Local notices and incidents mix with river works progress
A Davenport Davenport paper fragment reports diverse items. Emancipation day plans in Lincoln Park with Langston as orator. schoolhouse vote for a $2 600 building. canal and dam projects on the Mississippi with Le Claire stone and lumber contracts. a Milan road incident on a moving dummy train. thefts and toll disputes. a photographer’s convention trip. a cross state couple arrest warrant and related fugitive tale.
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Davenport
Lincoln Park
Uon
John M. Langston
Virginia
le Claire
Chris Mueller
Capt. McElherne
Campbell's Laland
Workmen's Strike Delays Rock Island Paving Project
The Saturday strike by track laborers on Third Avenue and near Twenty-third Street halts paving work in Rock Island and delays adjacent cities Davenport and Moline. Workers seek half fare transportation after daily starts that send them across multiple city sites. Company officials express sympathy but refuse concessions, urging settlement to avoid further costs.
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Liborera
Rock Island
Distatom
Moline
Third Avenue
Davenport
Twenty-third Street
Twenty-second
Twenty-third Streets
Fourth Avenue
Walsh
Edwards & Walsh
Tim
Wrecking Storm Causes Chimney Collapse and Wire Clash
A large iron chimney felled during a storm at the F Postoffice Block struck the Adams Express Co telephone line, breaking it and triggering a brilliant electrical display as the Third Avenue streetcar line arced to ground. Passersby halted the car, the driver used a broom to clear the conductor, and the central stations burned out several lines but avoided further damage. Residents note the display outpaced the actual harm, urging caution around live wires.
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F Postoffice
Adams Express Co
Third Avenue
Lengths
Beshtee Age Bragio
Vic E
Othe
Mutual Insurance Co’s
Illinois State Fair Set for Peoria September to October
The Illinois state fair will run at Peoria from September 28 to October 2 with thirty thousand dollars in premiums and special attractions. The premium list has been revised with many increases and entry books open at the fair grounds on September 2. For more information contact W. C. Garrard, secretary, Springfield.
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Peoria
Poona
W. C. Garrard
Springfield
Lil
RYLVAN REMEDY CO Sale Manufacture ca
Rylvan Remedy Co lists sale of manufacturing at 107 Main St, Peorta. The notice outlines a local business sale and property details with emphasis on location and entity name.
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Rylvan Remedy CO
Sale
Main St
Peorta
Bib
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