Rock Island County Supervisors Convene and Elect Sinnet
The Rock Island County Board of Supervisors met on April 25 1884 and elected Dee Simon Sinnet as chairman after informal and formal ballots. They adopted rules for the new year and set amendments on claims processing and overseers of the poor procedures. Committees were named for finance roads and other county duties with appointments to poor masters and toll-road inspection.
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Board of Supervisors
Rock Island
Illinois
Wedneming
A. D
Hasson
Ford, Vinton
Schoonmater
Britton
Sinnet
Wilson
Schoonmaker
Hassan
Case
Vinton
Armstrong
Ford
Justice of the Peace
Jenkins
Lelfare
Carrig
Moline
Vinton Armatrong
Carey
Quayle Johnson
Trent
Kinley
Olmstead
Quayle
McMurphy
Lowell
Metzgar
Rinck
Lees
Motzgar
Rdgins
Maxwell
Powell
Gahegan
Swank
Johnson
Oberg
Swank Wilson
McKinley
Edgington
Gaheanee
Ober
Judicial Sinnet
Maxwell Charles Engel
L. F. Kerns
W C Wilson
Fred Osborn
J. H. Foster
Drury Toll Road
Coppera C Creek
Highway Commissioners of
Drury
Various Rock Island Local Notices and Incidents
A Rock Island column reports on a recovering smallpox patient in Summer Wood, a cancer death of Mrs. August Bauermeister, amid rabies fears from a local cat outbreak. It notes weddings, escapes, and captures, a Young Men’s Christian Association election, vagrancy jail time, a political club formation, a notable death of Mrs. Thornton Tolliver, and a fatal elevator accident involving Mrs. Dewey with an attendant’s negligence cited.
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Summer Wood
Rock Ieland
August Bauermeister
Fifth Avenue
Geneseo
Asaid
Eugene F. Koehler
Alty
G. Koehler
Elena Solari
Ventura
Cal
Rock Island
Rock Island Young Men's Christian Association
Messrs
A. D. Sperry
J D Warnock
E. Adams
Mark Ramser
Carl Taylor
Mary Woods
John Smith
Schroeder
Mary
City Council of
Rock Inland
Rock Island Railway
Vta Traina
Twentieth Street
Cable
Citizens’ Improvement Association
Argus
Sage
H E Jackson
Ind
Rock Inland Ball Club
Jackson
Minneapolis and
St Paul
Indianapolis
Joe Katz
Republican Club
Lincoln Republican Club
Searle
W Cf Channon
Hugh McDonald
John Rinck
John J Ingram
Wm Baker
Sam Arndt
Ferguson
Wm Johnson
Aneffort
Fifer
Thornton Tolliver
Gen Rodman
Louisville
Harriet J
William H
Clarence J
James
Firet Baptist Church
Mra Dewey
No 4
Kemble
Mitchell & Wynde
Poreon
System Pill promise cures and offers rewards
An advert promises a home remedy called System Pill for constipation and related ailments. It claims superiority and urges readers to mail 25 cents or 30 cents in stamps for a box, with one of several handsome gifts offered to every purchaser, from watches to a diamond ring. The offer is routed through Bush Pharmacal Co. Flatbush, L. I.
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Tbush Pharmacal Co
Flatbush, L, I
Wm. Olendenin
State OF Ohio
Orry
ToLeDo
Lucas
Frank J Cheney
F J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
Beal
Gleason
Cheney & CO
Listing of unclaimed letters for Slan County April 26 1804
Unclaimed letters appear for Ponape Moline Hart Fred Hytene John Hart etc listed by postmaster in Slan County noting names and the day of April 26 1804. The notice directs recipients to claim at the post office.
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Remai Ponape
Moline
Bernholdt Jacob Ericson D Gill
Johonie Hart Fred Hytene
Ire
Jobnaun
Carl
Inbag
Sland County Ii
Nuraday
Johnson
Luce EC Maran
Burlington
Maynelf
Counts Tressurer
Cepattnan
Henry Vieriech
Hampton Mayoral Debacle Prompts Woes and Melancholy
Ebeneezer decries the mayoral race loss with a mock lament in verse, noting the People’s candidates won village elections. Reports recount a coal mine dispute with J. F. Oltman dropping suit against G. B. Henry, while local clergy and residents discuss weather, farming, and civic life amid a moon rainbow sighting and community visits from Geneseo and Moline.
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Kbenezer
Odipus Obivion
Melvin
Geneseo
Hampton
J. F. Oltman
G. B. Henry
Oltman
People’s
Joseph Hermes
Henry Nichols
Claus Jacob Fulscher
O. J. Peterson
Ephraim Willis
Magtreet
Herman Sand
Alfred Johnson
United States
Ballywhack
Mnga
Baby rescued after wolf abduction in North Carolina cave region
A six month old baby was carried two miles by a wolf from a Brown family cabin in the Bumpas cave area. The father tracked with his dog through snow, found the infant asleep and unharmed, and returned home with the child wrapped in his coat. Local mountaineers credit a petroleum application to the child for preventing harm.
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Bumpas Cave
North Carolina
Brown
Hnshand
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Remarkable contrasts in Berthelot and Huxley views
Two famed scientists, Berthelot and Huxley, are contrasted on future prospects. Berthelot foresees a chemistry driven world in 2000 with solar and terrestrial heat powering abundance and moral improvement. Huxley cautions democracy’s drift toward equality and potential corporate domination. A separate note reports a man on a Washington oyster boat harboring a cockroach that tunneled into his ear, later found dead with nymphs and eggs removed at a hospital.
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M. Berthelot
Huxley
Serthelot
Landon
Corporation of London
New York Sun
Washington
George Woods
Woods
Tympanum
Wood
Johnson
Omaha Bis
Markets and notices from New York and Rock Island
The page compiles market quotes and assorted notices. It lists money on call at one percent, mercantile paper rates around 24 to 5 percent, and various bond and currency figures. It also covers grain futures in New York and prices for pork, lard, and beef, plus snippets from Chicago board quotes. Separate notices include school superintendent candidates and local sheriff nominations, along with a local disciplinary report from Exeter about a teacher using cayenne pepper as punishment.
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New Lonk
Ng Exchange
United States
Honda
AWGN
Pacific O
New York
North Hampton
Massachusetts Normal School
Parenta
Exeter
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Thirty Five Complete Novels Offer in Household Topics
A promotional notice advertises thirty five complete novels with a yearly subscription to Household Topics for 80 cents. It lists titles by Stevenson Piere Calder and others, promotes illustrated travel sketches, and promises rapid delivery to readers.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Etta W Piere
M T Calder
Dora Thorne
Hugh Conway
Mra
Janet Auattn
Rebecca H. Davin
Wall Flowers
Marion Harland
Amanda M Douglass
Fope Pob Co
New York City
Underground railroad expansion and an odd plea to a jeweler
A London notice hints at an underground railroad extension from Charing Cross to Euston and Hampstead and an expensive east west line. A separate odd communication asks a Bir rite to act as an agent and mentions a jeweler in Ocala. The text mixes salacious slang and unclear names.
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Suvor
London
Charing Cross
Euston
Hampstead
Runaway Wagon Crash on Fifteenth Street Injures Man
A wagon owned by Verhylat and Lerberghe, driven by Fred Deamet, rolled downhill near a watering trough. Bricks shattered as the wagon tipped, Deamet was thrown, struck on the head with a back wound, and several bystanders witnessed the accident. Emergency patrol was alerted and medical aid followed.
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Fifteenth’ Street
Verhylat & Lerberghe
Fred Deamet
Deamet
DeSmet
Peter
Wongh
Consultation Free Miss Math Finds Deafness Relief
A patient named Miss Math reports headache and dizziness with no lasting relief until a treatment by Dr Cottee provided immediate improvement. The account covers several individuals from Davenport to Port Byron seeking ear and hearing relief through Cottee and Coffee therapies, with varied results and some cases noting marked hearing improvement after weeks of treatment.
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Coffee
Civens
Satu Wesy Way
Harper House
Roc Island
Botin
Roy
Wo Simmons
Davenport
Bey Bat Fe
Oma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mew
F. M. Sinnet
Ayér
F. Pries
Malabal
Chicago Fire Department
N E Peterson
West End
Sweet
Holt
Ebenezer
Corona
King of
Charles Fuller
Ford Taggart
Frazier
Fairbalen
Colona
I. H. McArthur
John Fisher
Stokes
Davyenport
Abbiv
Erie
WCTU
Township 17
Jackson C Bisant
George Brown
J F Delany
J. A Reese
Tri Cities
Achorls
D | Bechtel
Keone
West Lith Street
Greene
Betty Congress
Meroe
Heck
Reek Island
Toma
Ongress
Benjamin Hartson
Henry
Knox
Mercer
Stark
Whiteside
Shi
Hevar Bunion Knox
Beam Koguers
Henry DN Beazer
Mercer Ho
Hawstown Stark
MD Wy
Howard Wella
Motine Pomp
George Weaver
George H Wheelock
S. W Wheelock
Jane
Mier
T R Johnson
William G. Wendt
Anna Wendt
Dispatch St Paul
Red Wing
la Crosse
North McGregor
Dubuque
Des Moines Rapids
Keokuk
St. Louis
Backien
Maine
St John
Ruasia
Halifax
Esquimault
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Lewiston Journal
England
Wiladen
Bradford
Geetena Assembly
Berthelot and Huxley
New Yorks
Western
Weasdge
GiOlye
New Mesa
Primo Western Steam
Noroinal
Chicago Grasp and Produce
Board of Trades
Fancy Dain
Beth
Vetal Helliesy
Peddaa Corte
Mowsiss Gyre
Mateel
Nwary
James Moigueen
Celotta Mulypueen
Batley & Bovies
Valentine
New Hampshire
Rock Island County
Harding
Arhuola
Schoola
Fity
Southwell
Hook Island County
Cralle
Republican County Convention
Chemenway
Frank H Mtser
Minute Range
Albert L. Hathaway
Cora McKennery
Jerstyville
Henry Ditch
Carrie Herman
Davensport
Wiliam O
Beam Margaret I
Bartholomew Kollman
Rapide City
Clay C Chenowith
Camden
Union County
William FT
Ewert
Wilhelmine A. F Vietenz
Frank O Canedy
Lena Yeager
Nennis McGraw Clara
Sullivan
Morris Morris A Glaoz
Emma Mohr Hampton
Joseph Schmidt
Christine Benson
Hamor
Victor
Hing
Hood
Sapara
Onsoy
Criticary i Dss
Allen
Onion
Cottee
John Hornbeck
Port Byron
Cotee
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