Local movers and meetings crowd city notes
Harper's Theatre changes hands as Chas Bleuer resigns. Street work on Library Street begins under L P Nelson. Court actions include divorce suit by Minnie Welch and pleural fluid infusion for G A Kiyster. Moline Plow Co and Deere & Co figures appear in hospital, labor, and travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Bleuer
Harper's Theatre
Library Street
L. P. Nelson
Monmouth Review
Jian O. Webster
Geo. A. Schussler
Moline
Moline Plow Co
John Ring
Axel Hoglund
Oariey
J. A. Ellett
St. Anthony's Hospital
G. Li. Kiyster
Rock Island
Davis Co
Gen. L. A Grant
President Harrison
Klondike Health Buzz and Fortunes Stir Goldfields
In the Klondike goldfields a busy season brings weekly fortunes yet newspapers ignore the tale. Health fails many, stomach sickness spreads, and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is touted as the best remedy to remove the cause. It strengthens both sexes, steadies nerves, and aids sleep for those run down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Bugle Taps Echo At Dawn In Camp Life Poem
A poem by ABBIE W GOULD recounts bugle calls at dawn in a military camp. It describes breakfast orders and marching cues, praise for quinine for the ill, guard duties, and a final quiet vigil as soldiers sleep. The piece ends with a somber volley and a rallying cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie W, Gould
Rock Island News Highlights Local Deaths and Contracts
Rock Island reports the death of Ellen Fahey at 5 p m from stomach cancer leaving a husband and five grown children. Woodmen approve I N Butterworth bid 2195 for head office wiring, other bids from Trinity Electric and McFarrell Electric. Legal actions include divorces sought by Brinda Patterson and Martha Russell, and custody requests. A February incident details George Sternberg's car accident and rescue. Structural progress at Crescent Bridge area noted with Phoenix Bridge Co staffing and dredging plans by St Louis firm. The Rock Island school board refinances bonds for savings, selects janitors, and assigns staff. Community notes cover travel, reunions, weddings, charity excursions, business events, and veterans gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Fahey
Ireland
Rock Island
Woodmen
I. N. Butterworth & Co
Trinity Electric Co
McFarrell Electric Co
Chicago
Brinda Patterson
John J. Patterson
Shaw
Iowa
Schultz
Falls Creek
Wis
Davenport
Martha Beckenbaugh
Alex Stewart
Charles Beckenbaugh
Fremont
Neb
Martha Russell
Circuit Court
John C. Russell
Martha Stevens
Milan
Russell
George Sternberg
Fort Armstrong Avenue
Sylvan Water Bridge
Lycoming Rubber Co
Wright & Barber
Rubber
Messrs. Wright & Barber
Esther
L. H. Reeves
Crescent Bridge
Phoenix Bridge Co
Buffalo
Denkmann
Edward Denkmann
Fred Reimers
Ofelock
Sacred Heart Catholic
M. V. Archer
Patrick Noonan
Bright
Americas
E. N. Brown
John Blake
James, Blake
Frank P. Blair
Crescent Bridge Co
St. Louis
St. Louis Dredge Co
Mississippi River
Rock Tnland
Mississippi
Rock Island Board of Education
Lit. N. W. Hak ’Ris & Co. of
Local social notes and church events in Colona area
Port Byron pastor helper Rev J W Hunter attended services from Friday to Monday at the U P church. Mr and Mrs G L Elwell of Rock Island visited Beardstown then stayed with relatives. John Lyon and family of Moline were in town Tuesday. Miss Heck of Moline visits Mrs J F Delany. M E church group held a social Wednesday evening. Attorney Harry A Reherd of Geneseo represented Mrs Margaret O'Brien in a care allowance case in the justice court. Mesdames Egan Sherrill and Chambers attended the U V A encampment Wednesday. Old Settlers meeting Rock Island county moved to August 23 to allow Henry County Old Settlers to meet in Collona August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant F. Cox
South Moline
Leonard Beer
Seventh Street
Beer
Hampton
Deer Thed
Emil Johnson
Emma Carlson
McCabe's
Thirteenth Avenue
Mail
Chicago Tribune
L. R. Gaylord
Company F
Old Point Comfort
Gaylord
Lampassas
Porto Rico
Massachusetts
Peorm
Assyrian Asphalt Co
EO Slight
Rocky Mountain Limited
Chicago
National Association of Tran Pump Manufacturers
Sleight
Michillinda
Moline
Will Asterlund
Dimock, Gould & Co
Denver
Manitou
A. Edwards
Iowa
Iowa State University
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Peaslee
Andrew B. Hansen
Eighteenth Avenue
Hansen
Flansen
New York
Norway
Scandinavia
Mr. Hansen
Henry County
Collona
Sandstone
Minnie A dredge visits in Zuma and local moves noted
August 11 report from Zuma Illinois cites Minnie A dredge visiting Mary Fittsgibbons. Mrs Rose Matthews of Erie is seriously ill. Oliver Eckstrom rents C Whiteside's farm for the year. Mary Normoyle of Rock Island visits. William and Blanche Whiteside kin travel to Burlingame Kansas then Trenton Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuma
Ill
Minnie Aldredge
Mary Fittsgibbons
K. Matthews
Rose Matthews
Erie
Oliver Eckstrom
C. Whiteside
Mary Normoyle
Rock Island
Fittagibbons
William Sheppard
Burlingame
Kansas
Trenton
Blanche Whiteside
Wm. Whiteside
Port Byron News and Local Notes Aug 11
Port Byron Illinois reports a watermelon season with good fruit and samples. Mrs George Allen returns home after a long absence. Mrs Lambert Torpin and Miss V Torpin visit relatives from Philadelphia. A war concert is planned next Tuesday at the M E church. L C Dow intends to spend Sunday in Clinton. B Stone works for the Lime association in Rock Island. Rev T S Kiernan returns from Wisconsin. A Sabbath morning quarrel between John Sullivan and James Mc Cauley ends with Sullivan fined $20 and costs. jail for nonpayment. MFE church exterior repainted. Congregational Sunday school excursion to Clinton planned for Aug 19 with a round trip 2e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Carlson
John Bogue
G W. Mitchem
Carl Smith
W. H. Bleuer
Emil Osterman
Wm. Anderson Emma Bergert
D. W. Stephenson
Michael Colligan
John K. Scott
Aimee Huey
Switzerland
Interlaken
Scott
Union
Chaux-de-Fonds
HH. Harris
126Th
Ianois Volunteer Infantry
Memorial Hall
Court House
W. J. Ranson
Bertha
Andrew Hermann
Harry A. Wright
Chicago
Margaret Brogan
Rock Island
St Joseph's Church
Father Mackin
Cedar Rapids
Crescent Bridge Co
Weyerhaeuser
Twentieth Street
City Hall
Market Square
Canton
126Th Illinois
Arsenal
Bof
Hagerman
Sullivan
Ferdinand Davis
HW Morgan
Bethany
EC. Lindsay
J. Wf. Cleland
J. H. Crowder
Moultrie
Port Byron
George Allen
Lambert Torpin
Monmouth
V.torpin
Philadelphia
M. E
L. C. Dow
Clinton
B. Stone
The
Lime Association
T. S Kiernan
Wisconsin
John Sullivan
James McCauley
McCauley
Whiteside
MFE
Congregational
Winona
Coal Valley Social Notices Include Military Reunion Visits
Old soldiers from the area attend the Union Veterans' Union gathering in Rock Island this week. Mrs. Fred Stowell of Iowa visits her father R J D McCreery. Ida and Fanny Price entertain friends. Minnie and Lee Hanna of Crawfordsville Indiana visit grandmother Mrs. Mary Hanna. Alma and Mabel Wilson expected home after a month visiting Omaha and the western states. Nellie V Wilson of Rock Island, a former Moline teacher, and her father stop by Mrs. James Vailey's. Rev W B Mee of Rock Island preaches at Homestead and Coal Valley with a Christian Education theme and support for Geneseo Collegiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Veterans’ Union
Rock Island
Fred Stowell
Iowa
R.J D. McCreery
Ida
Fanny Price
Minnie and
Lee Hanna
Crawfordsville
Towa
Mary Hanna
Alma
Mabel Wilson
Rural
Omaha
West
Nellie V. Wilson
Moline
James Vailey
W. B. Meee
Homestead
Coal Valley
Geneseo Collegiate
Real Estate Transfers in East Moline and Rock Island Area
Listings of transfers from August 5 to August 11 noting buyers and sellers, parcel descriptions, and prices. Notable entries include Charles H Pope to Nels Hanson for lots in East Moline, and John H Fluegel to David Ziffren in Rock Island for a 26 foot wide lot. Other transfers cover Moline, Camden Mills now Milan, and Rock Island subdivisions with prices ranging from $100 to $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Pope
Nels J. Hanson
East Moline
Charles T. Pope
Nela J Hanson
William Myers
Edith A. Wenks
Bailey Davenport
Rock Island
Frank B. Carson
Ira G. Whitehead
Old Town
Camden Mills
John Ohlweller
Edward Suess
Thompson & Wells
Chas. R. Ainsworth
Lucy Ainsworth
Rufus Walker
Moline
Mary FE. Ainsworth
Mary E. Ainsworth
Charles H. Ainsworth
Lydia F. Wheelock
Richard C. Terry
Elmer E. Reynolds
John Hose
Jurgen Neilson
Rodman
Noted Woman Declared Not Insane After Inquisition
Mrs. Ruth Fuller aged 70 was taken to the county court at Rock Island for an inquisition into her mental condition. A jury of six including Dr. J F Meyers J E Fleming M Taxman Timothy Webb W H Cline and J L Cline heard testimony and returned a verdict that she is not insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Fuller
Rock Island
J. F. Meyers
J. E. Fleming
M. Taxman
Timothy Webb
W. H. Cline
J. L. Cline
Good Farm for Sale in Henry County Illinois
The west half of the northeast quarter of section two comprising 86 acres is cultivated and offered for public sale on the premises Monday August 22, 1898 at o'clock. Andrew Borg and H Weed, sellers, reserve the right to reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colona
Cleveland
Henry County
Illinois
Andrew Borg
H. Weed
Seleaman
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J EO Poole
Lynn
Mass
Hiram Darling
Bay View
Mich
J Ho Wilson
G. A. Stephens
Gertrude Stephens
Minnie Stevens
Bo MeKeeser
Denison
G. FH. Huntoon
Grace
Helen
George
Lake Regonsa
John V. Stewart
Houston
Deere A Co
Messrs
J.P. Black
Jennings
H. L. Foqua
Baton Rouge
Kearney
Slemenway
Fréd Holt
Deere & Co
Aurora Beck
Marshall Beck
Edna Wilson
Ella
Elizabeth Peal
Oscar Dean
Soderstrom
Jennie Nelson
Sixth Avenue
Willis Bengston
Andover
Maauritz
Esley Johnson
Twelfth Street
May Williams
Galesburg
L. W. Skidmore
Dan Swander
C. L. Morey
Messdames Wm. Banker
Frank Garnett
DD. R. Zeigler
C. Hanson
Fourteenth Avenue
J. Poole
Ned Moore
A. L. Moore
Wagon Co
Points
Drew
Svea
Co. KE. Battles
H. A. Ainsworth
S. Davies
Henry Lundt
Montana
A. J. Klein
Ottawa
Father Kelly
St. Mary's Church
Henry Schulz
Washington, D. C
San
St. Paul
Tri-Cities
Frank Miller
Stewartville
A. Dunbar
Joslin
J .A. Hudson
Des Moines
Winterset
W. H. Smale
Iowa Central Telephone Lines
Adolph F. Hagelin
Schnabele Clothing Co
Geneseo
Sweden
Henry Thede
W C. Thede
Western Union Telegraph Co
Dr. Meyer
Sam Gantz
Godelin
Mary Eo Lindsley
Rock Falla
Wm. Hall
Misa Florence Gould
Prospect Park
Misa Sadie Stevenson
Teloit
FE. F. Hlevenaon
A. J. Smith
Fred Bird
Lizzie D
Ella A. Hoopes
William Kerns
Bert F. Peek
Travers City
A. B. Hansen
Harry
H. Lindt
Railroad Avenue
Third Avenue
Mutual Wheel Works
Board of Education
Pyrengert Foundry & Machine Co
Washington and Irving Schoolnings
Glen Oak Park
Peoria
Emmett Monument Association
M. V. Gannon
Mas. M. Graham
Springfield
Ed. Wiese
Colfax
Dan Mitchell
Minneapolis
Art Brumbaugh
JB. H. Quick
von Nest
Peabody
Leonard Wahlstrom
Indianapolis
Ind
Blanche McKeever
C. P. Sowers
Battle Creek
F. A Manny
Ashkosh
Nellie Luce
Broken Bow
KE. M. McMurphy
Alderman
C. H. Perrin
St. Joe
Alderman Perrin
Detroit
Cox
Michigan
Hattie Bo Moberg
Amherst
M. Severin
Severin
Amherst Advocate
Claus Groth
Bill Stift
Bob Long
Darky
Stift
Long
Connaughton
Brady ST
Graham Post
News OF
Rock Island County
Burlington
Hiram Cox
Pawnee City
Nebraska
Laura White
Kem
LeClaire
Elzie Walker
Joe Mumma
Friend
J. Dillon
Cordova
Good Farm
Noah's Ark
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