Need Is for More Houses Emphasized Along Colona Avenue
The article argues that the city faces a factory labor shortage as stable married workers become rarer. It calls for opening up the southern Colona Avenue district with streetcar links to lure workers and spur growth. Real estate leaders say $1500 homes or $10 monthly rentals could attract 500 families, with a $200,000-plus capital plan to build 1000 dwellings within five years.
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Vouthern
Colona A Avenue
Thla
Moline
Twenty-third Avenue
Rock Island
Colona Ave
Colona Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sugar Hollow Road
Dietside
Moliac
Seven Concerns Fail to Return Affidavits
State's Attorney J K Scott received from Attorney General WH Stead a list of Rock Island county corporations that did not file affidavits stating they are not part of any trust or illegal combinations. Domestic firms cited include B F White Co Rock Island Kuhner Engine and Machine Co Rock Island Union Printing Co Rock Island Moline Publishing Co Moline Duncan Ransom Co Moline Hynd Coal and Mining Co Moline Spring Gulch Gold Mining Co Moline and foreign firms Rock Island Battery Co Rock Island Standard Table Cloth Co Rock Island Valley Construction Co Rock Island Classified Short Ads Bring Results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J K Scott
Atorney General
WH. Stead
Rock Island
Secretary of State
Sister of Victim Probes Brother's Death at Rock Island Crossing
The administrator G A Shallberg files a $10000 damages suit against Rock Island for the death of George S Seldenbender at the Sixth Street crossing between Davenport and Silvis. Mayor Olson and the victim’s sister Mrs Charles Page of Sigourney Iowa are present. The train backed with only a lantern on the tender as signal.
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G. A. Shallberg
George S Seldenbender
Rock Island Road
Olson
Seidenbender
Sixth Street
Rock Island
Davenport
Silvis
Charles Page
Sigourney
Siedenbender
City Funds Injunction Denied in Rock Island Case
Judge Gest signs decree dismissing the bill by Matthias Schnell and Henry Tappendorf. Complainants' request to amend was denied after prior demurrer sustained for not timely filing. Appeal noted as it sought to bar the city from spending funds on existing contracts and future ones due to alleged constitutional tax excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gest
Rock Island
Matthias Schnell
Henry Tappendorf
Unclaimed Letters At Moline Post Office 1907
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending February 7 1907. Names include Edward Anderson Wm Bennett Miss Sadie Campbell John Carabetzell F G Erickson Miss Augusta Ellis Robt Ford Miss Mildred Harrington F W Head Mrs B Hoskina Miss Able Janstrom John Janstrom Mrs Ida Jackson Misa G Johnson Peter Mangen Clarence Marshall A J McAlpin James Nichels James Nelson Miss Mildred Peterson Joe Royal H W Stringer Ethel Wagner Miss Blanche Williams Mrs J Williams Harold Williams B F Wilson John Walter Sanforlan W F Eastman P M Zelnio Sanforlan.
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Moline Ilnois
Anderson
Edward Bennett
Wm Blake
Mary Campbell
Sadie Carabetzell
John Cosby
Erickson
Augusta Ellis
Lidla Ford
Robt. Harrington
Mildred Head
F W. Hoover
B. Hoskina
Able Janstrom
John Janstrom
Jobo Jackson
Ida Jackson
Ida Johnson
Gould and Kent to Run Campbell's Island Amusements
George M Gould and Walker B Kent will head all amusements at Campbell's Island this summer. They previously managed the area and expect no hitch with the Tri City Railway Co. New features planned include a swimming beach, game rack, doll-baby stand, bowling alley, and an ocean wave device. They may add three riding machines, with one located on the island, another at Black Hawk's Watch Tower, and the third on Suburban Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M Gould
Walker B. Kent
Campbell's Island
Tri-City Railway Co
Gould
Mr. Kent
Buridge
Black Hawk
Old Ladies' Home elects officers at Rock Island meeting
A meeting of the Old Ladies' Home association board at the Harper house in Rock Island elected officers for the coming term. President is Mrs F W Bahnson and first vice president is Mrs G H Huntoon of Moline. Other posts include Mary Montgomery as second vice president and Mrs A H McCandless as secretary.
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OLD Ladies’ Home
Old Ladies’ Home Association
Harper House
Rock Island
Ridny
F W Bahnson
G H Huntoon
Moline
Mra
Mary Montgomery
A. H McCandless
Frank Gould
White
L. Simon
Suburb Churches Praise Mr Brown Mother Church Welcomes
Plymouth and Ridgeview Congregational members attended a midweek meeting at First Congregational church recognized as their mother church. The event honored Pastor Paul Brown for his financial and leadership support during church split efforts and health challenges. A social gathering followed with coffee and doughnuts and a visiting choir of young men provided music.
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Plymouth
Ridgeview
First Congregational Church
Harris
Wade Olivia
Paul Brown
Pastor Brown
Brown
First Church
East Moline Acts for Health Rules
East Moline aligns with neighboring communities on health regulation. The village to receive full health department paraphernalia as Village Clerk T E Caverly studies Moline methods, samples, and reporting cards. Past laxity gave incomplete case counts, but a thoroughly organized department will fight contagion.
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Moline
Phyal
T E. Caverly
Plate Thrown at Truant Officer Escalates to Jail
Mrs. John Jamison of Rock Island hurled a plate at truant officer H. P Keys when served with a notice to enroll a child in school. Officer struck in the face. Jamison jailed ten days. Home found filthy. father ill, four children aged 2 months to 10 years placed in Bethany Home. Possible mental evaluation and Watertown hospital care.
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John Jamison
Seventh Street
Eleventh Avenue
Rock Island
H. P Keys
European plan hotel proposed at Five Points corner
A modern European plan hotel is proposed for spring on the Margraf estate lot at Five Points corner between Seventh and Eighth avenues. The project aims to serve theater professionals and newcomers needing temporary housing, with potential as an apartment-style building if realized.
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Five Points Corner
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Margraf
Moline
Auto boom on streets with new Pope Toledo and others
Several new automobiles have been ordered for the coming season and already seen on the streets. O H Huntoon’s Pope Toledo is delivered as a 1907 model with four speeds and mechanical feed. Other announced machines include a 60 hp Thomas touring by F G Allen and a 36 43 hp Moline by C R Stephens. The event signals widespread spring purchases from Deere Clark and Moline dealers with Moliners returning from Chicago showing more orders.
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O. H Huntoons
Pope Toledo
GA. Stephene
F GG Allen
C R Stephens
P H Wessel
Auto
Gof Huntoons Eac
Moline
Verdict on Son's Policy Awarded to Mrs Coulter
A jury awarded $5537 to Mrs Minnie Coulter of Rock Island on the policy of her son Harry W Coulter. The claim arose after his death in an accident on a railroad train. The Travelers Protective Association denied payment, citing typhoid fever per state health reports. A motion for a new trial has been filed.
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Minnie Coulter
Rock Island
Coulter
Travelers Protective Association
Harry W
State Board of Health
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Heraerald
6Th Street Crossing
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Bill of Schnell and Tappendorf
Hait
Kent
Bess
G. H. Huntoon
King's Daughters of Rock Island
MR. Brown
Union and
Plymouth Congregational
First Congregational
East Moline
Margraf Family
F. G. Allen
Travelers’ Protective Association
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Phi
Orient
Csoh
Olan Wag
Vane
Overs
Tnternations Art Association
Sovers
Soch
S Roosevelt
Panama
San Francisco
Moline Dispatch Publishing CO
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