Tragic Muscatine Bridge Suicide Letter Revealed
Miss Alma Fischer, born 1889, shot herself on the Illinois side of the Muscatine high bridge near noon August 8. She left notes to Walter Boke and her sister Clara West, cited inability to work from a finger injury at McKee and Biven button factory, and referenced life with her mother and insurance. She had recently lodged with Mrs LaGrille while living away from home.
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McKee & Biven
Alwin Fischer
Muscatine
Illinois
Muscatine High Bridge
Bellevue Hospital
Walter Boke
Mrs. West
Clara
Alexander Groshelm’s
Grosheim’s
la Grille’s
Mamma
Alma
Andrew Fischer
Physical Test for Glerks of M4 at Rock Island Office
Modern Woodman head office in Rock Island conducts medical exams for about 1.5 million death proof letters. Head Clerk O W Hawes orders the check to prevent germ risks from mailed files. Several past workers died of tuberculosis, prompting precautionary screenings for all employees. Those who fail may receive time off rather than outright dismissal. Employees will need a health certificate when applying for future positions.
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Woodman
Rock Island
Medical Department
O. W. Hawes
United States
Jabow
School site chosen in Sechre-A suburb
Sechre-A site selected for a new school in the suburb, to be administered by the Silvis school district. Plans outline land use and construction timeline for the regional education facility.
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Silvis
Unclear OCR Text About Trustees and Acknowledgments
Fragmentary OCR passage appears to describe a trustees meeting or agreement. It references attention during the remainder of days and a person named Tuney with remarks about care and a decision to go. Details are garbled and names are uncertain.
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Dfoline
Tuney
Andre
Ibs
Rock Island to Split Sewer Project in Two Districts
The Rock Island board agrees to divide the Seventh ward sewer plan into two sections Elm Street to Thirty-eighth Street and Thirty-eighth Street to city limits. The split aims to ease cash needs for the city and improve bidding, with payments extended to fifteen years to reduce annual assessments.
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Board of Local Improvements of
Rock Island
Seventh Ward
Elm Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Bluff
Schaffer
Schaffer Ban
Life Is Worth It All Lyrics Tease
A fragment from the Houston Post features poetic lines about sunshine a cottage home and babies sunning as a thematic vignette. The brief verse contrasts light with shadows and celebrates simple domestic imagery.
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Houston Post
Veterans Reunion at Prospect Park August 24
Rock Island county veterans plans a Prospect park reunion with competitive drills by veterans and Ladies of the Woman’s Relief Corps. A fine American flag will be awarded to the drill winners, judged by three officials. Speakers include Captain W. C. Bennett and Major Wm McConochie.
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Woman’s Relief Corps
Rock Island County
Prospect Park
August Wentz
W. C. Bennett
Moline
Wm. McConochie
Rock Island
William Roseman Laid At Rest In Bowlesburg
Funeral services for William Roseman were held Thursday August 8 at Bowlesburg chapel with Rev D B Andrews officiating. The Second Methodist choir sang several hymns and Pastor Andrewarthz spoke on the question of life. Pallbearers were longtime friends from Carbon Cliff and nearby. Roseman was born March 4 1842 in Guernsey County Ohio and died August 6 1907 in Moline aged 65 years 5 months 2 days. He moved to Iowa in boyhood and lived there until Civil War service.
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William
Roseman
Bowlesburg Chapel
Andrewartha
Second Methodist Church
Trevor
Bertha Lattier
Sadie Dien
Sundberg
Jesus
Andrewarthz
Carbon Cliff
Guernsey County
Ohfo
Hfe
Moline
Iowa
Obituary Notice of Mr. Roseman and Family Ties
A lengthy obituary recalls Mr. Roseman of Carbon Cliff and his many relatives across Muscatine Jerico Mo Grinnell and Martell. It notes his long residence, esteem in the community, and mournful loss shared by friends and kin. The piece lists children and siblings including Alfred Roseman Harriet McLeod Mary Carey and others.
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Wightetith
Iowa Infantry
von Seer
Charles Z
Taalé G
Daniel J
Franciscette- Beardsley
Aléfraétte ‘Hinson
Carbon Cliff
Muscatine
Ark
J. B. Roseman
Alfred
Roseman
Mra
Harriet
Weather Prophet Warns of August Storms Across Regions
Rev. Sir R Hicks issues an August forecast predicting rain thunder and wind from the 12th to the 19th with heavy downpours in some divisions. Equatorial storms and a seismic period are noted around mid and late August, followed by cooler conditions after the 26th and possible West India hurricanes toward the end of the month.
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Sir R. Hicks
Hicks
Telegraph
Mr Hicks
West India
Gulf
South Atlantic
Mr. Hicks
Illinois Leads in Farm Implement Manufacturing in 1905 Census
The Census Bulletin shows Illinois as the top state in farm implement production for 1905, led by harvesting and cultivation tools. New centers emerged in Iowa Kansas Minnesota and Tennessee with Kansas posting the largest gain, while export value reached 13.5 percent of total product value.
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Illinois
Tlimois
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Trino
Georgia
California
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Tennessee
Ilnois
Ilinois
United States
United Kingdom
Russia
Argentina
Rusaia
Totel
DourAlnes Aa-Yoech Ag
Four Days Harness and Running Meet Announced for August
A four days race meet is set for August 27 to 30 by Twin-Guy Driving association with two harness events per day and one running race. Purses range from 60 to 400 dollars. events include trot and pace races on each day and a mile or five-eighths mile running race. A later running meet is planned, with entries expected from owners across a wide area.
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Twin-Guy Driving Association
American Association
Dredgeboat Phoenix Burns in Milan Canal
The government dredge boat Phoenix was destroyed by a fire in the Milan canal on Friday night. The blaze’ cause is uncertain with theories of incendiarism or spontaneous combustion. The Emily, a U. S. service fire boat, couldn't stop the flames. Loss totals about twenty thousand dollars for the vessel and one thousand for supplies.
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Phoenix
Milan
Emily
U. S
Milan flour mill safe blown open with minimal haul
Cracksmen robbed the Sears and Johnson flour mill in Milan last Friday night using stolen tools from Fred Shailen’s blacksmith shop. They triggered nitroglycerin ignition in the engine room, scattered papers, and left with only three dollars as the explosion failed to crack the room windows. The burglary was discovered when the office opened Saturday morning.
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Sears & Johnson
Milan
Fred Shailen
Waiting at the Church Wedding Parody Shocks Village
At a village church a wedding was planned but the groom confessed he was not the right man. The bridegroom revealed another man was actually at the bottom of the church, too ashamed to come up, ending the ceremony in humor.
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Lodge
Wee Ovex Sifty Yous Mrs Wisslow Soothing Strup
An old advertisement touts Mrs Wisslow for teething in children. It claims gums softening relief, cures for colic and diarrhea, with a price of twenty five cents per bottle. Sold by druggists nationwide under FDA labeling.
Outstrips Bigney in swimming the river
Walter Freeman a 15 year old Rock Island resident swam the Mississippi in 17 minutes 32 seconds crossing from Davenport to Rock Island besting Captain Bigney in the vaudeville feat Freeman’s brothers Edward Freeman and Martin Swanson accompanied him in a row boat He started at the Milwaukee roundhouse Davenport and landed at Ninth Street Rock Island He has not attempted a return crossing and he lives at 818 Third Avenue Rock Island.
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Walter Freeman
Rock d
Bigney
Mississippi
Davenport
Rock Island
Freeman
Edward Freeman
Martin Swanson
Young Freeman
Milwaukee Roundhouse
Ninth Street
Third Avenue
THREE WILLS ADMITTED IN THE PROBATE COURT
Multiple wills from different estates were admitted to probate. Mrs Mary A Lighton of Sanga mon county Iowa leaves burial arrangements and sums for the cemetery lot and upkeep, plus bequests to nephew Albert Harle and Florence Dhana McGarvey with executor Thomas Campbell.
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Mary A. Lighton
Sangamon County
Chippiannock Cemmtery
Thomas Lighton
Chipiannock
Albert K. Harle
Inez
Florence Dhana McGarvey
Thomas Campbell
South Rock Island
Hans A. Clementson
Moline
Jozephine C. Clemeulron
Port Byron store closes after 37 years of Pearsall service
L. B. Pearsall has sold his Port Byron general store to George W. Rose of Chicago. Rose, a dry goods and clothing man, intends to move his family to the village seeking a quiet home outside the city. Pearsall retires after a long career dating to Schuer & Pearsall then Pearsall & McRoberts since 1878.
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Schuer & Pearsall
Pearsall & McRoberts
F. L. McRoberts
Port Byron
Returns From Italy To Find Property Missing
J C Sodini proprietor of the Industrial vaudeville theatre in Rock Island returned from Italy to find wagon loads of chairs from his Family theatre missing and the theatre piano gone. He had John Wanderschield arrested who had been left in charge. The chairs were found at a Rock Island junk yard and the piano sold in Clinton for 75 dollars though valued at 300. Wanderschield admits selling the chairs claiming he was told to dispose of them.
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J. C. Sodini
Italy
Rock Island
John Wanderschield
Clinton
Sodini
Wanderschield
Directory Plans 1907 Davenport Moline Rock Island Reach
R L Polk & Co of Detroit have acquired H N Stones directory rights and completed the Rock Island canvass for the 1907 1908 directory. Workers now map outlying districts and estimate Moline population will exceed 26 000 with new territory. Davenport directory due next spring and Moline-Rock Island edition expected late fall.
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R. L. Polk & Co
Detroit
H. N. Stone
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Burgston to Leave Rock Island for Fort Madison Store Manager Post
Glen Burgston, longtime manager of the People's Credit Clothing Co. store in Rock Island, departs September 1 for Fort Madison Iowa to head a new shop opened by the firm. The move follows the company’s expansion with multiple middle west locations. The Mo ne store is on Fifteenth street.
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Glen Burgston
Fred Burgston
People’s Credit Clothing Co
Rock Island
Fort Madison
Middle West
Mone
Fifteenth
Smith divorce suit filed over cruelty from James Smith
Mrs. Alice M. Smith of Moline files in the circuit court a bill for divorce from her husband James Smith alleging cruelty. The couple wed at Galesburg on April 9 1897.
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Alice M. Smith
Moline
James Smith
Galesburg
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