Minstrel Apology Over Swedish Phrase Incident
Ottumwa Iowa November 26 Editor Dispatch reports George Evans a minstrel star apologized publicly for using a Swedish phrase believed harmless but deemed vile after local feedback. Evans and his Honey Boy minstrels performed at The Barrymore with mixed but appreciative reviews asking for a return engagement.
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Ottumwa
Dispatch
George Evans
Daily Dispatch
Evans
Barry More
Muscatine
Legends and Early Rock Island Tales From Davenport Era
Story collection recounts Black Hawk legends on the government island near Rock Island and the 1827 tale of Black Hawk Tower. It shares Providence Hole and Deliverance cave lore, then Captain Clark’s reminiscences of Davenport and Fort Armstrong amid pioneer hospitality and Indian contact on the Mississippi frontier.
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Rock River
Mississippi
Blackhawk
Government Island
Fort Armstrong
Black Hawk
Clark
Buffalo
Rock Island
George Davenport
BW Clark
Fort Edwards
Warsaw U
Ottis Reynolds
One Page Dialogue on Trust and Marriage
A fragmentary exchange shows two speakers debating trust in marriage and valuables. One person questions why the lighter should be trusted in marriage while the other argues trust with life but not with valuables, revealing tension over reliability and worth.
Motor Club Formed After Auto Owners Meet Over Wheel Tax
Autos owners in Maine Moline plan a motor club after discussions on wheel tax ordinance. A temporary president named five directors to draft bylaws and a membership committee. Attendees urged better roads with assurances that funds would finance street improvements.
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Moline
A G Abraham
Ats Gallery
Axhtiag Tt
Jones
Indiana
Maine
Indictments Return Against Promoter and Two Boxers
A Muscatine grand jury has returned true bills charging promoter Bart Blenders and boxers JoH Hiltings with taking part in a boxing contest. The fight was staged near Cats Township in September but was halted by the sheriff, with the principal figures crossing the river to Mirecathne.
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Muscatine
Bart Blenders
Joh Hiltings
Cats Township
Tao
Burned by Gasoline Explosion at East Malte Coffee House
George Kretries proprietor of a Greek coffee house on AS Berend avenue East Malte sustained severe burns when a gasoline stove exploded his shop evening fire spread to the building ignition, volunteers extinguished blaze. Damages estimated at 200 dollars, insured.
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George Kretries Proprietos
AS Berend Avenue
East Malte
I Io
Moline
Gaelork
Bork Urtis
Hull Sinks at Moline Harbor Ferry Near Government Lock
The Moline Bettendorf ferry on the Mississippi sank in Moline harbor near the government lock Wednesday evening. Officials estimate restoration may take a day or more and a professional diver may be needed if pumping proves insufficient.
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Moline Pool
Government Lock
Moline-Bettendorf
B. B
Moline Harbor
Saece
Moline Lock
Ue Ferry
van Patten
Ferry Company
Moline
James Pearson
Moline Channel Ice Co
Cincinnati
Pnp
Rene
Potat
Wits
Ora
Vanraten
Wylie Reports Half Funds Subscribed for Hospital
The Rev DP S McCown reports that half of the approximately 10000 intercent age funds have been pledged for the Pearl Deaconess Home and Hospital project. He notes all board trustees were reelected and progress on the new hospital building continues as Dr Wor Wotbe tours the conference territory to promote the facility.
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DP S McCown
Ftrat Methodist Church
Fom Peoria
Pearl Deaconess Home
The
Methodist Church of McCown
Pxbarnd
Saloonkeepers Bond for Hearing on Sunday Closing
Sixty five Rock Island saloonkeepers appeared in county court and posted $300 bonds each to insure appearance Monday, December 6, for hearing on charges of violating Sunday closing ordinances. Thirty more saloonkeepers from the same city will post bonds Tuesday next. The charges are brought by the state’s attorney on information from the Law and Order League to ensure the cases proceed without exception.
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Rock Island
Ordémanes Wall
Law and Order
Joague
Aged Woman Fractures Arm in Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Desinnes, 70, of 20 Ath Street, fell from a chair yesterday afternoon and fractured a bone in her right forearm while she was sewing. JW Wood was summoned to set the fracture. Mrs Devinney is reported resting comfortably today.
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Ara Elizabeth Desinnes
Twenty Ath Street
JW Wood
Turnen hall hosts Svea Olives male chorus fair
Attendance for the week topped 4000 with over 1000 at Saturday night’s finale. Free admission for women on select nights helped draw crowds, and organizers estimate a neat net sum though detailed reports await. Despite gains, expenses remain heavy with $1490 paid from one chorus’s treasury since March 9.
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Turner Hall
Runaway wagon crash injures several workers and bystanders
A loaded water wagon rolled downhill near Twenty Second Street, spilling a tank and lumber. Edward Blanchard and Edward Klanehard died or were severely injured as bystanders and workers, including William Meyers and Charles Sink, were burned or trapped. Rescue crews and hospital staff treated multiple victims at the scene and city hospital.
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Edward Klanehard
McCarthy Trprovenent Co
Tna
Bill Tebind
Klanehard
Beveath
Bey
Willian Meyers Cherles
Uae
Uae Bevangs Avaeratl
Beatiag
Banda
Tee
A H Arp
Improvement Work in Pools Halted in Moline Harbor
The 1910 improvement season in Moline harbor ends as U S Army engineers halt dredging and wall work. Dredgeboats and quarterboats are idle for winter. the Moline lock closes. winter quarters in Skinner building provide more space. overhaul of six to seven and a half horse power motors will occur during winter months.
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Dispatch
Moline
U S. Engineer Corps
J B. Bassett
Hassett
Engineer Corps
Witter
Skinner Building
Third Avenue
Deere Yards Fire Threatens Lumber Cars
A fire at the old Nater yards damaged a boxcar loaded with lumber on the Erie and Western siding near Twenty fifth Street. Firemen fought the blaze as a night watchman raised the alarm. Investigators suspect hoboes started the fire to sleep in the car, and the flames were halted before spreading.
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Deere & Co
Nater
Onal RE & W
Fre Department
Bremen
Novel four face clock stalled in New Bern post office
A clock with twelve opalescent glass disks replaces numerals on a 12.5 foot dial in the United States post office customs house and court house at New Bern. Each disk lights by electric lamps and reflectors, and the dial can rotate to expose lamps through a tower window.
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United States Post Office
Custom House
Court House
Newbern
Scientific America
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Netta C. Anderson
Black Hawk's Tower
Story of
Providence Hole
Providenc Hole
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Col. Davenport
Galena
Captain Reynolds
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India
Fort Eadwards
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Sullivan & Mowyer
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Mowyer
Saratani
Ig Dn Jollet
Hiewin
Shea Keerela
Saruburu
B. C. Graves
Channel Ice CO
DR. Wylie
Svea
OLIVE
Treasuries
Walter Oharvall
Thirteenth Street
Edward Blanchard
Wild Ride
Walter Ohuervall
Thig City
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U. S
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Daparh
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