Local notes: unions, land deals and accidents tallied
The Tri City Machinists elected E C Berry as local delegate to the International convention in Milwaukee. Governors and state officials discussed appointments while Rock Island reports a serious injury at Rock Island Plow Co. A patent land record dates to 1844 in Tyler's era. Business deals include Deere & Co buying land in St Louis and a brick store project valued around 15000. Multiple court, divorce, and public safety items appear including a mental health commitment and a Burlington special train visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City Machinists’ Union
E C Berry
Tri-City
International Machinists’ Convention
Milwaukee
Senate
Springfield
Yates
Wessel
Farm Implement News
Deere & Co
St Louis
Clinton
Broadway
Second
Monroe Streets
Arthur Huller
Ninth Street
First Avenue
Rock Island
Rock Island Plow Co
Chrcmt
Gamble & Office
George W. Riggs, Jr
David Parker
John Tyler
GG Hultquist
Rochford
Hultquist
Hjalmar Dahlsheim
Smith Avenue
Christine Anderson
Slee
Sos Crompton
Burlington Road
Hood Judsean
Ilinois
TI. W Berry
St Gounis
O F Scudder
Curtain
Beardstown
Christina Olson
Seventeenth Avenue
H J Browning
F H. Gardner
Olson
Parmenter
Watertown Hospital
Wedding News of Misa Wells and Wood in California
Misa Grace Wells of Marton eloped to marry William Ellery Wood on March 1 in Los Angeles. They will be at home at 148% Eighth Avenue Marion Iowa after April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Misa Grace Wells
Marton
Miss Wells
Wiliam Ellery Wood
Tos Angeles
Cal
Wood
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Iowa
George B Hardin
Molines
Ida Mae Gitt
Jacob Gitt
Sears
M. Humphrey
Milan
Edna Anderson
de Witt Gitt
Obituary notices from Moline Rock Island area
A list of obituaries for J A Skog a Swedish native with Plow Co and Deere Co ties widow and three children in Sweden. Mrs Sadie H La Vanway 47 died in Chicago. Anna S Eastman wife of Chas Eastman Deere & Co woodworker. Miss Anna Torp born 1582 in Moline. Mrs John Rowe died Watertown. Mrs Anna Anderson died in Moline after paralysis. Mrs John Volk died in Rock Island. Mrs J W Corken died Davenport hospital. Mrs Louis Pierson died in Moline Plow Co wife of Moline Plow Co died after illness. Clyde Redfern died Canton Illinois. Ida J Perrette died East Moline. Isaac N Ailes died Rock Island. Perry B Weaverling death noted and Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Skog
Third Avenue
Sweden
Deere & Co
The
Plow Co
Sadie H la Vanway
la Vanway
McCabe
Rock Island
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Boniface
Anna S Eastman
Chas. E Eastman
Deere & Co's
Sixteenth Street
Anna Sophia Torp
Moline
Chas Eastman
Edward
Olof Jo Torp
Arthur Wood
Oscar A. T
Thora J
Olof Matheson
Anna C. Anderson
Mra Cog Thulin
Fourth Avenue
Kiln
Mra Anderson
Red Wing
Miss
Olof Anderson
A G Anderson
John Anderson
San Francisco
C G Thulin
Clara Anderson
John Volk
Volk
Mary Wells
Wurtemburg
Germany
Michael Wells
Altho
J. W. Corken
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Davenport Hospital
Corken
Southwich
England
Louis Larson
Louis Pierson
M Line Plow Co. Ee
Clyde Redfern
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Deere & Co’s
Fraternal League
Canton
Ill
Bertha
Mamie
Hazel
Maud
Arthur
Ida J. Perrette
Perry B Weaverling
Weyerhaueser & Denkmann
Watertown Social Notes and Local Transfers
Watertown daily social column details visits from Marie Fritsch and Maggie Ford at the hospital amusement hall Friday. Numerous residents travel to Davenport Rock Island Moline and Colona with store sales house moves and funerals noted, including estate sales of George McNeal land purchases and family acknowledgments for illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Marie Fritsch
Maggie Ford
Manuel Smith
Hampton
Henry Ames
Rock Island
Scott
Doubles the Output of Black Hawk Well
John K. Scott, president of the Black Hawk Oil Co., reports a telegram from Vice President Henry von Mauer at Beaumont. After deepening the well, the daily flow rose from about 300 barrels to 720 barrels, suggesting a dividend paying stage for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Scott
Black Hawk Oil Co
Henry von Mauer
Beaumont
Black Hawk
Bai Ing Atage
Andreen’s Stay in Sweden Extended for Endowment Effort
Dr. Gustav Andreen, president of Augustana College, will extend his stay in Sweden beyond Founders Day to assist the endowment drive for a college chair. The celebration will feature his report from Sweden. Traversing plans include an April 27 excursion train from Galesburg to Rock Island to bring Swedish residents to Founders Day, potentially drawing about 1,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
John Liedtke
Collectiona
Willis Green
Mary Booth
Rock Island
Aura Booth
Booth
Fred Carlquist
Philadelphia
Coal Trust
Gustav Andreen
Augustana, College
Sweden
Augustana
Andreen
Not Guilty Returned in Gambling Indictments
The circuit court found James Con nor and Wm Hayes not guilty on gaming charges after a day focused on jury selection. A later trial for Mack Snyder and John Paulsen on keeping a disorderly house was interrupted when a key state witness could not be located and jurors were excused until the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Connor
Wm Hayes
Mack Snyder
John Paulsen
Force of Thirty at Work Tracks Laid for Dump Carg
County supervisors and Engineer Brown plan the site for a new iron bridge over Warner Creek near the roadway. The St Louis Iron Bridge Co is hired to span the creek while work on Pleasant Valley grading proceeds with dump car tracks laid. A second gang and camp are expected as Winston interests await.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Warner Creek
Mr. King
St. Louis Iron Bridge Co
Pleasant Valley
Winston
Illinois Theatre April lineup and events
Railroad Jack appears April 5 followed by James ONeill in Map the Manx on April 7. A general program on April 9 features the third annual military ball by Canton Moline No. 64 PM at Skinner Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Theatre
Railroad Jack
James O'Neill
Map
Canton Moline No. 64
Skinner Annex
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. Sensson
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Retail Merchants’ Association
Messrs Coyne, Hamlet and Battles
Knaache
E J. Sloan
Fifth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Peter Peterson
Peterson
Twelfth Avenue
G. W Walker
Mrye Sloan
Central Union
John Brussel
Taylor Ridge
Uriah Hammond
Ora Hammond
Ora Hendershot
Keokuk
Natich Yards
Social Notes
Pictets' Union
First Baptist Church
A J Reiss
Edith Aram
Ella Ramp
R C Bryant
Jay Morrison
Anna Segar
Emma Puree
Ira Reeves
Esther Berglund
Bert
Misa Musseta Payton
Rose Quartet
Bert Patch
Chicafro
Chicago University
Harry Underwood
William
W. E McCrea
R K. Swan
Hot Springs
Ark
Walter Rosenfield
Muncie
S. J. Caswell
Rockford
C. F. Hemenway
G. A. Shallberg
Chas. W. Mapes
van Buren
Clover Leaf Oil and Gas Co
Grace Sanford
DeKalb
Charles W. Peterson
Sixth Avenue
Chicago Dental College
Woodyatt
St. Anthony's Hospital
Etta Beal
University
Tess
QO. J. Penrose
Augustana College
Vera Brumbaugh
Macomb
Jessie Findley
Goldie Kneberg
Board of Trade
Ebbie Dahlsheim
Collin Dewrose
Mrs . S. Cumming
Elmwood
Adelaide Segar
Billings
Mont
Galesburg
Miss Adelaide
Frank Y Keator
Harms
Keator
Texas
Vanja Rundquilst
Elgin
Chas. Erickson
Ave
Columbus Junction
Beinhard Peterson
Arsenal
Svithold Order
Lodge No. 1 of
J C Duval
Mr. Bills
Mra Porter
Wisconsin
Warner Homestead
Trville Ho Martin
Muscatine
Louise Wittstock
Dubuque
German Evangelical Church In
Rock Iand
J of C Tretzer
Myron Jordan
Journal
George Holt
Mrs Jordan
California
Mr. Jordan
Ole Mathison
Inlaw
Anna Eastman
Olof Torp
P. Cosner
Twenty-fifth Street
Battenburg
Will Lee
Euchre Club
W Louis Rosenstein
Seventeenth Street
Hol Kohn
Abe Rosenfield
Harldn Kuhn
Minnesota
Princeton
J. M.colligan
Beance
Isa
Rock Island, Ar
Stam
Mr. Colligan
T. J. Medill
New York City
Wm. Clendenin
J. A. Skog
Sadie H. la Vanway
C. E. Eastman
John Rowe
Pierson
Kalskoga
America
Walter
Old Country
Ida J
A J Perrette
East Moline
Bowles Cemetery
Isaac N. Ailes
Vandruff
Perry B. Weaverling
Mrs
Bridget McGee
Boen Island
Citshout
Mary Anderson
Rock
Agnes Engstrom
Anna Peterson
Fred Meeshe
Miller
Frank Lovey
Camanche
Henry Easter
W A Crooks
Roch I
Nellie Mulloy
F McLain
L. HH Richards
Mamie Barbre
Belle Neighs
Wonger
Roch Island
W. M. Huntley
Dena Rawe
Barstow
Blanche
Clinton Donahue
George McNeal
Cosner
Bessie Sherrard
George A. Piercey
W. R. Welding
W. Stevenson
Tri-Cities
Manx
Mafine Trusts Savings Bank
United States
Trust Department
A. S. Wright
C. R. Ainsworth
C. F. Anderson
Cashier
5Th Avenue
15Th Street
Petielas
Geo. B. Wood
Ullimloi
Oliver
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