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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1901
Page
4
Rock Island officials and former city leaders plan a social league for ex aldermen and mayors along with present and future city heads and council members. A meeting is set for Sept 11 in the city council room to outline aims and potential annual banquets and gatherings.
Isaac McGill longtime Davenport school No 3 janitor died suddenly during fall term opening. Principal Mrs E C Farrand found him seated at recess with no response. Death attributed to heart disease. He lived in Davenport 19 years born May 1849 in Loulan County. Wife two sons and four daughters survive.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad offers reduced rates to homeseekers for many northern southern and western points September 3 17 and special summer rates to Colorado Utah Black Hills and Minnesota early September One fare round trip plus two dollars. City and event notes include encampment in Cleveland and state fairs in Springfield St Louis and Fort Worth with ticket sales September 8 to 11 and period extensions. A train via C B Q leaves Moline September 9 at 6 03 pm arriving Cleveland next day at 9 30 am with eight daily trains total Tickets on sale September 8 to September 11.
Dr A Kellett of Williford Arkansas reports a railroad laborer badly crushed foot repaired by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The salve is praised as wonderful for burns, burns, piles and skin eruptions. Marketed as the world champion healer for 25 cents by F J Clendenin in Moline.
South Moline reports a busy period with families visiting relatives in Galesburg and Wheeling. Eva Smith marries John Hawkins in Hampton while other locals attend social events in the area and travel to Peoria, Savannah, and Central Iowa for labor day activities and gatherings.
A rumored pilots trust led by Ed Grant and William Hapenstall plans to organize Mississippi river pilots into a syndicate with $1.6 million backing. The plan would have pilots paid by the trust for five years at 200 dollars annually while companies hire through trust headquarters, potentially affecting all steamboat owners from Louisville to New Orleans.
William Carl Mueller and Esther Nathalia Wenberg were married this morning at the First Congregational church parsonage in a ring ceremony. The couple, from notable Davenport and Moline families, plan a wedding dinner with relatives and will reside at 1602 2d Avenue after Oct 16.
The HURCH people of Orion expelled Rev. G. A. White from the ministry by a 7 to 6 vote after a lengthy hearing. State superintendent E. P. Brand represented the plaintiff, with G. B. Simmons defending White. The case centered on a 100 bill misdelivered from Jamestown to Missouri that led to the investigation and secret service involvement. White admitted courting other women to provoke his wife, ending a sensational two week church ordeal.
Mrs. T Silander wife of G Silander of 221 2d street died Sunday morning from drop sy and other ailments aged 80 born in Forshems Sweden March 26 1860 she came to the city in 1900 leaving six children and relatives funeral held yesterday afternoon at home with Rev E J Hanson and interment at Riverside Pauline daughter of Mr and Mrs P C Melum died last evening at 16 months from summer complaint funeral from the house tomorrow at 2 with interment Riverside Emma Maria daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Melin died today at 12 after four days illness cholera infantum aged 7 weeks twin brother ill with same disease funeral to be announced later.
The funeral will be held from St. Marys church at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon with interment at Riverside.
Rock Island Argus reports in railroad circles the Denver limited between Chicago and Denver will be discontinued within weeks due to maintenance costs outweighing earnings. The train was elegant and fast, heavily used by tri city travelers between Moline and Chicago.
Theatrical note previews For Her Sake at the Wagner Theatre arriving Saturday September 7. The production promises thrilling attentions and picturesque scenical effects as a genuine novelty of the season.
Hotel arrivals show guests from Chicago Rockford Des Moines Milwaukee Sioux City Geneseo Davenport Mount Sterling Springfield Fort Madison and other Illinois Iowa cities. Names include Shaw Johnson Dunlap Scheuche Carey Kerrakedes Henderson Waterman Loeb Rankin Murdock Bard and Weaver among others.
In Daebel Nehn pasture Monday Bennetts beat Central Park 7 to 5. Central Park players Welch and Colmark led the offense with key hits, while Bennetts relied on McGwin and Salzman. A pill ad at the end touts Perry Davis Pain Killer as a trusted remedy for cramps and disorders.
Acutely painful cramps in the abdomen arise after improper food or excessive water. Distention of the bowels by gas triggers the attack and quick relief comes from Perry Davis’s Pain Killer. Housekeepers should keep it in the family medicine chest.
A letter to the editor from W. S. Brockman of Bagnell Missouri praises Chamberlin's Cough Remedy after three years of bronchitis and sleepless nights. The medicine is sold by F. J. Clendenin and E. Heimbeck druggists in Moline.
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