Factories deny night work to meet weak December demand
The record notes F G Allen of the Molito Fion company says no night shifts are planned as orders lag behind last year. Deere & Co. plants foresee little need for overtime while December orders are far below prior levels. Managers blame slow orders, not tariffs, for reduced production and stress they would hire more if demand improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Allen
Molito Fion Company
Garth
Deere & Co
Mosars
Velie
Moore
Pope
Thin Ie
Bke
Eae
Real estate boom urged for Mobile & Ohio lands
An appeal touts the Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor as the best southern land option with farmland near rail lines priced at 8 to 15 dollars an acre. It promises high yields from multiple crops, mild winters and hot summers favorable for year round work, claiming rapid wealth growth as buyers rush in. Excursions from St Louis are offered on December 12 and 19 and January 9 and 16, with details from E E Posey, Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
America
St. Louis
E E. Posey
Mobile
Ala
Dr W O Coffee to Visit Harper House for Eye and Ear Consults
Dr W O Coffee returns to Rock Island for a multi day consultation at the Harper house January 16 17 18 and 19. The renowned specialist reports strong success including over fifty deafness recoveries seventy five catarrh cures and thirteen cross eye treatments with many patients regaining hearing after ten years without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.O Coffee
Rock Island
Harper House
Fatal Fall Ends Life of Davenport Contractor
Henry C. Henninger of Newbern & Henninger Davenport died after a roof fall while repairing a gutter at T F Ehiridge's house. He slid from the roof struck a bay window and fell about twenty five feet. Skull fractures and brain pressure led to death at 5 15 p m. He leaves a widowed mother and sister a dress-maker. He recently took out a life insurance policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Henninger
Newbern & Henninger
Davenport
T. F. Ehiridge
Henninger
Over Fifty Years Uns. WINSLow's Soothing Syrup
Mothers have trusted WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for teething children. It soothes the child, eases the gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and is recommended by druggists. A proven remedy used across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uns
Winslow
WoraLow
Legal Proceedings and Court Schedule in Rock Island Area
Court notes list continued cases in Rock Island and Moline with divorce actions, land dispute over a 50 acre Davenport farm, and a grand jury call. Judges Smith and others handle procedural matters as various assumpsit and appeal dockets appear for Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ateferore Kelsey
Molline
Colorado
W. G. Fowle
South Moline
Frank Wall
Charlies Boman
Moline
L. F. ‘Baker
Hampton
J. R. Johnston
Rock Island
Defanulta
Davenport
Mra
Miriam Barker
Allison Barker
Barker
Maj
J M. Beardsley
Moline Post Office Letter List for Week Ending Jan 4
Post office at Moline Rock Island county MI lists remaining uncalled letters for the week ending Thursday Jan 4. Names include Anderson A W 1396 and Nelson Iver among others. callers should state advertised and give date of list when inquiring per John M. Holt P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island County
Anderson
Nelson
Iver Anderson
John R Anderson
Freda Cote
Charles Baker
HR Peterson
Gunt Sf Benson
Bea Rbave Blomberg
Pix Lit Med Co Cowdery
Eat Reimers
William Dopher
OG Teegerstrom
L P Hoers
Henry Tufves
Not Branley's Discovery Novel Drug Claim
An 19th century ad promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine for neuralgia insomnia and morphine withdrawal. It notes a subject relieved distress at the base of the brain after using Nervine and gaining weight. Sold by Bradstreet & Co and Wm. Clendenin with Elkhart as origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Lewis D. Pandervere
Bradstreet & Co
Boo. Frye
Druogpists
Dr Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Nd
Wm. Clendenin
Blood purifier claims and local names in 1880s ad
An advertisement lists Montpelier and Davenport residents alongside other names and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier said to cure catarrh and prevent consumption. It touts Hood's Pills as mild and effective without purging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Rock Island notes and obituaries mix in late 19th century
The column records local life including elections at Woodmen camp led by B. F. Knox, marriages of Oliver A. Bridgford to Miss Barab M. Osmahan, and the death of Totty Loeb with families summoned to Oskaloosa. It reports burglaries, funerals, and retirements of townspeople, plus a long antiquated tale about Parisian Christmas excesses and a deadly 1898 palace fire scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
M.D
C. W. Hawes
B. F. Knox
P. J. Osvey
Oliver A. Bridgford
Barab M. Osmahan
Joy
Mercer County
Cable
Ben
Chioago
Yale College
J. M. Buford
M. C. Rice
Helen Loeb
Oskaloosa
Totty Loeb
William Reynolds
Jessie Eckelberry
Cordova
First Methodist Church
F. W. Merrell
John Warner
Moesars
Henry Varse
Knowlton
B. C. Keator
John Orubaugh
Mister
Maj. L. M. Buford
F. J. Staassen
John B. Reidy
Rock Island
Martin Reidy
Chicago
H. M. Laney
First Methodist Church of
Dorchester
Neb
Hubbard
Faiday
Edna Billings
Fred Coss
Braassen
Brassaen
Sean
Fred
Albertina von Koeckrits
Milwaukee
Horst von Koeckrits
Egorn
Curt W
Davenport
K. Sonnenschmidt
Dorothea Fischer
Winona
Minn
Charles Fischer
Fischer
August Peterson
Graham Lee
Milo Lee
Seoul
Cores
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Evansville
Ind
Corea
Rock Jaana
Firoadway
Joseph W. Brackett
Brackett
Otsego
New York
Eliza M. Parmelss
Ninth Dlinois Cavalry
Moet
John Buford
W. Durham
Frederick Schwabe
Cora L. Kestmnan
Local Claims Report From San Acciiects Association
A fragmented list shows paid claims for the last quarter including Rock Island William Reker 12.85 Adolph Luther and Benjamin Sc Vralii 6 Suga wandsele 2 Ohare Shetter ann 78 Dillen Schneider 18.56 Moline von Braeckelann 911.80 Aldrew Ostrand 97 Watertown Zack Einfieldt 645 Kirkwood D W D EK Clark 6.00 John K. Gideon OLB Pawnee anger 1808 Grexian 440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TERUN
San Acciiects
Association For the Laat-Quartée
Rock _Island
William Reker
Adolph Luther
Benjamin Sc. Vralii
Suga Wandsele
Ohare Shetterann
Is. Dillen Schneider
Moline von Braeckelann
Aldrew Ostrand
Watertown
Zack Einfieldt
Kirkwood
D. WD
Clark
John K.gideon
Olb
Pawnee
Grexian
Sons of Wew Hampshire Banquet Plans in Chicago
The Sons of New Hampshire annual banquet is set for January 18 at the Grand Pacific in Chicago. Members and wives are invited. details unclear due to OCR errors but event centers on association of New Hampshire sons and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of the Sons of New Hampshire
Grand Pacific Bots
Chicago
Onleggar
Portuguese in New York and a daring highway robbery tale
The article notes a small Portuguese presence in the U S with 79 residents in New York and mentions Ellis Island immigration figures. It then recounts a dramatic highway robbery near Agua Caliente where Jose Valdez abducts a young American woman, with relatives named Librado and Bernardo Valdez and Rufino Zatarain as accomplices. San Diego Chronicle reports local authorities pursuing Valdez through Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Massachutt
Rhode Island
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Providence
New Orleans
New Bedford
Hawaii
East Indies
Ellis Island
Portugal
Gubbins
New Jersey
Medford
Oporto
Lisbon
Azan Caliente
Jose Valdez
Valdez
Miss Newman
Maradad
Librado
Bernardo Valdez
Rufino Zatarain
Concordia
Agua Calente
Mazatlan
San Diego
San Francisco Chronicle
Terrible Death of a Thoroughbred Stallion
J B Sechrist of this county lost his fine inbred Hambletonian stallion Fleetwood after a fit of blind staggers. The animal broke free, tore fences and stable gear, and ran until exhausted and bleeding, dying soon after. Sechrist valued him at 2000 dollars and had brought him from Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B
English Clergy Divided Over Incense Use in Churches
Clergymen of the Church of England discuss two major concerns. One is shrinking incomes due to agricultural downturns, the other is incense burning. Reports say servers and altar assistants may form a Tharifer Guild to study incense history and develop economical, orthodox incenses for worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Churches of England
London Telegraph
Unconscious Humor in a St Louis Dispatch
A quoted news dispatch reports a Northwest Missouri Press association adjournment followed by a comment that members were driven to a state lunatic asylum. The note highlights the unintentional suggestiveness of the phrasing and its humorous misinterpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Northwest Missouri Preas Association
Sunstia Asylum
New York Herald
Mystery Lake Craters Said to Bury Drowned in Cayuga
A Rochester Post-Express piece claims Cayuga Lake hides craterlike basins that swallow drowning bodies. A Cayuga native speculates powerful electrical recovery could bring up instructor Merriam and Mies Yeargin, noting many drownings since settlement and wartime battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayuga Lake
Merriam
Mies Yeargin
Lake Ameo
Ruloff
Binghauston
Cayouga Lake
Rochester Post-Expreas
Lee smokes 50 cigars in 11 hours for wager at Litchfield
George A. Lee of the Union House in Litchfield Minnesota smoked 50 cigars in 11 hours on a Sunday wager of 5 cents. The shortest cigar took six minutes and the longest eleven. Kensbrick promised to drink Lake Ripley dry if he succeeded. Lee reports no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Lee
Union House
Litchfield Minn
Lee
Kensbrick
Lake Ripley
Grand Wolf Hunt and Sheep Losses in Roseuth County
Farmers in Roseuth County organize a grand Christmas wolf hunt to exterminate wolves blamed for hundreds of sheep losses. Horsemen patrol the Des Moines valley sweeping the county, targeting pests with hoards and bounty claims. the article also advertises medical tonics and remedies amid varied content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseuth Couty
Des Moines
Wheat feeds livestock as farmers switch from corn
A Reading correspondent reports in the Schuylkill valley farmers are feeding their cows wheat due to low prices. Wheat costs less than bran and corn, and is claimed to boost milk yield and quality. Shippers say milk from wheat fed cows is superior, though farmers say they cannot grow wheat for flour at current prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bey
Akperteant
Ieee
Schuylkill Valley
Ostsa
Cor
Philphia
Mark Twain Remains Witty Amid Illness in New York Club
Mark Twain, now aging with white hair and a diminished frame, keeps a youthful mind and humor. He endures a hacking cough that leads to convulsive fits, yet he remains socially active at a New York club, exchanging stories and remarking on companions with a perpetual smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twoth
Mark Twain
Itu
New York
Ina
Mr Clemens
Market and commodities roundup from New York and Chicago trading floors
Mixed commodity prices and futures quotes show dull and heavy activity across grains pork and lard along with spot butter eggs and poultry. Cattle hog and lamb receipts at stockyards reflect tentative moves with slight declines and steady demand amid unsettled markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Somna
Largo
White State
New Moss
Caiaao Jan & Love
Wwe
Estate administration notes and probate proceedings
The document lists multiple estate matters including final reports, administrations, guardianships, and probate actions. Names such as Grace W Keator, Jacob F Gitt, Edward W Bowman, John Vanderveer, and Lucretia Bailey appear with filings for letters testamentary or administration, inventories, appraisements, and orders to release or transfer property. It also notes guardianship reports, proofs of publication, and settlement statements across several counties and executors or guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jangbey
Ale Nisi
Adald Ellis
Barbara Fret
Witeness
Will
Mary W Billings
Wil. Oon
Grace W. Keator
Ben -C
Keator
Wr R. Moore
Hubert K Swan
Kufis A. Smith
Joseph Kinnan
Marr J Matthews
John Vanderveer
John A Boyer
Peter Maak
Howard Wells
Laurence P. Swanson
Guardian
Eport
Grace
Edward W Bowman
Samuel
Bowman
George Hamer
Pamilna Hamer
Fistate
Jacob F Gitt
Doh i Gitt
Charles Fo Braindenbure
John €. Thomas
Jacob Williamson
Eli Drury
EFT Essexlaims
Michael Wersching
Stratoer
William J Bollman
S W Wheelock J Gould
C. F. ‘Hemenway
S B Cobb
Lucretia Bailey
Mary Bailey
James V Bailey
Property transfers and land trades across Rock Island area
A dense list details numerous deeds and quitclaims with grantors and grantees including Fleming O Hara Guyver Spencer & Case's add Rock Island Sass Read to Snyder Belén Wray Canon Dibbern Campbell Gardner Ruggles Coe Coe Coe Moore Hawley Moore Leech Port Byron David Martin McMeekin Cramer Niewanner Brooks Read Wadsworth Henderson Moline Becht Schuge Luchman Schwecke Schmid Bischof Baines Milan Brown Rockafellow Paulson Severance Shaw Cordova Cemetery Morse Mo ne Harriet Martin Iynde Barnett Shaw Cordova Cemetery ownership changes and parcel descriptions across Milan Cordova and Rock Island areas. Total values range from 100 to about 4400 dollars for various tracts, lots, and subdivisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fleming
Charles O’hara
A. Sf
Chicago
Ieland
Guyver
Spencer & Case
Rock Island
Henry Sass
Elfriedé Sass
Waterman’s Place
Walter A Wood
Nellie EF
Sarah Lnyder
Belen Wray
J H Canon
H Dibbern
AH S Dibbern
Thomas Campbell
Gardner Ruggles
Daniel Ruggles
Emma Coe Whigane
Edmund H Coe
Ament F Coe
Maggie Moore
Millie Hawley
Edward Moore
David Cramer
Alonzo Niewanner
Sacresaelty
Lower
Ad Revel Island
Canon
Robert Welch
Wadsworth
Nellie E Read
Park Ridge
South Moline
Henderson's
South Molne
Coats
Christy &Rovers
Moline
Dauhnt’ BU
Bk Park Ridge
And
RT Bchwecke
Carl A Schmid
South Park
Beardsley
Amelia Bischof
Amelia Factor
Catharina
Hallet
Lucifee W Hurst
Sarah I. Wells
Francis Black
Hampon
Dennis Warren
Benn
Town of
Milan
Wills Benn
el Adamaville
Elly
George N Brown
Elijah Baker
CG Rockafellow
Olaf Qison
Nels Paulson
Meten and Hounds
Severance
Mary G
Kelso
Severances
Sarah Shaw
Eliza Bhaw
Cordova
Bara’ Barak
Ite Shaw
Samuel A Iynde
Harriet Martin
Wood
Old Town of
Mone
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Ukuug
Ste
Frank E Swift
Johannes Peterson
Wrdwesdat
Bernard E Johnson
David M Pringle
Sarah P Cook
A P Erickson
Lawrence A. Wynn
Chancery
Lottie Treeson
M Weaver
Bill
Law
George Sutcliffe
C F Grammerstorf
Thomas H Thomas
Catharine E. Farrell
John Travis
Isaac Waldo Negus
Rock Island & Peoria Railway Company
Same
Waverport & Rock Island Railway Company
Rosa Hetter
City of Rock Island
Dickey
Porter Skinner Et al Assumpait
the Village of
T W
Greaser
Henry M
King &Co
Reynolds & Co
Assumpait
Branley
Lester Wagner
Anna Pazderski
Montpelier
Fort Homer
M. Frick
Ida Oberg
Frank Henderson
Sarah Weaver
Guatus G.W. Gaack
James W. Connelly
Farmin Aames
Nelly
Margaret J Avastrona
Bowling
Jessie Foxer
Oliver A Bridgford
Sarah M
Aordan
Carnahan
Meee County
Janus
Stubbes
Prynne
Paris
Hugonin de Guisay
Sir
Hugonin
France
Orleans
Brand
Berry
Nautouillet
Sir Hugonin
Sons OF
Wew Mampshire
Thurifer Guild
Henry Bentinck
A. Ture
Ely
Frime Mercantile Paper Boys
Sterling Ox
Bankers Sills
Vonia
Regua
Board of Trade
Jaguar
Bgr
Wress
Burbanks
Dunahaw
New York Financial
Joseph Ruby
Harry K. Ruby
Columbis, Pa
Rosy
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Heber
Ao Oi
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