127 Homes Planned in East Moline Construction Drive
A building syndicate aims to complete 127 houses by November 1 with twenty ready by September 1. Six to seven days a week the work force grows, and by September 1 about 20 to 81 eight room stucco dwellings should be ready for tenants or buyers. Estimated cost per house ranges from 1350 to 1650 dollars.
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East Moline
Relef
W Hink
Peterson & Co
George W Ross
Esst Moline
F Schilling
Quade & Co
East Moline Electric Co
Moline Heating and Constructing Co
Ludlow
Fast Moline
Rock Island
Interurban Rock Island to Muscatine Promoters Push Build
Promoters insist the Rock Island to Muscatine interurban will be constructed once $250000 is pledged and terminal facilities are arranged. Contractors standby readiness, survey work nears completion, and coal resource prospects in the county fall under independent review this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Muscatine
Brady seeks divorce in Illinois circuit court
George W Brady of Moline files for divorce from Daisy E Brady alleging habitual drunkenness and abandonment of their seven year old daughter. Nellie Hodeck of East Moline seeks divorce from James Hodeck citing drunkenness. Jennie Hamilton seeks divorce from Milton Hamilton on grounds of drunkenness and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Brady
Moline
William K Whiteside
Circuit Clerks Office
Daisy E Brady
Peoria
Nellie Hodeck
East Moline
James Hodeck
Jennie Hamilton
Milton Hamilton
Willis Promoted in Company F Sixth Regiment
Unanimous vote elevates Second Lieutenant R. E Willis to First Lieutenant position vacated by C Laurin. Lawrence Poole chosen as second lieutenant. both men present and accepting. Major Reig conducts election. Company F departs for Peoria encampment aboard a Rock Island train Saturday morning with troops from several Sixth Regiment units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Regiment
Illinois National Guard
R .E Willis
Charles Laurin
Lawrence Poole
William
John W Reig
Sixth Infantry
Poole
Peoria
Rock Island
Mo- Mae
Company A
Peoria Heights
Geneseo
Galena
Kewanee
Burlington Road
Captain Lyon
Moline
John Reig
WI Kahlken
Gus Hall
Kahike
Camp Deneen
Adair Pleasants Files as Probate Judge Candidate
Adair Pleasants yesterday filed his petition as Republican candidate for probate judge in the upcoming September primary. The filing deadline for candidacy at the primaries was yesterday.
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Adair Pleasanta
Marriage Licenses Shown For Four Couples In Local Notices
Fred Houtsinger of Rock Island and Pearl Hall of Clinton Iowa wed in the licenses list. Albert Haraldson of Minneapolis and Ellen Bersell of Rock Island also appear. Henry Fursteman of Scribner Nebraska and Joulse Rahnke of Genoa are listed. Mrs W A Smith and Mrs Henry Leinhard, both of Rock Island, win prizes in a related shower event with linen handkerchief gifts and a luncheon following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Houtsinger
Rock Island
Pearl Hall
Clinton
Iowa
Albert J Haraldson
Minneapolis
Ellen Bersell
Henry Fursteman
Scribner, Neb
Joulse T Rahnke
Geneseo
W A Smith
Henry Leinhard
Pierce
Coal Famine Fears Hit Moline Manufacturers
Local retailers warn that a month remains before Moline faces a coal shortage if the Illinois miners strike continues. Residual demand falls as sultry weather cuts home use and factories slow. Coal arrives from Indiana and Illinois districts while electricity reduces coal reliance. Soft coal sells at 4.50 a ton, up 75 cents from last summer.
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Daily Dispatch
Moline
Illinois
Indiana
Forty Moline Tars Set for Cruise to Detroit
Forty Moline sailors will cruise north aboard the Nashville departing Friday night for a squadron voyage. They expect travel via Milwaukee to Chicago and on to Detroit, with 35 to 40 crew members joining. Key officers include Lieutenant Kemmerling and Ensign Norton, among a roster of ship mates and ratings.
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Moline Tars
Chicago
Nashville
Kemmerling
Milwaukee
Detroit
Fred Harris
Joel Carlson
Ray Blanford
Road South From Moline Assured for 18000 Pledged
A half mile road through Beal and Crockett farms will be improved with 18 000 pledged. Work starts at once with plans to complete by fall 1911. The project covers the stretch south from Moline and is part of a broader effort to improve state roads.
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Moline
Beal and Crockett Farms
Clark G Anderson
Anderson
Beal and Crocket
Rock River Bridge
Rock Island & Peoria
Rural road fund reaches 18000 to link Moline with rural Illinois
The Moline rural road committee announced an $18,000 subscription to fund a new rural road spanning from Prospect Park to Rural township hall, connecting Moline avenue on Arsenal Island to Galesburg area. Construction plans call for a bottom road this fall and full completion by summer 1911, with work on other sections continuing through winter.
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Moline Avenue
Aresenal Island
Galesburg
Prospect Park
Frick's Hill
Upgrading Rural Road Near Moline and Galesburg Aims Fast Travel
The project used 1800 dollars from last year to close options for far right of way. Grading will cut down hills and bring fills until the macadam is nearly level. The steepest grade will be nine feet per hundred. The improved rural road will speed travel between Moline, Galesburg and other down state centers.
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Moline
H C. First
C. 8
Trevor
M R. Carlson
Moline Retail Merchants’ Association
C. S. Trevor
F. R. Young
Moline Business Men's
Galesburg
Carpenters to Parade in Rock Island Labor Day Event
Moline local No 241 carpenters decide to march in the Rock Island Labor Day parade with 300 members from Moline Silvis and East Moline and their band. About fifty new members are initiated as the union prepares a joint contingent for the parade. A committee will attend the Employers' Liability commission hearing in Rock Island today.
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Daily Dispatch
P J Carlson
Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Rock
Moline
Silvis
East Moline Carpenters
Rock Island
Employers’ Liability Commission
Court House
Commission
Famed translator to lecture in Moline on return from India
Ola Hanson American missionary and translator arrives from Chicago at 12:60 noon with his wife to lecture at the Swedish Baptist church this evening. He earned a Doctor of Literature from the British Royal Society for translating the New Testament into multiple languages and for issuing dictionaries used by the British government. Hanson, native of Sweden but long resident in America, has spent years in upper Burmah district translating scriptures and spreading missions.
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Ola Hanson
Upper Burmah
India
British Royal Society
Moline
Chicago
Hanson
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Sweden
America
Kellogg sues railway for 10000 in Davenport injury case
Mrs Indiana Kellogg sues Tri City Railway in Davenport claiming a June 1 fall from a Third street car left her permanently disabled. She states she asked to alight at Davie street and was thrown to the pavement as the car jerked forward. Her complaint, filed by Elyana Bush, seeks 10000 damages.
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Davenport
Indiana Kellogg
Tri-City Railway Company
Elyana Bush
Kellogg
Davie Street
Sherrard Man Files to Seek 33d District Rep Nomination
Charles A. Clarke of Sherrard filed his petition to run as a Republican candidate for representative from the 33d district.
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Charles A. Clarke
Sherrard
SoPaHRonta grocer advertises Gold Medal Flour
A local grocer lists Gold Medal Flour among stock with emphasis on available sizes and price. The note iterates items for daily shoppers and highlights brand name recognition.
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Sopahronta
Cgexeyra
McKinney Seeks District Support With Farm Picnic Visit
Congressman James McKinney spent the day in the district visiting old friends and meeting Arsenal officials. He traveled from Aledo to Port Byron for a farmers picnic then planned to Rock Island and Lyford's Grove, seeking endorsements as Republicans clear the field before the nomination deadline passed without a rival.
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Daily Dispatch
James McKinney
Aledo
Port Byron
McKinney
Rock Island
Lyford’s Grove
Clinton
Arsenal
Congress
Latter Day Saints Gather In Moline For Park Reunion
Prospect park hosts the second annual camp meeting of Kewanee and Eastern Iowa districts of the reorganized Church. Amos Berve serves as president with Clara Johnson secretary, G Dykes treasurer, and M H Siegfried as press chair. Daily services include 9 am prayers and 7 45 pm sermons led by L E Hills and others. The gathering clarifies ties to the Latter Day Saint movement and distinguishes from Brigham Young led Mormons in Utah.
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Prospect Park
Kewanee
Iowa
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Rock River Valley
Reorganized Church
The
Reunion Association
Amos Berve
Davenport
Clara Johnson
Rock Island
C G Dykes
Muscatine
M H _ Siegfried
Nauvoo
Ill
L. E Hillis
Marion
L. E. Hills
Milwaukee Road
Order of Railway Conductors
Ernest B. Blett
Poultry Pointers
Lamont
Blett
Park
Brigham Young
Utah
Salt Lake City
Lamos, Jr
Joseph Smith Jr
America
Nauvoo, HL
Young
West
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and endorsements
An 1890s classified style ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured Catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and cites local wholesale druggists Walding Kinnan Marvin as endorsers. The text claims internal use cures by affecting blood and mucous surfaces and notes price 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F J Cheney & CO
Toledo
F J Cheney
Ina
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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George W. Brady
Fletcher
Castoria
Certaua Company
Murray Street
New York City
Willis
Company F
M H Lyon
R E Wills
C E Swisher
A U Patterson
P W Hussey
H E Evans
Lee J Quick
R O Brimmer Firet Cook
O Carrington
Andrew A. Hussey
W T Sheppard
F M Briggs
William McCulloch
David C Fry
Lester M Quick
Jacob A Benell
Nela P Oixon
W A Collins
Adair Pleasants
Salvation of
Moline Manufacturing
Goncetos
Will
U. S. S. Nashville
Chicago Harbor
George 8
Oscar C. Strand
George W Norton
G A
Nelson
Arma
George Pettit
Grant
Moo
C A
Pledsoe
H. P Ellingsworth
Fred Breecher
Emil Gustafson
Arthur Ditch
W. E. Carlson
Roy Shaw
Clarence Sellers
T Johnson
Ernest Fox
Herman Ploog
Fred Topher Sigfried Skappsted
Elmer Claar
F A Breecher
Edward A. Forbes
Joel Carlson Willam Kumpf
Guy Degen
Reginald Gates
John Potter
Edgar H Fox C Schatterman
Peter Levin
John Rutt
Rural Road Committee
Town Hall
Ilinois
Moline Carpenters
English Society
Tomerow
Rockleland
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