Chicago civil service exam ranks Andreon of Morline fifth
Andreon Morline ranks fifth in the Chicago civil service examination for the position of superintendent of streets. The three day written test, held in November, drew ten cities and six states, with about fifty-five candidates, and the winner received a salary as stated.
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Cme
Chicago Civil Service Board
Chhicago
Moline Dispatch
Clark
Andreon
Morline
Chicago
Civil Service Board
Wilhelm Summoned After 26-Year Wreck Injury
The article recalls Peter P. R. Wilhelm who sustained severe injuries in a Milwaukee Road wreck 26 years earlier near Fulton, Missouri. He was a former employee of the American Express Co and remained crippled after the crash when a St Paul tracks collision sent a speeding railcar into the messenger service.
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Wilhelm
Fulton Wooon
Ant
Wise
Plans to wipe out its three thousand debt and resignations
A church reports J E N Olson resigning after ten years as organist and chair leader. A special committee was formed to manage debt reduction and church affairs. Officers and delegates were elected, with Carl Erickson named president and Gust Johnson treasurer amidst notes on parish funds and a Scandinavian Fire Insurance Co. delegation.
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Carl Erickson
Seara
C. J Swenson
S J Anderson
A V Brunstrom
Gust Ed
Qust Englund
C A. Lindberg
Bluff
C J Johnson
Harry Ekstam
Young People
E E. Englund
J A. Swanson
Daniel Johnson
Carl Peterson
Gust Johnson
Scandinavian Fire Insurance Co
J. E. N. Olgon
H. J K. Ecketrand
Skiff and coal mine fatalities haunt 1909 in Moline area
Coroner John Rose tallies 1909 deaths with 64 accidental or violent, 19 natural. Drownings in the Mississippi and Rock rivers. incidents in Moline and vicinity include three drownings July 2 from a squall and six other fatal events. Several self inflicted deaths, four murders in Rock Island and Washington, and multiple accidental deaths.
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John Rose
Mississippi
Rock Rivers
Davenport
Moline
T A Mangold
Homer Kerns
Charles Harris
Moline Pool
Willow Island
Mollne
Rock Island Stove Co awards warehouse contract
A six story brick warehouse will be built adjoining the plant on Rock Island's west end. The contract goes to H. W Horst with work to start soon and finish in about three months. The 55 by 100 foot building will include elevators and modern warehousing features to handle finished goods and materials. Expected cost exceeds $75 000.
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Rock Island Stove Co
Rock Island
H. W Horst
Probate Court Statistics Highlight Court’s Expanded Role
The county court now handles all trusts under wills probated locally after an extend to include chancery powers. 1468 probate docket entries reflect heavy workload with 222 opened estates and 124 closed. guardianships and conservatorships add to ongoing duties. The court averages half a day weekly on insanity cases and also covers election, taxes, drainage, eminent domain, juror drawing, and other statutes tasks.
John Barrett A Career Shaped by Opportunity and Service
The article profiles John Barrett, 42, unfailingly dedicated diplomat and journalist born in Vermont. It traces his rise from Dartmouth graduate to U S minister to Siam, the Philippines, Argentina, Panama, and Colombia, and later leadership within the International Bureau of American Republics guiding Pacific relations and international exhibitions.
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John
Harrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Moline Club
Barrett
Fortune
John Barrett
Grafton
Vermont
New England
Charles Barrett
Caroline Sanford
William Riley Sanford
State Agricultur Society of
Oakland
California
Hopkins Academyie
Sa Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Evening Telegram
Pacific Coast
Orient
Cleveland
United States
Siam
Philippine Islands
Dewey
Manila Bay
China
Japan
India
McKinley
St. Louis
England
Roosevelt
Argentine Republic
Panama
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Colombia
Root
Washington
Xo Verhing ‘Board
International Bureau
American Republica Nanimoualy
Story of 1909 in Moline and Vicinity Recaps Local Events
A 1909 chronology from Moline and nearby areas lists legal actions, accidents, fires, relief efforts, weather records, and civic notes. Entries include executors’ fees, ice cutting, injuries in Edgewood Park, a fire at Hléveuth Avenue, a $6000 interurban case, suits against Power Co. and interurban road, charitable baskets, Sunday shop closures, a veto on an interurban franchise, a gift from subscriptions, a historic snowfall, water filter efficiency, a suicide attempt rescued, Red Cross stamps, an invited speaker, coal shortages, a local law and order league, record cold, a business merger, a hospital management change, and a labor dispute injunction.
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Deere Estate
Sylvan Pools
Edgewood Park
Rock Island
Carl
Crawford
Hléveuth Avenue
Friends
Supreme Court
Matthew Coburn
Rose Nelson
Mary F. Lambertson
People
Power Co
C. H. Pope
Woman's Club
Silvia
Brewster
Port Byron
George Crawford
Mahlon Ringle
Moline
Illnois
Red Cross
John Barrett
Washington
Moline Club
Local Option Law and Order League of Moline
Compassi
W. M. Brory
Fisk & Loosley Co
J. H. Nessley & Co
Trustees
Watertown Hospital
New State Board of Administration
Sranibatiog
Perintendent
Chicago
Streats
Judgment Awarded Against Moline Plow Co in Royalties Case
Judge Graves in the circuit court awarded Mott R Pharis and others a decree of 10 000 against the Moline Plow Co for royalties on a patent manure spreader. The plow company appealed. Jackson Hurat & Stafford represented the complainants while George W Wood defended. Court adjourned after the case.
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Mott R Pharis
Moline Plow Co
Searle to be appointed to honorary position
C J Searle of Rock Island will be appointed past worthy master of the Loyal Order of Moose, the newly organized lodge in Rock Island, by the supreme lodge. At the first meeting the lodge will install officers including a worthy director and others, with remaining posts to be filled at installation.
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Supreme Lodge of
Lays
Order of the Moose Wiil
C J Searle
Rock Island
Loyal Order of Moose
First Baptist Church Anniversary and Pastoral Tenure
A historic notice notes the First Baptist Church anniversary with Rev. Myo Harley as pastor for 15 years. It lists church officers including Deacons Theodore Tryxen and B Frisell, Trustee George Brooks, Clerk Fred Plercs, Treasurer Prof. C R Peterson, and other staff such as Sunday School Superintendent Dr C E B Stewart and President of Pickets John Lind blade.
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Myo Harleys
Theodore “Tryxen
B. Frisell
George Brooks
Fred Plercs
C. R. Peterson
Bunday
C. EB. Stewart
Pickets
John Lindblade
Mre
Chase
Roderick Victim Of Pension Surprise
Roderick, a Rock Island resident, reports being told at work that he is removed from the pension roll effective January. Officials say the action relates to his status with a Cy company unit, prompting confusion about the supposed discharge and eligibility.
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Roderick
Pension Surprise
Hvan Rodéayick
Census Schedule Details From Government Printing Office
The article outlines the 1910 census printing plans, with 1,800,000 copies and 87,000 enumerators. It describes schedules printed on one sheet to record location, name, relationship, personal description, nativity, citizenship, and other details for every person as of April 15, 1910.
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Samuel
Durand
United States
Ehunierstor
Stata
United
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