After You Pilot Aboard Te cumsum Tecumseh Sinks
In the bay battle of the fort Craven orders the Tecumseh toward the Tennessee. The ironclad strikes a torpedo and sinks with Craven steering to near the bow. He points to the pilot and says After you pilot before going down with his ship. The line of monitors presses the fort amid fierce fire.
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Brooklyn
Octorora
Hartford
Metacomet
Sand Island
Sand Island Nght
Richmond
Tecumseh
Fort Morgan
Black Tennessee
Morgan
Selma
Craven
Tennessee
Brook
Buchanan
Floet
Tennessee Craven
Adural Buchanan
Sition
Monitor
Merrimac
Drayton
Watson
Brownell
Jouett
Peyton
Treeman
Ster
Knowles
Rero
Chaven
Findley Secures Necessary Bail in Bradley Murder Case
John Findley, held on a murder charge since March 9, is out on bail after a $5000 bond. Bondsmen signing for his temporary freedom are all from Moline, including W. R. Moore, George McMaster, C. E. Whiteside, Joseph Tremblay, Emil Helmbeck, Jacob Grimes, Sadie Grimes, Sarah Findley, Eli Findley, and Chas. P. Skinner.
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John Findley
Arthur E. Bradley
Moline
W. R. Moore
George McMaster
C. E. Whiteside
Joseph Tremblay
Emil Helmbeck
Jacob Grimes
Sadie Grimes
Sarah Findley
Eli Findley
Chas. P. Skinner
They Work Overtime And Achieve The Unexpected Dispatch Ads
A couple advertised for a furnished house and then for board at The Dispatch office. The next day the ad brought houses and more boarding options, and they settled in a furnished house. The Dispatch Short Ad backs up its promise to bring what is advertised.
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Dispatch
Elopement Secrets Out in Clinton Four Wed in Secret
Four young people from Clinton disclosed a secret elopement on the Fourth. Fay Lovejoy aged 17 and Vida Weaver married Alfred Olson and William Winger respectively after taking licenses at the courthouse and marriage on an excursion steamer. The couples plan to start housekeeping soon.
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Fay Lovejoy
Alfred Olson
Vida Weaver
Wm. Winger
Clinton
Winona Thither
Court House
Miss Lovejoy
George A. Lovejoy
Fifth Avenue
August Schultz
Mueller Lumber Co
Cooper and Byers Wed at Rock Island First Baptist
Alpha G. Cooper and Miss Stella Lepla Byers of Cordova were married Friday afternoon at the parsonage of the First Baptist church in Rock Island with Rev. H. W. Reed officiating.
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Lph
G. Cooper
Stella Lepla Byers
Cordova
First Baptist Church
Rock Island
H. W. Reed
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Fraud Warning
An OCR damaged ad fragment touts a reward for a catarrh cure and mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text is garbled with names, prices, and claims about obligations and fees, suggesting a dubious personal or commercial notice without clear details.
Swedish Singers Meet in Minneapolis for Union Convention
The Svea Male chorus and fifteen local members travel to Minneapolis for the Western Division convention of the American Union of Swedish Singers July 21 24. Soloists Anna Helstrom John Forsell and Martina Johnstone join an orchestra of thirty under Prof Franz Danz. Events include concerts at the Exhibition building a reception a banquet and a grand picnic at Spring Park with travel from Moline at a low rate.
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Svea
Minneapolis
American Union of Swedish Singers
Anna Helstrom
John Forsell
Royal Opera of
Stockholm
St Paul
Exposition Building
Spring Park
Lake Minnetonka
Moline
C. M. Carlstedt
A. G Carlson Herman Applequist
Seth Kimball
C. W Josephson
Oscar Bo
End of May Liquor Sales Banned on Excursion Steamboats
The Treasury Department interprets a ruling to bar any steamer without a regular scheduled itinerary from selling intoxicating liquor. It impacts excursion boats on inland waters including the J S and other Mississippi River excursions. The ruling makes licenses moot for non scheduled boats and barges to serve liquor on board or in tow.
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Dubuque Herald
Streckfus
J. S
Treasury Department
Ississippi
Fire in Dispatch Office Threatens Pressroom
At 11:45 this forenoon smoke poured from a basement wall area in the Dispatch Office building. Firemen arrived quickly and used chemicals to extinguish a fire started near a coal pile in the basement. Holes in the pressroom wall released smoke. ten minutes later the blaze could have damaged the pressroom and composing room above, with risk to the Norotype machine and the adjoining Desaulniers Pressroom. The cause is believed to be a firecracker entering through a basement window in the alley. Pauline Woltmann of the New England Conservatory of Music arrived in Rock Island for the summer.
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Desaulniers
Pauline Woltmann
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Rock Island
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Arescue
Findley
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Bellery Varm
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Martina Johnstone
S. S
America
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gston
Georg
Allen D. Candler
Prother
Bradfield Regulator CO
America’s Reserve
Inter Ocean
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New York Sunland Seeocal
New York World
Moline Review-Dispatch
NEW York Tribune-Farmer
Farimer
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Union
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Review- Atch
Polyerie
Review-Dispatch
New York
Cit
California
Best
Chicago
San Francisco
Rockies
Sierra Nevadas
Los Angeles
John Sebastian
Gd. P
Iillonis
John Deere
Ortre and
Jo Eh
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