100
Pierra Hall
Sam Tabalite
Alooodtha
Sweden
Skinner Annex
Ogden
Young Peoples Society of the Swedish Lutheran Church
G Youngert
Alaska
Hembaix
Carl Blomgren
First Congregational Church
Ieat
Bradley Willl
Itis
Naval Militia
Mission Tabernacle
Rev Eggan
Oakland
Cal Misa Tycia Pohl
Mra Rg Cain
Oh Hillhouse
Rocky Mountain
Madison Medicine Co
Pain Killer
Lambert
Toggery
Second Ave
Rock Island, Ill
Wagner
News of Court House
Kal
Raward
Jacob Gloor
South Rock Island
Martha McEntire
Jamea M Dunn
Wait & Walkers Firat
Reynold
Peter Files
Hugh
Ill
Fifth Avenue
Reliable Stove Co
Peoples
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