Fatal freight-yard accident kills Silvis fireman Beemer
Carles Beemer 27, a Rock Island railroad fireman, was instantly killed in the Silvis yards when struck by an eastbound freight engine. The accident occurred near the coal chutes as Beemer crossed the viaduct with a companion. He leaves parents, three brothers, and a sister in Rock Island and was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge in Victor, Iowa. Remains sent to Rock Island for burial. dues Paid to April 1, 1910.
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Carles Beemer
Rock Island Road
Silvis
Beemer
Bureau Junction
Watertown
Rock Island
Areena
Ladora
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Victor, Io
Manal Training Engine Becomes Notable Moline Student Work
Ben Rundquist completed the largest single achievement in Moline manual training, building a Meteor engine. Experts call it perfect, and it sold to a New York firm for about 150 dollars after a three month project. The engine, rebuilt after the Bettendorf Meteor plant fire, features a 6 inch bore and 6 1/2 inch stroke, developing fifty horsepower at 1200 RPM.
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Moline
Ben Rundquist
New York
Dickinson
Bettendorf
Moline Boy Found Wandering After Several Days Missing
Robert Zentgraf 28 formerly of Moline was located wandering in Muscatine after a multi day absence. He could mention little about himself but police learned his Davenport bank records show a 315 withdrawal on February 14. Edward Zentgraf from Davenport recovered him. the search by authorities had lasted several days.
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Robert Zentgraf
Muscatine
Nttle
Zentgrafs
Davenport
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank of
Zentgraf
Buffalo
Edward Zentgraf
Mt. Ida
Robert
Real estate agents court Sixth Avenue bets in boom era
Real estate dealers push for options on Sixth Avenue and nearby blocks between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets as prices hover around 200 dollars per front foot. Peter Peterson’s 18th street property listed at 12 500, while others on Sixteenth Street show similar rates.
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D. A. Jones
Peter Peterson
18Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Sixteenth Street
Fifth
Seventh Avenues
Charles J Peterson
J O. H Read
Cowley
Claus Reimers
Joe Donald
Averyman
Sixth
Dr. Jones
Fifth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Rock River Traction Co Stockholders Meeting Notice
Geneseo Illinois February 9 1910 notice to all stockholders of The Rock River Traction Co of a special meeting to be held March 14 1910 at 10 o clock AM at the corporation offices in Geneseo Henry County Illinois to transact any and all business as provided by Illinois law signed by Hugh W Cole president and William Harbaugh assistant secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneseo
Rock River Traction Co
Henry County
Umnols
Fragmented OCR Reads on Razor Maintenance Dialogue
A garbled OCR excerpt shows a fragmented dialogue about keeping a razor in good condition and a machine referenced as failing to start. The passage includes incomplete phrases and stray numbers, with no clear人物 or event.
Infirmary Staunches Liquor Trouble Amid Tight Rules
County officials backed Superintendent Frank Wylie as the infirmary tightens rules to curb drunkenness and illicit liquor trips to Coal Valley. Seven inmates have been discharged or sent back for violations. one sick inmate remains with tuberculosis. The county board audited Swank’s books, turning over $1100.51 to Wylie as reforms aim to cut per capita costs, including inmate cutting of summer ice.
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County Infirmary
Frank Wylie
Board of Supervisors
Steward Wylie
Coal Valley
Moline
Rock Island
Swank
Illinois retail association pushes garnishment law at Cairo meet
The Retail Merchants' association of Illinois at Cairo adjourned to plan action in Rockford in 1911 urging passage of a garnishment law. They endorsed a bill before Congress on box and barrel sizes for apples and shipping, and urged $10,000 for the railroad and warehouse commission to study express rates in the state. Officers elected include President W H Joesting Alton First Vice President Oscar M Kling Chicago Treasurer T Schmidt Chicago Secretary George B Green Peoria and G F Dewend Moline as director despite a declined nomination.
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Retail Merchants’ Association of Illinois
Cairo
Rockford
Congress
David Shanahan
Illnois House of Representatives
Mrs John McEnary Returns From Visit
Mrs John McEnary came back to Minneapolis on February 17 after spending three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Robinson Nye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McEnary
Minneapolis
Robinson Nye
Mail Box Rule Sets Down Costly Time Save Plan
Provisions of the post office bill require outside mail boxes on homes by June 30 1911 to stop doorbell ringing delays. Carriers waste about thirty seconds per delivery. savings estimated at 400000 and a nationwide mailbox program could cost about 20000000.
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Post Office
Uncle Sam
Yearly Coal Output and Miner Toll in Illinois 1909
Illinois coal mines produced 49,165,710 tons in the year ended June 30 1909 down from 49,272,432 in 1908. Total employment reached 72,733. 213 miners were killed and 894 men injured enough to miss time. Also 125 widows and 298 fatherless children were recorded versus the prior year.
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Illinois
David Ross
State Board of Labor
Saloon license fee in Rock Island raised to $600
Rock Island city council set the annual saloon license at $600 starting May 1, an approved $100 rise. A proposed $750 amendment failed in a vote that included Aldermen Frick Hilinwood McNeals and others. The increase aims to boost city revenue by about $10,000 yearly amid saloon interest pressure.
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Rock Island
M J Frick
E J Hilinwood
Martin McNeals
Swedish American Republican club names officers and delegates
John F Rose was elected president of the Swedish American Republican club at Turner Hall with about sixty five members present. Officers include Secretary R J Pears reelected, Treasurer George E Landee reelected, with a full ward slate and an executive committee. Thirty delegates are named to attend the state league meeting in Galesburg on March 9, and a five member committee will reject the delegates. A luncheon and smoker followed with speeches and a chorus performance.
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John F Rose
Republican Club
Turner Hall
R J Pears
George E Landee
Galesburg
Fred Frisk
Charles G Hogberg
George W Johnson
F A Landee
J A Godelin
Alandee
Bo Oakival
Julius Johnson
Job Rose
Geo. W Johnson
Henry J Gripp
RM Johnson
John Godelin
George Elandee
Olive Chorus
George W. Johnson
State League
Johnson
Moline
Women of Davenport Form New Club With 200 Dues Planned
Davenport establishes a women’s club at a February 17 meeting. Mrs Watsek as temporary chair appoints a constitution committee. Mrs Moore guest speaker read the adopted constitution with dues lowered to 1.00. Officers elected include Maria Purdy Peck as President and Mrs Watzek as First Vice President. A birth announced for Mr and Mrs Avid Johnson at 1006 Seventeenth Avenue.
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Davenport
Mire Moore
Mie Maria Purdy Peck Firet
Joe Watzek
Mrsa. CA Ficke
Avid Johnson
Seventeenth Avenue
Rock River Survey Urged By Rock River Improvement Group
In Rockford February 17 the Rock River Improvement Association urged Congress to fund a survey from Sterling to Janesville to make the river navigable for light draft boats. Delegates from towns along the river supported plans to extend improvements to Horicon Wisconsin and reclaim overflow lands with water power benefits. Speakers Istam Randolph of Chicago and W A Meers of Moline attended. banquets followed hosted by the Rockford club.
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Rock River
Horicon
Wis
Rock
Rivers Mouth
Horicon Wis
Istam Randolph
Chicago
W A Meers
Moline
Banequet
Hockford Club
Local Resident Mrs Walkinso n Dies After Stroke
Mrs Walkinson, a Rogland native born April 6, immigrated to America with her husband and children twenty years ago. She died at her residence after a stroke of apoplexy, leaving husband two daughters and one grandchild in the city, with two brothers and a sister in England. A large circle of friends extends sympathy.
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Apyaoa
Fale
Mollie
Mire David Enestrom
Big City
Mies Maury
England
Swedish Methodist church property sold for 32305
Trustees voted February 17 to sell the Fifth Avenue Sixteenth Street site for 32305 to Judron Metzgar. The 80 foot by 80 plus lot will yield 406.20 per front foot. Sale includes edifice and parsonage with a view to a new business block and partial church occupancy during a year.
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Fifth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Judron
Metzgar
Metzgar Dara
Rooster Early Rise Cites Husband’s Curious Praise
Fragmentary note hints at a domestic scene with a rooster and a husband named Ike, marked by a puzzled interaction and an odd crown reference as a joke or nickname. The text feels like a playful aside in a longer rural or household piece.
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Charles Beemer
Rock Island Rom
Moline Boy
Self
6Th Ave
Cowley Corner
William Harbaugh
Dow
County
Swanson
Wylie
Cherry
Ayes
McNealy
Elinwood
Naye
Blochiinger
Holzhammer
Carse
Utke
T.a Vanway
Thompson
Frick
Schmid
Cochran
Lawler
Borst
John F. Rose
Republican Organization
Moliner
Ward
Albin Anderson
C G Carlson
Oakleaf
J P Pearson
Ernest Carlmark
Walter J Peterson
John Magnuson
Oscar
Undeen
Juliue Johnson
F Freeman
Landee Axe Toline
John Shallene
Jo A Anderson
Charles G Q Hogberg
K M Johnson
G. W Johnson
Women OF
Mra
Urge Rock River Survey
Improvement Association
Sterling
Janes
Swedish Methodist Church
J. D. Metzgar
The
Swedish Methodist
Ike
Yex
Josy i
Moline Trusts Savings Bank
Sth
Inter-Ocean
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York World
Morine Review-Dispatch
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