Pioneering Rock Island County Settler Dies in Port Byron
Patrick Henry Buckley a Rock Island county pioneer and father of fifteen died at his Port Byron home at 4 am due to arterial hardening. Born May 3 1848 in Ireland he came to America then to this county in 1854. Survived by wife Mary E and ten children named Eugene Leo Harry Raymond Ralph Mamie Rose Alice Matthew Will iam Conrad Thomas and others plus eight grandchildren. Funeral at 9 from home and 10 at Rapids City Catholic church with burial in Rapids City cemetery.
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Patrick Henry Buckley
Rock Island
Port Byron
Mr. Buckley
County Cork
Ireland
America
New York
Mary E Murray
Eugene E
Leo
Harry D
Raymond
Ralph
Mamie
Rose
Alice
Matthew P
Rapids City
E C Henne
Edward Willard
J Willard
Wilard
Mr Read
Davenport
Anderson
Mr Anderson
Congregational Church
Ladies and Society
James Maxwell
Thompson
Silas Baker
Norton
Harry
Adelia Harder
Lee
Jacobs
Watertown Hospital
Edward Pardee
Steve Odell
Swede’s Post Office Letter Mixup Pokes Fun
Charles Montgomery of Rock Island and John Gould of Cleburne Texas have returned from Ames for the Easter vacation. They were amused by a humorous exchange at a Northwest post office where a Swede asks to ban a letter and reveals his name is on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody'’s Magazine
Charles Montgomery
Rock Island
John Gould
Cleburne
Tex
Ames
Milan Farmer Seeks Custody in Habeas Corpus Action
William T Coyne, farmer of Milan, files habeas corpus seeking return of his 2 year old daughter Clara from Mr and Mrs John McAfee. He says the child was placed with them after his wife died and he alleges improper custody, offering to hire a nurse if needed. He asserts he owns property and can provide proper care and education.
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Milan
William T Coyne
John McAfee
Clara
Coyne
McAfee
McAfees
Silves Park Project Planned By Women’s Club
Silves trustees approve a new suburb park on the bluff between Tenth and Eleventh streets covering about half an acre purchased last year. The Women’s Club will supervise daily afternoon recreation for children, with beds, shrubs, swings and paraphernalia to be installed. Trustees also approve paying sewer and watermain assessments along First Avenue northward to village limits, partly funded by Rock Island Railway’s $19,000 gift. An arc lamp will be added at Fifth Street and Third Avenue.
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W. H. Gest
Leslie King
George Davis
Joliet
King
Davia
Clarence E. Merritt
KeWanee
Silsts Board of Trustees
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Womans Club
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Rock Island Road
Fifth Street
Third Avenue
Ore, Water and Light Committee
Memory Class Ends With Silly Holler
A teacher offered a memory class where each lesson cost a dollar. At the end the class shouted they could not remember anything and called him NG. The tutor replied that they would surely remember him.
Early Moline Settler Mrs. Maria McEnary Dies at 83
Mrs. Maria Meade McEnary widow of John McEnary died Saturday night at her daughter’s home in Lockport. She was 83 and had lived at 1621 Sixth Avenue, Moline, from 1849 until her husband’s death in 1908. Survived by daughters Mrs. Anna E. Sturtevant and Mrs. Minnie Courtney, plus sons J M McEnary and Brospher MecEnary. Service held at Knox Chapel with Rev. Thomas Doney. burial at Riverside Cemetery beside her husband.
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Maria Meade-McEnary
John McEnary
Minnie Courtney
Lockport
McEnary
Moline
Sixth Avenue
Thomas Doney
First Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Real estate transfers parcel list spans Moline Rock Island and Silvis
A long list of March transfers recorded including Johan Spickler to Orson Browser for tract in sec 7 16 5w at 1800 dollars. multiple deeds for Rock Island East Moline Moline and Silvis properties with prices from 1 dollar to 10 million by various buyers and sellers such as Schroeder Miller Geiger Atwater Klehm and Stent. notable entries include a 10 million dollar trust deed from Republic Iron to Central Tri Co and James Wallace and quit claims among numerous parcels and adds with dates March 22 to March 26.
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Johan E. Spickler
Orson
Fredk W
Schroeder
Allen F Miller
Geiger
Rock Island
Fredk
Augusta
Hy Potts
Sam R Davis
Chas. H Durmann
Moline
Jas H Tong
Rosah A
Sweeney & Jackson
Ruth Bufam
Hennette Phillipsen
Jon Cumber
East Moline
Camiel Verkenne
Aloise Despeghel
Aug Ludwig
Herbert Casteel
Dodges
Lorenzo EO Cole
Fred Simmons
Andalu Ku
Watertown
Anne
Stent
Campbells Island
Atwater
M Heo Williams
Guyer
Christian N Sebricker
John G
Jerome EE Dutcher
Island Ho
Margaret Connelly
John Uipton
Willard
Velle
Hy C Klehm
Emma
Welles
America
John Savage
Tyrrell & Russ
Hitchcock's Place
Anna Yeoward
John A Johnosa
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Mary Hefferman
Philip Hefferman
Lyndes
General Rodman
Ethel A Skinner
Ann E. Hibbard
Anna Scott
Schultz Fined $100 in Medical Practice Case Appeal
Carl Schultz was arraigned before Police Magistrate Gustafson on a death related case and charged with violating the Illinois medical practice act. The magistrate imposed a $100 fine and the case was appealed. Schultz previously faced a separate fine on a local board of health charge, also appealed.
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Carl Schultz
Bufe
Gustafs
B. F. Schriver
State Board of Health
Serrle & Marshall
Schultz
Board of Health
Easter season notices and local family visits in Hampton
Hampton records a quiet stretch of visits and church events. Families including the Maskman and Robeson clans travel between Gladstone Moline and Barstow while church groups plan meetings in Davenport and local friends assist with socials and aprons. A shipment from New York delays freight as residents recover from grip and support neighbors in illness.
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Hampton
Ellingsworth Wins By A Solitary Vote In Village Presidency
J H Ellingsworth won the Watertown village board presidency by one vote over incumbent George Allsbrow at a Woodman hall caucus. The Citizens party named Ellingsworth as President with a slate including Clerk Robert Pearsall and Trustees J W Dawson S F Peterson Edward Axelson. A three member committee to fill vacancies was set: Allsbrow Dawson and Frank Kelly.
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JH Ellingsworth
Village Board of Trustees of
Watertown
Citizens Party
George Allsbrow
Woodman Hall
Ellingsworth
Allsbrow
D. E. Scott
Arthur Coulter
J H Ellingsworth
Robert Pearsall
J W Dawson
S. F Peterson
Edward Axelson
A A. Nile
George Allabrow
J. W. Dawson
Frank Kelly
Emma J. Samuels Dies After Long Illness in Moline
Emma J. Samuels 72, born in Windham New York August 8 1849, died at home 1218 Fifth Avenue Moline after heart and liver trouble. Wife of assessor Frank B. Samuels she had lived in Moline since 1881 and was a member of First Congregational Church. Survived by brother George W Betts sister Ellen Noden and husband. funeral Friday at 230 from residence with Rev C J Youngberg officiating. burial Riverside cemetery.
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New York State
Moline
Emma J. Samuels
Frank B. Samuels
Fifth Avenue
Samuels
Jvhn
Jane Betts
Windham
Greene County
Aaron Burr
Hinmanville
N Y
F E. Samuels
George W Betts
Ellen Noden
Sauncis
First Congregational Church
H Nelson
Fifteenth Street
Astred S
C J Youngberg
Riverside Cemetery
Close Tax Books Sets a New Record in County
W W Donahoo, collector for Canoe Creek township, reports a record tax collection of $5772.15 with no delinquents. He turned over the funds to County Treasurer P F Cox. Ten of eighteen townships had reported, and more were expected to follow.
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W Donahoo
Canoe Creek
P F Cox
Donahoo
Mrs Simon Simolis Arrested in Butte Montana
Mrs Simon Simolis a Lithuanian woman who deserted her husband and two children was arrested in Butte with saloonkeeper Joe Glomba. A sheriff telegram prompted police to detain the couple. Simolis planned to prosecute them under Montana law. The women fled after taking money. the Kosnofsky neighbor is missing.
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Mra
Simon Simolis
Butte
Mont
Joe Glomba
Simolis
O'Rourke
O’rourke
Simplis
Kosnofsky
Wet and Dry Contests Loom in Rock Island County
In Rock Island county five areas vote Tuesday on liquor limits. Hampton Carbon Cliff Rapids City villages and Black Hawk Andalusia townships face dry or wet questions. East Moline Silvis Water Valley Sears Cod Valley avoid votes. Coal Valley petition rejected for insufficient signatures.
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Moline
Rock Island
Hampton
Carbon Clift
Rapids City
Black Hawk
Andalusia
Hquor
Twin Cities
East Moline
Silvis
Watertown
Sears
Cod Valley
Coal Valley
Canal Equipment Raised as Water Level Increases
The Hennepin canal level rose about five feet on Friday as steamers dredges drillboats and barges from Milan boatyards were raised from dry docks. About seventy five pieces of upper Mississippi district equipment were stored on canal banks awaiting approval of the Rock River pool project. Engineers prepare to start dredging once plans gain formal approval. the work is budgeted around thirty thousand dollars.
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Hennepin Canal
Milan
Upper Mississippi
Rock River Pool
Cheap ten day excursions read by German restaurant owner
A man with handbills visits a Cincinnati restaurant run by an astute German. The owner objects to displaying the railway excursion bills on his walls and tells the man to take them away. The scene ends with a pointed exchange about readers choosing where to eat. Lloyd Garrison of St Louis is visiting Rock Island with relatives.
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Cincinnati
Detroit Free Press
Lloyd Garrison
St Louis
Rock Island
Chicago Brokers Favor Route Study for Interurban Line
Chicago brokers and company representatives examined the Tri-Cities and Northeastern interurban route from Albany to proposed terminals at Watertown and Silvis. The party included J. W. Crowley, Butler and Swords, Wallace Treichler, and R. B. Woodburn. They discussed Watertown and Riverdale farm near Rapids City and left open which terminus is most practical. A second meeting will decide whether Watertown or Silvis serves as the end of the line.
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Chicago
Tri-Cities
Albany
Woodburn
Salvany
Watertown
Riverdale Farm
Rapids City
Mississippi River
Silvis
Watertown Or
Rock Island approves 75000 for Bilvis railroad shop equipment
Officials of the Rock Island road allocate 75000 for new Bilvis railroad shop gear including a boiler for the power plant and nine machines in the main shop. A crane for lifting engines heads the list along with two lathes a slotter shaper planer drill press flanging press and a punch. Installation will come soon with added staff and reduced repair costs improving plant efficiency.
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Bilvis
Rock Island Road
Silvis
Seidel
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Edward L. Sand and Nellie Dillin of Hilldale. John H Timmerman of Sioux Falls and Vera Harvey of Cordova. René De Kyrel and Rena Van Landeghen of Moline. Frank H. Krambeck and Josephine F Wasps of Davenport.
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Edward L. Sand
Nellie Dillin
Hilldale
John H Timmerman
Sioux Falls
Vera Harvey
Cordova
René de Kyrel
Rena van Landeghen
Moline
Frank H. Krambeck
Josephine F Wasps
Davenport
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Baateseas
Patrick H. Buckley
Fredricka Anderson
Rock Island County
Clara Peterson
August Anderson
Sweden
Oscar
Peterson
Sigford
Joe
Arthur
Carl
Celia Peterson
William Ehler
Ratelyn
Freeman Anderson
Sloan
G T Roberta
Resaca
Sweeney
Sloan’s Liniment
H M Gibbs
Lawrence, Kant
Siry Sen
Dr. Earl
Reston
Mass
Leslie King and
GEORGE_DAVIS
Quilty
Silves
Woman’s Club IN Charge
Knox Chapel
Chas Rodenbaugh
Arensnhields
Pleasant View
Mothe Kohn
Joseph Daebellehn
Stewarts
Klehm
Catherine Fletcher
Gari Ry
aeTe Te
Gustafson
Elllingsworth
City
Astred Nelson
Seth Jae
Citi
Vera Tie
Mosine
H. A. Ainsworth
Geo. W. Wood
Edward Coryn
O. F. Anderson
GEO
Louis Sonneville
Edward A. 8Chmie
W. H. Christison
A. & Wright
P. H. Wesbel
Calvin Ainsworth
Geo. W. Wood Derson
Corner
Avenue
15Th Street
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