Fire destroys Blackwell livery stable on Fourteenth Street
A Sunday morning blaze gutted the Robert Blackwell livery stable and home on Fourteenth Street. About five tons of hay and the second floor furnishings were burned, with items from the home lost. twenty four horses were saved after prompt alarm. The blaze caused an estimated five thousand dollars in damage, with little insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blackwell
Fourteenth Street
Blackwell
Peter Nelson
Deere
Hrackwell Iiving
Almosst
Cox and Deere
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
W C Jeanett
City
Barber Asphalt Co
City Barn
Three Men and Many Horses Killed in Freight Wreck
A freight wreck on the Iron Mountain railroad between Boyden and Gordon Arkansas, south of Poplar Bluff Missouri, killed two brakemen a negro tramp and thirty five carloads of horses and mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Iron Mountain
Boyden
Gordon
Ark
Chicago Firm Plans Kankakee Public Building
The secretary of the treasury has accepted Pond & Pond of Chicago plans for the Kankakee public building. Estimated cost about 80 thousand dollars. The project is listed in Washington on July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kankakee
Washington
Secree of
the Treasury
Pond& Pond
Rock Island School Board reorganizes and hires new math teacher
The Rock Island board of education reorganized after a term expired. Hamlin Hull was reelected for a full term as board member. Officers elected include President F C Denkmann Secretary S S Kemble and Treasurer Carl Hellpenstell. N S Hamilton of Bluff City Indiana was hired as mathematics and physics teacher replacing Paul Yates. George Mitcham resigned as janitor and was replaced by the janitor of the new library. The annual tax levy remains 65000 for schools and 25000 for building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Board of Education
Hamlin Hull
F. C. Denkmann
S. S. Kemble
Carl Hellpenstell
N. S. Hamilton
Bluff City
Ind
Paul Yates
Hamilton
Indiana State University
George W. Mitcham
Kemble
Mitchem
Rock Island
Lightning kills wife of arsenal employee at Anita Iowa
Mrs Chas Talbot of Davenport died instantly when struck by lightning during a storm in Anita Iowa while visiting relatives. Her husband, a harnessmaker at Rock Island Arsenal, and their young daughter were with her. Funeral services were held at the Central Methodist church in Davenport after the remains were returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Talbot
Anita
Iowa
Bolt
Davenport
Grace Before Meat From a Scottish Farmer
A Scottish American recounts a quirky grace before meals by an Ayrshire farmer. The prayer blends xenophobic lines with rustic blessings for honesty, cattle, crops, and protection from witches while asking for fortitude to endure life’s trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
Haly
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Holy Land
Scotland
Carlyle's French Revolution recounts a historic naval demise
The piece notes Thomas Carlyle described a 1794 Brest battle between Villaret Joyeuse and Admiral Howe ending with the sinking of the Vengeur. Rear Admiral Griffiths doubted the tale, and after review Carlyle admitted only the ship's sinking was factual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carlyle
Brest
Villaret-Joyeuse
Admiral Howe
Griffiths
Carlyle
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders used by a nurse at the Children's Home in New York. It claims to break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness and headaches, relieve stomach troubles, and destroy worms with a free sample offered by mail from LeRoy, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S.olmated
LeRoy, N. Y
A Certain Cure for Chilblains in Shoes
An advertisement promotes Allen's Cr4 powder to cure chilblains and related foot symptoms. It claims quick relief for front bites and similar afflictions and urges purchase at druggists and shoe shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andishoe
Transformations in School Methods Say Things
A compact note outlines changes in classroom techniques and pedagogy. The report highlights streamlined procedures, emphasis on clarity, and practical applications to improve student understanding and engagement.
Meaning of Innovation to Raise Up a People
State Superintendent Bayliss in a Rockford address argues public schools must foster originality and practical skills. He cites industrial progress and the home as civilization’s cornerstone, urging laboratories and workshops in all grades to blend doing with reading. The Boys' Experiment club in Winnebago County is praised for advancing humane, patriotic education through Kern and teachers efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayliss
Rockford
Hindoostan
Hungary
Russia
Dublin
Edinburg
Great Britain
Christendom
Lfe
Boys’ Experiment Club
Winnebago County
Insance
Kern
Wim
Education Ideals For Nebago Community Schools
A community ethic urges strengthening schools by enriching both internal infrastructure and external surroundings. The call emphasizes maintaining ample libraries, continuing to use real world facts for study, and preserving time honored ideals to prepare children as future citizens of the commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebago ‘Bounty
Xo Coe
Etter
Commonwealth
Escape claimed by bogus Mason from Rock Island jail
Robert James Scarlett, jailed after beating Masons in Rock Island and Davenport, vanished after being allowed out for janitor work. Officials fear he is again using a string of cons as he wandered to Minneapolis and beyond, possibly targeting Masonic lodges. Authorities suspect he remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert James Scarlett
Masonic
Rock Island
Davenport
E. B Brets
Harrison
Minneapolis
Kreis
Relief Committee
Idaho
Scarlett
Oliver Graham
Robert R. Johnston
PC Freytag
George A. Wiggins
William E Stengel
Thomas Hutchinson
W. W Long
W W Long
George Ramsey
Rebecca Ramsey
Rachel Wylie
Rock Island County
Ill
Charles E. Spickler
Anna E. Titterington
Virginia C. Covell
B. Frank Knox
B. F. Knox
Elizabeth Bingham
James R. Johnston
George W. Henry
Johnston
John Hays
Pater A. Froyd
Nels A. Peterson
Pas Bea BA
Ogauid
Nels P. Peterson
Hildegard Brixon
Conrad Schmidt
Josephine Schmidt
Ezekiel C. Downs
Walter and
Asenath Malcolm
Guardian
Jacob Scherrer
Clause Lage
Fred Hilsinger
Fredericke Schmidt
Fredericka Schmidt
John Holtzhammer
D. Bnd
Joseph Holzhammer
George Barber
Nisi
Sail
Christopher Wagner
Ecutor
John McGraw
Annie Yeeward
Executriix
Frederick Jackson
John S Mooney
Ward
Gegreg Barber
A S Cornwall
Ar Weldon
Benton Harbor
Mich
A. S. Corn
Nels Anderson
Charlotta Anderson
Charlotta W. Anderson
Charles
Algot F. Engbloom
Fred Adolphson
Bond O Navy Daly
Paul John Ohlweiler Mentary
John Ohlweiler
Emma Johnson
James G. Blythe
E. Claydon
Caim
Paridon & Son
Frank Kanef
Lawrence Meyers
Bridget Kimble
Louise Dorsey
Real Estate Transfers Across Illinois Cities
The July transfers record numerous property deeds from Rock Island Moline East Moline and Rock Island to buyers including Mary Ryan F J Smithiger Victorine Cartwright Justina Arndt and Margaret Underwood among others. Amounts range from 1 to 9000 dollars with parcels in Collins Park Wheelock’s Fifteenth Street and Donahoo Cosner additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jackson
George M. Babcock
Mary Ryan
Columbia Park
Rock Island
Charles J Ahifurth
John Adlen
South Moline
Clara Larson Et al
Anthony Larson
Sweeney & Jackson's
Moline
E H Guyer
Henry Strueve
East Moline
Fred Irwin
Walter Karr
Black Hawk
Red Island
Wm Jackson
F J Smithiger
Wheelock
Fifteenth Street
Geo M. Babcock
Fifteenth
Donahoo
H B Hubbard
Donahoo & Casper
E C Donahoo
R C Clark
Donahoo & Cosner
Charles H Pope
Fred W Schwencker
Frazer
Frances J Stewart
Spencer & Cases
James H Kilpatrick
Rev S Pearson
Blackman
Sherman A. Cartwright
Victorine Cartwright
Lucinda N Warner
Martin Reidy, Jr
Justina J. Arndt
John W. Spencer
C J Searle
William J. Bleuer
Howard
Stella M. Cosner
E. C. Donahoo
C. L. Trevillyan
Theodore Bergholz
John McCaffrey
Ella Boltz
Joseph Burgart
M. A. Rodman
Hale
Colored man Guilty Adultery Sentenced to Jail
Wm. Garnett pleaded guilty to adultery in county court on Wednesday. Judge Parmenter sentenced him to jail with a $75 fine to be paid at $1.50 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Garnett
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An advertising claim offers one hundred dollars for any incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The snippet notes F J Cheney and Co Toledo, and asserts the undersigned have known Cheney for 16 years and find him honorable in all business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Yorktown boy drowns after slipping from farm boom
Milton Rowe a 12 year old Yorktown visitor to Bureau county drowned in the Mississippi near Cordova after slipping from a slippery boom on a Rowe farm.Coroner L W Eckhart held an inquest and a jury found drowning as the cause. The body was recovered within hours and later shipped home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Eckhart
Milton Rowe
Yorktown
Bureau County
Burton C Rowe
Cordova
Daniel Zimmerman
Frank Furness
R. T. Stocum
A. W. Mullery
O C Marshall
S. Stocum
Rowe Farm
Milton
Mississippi
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
An advertisement touts Laxative e-Quinine Tablets as a quick cure for a cold. The brief copy emphasizes rapid relief and features a signature line.
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City Council
Rock Island School Board
Arsenal
Grace
Bogus
Mason
B. C. Rowe
George L. Groth
Eugene Lewis
Dedimus Potestate
W H_ Hollis
A. D Cornwall
Mary Cass
C. C Carter
Anton Joseph Walters
Charles Gutzwiller
Peter Forwinkle
Mary M. Phillep
Heims
John Schafer
Schafer
Willon H Ashdown
Edward McRoberts
Fred Hollister
Johanna Lindahl
Andrew Donaldson
Carl Melow
John Melow
Fritz Melow
Agnes Elizabeth Johnson
Ellen Ramsey
Andrew Kline
Johnston Turing
Charles G. L. Quillen
Wm. F. McConnell
George Daser
Péru
Turner
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