Farm investors buy 967 acre Scott County estate
The Montgomery brothers, R J and S H, purchase the 967 acre Thompson ranch north of Davenport for about 100 per acre in a deal that includes selling their Andalusia eighty acre property. They plan to run the Scott county farm for general agriculture and livestock including cattle hogs horses and sheep and will move possession March 1. They already own 2000 acres of Canada land near Calgary and will apply the same farming methods there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
R J
S H Montgomery
U Benson
Davenport
Old Thompson Ranch
Montgomery Brothers
Andalusia
Mississippi River Valley
Alread
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Montgomerys
Rock Island Southern Seeks Access to Moline Route
The Rock Island Southern intends to arrange with Tri-City Railway Co for dinky cars to run over Tri-City right of way from Rock Island to Moline. Moline must first revise its ordinance prohibiting interurban cars from Silvis Watertown and East Moline from passing through the city to Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Southern
Tri-City Railway Co
Tri-City Railway
Rock Island
Moline
Rock Island Argus
Silvis
Watertown
East Moline
Veteran workers retired on pension from Moline Plow Co
John Astrom, aged 65, has retired from the Moline Plow Co with a pension after forty two years of service. He arrived in North America in 1868 and began in Moline’s blacksmith shop, witnessing the town’s growth and the early expansion of the plant. He recalls the rough beginnings, the shift from wood to brick buildings, and the camaraderie of fellow veterans like Gust Lagerlof and Peter Hanson.
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America
Sweden
John Astrom
Moline Plow Co
Astrom
G. A. Stephens
Big Plow
Stephens
Plow Company
Fatherland
New World
Quebec
Canada
Chicago
Moline
Arsenal Fai
Fifteenth Street
Barnard and Leas
BE. L. Kerns
Third Avenue
N. R. Ziegler
James
Eighteenth Street
Morris Rosenfield
Moline Wagon Co
Gust Lagerlof
Thirteenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Moline Plow Company
Lagerlof
Deere
Isbor
Deere & Co
Moline Plow
Sixth Avenue
J I. Irving
Peter Hanson
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Rock Island
Hanson
Har Nard
Hans
Berndt Leads Silvis Eagles In Quarters Lease Plan
Officers of Silvis Aerie No 1839 were elected to lease Crowder Hall from Lee Crowder and prepare it for occupancy by December 23. Elected officers include Worthy President David Berndt and Worthy Vice President Jiurry Roman, with trustees Louis Janghoff, Carl Robinson, Hen Ycks, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder Hall
Silvis Aerie of
Eagles
Lee Crowder
Crowder
Kuhne
David Berndt
Jiurry Roman Worthy
Fred Jo Wald
Conrad H Schadt
Rene Speybroeck
Eugene Tund
Carl Wollenaene
J.ouls Janghoff
Carl Robinson
Atrle Phisiitan
Jo of Rankin
Man knocked aside after collision with freight train
Patrick Cullen loitering in the city collided with a Hook Island freight train at the Thirteenth Street crossing. He was tossed high and lay unconscious beside the locomotive but an ambulance trip to the city hospital showed no injuries upon examination.
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Patrick Cullen
Case
Hook Island
Thirteenth Street
Cullen
Intemperance Linked to Ennui and Debility in Towns
London Outlook argues intemperance grows where minds are idle and bodies weak urging a busy mind to curb excess. It notes the hardest drinking occurs in stagnant provincial towns and links vice to leisure and stagnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Outlook
Publicity a Bad Thing for the Arsenal Shops
An article in Popular Mechanics argues government war secrets should be guarded. It notes postcards and maps showing Rock Island Arsenal and nearby fortifications are widely sold and available, and warns spies from Japan and other nations use such materials to learn U S military details.
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Popular Mechanics
United States
Gardiner
Artice
Mack
Japan
Nagasaki
America
Fort Monroe
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Thia
Sandy Hook
Stars and Stripes
War Department
Fatal Crane Accident and Steel Beam Crush
A crane accident at a Deere & Co building site left Albert Wagman fatally injured when a moving engine struck him as he watched painting work. He died shortly after at the city hospital with critical injuries to the left leg and pelvis. William Connaughy suffered a severe eye injury from hot steel while hammering rivets on a structural iron project at the same site and was taken to the city hospital.
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Wakman
EF Too McCaurthy Co O
Chiesa
Dorta
Cheare
Bio Warehouse
Wagman
PFO
Bia
Roan
Chicago
William Connaughy
Darrenport
Leonard Construction
Deere & Co
Connaughs
City
Koester Ordered Divorce alimony and fees
In Davenport, a divorce action concluded with Katherine Koester granted a decree of divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The court also ordered Koester to pay his wife 20 900 dollars in alimony and cover her attorney fees.
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Koester
Davenport
Mra
Katherine Koester
Tuberculosis Found in Tri City Cattle Near Milan
State tests show eighty nine cows from the Tri City Pasteurized Milk Co herd four miles southwest of Milan carry tuberculosis. Milk from the herd will not be sold. infected animals nearly 30 percent of the herd will be shipped to Chicago and killed Friday. The Illinois live stock code allows slaughter only with owner consent and veterinary supervision. tests were conducted at request of the Tri City Milk Co. Deere Model Dairy also tested. milk supplied to Molino patrons.
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Tri-City
Tri-City Pasteurized Milk Co
Milan
TriCity
Chicago
Tlinois Live Stock Commission
Livestock Commission
Scott
Rock Island
Tri City Company
Deere Model Dairy
Fricks Hill
Moline
Molino
TetCity
Atlex
Hepherd
Odes Rock Island
Berg
Wo Strayer
Strayer
Geneseo High School Superintendent Faces Trial
In Henry county court H B Fischer superintendent H B Fisch er stands trial on charges of punishing boys. After a two hour delay a jury returned a verdict of not guilty on one count, with a retrial planned later this term. Testimony included about twenty Geneseo students, and the case involves disputes over discipline at the Geneseo township high school.
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H. B. Fischer
Geneseo Township
Henry County
Fincher
Pun Shia
Herbert Becker
Hese
Geneseo
Iss Her
Marshall
Baci Ag
Atorney Watterman
Harry E. Brown
Ramsay
Marriage rate and domestic science clubs cited by Mrs Guldin
Mrs Olaf N Guldin, chair of the General Federation of Women's Clubs house and economic committee, based in Fort Wayne, states 95 of 108 women marry and have homes. She notes Illinois leads in domestic science clubs, with each county hosting one to eight clubs affiliated with agricultural institutes.
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Olaf N Guldiln
House
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis News
Farmery Institutes
Not to Be Easily Caught by the Bachelor
A club lunch conversation centers on a confirmed bachelor nearing fifty who jokes he will marry only a clever woman. He mockingly dodges marriage remarks, declaring he would marry only an infernally clever wife if ever he wed.
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Treasury
Towit
W Gamble
Hubbard
W H. Whiteside
County Institute
P. F. Cox
W H Whiteside
W .J. Whiteside
Superintendent of Schools
John Lipton
J. E E. Larkin
A Obrien
Mart R. Carlson
J H Bendle
Eastman
Harris
Carlson
Kendle
Dahlberg
Hofer
Lipton
O'Brien
Strocle
Wildher
Cool
Finfeldt
Hanna
Huntley
Johnston
Jarkin
McRoberta
McMurphy
McGimpsey
Oswald
Pfoh
Richmond
Schnier
Styvaert
Swanson
Tambur
Venable
Wadsworth
Wright
F Eastman
McRoberts
O’brien
Beadle
Lahlberg
Einfeldt
Larkin
Strohle
Wilder
Stroehle
Battles
MacMurphy McGimpsey
O Brien
Styvaert Swanson
O. L. Bruner
Judiciary
Committee On Ways and Means
H B Hubbard
Big Iowa
Canada Ranches
Daily Dispatch
George Dohrn
Turner Hall
Dohrn
Perry Wessel
Miles
Amt
M. W
J. H
Swan
Wzra L. Veee
Zach
Henry C. Eeee
Albert
Leslie
J. J
John
James E
E EM
Charles
Andrew
Ll Cc
G H
Stroehles
Chas
F Pepee
Swinson
Ben
Wilcher
Ezra
P. W
H. B
Clerk
Kittilaen
Sheriff
Bruner
O L
Geo Stroehle
Albert Hofer
Ben Swanson
Veterans
Rock Island Depot
Lower
Ninth Street
Eleventh Street
Berndt
Aerie NO 1839
Patrick Cullon
Gardiner Mack
Ofsland
Uncle Sams
Chee
Seeenths
Federal Museum
Tom
Tarry
Federal Reservation
Focal Neweet
Europe
Guarda
Maibach
Rua Down BY
Traik, Man Lases HS Life
Albert W
Tim
Workman
John Scott
Mik Co
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