Horse Thief and Brews Control Sway Sours Saloons
A fragmented report recaps Frank W Collard exposing saloon monopoly by brewers owning about ninety percent of US taverns. Postwar tax shifts fueled distilleries and moonshining, with breweries pressuring regulations to curb rivals. The piece links saloon profits to crime, property, and rising police needs.
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Frank W Collard
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Mr Collard
Power and influence in brewing politics and a horse theft
An editorial critique describes brewery control of local politics and the push for local option laws, accusing brewers and saloon keepers of funding campaigns to influence votes. The piece cites the United States Manufacturers and Merchants Association as a brewer front and notes saloonkeepers’ regular assessments. A separate local theft report details Hugh Robinson’s stolen horses, wagon, and harness valued at $900, with police tracing the thief from Milan to Rock Island and Coal Valley to Orion before losing the trail.
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Lane
United States
Hugh Robinson
Milan
Robinson
Rock Island
Market Square
Moline
Coal Valley
Orion
Mr Robinson
Hatchery Work Boosts Fresh Water Mussel Supply
A Burlington boy Paul Bartsh leads mussel research aiding buttonmaker shells along the Mississippi. At Fairport near Davenport a hatchery will propagate clams by using fish carriers to release larvae, with Prof Lefevre supervising. Officials aim to steady shell supply for mills while noting local Easter visits and community events.
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Burlington
Paul Bartsh
Mississippi River
Fairport
Davenport
Jefevre
Rock
Coal Valley Social Notes and Easter Visitors
Mrs Bert Schillinger and son Martin of Moline visited relatives in Coal Valley over the weekend. Numerous residents and visitors from Rock Island, Milan, Black Hawk, Watertown, Sherrard, Cable, and Galva spent Easter and other days with local families.
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Coal Valley
Bert Schillinger
Martin
Moline
Jillian Blaser
Black Hawk
John Juergens
Melvin Pennington
Ed Lehan
Rock Island
Galva
Walter Weaver
Milan
Benjamin Summerson
Wm Salkeld
Wm McNeal
Cable
Miss Frels
Watertown
Jeannette Martin
R. L. Wilson
H R Martin
Familly
Walter Swanson
John Johnson
Wyler
Gross
Sherrard
Arthur Trego
Rock River
Benjamin Vieger
Mary Vieger
Laura Gramanz
Andrew Park
Lottie
Jack Engresor
Carlyle
Richard
Thomas Callahan
Rock
Kemp's Balsam Ad Claims Quick Cure for Coughs
An advertisement promotes Kemp's Balsam as a fast relief for coughs and throat irritation. It urges readers to consult druggists and dealers for the remedy and hints at health benefits from curing coughs quickly.
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Kemp
Woman waited seventeen years for honey moon tale on boat
A bride or second wife bet on a woman passenger aboard a boat. The woman revealed she is neither, explaining she and her partner finally planned a trip after a long struggle to own a home. They remain lovers and regret nothing about delaying their honeymoon.
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Wan
Tronaseau
Carnegie Wealth Plan Inheritance Tax Debate
Opinion piece analyzes Andrew Carnegie's call for half wealth to government on death as a drastic inheritance tax idea. It notes practical limits and argues both inheritance tax and ante mortem wealth division may aid public good, noting benefits to libraries and industrial funding while recognizing lawyers' stake in estate litigation.
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Andrew Carnegie
Ric
Carnegie
East Moline Paving Contract Awarded for Bluff Road and Twelfth Street
The East Moline board of local improvements awarded a $25 110 paving contract to Northwestern Construction Co of Davenport for brick work on the bluff road from Twelfth Street east to Warner's corner and on Twelfth Street north to First Avenue. Bids ranged from $25 110 to $26 500, with work to start within ten days.
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Bluff Road
Twelfth Street
Warner’s Corner
First Avenue
East Moline Board of Local Improvements
Northwestern Construction Co
Davenport
Northwestern Company
McCauley Construction Co
Galesburg
Davenport Company
McCarthy Construction Co
Davenpor
East Moline
Nineteen Olive Singers to Attend Sangerfest Trip
Nineteen members of the Olive Male chorus plan to attend the Swedish Singers of America sangerfest in New York City late May. They will depart Moline likely May 24 by way of Chicago to catch a special train for delegations, led by A. G. Carlson and C. E. Hedstrom among others.
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New York
City
Chicago
Olive
Sangerfest of
Swedish Singers of America
New York City
Moline
Olive Chorus
Obituary notices for William F Gilmore and Henry A Torrey
Funeral services for William F. Gilmore were held at Memorial Christian Church Rock Island with burial in Chippiannock cemetery. He died March 22 at his daughter’s home in Chicago, born 1825 in Pennsylvania, lived in Mercer and Rock Island, worked at a planing mill and sawmill, later with Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann, married, five children survive. Also noted are deaths of Mrs. E L Stowe in Cleveland and Mrs. Henry Walters in Davenport. and Henry A. Torrey Harvard chemistry assistant professor, born Burlington 1872, died in Cambridge Mass. He was married to Dorothy Van Patten of Davenport. one son under a year survives.
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Battenton
Herman
Mra
Ric
Rocks
John Lees
Coors
Aberdeen
S. D
D. H. Moyan
Guy Hutchison
Rural
Wike Dalluege
Albert Blaser
Moline
Ross Ullman
Fred Wetzel
David Wetzel
Emil Carlson
Lilian
John Stevens
Mary L. Edwards
Rock Island
Presbyterian Church
Harold Hass
Clark Nelson
Howard Ellis
Joe Spargo
Lillian Hays
Dessa Cook
Jesus
Lila Carlson
Kathryn Martin
Elwood Gregg
Ira Cook
Waldo Lee
Carl Branberg
Coal Valley Opera House
Hillsdale
Thos
Mark Ashton
John Winterfeldt
Caleb Hanson
Forest Cain
Harry Hanson
Warren Walker
Dick Bustle
Wil
Reinerts
Tom Chubbs
Kate Ashton
Mark
Mabel Walker
Billie Ashton
Mildred Camp
Patty Jones
Cora Engel
Faye Martin
Albert Porschke
Tri-City
Nellie Johnson
John Johnson
Bess Gregg
Murt Camer
Douglas Gregg
John Bailey
Pearl Summerson
Clyde Lees
Brown's Business College
Myers
Orion
Sherrard
Drew Donaldson
Inez Starofski
Willian Callahan
James Spargo
Joe
Spargo
Jerry Lees
Camiel McWhinney
Sunny Hill
Coal Valley
Louis Robb
Dena Lees
Mr Studt
William F. Gilmore
Memorial Christian Church
Rock Island Lhursday
Chippiannock
Gilmore
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Mercer County
Joseph Biddison
Holmes Hakes
Rock River
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann Company
Kansas
Henry Walters
Davenport
John
Chris Kiel
Belleavennue
Henry A. Torrey
Harvard
Dorothy van Patten
Cambridge
Mass
Torrey
Burlington
University of Vermont
van Patten
Grace Cathedral
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America
Congress
Revenue Department
Moon Shiners
Celleettach
Oante Tsis
Trewers
Bode
Regine
Horse Thief
Henry Robinson
Charles T Yerkes
Coum
Neale
Heense Gvstem
Ben Diess
Law
George Innes
Rubens
Rembrandt
Raphael Hals Romney
Turner
Lawrence
Alma Tadema
Bouguereau
Hans Memling
Bastien Lepage
Mabuse
Millet
Corot
Troyon
Meissoni
Paul Potter
Detaille Janeconothe Holbeins
van Ostad
Iano
Tp Bane
Tayde
Tepests
Sportras
IMRS
Yerkes
C. T. Yerkes
Bo Thehr
Peter
Natonal
Saloun
Ith
Muséel
Port Ix
Lefevre
Will Bennett
Boston
Mad Ries Ee Soc
City Win
A. G. Carlson
E. Hedstrom
Gus Johnson
Hang Norman
Richard Stromberg
Peter Bjorkman
Arvid Enstrom
Alfred Carlson
Emil Jennisch
Fist
Emanuel Larson
Gilbert Swanson
Carl Stromberg
Eric Rehnberg
Carl Carlmark
Earnest Carlmark
Olof Johnson
Axel Dunderberg
John Westerdah
Hugo Alvine
O. M. Stowe
O M Stowe
Cleveland
E. L. Stowe
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