Bondsmen Pay Off Corns Shortage With Moline Property Sale
Bondsmen Frenny Hillier Thomas Morgan and R L Boliman for John S Corns turned over 426.83 to South Moline township treasurer F Anderson after selling Moline real estate tied to Corns estate. Edward Van Daele bought four lots and three houses for 7500, with prior quit claim deed transfers from Lilla M Fulainger. Rumors persist about Corns fate as an indictment remains at Rock Island county court house awaiting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenny Hillier
Thomas H Morgan
R. L Boliman
John S Corns
South Moline Township
F Anderson
Township 17
Moline
Corns
South Moline School
Edward van Daele
T H Morgan
Rock Island County Court House
Department Heads to Talk Shop Over Lunch
Manager Steele announces a plan at Henney Buggy Co and Freeport Carriage Co to provide noonday lunches for department heads and inspectors at the two Freeport plants. Daily lunches would include typewritten reports for discussion, with uncertain cost sharing between company and workers. The idea mirrors successful programs in other large factories and aims to improve communication and productivity. Gold Medal Flour biscuits are praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henney Buggy Co
Freeport Carriage Co
MA _ 8
Steele
Freeport
Moline Plaw Co
Stevie
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsed by Molines Resident
A 1909 testimonial from Moline Illinois praises Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney disorder relief. The speaker notes long-term back pain linked to kidney issues, claims the remedy reduces pain, and credits Jericho’s drug store for access. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is named as sole US agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Avenue
Moline
Doan
Conan
Jericho
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
City report shows Fifteenth Street maintenance costs
Street Commissioner Henry Hanson tabulates annual spending on south Fifteenth Street between Twenty-fifth and Thirty-fourth avenues. The year’s total $456.24 excludes brick transport, with line items for grader operation 1400, cinders 99.48, crushed rock and hauling 280.50, and labor 62.26, supporting Mayor Olson’s claim of about 400 spent yearly. The report follows a heated Improvement Board session disputing the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hanson
Olson
Fifteenth Street
Twenty-fifth
Thirty-fourth Avenues
South Fifteenth Street
Hanson
Local Improvement Board
J G Heck
Building Sale Netted 4400 at Road Auction
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy road sold twenty four buildings on the depot site at auction for 4400 dollars. Afternoon sales included properties at 316 22d st 320 22d st 326 22d st 2219 4th ave and others totaling 1720 dollars, with forenoon sales at 2680 dollars. The grand total was 4400 dollars and one reauctioned lot at 1919 Fourth avenue fetched 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road
A H
H H Kuehl
A R. Kepple
4Th Ave
Jo Wo Donald
Fourth Avenue
Marriage Licenses List for Illinois and Iowa Residents
A compilation of pairs from Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Dubuque, and surrounding areas obtaining marriage licenses. The notices include Jesse Mille with Bertha Enih ton, George Hexe with Jes se, Martin Specht with Annie Lane, and other couples from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Mille
Bertha Enih Ton
Eric Charles Cross
Mra
Nora Have
Davenport
John Birtoath
Hattie Kerr
South Rock Island
George Hexe
Moline
Jesse
Paxtons
Martin Specht
Annie Lane
Dubuque
Wtittan
Grant Thorsen
Chicago
Elizabeth Ada Scherer
Weary Willie Sees Race Death End Career
A housekeeper asks why he cannot work and he replies he is a kindergartner whose race death by own action has driven him from business. The Widow note hints at a grim punchline in a comic strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Low Down Binder Tested by Deere in Farm Field
A new so called low down harvester from Indiana is being tested on a farm south of the city. Deere & Co officials visited the field and expressed pleasure with the test noting the machine handles tangled and downed grain as well as large grain and can be built to same sizes as the regular binder. The piece outlines Deere looks to enter harvest equipment and hints at a major industry shift in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Deere
Deere & Co
Dere
Farm Machinery
St. Louis
International Harvester Company
Eli
The
Kansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Local residents update travel and work notes in Silvis and Rock Island
Fritz LaColley returns toew Shops after weeks at Marengo Iowa. Mr and Mrs Harry Love come home from an extended stay in St Paul Minnesota Peoria and Farmington. Mrs J Kirkman and son Paul depart with J M Kirkman for visits to Monroe and Des Moines. Conductor J Kirkman takes two weeks vacation to manage his father’s Rock Island business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz LaColley
Marengo
Harry Love
St. Paul
Minn
Peoria
Farmington
J Kirkman
Paul
J. M. Kirkman
Rock Island
Monroe
Des Moines
J. Kirkman
Bachelor Gis club outing and local social notes
Coal Valley August 2 The Bachelor Gis club enjoyed a pleasant outing at Watch Tower Friday with attendees including Misses Jesse Murphy Rose Nutz Kate and Jennie Sommerson Nellie Morgan and Maimie Engle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Valley
T Watch Tower
Jesse Murphy
Rose Nutz
Kate
Jennie Sommerson
Nellie Morgan
Mamie Engle
Minnie
Anna Branberg
Geneseo
Institute
C. A. Hardink
Davenport
D. Hazard
Rock Isand
Mr. Bernhart
Kansas City
Fred Lathan
Moline
J. E. Nelson
Canton
Death of Gaston Knockout Found in East Moline Marsh
Remains identified as Gaston Knockout a 27 year old Belgium native who disappeared on Thanksgiving Day 1909. Found near Seventh Street East Moline with rotted shoes keys and coins, identified by Camlei Zimmerman. An inquest is set for tomorrow with Coroner Rose to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Knockout
Seventh Street
East Moline
Belgium
America
Camlei Zimmerman
Third Street
Bluff Road
East Moltnle
Knockout
Zimmerman
Rose
Cady Stone
Billy Williams
Ilinoly
Elizabeth J
Williams
Hilly
Billy
Springfield
Farms and Lands Take Notice Aberdeen Saskatchewan
Farmers are invited to Aberdeen Saskatchewan to buy farms on crop or cash terms. The agent G L Hutcheon offers direct dealings with owners and receives fifty cents per acre commission at sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Sask
Teher
G. L. Hutcheon
Commission Agt
Canada
Boy in Rock Island Kicked by Horse at Moline Hospital
Cherley Erickson of Maysville, 3, lies between life and death after a horse kick fractured his skull on a Rock Island street. Doctors rushed him by train to Moline city hospital where a right eye to ear fracture and a bone fragment were treated. Despite initial rally, prognosis is grim as physicians note little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherley Erickson
Maysville
Moline City Hospital
B. Don Taylor
Taylor
Rock Island
Arp
Moline
P. H. Wessel
Real Estate Transfers List Shows Numerous Property Deeds
A long list of real estate transfers records sales and quit claim deeds across Moline Rock Island Cordova and East Moline including Petersons Johns Hemmingbergs Hannahs Switzer Lindell Ehleb Hayes Warfeld Bjurstrom Kiel Arp Bills Van Daele Owens Siedenius Ortell Fulsinger McKaussaky Corns Morgan Schnieder Kiel Bloemsma Ainsworth Sonneville Van Quenkelberghe Reever Hutmaker Arndt Drake and other owners with prices from $1 to $7500 and up to $9135 in various blocks and additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hanson
John Hanson
J. H. Gallagher
Esther Hemmingberg
Alma Wilson
Wheelock
Jas A. Hannah
Wm. H Christison
Prospect Park
Moline
Wm. T Switzer
C E. Lindell
Berghom’s
Cordova
Fred G. Ehleb
Daniel G. Hayes
Columbia Park
Rock Island
Daniel G Hayes
Frank Warfeld
Olive Bjurstrom
John Almloff
Moline Water Power Co
Julius H. Wehrend
Harry Ainsworth
Fairmount
Geo. Harsburg
Geo. W Wood
Johan C. Kiel
A. Harp
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
A. H
John C Kiel
Ryder & Read's
Hattle H
Ryder & Reads
Frank L. Bills
Andrew McKaussaky
East Moline
Elex Erwin
Filmore Hobert
Township
Alta Littig
Anna
Scott
Thos H Morgan, Et al
Edward van Daele
Stewart
Asdessor
Pitt's
Gilbert & Pitt
Dudley Marshall
Thos. H. Morgan
Et al
Stewart’s
Lot
Wm. G. Schnieder
John C. Kiel
Pitt’s
Kryn Bloemsma
Auctions Knock Down Burlington Realty for Low Sums
Auctioneer W. S. Burley of Chicago sells buildings north of the Burlington road between 19th and 23rd streets. By 2 p m the railroad had grossed 2600 dollars with many properties moved to fall time targets from Sept 1. Homes, barns, and a brick factory change hands to local buyers including J. D. First Ed Van Daele George Beerseea Mrs. J. W Donald Henry Washburn and Dr. A. H. Arp among others as listings detail numerous parcels and purchasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Road
Nineteenth
Twentythird Streets
W. 8. Burley
Chicago
21St St
A. H. Arp
Davidson
3D Ave
Nels A. Lundberg
4Th Ave
A. J. Johnson
Pump Company
Geo. van Daele
A. G. Gustafson
G. H Jornee Ee Eal
Rarcantary Brick Factory and Foundry of Pump Co
A. H
Local rains boost Minnesota farm land prospects near Princeton
J. B. Horstkamp of Horstkamp & Sherman reports rains around Princeton have improved the land, and he expects to close a deal soon in which a Minnesota farm will be purchased by a local buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Horstkamp
Horstkampf & Sherman Real Estate
Princeton
Minn
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Duano
15Th Street
25Th Avenue
Ed van Daele
H Jordan
Jacobsen
Grif
Arthur Anderson
Mike Cottrell
Misa Daisy Henderson
Quincy
Whealey Wood
Columbia
Ohio
Misa Ella Staats
Cedar Rapids
John B Kosterman
Oneila Gertrude Meyers
Lewis A Jong
Mary Sprouse
Bert J. Donaway
Sears
Mary E. Maucker
Milan
Charles Craumer
Eleanor D. Carlson
Fairfield
Harry Johnson
Toulon
Ill
Elsie M Chandler
Waupon
Wis
Henry N Clay
Kate Lyda
Oscar Thorne
Minneapolis
Kas
Ruth Rosene
Carl W Otto
Marshfield
Lyla Brandle
Appleon
Philip Stombs
Mary J. Davis
International Harvester Co
WII
Fletcher
Castor
Goal Valley
Charies
Erickout
Ags
Crimierts
Hale's
Cornelius Sp Tereide
Donovan
Rork
Jane
Cable
Louis
Greiner
Bufords
Guyersad
Harry. Dickimsom
Wm F. Bennet
Clarence A. Galusha
Barbara A. South
Edith Ortell
Hattle M. A. Swangon
Spencer & Case’s
Amelia Hatton
Isaacson
Goldstein Riegel
N& Sec
Guyer
White & Pope
Geo. Dunn
Mabel A. Robertson
Frank H. Anthony
Geo. W Bedford
John J. Greer
John L. Greer
G. F. Johnson
C. L
R. E. Carlson
Geo. F. Johnson
Catherine Gorman
Mary Gorman
M A Rodman
Myra Walker
Emma C. Anderson
Carl A Johnson
Gus QO. Nelson
L. P. Nelson
Mary Isabella Clendenin
Johnson & Greer
Peoples Saving Bank and Trust Co
Ada Thamer
Silvis
Caroline M Wells
Harriet B. Taylor
Old Town
Hampton
J. Gillmore
John C. Gahnks
Caleb W. Cline
Peter Fonteney
Gustaf DeBackere
East Mone
Neal A. Wingert
Daniel McNeal
Watertown
Jas. A. Moran
Ingred Smith
McMaster
Wm. A. Stewart
Saint Stewart
Osborn
Close & Pike Penning
Chas. A. Denning
Oliver O. Walker
Wm. G. Kellogg
Buford & Guyer’s
Jas. N. Pierr
Margarette Pier
Burlington
Castoria
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