Generous friends aid erection of Rock Island library
Rock Island’s public library formally opened last Tuesday with 5000 people at the reception. Frederick Weyerhaeuser and F A Denkmann funded the project, providing most of the $85,000 ground cost and donations of 10000 and 5000 respectively. The building features classic Berea sandstone, fireproof construction, a 16,000 volume capacity with potential expansion, ornate rotunda and art room, adult and juvenile departments, and a basement housing newspapers and government reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Blewer
Ellen Gales
Harriette Carter
Fannie Cleland
Lucia Robbins
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Fo A Dendmann
Mitchell & Lynde Bloch
Harpert
Nineteenth Street
Fourth
Carnegie
Mae
Frederick Weserhaeuser
Lumber King of
Weserhaeuuser
F C A Denkmann
Berea
David Thompson
Homer
Lonesc
Emerson Virgil
Hugo
Shakespeare
Goethe
Burns
Tegner
Dante
Hawthorne
Bancroft L M Dyrack
Ibrary Collins Bros
McConochie & Sons
Stone, Blake & Murphy
Channon Perry & Co
Art Metal Construction Co
Chicago Metal Stacks
and Machinery Co
AHL Andrews
Chicago
WG Andrews
Clinton
Andrew Nelson
Wallace Treichler
Rock Island Woodworks
Herbert
Fifty Cents a Month Emulsion for Babies
A small bottle of Scott's Emulsion costing fifty cents will last a baby a month with a few drops per feeding. It promises health benefits and quick response, claiming to supply essential nourishment absent in ordinary food. Sample requests are invited from DIT & BROWNE, 409 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bride in stately church nuptials in Rock Island
Frederic Brown Wells of Shawnee Oklahoma marries Miss Florence Toulse Mixter of Rock Island at Broadway Presbyterian Church on December 16. The ceremony featured organ music, a Lohenран procession, and Mendelssohn’s wedding march with a reception and ball at the Mixter residence. The bride wore white satin and bouquets of white roses and lilies. guests from multiple states attended. The couple will reside in Shawnee after February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Brown Wells
Shawnee
Okla
Florence Toulse Mixter
Frank Mixter
Rock Island
Broadway Presbyterian Church
City
Elizabeth Chamberlin
Sarah Dart
Alice Keator
Nancy Stewart
Suzanne Preston
Kingston
Grissy DeForrest Harold
Bridgeport
Conn
B D Connelly
Hugh Curtis
Ben Mitchell
Mixter
Agnes Bixby Cook
Chicago
Cook
Florence Chamberlin
W. S. Marquis
Broadway Church
E. Livingston Wells
Ogden
Miss Chamberlin
Oklo
H. Wells
Southport
C. W. Cook
Stoddard
Milmonk, Tl
Carlton Ferris
Detroit
Mich
H. Hoover
Henriette
Grand Master J. J. Brown Suffering Odd Fellows Honor
Grand Master J J Brown of the Imli Nols Odd Fellows visits Rock Island to receive a bear from a fellow member in a ceremonial gesture reflecting lodge traditions.
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J. J.’ Brown
The
Imlinols Odd Fellows
Bear
Rock Island
Saoat
Strike Case Ended in Acquittal for Henry Anderson
Henry Anderson, a Williams White & Co. teamster, was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon by a county court jury on December 16. The case arose from a September clash near his home in which nonunion molders clashed with striking workers and rocks were thrown. Anderson testified he fired twice in the air and once into the ground to draw police attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Anderson
Anderson
Williams, White & Co
Anderson 4
Williams, White & Co Ax
W A Meese
Frank Estes
Moline
A Miller
Lopden Rock Island
Clint Cash
Geo. Steelman
Frank Bowman
Ed _ Trenkenshuh
John Ill
F A Lieber
W. J Gahagen
Addison Gest
N Rothwell
Thus Irwin
Bell Trust Loses Ground in Bureau County
The Central Union Telephone Co known as the Bell trust is losing its hold in Bureau county. Princeton now shows about a dozen phones after years of seventy. A vacant room holds discarded instruments and several towns lack service including Tiskilwa Dover Walnut Kasbeer New Bedford. The city council gave sixty days to remove unused poles and wires or have them cut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Union Telephone Co
Bell Trust
Bureau County
Princeton
Central Union
Tiskilwa
Dover
Walnut
Kasbeer
New Bedford
Christmas Time Down South Song Fragment
A dialect verse lyrics piece celebrates Christmas down South with revelry. The poem mentions believers dancing doors slamming fiddlers and dancers from before the war, portraying a festive rural scene with vivid regional language.
Taylor to Leave Plow Co Office for Kingman Plow
William H. Taylor, a trade manager at Moline Plow Co, resigns effective January 1 1904 to join Kingman Plow Co of Peoria. He previously ran the Kansas City branch and brings factory and trade knowledge to his new post, with strong support from Kingman officers and stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman Plow Co
Peoria
William H. Taylor
Moline Plow Co
Taylor
Kansas City
Will
Kingmans
First Case Over Warr Note Filed In Circuit Court
A suit filed in the circuit court by Martin Beckstrom seeks to recover 1800 from indorser Joseph T Krone on a Warr form note after Warr became insolvent. Hugh McGee sues Tri-City Railway for 5000 damages. Reed vs Tri-City Railway over a dog killed by a car ends with a defendant verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Beckstrom
J. W Warr
Warr
Joseph T Krone
Mr Krone
Beckstrom
Hugh McGee
Tri-City Railway Co
Graves
Reed
SLY CUPID AGAIN WINS AND FRIENDS SURPRISED
Charles Holstein a Lundeen Nelson delivery clerk wed Amanda Pirmann at Grace Lutheran Rock Island with fifty relatives present. The couple now reside at 645 111% street after a reception at the Lundeen home. The bride’s family and groom’s coworkers describe them as well known in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holstein
Lundeen & Nelson
Amanda Pirmann
Grace Lutheran Church
Forty-fourth’street
Rock Island
C. E. Hoffsten
Alma Lundeen
Bennie Anderson
Axel Lundeen
Jacob Pirmann
Sixteenth Avenue
Lundeen
County Supervisors Praise New Infirmary Building as Best in State
The board approved a 17000 dollar infirmary project and praised the design as superior. J G Swank was reelected county infirmary steward, with Oberg and Clough also reappointed, while George Wright became courthouse engineer on the fourth ballot. The county plans a December 29 dedication marking the fire anniversary and will seek philanthropic art for walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J G Swank
Board of Supervisors
Swank
Charles Oberg
Carl Clough
George Wright
Rock Island
Court House
Ezra Wilcher
Moline
Kewanee & Streator
Port Byron
Road and Bridges
South Moline
Hampton
Watertown
Rock Island County
Collins Bros
Channon, Perry & Co
W. B. Killmer
L. M. Drack
Super
Luis
Kolloff
Frank L Smith Out for Lieutenant Governor
Local report indicates Frank L Smith is pursuing the position of lieutenant governor amid current party considerations. No further details on campaign events or dates are provided in the readable text.
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Frank’l. Smith
Board dispute over infirmary purchases and bridge grants
A county board closing meeting heatedly debated an infirmary report showing out of county beds and bedding purchases with no Moline bids. Critics questioned authority and lack of Rock Island county vendor preference while the report stood after a brief clash. Bridge grants totaling $9 850 were approved with partial payments and multiple local commissions listed for subsequent disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Infirmary
Moline
Michigan
Hull
Rock Island County
Hampton
Coal Valley
Zuma
Buffalo Prairie
Bowling
St Louis Bridge and Iron Co
Stewart W. Wise
Hampton Township
Zuma Township
Illinois Sixth Among Ten Major U S Universities
The article notes Illinois ranked sixth among nine leading universities per a Columbia registrar list. It credits much of Illinois gain to annexation of Chicago College of Dentistry and mentions gains in the scientific and agriculture colleges. It cites staff size and contrasts with Chicago’s summer session boosting enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Columbia University
University of Illinois
Harvard
Columbia
Chicago
Michigan
California
Minnesota
Cornell
Wisconsin
Yale
Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Syracuse
Ohio State
Indiana
Missouri
Princeton
Leland Stanford
Johns Hopkins
University of Ilinois
Chicago College of Dentistry
College of Agriculture
University
University of Chicago
Dr W G Skidmore Gifts Trowel to Geneseo Masons
Dr W G Skidmore sends a native wood trowel to Stewart lodge A F and A M Geneseo through Dr L W Skidmore of Geneseo. The gift honors J W G Skidmore’s role helping establish the first Masonic lodge in Manila and service as an officer of the grand lodge there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Lodge
A. F
A. M
Geneseo
W. G. Skidmore
Manila
L. W. Skidmore
Geneseo Lodge
Skidmore
Order
Mytrle Lodge Rebekahs Elects Noble Grand and Officers
Myrtle lodge of Rebekahs held its annual election naming Amy Williams as Past Noble Grand Kate Stearns as Noble Grand Gertrude Christison as Vice Grand Bertha Wil as Recording Secretary Emma Oakley as Financial Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mytrle Lodge of
Rebekahs
Noble
Amy Williams
Kate Stearns
Gertrude Christison
Bertha Wil
Rock Island Board Delays Interurban Franchise Action
Rock Island county supervisors defer vote on the Moline to Port Byron interurban franchise, while adopting a resolution to potentially shift the state's attorney from a fee to a fixed salary system. The measure would not affect the current incumbent if approved. action must occur in 1904 for the new term beginning January 1905.
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Board of Supervisors
Forty-Third General Assembly
State of Ilinois
Rock Island County
Moline, Kewanee and Streator
Moline
Port Byron
F. A. Wood
J. M Hutchinson
Charles F Pruessing
L O Johns
W R Carey
W F Garnett
Augustana Ends Fall Semester With Holiday Programs
Augus tana college and related departments closed for the fall term on December 17 at 5 pm and Christmas vacation begins. Reopening set for January 6 for college, academy, conservatory and business. seminary resumes a week later. A farewell chapel concert featured the Children Orchestra, the Wenerberg Male Chorus and others.
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Augustana College
Academy
Conservatory
Lyceum
Pays Off His Empl oyes With Worthless Checks
August DeMey once vanished from Moline after a short contract leaving several bogus checks for his workers. The checks, cashed at a saloon in East Moline, were worthless once bank funds were shown absent. Total value does not exceed 40 dollars.
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August DeMey
Moline
DeMey
East Moline
Rock Island
Unclaimed Letters At Moline Post Office December 17 1903
A list of remaining unclaimed letters at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending December 17 1903 includes Mr Anderton Mrs C C Keeler Mrs Baggert Mise Y Tu tten La Conner W Wins an Arbeom Chas O Miller and others with several names obscured by the OCR.
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Ofice
Moline
Ilinois
Anderton
A Keeler
C. C. J Baggert
Knebler
Mise Y. Tutten
Ceoras la Conner
W. Wins
An Arbeom
Chas. O. Miller
W. Tiss Mobert
Jouspeai
A. Fe
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F. ©. A. Ghmann
Post
DIT & Browne
Pearl Serene
Florence Mixter
Shaw
Nee
BELL
L. Taylor
Plow CO
Joseph T. Krone
Per
Sly Cupid
Oleon-Melin
George W. Olson
Magnus Olson
Helgs Molin
Springheld
MRS. Stearns Noble Grand OF
Emma Oakley
Augustana
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