Des Moines Defeats Peoria in Tight Series Standings
Des Moines 4 Peoria 6 in a error plagued finale. Fisher and McFarland’s fielding misplays cost Des Moines the win as Peoria gains ground on St Joe for second place. Rock Island leads. Omaha and Lincoln hold mid-pack as schedule continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgt Peorias
Des Moines
St. Joe
Rock Island
Omaha
Quincy
Lincoln
Jacksonville
Peoria
Jacksonville 7. Bunday
Peora
St Joe
Des Moines- Des Moines
Es Moines
Fisher
McFarland
Burris
Traficy
Figgemeyer
Armstrong
Ward Peoria
Local notes of business, crime, and community events
The record lists multiple city items: a new metallic circuit planned for the central telephone station. George Stange becomes local agent for D. M. Sechler Carriage Co.. ten hour day order for Barnard & Leas. a St. Louis scales order to a local firm. Pansy Band social at Miss Viola Severance’s lawn. Boys' Brigade camping at Watertown. Drs. Wessel and Arp move to new office. Osiabridge post office robbery. Dr. Carl Elofson to teach Hebrew at Augustana. real estate sale on Fifth Avenue. football match Iowa State vs Knox College at Twin City Ball Park. land sale notices. J. W. Anderson injured. Central Street Railway bricks for paving. Mrs. Sarah Johnston declared insane. families planning move to Riverside County. Brown Telephone Co assets sold to satisfy judgments. Modern Woodmen meeting. local Republican candidates and committees. a young man injured playing ball. Moline foundry ramping up production. various local incidents including a window damage, a marriage, a heavy rainstorm, and ongoing civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stange
D. M. Sechler Carriage Co
Barnard & Leas
Mulders
Scale Company
St. Louis
Viola Severance
Stewartville
Boys’ Brigade
Congregational Church
Watertown
Attorney Haas
Rock Island
Oakleaf
Iowa State University
Knox College
Twin City
J. 8. Smith
Rock River Bridge
J. W. Anderson
Arp
Central Street Railway Co
Sarah L. Johnston
Milan
Jacksonville
W.H. Carpenter
W. A. Carpenter
Riverside County
Cal
Brown Telephone Co
Renee
Eastman
Modern Woodmen of America
Fulton
Republican Central Committees
South Moline
Andrew Nelson
Charles Heck Chairan
F. H. Cooper
Quincy
Healy
Gue Fryxell
Seventeenth Avenue
Wessel
Porter Skinner
U 8 Clothing House
Sixteenth Street
Campbell’s Island
May
Mesara
Jake Andrew
Jake Wolf
Tim Collins
Lou Volz
Martin Geisel
John Mauthe
L Hinkle
The
Wheel Works
J W Warr
P J Heverling
Wilson Brooks
Red Men
Ilinois
Yuty
Jurisdict
Mohnn
Larson
Book Concern
Sylvan Liquor Care Co
Moline
Dr. Arp
Charles Kruse
Bertha Miner
C A Hemberg
Gust P. Kruse
Thirteenth Street
Davenport
Moline Plow Co
J.M. Rice
Anderson
Twinam King
Jane King
Belfast
Ireland
David
Fourth Avenue
Twinam
James
New Zealand
James Hilbring
Ed McEnary
Hilbring
McEnary
Squire Kerns
Democratic Legislative Committee
B. T. Cable
Porter Printing Co
Ben
Republican
Hugh E Bayle
Armory Bell
Bayle
James Corbin
Hunt
D A. Holt
Robenson
Car-Journal Lubrication
Sioux Falls
Robinson
Little Rock
Mesdames Holt, Drury and McCoy
Samuels, Skinner win in tennis tourney opener
John Samuels defeats William Butterworth 6-3 in the first singles set. Charles Skinner beats W D Wyman 4-1. Skinner and Rev Howard fall to Samuels and John Oady 6-1 in doubles. Tonight Barnard and Harper duel Butterworth and Wiman for a final doubles set while Oady and Samuels, doubles champions, vie for the prize racquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Samuels
William Butterworth
Charles Skinner
W. D. Wyman
Halmers
Rev. Howard
John Oady
A. Barnard
Stuart Harper
Wm. Butterworth
W. D. Wiman
Oady and
Samuells
Local Social Notes From Friday Dispatch Bespeak Quiet Movements
A roundup of names and travel reports from York Beach to Burlington and Chicago. Stays by Welle in York Beach and visits by Gibson, Woodyatt sisters, Wilson family, and others reflect small-town social life with work changes, travels, and new arrivals noted across multiple towns in the region.
West End couples wed as others face court bets and fires
William Grayham and Augusta Kaneman wed by Justice Hawes Saturday. Ed Briggs fined for petit larceny. W Lobdell fined for violating fire ordinance. Burglar Charles Cole bound over after waiving exam. John Sadler bound over for attempted theft. Anna E Schaible dies after long illness at nearly 73. Fire bug Loggan claims Rock Island blaze. Kane, a Rock Island- tied brakeman, found murdered in Chicago incident. Industrial Home association buys Flannigan lot for a three story brick building. Hulsey brothers injured when switch engine hits them. toe amputated. John Price fined for disorderly conduct. School board reorganizes sub-districts. Oil barrel stolen from water works under viaduct. Mrs Johanna Schroeder dies. funeral Friday.
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William Grayham
Augusta Kanneman
Hawes
Ed. Briggs
Drury
Costa
W. Lobdell
Davenport
Schroeder
Charles Cole
Profs. Foss
Udden
Kansas City
Rock Island
Loggan
South Park
Kane
United States
Chicago
Rock Feland
Industrial Home Association
Frank III
Flannigan
Third Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Association
Trades and Labor Unions
Charles Hulsey
Morris
Trenton
Charles
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Plummer
Hollowbush
Kerns
John
Twenty-second Street
Johanna Schroeder
F. CO. Schroeder
George Perry
Mia
Andrew Guthrie
I'red W
Amos L. Schroeder
Welws and Personal Notes from Argillo Works
Local items from Hampton and surrounding areas note residents’ movements and events. May discuss brick machine plans at Argillo works, church activities, school start date, and county community news with names like Moline Davenport Rockford and Campbell.
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Argillo
Garbon Oliff
Anup
M. E. Church
Mire
May Huggins
Chicago
Corbin
Davenport
Ball
Moline
Rapp
Rockford
Libby
Fred Kennedy
Cambridge
Argillo Works
Mennenburg
Bill
John O’brien
W. Bay
Coal Valley
Citizhn
Theater Check Club Sets Mirror Door Check Ritual
A small social group near Herald Square known as the Theater Check club uses a reading room mirror for door checks. About 25 members, who visit theaters a few times weekly, rotate color coded checks and return them within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Square
New York Mail and Express
Fencing Costumes Mark Debutantes in New York
New York Sun profiles debutantes Miss Beatrix Jones Miss Frances Brayton Ives Miss Mary Turnuro and Miss Pomeroy in fencing costumes. Jones wears black china silk with blue silk waist. Ives uses old Ta, silk waist with black skirt. Turnuro a somber outfit. Pomeroy praised as fencing with any man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrix Jones
Rhinelander Jones
Frances Brayton Ives
Mary Turnuro
Misa Ives
Miss Pomeroy
Dancers
Pomeroy
Sbe
New York Sun
Colors from Soap Bubbles and Light Interference
A science snippet explains how soap films create colors through interference of light reflected from inner and outer surfaces. As film thickness changes, observed colors shift, accounting for iridescence seen in bubbles, oil on water, tempered glass, and insect wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Post-Dispatch
August for Health and Nervous Strength
August advice urges strengthening nerves and body with Paine's celery compound. It links fatigue, poor digestion, and low mood to nervous exhaustion and promotes steady use in August to improve blood, appetite, and overall vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Valet Probed in Disputed Sketch Cache
The case centers on Professor Lenbach, a famed Austrian portraitist, whose meticulous valet cleared and sold or bartered his sketches found about the studio. Lenbach objects to the loss, and the professor has filed a prosecution against the valet, who claimed the sketches were of little value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenbach
Lonbach
Pall Mall
Jewelry in a single grave at Greenwood cemetery
The article notes the largest known grave treasure, stating a funeral had $5,000 worth of diamonds buried with the body despite the undertaker’s protest. It mentions families often choose to bury in life clothing or use cheaper imitations for thrift or superstition, as reported by the Philadelphia Times. It also describes New York girls weaving wicker for bottles at six cents each, with direct hiring and contract work noted by the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
Philadelphia Times
New York
Sadler’s
New York Sun
A Candle Stone Mystery of a Lost Diamond Tale
Miss Olive Schreiner recalls a childhood plaything a bright stone they called the candle stone. It resembled a walnut, flashed brilliantly in light, and later proved to be a diamond of immense value possibly washed from Kimberley or brought from the region by chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Schreiner
Kimberley
Hennepin Canal Projects Begin Work East End
The Hennepin canal gains momentum as 130 men clear rights of way and 9,000 more are to join in under three weeks. The canal will connect northwestern states with the Mississippi market and with other waterways. East end route of 35 miles partly condemned. contracts for the first four miles to be let next Monday with active work to start within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin Canal
Esat
Chicago Grainage
Tunda
Staies
Congress
United States District Court
Polish National Church Convention Opens in Newburg
The first convention of the Polish National Church of America met at Father Kolaszewski's Church in Newburg with large attendance. Archbishop Vilatte led a Mass and the gathering discussed unity in the American Catholic church. The archbishop was unanimously elected president. A separate note reports a Washington bill to aid widows of veterans by preserving the veteran pension rate for widows, with a minimum of twelve dollars monthly.
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Rome
Cleveland
Kolaszewski
Vilatte
America
Qar
Washigton
Mr. Grow
Pennnsylvania
Houses
Fire Damages Geneva Stores and Tinshop
Aug 28 Geneva reports fire damage to H L Jones agricultural implements J K Eddowes druggist and Wilcox Carliste tinshop amounting to several thousand dollars. Firemen contained the blaze though the town threatened.
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Geneva
Lils. Evain
H L Jones
J. K. Eddowes
Wilcox & Carliste
He Never Takes a Bath Divorce Case in Columbus
Mrs Peter Quion sues for divorce in Columbus Ohio citing grounds including her husband’s habit of never taking a bath. The filing details the clash over domestic dissatisfaction and marital breakdown.
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Columbus
Peter Quion
Prohibition nomination in New Yoak Lyric hall ticket list
The Prohibition party in New Yoak met at Lyric hall and put forth a ticket including Mayor George Gethin, alderman James H Hardy, sheriff John E Hanson, and Supreme Court judge Alfred L Manniere. The report also lists broad market data and livestock prices from New York and Ontario, with commodity quotes and stockyard figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yoak
Lyric Hall
George Gethin
Board of Aldermen
Jamee H Hardy
John E. Hanson
Supreme Court
Alfred L. Manniere
Thamar Draw Atatann
Probate Proceedings and Estate Actions Summary
Probate docket items include inventory and appraisement filings for Charles Korb Anna Schaible estate Martha Carey and Daniel Fowler with admin actions. Will probate hearings continued for Anna Schaible and Annie Knowlton claims granted. administrators discharged for Nettle Davison and Adam Spivey estates. Creditors notices issued and claims allowed for Ndaward Coal and Mary Egan.
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Charles Korb
Anna 1S
Schaible
Martha C Carey
Daniel Fowler
Wray
Wilson Price
Harry Beeny
William GG Marshall
Ndaward Coal
Adam Spivey
Nettle H Davison
Property transfers listed in Rock Island records
A series of land conveyances shows multiple transfers in Rock Island area. Names include George Harry, JCH Read, Edward H Guyer, Andrew A Anderson, and Belle Jones with parcels in Moline Rock Island Andalusia and Dimock Baldwin adds. Prices range from 100 to 4 000 dollars. Details cite tract descriptions and assessor references.
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George Harry
Vinzie
Newton Huffman
Jch
T C Nutter
Hagnonin
Hans Hanson
Edward H Guyer
J C H Read
Andrew A Anderson
Andrew J Anderson
Flav JC H Read
HH Gruyer
Assessor's
Simaon Fi Roberts
James RO Stull
Village of
Andalusia
Peter Hscheib
Henry Kuehl
East Rock Island
Maine
Dack
Hammerich
South Rock Island
George H Peterson
J W Hoover
Dimock
Blaekwins
Moling
Week ending August 2 18s list of letters at Moline Rock Inland
A damaged OCR list shows letters awaiting collection in Moline Rock Inland county for the week ending Thursday August 2. Names include Miller, Miss Fea, Boring Peters, Archer, Mrs Maryirh, Fred Cropa, Alport, Cautsenberg, Hodge, Talvestale, Jer, Westlin, Axel Youker and others. Some entries are unclear or misspelled.
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Moline Rock
Inland County
Thurwlay
Well Miller
Fea Boring Peters Johnm
Archer
Maryirh
Fred Cropa
Alport Cautsenberg
Mra
Hodge Hewanal
Matthe
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Dispatch
H. Welle
York Beach
George Gibson
Oakdale
Antelope
County
Nebraska
John Frederickson
Kewanee
F. A. Johnson
Lulu
Grace Woodyatt
Sterling
A. O
Woodyatt
Vinton
Evening Dispatch
T. M. Sechler
Dane Bergin
Sol Hirsch
Louisville
John Blakemore
Galesburg
Kuhn
Wichita
Kas
Walter Shaw
California
Martha
Amanda Serene
Geneseo
Editor Dunlap
Woodhull
Dispatch Office
Arsenal
Jud Metzgar
Port Byron
Daisy Golden Hammer
Studebaker
Ed. P. Chaney
Seventh Ward
D. A. Gamble
de Kalb
Mise Ella Thornton
Eli Findley
St. Paul
Wharles Claspell
N. Watt
Wilson Hunt
Williams, White & Co
Deere & Co
Misses Bloom
Tiskilwa
Robert Munro
Wright
Waynesville
5. C
Eva Stoddard
Cordelia
Victoria Nelson
Swedesburg
Iowa
Morgan
Emil Hokinson
Abingdon
Amelia Schmidt
Bilas Hoon
Tipton
Will Quick
J.O. Rockwell
Council Bluffs
Jessie Healy
Milwaukee
David A. Jones
Mabel Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Clarence
Trevor
President Olson
Augustana
Pacific Slope
Texas
Missea Lillie Munson
Florence Swisher
J. M. Hartzell
Equitable
Das
Auguitana
J. W. Lyon
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Hvening Dispatch
Frank McKelvie
Candee Grove
Jagrippe
Sara Doxaco
Emma Cooper
Grand Lodge of the Eastern Star
Misa Jean B. Schupp
Oneida
Reeser
E. E. Morgan
New Mexico
Ed Sholes
Carbon Cliff
C. W. Kelso
Aurora
J. 8. Gilmore
Rock Ieland
Mackinac
Morris Rosenfield
Lizzie
Stella van Meter
Reynolds
Carrie Miller
Andrew Hannah
A Farrell
Marion
Ind
West End
Agarbon-Olifr
Hampton
Martha van Order
Council Bauffs
Bilas Gamble
Hampton Township
I. O. B. Club
A. H. Sellmer
Nemo Elmatedt
George A. Watt
John C. Ammerman
Spert
Theater Check Club
Tescher
Johnnies
Gee Wash
Johnnie
Geo Waah
Wash
George Washington
Detroit Free Press
Herald
Widker
Amerigan Catholic Church
Wisconsin
Grantenurg
Wis
Freeney
Battle of Monmouth
Gotham
Donahoe
Cinard
New York Financial
Archange
Pacific
Chicago Grain and Produce
Ontario
Board of Trade Today
Cloeni
Wilson
Ouwano
Union
Oxtra
Amur Dwestlin
Axel Youker
Hood
Hovel Free
Alexander H. Revell & CO
Wabash Aye
Adams ST
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