Rate for Moline Nine Sixty Five Cents Tax Hike
County records show a 1904 assessment increase with total county valuation at 27,427,500.36. The state board equalization sets railroad, telephone and telegraph property taxes. spring levy totals 30,971.52, up from prior year. school levy and general increase cited with tax rates per township. The county clerk and assistants finalize tax books for township collectors.
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Hubbard
State Board
State Board of Equalization
New Proposition on Bethany Home Site
A stray report notes two Edgewood Park properties held by Ff WW Guyer may suit Bethanys Home. An executive committee meeting led by Mrs Bennett discussed a sale proposal for Elthar with members Gamble White Peterson Johns Smelds and others backing a plan to burnish finances through a sale. A Feb 6 directors meeting will decide recommendations and timing while preparatory talks consider options and funding for the Bethany project.
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Guyer
Edgewood Park
Pethanys
Woc. Bennett
Elthar
George Wo Gamble
Charles E. White
Emil Peterson i. A Johns
Jo T Smelds
Feday Feb Co
County Taxes Inspire Little Fear Across Region
A fragmented clipping notes a prevailing tolerance for taxes within the county. The unreadable text hints at border lines of governance and public finance, mentioning towns, officials, and a general calm about tax burdens amid local concerns.
Kewanee Merchants Reject Premiums in Market Strategy
Merchants in Kewanee publicly oppose premium charges as a strategy to attract shoppers. The discussion centers on price fairness, patron costs, and a move toward simpler pricing as retailers counsel a shift away from such premiums to avoid burdening customers.
Death note and obituaries from Moline and area
An obituary notice details Daniel Brennan a long time Moline resident born in Ireland in 1829 who died after a weeklong illness with pneumonia at his home on Sixteenth Street. He emigrated to America in 1848, married Mary O Connell in 1850, and had two sons Denis and Daniel. his wife died shortly before. Also mentioned are the Anderson family and a farm and soil fertility essay segments by S H Weed.
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Ireland
America
Leas
Daniel Brennan
Moline
Sixteenth Street
Brennan
Boston
Springfield
Ohio
Mary O'Connell
Issa
Earth
Mro
Arsenal Island
Denots
Daniel Gr
James William John Joe
Deornis
Martin Peres
St Mars S Cathedic Church
Pam
Louise Anderson
Sweden
Mr Anderson
Ena Rock Island
Mera
John Welch
Oscar and
Chartres
Supreme Court Upholds Itemized County Tax Levies
The supreme court rules counties must itemize county tax levies by percentage and total for each purpose. Vermilion county’s 1904 levy cannot be collected this spring due to noncompliance. Rock Island and other counties share the issue, and a legislative bill is urged to validate illegally made levies.
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Rock Island
Supreme Court
Vermilion County
Seed Soil Special charms Moline area audience
S H Weed describes the Seed-Soil Special visiting Monmouth and Moline, drawing five hundred farmers to lectures by the Agricultural College on soil fertility and seed corn. Professors outlined corn yields and seed selection, while local factories and busy carpenters reflect a thriving town atmosphere.
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Mormont
Afonmauth
Afonmauth Before Il Hoew Moline
Moline
Monmouth
Our
Agricultural College
Sali
B H. Readhimer
Oklahoma Man Seeks Gene seo News Interest
Arapaho Oklahoma, January 21 Editors Dispatch reports a reader named B Colegrove, manager of the Oklahoma Investment Co., Arapaho, praising Gene seo Mayor Holt and urging continued coverage of urban safety and sober home promotion. He notes Oklahoma’s aim to be seen as hearth and home state and signs his note with optimism about local business and prosperity.
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Arapho
Okla
Dispatch
Holt
Geneseo
Oklahoma
Wold and Wooley
Geneseo Saloon Fight Postponed to February
Geneseo’s legal fight over the saloon issue is adjourned to Feb 4 as Judge Gest orders written arguments and citations due by then. Attorneys for both sides prepare briefs. oral arguments will resume, centering on whether 1875 state law or the 1868 charter governs the licenses.
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Geneseo
Gest
Anderson
Sturtz
Haas
Rock Island
Brown
Waterman
Supreme Court
Lowden Donates For Opera House To Moline
Colonel Frank O Lowden, Rock Island county’s GOP governor nominee, sends a gift to Moline as thanks for support shown last spring. H J Gripp finds a letter to the Moline Business Men’s Association treasurer with a draft for 50 dollars and ten seats for opening night, reflecting the 679 votes Lowden received in Rock Island county.
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Frank O 'Lowden
Rock Islant
Springfield
Moline
H J Gripp
Moline Business Men
Henry
New Theatre
Lowdon
Rock Island County
McEniry
Lowden
Milwaukee Road
Switchman Charged With Freight Car Theft
Clinton E. Kincaid, a switchman for the Rock Island road, was held to the grand jury on a grand larceny charge after a railroad detective’s warrant. He allegedly stole a case of whisky from a freight car in the yard, with bond set at $500.
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Clinton E. Kincaid
Rock Island Road
G. B. Michler
Kincaid
Rock Asland Dec
Local Bank Officers and Directors Listing
A. B. Wright, Geo H. Edwards, H A Ainsworth serve as officers with G W Wood as vice president. Directors include F Anderson, J Hamuels, J B Ainsworth, W H Adams, Calvin Ainsworth and others. Mention of a $1 starting account offer accompanies the list.
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Wright Geo. H. Edwards
H. A. Ainsworth C P Skinner
Rock Island Club Names E H Guyer President
E H Guyer has been unanimously elected president by the new Rock Island club board. Officers for the year include President E H Guyer Vice President C J Larkin Secretary Will J Sweeney and Treasurer Gus Tegeler. The board plans to alter the dining facilities by removing partitions to convert the reception and two private dining rooms into a single larger room.
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E. H Guyer
Rock Island Club
E H Guyer
C J Larkin
Will J Sweeney
Gus Tegeler
Renewed Drive to Pave Seventeenth Street
A new petition seeks to pave Seventeenth Street south of Eighth Avenue with bitulithic material from Eighth to Twelfth and an offshoot on Ninth Avenue for about 800 feet east of Seventeenth. Signatures grow as prior efforts failed. backers hope to begin next summer if no legal or unforeseen hurdles arise.
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Seventeenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Twelfth
Ninth Avenue
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Promotes Teething Relief
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain, gums, wind colic and diarrhoea. The ad claims it has been used by millions of mothers and priced at twenty five cents a bottle sold by druggists everywhere.
Military Tract High School Meet Set for Monmouth May 5
Preliminary plans foretell the annual Military Tract High School meet in Monmouth on May 5. Fourteen member schools will enter oratorical declamatory and athletic contests with Monmouth College overseeing the athletics. The event promises to be the largest in association history, with preliminary orations and a six finalist program, and improvements to Monmouth athletic park proposed to meet a forty foot track and bleacher capacity for three thousand spectators.
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Military Tract High School Association
Monmouth
Monmouth College
Tract ‘Association
Military Tract
Knox
Monmouth Athletic Park
Iron Sulphate Improves Cedar Rapids Water Purification
Superintendent Charley J. Fox of Cedar Rapids waterworks touts iron sulphate as a powerful coagulant to purify city water. He cites demonstrations by American Steel and Wire Co. and claims it kills most germs, removes impurities, and eliminates fishy odors linked to the plant caigen, noting no harm to humans at the small dosage used.
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Charley, J. Fox
Cedar Rapids
Moline
American Steel and Wire Co
Fox
Miley
Raat
Apraesia
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Cordova
Core
Canoe Creek
Zunes Port Hyron
Alyy Hampton
South Rock Island
Black Hawk
Coal Valley
Muy
Salamynd
Andalusia
Bethany
Ter
Westie
Hubbard Dees
Decesier
Kewanee
Grocers
Roy Lane
Syed
Byrne
Bae
Roy
Tod Seejee
Helpmeet
Mrs. Louise Anderson
Diltos
Champaign
Acre
Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
Tennessee
Sainst
Levy
Port Byron
Hampton ' S
South Moline
Evewe
Edgington
Buffalo Prairie
Adem
S. H. Weed
Burlington Road
Burton Colegrove
Cambridge
OPERA
Rock ™ Inland County
Moline Trusts Savings Bank
H. A. Ainsworth
G. W. Wood
F. Anderson
GHO. W. Wood CO. & Battles
J H. Samuels
J. B. Ainsworth
W H Adams Calvin Ainsworth
E. H. Guyer
Board of Directors
Yth Avenue
Military Tract Association
Moline School
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