Local notes from Muscatine and surrounding towns during Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving visits and hometown updates show Frank Sale in Muscatine, W R Miller at Cordova, and several locals from Abingdon Stewartville Chandlersville and Galesburg. Weddings illnesses moves births and travel details populate the Friday to Thursday dispatches with social, civic, and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sale
Muscatine
W.R. Miller
Cornplanter Foundry
Cordova
Minnie Adelman
Abingdon
Misa Ethyl
John Hull
Fred Rank
Iowa City
Delos Kimble
Solect
Adrian Williams
Ethyl Williams
Stewartville
Chandlersville
Friguds Ler
O. O. Smith
Rapids City
Smith
George Lenthouse
Elsie Thomas
John Tetens
John Peters
Tetens
Germany
Henry Perrin
Alderman
H. Perrin
Wyanet
Jane Lumry
Prof Lumry
Wheaton College
Perrin
Jockey Griffin Rises With Record $12,000 Pay Rise
Jockey Griffin, once paid $4,000 for a season, secured $16,000 for the coming term from Gideon & Daly, after attracting interest from owners including Lord Lortland who offered $15,000. His total earnings include a $2,500 prize, with riding rights for other owners when not contracted, and he supports his family while remaining modest and diligent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Gideon
Odeon
Riffin
New York
Connecticut Returns to Republican Fold in Faithful Rebound
Connecticut renews ties with the Republican Party after years of political drift and aligns with its traditional New England sister states. The shift marks a return to a long-standing civic stance and signals potential policy realignments across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New” England
Rock Island notes on deaths plans and civic matters
A Rock Island column reports the death of M Coughlin and George Lecnerer, with obituaries for Mrs Parker and Bertha Ogmeron. It notes a new Rock Island post office carrier, railroad bridge plans from west Rock Island to the town shore, and a proposed second telephone system. Police arrest two men in a depot robbery case, bids for bluff standpipe construction, and a mutual protective meat association formation. Mrs Schafer is declared insane and taken to Jacksonville after long Christian Science influence.
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Auditorium Club
Armory Hall
Davenport Board of Hesith
Board of Supervisors
Edlen
New York Medical Journal
P. L. Wiedemann, Jr
Henry Reese
Banning
Cal
Kansas
Mauch Chunch
Atlantic and Pacific
Minnehaha Hose Company
Edwardsville
Frank Schafer
George N. Benson
Great Britain
Edwards Congregational Church
Davenport
Rolline
Zanesville
O. John Wynn
Tueska
E. Heimbeck
Dr. Kerns
J.J. Ingram
C W. Sablegel
Sixteenth Street
Rock Island
G. A. Stephens
Chicago
Gus Wilson
Arp
Victor Torine
Second Congregational Church
Mary A. Moreland
W H. Webb
Third Street
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Butterworth
Tobin Yale
Truesdale
Rock Island Road
OU. Truesdale
EB. Bt. John
John T. Noftsker
Cumberland County
Penn
Mr. Noftaker
George Arthur
Rock Island Arsenal
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Ben
Springfield
King Philip Tribe
Morline
Byron T. Avery
Loutn Speck
John A. Ullmar
Edward Russell
Old Wavenport
Lruzensy
Minneapolis
Russell
LeClaire
Wm. Rutledge
Baptist Church
Seventh Ward
Rafus Walker
W. O. Bennett
M. Coughlin
Twenty-second
Ifredhomas
Mary Lockup
Lone Tres
Iowa
Justice Hawes
Alexander Mackenzie
U. S. Engineer Corps
Schroeder
Rock Inland Brewing Co
Ignatz Huber
Rock Inland
Rock Island Semeday
Rylands Parker
W. F. Parker
Christian Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Dr. Assy
Rock Tal
Naah
H. W. Trenmann
George Schafer
Jacksonville
Stories of Joseph Pulitzer as St Louis childhood ally
Charles Applebee recalls in Secial Correspondence how Joseph Pulitzer began in journalism in St Louis aided by Carl Schurz. A bold young reporter impressed a city meeting, earned a nomination to the assembly, and borrowed $200 while still under age. Friends who knew him then praise his loyalty and later success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Hunt
Mauzy
Railroad Avenue
Paragould
Ark
John Bullis
Calamus
Hank Entrikin
Lenesco
Anderson
H Deere
Houston
Texas
A.W Ainsworth
Pueblo
Cal
August Schwencker
Adair, Sr
Moline
Chicago
George Young
Elaina Wright
Charles Dunham
Geneseo
M. EB. Sperbeck
A. H. Marsetus
St. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer
Carl Schurz
Westliche Post
Schurz
Bohurz
Yalph Schurz
Westliche Post Office
Rchurz
Sohurz
St. Louisan
Transmississippi Congress
Weatliche Post
Puitzer
Buttomy
Pulitzer
General Assembly
Charles Applebee
Napoleon Seals Peace and Forceful Parting With Vases
Napoleon drives peace talks with Austria at Leoben and signs the Campo Formio treaty in October 1797 after overpowering objections. He dismisses an article and threatens to break monarchy if needed, asserting French supremacy. The excerpt contrasts this with contemporary US tariff debate and politics.
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Austria
France
Leoben
Bonaparte
Latharghw Rex
French Republic
Napoleon
Campo Formio
Adige
Yases
Jungfrau Railway Plan Approved by Swiss Authorities
Swiss authorities authorize a Jungfrau summit railway with a tunnel spiral inside the mountain ending on a western rocky plateau the final ascent to be made via an elevator. The article notes a hotel may be built on the summit ridge after blasting the crest. It also recalls General Nathaniel Greene’s 1781 retreat battle near Greensboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jungfrau
Spirala
Cummit
Ling
Nathaniel Green
North
Caroling
Greensboro
The Eskimo and the Walrus
The walrus is described as essential to the Eskimo like other animals are to their peoples. Its fuel light, hides, ivory, and parts support tools, clothing, footwear, and trade in a range of goods. A note on a Chinese tax on hogs and related privileges is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Industries
Democratic Congress
Cleveland
Wilson
Milla Ane
Shopa
Messrs
Bynum and Holman
Indiana
Bryan
Nebraska
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Johnson and Outhwaite
Ohio
Springer
Illinois
New York Tribune
Letters for Pridially and Motine Rock Island County
Inbound letters advertised for the week ending Thursday December 6. Addressee list includes Mr Peternoo, Mr Anderson, Olivid Pagets, Viktor Asplundthurt Peterson, Mr Carrum, John Melntoch, James Cunningham, Fred Rhodes, Davies, Mrs Simpson, Mr Hall, Mr Williams, Lizzie Hogoboom, Jane Walkup, Mre Hedin, MY Young, Mrs Joadivine, Nelson, and others. Please state advertised and date of fiat when claiming. Matthew J McEniry PM
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Atomice
Motine Rock Island County
Allerg
Amr
Peternoo
Anderson Olivid
Viktor Asplundthurt Peterson
Carrum
Melntoch
James Cunningham
Fred Rhodes
WG Davies
Simpson
Hall John
Williama
Dora Handie
Maria
Wallace
Hogoboom
Lizzie
Walkup
Jane
Hedin
MY Young
Joadivine Rlouls Youngberg
Real Estate Transfers in Rock Island and Hampton
Multiple property transfers recorded, including John Hose to Andrew J Hermann in Rock Island Subdivision M A Rodman properties, Catherine Smith to Joseph Hermes in Hampton, Lizza Brooks to FM Mangelsdorf, Henry Ebeling to Charles H Church, Stock Island First Add Edgewood Park, Bert Grow to Cora B Wadsworth in Healy’s Subdiv, and County Clerk to George Greenwood. Several parcels list lot and block details with prices from 1 to 1,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hose
Andrew J Hermann
Rodman
Rock Island
Catherine Smith
Joseph Hermes
Hampton
Liza M Brooks
Mangelsdorf
Brooks
Henry Ebeling
Charles H Church
EH Goyer
Frank Sperling
Edgewood Park
Bert Grow
Cora
Wadsworth
Healy
George Greenwood
David D Clark
Joseph Mills
Ben Harper
Juk Island
Marriage Licenses and Market Quotes Across Regions
Brief list of marriage licenses including Brubn Boldt Natt Stich Richardson and Calyist Dehont Erickau Thorn with noted locations Iowa Illinois New York. Following gold and currency rates summarize mercantile paper exchange rates as well as Chicago Board of Trade quotations for wheat corn oats and potatoes with live stock prices at Union Stock Yards, listing hogs cattle and sheep ranges and year-end figures.
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I.ito HH Brubn
South Rock Island
Berthac
S Boldt
Davenport
Frank I. Natt
Moline
Jennie M Stichardson
Orion
Fred Thomas Mary Lockup
Lone Tree Iowa
James Calyist
Josephine Dehont
Eruk Erickau
Amanda Thorn
New York
Dee & Money
United States
Pacific 6
Chicago Grain and Produce
Caiavo
Board of Trade Today
Oate - Necember
Uaige
Burbanks
Hebrons
California
Chicago
Dec
Union
Christmae Beave
Texas
The Boss Tweed diner's bargain and strange tale
A 18 cent full course dinner at the Park Row restaurant known as The Boss Tweed draws a shabby, dignified veteran requesting two dinners for a quarter. The story includes a New York Mail and Express note and shifts to recollections of Victor mining fortunes where poor men became rich from Elkton Portland and related claims.
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Park Row
Boss Tweed
isa—yasuip_popelas
New York Mail and Express
Bome
Victor
W Os Stratton
Independence
W T Shemwell
Elkton
Mr Stratton
Bayshoa
Shemwell
Honolulu
Burns
Doyle
Portland
John Hamnan
Richier
Battle Mountain
Denver Times
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Superior Laxative Remedy
Advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a refined laxative benefiting the kidneys liver and bowels. It claims broad health advantages, pleasant taste, and universal medical approval, available in 60 cent bottles through druggists, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Drug
Gista
California Fig Syrup Co
Pac
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Henry U Gorman
Second Avenue
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Gilpin Moore
Milwaukee
Sears
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Conrad Kipp
Kerns
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F.E Howe
Union Estate
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Sandwich Islands
Will
Martin Bailey
Deep Water
M.A Gould
Rochester
N. Y
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H. Deere
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George Chadwick
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Gust Anderson
Charles Axenl
Eighth Avenue
Jasina Bromberg
Fifth Avenue
Columbus
H. Welie
Theo. Grandin
F. G. Allen
Tennessee
Little Arthur Stanhena
Harrist Breed
Cedar Rapids
Col Kohler
F A. Johnson
John Bartlett
Monmouth
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Sixth Avenue
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Creana
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London Preas
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Battenberg
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Gould
Willie
Prince of Battenberg
Jay Gould
New York Times
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H. L. Lucas
Dr. Lucas
Peoriz
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Greene
Weet Fourteenth Street
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AW Donahoe
Shaw
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