Four sewer and watermain contracts awarded to Moline firm
The Moline Heating and Construction Co won all four bids for sewer and watermain projects on Nineteenth street Second street storm drain and Sixth ward sewer totaling 6671 dollars. Independent Construction Co of Davenport was the only other bidder, with King-Lambert of Des Moines submitting late or higher bids.
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Moline Heating and Construction Co
Board of Local Improvements
Independent Construction Co
Davenport
King-Lambert Construction Co
Des Moines
Twenty-first
Twenty-fifth Avenues
Fourteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
New Salary Schedule for Rural Free Delivery Carriers
Beginning July 1 1907 rural route rail carriers will receive a salary raise. Pay depends on route distance with a maximum of 900 dollars and a 24 mile threshold for recognition. Those carrying more than 24 miles receive the same pay as 24 mile routes under government orders.
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H R. Calef
Chicago
United States Post Office
Lockport
Calef
Burly intruder disturbs Rock Island home
The Carlson residence at 1424 Fourth avenue, Rock Island, was entered about midnight by a black man who awakened Miss Marthe Carlson by grabbing her hand. He entered via a second story window, fled downstairs, and escaped with two accomplices rumored to wait outside. No property was taken. neighbors reported three men seen near the house earlier that evening.
Moline butcher charged with theft of $250
Harvey Fleming was brought before Justice G Albert Johnson in Rock Island on a warrant for theft of $250 from a woman. He allegedly entered the complainant's house on June 14 and took a pocketbook. Fleming was arrested at New Boston July 8 by Sheriff Kittilzen and is held in jail with a July 15 hearing set.
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Harvey Fleming
Moline
G Albert Johnson
Rock Island
May Moore
Bhis City
Fleming
New Boston
Kittilzen
East Moline real estate boom with Mutual Investment Co spillover
Suburban land development expands in East Moline as the Mutual Investment Co gathers eleven acres south of Bluff Road between Seventh and Ninth streets. New platting and road work progress alongside deeds totaling about 56 860 dollars across Moline and Rock Island, with several parcels sold to named buyers.
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Mutual Investment Co
Baya
Bluff Road
East Moline
Moliners
Horstkamp & Sherman
J D Cady Int
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Drunk man survives after being struck off railroad tracks
Richard Hosch of 346 Eighth Street was tossed from a westbound Rock Island freight near East Moline on the Fourth of July. He wandered drunk onto the tracks as the train approached and was hauled to Moline station by crew. Dr A H Arp treated him. he was found none the worse for the incident.
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Laoopie Peeiack
Richard Hosch
Eighth Street
East Moline
Rock Island Road
Hosch
Bosch
Moline
A. H. Arp
Price of Hard Coal Put Up to 9.25 a Ton
The price of anthracite coal has been advanced from 9 to 9.25 a ton. This spring and summer rise follows a winter price of 9.50, with a prior reduction to 9 on April 1. The usual pattern is a 10 cent monthly rise after April, but no increase occurred until July 1 when a 25 cent hike was added.
Improvements to R and V Factory Completed
Additions to Root and VanDervoort Engineering Co plant costing eight thousand to one hundred thousand dollars have been finished. They triple capacity and create a seven-building complex spanning twelve acres between the Moline Automobile Co shop and the R and W foundry built in 1904. The new structures include a fireproof building a machine shop a building and a store shed with plans for two more large buildings.
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Root & VanDervoort Engineering Co
Moline Automobile Co
R & W Foundry
Rasmus for Rasmus for Brother of L Estate Mar
The fragment notes a notice titled Rasmus for Rasmus for Brother of L Estate Mar. It references a family relation and estate matter with minimal readable details. The item appears as a brief legal or genealogical notice in a local newspaper segment.
Danish-born rancher dies in Wyoming at age 82
Neilsen, brother of I P Nielsen of Moline and Hank Nielsen of St Joseph, died of paralysis near Laramie Wyoming on Saturday June 29. He was born in 1844 at Ringe Denmark, resident of Moline many years, later a Wyoming ranch owner. Remains brought to Moline and buried in Riverside cemetery Saturday.
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Rasmus” Neilsen
I. P Nielsen
Hank Nielsen
St. Joe Mo
Laramie Wyo
Moline
Wyoming
Ringe
Denmark
Riverside Cemetery
Watertown to allow saloon despite dry vote
The village faces saloon traffic and revenue loss without licensing. East Moline will supply the saloon near Watertown while the village benefits from patronage. A new frame structure on Watertown road near the hospital grounds approaches completion as local plans face opposition from church groups.
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Watertown
East Moline
Allsbrow Livery
Watertown ‘Hospital
Diane
Trans Miss golf tour at Arsenal July schedule announced
The Trans MississippI golf association plans a four day event at the Arsenal course July 17 to 20 with 100 visiting golfers including eight from Denver and forty from Omaha. A banquet at Davenport Commercial club on July 18 will host all guests. a dance will follow with cups and trophies awarded to winners.
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Davenport
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association
Arsenal Golf Course
Arseni
Trans Mississippi Association
J E Brock
Tamr
Two More Clerks for Post Office in Moline
The Moline post office gains two additional clerks, Philip Colson and Wallace Warnock, effective immediately. Warnock, a former clerk who retired to attend the State University of TitNnets, was reinstated as a substitute and began duty Saturday, with Colson starting Monday.
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Moline
Post Office Department
Philip Colson
Wallace Warnnock
Warnock
Colson
State University of TitNnets
Boys complete 425 miles in two weeks
Mr and Mrs George W Hamler note son David and cousin Albert Erickson reached Jackson Minnesota at 3 pm Monday after a two week 425 mile trek from Moline Iowa. They walked daily with a best day of 32 miles and stay with Uncle William Schneider until August, then plan to visit Des Moines before likely returning by train to Moline for school.
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George W Hamler
Sixth Avenue
David
Albert Erickson
Jackson
Minn
Moline
William Schneider
Des Moines
East End Grocery Firm Hawkes & Oberg Goes Bankrupt
Hawkes and Oberg the east end grocery firm that opened a store at 2315 Fifth Avenue has filed for voluntary bankruptcy J Q Paddock named trustee. The Coyne block location operated last fall and through Winter but business volumes failed to meet costs leading to the insolvency. The firm faced shipment backlogs and financial strain across its supply chain.
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Hawkes & Oberg
East End
Eid J. Q. Paddock
Fifth Avenue
Coyne
Roosevelt reveals fall river trip itinerary from Oyster Bay
The proposed Western swing for President Roosevelt is outlined with stops at Canton Ohio Keokuk Iowa Memphis Tennessee Carthage Missouri and St Louis Missouri among others. He departs from Oyster Bay September 29 and tours September 30 to October 4 with multiple addresses and river travel on the Mississippi.
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Keokuk
Willi
Memphis
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Canton
McKinley National Monument
St. Louis
Carlo
Tenn
Washington
Davenport Doctor William Miller Dies at 59
Dr William Miller a well known Davenport physician died at his home 218 West Fifth street at 1 am Saturday after a brief illness He was born in Germany aged 59 came to America in 1869 lived in Dewitt Iowa studied at the University of Iowa and moved to Davenport in 1885 He ran a drugstore near Eighth and Harrison for nineteen years and practiced medicine for three years He was president of the German Saengerchor His funeral is set for 2 pm Sunday at the home Gustav Donald to speak with interment in Fairmount cemetery.
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Wiliam Miller
Davenport
West Fifth Street
Eighth and
Harrison Streets
Saengerchor
Gustav Donald
Fairmount Cemetery
Postoffice Receipts Show Eleven Year Growth Record
The Moline postoffice fiscal year ending June 30 reports receipts of 78438.65 up from 70003.32 the prior year, a gain of 8485.43 or over twelve percent. Over ten years the average gain runs about six percent, with the peak year 1898 showing a 27 percent rise. The article notes city growth and a possible population rise by 1910, while also reporting the death of Freda Meter in a Fourth of July accident in Davenport.
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Moline
Freda Meter
William Meter
Davenport
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