Tragedy on Rock River Claims Two Souls
Squire Robert Murphy colored driver and Dr A H Arp’s stallion Kaiser perished Saturday morning after entering the water at Riverside ferry. Murphy’s body, found Monday by B Spencer near the landing, led to an inquest declaring accidental drowning while intoxicated. An 11 year old boy fell into the river nearby with a tale connected to the day’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Murrphy
A. H. Arp
Hig
Dr. Arp
Murphy
B. Spencer
Blossomburg
Spencer
Sipencer
Moline
Undertaker & B. Knox
Squire Robert Murphy
Riverside Cemetery
W. A. Searcy
Mokhart
Lquor
Beaker
Rock Fiver
Peter Stevens
Rock River
Ge Fx
Beck Will Probed In Moline Court
The will of Christian F. Beck, late of Moline, was admitted to probate in county court on Tuesday. Provisions split property along midline between Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues with half to Emma and the other half divided among Anna and Charles, plus Emma receiving all personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian F. Bect
Moline
Seventeenth and
Wighteenth Avenues
Seventeenth Avenue
Anna
Charles
Frank
Emma
Harvest prospects and weather woes across the region
The week ended July 17 saw continued rain and below average temperatures early, then a late surge to above normal highs. Harvesting, haying, and threshing were delayed. wheat and oats suffered in shock while some fields recovered after rains. Rye, barley, corn progress, fruit crops mixed, apples poor, bees abundant, and gardens productive as late rains boost late plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havest
Train accident victim Claus Erickson dies in city hospital
The man found injured on the Rock Island road Friday morning died at the city hospital. The inquest identified him as Claus Erickson, not Charles Erickson, with death due to blood poisoning from injuries after his right arm was severed and dirt ground into the stump. No eyewitness to the accident was found and the coroner’s verdict attributed death to infection from injuries sustained in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
City Hospital
Claus Erickson
Charles Erickson
J. Long
A. H. Arp
Erickson
Andrew Tubbs
Frank Lundholm
Fourteenth Street
Lundholm
Sweden
Ielahdy
Fragmentary Notice Sparks Reading Challenge
A damaged OCR passage from Hampton reveals unreadable lines and scattered names. The fragment hints at a local event or notice but lacks clear details, locations, dates, or parties involved.
Courthouse Docket Details Indictments In Rock Island Cases
The July term of crim inal trials will hear indictments against William Switzer and James Cooper for disturbing the peace at W R Curtis home on April 18. Cooper was acquitted while Switzer was found guilty awaiting sentence. Mahaffy on larceny tied to cigars from a Rock Island Railroad car faces circuit court action. Henry Van Poucke accused of selling liquor without a license and to minors near Rock River. Harvey Crystal faces trial over passion policy tickets. John Looney posted bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Switzer
James Cooper
Cordova
Equity Court
W.R. Curtis
R. Kenworthy
Joseph Cooper
Hampton
Cooper
Ind Switzer
Switzer
Mahaffy
Murphy & Witter
Henry van Poucke
Rock Tiver
Harvey Crystal
Crystal
Rock Island
John Looney
Elihu Root Takes Oath as Secretary of State
Elihu Root, former secretary of war, took the oath of office as secretary of state this morning shortly after 10 o clock. There was little formality and no speech by the new appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
Washington
Chinese Boycott of American Goods Goes Into Effect
Advices from Shanghai say a proposed boycott of American inside goods began today. Consular authorities report they cannot quell the agitation as the impact spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shanghai
Inventor Claims A Machine Thief In Western Claim
A western man asserts he invented a machine now claimed to be stolen. He recounts a late night incident, describing an alleged encounter and questions about a supposed device and its origin. The report notes confusion and seeks clarity on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmton, Post
Thunderstorms and Weather Patterns in Davenport Rock Island Moline
An 1890s era report explains lightning and thunder as results of electrical discharge, describes thunder sound, barometer fluctuations, and wind shifts. It notes May to July as peak storm months for Davenport Rock Island and Moline and cites 24 hour rainfall records, plus cautions against sensational forecasts and tornado mispredictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilly
Weather Bureau
United States
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
United States Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Iowa
South Dakota
Colorado
Minnesota
Huron
Sioux City
le Claire
Keokuk
Dubuque
Interior
J. M Sherier
Real estate transfers reported in Illinois counties
A lengthy list of property transfers from Christian Thulin to Andrew Hendrickson and many others across Moline Rock Island Andalusia East Moline and surrounding areas with prices ranging from 60 to 9 000 dollars including several tracts lots and blocks in Colege Heights Spencer and Case additions and Old Town Rock Island refinements. Names include Eckhart Richardson Finch Brooksman Wadsworth Quayle Lindquist and many others with varied lot descriptions and sale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pe Jota
Z. Hinrick
Jozeph Huyett
Henry R Hari OY
Blue
Ebe
Arte
St. Add
Rock Island
Jackson & Babcock
Geo. Y Cromwell
Whealock
Moline
Constance K. Guyer
Henary
Hy. Doering
Guyer
Annette G Kimball
H. H. Doering
Tenac Levenstein
Chas
Leenknecht
East Moline
Mathew Farmer
Goodell
Black Hawk Home Building, Loan and Savings Association
Smith
Park Ridge
Henry Doering
H. Guyer
David W Hunt
Gust L. Hagland
Midway
South Moline
C. H Pope
Robt. Anderson
John T Browning
Joe John Erickson
East Rock Island
Add
John A. Dahlholm
Albert J.kucheman
John E. Fleming
Ella Walkup
Healy
John E Fleming
Yaunavon
Otto Waltz
Schubert & Fluegel
John Ehtcknon
J. L. Oakleaf
Alvina J. Daebellehn
Lass “P. Neilson
Wheelock 15Th St
John E. Jones
Warren E. Rogers
Howard
Annie Hall
Elleonora C. Hamilton
Alma M Sundberg
Peter Wilson
Wheelock
Fifteenth Street
Munroe Kohn
Joseph Burgart
Old Town
Peter Etzel
Christian Kechler
Briggs
South Rock Island
G Elmer Blakesley
Benn Payne
Sarah M. Medill
George W Sears
Anna H. Gardner
Seraphine L. Gardner
Wood
Chas. A. Johnson
Chas. J. Golaberg
Geo. L. Davenport
Orriy P Briggs
John H. France
Twinam King
Frank C. Thomson
Ann Turner
Kate A. Stanton
B. Davenport
Rook Tsland
John Waespo
Almon A. Brasa
Schreiner & Roth Bros
Aréve Add
Rock, Island
Woodburn
Gottfred Nelaqn
Ewy
Elizabeth Smith
Gottfred Nelson
A. C
Ernst Moline
LN. Warner
Orio Davis
L. N. Warner
Rast Montio
Bssani
Joseph Hellstein
D F Connelly
Fabio
Wila D. Wehrendte
Aalind
Berg
John N. Hopkins
Christian Thulin
Andrew Hendrickson
J. Deere
Edwin A. Roberta
Jas. B. Eckhart
Hubbard & Westhy
Isaac Richardson
Andalusia
J. H. Brookman
Ysaac Richardson
J B. Eckhart
H. A. Rodman
Henry Frank
H. Curtis
Hale
Geo. H. Ehinger
Carl Craile
Catherine Kaiser
Sadie L. Wadsworth
Weatherhead
B. H. Finch
John H. Robbins
Charlotta Iverson Et al
Salomon Freebergs
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Chas Wiles
Elmer EB. Grafton
Stewart
South Maine
David W. Hunt
Annie B
Robert BH. Widderington
L Morris
Henry Rueben
G. L. Davenport
Daria Palmberg
Kuehl & Donshoe
Oak Hill Park
Campbell
Edw. Edwards
Campbell’s
Home Building and
Loda Association
M. Gannon
College Heights
Mary I. Bradford
C. KR. I. & P. Railway, Co
Rock
Island
Dan G. White
R. I
Lulle Gamble
Hetty Einfeldt
Arthur H. Einféldt
Atrom
Welle
Gust. E. Lindquist
Albert EB. Lindquist
Thirty-fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
Estelle R. Miller
Henrietta Lowe
Victor O. Peterson
Albert E.lindquist
Jerome B. Elliott
Eric W Elliot
Fred T Quick
Frank Lindquist
Moline Water Power Co
Chris. H. Hildebrandt
Catherine Quayle
Columbia Park
Curtis Cook
Wm R. Johnson
Wm. R. Johnson
Elmer W Martin
Elmore W Hurst
Wm. H. Laverick
John D. Cady Et al
Mueller Lumber Co
H. Schnell
Mary Spencer
Presley Green
J. W. Spencer
Rock Inland
Kyma Mills
Presley Greenawalt
J. W. Spencere
Frank Fowler
B. ¥. Richman
Lota Fa
Mary M. Bartolino
Mary H. Stowell
Grace Bowen
A. J. McPherson
Black Hawk
Emma
E. Nourse
Rufus Walker
E. H Grantham
Acme
Bertha Russ
Jas £ Reidy
Jas. K. Reidy
John C Rugs
M Sinnett
Jessie K. Taliaferro
Sinnett
John M Rosenberg
Cecelia Rosenberg
Fairmount
Herman L. Samuelson
Algot F Samuelson
Peter P Rosenberg
Longview
Bisina Wadsworth
Mary E Solander
Anna R. Steiger
City of Moline
Mary Osbar
Alday
B. L
S. Ass'n
Peter A. Paulsen
Bionell
Philip McGonnell
Elizabeth A. S. Lorengen
Woodin
Sarah Hudson
Walter Fowler
Block & Black Hawk
Louis Mosenfelder
I. Mosenfehder
11Th St
Dimock, Gould & Co
Anton H. Olson
C. B. Cornell
Helen
Moorhead
Ryder & Read
Fred A. Bennett
Amelia K. ‘Raiach
Bailey
Rock Ireland
D. Cramer
w. _ Robt. Anderson
R. W. Reeve
Emil N. J. Geigler
Chay. Guldew
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Pruda
Jeans
H. B
Pencer
Christian F. Beck
Druff
Emma Back
Claus
Chadtes
Warcenter
Mase
Mer
Curtis
Henry. van Poucke
Maharty
Seyersly
Mississippi River
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