Judge Graves Rules for Mother in Incubator Baby Case
In a Missouri circuit court decision Judge Graves orders habeas corpus to return Edith Bleakley to her mother Mrs Lottie Bleakley after examining custody, residence, and the child's best interests. The judge notes adoption procedures and residency tie the child to Kansas, while stressing the need to consider welfare over sympathy in a contentious custody dispute.
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Edith Bleakley
Lottie Bleakley
Lawrence
Court House
Kansas
St Tan
St Louis
Mro
Mire Harday
van Moline
The Return of Warm Weather Brings Eczema Suffering
Urbana Ohio resident E. Kelly describes a long battle with pustular eczema worsened by heat. After trying many treatments, he notes improvement and clear skin with no new eruptions.
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Doctora
Myekin
Urbana
O. E Kelly
Enrollment 47 in Company F roster
Company F has increased its quota from 40 to 47 men. The roster lists Captain Marvin Hogan, Lt Charles Lough, Second Lt Rolland Wilf, and First Sgt Gen Gibbs among others. The unit plans to ship for camp this week with about fifty men, roughly doubling last year’s total.
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Pany
Catene
Kittiisen
New Shops Yards In A Month Complete At East Moline
Completion of a hotel at New Shops accelerates Rock Island road freight yard moves. Natick yards will be abandoned for Last Moline plant yards as switches and tracks arrive daily. A month after finishing the hotel, sufficient tracks will exist to assemble trains there. Mississippi Valley Traction Co. to start one hour after midnight interurban service for rail workers.
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Rock Island Road
East Moline
Natick Yards
Moline
Mississippi Valley Traction Co
Swedish editor Dr Enander honored with Litteris et Artibus
Chicago ceremony enshrines Dr Enander editor of Hemlandet with the Swedish order Litteris et Artibus by King Oscar. Dr L G Abrahamson presented the medal to Enander before about seventy five Swedish Business Men's club members at 171 Washington. Attendees included Governor Deneen and Chicago figures. poem read by Dr Jacob Bonggrant.
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His Majesty of
Sweden
John A Wander
Hemlandet
Chicago
Litteris Et Artibus
Oscar of
L. G
Abrahamson
Washington Street
M Wahlstrom
Enander
L. G Abrahamson
Edwin A. Olson
C R Chindblom
Deneen
Robert Lindblo
Fnander
Hemlander
America
Oscar
Bunch of Turners Camp on Rock River
A group of Moline Turners established Camp Turner on the Rock River east of a bridge, with ten members including August Ebeling as president, Eric Carlmark as secretary, and Oscar Peterson as chief cook. The camp will last two to three weeks, with fishing planned and friends invited to visit. Members listed: August Ebeling, Herman Quade, Arthur Nelson, Eric Carlmark, Clarence Hallene, Fred Wigers, Robert Larson, Max Knees, Norman Ostlis, Oscar Peterson.
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Rock River
Turner
August Ebeling
Eric Carlmark
Oscar Peterson
Herman Quade
Arthur Nelson
Clarence Hallene
Fred Wigers
Robert Larson
Max Knees
Norman Ostlis
Oscar Peterso
New Burlington Rail Service Starts July 17
The Burlington road introduces weekday only trains starting July 17 with No 9 from Beardstown to Moline arriving 11 50 a m and No 10 from Moline to Beardstown at 3 30 p m. Connections exist for Denver main line trains and No 1 westbound. Several trains adjust times and routes via Galesburg Monmouth Rio and St Louis.
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Burlington Road
Moline
Galesburg
Burlington
Denver
Beardstown
Rock Island
Monmouth
Rio
Peoria
Bushnell
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas City
Kansas
Institute to Be Held at Rock Island High School
County Superintendent J Ferguson promotes an August 26 institute at Rock Island High School. Dr Jacques W Redway and Dr M V O'Shea will lecture on geography pedagogy and related topics, with courses covering Essentials in Elementary Work and climate, deserts, rivers, and history links.
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J. Ferguson
Rock Island High School
Jacques W. Redway
M V O’shea
Ferguson
University of Wisconsin
School of Education
Redway
Last Charter Pythian Dies in Rock Island
Richard Wareham the last charter member of the Knights of Pythian in Rock Island died Friday at his Fifth Avenue home. A Civil War veteran, he helped organize the fraternal society in 1862 in Washington D C and outlived all fellow charter members. He was 70 and had lived in Rock Island eight years.
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Richard Wareham
Rock Island
Knights of Pythian
Wareham
Fifth Avenue
Thirty fourth.Street
Organization of the Great
Fraternal Society
Washington, D.C
Rabout
Washington
Stuart
Stallion Kaiser Drowns After River Accident
Squire Robert Murphy, a stable man and Dr. A H Arp's trainer, is presumed dead after the black stallion Kaiser fell from a ferry landing into Rock River near Coaltown. The horse, one of Arp’s finest, valued at 14000, drowned as a tethered cow blocked the cart’s retreat while Murphy slept off drunkenness in the wagon.
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Dr. Arp
Rock River
Dri
Squire Robert Murphy
Dr. A. H. Arp
Kaiser
Murphy
Coaltown
Arp
George “Wilkes
Walter Pater
Kon
Rorepstoer
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