Fraud claims spark finance committee dispute in Woodmen case
Conduct disputes and alleged misdeeds inside the Modern Woodmen of America surface as L. E. Fish cites fraud by J. C. Root and others. Letters, resignations, and internal audits are described, with calls for a head camp meeting to resolve the conflict and protect the order’s integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Fish
Root
Elgin
Executive Council
Finance Committee
Ligbf
John Bernum
Fountain Head
Echo
America
IL. E. Fish
George Weaver celebrates seventy second birthday in South Moline
Mr George Weaver of South Moline township marked his seventy second birth anniversary on Monday with a gathering of about 45 relatives and friends. His brother Jacob and wife from Geneseo attended along with guests James and Alfred Shaw Ley Knowles and Mr and Mrs Charles Peal from Molone. A grand dinner and a general good time followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weaver
South Moline Township
Mr. Weaver
Jacob
Geneseo
Mesars
James
Alfred Shaw
Ley. Knowles
Charles Peal
Molone
Moline mishap with broncho team tied to Chester's store
A broncho team from Carbon Cliff driven by William Leach caused a lively scene in Moline stopping near Chester's store. The animals broke the hitching strap and tangled in harness then dashed into Plow Co lumber yard narrowly missing Pete Nelson’s wagon. The wagon’s heating stave was broken and harness torn. Capt. Manshall surveys canal route along Bureau and Pond creeks to Rock River 77 miles with 60 miles canal 27 slack water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Leach
Carbon Cliff
Chester's
Moline
Pete Nelson
Petty
Washicr
Chicago
Manshall
Hennepin Village
Bureau and Pond Creeks
Rock River
Penny’s Slough
Marshall
Local notes and society items from Rock Island area
Mrs M RB Ighehart and daughter Millie left for Baltimore with friends. Esther M Johnson ill with diphtheria on Forty-fifth street. Henry Burris nominated for letter carrier in new district. Electric street car viaduct on Moline avenue to be ready before Jan 1. P L Mitchell orders a pipe organ for Christian chapel. Island City Camp 309 MWA elects new officers. Rock Island ladies organize aid for the poor at Harper House. 25 members and officers elected. Sheriff Silvis resigns. H S Sivis acting chief deputy. Wood and Valentine to play checkers for a purse on Christmas Day at Rudolph Schwecke’s near the C I & P depot. Minneapolis dispatch reports arrest of Julius Schutt, ex-Davenport real estate man, for forgery connected to notes bearing implied guarantee. trial of J Frank Collom next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther M. Johnson
C. J. Johnson
Forty-fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
Henry Burris
Harper House
Moline Avenue
P. L. Mitchell
Christian Chapel
Island City Camp
Rock Island
Lizzie Weyerhouser
H. 3. Sudiow
Bret
W. 1B. Ferguson
Rudolph Schwecke
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Piber
Jan Lerium
Amber
A. Broem
BE. Fiss
Menie
Des Moines
Iowa
Pati
Kreotors
Wailde
P. i. McKinnie
Board of Diorector
O' Green
Reen
Jetter
Junction City
Kansas
Lyons
Grgen
Ceeaeht Ug
Heath
Rce
Jeo
Aes
Homd Ang
Jon Bernum
J. C. Root
Henesty
Fulton
Ill
Lilla
J. C
L. B. Fiss
Tof & Ry
J. C. Boot
Owens & Co
A. C.owens
Fulton, Il
Lhert Elgin
N. M. Kennedy
Ile
Fnd
Kennedy
HI. M. Kennedy
Itead
Joan Bernum Case
Michigan
M. AV
Ohio
THE
Bubine§S Association
Beck Miler Ridge
Erde
Bennett
Davenport
Swift
Whittemore
Flennepin Canal
Granta
Fourth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Grantz
Dolph Wecker
South Moline
Nineteenth Street
Rock River Bridge
Zmayor
Grant
al Aes
Grants Sex
Sity
Peru
Peoria
Aurora
Fox River
J. M. Kennedy
Ottawa
Ilinois River
Banada
Messrs
Lewis
Porter
Moline Plow Co
Burton
Minneapolis
Julius Schutt
J. Frank Collom
John T. Blatsdell
Schutt
J. Issiaje Dell
Brutsdell
Imment
Collom
Er Hose Company Hs
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