Illinois Corn and Wheat Crop Report for 1903
Illinois Department of Agriculture reports 1903 corn area 7.379 million acres down 3 percent from 1902, average yield 35 bushels per acre with regional splits 37 in north 36 in central and 25 in south. Late dry fall aided ripening, price around 74 cents. Winter wheat area about 1.5 million acres with 9 percent below normal overall. northern 97 percent, central 89, southern 83. Also note assault on farmer Enoch Passwater in Randolph Township leaving him semi conscious after a robbery in his yard.
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Illinois Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Inels
Illinois
Illiois
St Louis Fair Prizes Announced for Drill Teams
Notifications from the Modern Woodmen of America reveal prize drills at the World’s Fair in St Louis for various age groups and teams. Prizes total large sums across senior junior pony and banner categories, with multiple places awarded and conditions noted.
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Woodmen of America
St Louis
Moline
Bani
Christmas Plans Set for First Methodist Church
Christmas will be observed in the First Methodist church with a Sunday school program featuring music recitations and tableaus. No definite plans exist yet for Christmas Eve prayers, but services are expected the Sunday after Christmas.
Public Meeting Held By A Balle K.ip Public Union
A public station event organized by A Balle K.ip attracts local residents and supporters. The gathering aims to discuss community issues and upcoming actions.
Miss Walker Weds Frederick Tyson in Rock Island
Frederick E. Tyson and Miss May Dorothy Walker were married December 8 at the bride’s parents home in Rock Island. The ceremony featured green and white decorations, Lohengrin music, and a bridal party including Miss Mae Culton and others. The couple left for an Eastern trip and will reside at 1901 Twenty-second Street after February 1.
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Frederick E. Tyson
May Dorothy Walker
Rock Island
Alexander D. Walker
Mae Culton
Myrtle Gillmore
Amy Thompson
Vada Wilcox
Harriet Swigert
Galesburg
Miss Swigert
Florence McCandless
May Harris
William M. Walker
W Os
Tyson
Twenty-second Street
Knox College
Fidelity Loan Co
Local Briefs Chronicle Accidents Trials and Deaths
Tuesday reports a jaw fracture from a stair fall at Candee's Grove and a local acquittal in a county court for William Coste Jr in an assault case. Davenport elder Lemuel Parkhurst dies at home after a long service in the city. other notes cover a Rock Island suit over a defective walk, Molvene asylum admission, and a postponed First Congregational church meeting to January with full 1903 reports planned.
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William Coste, Jr
Coyle
Ellen Garrison
Rock Island
Twenty-seventh Street
Lemuel Parkhurst
Davenport
Parkhurst
First Congregational Church
Judge Olson Elected Prophet of the Red Men
King Philip tribe of Red Men held its annual election of officers last Friday and plans a public installation the second Friday in January. Officers elected include Prophet Andrew Olson, Sachem Romey Owena, Senior Sagamore John Moberg, Junior Sagamore Arthur Johnson, Trustee Byron Avery Keener of Wampum Charles Ekstrom Keeper of Record Luthor Thulin, Collector of Wampum Victor Shalanne.
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Red Men
Prophet
Andrew Olson
Sachem—Romey Owena
Sagamore
John Moberg
Arthur Johnson
Byron Avery Keener
Wampum
Charles Iekstrom
Recor
Luthor Thulin
Victor Shallene
Congregational Boys Elect New Club Officers
The Boys' Auxiliary of the Second Congregational church elected officers: President Robert Lundahl, Vice President Ralph Nelson, Secretary Verney Binks, Treasurer George Chaplain, Librarian Reed Al.
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Second Congregational Church
Folowing
Robert Lundahl
Ralph Nelson
Verney Binks
George x
Whee Rarian
Public library mortgage plan funds new Carnegie building
The Wheelock building loan plan uses a mortgage on the old library property to secure $13,500 in promissory notes for completing the new Carnegie library. The notes are paid in annual installments over about five years, enabling the opening of the new building debt free. The city council corrected a prior deed error by transferring the Wheelock property deed to the library board to support this arrangement.
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Wheelock
Library Board
Carnegie
T. D. Wheelock
Circuit Court
Lirary Board
City of
Moline
Christmas Window Displays Give Moline Holiday Spark
Stores in Moline reveal rich Christmas decor as shoppers anticipate the season with early stocks and gift displays. Churches plan festive services and many social events mark the holidays while families reunite for the season.
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Moline
Santa Claus
Widow of Davenport carpenter receives $200 funeral aid
W. H. Hitchcock, financial secretary of Davenport Carpenters Union No. 1272, sent a $200 draft to Mrs. Mary C. Crull widow of a Davenport carpenter killed in an accident at Nowihona. The union’s funeral benefit pays $200 to families of members who have belonged six months and paid dues. The deceased had about a year of membership and paid dues promptly, securing the aid for his widow.
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W. H. Hitchcock
Davenport Carpenters’ Union
Mary C. Crull
Davenport
Ihona
Hitchcock
United Brotherhood
Mr.Crull
Brotherhood
Ile Singe
United Brotherhood of Garcen Ntere
Ind
Aitis
Mina
Moline Plans Christmas Start for New Water Plant
City officials expect the new water filter plant to operate by Christmas after delays from late summer. A carload of belated pipe arrived, another shipment is due this week, and ten days are needed to complete connections.
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Moline
Skinner
T. D. Wheelock
Real estate transfers and shares across Rock Island area
Real estate transfers list numerous lot sales in Rock Island Moline East Moline and South Rock Island from December 7 to 12. Transactions include Gamble to Ross for lot 16 block 2 University Place $1400 and Plog to Uthoff for lot 10 block 2 Black Hawk Fourth add $1 with many other deeds and nominal sums. Estate notices include Mary Walker and Jesse Shields executorship filings and partial distribution.
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Amelia M Gamble
Harry H. Ross
University Place
Rock Island
Johanna Plog
Mathilde Uthoff
Black Hawk
Hart Aagle, Jr
Albert Wagle
Smiths
Moline
W. L. Black
John Markman
Hampton
F Roth
Rock Island Sash & Door Works
G. L. Davenport
Moline Scale Co
Charles H. Deere
F Hayes
Blanche Burgoyne
Andalusia
S. E Roberts
Hugh Blackstock
W. H. Blackstock
Metes and Bounds
Peter Blomquist
John Lindholm
Chicago
Lower
Add
E. H .Guyer Et al
C. N. Engwell
East Moline
Nels Hanson
J A. Sorling
Harry Gellerman
W. C. Thede
B. H. Guyer
Henry Hoffman
Hoffman
Charles H. Rank
Charles
Pope
G. W. Lohrbeck
E. H. Guyer
Marriage Licenses List Local Couples
Aaron T. Senecal of Ottawa and Ethel A. Dawson of Watertown. Frederick E. Tyson and May Dorothy Walker of Rock Island. Alfred D. Elliott and Florence Fieh er of Buffalo Prairie township. Emil Corter and Sarah De Moore of Moline. Andrew R. Thompson and Louise R. Stegeman of Rock Island.
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Justice J. W. Witter
Rock Island
Emil Corder
Sarah de Moore
Moline
Andrew R. Thompson
Louise R. Stengeman
Aaron T. Senecal
Ottawa
Ethel A. Dawson
Watertown
Frederick E. Tyson
May Dorothy Walker
Alfred, D. Elliott
Florence Fieher
Buffalo Prairie Township
Emil Corter
Louise R. Stegeman
Heider Keeps Four of a Kind and Welcomes a New Boarder
Sheriff W. G. Heider received a new boarder at the county jail on Friday. The inmate will stay for the duration of the term of the incumbent office holder. The report mentions the arrival amid a period of local disciplinary actions and jail routine.
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W. G. Heider
Mr. Heider
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