Rise of a Western Financier Stillwell Heads Gulf Railway Empire
Arthur E. Stillwell, once an insurance agent in Moline, rises to head the Kansas City and Gulf railway system and allied enterprises. He builds lines from Kansas City to Omaha and the Gulf, links to Quincy and Chicago, ships canals and steamers, and raises tens of millions despite opposition. He is described as a dynamic, tireless financier under 40 who transformed rail traffic and opened new routes to Europe and the Americas.
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Kansas City
Arthur FE. Stillwell
Moline
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Gulf of Mexico
Omaha
Manitoba
Quincy
Chicago
Alton Road
Ohio
America
Europe
Arthur E. Stillwell
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Bost
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company
Stillwell
Men of Money
Gulf Lines
Santa Fe
New York
Wall Street
Amsterdam
Bryan
Holland
Gulf
Britain
Cuba
Mexico
Congress
Sabine Pass
Sabine Lake
Missouri
Gulf Road
Beardstown
Baltimore & Ohio
Alton
Moliers
Gould, Walker & Hemenway Insurance
Sixteenth Street
CW. Lobdell
Frank Shrader
Table and Kitchen free cookbook offered by Price Baking Powder
Price Baking Powder Company of Chicago offers a free copy of Table and Kitchen, a cookbook with over 400 pastry and home cookery receipts and dining room tips. Send address and preferred language to receive postage paid, Vestal card accepted.
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Price Baking Powder Company
Chicago
The Wanderer by G. E. Holt and the Drunkard's Tale
A doorstep encounter with a starving boy who recalls a troubled family ruined by alcohol. He tells of a father who drank away their home and a mother and sister lost. the lad explains his wanderings to protect his sister and warns of the harm caused by drink. The piece ends with a call against saloons.
Bluff Board to Build New Sixteenth Street Grade School
The Board of Education plans a two story brick facility on Sixteenth Street to relieve crowding at Lincoln Washington and Grant schools. Bonds of about 25000 will be voted in the April school election, with a 20 to 25 year repayment schedule and minimal tax impact. Stewartville students will benefit and boundary changes aim to keep pupils within districts.
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Board of Education
Bite
Sixteenth Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Sixteenth-Street
Irving School
Grantheld
Stewartville
Lincoln
Grant
Washington
Naval Reserve Proposed To Augment The Navy
Assistant Secretary Allen reports that the naval militia shows weaknesses under stress and urges a federal naval reserve of about 4 000 seafaring volunteers plus 4 000 more if fully needed. The plan would enroll Spanish American War militia and seafaring workers with pay travel and uniforms provided, costing millions of dollars.
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Allen
Navy Department
Died from exposure: Joseph Vivo Allen found near Davenport
Joseph Vivo Allen a laborer known as Whiskey Joe was found dead by the Locust street road seven miles from Davenport on Thanksgiving day. Authorities learned he had left work near Blue Grass the previous evening, wandered intoxicated in the country, and died of exposure per a physician’s certificate. The sole deceased relative is not found. he was a New Jersey veteran and Phil Sheridan post G A R member. The body was shipped to Blue Grass for a county expense funeral.
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Joseph Vivo Allen
Davenport
Locust Street
Edward Knaak
Allen
George Krapt
Blue Grass
van Allen
New Jersey
Phil Sheridan
Marshaltown
Teachers Session of Rock Island County Meeting
The fall session of the Rock Island County Teachers association gathered at the high school amid a holiday period with good attendance. Principal Dougherty presided as papers on language civics and geography were presented by R G Young Miss Elinor Wikstrom and others. Wm Jackson and A H Foster spoke on geography and its educational value.
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Rock Island
W. H. Allen
Milan
Wm. Jackson
A. H. Foster
Hampton
S. M. Coddington
Port Byron
Jennie Bailey
Moline
Davenport Business Association Seeks Riverfront Fill Plan
The Davenport Business Association endorses a riverfront fill to gain about 610 acres and islands opposite the city west end, hoping federal funding will cover the project with Davenport funding sewer alterations. Projections show dock distances from Front Street to intersections, and sewer options include a direct extension at $51,370 or an intercepting sewer costing $55,000 to $107,850 depending on reach.
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Davenport Business Association
Inasmiuch
Congress
Davenport
Francis
Sociation
Front Street
Iowa Street
Rock Island
Perry
Brady
Main
Harrison
Ripley
Scott
Western Avenue
Game
Brown
Warren
Towa-Street
Ithe Big Bridge
George
Second Street
Marquette Street
Quail and Red-Fox Squirrels Regulation Warned
The notice warns hunters to avoid possessing any quail or red-fox squirrels after midnight. starting December 1 it becomes a five dollar offense. Huntsmen are urged to obey. Prairie chickens remain on the safety list with a time limit stated as No. 1.
Stock Demand Drives Auditorium Co Fundraising
Saturday Evening Dispatch reports strong investor interest in the Auditorium Company aimed at building a new Moline theatre. By now 10,750 dollars has been subscribed, yielding 430 shares at 25 dollars each, with an estimated minimum 6 percent annual return and broad city benefits from Third avenue growth. Names and shares listed include G F Hemenway 240 shares, C H Deere 25 shares, C I Josephson 250 shares, Lohrbeck Bros 400 shares, and Dewend & Kuschmann 400 shares among others.
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New Auditorium Co
Moline
Auditorium Company
Third Avenue
F. Hemenway
C. H. Deere
I Josephson
Lohrbeck Bros. Adeteese
Dewend & Kuschmann
Western Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association Elects Officers
The Western Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association held a Thanksgiving meeting and banquet in Turner hall Rock Island. Eight new members joined from Seaton Rock Falls Moline and Rock Island, bringing total membership to seventy. Officers elected include President Fred Crosby Secretary C F Kammerer Treasurer R A Donaldson Superintendent Andrew Hammer and VPs D G ite and T C Morgaridge. The secretary will contact state officers to secure the next state show for Rock Island. The group plans to push toward a century of membership by next exhibition time.
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Western Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Turner Hall
Rock Island
Seaton
Rock Falls
Moline
Fred Crosby
Sdaton
D. G. Ite
T. C. Morgaridge
Como
C. F. Kammerer
R. A. Donaldson
Andrew Hammer
Bogus Butter Sale Leads to Rock Island Arrest
The dispatch reports grocer R Anderson of Fifteenth Street bought forty pounds of allegedly good butter that proved unfit for use. William Reynolds is jailed on peddling without a license after a chemical test showed about 50 percent water and no absorbent earth.
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R. Anderson
Wm. Reynolds
Rock Island
Anderson
Reynolds
William Reynolds
Hawes
Stafford
Congregational Messenger Debuts in Wabasha County
The Congregational Messenger edited by Rev. R L Breed debuts as a neat twelve page magazine form paper in Wabasha Minnesota. It serves Congregational church interests in the city and broader humanity with strong advertising and bright presentation. The issue includes Breed's column on the recent state conference on Charities and Corrections held at Stillwater.
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Wabasha County
Wabasha, Minn
Congregational Messenger
R. L. Breed
Breed
Stillwater
Insanity Decreed for Swanson and Trutte
Andrew Swanson, 51, of this city, was declared insane Friday by a medical commission and ordered committed to Water Town hospital after past treatment in Jacksonville. William Trutte, 58, of South Rock Island, also ordered committed after multiple past involvements with the Jacksonville hospital.
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Andrew Swanson
Kerns
Kohler
Swanson
Jacksonville
Adams
Watertown Hospital
William ‘Trutte
South Rock Island
Jacksonville Hospital
Hass on Cranks in Stewartville Saloon Fight
Attorney J L Haas filed an affidavit supporting his motion to set aside proceedings against George Wagner John Martens and others seeking a saloon license in Stewartville. He portrays Stewartville opponents as conspirators of cranks aided by newspapers and Dispatch clippings while Ridiculing the State's Attorney role as cover for the instigators. He notes the license petitioners are bona fide property owners and doubts Wagner can win the case without protracted trouble from opponents.
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J. L. Haas
George Wagner
John Martens
Stewartville
Martens
Dre
Dispatch
Searle
Haas
Wagner
Bridge Contract Let for Rock River Bridge Work
Major Marshall opens bids for a riveted steel Rock River bridge to cost 25 000 dollars. Only J G Wagner Co of Milwaukee submitted a proposal and won the contract after government action condemned the old bridge and ordered its removal.
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Marshall
J. G. Wagner Co
Milwaukee
Swensson
Chicago
Rock River
W. L. Marshall
Engineer Corps
W. RB. Moore
Congress
J. G. Wagener Co
Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works
Card of Thanks for Wm. White
The family of the late Wm. White extends sincere thanks to friends for kindness and sympathy shown during their bereavement.
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Wm. Whiteside
Free relief offer for catarrh and throat ailments
An unnamed doctor offers three months free medicines for catarrh mess throat and lunar infections to sufferers as proof of the treatment's symptom form and port claimed by J. H. Moore M.D.
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Colorado Springs
Louisville
Norges
Helen Tebbs
Cynthiana
Kentucky
J. HH. Moore
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Geo
the Wanderer
G. E. Holt
the Naval Militia
Scott County
the Business Association
Evening Dispatch
the Poultry Association
Rev. R. L. Breed
Wm. Trittle
J.L Hass
Newcomb
Low Pricce
Mary Bjurndahl
28Th Ave
Milnels
H. T. Moss
Moline, Ill
F.C
Boston
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