Wingdam Plan From Moline to Port Byron Wins Support
Meese reports bright outlook after Washington trip as rivers and harbors bill advances. A six foot channel for the upper Mississippi is authorized with $500,000 for shore landings and harbor work including a Moline harbor, wingdam extension to Campbell’s Island and toward Port Byron to secure slack water along the Rock Island rapids. Work to begin next year with July funding deadline and engineers planning for the six foot channel.
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Campbell’s Island
Port Byron
Rock Island
Congress
W. A. Meese
Washington
House
Senate
Mississippi
Moline
U S
U. S
Alexander Mackensie
Campbell's Island
Port Byron Local News Roundup Highlighting Visits and Events
Mac Lambert of Wheeling Pottery Co spent Friday and Saturday with J D Yolton and Sheldon Walker. Postmaster McCauley visited Rock Island to view his new granddaughter. Mrs Sarah Schafer visited in Watertown. Theresa Vogel’s funeral was in Rapids City. Vogel, 20, was a Port Byron graduate and brief teacher. Mrs Merritt visited Mrs Geo McNeal in Hampton. McNeal ill. Mrs Jud Cox visited relatives in Rock Island. W O D Hall under doctor’s care. Ralph Filbert and A W Grant spent Sunday in Port Byron. Dr Johnson in New Jersey visiting relatives. undecided on location. Family to move into Mrs Wm Farber’s residence. Joe Kay spent Sunday in Port Byron. Fred Schafer mentioned W H Ney’s building, hoping to expand hardware trade. Frank McRoberts’ sale net over 2500. Sleigh party to Miss Verna Groth. Young people from schools attended a Schafer party Friday. Mesdames Coe Saddoris and Sharve in the trickies Saturday. New trehouse filling with ice. Mrs M J Yolton and sister Margaret visited Mrs H W McCauley in Rock Island. Miss Magele Wright to hold a box social Friday at Greenwood School. Robt Hunt of Cordova visiting his brother George. Misses Buell, Guthrie Pearsall and Crompton visiting in Tri-Cities. Mary Moody recovering from scarlet fever. Fred Ziegler and wife of East Moline spent Sunday with Ziegler relatives in Rapids City. Classified short ads conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Byron
Mac Lambert
Wheeling Pottery Co
J D. Yolton
Sheldon Walker
McCauley
Rock Island
Sarah Schafer
Watertown
Theresa Vogel
Rapids City
Port Biron
Merritt
Geo McNeal
Hampton
McNeal
Jud Cox
W OD. Hall
Ralph Filbert
A. W Grant
Johnson
New Jersey
Wm. Farber
Joe Kay
Fred Schafer
Frank McRoberts
Verna Groth
Schafer
Mesdames Coe
Saddoris
Sharve
Fred Ziegler
East Moline
Mrs Ziegler
Falls Out Of A Window Tallaferro Disarmed After Threat
Cad L Tallaferro at Union hotel declared he would kil himself after learning May Forman fell from a Chicago window and died He was disarmed by Officer Lebbert and sent to the station, then calmer he boarded a Chicago train to pursue the tragedy His claimed fiancée, May Forman, had previously attempted death by her own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cad L. Tallaferro
Union Hotel
Henry Lebbert
May Forman
Chicago
Tallaferro
Bisant
P D O'Brien
Taliaferro
Moline
Mutual Wheel Co
C L. Taliaferro
Third Avenue
Forman
Cottage Grove Avenue
P. D O'Brien
Fire destroys roof at P N Nelson residence
A fire at 1602 Twelfth Street, the home of P N Nelson, began in the garret likely from a defective flue and devastated the roof before the fire department arrived. A new roof will probably be required.
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Garret
P N. Nelson
Twelfth Street
Aged Swedish Mother Dies at Home in Moline
Mrs Eva Lindberg died at 6 10 pm Monday in the cellar of her son John Lindberg’s home 2431 Fifth avenue from heart failure age related. She had been active with housework and was found by her son and sister after her absence. An inquest returned a verdict accordingly. She was born in Sweden November 6 1832 and settled in Moline in 1874. Survived by three sons John Enoch Solomon. two stepsons Stephen and Clara? and two daughters Mrs Andrew Nelson and Mrs John Samuelson. Funeral was held the following Beas aay pay the and at 3 fro io Bwe ios Latuera eres enn Ny me nh
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Eva Lindberg
John Lindberg
Fifth Avenue
John
Dimock, Gould & Co's
Come Jare
Enoch Lindberg
C. B. Whiteside
Mre
Lindberg
Sweden
Moline
Enoch
Solomon
Sioux City
Stephen
New Sweden
Glearies
Andrew Nelson
John Samuelson
Opheim
Insane Patient Dies by Hanging at Davenport Hospital
August Elisant aged sixty five committed suicide Sunday in the Insane department of Mercy hospital Davenport by hanging with an improvised rope from a window bar. He had been an inmate for six months and left no known relatives in Davenport.
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Elisant
St. John's Hospital
Insane Department of Mercy
Davenport
Nine Bids Opened for Bridge Connecting Rock Island and Arsenal
Bids from nine bidders ranging from 109000 to about 130000 were opened at 2 PM Monday by Colonel 8 EB Blunt at the Arsenal. The project connects Rock Island with the Arsenal island and includes a new duct at Twenty fourth street. The 125000 federal appropriation from last year will fund the bridge, with final decision by the War Department in Washington.
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Rock Tanna
Arsenal Island
Twenty-fourth Street
EB. Blunt
The
Arsenal
Congress
War Department
Washington
New Pension Decisions of Interest to Old Soldiers
The text explains veteran furloughs covering an entire organization, treating such members as in the line of duty for pension purposes. It notes legal presumptions from public officer certificates, acceptance of contemporaneous disability certificates as proof, and the supervening role of affidavits in claims. It also states medical referees’ opinions on disease origin are generally conclusive absent showing error.
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Moline
Board of Health Ignores State Board Diagnosis
Dr. B A Edlen explains he treated three Augastana College students for throat illness and sent sputum samples to the state lab. The state board found two cases of tonsillitis and one with diphtheria germs, conflicting with a Rock Island throat specialist who kept to tonsillitis. Authorities dispute the differing diagnoses.
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B. A Edlen
Augustana College
R.C . Meyer
State Laboratory
State Board
Meyer
Rock Island
State Board of Health
Murdoch H e s s l e y Store Opens with Local Flair
Murdoch Nessley Co opens in Moline with a one of a kind policy avoiding duplicates in material and style. The two story shop features a center glass case and bright millinery displays with new spring ideas. Evening gowns and a large line of white dresses are planned if demand exists.
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Murdoch-Nessley Co
Moline
Chicago
Mr Murdoch
New York
Murdoch
Rock Island Construction Co Forms to Build Rail Lines
Articles of incorporation filed in Clinton reveal Rock Island Construction Co aims to build the Rock Island Southern route from Galesburg or Monmouth to Molipe and Rock Island. Capital stock set at 600000, could rise to 2 million. incorporators include E C Walsh Clinton G W Gale G S Halhan Monmouth J W Walsh Davenport W D McCullough Monmouth W B Young Monmouth C H Walsh Burlington George H Higbee Burlington Albert Hiden St. Louis Albert N Edwards St. Louis M A Walsh Clinton.
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Rock Island Construction Co
Rock Island Southern
Galesburg
Monmouth
Molipe
Rock Island
Clinton
Iowa
Illinois
E.C Walsh
Clnton
W Gale
S Halhan
J W Walsh
Davenport
D McCullough
W B Young
C H Walsh
Burlington
George H Higbee
Albert Hiden
St. Louis
Albert N Edwards
M A Walsh
Carbon Cliff Saloons Face $750 License Fee
A saloon license fee of 750 dollars will be assessed in Carbon Cliff. The village attorney has drafted ordinances reflecting trustees wishes, allowing a lower fee than nearby Silvis and prohibiting saloons within 400 feet of churches or schools with standard screens and closing hours.
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Carbon Cliff
Board of Trustees
G A. Shallberg
Alster
Silvis
Silvis Board
Sick Benefits Exceed Assessments At Arsenal Aid
The Arsenal Aid association reports January payments to sick fund topped the usual 26 cent assessment for about 700 members. Despite a small $320 excess, this indicates an unusually high number of ill workers and a need for carried margins.
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Arsenal Aid Association
Arsenal
George D Gillette
Ald Association
Judgment for $975 Alimony Unpaid Against David A Schuler
A circuit court judgment for $975 against David A Schuler, formerly of the city, awarded to the Moline Trust and Savings Bank. The sum covers alimony due the estate of Schuler’s first wife and $90 in accrued interest after defaulting on both alimony payments and the bank suit.
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Moline Trust and Savings Bank
David A Schuler
Schuler
M. Schuler
Threatening letter sent to Rev Billy Sunday revival
The Rev William Ao Sunuay conducting a five week Kan kakee revival received an anonymous threatening letter in Wales. Howard F Striker, a Surme offen der of the Lalrosse pase bail team and Eastern league player, entered the evangelistic field through his wife. Velie Saddlery Co of Kansas City received large orders for 500 harness sets to Siberia and from Temprocheire Republic of Mexico, showing Ve'le products gaining international popularity.
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William Ao Sunuay
Kankakee
Wales
Howard
Hhrough
Velie Saddlery Co
Kansas City
Romiadvostok
Siberia
Temprocheire Republic of Mexico
Lutherans May Build On Blue Look Over Site
Committees from church officers and district mission discuss a potential build on a site between 23d and 24th Avenues. A site visit is planned for the 15th with a look over the property and preliminary investigations by the committees.
Swedish Lutheran plan for new congregation debated in Geneseo
Directors and trustees of a Swedish Lutheran church in Colona avenue district discuss forming a new city congregation near Fifteenth street with a church site between Twenty‑third and Twenty‑fourth avenues. If the Illinois Conference provides a pastor, they will propose purchasing land and moving the South chapel. A district mission committee inspected the bluff district and expects endorsement, with final action by the conference likely next summer.
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Twentieth
Twenty Fourth Avenues
Geneseo
Colona Avenue
FP Brodine
Orion
F Martinsey
Cambridge
Res
E Lundgren
Bluff
Divasion Board
Conferce
Board of Directors
Veotttan of Dleestocs
Prorat
Disteier
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Meese
Prat
Rogers Bros
Peale Pier
Pano
Balo
Gabres
Makeralgreatiensl
Merhden
Sees
Walsh
de. Walsh
C. L. Taliaferro
Lut
P. N. Nelson
Wey
August Elilaaat
Mercy Hospital
Board OF Health
Bite
Murdoch-Hessley
Southern
Walshes
John Keating
Herman Kuhne
Ed Jones
Menistwa 9
Frank Gustafson
Shallberg
Sult
D A Schuler
Evangelist
Theran
Swedish Lutheran Church
Mission
Bogesood
Heeda Theran
Credito 3
Americar Regila Co
Adair Pleasan
Fred Fo Petersor
State Savings Bank
É> Trust Company
Moline Plow Co
Third Ave
Fifteenth ST
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