Woodmen official inspection sought by Grand Jury link
Major C W Hawes head clerk of the Modern Woodmen reports Fred W Potter of the state insurance department will arrange an official examination of the society. The exam is expected to begin in September and finish after year end with costs largely borne by the Woodmen. The inspection aims to cover the period since the last audit and assess rising business and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hawes
Modern
Fred W. Potter
State Insurance
Ickmaci
Stfafirs
Potter
Executive Council of the
Woodmen
Woodmen’ Executive Council
State Department
Grand Jury
Rock Island
Woodmen Society
Order
Moline Teachers Plan Boston Trip After Convention
A group of Moline teachers attending the National Education Association convention in Boston plan a two week eastern stay. Members include Minnie Vinton Alice Wheelock Phoebe Ahl Hannah Kneberg Grace Dale Myrtle Nelson Julia Gettemy Jennie Hull Mary Moore Grace Johnson Helen Pahl Minnie Pahl Mabel Johnson Emma Schellman and others. They visited the stadium on July Fourth and Cambridge in the afternoon and intend a St Lawrence River trip before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
National Educational Association
Boston
East
Minnie EK. Vinton
Alice Wheelock
Phoebe Ahl
Hannah Kneberg
Grace Dale
Myrtle Nelson
Julia BE. Gettemy
Jennie Hull
Mary Moore
Grace Johnson
Helen Pahl
Minnie Pahl
Mabel Johnson
Emma Schellman
National Association
Hattle Moore
Mary
Sreak
Fay
Cambridge
Moore
Pahl
Schellman
2Neleon
St. Lawrence River
Reward offer for information cited in paper text
An appeal promises a $100 reward for readers who provide testimony or evidence regarding an incident. The notice requests responses and indicates a list of witnesses may be sent to the paper. The wording is partially obscured but centers on financial incentive for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atdeans
Iiss
Aclence
Rock
Notive S Nowies
Teetiniouiais
Treasury reports record year for government receipts
The Treasury Department prepared a statement showing last fiscal year receipts of 333,043,800 dollars. The Payne tariff was in force for most of the year and these receipts are the highest in the history of the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joly Foir
Treasury Department
Payne
Augustana College Board Elects Foss as Vice President
The Augustana college board re elected Dr Claude W Foss as vice president to succeed Rev C B Lindberg who has served since 1901. Longtime officers kept are Dr L A Johnston as chairman Joseph A Anderson as secretary and Rev Tap Exiadook as treasurer. Dr Foss formerly led history and optical science at the college and served as vice president from 1888 to 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustana College
Augustana Synod
Rock Island
Claude W. Foss
Pr. D
C. B. Lindberg
D. D
R. O
L. A. Johnston
Moline
Joseph
A. Anderson
Boone
Pasurer
Tap
Fos
Fossa
India
Persia
Lindberg
Augustana Theological Seminary
Sawmill shutdown in Chippewa Falls over low river water
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company closes its large sawmill in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, due to river water being too low to power the mill. Officials warn it may take days to restore supply as upstream mills exhaust available power. This marks the first such water-power shutdown since 1836.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Chippewa River
Coal Valley Social Notes Highlight July Fourth Visits
Local residents from Coal Valley and nearby towns shared Fourth of July visits and gatherings. Allen Tennant left for Chicago. Mr and Mrs John McGraw and Grace of South Moline joined various relatives for holiday plans. Mrs Henry Poston and son plan a summer with Grandma Callahan while Mrs Robert Hass hosted friends in honor of Mrs War Peters of Cloupet Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Valley. I
Allen Tennant
Chicago
John McGraw
Little Grace
South Moline
Josie Murphy
Rock Island
E J. Normoyle
Rural
George Parks
Postmaster Murphy
Henry Poston
Cable
Grandma Callahan
Robert Hass
War. Peters
Clopuet
Minn
Michael Delvnege
Edne
Mra
Geth Wilson
Fe Bouth Moline
Benjamin Lewis
Rock It
Tana
H. Martien
Mre
Howard Gregg
Murt Conner
Walter Weaver
William Peters
Batley
LeClaire
Coal Valley
Misa Helen “Pryce
Coal ‘Valley
Im Soren
Renomination circuits urged for county offices in Rock Island
Petition circulation begins for Henry Hubbard and James McKinney seeking renomination on the Republican ticket for county clerk and for congressman respectively. The county may require a probate clerk and county judge if population rules trigger division of offices after the census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Hubbard
James McKinney
Aledo Ag
Hubbard
Hupbard
Hampton News Roundup Bright with Visits and Socials
Hampton notes July visits include M E White traveling to Seaton Illinois to see her mother E W Wilcher of Rock Island visited the village Tuesday and Miss Grace Lewis arrived from South Manchester Connecticut to Hampton relatives Local socials raise nearly fifteen dollars at a lawn gathering for the MB church Mrs George Cook attended services and others hosted guests at homes around Water town Princeton and Rock Island
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
M E. Whitehead
Seaton
E. W Wilcher
Rock Island
F Black
J T Youong
Frank Luce
Prairie Center
O. Arenshield
Watertown
William Bishop Jr
Water Town
Joseph Cloidt
Utica
Mildred
George McNeal
Dan McNeal
A. C McNeal
Mantel
Mith
J M. Benson
J C Hawkins
Dan Fulmer
Princeton
M 8
Heagy
Rock Ieland
L. Lowry
Isaiah Pinkerton
Mantel Smith
Jesse Gordon
Robert Johnson
Charmiam Maxwell
Olive Anderson
Moline
Rockford
Felger
Edward Robeson
William Mohr
Jacob Mohr
Baker
Myra Dunn
Massachusetts
J. H. Maxwell
Anna Hahkikes
Bilvis
Otis Bitman
Charles Schreiber
Grace
Acute crop damage from heavy rains in Kentucky
Cloud bursts across Kentucky, with surplus rain in Tennessee and southern Indiana, have pushed the crop situation to an acute stage. Damages fall on truck gardens and small fruit farms reducing output by about fifty percent, and corn, wheat, and tobacco suffer untold losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Northcott Heads Abroad for Medical Specialists
Former head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America and ex lieutenant governor W A Northcott left Springfield for Europe seeking relief for a kidney ailment. He will spend two months with specialists in Dresden and Vienna, accompanied by his wife and daughter Miss Worthcott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Vienna
Springfield
United States
W A Northcott
Woodmen of America
Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Drowns in sight of his five playmates
Earl Russell, nine, of Watertown, drowned while swimming in a slough near Campbell's Island. He and five companions were wading to deeper water when cramps struck after stepping into the deep area. Rescue attempts failed as of 4:15 p.m. and the body had not yet been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Russell
Watertown
James Russell
Campbell's Island
Funeral Arrangements By Mrs Cook Planned Before Death
Mrs Willie Walthers Cook died Saturday at her home on Twenty Fifth Street after a 17 week illness. She was born February 20 1885 in Zuma township and lived in Moline since 1904. Married October 9 1909 to Martha Cook, she arranged her funeral with Rev Edward Morton and Rev F K O Shult. services were at home then Zuma Cemetery with a large floral display and pallbearers from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Walthers-Cook
Arthur Cook
Twenty Fifth Street
Cook
Charles G Walthera
Zuma Township
Port Byron High School
Dasa Coe
Diolig
Brown's
Business College
Moline
Marthia Cook
Edward Morton
Hillsdale
F KO Shult
Rock Island
William Kitts
Florence Lundberg
J. Powe
Hwob Aram
Shult
Morton
Zuma
Meiihern
Zuma Choir
Hope
Wheat and corn prices rise as Nebraska rain boosts crops
Chicago July 7 reports wheat at 1.06 dollars a bushel and corn at 69 cents as markets close. Nebraska received heavy rains with two inches in parts, aiding crop conditions while reports say growing crops were suffering from heat in other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Bequeaths Property to His Sweetheart in Tragic Tale
Emil Bengtson a 44 year old former Moline man killed himself by stepping in front of a Milwaukee line train in Rockford after a love dispute with Miss Emily Hulting berg who refused him due to a 20 year age gap. He had planned to leave her his property and left no close relatives in the country. He had $90 in his clothes a bank account and owned a city lot. He belonged to Swedish Olive lodge and Tegner lodge of Rockford. His funeral was held at 2 30 with Tegner lodge in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Altthough
Emily Hultingberg
Emil Bengtson
Hho HO
Emil Hengtson
Moline
Tegner Lodge
I 3
Oliver Idee
Odd Fellows
Bengtsoon
G A Gustafson
Swedish Olive Lodge
Bengtson
Tle
Thia
Sweden
Hengtraon
Velie Plant to Double Output with Capital Increase
Velie Motor Vehicle Co directors met in special session to raise capital by $200,000 to $500,000. Mr Velie said the firm expects a 50 percent sales rise in 1911 with 3,000 to 4,000 cars to be sold this year and the best year in the company’s history anticipated next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vella Motor Vehicle Co
Velie
Fourth's Toll of Death in Country Reaches 51
Chicago reports five deaths from Fourth of July explosives yesterday raising the national toll to 61. Tetanus cases appear as deadly poison takes effect and a 62 year old Philadelphia man loses part of his hand after firing a cannon cracker in his grasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Two Men Sentenced to State Penitentiary for Burglary
Jerry Richtmeyer and Frank Franken found guilty by a jury of burglary and sentenced to the state penitentiary. The judge overruled a motion for a new trial and imposed indeterminate terms. Additional court actions included Arthur Burnwood sent to Watertown hospital and Alonzo Hussey ordered jailed for six months plus $100 fine and costs to be worked at $160 daily, totaling about ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Richtmeyer
Frank Franken
Test B&w Schoede
DD W Simonson
Arthur Burnwood
Watertown Hospital
Alonzo Hussey
River Fleet at Work South of Muscatine
Captain Kirchner operates the Misaisaipu river improvement fleet of 18 vessels between Burlington and Muscatine. The Percy Swain steamer and barges carry workers and house structures for wing dam and shore protection projects. Contracts extend into thousands of dollars, providing jobs for many through the open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Kirchners
Misaisaipu
Burlington
Muscatine
Percy Swain
Kirchner
Rockford Census Figures Show 16 233 School Age Children
Rockford New Jersey census completes listing 16 233 school age children. The Rockford school authorities use the data to estimate population and plan resources for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
11 Year Old Lad Injured in Fleahy Area
Harry Haneon, an 11 year old, received a bullet wound in the right leg at Fleahy. He is expected to recover and ran to a nearby house after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lad
Harry Haneon
Wii
Young Under Arrest After Viaduct Shooting Near Silvis
Frank Young of Silvis fired twice at apparent holdup men on a viaduct near the Rock Island road tracks east of Silvis. One of the youths was 11 year old Harry Hanson, who was wounded in the right hip but will recover. Hanson and a 13 year old brother were returning from Carbon Cliff when mistaken for robbers. Young faces arraignment at 2 this afternoon in Silvis police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondays
Daily Dispatch
Frank Young
Silvis
Young
Harry Hanson
Rock Island Road
Hake
Otto Newblow
Nest
Newblow
Chapman
Harstow
Hopson
WARR TO BE RELEASED FROM JOLIET PRISON
Letter from the warden clarifies Warr’s status as of July 3 1910 stating the parole ruling does not alter his sentence and that J W Warr will receive final discharge on November 16 1910 in Joliet Illinois. The note reflects queries about a recent Supreme Court decision affecting parole laws and Warr’s term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Hitness Supreme Court
Iital
Joliet
Ter
Oispach
J. W. Warr
Warr
EB J. Murphy
Warde
No Postal Savings Note from Unreadable Text
Fragmentary OCR text mentions postal savings and a time near year markers but lacks clear events, names, places, or dates to define a coherent advisory item. The readable bits do not establish a definite outcome or involved entities.
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Clogg& Today
Taft
Foss
E. Lindberg
Johnston
Ekblad
James A Ae
Selves
George W Gamble
Meline
Northcott
U. S
Orampe White
Slough
Campbell’s Island
Dolmock Gould
Rore Hill
Cemtery
Henry Lundhere
Waller
Archie
Don Hunker
John Lindblad
I. Datley
Mrsook
Chicago Exchange
Emil Sengtson
Motor Vehicle Company
Tetanus
State Penitentiary
Frank Franklin
Gest
nNouse
Man Crossing
Gavie
Ola
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