Local items from Moline and vicinity in brief
Insanity crisis sends Charles Peterson to infirmary after Saturday episode. Builder Wee W. Myers plans a new store on Fourteenth Avenue. Odd Fellow band holds open air concert at Prospect Park. Charlie Jenkins arrested for burglary in Galesburg. to stand trial there. D.M. Sechler Carriage Co ships carloads to Buenos Ayres. Sugar price up a quarter cent per pound due to tariff. Moline Navigation and Excursion Co incorporated. Regemueller wins Schuetzen King at La Crosse with 214 of 260. Wiman takes Malleable Works management. Ball promoted to assistant. Large crowd at Prospect Park dance. brass band provided music. Davenport wins first bullseye at Upper Mississippi Schuetzen Bezirk. five of seven gold medals go to Davenport. Melon crop damaged by drought. irrigation efforts under way. Hay-rack excursion to Black Hawk attracts about fifty. Inilus Staack and Theo Starks contribute to Christchurch build. Johnson and Henderson arrested for dining and dashing at Rock Island. Sven Male Choir elects officers. Chinchbug inquiries hint at state entomology progress. Madame Hutchinson arrested after fortune-tusting scam. Hampton village incorporation records found. April 22, 1976 vote 74-0. People's Power Company buys 3000-light dynamo for city electrification. Ohboral Union helps Milan Presbyterian concert. Choral and solo performances noted. Weather impacts wagons. hay upsets and wheels broken in several incidents. Firemen’s baseball trip marred by a minor accident. Gust Peterson injured. Onward Hooks game praised. six boys thank Leach couple for pasture use.
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Lgharles Peterson
Ymoling
W. Myers
Buenos Ayres
South America
Moline Navigation and Excursion Company
J.D. Regemueller
Davenport
Schuetzen
Inilus Staack
Moline
Christchurch
Theo Starks
Nebraska Moline Plow Co
Omaha
Emil Johnson
Robert Henderson
Allers
Rock Island
Sven
Will Johnson
Alvin Anderson
C. A. Larson
Amil Rundquist
W. Bofmean
O. M. Bet
Hutchinson
Ano
Bloomington
Kohler
Hampton
Dweilnga
Ohboral Union
J W Day
Milan
Presbyterian Church
Dr. Huyett
Rav. R Robertson
Foreclosure Case in Rock Island Lumber Dispute Under Advisement
The Rock Island National Bank and others sue the J. S. Keator Lumber Co of Moline in a major foreclosure case. Thompson & Root claim a prior lien of 16,000 against the insolvent firm’s property, while the mortgage secures 89,000 to creditors. The suit traces to Wisconsin log contracts and prior federal judgments, with legal questions on lien priority and Illinois docketing law under advisement by Judge Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Reise
Ester Lumber Co
Rock Island National Bank
Keator Lumber Co
Moline
Circuit Court
Thompson & Root
Neliisville
Wis
Ofronit Court
Sweeney & Walker
Rock Island
Dunham & Foster
Geneseo
W R. Moore
Miller, Starr & Pettit
Chicago
James O'Neill
Neillsville
Jackson & Hurst
J. S. Keator
Black River
Wisconsin
U S. Circuit Court
Northern District of
Hinds
Bunn
U. S. Supreme Court
O’neill
Supreme Court
Gen. Edsall
Illinoia
R. J. McBride
Nellisville
Keator
U.S. Circuit Court
Buck Tee
Anty
Anty. On Aug?1" Sethe ‘Pane 'Y Ore Sorignoea
Ilinois
Congress
Journal Attack on Wage Claim in Republican Journal
A letter criticizes the Republican Journal for claiming a local manufacturer cut wages to put $500,000 into stockholders. The writer calculates the three city payrolls cannot reach that level, noting one plant rarely pays over $10,000 weekly and would require a 70 week shutdown to hit $500,000. The piece calls the Journal’s claim ridiculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tueadasto
Republican Journal
R. J
Drowned boy after log raft accident at Davenport foot Scott street
Theodore Griebel aged 77 months? drowned when a log raft at Scott street Davenport tipped a boy into the river. A man fell in, tried to help with a dipnet but Griebel disappeared beneath the raft and was recovered the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Griebel
Scott Street
Davenport
Theodore
Fred F. Griebel
Weyerhauser & Denkmann
Davenport Mill
Ing
Chicago riots averted by militia order
A Chicago letter in The Cincinnati Post claims railroad managers refused aid from Mayor Hopkins and Governor Altgeld. It says President wired Gen. Miles, who then ordered the mayor to muster militia within thirty minutes or face martial law. The mayor acted, preventing a major riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Post
Chicago
Hopkins
Altgeld
Miles
Clly
Washington
Council grants use of chamber for post office exam
The council allows gratis use of its chamber for the civil service board exam on Aug 11. Aldermen report four bids for a $10,000 waterworks extension bond issue, with Farnon Leach & Co of Chicago submitting the top bid at a premium. bond details set for Aug 1. Records inquiry for $60,000 refunding bonds finds no prior records. bid by Farson Leach & Co accepted at 4 percent with premiums. Water mains expansion approved with eight and six inch lines, funding to cover priority sections. one alderman dissents. Waste of water in closets and sprinklers warned, penalties to follow. New library board nominees confirmed. Additional paving bonds proposed to fund street work. An unrelated scene notes a man charged with grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratis
Post Office Civil Service Board
Alderman Perric
Finance Committee
Farnon, Leach & Co
Chicago
W.J Hagen & Son
Cleveland
Farmera and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Minneapolis
Dietz, Denison & Pryor
Ald. Perrin
National Park Bank
Wessel
Warr
Onance
N. W Harris & Co
Farson, Leach & Co
MacBeth
Healy
Second Avenue
Twentieth Street
Seventh Avenue
Twenty Seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Gustaf Swennson
Oak Hill
Fairmount
Sweneson
Chaney
NEW Library Board
Bennett
Messrs
Henry Hanson
F. W. Gould
William Butterworth
Harry Ainsworth
Library Board
Dunn
Thirteenth Street
City Hospital Site Debate Cites Compromise Purchase
The hospital board weighs options as expensive proposals for residence properties are rejected. A land purchase to build a suited facility is favored, arguing the city faces growing needs and already levied taxes for this purpose. Time is urged to begin work and have the hospital ready before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiat
Patien
Roc Island Hospital
Tourists Camp On Road From Anoka To St Cloud
A party of tourists described as teachers arrived in St Cloud after traveling from Anoka on a June circuit that included Minneapolis and Lake Minnetonka. The group plans two months on the road, camping at several towns, with Prof. W. Hatch and wife among the members and visiting local residents before heading to Osakis and Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloud Journal
Coxeyltes
Les
Anoka
Minnerapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Joming
St. Cloud
Hockford
Onticello
Pullman Sinepere
W. d. Hatch
Public Schools of
Oak Park
HE. Grifith
Cheater
O. i Chase
Osakis
Alexandris
Avon
Glenwood
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
J. Cloud
Equalization action boosts Rock Island values in county wide review
Supervisor McKinley led a 16 to 8 vote to raise Rock Island assessments while reducing others. The final board report shows Rock Island lands up 8 percent plus adjustments. Canoe Creek down 60 percent. Canoe Creek and other towns receive 5 to 10 percent changes. Several rural and townships face varied deductions from 2 to 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Rock Island
Moline
Buck 18land's Schools Report Reveals District Finances
The Rock Island school district treasurer reports total liabilities of 6123 095.90 and assets of 83 659.01. Kemble notes parish pupil counts 456 in parochial, 40 in private, 608 at Augustana College. Population aged 6-21 is 4 655. under 21 totals 6 707. Public school enrollment stands at 2 732 with 1 831 boys and 1 404 girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck 18Land
Rock Island
Kemble
Augustana College
Paving Begun on Eighteenth Street with Walsh in Charge
The Eighteenth street paving started this afternoon between Third avenue and the railroad with Patrick T. Walsh of Edwards & Walsh Construction Co. in charge. Walsh notes curbing delays due to a strike, but will deploy as many workers as possible once materials arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Patrick T. Walsh
Edwards & Walsh Construction Co
Walsh
Debs Defeated as Gompers Weighs Action
The World headlines note Debs loses influence after Gompers signals limited action. The piece mocks the rhetoric around a mass labor rally and hints at shifting support among 760,000 artisans.
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New York
Gompers
Thumb
Debs
Jupiter
Bimon
Globe
Swedish Choir Visit Delights Galesburg Crowd
The Eves Male choir, a prominent Rock Island Moline group, arrived by Rock Island train to a warm greeting from Rev. Haterius, local officials, Augustana students, and hundreds of residents. A Swedish program at the park featured addresses by Haterius and Olson plus songs, leaving the crowd impressed by Swedish and local hospitality.
Obituary notices and local notices from Moline page
Obituary for Carl Frederick Ahlgren a longtime Moline grinder dies at 6 o clock in Dela. Survived by six children Hannah 28 Walter 24 August 21 William 18 Robert 14 Freddie 12. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm. Rev C A Hemberg officiating. August Carlson dies at county farm after six months illness. formerly a teamster for Carpenter Co. In Moline. Wm Hopkins overseeing torpedo boat Ericsson preparatory work for New York cruise. magnesium covering on steam pipes. test results favorable. ship to be painted and possibly cruise soon. crowd of St Louis residents following the progress.
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Ahlgren
Migeinder
Carl Frederick Ahlgren
Moline
Carpenter & Co
Ericsson
Wm. Hopkins
Biddle Street
New York
Sher
St. Louisans
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Federal hearing moved in mandamus case over railway trains
Judge Glenn granted the petition of the O R I & P railway to shift the mandamus case to the U S district court at Peoria. The ruling notes that taking the case to federal court may suspend state court proceedings and that federal courts determine their own jurisdiction. The case likely heads to Peoria in October.
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Glenn
O.R.1.& P. Railway
Twentieth Street
U.S. District Court
Peoria
Supreme Court
Transfers Trim Army Staff From Rock Island Arsenals
The ordnance chief issued orders transferring Lieut. J. T. Thompson from Rock Island Arsenal to Omaha. Capt. C. B. Mitcham moves from Watervliet Arsenal to Rock Island Arsenal. Lieut. F. G. Kalk of the Fifth Infantry, reassigned for special duty at Rock Island Arsenal, is ordered to join his regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance Department
J. T. Thompson
Rock Island Arsenal
Omaha
C. B. Mitcham
Watervliet Arsenal
F. G. Kalk
Fifth Infantry
Rock Island Arse Bay
A Chance For A Cut In Building And Loan Rates
The Dispatch argues for lower rates on building and loan shares to aid moderate income workers facing reduced rents and slow wage growth. It notes few reductions exist beyond Moline Building and Loan and cautions investors may accept lower returns if resulting in affordable home ownership, while praising the associations as crucial for home access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Building and Loan Association
Muline
Fish Commissioner May Face Enforcement Amid River Netting
A local report notes the fish commissioner may have much work chasing illegal netting along Rock and Mississippi rivers. Parties are seining nightly, taking fish of various sizes in at least two rivers, and critics say enforcement must be proactive and personal, not relying on informants for a cut of fines.
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Rock River
Mississippi River
Burglary Strikes O I & P Car Amid Strike Stoppage
Car No 6321 on Merchants' Des patch Hine east of Twenty sixth street was broken into Saturday night. Two oat meat packages stolen from a Muscatine Oat Meal Milling Co. consignment to New York. Two other cars with hay and feed also broken. burglars left content unused. Cars part of 37 switched Saturday due to strike. breaking a car seal can lead to prison.
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Sixth Street
Muscatine Oat Meal Milling Co
New York
Rock Island
Opinion by Justice Barrett on Winan fraud case
The Staten Islander reports Justice Barrett’s opinion on granting a certificate of reasonable doubt in Mr. Winan’s case. It notes Barrett analyzes the ruling by Judge Ingraham, who allegedly removed fraud questions from the jury regarding forged endorsements. Developments are awaited, suggesting Winan may have been persecuted not prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Barrett
Wiman
Ingraham
Mr. Winan
Winan
Staten Islander
Riverboat Licensing Bill Targets Mississippi Houseboats
Congress eyes river craft on the Mississippi and Ohio. A commerce committee bill would require boat licenses costing five dollars annually. Applicants must prove good moral character and display the owner’s name on the exterior. The bill could curb undesirable boaters, drawing city authorities' support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Congress
Committee On Commerce
Ohio
Lincoln on tariff issue in concise remarks
Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief speech on tariffs noting he did not claim expertise in political economy yet believed enough to state that paying twenty dollars for steel to an English maker yields America the steel but England the twenty dollars. He contrasted this with paying twenty dollars for steel from an American maker where America gains both steel and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
America
England
Log Rolling Event Planned in Rock Island Next Week
A log rolling and picnic event for Modern Woodmen is scheduled in Rock Island on the Thursday of next week. Excursions are expected from Peoria Muscatine Clinton with reduced rail rates. The day includes a parade, addresses by Mayor Medill and Rev Taylor, races and sports, music and dancing with performances by a regional quartet.
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Rock Island
Twentieth Street
Peoria
Muscatine
Clinton
Market Square
Medill
O. H. Taylor
W. A. North
E. W. Hurst
Deere & Company Work Force Edges Up Amid Slow Orders
Deere and Company reports a light evening shift with eight disappointed applicants and several workers kept busy for summer and fall shipments. The big engine remains idle for now, with hiring linked to order flow and possible brief shutdowns. At Moline Plow Co, activity rises on a large special order as 231 men work today, a slight uptick from last week.
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Moore
Moline Plow Co
Deafness Cure Stated By Constitutional Remedies
Claim cites Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole remedy for deafness caused by catarrh. Warns deafness can become permanent if the Eustachian tube remains inflamed. Offers $100 for any catarrh deafness case not cured by the product. requests letters for free circulars. Toledo company and druggists selling for 75 cents.
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Hall
Circulara
F. J Queney & Co
Toledo
Druggista
Militia Company A Returns to Rock Island After Quiet
Rock Island's militia unit arrived home Tuesday as affairs cooled after Governor Altgeld ordered them back. City residents urged keeping troops longer at the Valley to deter potential outbreaks. The governor refused, and Company A took the No. 1 Rock Island train home at 5 30 pm. A banquet followed at the Rock Island House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Rock Island House
Pleasant reception for First Methodist Sunday school board
Rev Dr Cuumming and his daughter Misa Guasie hosted a Monday evening reception for about thirty First Methodist Sunday school board members. A Bible quiz led by Miss Chingren crowned Dr Cumming as top, followed by an anagram game, refreshments, and social conversation.
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Cuumming
Misa Guasie
First Methodist Sunday School Board
Miss Chingren
Dr. Cumming
Syrup of Fig credited as universal laxative remedy
The California Fig Syrup Co’s Syrup of Fig gained strong reputation as a universal laxative. A separate note reports Henderson and Johnson, accused of swindling at Rock Island, appeared before Magistrate Schroeder and were bound over to circuit court in $100 each. Stewartville Epworth League’s Experience social drew a good crowd with nearly all pledged dollars collected, while an 83-year-old man sustained a severe hand injury at Prospect Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Robert Henderson
Emil Jobhnson
Allers
Rock Island
Schroeder
Stewartville Epworth League
Ending a weary life in Davenport farmer dies at clinic
John Sinjen a 49 year old Davenport farmer died at the German Clinic on Sunday morning while attempting to hang himself with a rope tied to a ceiling hook. He had come to the clinic six weeks earlier for treatment and reportedly spoke of preferring death to prolonged illness. His wife is divorced from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sinjen
Davenport
John Sinje
Militia Veterans Form Permanent Association in Moline
Ex-members of Co. F gathered at E. E. Morgan's office to organize a Militia Veterans group. J. H. Porter chaired, W. P. Ammerman was secretary, and a five member constitution committee was formed. A separate committee solicits names for membership. The group plans to be named the Moline National Guard Veteran association and meets again next Monday.
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Co. F
E. E. Morgan
J. H. Porter
W. P. Ammerman
Gen. Clendenin
Col. Simmon
Keesler
Sergeant Smith
Lieut. Crowder
Capt. Carrier
Lieut
Ammerman
Ritter
Ziegler
Solelting
Moline National Guard Veteran Association
Not Favorable To A Strike By Machinists Union
A circular from the International Association of Machinists' grand secretary argues against sympathy strikes with the A R U. It emphasizes that machinists should not jeopardize their own union and notes other railroad brotherhoods' reluctance to endorse or join the strike. The message urges Machinists to avoid a telegram urging action and questions the logic of striking while rival unions resist.
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The
American Machinists’ Association
International Association of Machinists
Order
Machinista
A.R.U
ARR. U
Pullman
A. R
A of M
B. of L. B
Enatita
Grand jurors listed by supervisors for next term
The supervisors appoint a large panel of grand jurors for the upcoming term including Cordova Jerry Bryan Coe Charles Eipper Canoe Creek Arthur Goodrich Zuma James Adams Port Byron James Swisher Hampton Georges Church Moline Saat Roxenfield D Reid John Swarid South Moline John F Swisher Rock Inland James Johnston Johus miasentrier Food Hodges Charles Burk un South Hock Islami kalwarr Co Ales ander Black Nawk A K Brown Coat Valley Phemas Countey Rural WBC Bowling Foster Armstrong Ragiogion KS Montgomery Andalusia John 44 Ballard Huffalo Prairie Edward Ketley Druary Ira Reynolds The host of judges in Moline appointed for the fall elections includes First Ward C G Thulin Nat Monson H Lundt Second Ward precinct 1 A F Vinton John Swanson R A Smith precinct 2 L F Cralle Nels Mklund M Schillinger Third Ward Precinct 1 D A Holt J W Elmsted Sam Hoffman precinct 2 Gus D Ford Benton Davis John Keb Fourth Ward Dan W Gould George McKinley C CU Waters Fifth Ward Horace Anderson Jacob Abrahan Swan Bjorklund Sieth Ward Thomas Jenkins George Lehman John Johnson Seventh Ward Charles Rodelius B B Crowder Rudolph Larson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Jerry Bryan Coe
Charles Eipper
Canoe Creek
Arthur Goodrich
Zuma
James Adams
Moline
Board of Supervisors
G Thulin
Nat Monson
H_ Lundt
Frecinct
A F Vinton
John Swanson
R A Smith
L. F Cralle
Nels Mklund
M Schillinger
A Holt
J W Elmsted
Sam Hoffman
Gus D Ford
Benton Davis
John Keb
Dan W Gould
George McKinley
CU Waters
Horace Anderson
Jacob Abrahan
Swan Bjorklund
Sieth Ward
Thomas Jenkins
George Lehman
John Johnson
Charles Rodelius
B B Crowder
Rudolph Larson
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Health
The universal testimony of users claims Hood's Sarsaparilla restores appetite and purifies blood, offering strong recommendation for medicine. Hood's Pills purport to cure liver ills bilious ness jaundice indigestion and sick headache priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
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Eighteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Messrs Butterworth
Cnrd
Tom Welch
Gust Peterson
William Leach
Yas
Council Notes
Charles Jenkins
J. N. Cokely
Galesburg
the &T. Cloud
Minn
Board of Supervisors On Equalizations
Coe
Port Byron
South Moline
South Rock Island
Black Hawk
Rural
Galisab
Varia
Eves
Therans
Rock Telanday
O. J. E. Haterius
First Lutheran Church
Nela Neilson
Peter N. Nelson
P. A. Anderson
John Peterson
Allen Anderson
Henry Olson
Victor
Carlstedt
M. Carlstedt
Emil Wabatacs
Guntterson
Emil Rundt
Connie Swanson
Will Bohman
K. D Oarleom
Gust Carlson
Westine Henry Forsberg
Obas
Edwall
Will Bohnaon
A. Larson
Acker
Haterius
Olson
C. M. Carlstedt
Sexe
Erastus Wiman
Chris Ingwers
Prospect Park
Drs. Weseeland Arp
Militia Veterans
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