Too Cool in the North with West Weather Outlook
The long forecast from Washington, August 28, 1903, details a cross continental disturbance arriving around September 7, with warm and cool waves affecting the west central valleys and eastern states through September 14. A southern tropical storm may join, promising a dangerous storm era by the 12th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
W. T. Foster
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Washington
D. C
Local Roundup Notes Political Invite and Civic Moves
W A Meese was invited by the governor to attend the Rockford Republican roundup September 1 alongside about a dozen supporters. The Central Union Telephone Co announced a contract with D M Sechler Carriage Co to install an automatic private branch exchange with thirteen instruments. A $25,000 damage suit was filed against the Rock Island Railroad over the death of Joseph L Frew in Davenport while on duty as a switch tender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Meese
Rockford
Central Union Telephone Co
D. M. Sechler Carriage Co
Rock Island
Joseph L. Frew
Davenport
Obituary of Mrs Otto C Lage and Emma Helen Lay
Funeral services for Mrs Otto C Lage were held at her home 117 This avenue with R N A Belle Kamp in charge. Gustaf Donald of Davenport delivered the address at Riverview Cemetery. Emma Helen Lay died after an operation. born in Germany May 11, 1866, she came to America with her husband and left behind a daughter, plus two brothers and a sister in Germany. Her husband Mr Oltman of Hampton is her uncle. Two of her four children predeceased her, both dying the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto C. Lage
This Avenue
Riverside
Belle K.camp
Lage
Gustaf Donald
Davenport
Emma Helen Lay
Germany
America
Ala
Lage Alao
Oltman
Hampton
Real Estate Transfers In Rock Island Listings
Real estate transfers dated Aug 20 21 show W E Bailey to Warren Anderson for lot 6 in Bailey's Second add Rock Island for 375 dollars. Thomas Mackin to Simon Poehlman metes and bounds tract nwq 14 17 2w for 100. Eliza Robbins to Van V Reeves part outlet 27 sey 35 18 2w for 1500. Aug 21 J D Shean to J F Fuller lot 5 block 69 Chicago or Lower Add Rock Island for 1100. J J Ingram to R R Reynolds un div 1-10 of w 150 acres sw 15 17 2w for 325. John G Scheurmann to Mary L Sly lot 15 Scheurmanns Twenty-second street add Rock Island for 650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Bailey
Warren Anderson
Rock Island
Thomas Mackin
Simon Poehlman
Metes and Bounds
Nwg
Eliza Robbins
van V. Reeves
Sey
D. J. Shean
J. F. Fuller
Chicago
Lower Add
J. J. Ingram
R. R. Reynolds
John G. Scheurmann
Mary L. Sly
J. G. Scheurmann
Twenty-second Street
Marriage Licenses Issued in Rock Island and Nearby Cities
Emil W. Hillmer and Bertha Tren kenschuh of Rock Island. Philemon De Vos and Mrs. Florence Haertjens of Rock Island. William C. Henke and Nettie M. Pulsifer of Moline. August Ipsen and Annie Bloom of Clinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Ipsen
Annie Bloom
Clinton
Iowa
Justice Witter
Rock Island
Emil W. Hillmer
Bertha Trenkenschuh
Philemon de Vos
Florence Haertjens
William C. Henke
Nettie M. Pulsifer
Moline
Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Cough Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a natural cure for coughs and colds, claiming all healing balsamic virtues of the Norway pine are concentrated in the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wood
New Coal Mine Promises Local Fuel Supply
A new coal mine on George Church farm in Hampton Township will provide a local fuel source for Moline and Rock Island. Explorations revealed a four foot vein about sixty feet underground, with sloping access from the hill side avoiding shafts and pumping. Production expected before winter near Carbon Cliff and its tile works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Church
Hampton Township
Ated
Bluffson
Moline
Rock Island
Carbon Cliff
Coal mine reopening and price hike planned
The Heagy and Stoddard mine on Henry Odendahl’s farm will reopen soon by Frank McCann Frank Shields Edward Stoehr and John Banks. A four foot coal vein exists and the shaft burning caused abandonment. Coal price at local mines will rise to nine cents per bushel starting next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heagy and Stoddard
Henry Odendahl
Frank McCann
Frank Shields
Edward Stoehr
John Banks
Hillsdale Social News Notes From Miss Eliza Durbin to Mrs Walker
Hillsdale reports Miss Eliza Durbin and Mrs W R Walker returning from a Minneapolis Saint Paul trip by river on the Quincy and Dubuque. Miss Emily Corrin arrived from Neola to teach in Moline schools. Twenty five friends fished on Rock River and rode a hayrack. Local teachers listed include H M Reynolds Miss Lewis Miss Vosburg Miss Wynans Miss Walker. Nora Frick from Rock Island visits sister Mrs Guthrie. County institute crowds gather at Rock Island High School. Mrs D C Walker traveled to Moline to see her mother who left for Seattle. Anna Jesperson dies at home after two weeks illness and is buried at Mount Maria Sun. Mr and Mrs Rob Woodburn travel in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauritz Johnson
Kansas
Colorado
George Johnson
Mauritz
Martin Carlson
John Sundine
Moline
Prospect Park
George W. Johnson
Eliza
Hose Durbin
W. R. Walker
Katherine Walker
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Quincy
Dubuque
Emily Corrin
Cme
Neola
Iowa
Rock River
H. M. Reynolds
Hillsdale
Lewis
Rock Island
Poplar Grove
Vosburg
Eureka
Wynans
Hampton
Adelphia
Walker
Enterprise
Nora Frick
Joseph Guthrie
Sean
County Institute
Rock Island High School
D. C. Walker
Seattle
Anna Jesperson
Mount Maria Sun
Rot
Woodburn
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Foster
Social Notes
Catherine Churchill
Waterbury
Conn
Miss Churchill
Emil Hillmer
William Hilmer
Litzrodt
George Trenkenschuh
James F. Lardner
New York
Lardner
American Street Railway Association
Saratoga
N.Y
Charles H. Goodyknootz
Sat
Rock Islad
Ann Burrall
W. C. Delley
California
James Scase
Scase
George Herbst
Schaé
Ec Routa
New-York
Sease
Tegala
Ran
George
Typographical Union
Red H
W. P. Ammerman
Ottumwa, Io
D. A. Jones
Robert
Annawan
Samuel Strauss
Des Moines
Irene
Morris Rosenfeld
Mr. Strauss
Register and Leader
Miss Rosenfield
Anna
Rebecca Schillinger
J. H. Mueller
Emil Helmbeck
Alma Mueller
Mrs. H. 8. Fristoe
Illinois
Helen Roney
Burlington
Etta Beal
Warren Beck
James Mars
West Point
J. C. Tunnicliffe
Galesburg
Northwestern
Mars
Charles Mangold
Detroit, Mich
A. P. Fisk
Bay View
E. L. Nordgren
Anna Dahlem
John Dewrose
Griffith
Rock River Bottom
Emma Radford
Radford
Hermonsville, Mich
Dewrose
L. W. Skidmore
East
Detroit
Atlantic City
Hudson
Stella Wheelock
Seattle, Wash
B. B. Tyrrell
Nellie Ball
Genevieve Lyford
W. D. Wiman
Santa Barbara
Cal
Frank Hyde
Wm. M. Story
Pennsylvania
EB. H. Sleight
Ruby and
Edna
J. D. Yates
Wake
Hensenberg
Walt Karr
Helen Tyler
Sparta
Wis
Hiram Martin
Kewanee
Charles W. Fairbanks
Daughters of American Revolution
Fagek Bee Mapas Eense
J. White
BSD
Smith
F. Ik. Smith
B. E Jones
Rock Isand
E. L. Kerns
The
Woodman Society
Milwaukee
National Fraternal Congress
J. H. Phillips
A. J. Hudson, Jr
Charles B. Cox
H. 8. Cox
Ridgeview
Winnie Day
Barstow
Teachers’ Institute
John King, Jr
Monmouth
J. L. Irving
Dallas
Pansy Cosner
Sam Cosner
City
Edward Nicholson
Labor Day
Cosner
Seventh Avenue
E. E. Wheelock
Fred Davis
F. H. Burrell
Springfield
George Crawford
Crawford
Freda Hanson
W. D. Baker
Chicago University
Helen Wilson
Michillinda
Florence Swisher
Harry Olson
Lucie B. Grills
Brown's
Business College
Horace Shyrack
Blandinsville
Grills
Mr. Morrison
J. S. Gillmore
Seashore
Asbury Park
EB. H. Kreitler
Owensboro
Incandescent Lamp Company
Sheriff Helder
J. C. Swank
County Infirmary
Hull
Canada
Crompton
Winifred Garrett Crompton
Evian Sargent
First Congregational Church
Sargent
Seventeenth Street
Crompt
Leni Breenbeck
Syeac Fe
Yenin
Otto Herkelt
Savanna
Sterling
Twentieth Century Club
H. D. Thompson
Ypsilanti, Mich
Henry Rohwedder
Geneseo
William Felgke
Will Hoffman
Muscatine
Brothers
Sam and
H. 8
Betsey Cronwall
Edward Cronwaill
Earle Doty
Rosa May Doty
Busan Irwin
Man In the Iron Mask
C. W. Bergquist
Jennie Hillstrom
Oakland, Neb
Frank J. Sale
J. P. Wilson
Green Mountain Falls, Colo
Christchurch
M. Edward Faucett
Dr. Burrell
St. Bartholomew's
Englewood
Post Office
A. J. McNeil
Dixon, Rock Fall
Southwestern
Rock Falls
Molite
Atkinson
Cipal Committees
Jocko Manwaring
Ee iMary ‘Moore
G. A. Shallberg
Edward Moore
Moore
George Mixter
Deere & Co
St. Luke's Hospital
Deere & Mansur Co
John Dibbern
Fritz Falberg
E. H. Prince
Chicago Board of Trade
W. H. Raschke
Laidley & Co
Dispatch
Kimball Block
Frank Ohaver
Drury Township
Justice Whitter
John Husen
Ohaver
Husen
Whitter
Pipe Organ Company
Lancashire-Marshall Organ Co
Marshall-Bennett Company
George W. Vanderslice
Superior Division
Northern Pacific Railway
Rock Island Railroad
Kansas City
Leavenworth
St. Joseph
Atchison
Merritt Globe
Big Island
Douglas Hale
Rock Island County
J. B. Eckhart
George Spickler
Dubuque St. Louis
Beardstown
Knox County
Velie Carriage Co
Sechler Carriage Co
J. D. Hiatt
Will
Earl
James
Lizzie Burch
First Methodist Church
Mary Kennedy
Kate Colling
Mary C. Blowers
Fifth Avenue
William Smith
Chas. Blowers
Loding
Samuel Loding
Bowlesbury Cemetery
Moline National Bank
3D Avenue and
15Th Str
PGA
Ee I. Azains Werth
William Kay
Nile
Petre
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