Receiver Appointed for Moline Electric Mills
Judge Gest of the circuit court named E. E. Morgan as receiver for the Moline Electric Mills to wind up the Detlefs and Donald partnership. Morgan will manage the mill until a sale or disposal. Swinehart remains connected for Donald and Swisher may take over after accounts are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Electric
Gest
Chrcuit Court
E. E
Swineho
Ashing
Donald
Swisher
Deere & Company Engine Repaired After Major Accident
The Deere plant at M4 reports a thorough overhaul of the damaged engine. Workers restored broken parts and linked the engine to the priming shop. By tomorrow morning a force of nine hundred will be on duty, up from six hundred, ending night shifts for several weeks as production resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deere& Co
Pripding
Wearkafoonce
Rifle Line Shooting Contest At Auditorium
A line shooting contest of considerable importance is set for Thursday evening at the Auditorium. Competitors include Harry Benson from Rockford and John Andrrows of Hayside, Tit. They will shoot at 1.00 with a new two meter trap invented by John Anderson of Moline. The aim is to break the world champion record held by Mullana. Judges are Dr Jo Woo Glueging of the Moline club Chris Po Gaetper and Charles Hehld of the Marlin Rithe club Rochsaid. Timekeeper Berg of Berg Bros Davenport. Scorers rank Berg captain of the Freelsier Kulp club Rock Bébund and Charles Hicks of the South Moline Rifle club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tthe
Harry Benson
Rockforfi
Curens
John Dr. Andarqws
Highsidere
John Anderson
Moline
Secom
Mullana
Jo Woo Glueging
Moline Club
Chris Po Gaetper
Charles Hehld
Marlin Rithe Club
Roch Tsaid
Kan Herg
Berg Bros
Davenport
Berg
Captian
Freelsier Kulp
Rock Bebund
Charles Hicks
South Moling Ritle Elaty
Doctor Green Promises Cure For Diseases By Letter
A faded notice touts Dr Green of Chicago offering to cure illnesses by correspondence. It claims he is the most quoted and successful physician and invites letters for free advice, asserting many cases cured and urging readers not to delay seeking his opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Chicago
Girls Friendly Society Annual Meeting Held at Miss Wrights Home
The annual meeting of the Girls Friendly Society was held at the home of Miss Wright on Seventeenth Street. Officers elected include President Miss Luella Soderstrom Vice President Miss Bella Worseholt Secretary Miss Kanne Moore Treasurer Miss Emma Wright. A party planned for January 28 was announced with refreshments served and a pleasant social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Brienglly Society
Swedish Lutheran church council selects officers and names staff
The church council met Tuesday evening at Rev. C A Hemborg parsonage electing Hemborg as chairman and Lindahl as secretary treasurer. The Sunday school boards for main church and South chapel named Toling Lindahl Ellstrom Ren and Bereblom with assistants. The council approved a $25 donation to the church choir and engaged a student for assistant pastor duties. They also plan a church mission collection and group confirmation class for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish Lutheran Church Council
C. A. Hemborg
Hemborg
Lindahl
Gust Toling
Gust Lindahl
N.i Ellstrom
Eric Chistus
South Chapel
Ellstrom
Peter Ren
East Chapel Sanday
J. Bereblom
Andrew Jobson
Charles FP. Boman
Cop. Bohman
Gust ‘Totiae
Bko Greostus
Mortenson
Walter
Gast Lindahl
von Peoples’ Society
Gaist ‘Leolioe
Erig Gas
Landquist
West Fourth Avenue
Phe Res Co
Hembery
Hood's Coupon Calendar Promises Handy 320 Page Volume
An 19th century advertisement touts Hood's coupon calendar inside Hood's Practical Cook's Book a 320 page handy volume. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Hood's coupon calendar or send cents in stamps for one. Do Hood and Co Lowell Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Tad Do Hoot & Co
Lowell
Mass
Real Estate Transfers and Notices in Mill and Rock Island Areas
A collage of real estate transfers lists numerous transfers among Robins, Reeves, Pettifer, Sears, Blackwell, Preason, Povsinger, Abner, Bosibles, McNab, Townsend, Wright, and others across Millave, Rheineton, Blackwell to Henry, Town of Rock Island, and Milan areas. Included are block and lot references, tracts by metes and bounds, and attorney actions. The notice also contains an advertising blurb for One Minute Cough Cure by Wm. Clendenin and E. Helmbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee de Galbert
Junes
Dla Jones
Dorrit Pettifer
Black & Candee Grove
South Moline
Fie Davis
Sears Et
Davis
Lot Hi
Partomill
Noel
Sears
Henry Treason
Brank Blackwell
Nelose
Henry Preason
Lot
Motine
Ionaty Gasnow
Corsnow
Grace C
Povsinger
Annette tHruser
Rock Teland
Jane Abner J
Sibles
Annie Bosibles
Hampton
Lallian
Heney
Gee FL McNabney
Nellie BE. Townsend
Alice FE. Wright
Johogen
Efa William
Sonetal Wi Nw
Foroe
John Wo Anderson
Bloc I
John Deere
Adil
Blaline
Sanderson
Elizabeth Po Beashar
Theek T. Bowne
Milan
Sao
Otte
Chicago Brewin Co
Moore
Forst
Ball
Charles Prebrr
Ometes and Hounds
Clendenin
E. Helmbeck
Heidelberg Students Required to Carry Accident Insurance
University students in chemistry and physics must obtain accident policies with premiums from a few cents for lab work to 244 cents for lecture only. Miss Allie Hughes of Norfolk Virginia was severely burned on face and neck but improved after applying Dewitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a known pile remedy, per local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Heidelberg
Allie Hughes
Norfolk
Dewitt
Wm. Clondenin
E. Helmbeck
Draft at Sight Sparks Club Debate
A club discussion centers on drafts at sight with quips about the phrase. One speaker calls a draft at sight “absolutely cruel” while contrasting methods of handling drafts and the general mood remains humorous and lighthearted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qgaulois
Cough Cure Advertised By Mrs Harrisburg
An old advertisement extols a penny cure for croup and throat troubles attributed to Mrs Mary of Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The text claims the remedy saved a child and praises its value despite a small cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croup
Mary
Harrisburg
Wm. Clendenin
E. Helmbeck
Paine’s celery compound promoted sleep and blood health
The article argues sleeplessness stems from blood vessel laxity and weak brain blood flow. It credits Paine’s celery compound with regulating blood supply, boosting nerve power, eradicating impurities, and restoring energy, claiming it strengthens constitution in the elderly and aids recovery from nervous disorders and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Maine
Union
Prominent Lender Responds to Borrower Debt
Jin Neverpay accuses Charle Got of shorting a loan as only $4 is given. Tam keeps the remainder to buy stamps for dunning letters. The exchange appears in the New York Sunday World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jin Neverpay
Charle
Tam
New York Sunday World
Prosperity Comes Quickest to the Man With a Sound Liver
Adurges DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as famed pills for constipation biliousness indigestion and all stomach and liver troubles. Mentions Wm Clondonin and E Heimbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuWitt
Clendenin
E. Heimbeck
M. B. Ford
Ruddell
DeWitt
Clondonin
E. Heimbock
Insurance payout for stock fire loss granted
Col. W B Stevens paid Mrs Bob eight hundred dollars this morning as the full face of the policy for stock burned and injured in the fire January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stevens
Bob
Marriage Licenses Across Iowa and Illinois Recorded
The page lists several marriage licenses including Michael A. H Rulacher with Christine Remdle of Barnes City Iowa and Rose Friedman of Moline Illinois. Other entries include Augustus G Tittard with Jennie Culbertson of Solon Town and Ree Smith of Moline. Additional couples include Charles A. Dale with Lauri K. Smeltzer of Rock Island and Magegte Spiid of Port Byron, Maggie J. Blanchard, William Kroeger and Kate Poehlmann of Rock Island, and Charles Ullemeyer with Caroline Dresson of Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofchael A. H Rulacher
Christine Remdle Pidant
Drnsy
Maggie J. Blanchard
William Kroeger
Kate Poehlmann
Rock Island
Charles Ullemeyer
Caroline Dresson
Letters From Moline Community Journal
Fragments show a local correspondence section from a Moline paper with scattered names and dates. The unreadable text hints at weekly letters and community notes circulating during January in Rock Island area.
Three Lisping Sisters at a Quilting In New York
Three Lisping sisters attend a quilting when warned to stay silent for fear men would avoid them. The eldest tries to pass scissors to a sister, stumbles over speech, and finally the youngest exclaims in triumph that she has said nothing. The scene ends with startled reactions.
The Stubbies and a Streamside Dispute
In a New York Sunday World excerpt Johnny Stubbs faces family tensions at home while fishing for eels by a nearby stream. His mother’s call interrupts a quarrel between Mr and Mrs Stabbbs, highlighting the household unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stabb
Johnny Stubbs
Aguauet Miers
Stabbbs
Stabbs
New York Sunday World
Eddie Poy Flees Chasing Patient at Odd Asylum Scene
Eddie Poy the comedian roamed central New York and escaped a sprinting chase by a patient from a large nearby insane asylum. The pursuer narrowed in, but a touch on his shoulder revealed the gag as the patient tapped him and cried, Tag. You are it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Poy
New York
Eddie
Alloon
Bddie
Foy
Hum
San Francisco
The Mean Dog in the Schoolroom
A New York Times excerpt describes a pupil’s composition about a mean dog and a stern schoolteacher. The tale centers on the teacher called mean by the boys and the dramatic reading that fills the room with fear and fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam
New York Times
The Origin of Puppet Shows and Ancient Ties
Fraocis J Ziegler argues in Harper's Magazine that puppets and shadows mirror early religious observances. Antiquaries link dolls and marionettes to ceremonial rites, suggesting shadow puppets signified priestly silhouettes in sacred tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraocis J Ziegler
Harper's
Did She Ever Live In Boston A Buffalo Girl Seeks Stocking Support
A Buffalo woman sought a stylish solution to keep her stockings up and addressed a frightened store clerk. The request described uses elaborate wording to ask for circular elastic devices that contract and expand by steel mechanisms, sparkling with imagined Alaska diamonds, to hold up garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Buffalo
Alaska
Four Practical Girl and Miss Milkyweigh Skit
A quirky exchange features 4 Practical Girl and Miss Milkyweigh in a playful country skit. Harry Deantown and Prem J akgee join with a singsong request to perform When the Cows Are In the Corn, prompting humorous refusals and rural whimsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Deantown
Miss Milkyweigh
Fragmentary note yields unclear event
A garbled OCR fragment names two individuals and a few letters but provides no concrete event, place, date, or outcome. The readable bits suggest a personal note or incomplete record with insufficient context to determine relevance.
Swedish News Roundup on Railways Exposition and Leaders
Swed en rail plans 800 kilometers of new lines for 184. A state lottery funds sanatoriums for consumption care. Swedish polar expedition aims to finish Arctic vessel in Kristiania and head to Stockholm. Notables include Isidor Daunstrom’s 100 000 crown donation and Victor Witting’s lecture in Stockholm. Industry notes report factory wages, jail chief resignations, and a looming international exposition with Sweden Denmark Russia planning participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gota
Sweden
Sanitarions For
O. M
Troll
Georgical Society of Sweden
Ton Dor
Eine
Isidor Daunstrom
Kuvard Nicodemi
South Africa
J. E. Nicodemi
Antarctic
Kristian
Stuckhoha
Pontus Wikhor
Germany
Victor Witting
Methodist-Episcopalt Church of
Witting
America
Iinois
Johan R. Eyde
Stavanger
Bergen
Theodore Ilsas
Agricultural College
Nordre Bergenhus
Stortovet
Lillehammar
Kristine Simonsen
Denmark
Russia
Stockholm
Norway Birthdays and Named Officials List
Norway notes celebrate Jacob Wetterhols of Vemundig turning 100 on December 11 and Anders O Koatd and spouse marking their stone wedding recently. The text lists slo inspectors newly appointed in Christiania and Hamarr, Kristiand and Bergen, Swendsen, asia and Tromso, K Sagvold. Customs Coll H E Torkildson of Christiania has offered his resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wetterhols
Vemundig
Anders O. Koatd
Slo
Christiania
Hamarr A. Buon
Drammen
Kristiand
Bergen
Swendsen
Asia
Tromso
K. Sagvold
H. E Torkildson
Danish Town Populations and Notable Losses Reported
Denmark notes Copenhagen as influenza spreads with over 100 cases in a week. Silkeborg, Svendborg and other towns report growing populations. Captain C Gregor Elster dies aged four, a knight of Dannebrog. A 100 year old Ribe resident Madame Christine Jensen dies. A doctor resigns at Kommunal hospital. A mother from Marie was sent to an asylum after her 11-year-old boy died. The brig Klaug is lost at sea between Cragero and Bristol. Attorney Josephson donates land near Mariendal to Eerskolans Minde society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodskendo
North Sea
Gothenburg
Sapunes
Congo
Carl Richard Unger
University of Christiania
Norway
Kirsta Sein
Hjalmar Johansen
Albert Bunnier
Stockholm
F. A’ Brackhaus
Berlin
Uhjalmur Johansen
Nansen
Asbjornson
Asbjornann
Far North
H. L. Braokestad
London
Kittelsen
Sinding
Silkeborg
Rinkelung
Sand Svendborg
C. Gregor Elster
Dannebrog
Copenhagen
Christine Jensen
Ribe
R. Pontopiddar
Kommunal
Marie Jorgensen
Daniah
Klaug
H. L. Hansen
Cragero
Bristol
England
Josephson
Mariendal
Society
Eerskolans Minde
Plague in India Reveals Castile Soap Deception
An old claim that Maarserlies soap was made from pure French olive oil is contested. Investigators show the soap is produced from linseed oil imported from India. Quarantine disruptions exposed a 20 year pattern of public deception by manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Castile
Maarserlies
France
Newark Tanners Process 12000 Hides Weekly
Newark New Jersey tanners handle about 12 000 hides weekly with half turned into shoe tipping and vamp leather and the rest used for carriage dash furniture and fancy leather. The region claims more horse hides tanned than anywhere in the country with Cordovan vamps and chrome tanned bicycle shoes. The industry yields around 16 dollars per hide and an annual business around 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Money for the grandchildren debated in New York Journal
A dialogue fragment from the New York Journal shows Pat and Mike arguing about who should receive Pat’s money. Mike insists it goes to his children while Pat questions how such a plan will be executed and mentions grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Mike
New York Journal
A Difference in the Man with Many New Maids
The fragment hints at a comparison between a man with many new maids and another figure. Details are fragmented, but the note suggests a social or domestic contrast. Further context is needed to specify persons, places, or outcomes.
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoting Relief From Overworked Kidneys
A newspaper advertisement explains kidney fatigue from overexertion and long hours. It touts Doan's Kidney Pills as nonirritating, safe for all ages, claiming they ease back and head aches by aiding kidney function and removing waste. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. NYC at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
Market report from Chicago and Milwaukee quotes
Tiltowing were the quotations on the Wear of Trade today. Wheat futures moved with May delivery showing varied openings and closes across different months. Pork and butter prices were listed with multiple bid ranges. Live stock receipts and steer, heifer, and calf quotations were provided, along with barley and corn notes. Milwaukee grain futures showed no change in some months and slight shifts in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uwe
Jannery
Bard Joenuarys
Grain-O replaces coffee in grocery stores
A new product named Grain-O made from pugé grains claims to substitute coffee with little stomach distress. It is said to be undistinguishable from coffee and priced at 15¢ and 25¢ per package, purportedly suitable for children.
Fragmented stump tale at country fair shows trickster egg joke
A fragment from Cody drer describes a performer at a country fete using eggs from a pocket handkerchief. He teases a boy about his mother's hens, the boy replying that she can keep ducks, prompting laughter from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
Grain-O Then Grain-O and Coffee Substitution Claim
An ad pitches Grain-O as a coffee substitute for children and adults. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grain, tastes like coffee and provides "white health" benefits when prepared properly. Sold by grocers for 15¢ and 3¢.
The Suez Canal Traffic Rises as May Navigation Increases
The report notes growing activity through the Suez Canal with May traffic up 14 percent from the previous year. Figures show higher vessel movements and greater throughput as the route nears peak usage.
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J. D. Andrews
St. Loup
Williery
Hortensius
Church, Council
Swedish Lutheran Church
Eliza Robins
Vann V. Reeves
Lot F Millave
Rheineton
Nees Farnese
Thyre
Ata
Metsy
Kews
Scandinavia
Copenhaen
A. G. Rosman
Geflu
Chile
Prisius
Carl A
C. Gerle
Prson
Gerle
St Biden
Washington
Sormeer
Holstein
Damark
Deutch Landweberiesellschaft
Weden
Kang Carl
Hapyeon
Charles XV
Gothgaparg
G. Johansson
Lerum
Christian Myhre
J. A. Oden
Mr. Oden
Uterman
Storthing
Nedenas
Torjua Hansen
Thore Virknaes
F. H. Wedel-Jirlsberg
Madrid
Trollernd Mining Company
Interste
Wkengrsberg
Fredrikssond
Ita Disposal
Texas
Milwaukee
Brown
H. Wilson
Killstison
E. Timothy Wate
Suez
Jakes
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