Will dispute shadows a priest estate amid undue influence claim
The case centers on Father Mackin of St Joseph Rock Island whose will, valued at about 209000 with most assets tied to business ventures, left mainly to Grace Mackin and relatives. Contestants allege the executor and beneficiaries lacked full mental power and seek probate relief while denying any share to many former parishioners and distant relatives.
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Careuti
Rae Thomas Mackin
St. Jozeph
Hoek Istang
Goaccersiu
Grace Mackin
Miriam
Sarah Dolly
Rock Island
Charles Plamondon
Chicago
Dolly
Plamondon
Brawnin
Father Mackin
Patrick Machin
Tullinwall
Watherine McQgardle
Hewhey
Neb Matilda M Machin
Rocksland
Ann Lexsee
Cable. IV
Patrick Crommine
Tullinwall Ireland
Aietum
Teresita McCaffrey
Mars Met
Try Ti Higet McCaffrey
John Po Crarcinine
Firat Baptist Fooday Picnic Brings Joy to Children
Children from Firat Baptist Fooday school enjoyed their annual picnic at the Nvifdam Odendahl farm on Colones road. The event featured a lively program, refreshments, and merriment in the forenoon and afternoon with Pastor Martin overseeing activities.
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Firat Baptist
Odendahl
Cotona
Firat Baptist Fooday School
Nvifdam
Odendahl Farm
Colones Road
Tao of Deere & Con
Janes Lene
Morton
Orlann
Pastor Martin
Fragmentary OCR Linguistics Note Sparks Curiosity
A damaged OCR fragment hints at language play and coded text. readable bits reference words like cave, note, and tone, suggesting a puzzle or linguistic commentary. The unclear source prevents full extraction of people, places, or dates.
Bentley Leaves Brown's for Seattle to Lead New Schools
S C Bentley former head of Brown's Business College departs with wife for Seattle to start a new phase. Brown promotions offer a choice of advanced positions in Illinois or Missouri and a four-school cluster in the Midwest. John Burkeman and Miss Mertle Davis named as new heads of business and shorthand departments.
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Wref
S. C. Bentley
Brown
Business College
Rock Yalan
Xox
Bentley
Eoen
Fife
Institutire
St Louis
Uinois
Streator
Ottawa
LaSalle
Morris
Seattle
Gustus
John Burkeman
Roscoe UK
Mertle Davis
Stanbury Mo
Rheumatism Cure Claims From Swift Specific Co
An advertisement from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta promotes a remedy for rheumatism. It cites personal testimony from a user in Columbus Ohio and describes kidney liver and bowel activity as key to eliminating uric acid. The copy extols the product as a safe tonic that purges poisons and strengthens organs while offering free medical advice.
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S. S
Geert
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
First Brick Laid for Moline Opera House Structure
The Moline brick factory supplied white brick for the new opera house superstructure. Three hundred thousand bricks from the Moline company will be used. The four walls and masonry aim for prompt completion within the fifty invasions timeframe. The building will feature a white brick style and a cornerstone with data to be filled.
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Cts
Abe Sronffers
Hy Moline Company
Paddock Reports Survey Progress for Rock Island Monmouth Line
Engineer in charge of the surveying party for the Rock Island and Monmouth railroad shows Monmouth as a target, with work near Viola on Edwards River and a planned traction line. Promoters back the project with ample capital and expect more updates from Chester Church of Chicago.
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Paddock
Rock Island and Monmouth
Monmouth
Viola
Edwards River
Hitle
Chester Church
Chictgo
Aledo
Vidla
Alexia
24 Hour Lapse In Arrival Of Twins
Twin babies arrived in an unusual sequence at the Hodges home on Fifty third street East End. A girl born July 27 at 6:00 a.m. weighed six and a quarter pounds. A second girl followed at 10:00 a.m. next forenoon weighing nine pounds, twenty nine hours later. Both mother and babies are doing well. Dr J W Wood attended. Hodges works at Root & Vandervoort Engineering Co.
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William Hodges
Fifty Third Street
East End
Hodges
LeClaire
Root & Vat Dervoort Engineering Co
J. W Wood
Hair-Cutters and the Mirthful Misunderstanding
A man with long hair tells a young boy the time as nine approaches. The boy jokes that at nine o clock the hair will be cut and runs away. A puzzled policeman questions the man about the prank and the interrupted scene, with the crowd reacting to the unusual exchange.
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Bist
Brest
Dope Cardy Kills Woman Then Shoots Self in St. Louis
In a July 26 incident in a St. Louis apartment, railroad man known as Dope Cardy shot and killed Mrs Beulah Cratt and wounded others before turning the pistol on himself. He later died after hospital treatment. witnesses say no quarrel preceded the attack. Card, once a one‑legged retiree and race‑track insider, had spent months in the city selling a mechanical top and giving horse tips.
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Aero Ieee
Cardy
Beulah Cratt
Louis
Card
Rock Island
Dope
St. Louis
T. Louis
Craft
Tahcker
Hayes
Mares 2
Sporelik
Total eclipses observed from many lands this August
The article notes a total solar eclipse on August 30 visible partially from sunrise to 6 39 in this region and a moon eclipse on August 14 visible for over two hours across North and South America parts of Europe Africa and the Pacific. It gives the moon's full diameter magnitude 0 292 and first shadow contact 406 degrees from the sun's limb toward the east.
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Algiers
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Africa
Pacific Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
North America
Allen Seeks District GOP Nomination for Congress
Frank G. Allen of this city visited Monmouth on the 27th to seek Republican delegates for the seat left vacant by B. F. Marsh. He aims to secure about twenty-two votes from outside Rock Island to win the nomination as a second choice among other counties. He declined to promise specific support but says he has gained many friends locally. The report also notes strong support for Dr. W. I. Taylor to remain head of the Watertown institution, with Rock Island and Warren counties favoring continuity.
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Frank G. Allen
Congress
B. F Marsh
Monmouth
Allen
Monmouth Review
Rock Island
W. I. Taylor
Rock Island County
Watertown Institution
Warren County
Promotion in Sight for Harry R. Wright
Springfield reports Harry H. Wright of Moline is ordered to report to the Sixth Infantry examining board at Moline on October 4 to determine eligibility for a commission as first lieutenant and battalion adjutant. The notice appears in the Ul local dispatch with a brief wartime personnel update and unrelated clipped humor and ads.
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Springfield
Moline
Scntt
Harry H. Wright
Sixth Infantry
Zipcm
The Cheerful Idiot Recalls Aeneas Tale And Wed Lock
In a Baltimore American line, the Cheerful Idiot asks about Ja gon and Siren shore on the golden fleece journey and an old couple in fifty years of love. The Bachelor Boarder says both are fuicious, but the Cheerful Idiot insists a wag lashed to the mast differs from couples mashed to the last, provoking a settled gloom in the dining room.
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Jagon
Siren
Baltimore American
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