ROUNDS OUT THIRD EPOCH
A long period of heavy manufacturing ends with the close of his year on July 1 as reductions in production outlook and prospects for employment are reported.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
2
Arsenal's $14 Million Disbursed in 42 Years Across Three Cities
Rock Island Arsenal closed its most remarkable year for disbursements with $1,713,186.81 paid in wages. The article traces a long history from early construction and power development through periods of growth and contraction as government policy shifts toward contracting out work. It notes total outlays of $14,630,726.62 to date and forecasts wage and workforce declines with future contracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Arsenal
Tridgerm
Trevenport
Aos
McLean County Holds Tax Ferret Ban on Back Taxes
Judge Harris voids contract with the Springfield Accounting Co and restrains its agent George H Manlove from collecting back taxes in McLean County. Eleven consolidated cases rule taxpayers’ assessments void and nullify collector warrants and distress actions. Defendants ordered to pay court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H Manlove
Springfield Accounting Co
McLean County
Harris
Circuit Court
Board of Review
James Smith
Bia
Rock Island Arsenal Labor Costs Revealed 1863 1905
A summary shows government expenditures for labor at Rock Island Arsenal from 1863 through June 1905. Figures are grouped by commanding officers and suggest a vast cumulative outlay over the forty two year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Arsenal
End of an era for the arsenal’s limited future use
The passage suggests the period is nearing its end as the arsenal will not likely operate at the same scale again until a new war begins. It notes that the recent year saw heavy operations, while the near future appears subdued.
KIMMERLING MYSTERY FOLLOWED TO SISTER IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Perry Kimmerling, missing since Tuesday June 20 from his home at 500 Railroad Avenue, is believed in South Dakota with his sister. He had left his butcher shop at 1044 Twenty Ninth Street to visit the Cudahy Packing Co in Davenport for a bill payment but did not return. Relatives, anxious since his sudden departure, have learned he is visiting relatives in another state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Kimmerling
South Dakota
Kemmerling
Railroad Avenue
Twents
Ninth Etree
Moline
Deavenport
Cudahy Packing Co
Re Ativesron
Cudahy
Bethany Home Fund Sees Promising Donations
Moline and Rock Island committees report near 2000 pledges each for Bethany Home maintenance and building fund. So far $1100 to $1200 from Moline and $700 from Rock Island pledged without cap pass, aimed to start building within a year while supporting twenty three children in residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Bethany
Clty O
Harper House
Rock Island
J J Worker
W C. Bennett
Rock Island Committee
Pastor Davies resigns from two East Moline and Ridgeview pulpits
Rev J W Davies resigns from Plymouth Congregational church in East Moline and Union Congregational in Ridgeview effective September 1. He seeks someone with more experience for the field and may pursue study or another pulpit. After a year and a half, his two congregations total about 75 members with around 100 in the combined Sunday schools and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Davies
Plymouth Congregational Church
East Moline
Union Congregational Church
Ridgeview
Davies
Anme College
Suburb May Land Another Factory in East Moline
A party of men scouted East Moline last week for a site to locate a factory for an improved three row corn planter. The device costs about $2 more than a standard two row model and features a perfected dropping mechanism. The group, though not yet incorporated, has arranged capital with practical implement men who tested the device. East Moline’s shipping and land costs were praised as favorable for the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
East Molge
Bright Sunday School Pupil's Riddle Quips on Thieves
A brief quotation from the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune features a bright Sunday school pupil mixing biblical names with a quip about thieves who rob without the left hand knowing. The punchline plays on confusion of identities and double meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Peter
Paul
Cincinnst! Commercial-Tribune
Crop bulletin for Monroe county week ending July 10
The report notes below average weekly temperatures by about 3 degrees and widespread daily showers with a local hail and windstorm in Warren county causing fruit and corn damage. Oats are ready, crops are wet delaying harvest, corn is favorable though some fields lodge, wheat threshing hindered, barley and rye progressing, haying slowed, apples scarce, late potatoes promising in outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Six Thousand Attend Deere & Company Picnic
About six thousand guests, including workers and families, gathered at Campbell's Island for Deere & Co picnic. The event featured interurban transport, games, contests, awards, and a baseball match between office staff and shopmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deere & Co
Campbell's Island
Butterworth
Wixter
Owen
Rigby
Taylor
Pardee
Éack
Employee Quits Over Difficult Office Rivalry
A worker left a job citing friction with a troublesome male colleague described vaguely as a domineering figure. The transcript shows informal speech and misspellings as the speaker recounts the conflict and decision to resign to avoid trouble.
Stone shipping heavy industry gains in freight tonnage
Rail traffic reports for the fiscal year show overall increases in freight through Rock Island Moline and East Moline led by general merchandise and coal. Lumber declines as mills close along the Mississippi with several plants shuttered in Clinton Muscatine and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Moline
East Molina
Mississippi
Clinton
Muscatine
Merchandjée
Hillsdale news notes and community updates
Hillsdale residents share Fourth of July gatherings and local events. Mentions include visits among Orr families, Miss Evan Opendike, Miss Matilda Liphardt’s fall, and the Hillsdale church ice cream fund-raiser. Local contracts, accidents, and weather affect farm life, with notes on schooling and town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Lily
Jokaathinarh
Moimme
Myr
Mra
Ada Orr
Roth
Island
Hazel Orr
East Moline
Peter Ir
William
Cleveland
Hilledale
Rocie Island
John Cooley
Alice
Mia
Cooley
Orion
Alice Craig
Molize Syieited
Thuredey
Lucy Goodrich
Charlee Oszhorne
Tonia
Wen
Hillsdale Vialter
Henry
Nickerson
Joseph. Nickerson
Osborne
Frank Walker
Jesse Walker
Jesse
J. L. Marvel
Spring Hill
Marvel
David
Nettie Ashdown
Mapleton
Clyde Ashdown
Charlie Houschild
Matilda Liphardt
Carl Huston
A. B. Huston
Hillsdale
Wiley
Charlie Mumma
Port Byron
Old Hillsdale
Lyman Dailey
Justin Dalley
Or. L. Markee
Rock Island
Moline
Joe Filbert
Zuma
Lizzie Moody
Ansley
Neb
Don Donahoo
James Parker
Missouri
Blancjre
Lucy
Viola Harrott
Viola
Ephridm Kempster
John Butter
Golda
Geneseo
Robert Hill
Twin-City Lodge Names New Officers for 177
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Twin City Lodge No. 177 elected new officers on Monday for Moline and Rock Island areas. Key posts included president and secretary with listed members set to serve in the upcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin-City Lodge
Offcers
Twin City Lodge
Onder
MutualAid
Moline
Rock
Isleland
Pesident
Ryerson
Chaak
Clatada
Moles
Motte
Chaplin
G. Loung
Clothing Found On Bank Hints Swanson Drowning
Andrew Swanson, former Watertown hospital attendant and Moline resident, vanished after drinking spree. Patrons found his clothes on Campbell’s Island shore and traces lead toward the river as searchers drag the Mississippi. his age about 40, 140 pounds, father to a Sixth Regiment musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Swihsons
Moline
Watertown
Aystyr
Mississippi
Swanson
Campbell’s Island
Davenport
Twentieth Street
iFirst ‘Avenue
Campbell's Island
George Dirreen
John Roeschmann
Ship Wilford
Swanton
W.A. Crooks
O. W. Stevenson
A. J. Green
Ed Wood
W. G
New Trials Denied in Three Damage Suits
Judge Graves in the circuit court denied motions for new trials in three damage cases including Lucian B. Gaylord administrator of Marcis Gaylord estate versus George B. Swift Co and John Gaffey versus the Rock Island road. All three cases will be appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Circuit Court
Lucian RB. Gaylord
Marcis Gaylord
George B. Swift Co
Egurt
John Gaffey
Rock Island Road
James B. Swift Co
Rutledge
Feds
Luther Skidmore
Mary
Charles
Kenng
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T. J. Taylor
J M. Whittemore
A R. Buffington
E. Blunt
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Sister
Moline Butcher
Mioine Trusts Savings Bank Capital
Wright Geo H. Edwards
H A. Ainsworth
P. Skinner
Geo W Wood C E Battles
D. F Anderson
J.H Samuels
I E. Ainsworth
W H Adams
Calvin Ainsworth
H. A. Ainsworth
O. F. Anderson
G. W. Wood
Moline Solicitors For
Board of
Plymouth
Union Congregational Churches
Hoya
Carl Lind
Walter Graham
Chris Widerquist
Pearl Bomberg
Taies
Jennie Leaf
Prise
Bernice
Atvall
Chicago
Hennepin Canal
Silimar
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Rormerly
Slough
George B. Ewift
Gaffey
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