Monday Ball Draws Forty Couples Despite Bad Weather
The Monday event drew forty couples with Music by the Jamesville Quadrille Band. Attendees from LeClaire and Davenport, Rapids City, Cordova, Watertown, Princeton and other areas enjoyed the party, while locals H McUaffry and wife attended. News notes mention the Pt Byron Globe sale, Thomas Hughes funeral, and an Easter service discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamesville Quadrille
le Claire
H McUaffry
Ike Spinsby
Chas. Hilbourn
Minnie Trumly
Mika Jones
Miss Jones
Mr. Day
Davenport
Miss Meyer
Miss Robison
Rapids City
Miss McCarl
H. E. Casteel
C. C. Trent
Wm. Hess
Dewitt Owens
la Crose
Byron Globe
Thomas Hughes
M. E. Church
Hughes
Rapids City News in a Busy Local Week
February 26 1884 brief notes report light coal trade and miners paid Saturday February 28. Peter McCarl leaves for the AOUW grand lodge in Springfield. Dr R H Trevor reports back from Molingon fracture alhands home bound. JT Williams moves stock to Gilchrist stand. John W Gilchrist visits Rapids City. Good Templars visit Scandia lodge for their third anniversary. Ladies dancing club plans Mother Hubbard dance at Voget Hall. A J Johnson suffers dispersia. Frank Mitchell visiting Dewitt. C Trevor and Wilson Adams tally railroad ties by starlight. Principal W B Martin attends Port Byron teachers institute. Will Shurtleff plans Chicago trip. The old Esquire ships justice. Scack’s mother returns home from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Williams
Peter McCarl
Grand Lodge
A O.U. W
Springfield
R. H. Trevor
Good Templars
Rapids City
Scandia
Maline
Ladies Dancing Club
Mother Hubbard
Voget Hall
A J. Johnson
Frank Mitchell
Dewitt Iowa
C. Trevor
Wilson Adams
Port Byron
W. B. Martin
Will Shurtleff
Chicago
Scack
Confrere
Southeast Moline Social Night At Mr Linds Bluff
A jolly crowd from Moline and Southeast Moline gathered at Mr Andrew Linds on the bluff for a reunion and breakfast return. Aaron Adams said farewell after a long sojourn at Uncle Hains. The Sunday school attendance averaged forty. Preaching is set for Sunday at 3 PM and 7 PM at the school house. Herbert Newton expects a carload of 500 bushels of shelled corn from Kansas. With 24 hours to unload, teams are hired to move it all from Moline. Taxpayers may have property tax corrected by consulting the overseer. A local bulletin hints at further plans or changes to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Andrew Linds
Aaron Adams
Uncle Hains
Herbert Newton
Kansas
Mo“ine
Andalusia
Rock Island
David Beara
Mullne
Father Tiny
Choir Meeting Here Each Wednesday Evening
Watertown notes show a weekly church choir gathering at six o clock. Local residents share minor health updates and family moves including Arenschield on Okerberg farm and Skinner renting his previous farm. Dr Davidson attended patients Monday morning and Tghan Dunn returned home near Millersburg after a weeks visit. Verite February 27 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Arenschield
Okerberg
Cordova Village Notes On Hail Loss And Revival
In Cordova the hail storm from last summer haunts business yet. J J Johnson operates a lime kiln to provide work for idle winter help. Miss Louie Johnson returns from Rockford Illinois. A revival at the Baptist church gains members. Mrs Harriet Comstock heads to San Francisco and then south to meet friends with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Johnson
Louie Johnson
Rockford
Baptist Church
A. Hamblin
West Virginia
Harriet E. Comstock
San Francisco
Cal
Carbon Cliff News Briefs From February 21 1884
The writing school advances, the pottery company ships clay, Julius Skinner leaves to take a farm near Geneseo. Cliff residents surprised Jerry Beck at Briar Bluff then found his camp deserted during a school reunion at Colona. He returned, occupying his dwelling until dawn. Mrs. Bisant’s house burned while away. section men put out the fire but it was uninhabitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Skinner
Geneseo
Briar Bluff
Jerry Beckwith
Jerry
Colona
Death of an Old Settler in Hampton Township
John Beierlein aged eighty one died Monday night at his son‑in‑law William Altmann’s residence in Hampton township. Born in Bavaria on April 7 1808 he was a longtime settler with two daughters Eva and Emma. Funeral at Hampton Bluff Lutheran church at 10 AM tomorrow and burial in Rock Island Lutheran cemetery.
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John Beierlein
Wm. Altmann
Hampton Township
Beierlein
Bavaria
Germany
Eva
Emma
L. Winter
Oltmann
Hampton Bluff Lutheran Church
Rock Island
A. K. Philleo
Society
J. F. Kenworthy
Sarah A Asqueth
Reynolds
Jos. Asqueth
Jane Mosier
Grabteex
Chataqua County
New York
Elizabeth Boyles
O Rock River
Moline Township
John Corbin
Pleasant Valley
Charles Dunlap
Edgington Township
Rock Island County
Clark’s Ferry
Andalusia
Isaac Negus
Newton J. Hubbard
Moline
Moses
Maria Hubbard
Hillsdale
Newton
Moses Hubbard
N. Y
Geo
Navoo
Predfick Shtom
Drury
David B Sears
Keiser
Edgington
Kinworthy
Gregg
Second Avenue
Isaac Negaa
Twentyfourth-street
D. B.sears
J. W. Spencer
Sears
Dr. Gregg
Old Rock Island settlers gather at Keator House for reunion
An assembly of Rock Island county’s old settlers and guests met at the Keator House. The event featured a registration list, a memorial of deceased members, remarks by Dr Gregg and Hon. W. W. Warner, songs, and a late supper followed by a dance at Skinner's Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island County
Keator House
Keator
Rock Island Rail Dispute Attracts Nationwide Interest
The Rock Island conflict over control by Vanderbilt and Cable draws wide public attention. Critics warn against concentrated power, while supporters emphasize robust competition among railroads. The piece notes Vanderbilt’s push to place two directors, possibly from Northwestern, amid broader stockholdings and inter-rail rivalries. The report also mentions the Rodman Rifles receiving new uniforms, parading and dancing, with gray attire for privates and navy for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagor
Iale and
Sad ‘Pacific Railway
Girolés
Rock Island
Rock Inland
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Rockleland
Albert Keep
Marvin Hughitt
Vanderblit
New York
Rock” Island
Minneapolis
Ahi
Paul
Minnesota
W.H. Vanderbilt
R. Cable
Cables
Commodore
Wall Street
Rodman Rifles
Growth and finances of United Workmen in Illinois report
Grand Lodge of Illinois A. O. U. W. in Springfield cites 18 766 members across 245 lodges the Meadville founding 1868 to Rock Island 1874. Yearly receipts total 204 618.21 with 188 108 paid as death benefits and 2 780 new member certificates issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of
Illinois
Springfield
Grand Recorder
C. P. Hitch
Meadville
Rock Island
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Woman's Christaan Temperance Union
Michael Norton
Wood
Joe Bonham
Wendall
H. Wind
Fourth Ward
JT. Williams
H. M. Gilchrist & Co
John W. Gilchrist
Draper Coal Company
Jasper County
Iowa
Watertown
Mr. L. C. Louis
Cordova
Adolphus Dunlap
Wm. Jackson
Wo. Bell
W.E Brooks
I S. W. McNaster
Alvin Hull
B. Stoddard
Joseph W. Brackett
E P. Reynolds
T J. G. Blythe
David Hawes
C. Cropper
Mary Keller
Geo. Mixter
M. C. Kinney
Sami Mosier
Hampton
Orrin Skinner
James Taylor
Taylor Ridge
Sam’ Wainwright
Zuma
John Buffum
Andalusla
L. D. Edwards
Barstow
G. Moore
Devinney
W. E. Cropper
John L Reed
C. G. Edwards
E V Edwards
H B Thomas
E P Reynolds
C L Morgan
J T. Kenworthy
Afric
Sahara
Oscar
Nash
Mixter
Cecilia Samuels
J. W. McPherson
Whas. Barlow
J. B. Davidson
Hume
W. W. Warner
Henry County
Rupfer
Keaton Mouge
Kenworthy
Skinner's Hall
Vanderbilt and Cable
Rock Island Railway
Vanderbilts
Goulds
United Workmen
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