Swedish Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlof Praised at Augustana College
Mise Hedvig af Petersens spoke at Augustana College on Selma Lagerlof, newly named 1909 Nobel Prize winner for world best literature. Dr Gustav Andreen echoed Swedish American pride, noting Lagerlof's role in shaping Swedish language and literature and praising her poetic vision and humane themes.
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America
Sweden
Augustana College
Mise Hedvig Af Petersens
Selma Lagerlof
Miss Af Petersens
Gustav Andreen
Miss of Petersens
Jules Mauritzson
Noone
Theodore Spiering Sets College Concert for April 21
Noted violinist Theodore Spiering will perform at Augustana college on April 21 in a major musical event for the three cities. The engagement was secured a year in advance while he was in Germany, with Spiering recently directing the Philharmonic Orchestra in New York City during the winter and achieving new triumphs.
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Theodore Spiering
Augustana College
Professor Spiering
Germany
Lyceum
Spierng
Philharmonic Orchestra
New York City
Local option petition falls short of ballot goal
In Rock Island the local-option petition for April’s city township election gathered 1446 signatures, surpassing the 1225 required by one fourth of the last vote but recount shows the proposition was defeated 3336 to 1443 in 1908. Local option workers warn liquor interests will spend to oppose the measure and vow to force opposition to be fought at home.
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Rock Island
Marquis
Broadway Presbyterian Church
F. Shult
Spencer Memorial Methodist Church
H A Weld
League
Ilinois
Paving Plans Approved and Delays in City Streets
The board of focal improvements approved paving Sixteenth Street using brick instead of asphalt from Eleventh to Nineteenth Avenue and will begin work this season with new cost estimates. Fourth Avenue from Ninth to Fifteenth Street will not be improved until summer 1917. Third Avenue First to Nineteenth Street paving with creosote block was postponed. Fourteenth Avenue Ninth to Fifteenth Street deferral extends one year, and Eleventh Avenue Twelfth to Sixteenth Avenue paving is deferred indefinitely.
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Sixteenth Street
Eleventh
Nineteenth Avenue
Board of
Focal Improvements
Third Avenue First
Nineteenth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Ninth
Fifteenth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Twelfth
Sixteenth Avenue
Ziegler Honored by Local Horseshoers Society
About thirty members of Local Horseshoers Association No 16 of Rock Island and Moline surprised N R Ziegler at his home at 2114 Sixth Avenue Friday evening. Guests included wives and gifts. Ziegler, longtime horse shoer, received a carved cane and warm thanks for his 36 years as proprietor and his past leadership in the union.
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Horseshoers’ Association
No 16
Rock Island
Moline
N. R. Ziegler
Sixth Avenue
J @G Smith
Ziegler
Horseshoers
National
Horseshoers' Association
Strong Proof Breach Suit Promises Insanity Defense
A terse exchange notes a breach of promise suit with a proposed defense of temporary insanity. The source uses dated dialect and suggests an odd courtroom assertion to be proven by the week.
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Washington
Steam Interurban Run Planned Between Monmouth and Rock Island
Announcements report construction on the Rock Island Southern resuming March 1. President J W Walsh and Superintendent M Cullough say steam operation by May 1 and full electric interurban service by June 7, with weather delays considered unlikely. Freight volumes exceed expectations, prompting orders for more cars.
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Rock Island
JW Walsh
M.culough
The
Southern
Walsh
Monmouth
Seed Corn Scarcity Drives High Prices Across State
Seedmen report a seed corn famine in the northern part of the state with prices soaring to five dollars per bushel for good seed before March. Untested seed sells at about one fifty per bushel, while farmers test and inquire for spring sowing. Clover seed climbs to ten dollars per bushel, timothy remains abundant at about one seventy five, and oat seed remains trouble free.
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Illnoix
Seedsmen
Davenport Women Seek To Form Local Club Address Planned
Davenport club women aim to establish a city women's club with a public address by Mrs. Philp N Moore of St. Louis, general federation president, on Thursday February 17. The meeting of the Davenport Biannual draws attention to this effort.
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Davenport Club
Philp N Moore
St. Louis
General Federation
Davepoors Bivnatal
Board endorses movement for a club and names organizing committee
The board met on February 3 and read letters with strong approval of the club movement. A committee chaired by Mrs Marta Purdy Peck and Mrs J W Wutzek will arrange a meeting place and minor details. Members include Mrs C R Mc Candely and Mrs Henry Matthey.
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Marta Purdy Peck
J W Wutzek
C. R McCandleys
Henry Matthey
Englund Verdict Awards Damages in Railway Suit
In a $10,000 damage case Emil Englund versus the Moline East Moline and Watertown Railway Co the jury awarded Englund $4000 after a prior judgment of 27 stroke but the suit stemmed from the death of Englund s child in 1900 near Twenty fourth street hit by an interurban car. Oakleaf Kenworthy appeared for Englund Pech Diets for the Interurban. A decree of divorce on desertion was granted to Mrs Lizzie Stanley by Judge Wood Geat. Manda Russell of Watertown filed for divorce from James Russell alleging desertion and failure to support their three children.
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Emil Englund
Moline, East Moline and Watertown Railway Co
Fenglund
Englund
Twenty Fourth Street
Oakleaf & Oakhleaf
Kenworthy & Kenworthy
Lizzie Stanley Friday
Circuit Court
Wood Geat Thefendant
Elijah Stanley
Manda Russell
Watertown
James Russell
Central Union Suit Ready for Trial in Quo Warranto Case
Judge Ramsay set Friday forenoon to enter an order sustaining the city’s replication and prepare the quo warranto action against Central Union Telephone to determine its right to operate in Moline. The supreme court had previously reversed and remanded for a new trial, with the city’s pleadings deemed intact.
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Ramsay
Moline
Central Union Telephonee
Companis
Moline Theell Phone
Nes
Supreme Court
Ciy
Stockholders Choose President for Oversubscribed New Bank
Public interest surges in a new Merchants and Merchants Bank to open near Fifteenth Street between now and April. The president designate reveals he will not take the role, remaining a stockholder while delegating duties. Oversubscription prompts reductions for large investors as the bank prepares to launch amid strong local support.
Humane Education Committee Receives Buy Literature Power
The Rock Island County Humane Association met at Attorney George Wenger's office Friday night with T J Elltywood presiding. A committee including Stewart, Mabel Smutz, Wenger, and Ida Rebe ws was appointed to work with the Rock Island County Board on enforcing the humane education school law and to purchase distribution literature for schools. Miss V4 Peter on was elected financial secretary. meeting set for March at the society room. bids for gul feed to be sought during winter.
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Rock
Peter On
Society 4
Race in Two States to Secure Judgment
Fragmented OCR note describes a cross border legal action aimed at securing judgment. It mentions two states, a defendant or plaintiff named Argius, and a contested seating or court action with references to death, section, and doors. The readable text is garbled.
Property sale notice on Fifth Avenue and Twenty-First Street
A court notices sale of a residence and adjacent property on Fifth Avenue between Twitter and Tawents streets to satisfy a claim involving Miss Cagta Pierre Piridaay and Chatlen Onorpei. The document outlines frontage and depth details and mentions probate and anticipated development timelines.
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Cagta
Pierre Piridaay
Chatlen Onorpei
Garth
Amoatyve Eto
New Church Site For Sacred Heart Parish Planned
A warranty deed transfers residence property at Seventeenth Avenue and Thirteenth Street to Bishop Edmund M Dunne of the Peoria diocese for Sacred Heart parish. The ground is held in trust and will be used as a church site, with plans to replace the current brick church at Sixteenth Avenue and Thirteenth Street once funds permit.
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Nels G Cointrom
Edmund M Dunne
Peoria
Seventeenth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Sacred Heart Parish
Sixteenth Avenue
Bear It On Poem Excerpt From Baltimore Sun
A fragment from the Baltimore Sun presents lines about enduring a dream and bearing it through night and dawn. The verse suggests a path to fulfilling life and love, ending with a hopeful note about a road ahead.
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Baltimore Sun
Davenport Muscatine Interurban Launched
The Davenport and Muscatine Interurban Co won state permission to form in Iowa to build an electric railway between Davenport and Muscatine. Capital is 100000, franchise for twenty years, operation expected in two years. Officers: President F Porter, Vice President J R Lane, Secretary Treasurer MF Weeks. directors include J O Porter, H E Weeks. Annual directors meeting set for February 1911 in Davenport.
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Davenport and
F Porter
J R Lane
Jo FO Porter J R Lane
R R Lane
J G Ton Toon
H E Weeks
Davenport
Emil Danielson Appointed Deputy Tax Collector
Emil Danielson has been named deputy tax collector to assist collector Henry Bwangon. He went to Rock Island on Friday and secured the tax books, and expects to open the books in about a week in his own office on Fifth Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
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Emil Danielson
Flenry Bwangon
Danielson
Rock Island
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Minne Pays 25 Dollar Fine for Carving Affray
A court records Minne paying a 25 dollar fine after a carving affray case. The text mentions a vote and departmental involvement, with references to arrest and a directed lesson from authorities. The fragmented OCR limits full clarity on participants and exact dates.
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MINNE
Freight market records high in January amid mixed signals
January freight figures show a new high with activity across several sectors, though some segments remain unsettled. Analysts note shifting demand patterns and potential impact on transport costs and supply chains.
Realty option on Fifth Avenue site drawing bids
The article reports Geo Chase turning down 28 000 for the Judge Gould property at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Robert WO Ratuk held the option on the northwest corner. The deal involves the Redback ground and the Ff Lippanmeat property with various parties negotiating months ago.
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17Th Street
Geo Chase
Judge Gould Property
Redback
Deal
Robert WO Ratuk
Fifth Ave
Ff Lippanmeat
Maatk
Cearge
Chase
Tudge Gould
Fifth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Considerathon
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Lizzie Stanley
Central Union
Ranto
Caentral Union Telephone Ce
W. A. Rosenfield
15Th Street
New Merchants and Mechants Bank
Lino
Trang
Weil
Ong
Rosen Geld
Flork
Taw
Henry Vieni
Allaa
Ferestorp
Ford Burteang
Ma Johnson
Isay
Rock Island County Society
Board OF Supervisors
Public Schools
Illinois
Iowa
Carbon Cift
Argius Otros Hotater
Claude Gates
5Th Ave
21St ST
Clara Pierr
Readence
Charles Ostergrant
Garth West
Botth Vet Realty
Davenport-Muscatine
TriCity Railway Co
Ce ‘Ted
County
Cou
Rock Island Road
Athens
Wo Maher
Sohrs Beck
Rydback
Batt
South Avenues
Papeta
Nuithaek
Frank Bryvet
State Savings Bank
Moline Plow Co
3D Avenue
F. G. Allen
C. S. Josephson
Sol Hirsch
Henry F. Vierich
Asst. Cashier
L Josephson
Geo. W. Johnson
M .W. Battles JR
B. Oakleaf
G. H. Rohrbeck
A. Banister
Aole
P. H. Wessel
G. A. Stephens
L. C. Blanding
A. H. Arp
Axel Sorling
A. Landee
H. H. Kuehl
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