Personal Happenings From Friday to Wednesday Dispatch
A rush of society and travel notes from Rock Island and nearby: Mrs. Geo W Walker returns from Chicago. J Silas Leas and Alfred Shellberg visit. many relatives and friends travel to Ottawa Denver Bay View and other places. births, engagements, and moves documented along with local incidents and a brick-fire accident.
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Evening Dispatch
Geo. W. Walker
Chicago
J. Silas Leas
Indianapolis
E. W. Masterson
Jennie
Matie Hall
Ottawa
B.C. Keator
Florissant
el Paso County
Colorado
Alfred Shellberg
South Evanston
Fred Daebelliehn
Plow Company
Peter Molin
Eleventh Street
Sxteenth Avenue
Fred Frink
Eighteenth Avenue
Saturday Evening Dispatch
Robert Nye
Denver
Harry Alnsworth
Lake Geneva
Ernest Malcom
LeClaire
Frank Druva
Elmer Agnew
Osnton
Elizabeth Mayse
Washington, DC
Bullen
J G Beatty
Des Moines
2D Iown
W A Mac
Beth
Horace M. Anderson
Mt. Pleasant Park
Clinton
Anna Paulsen
Augustana Book
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lillie Munson
Florence Swisher
Stewartville
Port Byron
Adolph Weckel
Iowa
E Iiedberg
Augustana Seminary
New York
W H. Hillhouse
W Orum
Aurora
Hillhouse
Bay View
Michigan
W Colby
Defiance
Ohio
Colby
Adam Dick
George Woodyatt
Ienesco
Charles I
Woodyatt
John Stratt
Hammond
Ind
Harry G. Longworth
J W Anderson
Eighth Avenue
James Caughey
Rural
Twineham King
Mayor Burkholder
Sterling
W. E. McCrea
Dispatch
B. Rosenstein
Peoria
C. O. Nason
Ann Arbor
Jerome
Niles
Mich
C A. Barnard
Clarence
Trevor
Ablngdon
Supt
Slauson
Moline
Aimee
Carrie Lyford
Galva
Misa Ella Richards
W White
Oscar Swanson
Joliet
C W Phares Ia
Bloomington
Ill
Anna Sober
Thousand Isles
St. Lawrence
Fred Volkman
Stewartsville
Tipton
W R. Miller
White
Charles W. Kelso
M. Liljegren
Hickory Grove
Mra M. A Head
Galesburg
I.N Watt
Flame Forum
Unclaimed Letters List at Motine Rock Island County
Weekly list of unclaimed letters extending to August 16 189s. Names include Anderson Pete Johnsen Berndtason Lynde Rites Lynne Demar Sand Hagman Van Geen Joseph Hanson Alma Hampfartind and others. Postmaster CHEW J MOENIBY asks callers to say advertised and provide the list date.
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Motine Rock Island County
Anderson Pete Johnsen
Berndtason
Larson Thewlore Lynde
Lynne
Demar Sand
Strandberg
Aria
Hampfartind
JH Hanson
Alma
Hagman
Johannes van Geen
Joseph
Chew J. Moeniby
P. M
Lactated Food Promotes Healthy Weight Gain For Babies
August is a tough month for some infants as doctors advise lactated food to help growth and curb summer diarrhoea. The piece urges keeping lactated food at hand and notes its benefits for bone and muscle development, while a church meeting lists elected trustees Mosera, Gust Gullberg, Exil Nyquist, Nils Wedeen, Nfo Johnson.
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M. B. Church
Mosera
Gust Gullberg
Exil Nyquist
Nils Wedeen
Nfo Johnson
Senator Smith of New Jersey and His Strong Points
Washington Aug 16 Senator Brice of Ohio is noted for style and success in railroads. The piece highlights junior Senator James Smith Jr of New Jersey as poised, courteous, and influential in Washington and Newark life. It also recalls a Florida tale about Senator Call and reflects on ex Vice President Morton’s pragmatic influence in securing appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Smith
New Jersey
Senator Call
Returning Board
Washington
Brice
Ohio
Congress
Objecta
Calvin & Brice
Columbus
Ohio Central
Charley Foster
Foster
Mr. Brice
Sunday Creek Valley
Calvin
Miami University
D. K
Erica
Fisk
United States Senate
James Smith, Jr
Smith
Mmilea
Newark
Srvant
Florida
Samuel B. Macklin
Macklin
Morris
Wilkinson Call
Call
New York State
Morton
Corkers
Haunted swing at Earl's Court exhibition.
London correspondent reports a new novelty called the haunted swing at Earl's Court. A swinging chair in a dark room seems to rotate walls as the floor moves, creating the illusion of a full circle. Some women clutch skirts and men check pockets for missing coins as the illusion unsettles visitors.
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Earl's Court
London
A Queer Barometer by a French Gentleman
A French gentleman places a gingerbread barometer outside his window each morning. If the day is fine the figure stays firm, but approaching rain softens the cake, requiring frequent replacements as the weather prophet wears and tears with the air. New York.
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New York
Baseball score totals for multiple cities this week
A jumble of game results lists many scores from Lincoln Rock Island St Joseph Des Moines Omaha and other cities. Entries include wins and losses for Rock Island Peoria Lincoln Omaha St Joseph Jacksonville Quincy Des Moines and Des Moines with varied tallies across Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday games.
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Lincoln
Rock Island
Hits
Errors
St. Joe
Quincy
Des Moines
Jacksonville
Omaha
Omaha-Peoria
Actine & Lincoln
Rock Islands
Peoria
Incoln
Quinc
Mes Moines
Electric Bitters praised as cure all diseases
The remedy is lauded as widely known and popular with claims it cures liver and kidney diseases, purifies blood, removes pimples boils and salt rheum, drives malaria from the system and treats headaches constipation and indigestion. It is advertised as guaranteed or money refunded at Clendenin & S drug store, price one dollar per bottle.
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Clendenwin 4 S
Property transfers and land dealings in Moline and Rock Island area
A jumble of conveyances shows Olof Olson selling and others buying parcels across Moline Rock Island and Port Byron, including It 3 blk 2 Olof Olson s add and various It 7 blocks in S W Wheeleks add. Multiple deeds list buyers such as Chase Andersen BF Fountain Isaac Richardson and JG Swensson, with prices like 450 and 440 dollars, plus notes on land tracts, subdivisions, and boundaries in Rock Island and Port Byron.
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John Moeller
Olof Olson
UH Schmitt
Carl J Peterson
Chase Andersen
Wheeleks
Fountain
Isaac Richardson
Itss and
Village of
Edgington
Lynde
Lynde toGi JM Colburn, It 17 Bik 1,C Lynde
Rock
Aland
CJ Anderson
Carl Peterson
Saac Richardson
BF Fountain Ne Frly
F Lynde
JM Colburn
Lynac
Rock Island
T Kerr
W Thacher
Dickson & Young
Milan
Qroom
C H Read
HU Rhodes
Terrace
L. Lowrey
John Volk& Co
Old Town
Port Byron
Axel Strombeck
John W Eklund
Youngberg
Ekland
Wig
la Parcell
F. E. Rogers
Belcher & Sigsworth
J G Swensson
Amanda Freeburg
Brook
Solomon Freeburg
Jobot
Swenson
Brooks Firat
Nicholas Imhol
Exec
Albert Teufel
Bayley Davenport
Rocke Island
Clara Mather
Silvis
Elle'’s
Metes
Josie Peetz
C Shank
Huber & Peetz
Pole
Farnsworth
Cheney
Mary
King
Wallan Meyers
Nels Pearson
Spencer
Jesse
Huber & Beete
Adil Kock
Lem
Peter Paolsets
Juergen Boob
Martha Ao Holman
Low
Bstvint
Simon
Utd
Brea Dotter & Stoddard
Sabdia
Cutleet
Johanna Koepps
Wm C
Krraad
September jurors for Rock Island County court panels gathered
Sheriff Gordon Circuit Clerk Gamble and County Clerk Kohler drew two panels of petit jurors for the September term. Read lists include numerous townships such as Andalusia Black Hawk Buffalo Prairie Canoe Creek Cordova and Moline with jurors named for each district.
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Rock Island County
Court House
Gordon
Gample
Kohler
Circuit Court
Panri
Andalusia
Thomas Ropes
Gotueb Schmidt
Black Hawk
Peter Alson
Thomas Latlin
Buffalo Prairie
Burt Potter
Canoe Creek
Cerce Buckley Jr
Coe
Thomas
Rank Miller
John Forstberg
Charles J’ North
N WU Gustafsen
C. W. Suman
Rock Island L
H Friis
J M Kerr
George Stroehle
J M Hartz
J Wagner
Wm Gahagan
C A Hill
Ed Dee
D. J Krell
Alroy Reaugh
D’ P Bumbach
W B Pettit
Henry Winters
Perry Chaver
Charles Roberts
Herbert Sell Nampton
Henry Frels
Arthur Meader
James Sthersche
Otto Guckert
Silas [ Baker
Emanuel Pet
John Mosher Moline
D. W Dimock
Peter A Carlson
Hyalmar Anderson
John Enderle
HE Fisher T A Carlson
M McHenry
James Robrmosen
Win Keene
John Good
George Morber
Oliver Breed
M Mc Murphy
Marriage Licenses Notice Muffled Through Scrambled OCR
List of names and places appears under a marriage licenses heading with entries including Clarence F Trevor of Abingdon and Nellie V Glenn of Moline as well as Homer Batley and Annie Goben among others. The readable fragments show Knox county and Rock Island locations and scattered surname pairs, but many entries are garbled beyond recognition.
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Clarence F. Trevor
Abingdon
Knox County
Nellie V Glenn
Moline
Homer Batley
Annie Goben
Sears
Dudley Devoe
Rock Island
Jenne Eng
South Rock Island
Peter Desriese
Mary DeBates
Prickd Larsen
Bana Larsen
Matin
Wilton M van Baron
Ida Trees
Moghk
Postal Perdinand
J Gerasy
Hemador Aneehern
Huw
Istana Aingust
Dasper
Dantes Lenk Musiatine
Caurst
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Minday
Wilson
F W
Paul
Geneseo Morria
Rosenfield
Mackinaw
F Kenfro
Waggig Inh Co
Henry Nagies
Prof Eckentein
Wisconsin
Creeden
Chas KE White
Beatrice
Neb
Mearn
Ford
Cambridge
Will McNickle
Will Quick EK J Hester
The
Monnelye Worke
Healy
Givorze Brumbaugh
Agency
Mabel Gamble
Mia
Will Quick
Verne Swain
Rhode Island Avenue
Newport
George Wright
Chamber
Lain
Jerry Kelly
Percy Warr
Charles Johnson
Alpha
Andrew Olson
Alpha and
Lynn
H. A. Barnard
John Aswege
Austin
Clara
F. G. Allen
Margery
Nellie Stephens
Charles Roadhouse
DeKalb
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Will Chapin Wheelock
Helix
California
W. T. Ball
Teeing
J W Atkinson
Geneseo
Frank Hyde
Fred Burgaton
Mineral Springs
Maaterlen Bristol
W A Wilcox
E_yford
Oregon
F A Manny
Cornbrooks House
Twentieth Street
William Thompson
Kelso
Mary Mahon
Egypt
R.L Garnett
Montezuma
Minnie Adelman
Ethyl
Crompton
Winnie
Knights Templar
Albro
Kirkwood
Belle Wright
Plano
Lulu
Edith Suman
Isabella Oomley
Sam Suman
Concordia Avenue
Wm. Butterworth
Deere
Southampton
England
Bremen
Ll. H. Baldwin
Wite
Fort Dodge
Flames Lee
Baldwin
Devil
112Th Sl
Hubbardsre
Wn. H. van Forson
Hawes
Ed Carter
Aranda
John Gibson
Robert Doyle
Amanda Witt
Schroeder
August Jasper
Louis Long
Davenport
Linwood
Maryland
George L. Leslie
Rock Island High School
Eagle Eye
J. Alexander
Muscatine
John Balliet
John Sessler
Housman Hardware
Clark Corbin
Sherif
Sessler
B. Hendren
Baseball Park
Carter
Peter Marx
Eckhart
Louisa Gutekunst
C H. Lippincott
Rapida City
Rosa Gegeelein
Christ. Ziegler
Frederick G. Thierman
Fred Hoffman
J. di. Wilson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Bob Wood
Internal Revenue
Sioux City
66Th Illinois Regiment
Sheffield
Edwards & Walsh Company
Elsa
Saul Spencer
Rock Island Public Schools
Fifth Avenue
Jobo Baillet
Rock Island Buggy Co
George E. Bailey
Rock Island Police
August Peterson
Charles Chavers
Edward One
Grant Hart
John Burk
Charles Brindle
Stephen O’connor
Stephen O’conner
Davis Co
E. M. Sala
Buster and
Hall
Middleton and Hill
John Thompson
Thompson
Ira O. Wilkinson
Winslow
Medill
Frank Smith
Taconis
Waah
Finaouth
Ohain
Szitl
Spencer Square
Thomas Watton
Brotherhood of Brakemen
Forty-fourth Street Chapel
Baturday
B. Stoddard, Jr
Rock Island Lodge
Veterans’ Jewel
David Hawes
Grand Lodge
Stoddard
Illinois
Elijah Hersey
A. H. Lambert
Elm Street
Dedham
Mass
Boston
Elmira
N. Y
Quskland
Cal
Charles Hansgen
Green, Lee Amuatateen Misr Han
Pame
Fortune
L D. Marshan
Miase Ball
Electric Bitters
New York Financial
Olferalat
Primo Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago Grain and Produce
Cuieago
Board of Trade
Chicago Livestock
Curiaco
Union
Adoltoe Do
FNGLA
James Hardin
Henry Detenuroth
Lglehart & Co
Mary A
Thomas &Lf
Jeruary Mletcher
Lettle Whetsal
Peter Whetsal
Wm G Marshall Clatma
RS Cummings
Mary Cummings
Mary BE Davis
Nicholas Imtoff
Deutsche Warte & C
Fort Byron Lime Association
John Snyder
E Hodgson
Iy B Kreis
T B Kerdy
Betate
Charles Korb
Anna M. Korb
Bond
Joseph Wing Cyrus Rudy
Edward Wells
Eirast
A P Erickson
John Loff
Hood
Sarnaparilla
Fairburg
Lit
Baran C Tare Linger
Ures
Ballatel
Olo G Edland
Hawk Island
State of Mints
County Court
Reck
Stam County
Emma L
Jas
D. Addigon & CO
Balle St
Chridge
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