Marriage Licenses Listed From Across Quad Cities Area
A list of marriage licenses shows couples from Rock Island Quincy Moline Davenport Port Byron New Boston Cable Oakdale and nearby locales. Names include Thomas Searcy Marie Jones Theophilus Meredick Iva Murray Dewitt W Git Ruth E Fisher John A Miskell Alice V Cooley Calvin Baker Helen Rider Raymond Forrest Cora Wells Arthur Holler Amelia Plets William Laughry Dorothy Lott Adeline Watkins Koufasmet Flarie Turk Carl A Sanda Liliman Cathe Bonia Erickson Emma Bor Talliman and others. The consolidated notice records unions across Illinois towns and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Searcy
Rock Island
Marie Jones
Quincy
Theophilus Meredick
Iva Murray
Moline
Dewitt W Git
Ruth E. Fisher
Seara
Harry W. Pabi
South Heights
Marie M. Godecke
John A. Miskell
Alice V. Cooley
Calvin
Baker
Helen Rider
Muscatine
Raymond R. Forrest
Anselmo
Neb
Cora M. Wells
Port Byron
Arthur Holler
Amelia
William C. Laughry
Davenport
Dorothy D. Lott
Anamosa
Arthur F. Carlson
Chicago
Adeline Watkins
Aurora
Ill
Koufasmet Ant Flarie Turk
Molfe
Carl A. Sanda
New Boston
Epanit
Liliman
Cable
Cathe
Bonia
Talliman
Oakles Erickson and
Emma
Agaeene Nelson
Moreaion
Dewitt
Ruth- Be
Fisher
Beer Beara
New Superintendent Joins Sylvan Steel In Pittsburg
J. Steinbreder arrives from Toledo mill to succeed J. Worker as superintendent at Sylvan Steel works. An extensive machine shop will be built north of the present plant with modern equipment. Engineer G N Potts surveys the site for improvements while maintaining the mill’s progress and reputation for quality material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Steel Work
Buck
Sylvan Steel Works
Pittsburg
G N. Potts
H. J Steinbreder
Toledo
Republic Iron and Steel Co
J J Worker
Chicago Heights
Owner of Much Land Comes to Grief Here
Remonstrating with Officer Nostie Btarofsky Purtell claimed he owned four States and part of Indian Territory to avoid arrest. He was jailed after a disorderly conduct charge and possession of alcohol. He faced a $480 fine after trouble at the One-Minute restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purtell
Nostie Btarofsky
Moline
Indian Territory
T 8
Jack Purtell
Board of Food and Drug Inspection Created in Washington
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson on April 25 announced the creation of a national board of food and drug inspection to administer the national pure food law. Wiley of the bureau of chemistry is named chairman with Dr. Frederick L. Dun Jay as associate chemist and George R. McCabe as solicitor of the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Lap
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Frederick L. Dun Jay
George R. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Signal Block System Barstow to Savanna
The Burlington introduces a new signal block system between Barstow and Savanna to prevent collisions. It will be run mainly by telephones with telegraph backup and will not allow two trains in the same block. Plans exist to extend the system from Barstow to Rock Island if successful.
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Burlington
Barstow
Savanna
Moline
Rock Island
River landings urged for upper Mississippi towns
An open letter from W A Meecee urges authorities to create public river landings amid Western waterways campaigns. In Moline a public landing may be developed on riverfront land between Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets now used as park space, with the park committee to study funding and council action. A pile of blasting stone from Fourth Avenue paving lies on park property, intended for riprap use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W A Meecee
Mississippi River
River and Harbor Committee
Moline
New Park Committee
Fourth Avenue
Lmits
Attempt to Rob Train Wounds English Town Marshal
An attempt to rob a passenger train on the Southern Railroad near English Indiana failed. Town Marshal E Cummins of English was wounded while trying to arrest the robbers as they fired a bridge.
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Southern
English
Ind
W. E. Cummins
Louisville
Southern Railroad
E. Cummins
Murder case collapses as Butler freed in Dover
Dover April 26 Frank H Butler discharged for want of sufficient evidence in the murder of Marvin boy. Prosecutors alleged the boy was killed and body removed by Butler and partner after an alleged hayloft accident, but the clue proved false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Boy
Butler
Dover
Del
Frank H Butler
Marvin
Jordan Sues Rock Island Road for 50000 Damages in Burn Incident
Rennie Verhecke filed suit through attorney J. P. Looney seeking 50000 from the Rock Island road and August Schuttemann after a coal chute incident where lantern oil burned him. He was hospitalized for months and later listed in a civil cases calendar for next week before Judge Ramsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Jordan
Circuit Court
Ada Stephens Jordan
Rock Island
St Anthony’s Hospital
Ramsay
Peterson
Mayer Towndrow & Nutter
Fred von Wontergheg
Nels Pierce
Griffin Clay Manufacturing Co
Coulon
St Anthony's Hospital
Ferkel
City of Rock Island
Stombs
Arthur Burnall Metach
Mailer, Et al O'Connell
Hauberg Benson
Harper Treichler
Former Moliners Reunion in Southwest Snow
Oakleaf and T E Lundell returned from a business trip to Albuquerque New Mexico where they met two former Molineers Arthur Hirach and Ed Cox. In Santa Fe last Saturday they found ten inches of snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Oakleaf
T. E Lundell
Art Hirach
D. Cox
Albuquerque
Oakleaf
T E Lundell
Five Baptists receive right hand of fellowship in Watertown
In Watertown on Sunday five members of the Baptist church were welcomed into fellowship. Rev H H Alger of Illinois spoke at the Sunday service and several church activities were noted. A number of local residents were mentioned visiting, painting, repairing farms, and planning social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Baptist Church
T B Chambers
J O Glesler
Eric Bowman
R J Olker
Harold
Macomb
Mr Olker
Marvin Mumma
Mumma
H H Alger
Baptist Sunday School
Winois
Woolhouse
Silvis
S Read
M. W A
Harry Pinkerton
Ladies’ Old Society of the Baptist Church
M W
The
Dan McNeal
B. ¥. P. U Society
Hulse
Antioch Baptist Church of
Welker
Emanuel Peterson
Hazel Bilis
Mildred Hinman
Rock Island
Isaiah Pinkerton
Harry Nicholson
Fred Wolenzein
William Willis
Lewell
Suit filed to recover four thousand from former county treasurer
In Rock Island the county board’s finance committee filed suit to recover 4000 from David H Lyons, former county treasurer, claiming he withheld 3416 as supervisor of assessments during his final settlement. Attorneys say 1903 law on a 1000 yearly fee does not apply, basis for the board’s action. Lyons holds the funds ready to pay if decision goes against him, or hold until the suit is decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Finance Committee
David H Lyons
Lyon
Aneral Stead
Lyons
Cooper Saddlers Hardware Co Incorporation Takes Place
In April 25 the secretary of state issued a license to incorporate H W Cooper Saddlers Hardware Co of Moline with capital stock set at 250000 to manufacture saddlery hardware. Incorporators are Col Cooper James Peele and Janis Jo Creedons. The telegram notes the change from private company to incorporated form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Moline Dispatch
Secretary of State
H W Cooper Saddlers Hardware Co
Molin
Tew
Col Cooper
James Peele
Janis Jo Creedon
Lost life in launch accident at Boston Bay hunt
A Chicago hunter died in a launch accident at James resort in Boston Bay. Jas Roddick, Cook County public administrator, pursues damages in Mercury County Circuit Court as the aunt sues James for the fatal incident. The man fell from a raised chair into the boat machinery while en route to the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ed James
Boston Bay
James
Mercer County
Jas Roddick
Cook County
Chicago
Iistora
James’ Launch
Death of James Jopling Sparks Suspected Cause
Bob Jopling learns his brother James died at 4 pm after a telegram reached him last night. James, 68, lived in Moline during the Spanish-American War era as a machinist at the arsenal. Also noted are 18 quarantined infection cases in Rock Island and two naturalization notices with September 16 as the next date.
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Bob Jopling
Albia
James
Bob
James Jopiing
Argzenal
John Anderson
Sweden
Moline
Marten Nelson
Rock Island
Carey Reelected by County Board
W R Carey was elected chairman of the county board for the thirteenth consecutive year at the reorganization meeting. He faced strong opposition from Tom Lees of Coal Valley, who carried 14 votes to Carey’s 16 in a tight race. The board list following includes M W Battles, Henry Quade, and many others marking the new composition with Lees listed among several candidates.
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W R Carey
Board of Supervisors
Carey
Tom Lees
Coal Valley
Lees
Mr Carey
Henry Quade
R Carey
Pfoh
David Don H
Noering
Chas Eipper
Filbert
Garnett
Heck
Harris Albert
Thofer
Chas Hogberg
E Shallberg
Hayes
Litttle
King Oscar Speech At Waldorf Astoria Dinner
A groaning speech by King Oscar of Sweden at a Waldorf Astoria dinner praises Swedish Americans and hints at U S naturalization sentiment. Minister Lagercrantz is to be received by President Roosevelt in Washington tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Sweden
Herman J Toagercrant
Waldorf Agtoria
Tert Flores
Oscar Waid
Edo
Lagercrantz
Roosevelt
Washington
Missionaries Observe Hundredth Anniversary Celebration
Shanghai April 25 a Protestant missionary conference opens to mark the centenary of Robert Morrison's landing in Canton. It draws the largest far eastern gathering of missionaries to date and features the dedication of a new hall honoring those who died in the Boxer uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morrison
Canton
China
New Hall
Shanghai
Protestant Missionary Conference
Far East
Sweden Agrees to Cut Corn Tax
Stockholm April 21 The parliamentary committee on the duty on corn has reported in favor of reducing the tax from about 92 cents to about 38 cents per hundred kilograms The action is expected to greatly increase the importation of American corn.
Spiritualist resort burns in Massachusetts blaze destroys cottages
Miller's Falls Mass April 26 about a hundred summer cottages and the Lake Pleasant hotel two miles from here were destroyed by fire. Loss about 116000. The settlement was controlled by a spiritualist camp meeting association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s Falls
Mass
Lake Pleasant
Arrests Linked to Plot Against Prince Albert in Belgium
Brussels reports detectives seized a group of anarchists suspected of plotting to assassinate Prince Albert of Belgium. The suspects were captured today inside a church the prince planned to visit, signaling a serious security warning for royal travel and public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Fiour
Price Albert
Belgium
Kidnapped children found with Minneapolis mother in Davenport
Mrs Pearl Juergenson of Minneapolis, who abducted her two children under a custody decree, was located in Davenport after a regional pursuit. The 3 and 7 year old children wept as they were recovered, while a 7 month old, left by divorce decree to the father, remained with the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Davenport
Pearl Juergenson
Galesburg
Granitol
Stephens Buys 43 Acres Along Bluff
A historical notice reports Stephens purchasing 43 acres along a bluff. The fragmentary text mentions land actions, adjacent properties, and references to figures or entities connected with the deal, though many parts are garbled. The readable elements indicate a land acquisition and surrounding context in the era’s property dealings.
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Stephens
Year’s Last Social Gathering at the Club
The club hosts its final yearly social event with a debate among Chas Ho Pope BF Peek Oakleaf and others. A complimentary supper is offered, and a turnout of about 150 is planned as the entertainment committee aims for a large crowd.
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Chas Ho Pope
Wheo Joti Z White
Secretary Loeb to Head Washington Railway and Electric
Washington April 26. Rumor refined today says William Loeb Jr secretary to the president will become head of the Washington Railway and Electric Company. The firm is owned largely by Philadelphia New Jersey and New York capital. Change not expected until next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Loeb, Jr
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York Capitaliate
Januay
23 000 Verdict In Eicom's Favor
The article reports a verdict of 23000 in favor of EICOM arising from a collision at Moline station where a road engine ran light and passed the station as a worktrain moved in from the opposite direction.
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EICOM
Damages Awarded in Rock Island Collision Case
Jury in Rock Island circuit court awarded Peter Eidum 25000 damages for loss of both legs after being struck by a Rock Island engine at Molelia station, with total suit seeking 50000. The verdict, the largest in the court’s history, surpassed other notable awards such as Weaver 4500 reduced to 7000 and Belle Starkey’s 6500 suit against the city, now remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Eidum
Circcuit
Rug Downs
Moliad Station
Rock Island
the Jury
Othe Etrentt
Weaver Wns
TriCity Railway Co
Mort
Belle Starkey
City of
Precinse Court
Surprise Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs Grein
Friends organized a weekend surprise at a Norwegian camp on Rock River to honor Mr and Mrs Grein on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The event featured dancing music a fine supper and a green and white camp decor. The couple received a full set of silver spoons tea table dessert and condiment spoons from guests marking sixteen years of residence in South Moline and earlier life in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk
Gretm
Rock River
Grein
South Moline Ae
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Republic Mill
Me J. Steinbreder
Toledo Mill of Company
J. J. Worker
Names Board OF Food and Drug Inspection
Dra
Twin Cities
W. A. Meese
Upper
Mississippi
Congressional Committee
Pennsylvania
Julius Mohr
Ulm
Germany
Rock Island Park Commission
Long View Park Lakes
Brownsville
Texas
Fannie Harris
Davia Harris
Wednesiay
Aid
Wan
Oludstad
Jordan
Ada Stephan
J. P. Looney
Rennie Verhecke
Rock Island Road
David H. Lyon
Cooper Plant
Robert Joplin
Albia, Jr
Hampton Township
Coal Valley Democrat
Carey Lees
Witcher
Chas Oswald
Matthews Geo Rausch
Ramser
Richmond
Stroehle
Swanson
Woodburn
Whiteside
Watte
John Wecke
Ezra Wale
Woodwur
Stockholm
Spiritualist
Prince Albert
Olof Olson
Tomas
Thes
Hate Whitwae
M J McEnts
R Moore
CR Dietz
I. Blanding
Loeb
Moline Station
Eofotin
Watt
Tnturtes
Sista
Suis
Lala Uhh
Moelne
Malin
Mrs. Grlim
Rocky Mountain
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