Urania Burns At Muscatine Vessel Destroyed In Fire
The Urania, a Carnival City Packet Co. steamer moored at Muscatine, burned Thursday evening leaving a ruined upper works. Capt W F Blair evacuated passengers without panic as firemen fought the flames. Insurance covers part of the loss. repairs would cost more than the payout.
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Tri-City
Urlington
Landing
Othing
Urania
Burlington
Carnival City Packet Company
Muscatine
W FP Blair
Davenport
Rock Island
Burington
Peter Pfaff
Louis Engtin
Blair
Boant
Cincinnati
Carnival Packet Company
Synagogue Corner Stone Laying Planned for Sunday
The Beth Israel synagogue on 22d street and 3d avenue will lay its cornerstone next Sunday afternoon at 280 o'clock. J J Taxman will host, 8 Techs will speak, with addresses by State's Attorney Weld, C J Searle of Hook Island, and Rabbi W Fineschriber of Davenport. The ceremony marks the twin cities' first synagogue event of its kind and invites public attendance.
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Beth Israel
3D Avenue
Rock Island
J J Taxman
Weld
C J Searle
Hook Island
W . Fineschriber
Davenport
Twin Cities
Chuck Luck in Saloon Echoes Woodman Picnic
William J W. Hoskins a bartender at William Hegenberger's saloon on 13th Street Rock Island swore out a warrant before Magistrate Johnson charging his employer's brother with stealing his trunk The hearing was continued with Hoskins posting bond. He also filed a complaint accusing William Hegenberger of running a chuck-luck game in his saloon during the Woodmen event in Rock Island when many items were reportedly left unsecured.
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William J W . Hoskins
Wiliam Hegenberger
13Th Street
Rock Island
Johnson
Hoskins
Hegenbergers
William Hegenberger
Sonora Mining Development Plans At Nogales
Rock Island Union notes Eugene Biddison returned from Chicago en route to Nogales Sonora to oversee machinery purchase for a development company building plants in Nogales. The firm claims Sonora is rich in minerals, with transport and fuel costs easing as new facilities emerge. Laborers are paid 1.50 Mexican per day and are said to be shiftless, with frequent turnover and no consistent payroll.
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Rock Island Union
Eugene Biddison
Chicago
Nogales
Sonora
HK. F Knox
Biddison
Mission East
Nougales
Guv Torres
Mr Biddison
United States
Sonore
Lady Maccabees Ice Cream Social Dance Notice
Social and dance event announced at Plerrs Hall with proceeds for Her Sake. Admission 15 cents includes ice cream and cake. All invited. Event hosted at Wagner Inn tonight.
Local social notes and visits across Rock Island area
Gallabure man Land Mr8 Taylor visits Chicago to see son R H Taylor manager Wagner Opera House. Mr and Mrs Chris Kuttler and son Robert to Cleveland and Pan American exposition. Billy Patterson Geneseo visits Moline. Dr Cox dentist enjoys cantaloupes from mother. Worthy Dart of Rock Island returns from the West. Mrs R W Olmsted and children back from Lewiston. John Hallgren to return from Sweden via Boston. Abigail O Connell hosts 17th birthday party with music. Ladies Missionary Society meets at Second Congregational church. Bolton couple return from wedding in Keewanee. Lowe wedding at Hewanee Stars Courier. Free organ recital at Augustana College by A D Rodfors. Officer McCarthy on vacation. Joseph Rank 118 to return from Germany. Youd and Youd celebrate paper wedding with friends.
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Bolton
16Th Street
Kewanee
Lucy Isabel Bowen
Leo Haven Lowe
Mantecatter
Hewanee Stars Courier
Lohengren
Kimpton
Galesburg
R. A. Brown
M. E. Church
Hazel
Allie Bolton
Augustana College Students Host Reunion in Ottumwa
Augustana College students from Rock Island held a reunion and social at the Swedish Lutheran church in Ottumwa, with a literary program and refreshments. The event featured readings, songs, and declamations led by students and faculty, followed by a late-night gathering. The group then planned a picnic in the city’s west end.
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Ottumwa
Augustana College
Rock Island
Swedish Lutheran Church
Gunberg
Dr Bjorkman
Ludvig Sander
P. E. Bengaton
C. A. Halberg
Emma
Anna Anderson
Augustana Theological Seminary
J E. Lorimer
Anna Elizabeth Anderson
Emma Anderson Messra
C A. Halberg
E. Telleen
P E. Peterson
A Sander
C L. Sander
J E. Burnstedt
C Bengaton
KINERINGS Encounter On South Side Over Encyclopedia
A book agent pressured a deaf elderly man on the South Side to buy an encyclopedia. The man resisted, saying he did not want one and would rather wheel about. The piece ends with a general remark on not judging by appearances and a stray ad for Wilsons groceries on 3d Avenue.
Homeseekers and Fair Tickets in Early September Rail Offers
Railroad notes list reduced rates and one fare plus one dollar round trips to northern southern and western points with special summer fares to Colorado Utah Black Hills and Minnesota during the first half of September. Encampment in Cleveland and state fairs in Springfield St Louis Ft Worth plus district fairs and a daily train from Moline. Tickets on sale Sept 8 to 11 with extension options and inquiries at the ticket office.
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Chicago, Burington & Quincy R. RK
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
Minnesota
Cleveland
Ohio
G. AR
San Francisco
Cal
Springfield
St Louis
Ft Worth
Texas
WCTU
Mit
Fristoe
Agt
R. 1
P Railway
Moline
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promoted for Health Boost
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the “basical and mightiest little thing” that converts weakness into vigor and energy into mental power. The product promises health buildup and is priced at 250 per box sold by F J Clemdenin, druggist, Moline, OL.
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Dr. King
F. J. Clemdenin
Druggint
Moline
Certain Cure for Dysentery and Diarrhoea in Pa
A Bradford County Pa man recalls using Cham Berlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to finish a bicycle trip after an unexpected diarrhoea attack. He later used it again during a dysentery episode and says one dose cured him. Sold locally by F J Clendenin and He beck.
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F. L. Taylor
New Albany
Bradford County
Ward
Laceyville
Chamberlin
F. J. Clendenin
He Beck
Red Men of King Philip Hold Big Dance at Athletic Park
A large gathering of the Red Men of the King Philip tribe held a night-long dance at Athletic Park on the city fringe. Wigwams, electric and basket lighting, a bonfire, and Freed's orchestra accompanied a crowd in native dress and a Pocahontas group in disguise enjoying modern two steps and waltzes. A street parade is planned for the lodge members tomorrow from 15th Street and 8th Avenue to the park.
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Athletic Park
Freed
Mimic Savages
Pocahontas
Red Men’s Club
15Th Street
8D Avenue
6Th Avenue
3D Avenue
Park
Two More Suits Against Railroads Brought Today
Two lawsuits filed target the C B Q Railroad for 10000 dollars and the Tri City Railway Company with M J McEntry. The notices promote summer travel via the Picturesque Pan American Route to Buffalo featuring Muskoka Ka wartha Lakes St Lawrence River and other resorts. Magnificent Pullman sleeping cars depart Chicago daily to Toronto and Montreal starting June 24 with drawing room and berths available. For publications contact City Passenger and Ticket Agent at 249 Clark Street Chicago.
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Buffalo
Muskoka
Kawartha Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Chicago
Toronto
Montreal
Clark Street
Out of the Ordinary Family Gossip and Trivia
A wry note from a Liverpool correspondent reports on a Methodist minister’s wife in West Virginia with three marriages and a clan including two Rowing two Sparrows three Quayles and ancestral Swan Jay and a Paradise bird. The piece, broadcast as family miscellany, also quotes a whistler and a drug store shopper urging Perry Davis Pain Killer.
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West Virginia
Partridge
Robin
Quayle
Quayles
Hawk Avenue
Eagleville
Canary Islands
Perry Davis
Perry
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Wagner Opera
Heosah
Chuck
Mpans
Social and Dance
Boy’s and
Children’s
Fifteenth Street
McHinnie Block
Ng Pants School
Che
C. W. Taylor
Gallabure
R. H .Taylor
Wagner Opera House
Chris Kuttler
Robert
Billy Patterson
Geneseo
A. E. Telleen
Daily Journal
Mr. Telleen
DR. Cox
Rockyford
Worthy Dart
E. H. Sanford
William Riddley
Anna Smith
W. F. Schroeder
John Hallgren
Sweden
Boston
William Riley
Annie Smith
Abigail O'Connell
Abigail
Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Second Congregational Church
B. Oscar Swanson
India
A. D. Rodfors
Officer McCarthy
Rock Island Force
Will
Nlghta
Joseph Rank
Germany
Maria Theresa
New York
Chas. W. Youd
Victor Shellene
Joseph McKinstry
Forber
Youd
Kinerings
Charity
Kind
Wilsons, 3d Avenue
W R. Moore
Peter Resell
C., B. & Q. Railroad Company
Ida Cherry
Tri-City Railway Company
M. J. McEntry
Liverpool Post
Hays
Soni Anh Is
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