Minnehaha hose teams shine at Edwardsville fire tournament
From Wednesday's Evening Dispatch the Minnehaha hose teams excelled in early events with Henry Bierman beating Andrew Nelson in the 10-yard race and Beaty Wehrend placing third in a 16-team couplers field. Clinton won the novelty chase. Monmouth and Highland competed for prizes as judges wrestled with pro eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ville
Minnehaha Hose Wardsyville- Jast'oyenig
Henry Bierman
Minhies
Andrew Nelson
Department
Henry
Freed
Minnies
Kewante
William Schreiber
Blue Island
Monmouth Department
Highland
James Tonergan
Dixon
Robert Sime
Monmouth
John Abbott
Polo
Litchfield
Dave Crockett
Abbott
St. Louis
Clinton
Kewanee
Harvey
Mount Olive
Collinsville
Effingham
Taylorville
Moline
Edwardsville
Moline No. 2
Minnehaha Hase
Naperville
Uollinaville
Minnehaha Hose
Milt Hartzell
Local Notes and Events Across Rock Island Area
Telegraph wires torn down and run into the O R J and P depot in cable form. Various local items include property transfers, school notices, fair dates, sports results, accidents, weddings, legal matters, and personal notes reflecting town life in Rock Island and adjacent areas.
FALL OPENING AT ROCK ISLAND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
The Rock Island Business University reports a successful year and aims to surpass its record. It offers practical, energetic teachers who emphasize individual student progress and rapid, solid training. A large fall attendance is expected. prospective students should join in the opening week starting Monday September 3. For information contact J. O. Jacobs, Principal, 1901 Second Avenue, Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gluesing
D.D.B
W.C. Thede
Aledo
Reynolds
Elijah R. Podlof Amboy
Carrie J. Jones
Eighth Avenue
Olson
Augustana
Messrs
Chas. Ekstrom
J. R. Miller
Augustana Business College
J. D. Smith
Cincinnati
Anna EB. Smith
Fortysixth
Rock Island
Moline
Fred Watt
Plow Company
Wbr
Alexander
Baratow
Keokuk
Mt. Pheasant
Farley
Frank Trevor
Abingdon
Grace Horton
Tiskilwa
Alice Paddock
Harry Ainsworth
Lake Geneva
Minnie Kroeger
Durant
Iowa
Aimee
Carrin Lyford
Galva
A. W
Hedding College
A. D. Woodruff
York Springs
Penn
Catharine Tagge
John Arp
Marengo
Irene Wilson
Clinton
Amanda Blott
Chautauqua
Maude Hart
LaSalle
Gilpin Moore
W. H. Martin
Anna
Atlantic
Michigan
Grimes
C R. Ainsworth
Lucy
Vermont
Frank Walker
Lynd
Onaga
Kansas
Quincy Farrand
Healy
Harry Ainaworth
BE. E. Morgan
Dr. Reeser
Lad Vague
N. M
Rock Island Business University
J. O. Jacobs
Second Avenue
Rook Island
D M Sechler Carriage Works Ships Two Carloads
The D M Sechler carriage works sent one carload of fair goods to the Iowa state fair on Tuesday and another on Wednesday. They will exhibit a fine hearse, the first ever made by them and the first in Moline, and will likely manufacture them hereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Sechler Carriage Works
Moline
Labor's Holiday Parade Plans and Local Notices
Committees from Rock Island and Davenport coordinate to lead the Labor Day parade with seven judges chosen from labor groups and floats including the Moline Industrial Home. Rock Island and Davenport anticipate strong showing from merchants and manufacturers. several civic societies pledge turnout. A burglary near Peter Edwall’s home prompted dog alarms and a threat to reclaim a missing pair of shoes. An excursion from Peoria to Cincinnati and other points is advertised at 10.50 round trip to Indiana and Ohio. Woodyatt releases a new song “Down Near the Old Mill Pond.” An advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the superior blood purifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
A. A. Crampton
Washington, D. C
D. M. Sechler
Oin- Dinnati
Prof. O'Connor
Port Byron Academy
Henry Munim
Marengo
Martin Ekolting
Emma Shirley
St. Louis
Gus Axelson
James Shaw
Canada
Herman Harms
Germany
B. Swanson
Miss Anna
Weat Liberty
Jaws
A. M. Parker
Rock Island City Steam Laundry
Mr. Lundell
Chicago
Swan Johnson’s
Princeton
John Gamble
Clinton
Twin Cities
J. A. Mattson
Bride
Bloomington
Minnesota
Matilda Anderson
John Jensen
Clara Jensen
Andrew B. Hansen
Eighteenth Avenue
W. A. Christison
Stewartville
Middle
New England
Gladden Moline
Peter Stenton
Sixth Avenue
Enoch Lindberg
Third Avenue
George Crampton
George E. Carlson
Texas
Nebraska
Walter E. Tolles
Ottawa
A. 8
Hook
Amy Huey
Stromsburg
Neb
H. E. Griffith
Oak Park
Warren
Stanley
A. M. Hartzell
William Coyle
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Indiana
OBIO
Big Four
Peoria
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Foot Twentieth Street
Colona Rebuilds After Destructive Fire Anew
Local notes report Mrs Jane Stewart's collapse from a brain blood vessel event and a triple community affliction with the deaths of James Glenn and Mrs John Thomas. Visitors Edith McKee Lizzie Gilbert and others drop by Colona, while residents rebuild including new store by A Grassau and repairs at Brown store and St John hotel. Eight line items mention arrivals departures civic activity and church work as Colona rises from ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Stewart
Corova
Corowa
Mia
John Lyons
Maine
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Charles Baum
Davis Co
Davenport
Robert Stewart
James Glenn
John Thomas
Edith McKee
Gerlaw
Colona
Lizzie Gilbert
Oklahoma
Edward Stuart
Kansas
Anna Carson
Orion
Geneseo
D. J. Bechtel
Texas
D. J
John Eagan
O. A. Gilbert
Tri-Cities
Etta Baum
R. H. Weed
Rosa Grasnau
Rock Island
O. Y. P. O. U. Convention and Institute
United Presbyterian Church
J. A. Frazier
F. W. McKee
Marissa,ll
T. E. Turner
Presbytery State Supply
Pleasant Unity
Colona U. P
A. Grassau
Timothy Sumner & Co
George Brown
A.D. Ericson & Co
Moline
Jacob Smith
R. J. Leeds
John Wyning
St. John
Wm. O. Skinner
Willet Ferris
Seymore
Clinton Spiritualisti
Probate notices and appointees in multiple estates
Probate records show conservatorship and administration in the Samuel Sloan Peter King and Anna E Scheible estates with bond actions, wills admitted to probate, executors named or letters issued, and bonds waived. Additional appraisers named for John S Smith. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised with price and guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sloan
Peter King
B.ne¢T
Chas A. King
Anna E. Scheible
William Rinck
Sophia Harder
Henry W Harder
John S. Smith
Nancy Smith
William Goldsmith
Samuel Heat
Alexander Owens
Marriage Licenses Registered in Rock Island Area
A list of names shows marriage licenses issued including Minnie Seeger to ageoree F Hirsch, Sarah Limb to Oamenon Cowley, Carrie L. Diehl to Moline Preston, and other couples such as An alysia and rock island entries indicating licenses granted in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ageoree F Hirsch
Minnie Seeger
Analysia
Oamenon Cowley
Sarah Limb
Moline
Preston 5
Abach
Carrie L. Diehl
Rock Island
Strap test in court over muzzled dog incident
Mrs M P Forber and others pressed charges after a dog at large unmuzzled hurt a child. The magistrate linked fines of 2 dollars and costs to the men. In a novel twist he had the dog wear a strap in court and attempted to feed it meat to test if biting was possible, noting Webster’s muzzle definition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edwall
Fourth Avenue
M. P. Forber
Christ Willumsen
Willumsen
Mr. Forber
West End court actions and burglar alarm noted
John Lloyd held in $500 bonds by the circuit court on a charge of stealing Clerk Hunt's watch from the steamer Denkman. A Rock Island woman’s father J. H. Mueller dies in Lester Iowa and is interred in Rock Island. Burglars entered the Cable residence but fled before stealing, leaving rings of bells and cut phone wires as alarms rang. Stephen O’Connor, tried for violation of the wide tire ordinance, was found not guilty after a key witness failed to appear. City Attorney Haas appealed to the circuit court amid the area’s rising catarrh concerns and a classic testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elh.quyerhaa
Rock Inland
J. Kelso
Highlands
Frank Jones
South Moline
Mutual Wheel Works
Des Moines
Julius Staack
East End
Jefferson O. Orr
Pittafield
Hoid Court
Plowman Pub. Co
Waren
Monmouth
George C. Rankin
Stewartville
Manufice
L. E. Gaylord
Rock River
Union
Ab. Carlson
New Windsor
Joe Lindstrom
Svea
Lincoln
Board of Education
Davenport Glucose Company
Vorwaerts
Davenport
Sarah E Dunlap
Samuel R. Dunlap
Andalusia
H. Thomas
Beacon
Jaws
T. R. Harper
South Rock Island
United States Court
Peoria
Oakleaf and Haas
Moline
John Welch
Concordia Avenue
Wessel
Eliza Studley
Sixth Avenue
J 8 Cumming
J N Hardy
Judge Wilkinson
Bar Association
Williams, White & Co’s
N. M. Liljegrén
John
St Faste Ee Bray
Ellen Nélson
Aaron Bernhard
Nelle Bernhardina
Kari Arthur
Frank Hjalmar
Phin Heokie
McIntyre & Rock
Rock Island
Charles T. Kindt
Watch Tower
Burtis Opera House
New York
Burtis
Kindt & Becker
Americus
Fifteenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Mississippi
Edna
Hull
Rock Island Street
Chippiannock
Mr. Erickson
Eighth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Moline Plow Co
Hanson
H. F. Griswold
Gordon
Gorman
Chicago
Jeffrey
Anthracite Coal Trust
Charlie Johnson
Moline Post Office
Moline Plow
John McEntry
M. J. McEntry
Joshua Haaselquist
Thirty-eighth Street
Porter Printing Co
B. T. Cable
E. H Guyer
Guyer
Mr Cable
J. H. Porter
J B. Knetsar
John D. Cady
Uriah Bortner
Jacob Wynn
Wynn
Frank Sarsgard
Christ Willumsen
Five Points
Brooks Crossing
Frank
Dr. Sloan
John Lloyd
Clerk Hunt
Denkman
Ernest Strate
J. H. Mueller
Lester
Iowa
Stephen O’connor
Justice Weld
Haas
Circuit Court
Libel suit filed against Rock Island Union
City Marshal Sexton of Rock Island has filed with the circuit clerk a libel suit for 810,000 against the Rock Island Union over a published item alleging the police chief was involved with the purloiner of a curtain clarinet. Four advertised remedies are touted with sales claims, including Dr King’s New Discovery and Electric Bitters, with local druggist Clendenin’s Drug Store noted as seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
Rock Island Today
Rock Island Union
Rock Island
Dr King
Bucklen
Dr. King
Clendenin
Real estate transfers in Moline and Barstow districts
A series of property transfers listed include John J Henrichs to Emil Henrichs for parts It 3 and 6 in Waterman Place with 1200 dollars, August Felski to August Bark for It 29 in Giantsisley, Lee and Lees add Coal Valley, August Bark to Jens Anderson for It 2 Pardalny in Coal Valley, Alpheus Reeser to FE Morgan with metes and bounds in Moline, Morgan to Minnie Reeser for tract by metes and bounds in Moline city, James McCarty to Clark Corbin for Lot 1 in Block C JG Franklin's add Barstow for 700 dollars, and James W Hoover to George H Peterson for tract by metes and bounds in Barstow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J Henrichs
Emil JD Henricha
Waterman Place
Moatne
Felski
Giantisley
Lee & Lee's
Coal Valley
Jens’ Anderson
Pardalny
Woe & Lee's
Alpheus Reeser
Tok FE Morgan
Tracey Metes
Bounds
Lot
City of Moline
E i Morgan
Minnie C Reeser
Metes
City of
Moline
James McCarty
Clark Corbin
JG. Franklin
Barstow
James W Hoover
George H Peterson
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Rush Pharmacal Co
Flatbush
UL. I
Aldates
Kileen Dewlsy
Meck Inland
Fair Grounds
Elmer Miller
Wm. Cowley
Lizzie Dunbar
Austin Schaible
Will Cowley
Joslin
W. H. Devore
Port Byron
Kitson Cowley
Sadie Limb
Kitson
Willie Cox
Rapids City
Willie
Roy Whiteside
Little
Alex Dunbar
Keswick
Ottumwa
Laws
Frank Sheppard
Sam Wainright
O. M. Hubbart
Bac City
Zuma Boys
Zumas
Rock Island High School
Alvin
California Fig Syrup Co
Florence Magill
Hattie MacIntyre
Miss MacIntyre
Mendota
Mondova Evening Dispatch
C. Waters
C. Keator
Colorado
Charles W. Shibley
Thirteenth Avenue
Parkinson
Adair
Fred Hutt
Shirley
Charles Savage
Bert Savage
Morrison
John Osmer
Emma Brown
Beardstown
City
A. J. Beach
Minnie
Sophie Kohler
Sophie
J. M. Holt
Canton
Lara Nelson
Railroad Avenue
Gainey
Healy’s
Ludwig Blurntrom
Sixteenth Avenue
Josephine Wiese
Colorado Springs
Chas. W. Gleason
Gleason
Wearses
Davenport Apporl
Woodyatt
Mill Pond
Ayer
Wm. Clendenin
A W Dondhoo
Shaw
New York Financial
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bankera
United States
Pacific
Chicago Grain and Produce
Onroaco
Board of Trade
California
Cruroano
West End
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. CoEensy & Co
Hkeal Estate
John R. Lochary
Roxbury
Ohk
Hood
Jonny BE
Pitts