Rock Island figures in $2000 fine for Drost in Schnell case
In Rock Island circuit court Judge Graves imposed the maximum $2000 fine after Dan Drost pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges linked to Matthias Schnell. Drost, once a noted saloonkeeper, was subpoenaed as a state witness against Schnell, who allegedly arranged the dismissal of a $100,000 breach of promise and seduction suit involving Mrs McDermott.
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Dan Drest
Rock Island
Matthias Schnell
Graves
Drost
Schnell
McDermott
Omaha
Dispatch
Old Canal to Be Closed After Injunction Issued
Springfield July 1 Representative R E Burke of Chicago secured an injunction in Sangamon circuit court restraining the state treasurer and auditor from paying to the Ulmets and Michigan canal commissioners the maintenance funds. Judge Owen F Thompson presided. The canal commissioners left before decision. Snively says the ditch will close until final disposition, likely months, as the case goes to the supreme court. He notes no funds remain for canal maintenance after July 1 and warns of damages claims from affected interests.
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Springfield
R. E. Burke
Chicago
Sangamon Circuit Court
Ulmets and
Michigan Canal
Feneral Assembly
Owen F. ‘Thompson
Jacksonville
Thompson
Triumph of Our Hens in Australian Egg Contest
Chicago reports that eighteen American hens sent to Sydney lead the field in an egg laying contest against sixty five rivals. Three coops from Chicago arrived March 18 after a long voyage and sit first, second, and fourth on the tally sheet, with leaders far ahead of rivals.
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Australia
United States
Chicago
New York Times
Sydney
Miller Purvis
Commercial Poultry
A. A. Dunnicliffe, Jr
Sydney Telegraph
Rand
Moline and Rock Island Assessments Compared in 1903
The Dispatch reports Moline's total assessment at 2 241 365 with gains of 90 957 in value, while Rock Island stands at 2 921 340. It notes Moline’s rise outpaced by Rock Island and recalls historic shifts over fourteen years ending 1893 with Rock Island lagging behind in growth.
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Frank Gustafson
Moline
Rock Island
Moline’s
Fear Interurban Lines Threaten Short Line Steamboats
The W. J. Young, a nine year Rock Island Burlington route steamer now sold to St. Louis investors, will be rebuilt as an excursion boat. With another vessel shifting routes, packet operators fear interurban electric lines will ruin traffic, though some foresee increased travel and bids for cheaper freight.
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St. Louis
W. J. Young
Carnival City Packet Co
Rock Island
Burlington
Mitchell
Walter Blair
Carnival Packet Co
Kahike Boat Yard
Young
Silver Crescent
Helen Blair
Rock Island-Burlington
Keokuk-Quincy
Young Limber Co
Clinton
Schwab Retires From Presidency at U S Steel
Reports that Charles M. Schwab will retire from the presidency of the United States Steel Corporation culminate in W. E. Corey, Carnegie Steel president, being named assistant to the president. The finance committee announced the appointment due to the president’s continued illness.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
W. E. Corey
Carnegie Steel Company
Richard Trimble
Finance Committee
Corey
Mob violence and flight endanger a half witted man
In Joliet Illinois July 1 a mob of nearly 300 Slavs and Poles chased a black man Joseph Johnson into a tree after he slept in a house. He fled and was later found insane and sent to Kankakee. The story mixes facts with unrelated natural history commentary.
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Joliet
Joseph Johnson
Lemont
Johnson
Frank
Zalecki
Nefro
Kankakee
Peter Hanson Wins Rock Island Gold Watch Prize
Peter Hanson of 1218 Fourth Avenue Moline wins a gold watch offered by The Rock Island Argus for the longest continuous service in Rock Island County. At 76 he has worked 45 years for Barnard Leas Manufacturing Co starting June 1858. He leads the next man Schillinger by two years in longevity.
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Rock Island Argus
Rock Island County
Peter Hanson
Fourth Avenue
Moline
Hanson
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Co
Argus
Schillinger
Coal Valley Mining Co
A Misfit Independence in a Childs Upset Family Lesson
A narrator recalls July Fourth independence ideals clashing with a father's authority. The child chooses freedom, faces corporal discipline, and learns that independence may suit nations but not family life. The verse contrasts grand liberty with domestic order, ending with doubt about the father’s and child’s views.
Eyewitness Recalls 75 Foot Chain Wonder
An observer describes a celebrated oriental jugglery feat. A 75 foot chain was extended, one end thrown toward the sky as if tethered. A dog was brought forward and the chain manipulated, leaving the rest to the reader’s imagination.
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Ram
Fourth of July in 1793 from Dunlap’s American Daily Advertiser
The Philadelphia Packet and General Advertiser later known as Dunlap’s American Daily Advertiser published the 1776 Declaration of Independence with an introductory editorial urging liberty and deposing tyrants. It notes Philadelphia’s observance with thirteen guns at dawn and fifteen at noon and two. fireworks to end the day while news came slowly by carrier.
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Hiladelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Packet and General Advertiser
Congressional Lbrary
Washington
Packet
Philadelphia North American
John Dunlap
David C. Claypoodle
Dunlap
New York Commercial Advertiser
American Daily Advertiser
United States
Sitle
Vermont
Kentucky
New York
Irtin
Nome treasure cargo arrives in Seattle steamer
The steam er QOhic arrives from Nome with a treasure cargo valued at $265,000, partly representing the winter's clean-up.
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Seattle
Wash
Qohic
Nome
Man's suicide after threat reported at 141 Fourth Avenue
Peter Forwinkley aged 62 at 141 Fourth Avenue faced repeated threats to end his life. Found in a shed at 6:15 AM with a rope around his neck, he had lived there since 1883 after moving from the Netherlands in 1879. The inquest heard his son John describe shared sleep and routines, while Roy Forwinkle testified about discovering the body. The jury returned a verdict of death by self-inflicted hanging.
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Peter Forwinkley
Fourth Avenue
Naic Richart
John Forwinkle
Fittie
Gen- Tropp
Fin
Man
Kiingebiel
Kiingebiel Committed Suicide In the Time Ago, Forha
Ridgeview News Notes and Local Movements
Mrs J Nell Cox and daughter Mabel of North Henderson travel toward Missouri to visit relatives. H S Cox and family host at the fortieth street residence as part of family gathering. United Presbytery cottage prayer meeting with Mr and Mrs Wawl planned on Thirty sixth street tomorrow evening. Ed Ndo and others visit Michigan. Dam and Lester Condo stay with Oscar Johnson during parental absence. Odell and parties fromston expect to return soon.
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J. Nell Cox
Mabel
North Henderson
H. S. Cox
Missouri
Eckerberg
New House
Fortieth Street
United Pres Rans
Wawl
Thirty-sixth Street
Ed Ndo
Michigan Dam
Lester Condo
Oscar Johnson
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