Poultry Show Set for Davenport With Corn Grain Exhibit
The Tri-City Fanciers Association plans a Davenport poultry show from November 25 to 30 at Armory Hall. The event will include a corn and small grain exhibit, pantry goods, and dairy products, with Bruce Seaman as corn and grain superintendent. Merchants may donate premiums. H Kelley is secretary. Judges F H Shallabarger and W C Warnock are named for the poultry department.
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Armory Hall
Davenport
Tri-City
Rock Island and
Moline
Bruce Seaman
Association
Mw H Kelley
Rock Island
F H Shallabarger
West Tiberty
W C Warnock
Geneseo
Poultry Department
Community Notes From Zuma and Surrounding Towns
Local residents share weekly updates from Zuma Davenport and nearby towns. Families visit relatives in Davenport Port Byron and Moline while attendees join a Masonic picnic at Isle and a camp meeting at Ebenezer. News covers school start plans at Zuma with Echo Allsbrow, road fare impacts to Des Moines, and parish construction at Joslin United Brethren.
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Zuma
Garwood
Davenport
Clyde Wake
Suburban Isle
Finois
William Filbert, Jr
Chicago
Henry Strasser
Minnie
Germany
John Sachau
Henry Schafer
Port Byron
David Zuma
Harry Cook
Edna Mumma
Rock Inland
Teachers’ Institute
John Noah
Clyde de Mumbrum
Joseph Schafer
Dailey
Anthony Wells
Tom,Bryant
Charles Schafer
Jesse Donahoo
Vera
Albany
Ebenezer
Alpha
New United Brethren
Joslin
Alfred Wainwright
Lillian Walthers
Moline
Joseph Swank
Iowa
Sterlingites Dodge Taxes on Big Loans
The Sterling board of review unearthed untaxed loans totaling about 60 000 during a four hour session on Monday and expect the sum to reach 100 090 as work continues. They will notify loan holders to explain and many notes were assigned to other parties. The effort aims to lower tax rates or free more money for city needs. bonded debt limit has risen 3 000 and the tax levy 1 200 with potential further increases to exceed 10 000, enabling more operating funds.
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Board of Review
Sterling
Morrison
Rapids City Social Notes Span Westward Travel and Illness
Rapids City reports William Lindstrom and wife returning to Peoria after visiting farmers. Mrs Ruth Pomeroy is very ill at her daughter’s home. Des Moines guest Ida Bowker visited Mrs Adams. Local celebrations mark William Tyler’s gold wedding anniversary. Laurence Baker and Rodney Baker vacationed with their mother and Laurence studied mining in the west before entering Chicago University in September.
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Ruth Pomeroy
Nanni
Pomeroy
Asa
Charles Cox
James Cox
Silvis
Lee Shafferts III
Ida Bowker
Des Moines
Adams Frank Fiedler
Charles Zeigler
Doe
Rapids City
Harold Adams
William Vogel
Colorado
William Tyler
Maud Huett
Farmington
Ladies Aid Society
Newton
Port Byron
Laurence
Rodney Baker
Alice Baker
Cordova
Oberlin
Far West
Denver
Salt Lake City
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
Laurenge
Chicago University
Lincoln Temperance Halts At Port Byron Fair
Port Byron hosts a week long Lincoln Temperance festival opening with John H Hector as speaker and Suffin as singers. The Civil War lecture, Shiloh images, and crowds mark a promising run with Frank Reagan and J Lester Habercorn slated for later shows on the academy campus with refreshments available.
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Port Byron
Lincoln Temperance
John H Hector
Suffin
Hector
Shiloh
Frank Reagan
J Lester Habercorn
Academy
A Fair Haired Belle Inspires A Poetic Courtship
A playful verse describes a young woman with fair hair and a chique style as the speaker vows love and marriage if she remains true. A separate probate notice details Susan A Colman of Moline leaving a life interest to husband Edward and remainder to daughters Sarah C Medore and John D Colman after grandchildren bequests.
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Susan A. Colman
Moline
Edward Colman
Sarah C. Mbdore
John D. Colman
Governor Van Sant Backs Roosevelt for 1908 Nomination
Former Minnesota governor Van Sant voices strong support for Theodore Roosevelt as Republican nominee. He argues Roosevelt’s continued leadership is essential and predicts easy party success with Roosevelt, urging unity over tariff reform and regulation. He cites Roosevelt’s deeds and Lincoln’s steadiness as guiding examples. He doubts a third term is an issue and urges a solid Minnesota delegation to back Roosevelt.
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van Sant
Minnesota
Taft
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William McKinley
Tafts
Split rails with Lincoln in a Muscatine tale
Arthur Mac Payne of Ashcraft Plumbing Co. plans a trip to Missouri to attend his father’s fifth birthday anniversary. The elder Payne, reputed as the oldest republican voter, says he once knew Abraham Lincoln and split rails with him in southern Illinois when Lincoln was young, and Mac Payne says his father will be 111 in September.
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Arthur Mac Payne
Ashcraft Plumbing Co
Muscatine
Missouri
United States
Mac Payne
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Illinois
Wrinkles Defined By Fretwork In Father Son Exchange
A Philadelphia Inquirer recounts a charming exchange as a young boy asks what wrinkles are and his father answers with a confident doting analogy. The father describes wrinkles as fretwork, a metaphor that delights the child and reflects a tender family moment.
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Pater Faumilias
Break Away From Tradition in Pythian Officer Elections
Editor Charles Ba quotes a push to change how officers are elected at the Linois grand lodge of Knights of Pythias in Moline next October. He seeks a Grand Outer Guard candidacy and notes a shift from the usual rotation to Grand Chancellor success. The article also mentions ratifying a $126,900 Pythian home project at Decatur.
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Grand Lodge
Moline
Linois Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Oprah
Charles Ba
Pythian Herald
Pythian Committee
Decatur
Hosford 1S Champion Harry Ainsworth Triumphs in Class D
Harry Ainsworth won the local golf club class D championship by beating Job Cady 2 up. Ainsworth’s 78 for 18 holes reflected fast play and earned him the club’s trophy after years of steady golf. Other class winners included M H Richardson class B and JoN Van Patten class C.
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Hosford
Job Cady
Mr Hosfords
M H Richardson
Harvard
Jon van Patten
R C Mitchell
Harry Ainsworth
G A Price
Ainsworth
Marriage Licenses Issued in Quad Cities Area
A list of marriage licenses recorded including Nicholas Keleman of Rock Island with Loula Schindler of Davenport and Samuel H Sealock of Rock Island with Vala Todd of Cheroker Kas August DePiepe and Emma DeVos of Rock Island with Gilbert IL. Larson of Van Werth and Elizabeth Pattit of Maline. Carl G Holmquist of Maline with Caroline J Anderson of Rock Island. Clement Deveny with Louise Fleming of Rock Island. Raymond Bleuer with Esther Carelius of Moline. Louise Kuschmann of South Rock Island with Anna B Lerch of Rock Island. Edward J Parison with Julia L Brown of Peoria. Hans Peter Laursen with Miss Valborg Hansinearson of Moline. Eric Krone with Alma Anderson of Molina. Desire Costelein of Rock Island with Marie Mortier of East Moline. Harry R Zimauhl with Vede B Goff of Rock Island. Frank F Sherman with Alice Ashbagh of Moline. Albert Fox of Taylor Ridge with Eilen M McAfee of Rock Island. Eric C Fluke with Pearl H Sheets of Lewiston. Ferdinand Carlsond with Jessie Palmer of Rock Island. John F Lutie with Amelia Blunk of Stockton Iowa. Judson N Adams with Nellie A Sulter of Rapids City.
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Nicholas Keleman
Rock Island
Loula Schindler
Davenport
Samuel H Sealock
Vala Todd
Cheroker
Kas August DePiepe
Emma DeVos
Gilbert IL
Clement Deveny
Louise Fleming
Raymond Bleuer
Esther Carelius
Moline
Louise Kuschmann
South Rock Island
Anna B Lerch
Edward J Parison
Julia L. Brown
Peoria
Hans Peter Laursen
Valborg Hansinearson
Eric Krone
Alma Anderson
Molina
Desire Costelein
Marie Mortier
East Moline
Harry R Zimauhl
Vede B Goff
Frank F . Sherman
Alice Ashbagh
Albert Fox
Taylor Ridge
Eilen M McAfee
Eric C. Fluke
Pearl H. Sheets
Lewison
Ill
Ferdinand Carlsond
Jessie Palmer
John F Lutie
Amelia Blunk
Stockton
Iowa
Judson N Adams
Nellie A. Sulter
Rapids City
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain diarrhea colic and gum discomfort. It claims quick relief and urges buyers to pay fifty five cents per bottle from druggists and to ask for the product by name. June 30 1906 serial 1098 appears in the copy.
Augustana delegate honored in Linnaeus anniversary events
Dr Youngert of Augustana college returned from Sweden where he represented the college at the Linnaeus centennial in Upsala May 24 25. He received the Linnaeus medal along with other American delegates and was entertained by the royal family and Swedish dignitaries. He toured Stockholm Gotland Norway and Visby meeting church and academic leaders and was guest of the Swedish American Society at Kalmar gifting him a loving cup.
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Youngert
Sweden
Augustana College
Linnaeus
Upsala
Royal Academcy of Science
Stockholm
Youngeit
Dr Youngert
Lind
Visby
Scheele
Lueo
Herguist
Reutersaward
Kalmar
America
Norway
Haakon
Christiania
Pr Youngert
Kla
New York
Nilagsaa
S PP Lindberg
E Hoffsten
Grace Lutheran Church
Hoffsten
Goodmanson Award In Full For Commission
A county court jury awarded John Goodmanson the full $1000 commission claimed for arranging a purchaser for Louis Rosenstein’s Fifteenth Street business block. Goodmanson testified he was to sell the building for $560000, with Moline Trust and Saving Bank named as purchaser. Rosenstein leased the building to Pierr & Co when the money offered, and refused to complete the sale.
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John Goodmanson
Louis Rosenstein
Mf Goodmanson
Rosenstein
Goodmanson
Moline Trust
Pierr & Co
Rock Island eyes 1998 NAM convention bid
The city of Rock Island seeks to host the 1998 convention of the League of American Municipalities and plans to push for the 1999 event at the Norfolk gathering this fall. The effort focuses on securing the plum of next year’s meeting.
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Rock Island
League of American Municipalities
Norfolk
Rock Island Barristers Triumph in Sudden Second Inning Decline
The Rock Island Barristers defeated Moline 25 to 16 in a baseball game marked by a dominant first inning by the Barristers and a rapid collapse by Moline. Highlights include strong infield defense and aggressive outfield play with key hits from Johnson, Kelley, and Witter, while Athlett Fuld and teammates struggled to penetrate the infield.
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Rock Island Barristers
Bethans
Stack
Sttory
Cantan
J and
Adrewson
Pittvle
Seeea Ornutog
Kenworths
Wenger
Witter
Stator
Death toll for Nathan Gould reported in Cambridge
Word of death reached Judge Gould after telephone lines were damaged by a night storm. The death occurred at his Cambridge home on Thursday morning. Report follows delayed transmission due to wire damage and service disruption.
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Nathaniel Gould
Cambridge
Judge Gould
Cts
BH Quick Run Down by Auto on Moline Avenue
BH Quick was struck by a large motorcar while riding a motorcycle near the Brooks viaduct. The cyclist’s foot was badly contused and remains in the home on Seventeenth Street despite avoiding broken bones, while the motorcycle was damaged beyond repair. Dr Arp advises rest for several days.
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H Quick
Seventeenth Street
Ma Quick
Rock Island Concia
Moline Avenue
Brooks Crossing
Walter
Rosenfields
Mr Quick
Mr Quick Is Able To Limp About the House Dr Arp
DOG DAY INVENTIONS
The author lists whimsical inventions such as a barking dog phone and catapult for pests, imagining gadgets to guard homes and ease daily life. The voice satirically presents purchases from a catalogue of odd machines, ending with a signature line by I eight Waterhouse.
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Otto Huber
Dr Wot. Allen
I. T Hillman
Uxt Tegeler
Augustana
S. G. Youngert
Crown Prince
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Ainly
Jess
Philadelphia
Tommy Pop
Brooklyn
Moline Brothers
Ternoon
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von Athlett
Fuld
Go Atmnall
Nath
Gould
Church
Gotham
BIG Auto
Rosenfield
Were & Hew
Toma
Fess
Waterhouse
Rock Island County
State Savings Bank & Trust CO
STOCE
Moline Plow Co
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15Th St
F. G. Allen
C. L Josephson
Sol. Hirsch, Meadler
H. F. Vierich
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