Moline Celebrates Santiago Victory With Night of Patriotism
A Monday July 1 celebration in Moline featured a Market Square parade, band concerts, fireworks, speeches by Adjutant McKeever and others, and a crowd-fueled display praising the Cuba and Philippines campaigns, Dewey, Schley, and Shafter. Speakers urged unity and a stronger America, with many recalling the Spanish American War's outcomes and future responsibilities.
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Santiago
Market Square
Graham
Masonic Hall
Third Avenue
Five Points
America
Billy
Old
Swensson
Entrikin
Messrs Hubbard
Merriman
Drums Corps
Congress
Cuba
Dewey
Manila
Hobson
Schley
Sampson
Cervera
Shafter
Spain
W. A. Jones
Moss to Move Clothier Storefront on Third Avenue
H T Moss plans moving stock into the east store on Third avenue to gain space for growth. He bets a new glass front and improvements costing about one thousand dollars will be installed, with W N Craig as contractor.
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H. T. Moss
Third Avenue
Woodysail
Moss
W. N. Craig
Rapids City Woman Sues for Divorce Against Charles Hubbard
Louise Hubbard of Rapids City files for divorce in circuit court citing desertion by her husband Charles Hubbard who left July 12 1896 after their Feb 14 1896 marriage. She requests permission to resume her maiden name Louise Sherman.
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Louise Hubbard
Rapids City
McCaskrin
The Difference Mentioned at Rock Island Arsenal
A spoken remark attributed to a Chinaman in Dublin mocks Americans and Spaniards in a derisive, xenophobic flourish. The lines contrast Irish and Melican stereotypes with a casual insult about Do-ee-Dewey.
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Rock Island Arsenal
Dublin
Melican
Dewey
City Council Eases into Postwar Reforms Amid Quick Session
Tuesday evening's proceedings saw swift enactment of a health board ordinance, appointing a mayorally backed commissioner, city marshal, and plumbing inspector. The measure requires a physician of good standing to bond $2,500, with fines from five to one hundred dollars for violations.
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Santiago
Karwath
Board of Health
Dorman
Moore
Fénes
Schmidt, Dorman and Tropp
Schmidt
Twenty-fifth Street
Swensson
Perrin and Coryn
Justice of Peace
Snyder, Warner and Webb
Iron shell lands near Lundahl farm during military testing
A 3.2 inch shell from a distant arsenal reportedly landed on Lundahl’s Lundahl farm four miles east of town during a testing run. Commandant Blunt said no further urgent tests will be conducted locally and no damage occurred as the shell buried itself 4 1/2 feet in the soil.
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Lundahl
Santiago
Sandy Hook
Trusk
Arsenal
Blunt
Kh. N. Lundahl
Campbell's Island
Davenport Mile Track trots into record field with 200+ entries
The July trotting meeting at Davenport Mile Track promises the largest event yet with 224 eateries and a full slate of heats. Entries include 2:13 pace with 24 starters and 2:32 trot with 18 entries, aiming for track records as Lopez returns for a big purse meet.
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Davenport Mile
Democrat
Aighit
Lopez
Tory
Hashins
Port Byron Academy Announces Neat Catalog for Tenth Year
Port Byron Academy and Port Lyre Academy unveil a polished tenth year catalog with photo engravings. The fall term opens Sept 5 under Principal Henry A Ruger A B, with a trustees board including J W Atkinson Moline president and John Schafer Jr Port Byron treasurer.
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Port Lyre Academy
Wco
Port Byron
Emersoft
Academy
LeClaire Bluffs
Clinton
Davenport
Winona
Henry A. Ruger
J. W. Atkinson
Moline
A. H Wendt
John Schafer, Jr
A. Harper
F. S. Gates
Luther S. Pearsall
J. W. Maxwell
Funeral Services Held for Oliver Stephenson at Swedesburg
Delegates including Rev C A Hemberg Dr QO Qisson A V Esterdahl and G W Johnson returned from Swedesburg after funeral rites for Oliver Stephenson. The service at the Swedish Lutheran church featured hymns prayers and tributes by Revs Esterdahl Olson and Olsson. Trustees and the church council read resolutions during the hour long observance.
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Hemberg
Hokan Olson
Olsson
Braphensin
Longtime Citizens National Bank Teller Resigns
Adolph Priester resigns after 28 years as paying teller at Citizens National Bank Davenport and 20 years as assistant cashier to join Germania Life Insurance in an apparent career shift.
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Adolph Priester
Citizens’ National Nir
Davenport
Earn
Townley
Revenue assessments cut. Rock Island, Moline values differ
County assessors report slight increases in total valuation at seven million two hundred eight thousand, but Moline shows larger declines and still carries higher totals than Rock Island. Changes reflect reduced rock island town lots, altered bonds, and shifts from fire losses and double assessments.
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Mobline
K Island
State Board of Equalization
Rock Island
Moline
Johnston
Samuels
Moline Water Power Co
Tri-City Railway Co
Porter Printing Co
Quick & Drum
Board of Pipes
Union
Two-column Tax Valuation Change Sparks State Debate
The text discusses a new law requiring assessors to present two figures: assessed valuation and cash value, to take effect next year. It notes union concerns that Mo line assessments are too high and Rocky Island too low, while asserting overall city assessments are far below agreed schedules. It claims Moline assessors have recently listed inflated figures compared with peers.
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Ar Ee
Rocky Island
Moline
Hand Injuries From Work And Reckless Driving Incident
Oscar Nystrom of Ninth street and Thirteenth avenue, employed by H W Cooper Saddlery, suffered severe hand injuries in a punch machine accident. Doctors amputated two fingers and saved one. In a separate incident, Mrs. C A Chinlund, of 614 Fourth Avenue, was struck by a speeding rig on Fourth avenue near Fourteenth street, thrown from her buggy and seriously injured. the drivers fled and police hunt them.
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Oscar Nystrom
Ninth Street
Thirteenth Avenue
H. W. Cooper Saddlery Hardware Co
C. A. Chinlund
Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Fire escape law prompts builder owners meeting in Moline
Builders and owners affected by the new fire escape law gathered at the Moline club rooms to plan compliance and form a committee to study escapes and construction. They opposed automatic escapes as impracticable and dangerous citing Sterling accidents and argued the law grants state inspectors undue influence over materials and methods.
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Moline Club
Ehn
Sterling
State Manufacturers’ Association
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purifier Benefits
A. H. Worden of Malta Illinois reports relief from side pains heart pains and liver and kidney issues after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. He says it made him feel like a new man and calls it a great blood purifier. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills and are easy to take for 25c.
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Hood
A. H. Worden
Box
Malta
Llinois
Burglary Hits Hemmingson Hardware on Fifteenth Street
John Hemmingson reports thieves stole about 200 dollars in goods, mainly cutlery, from his Fifteenth street hardware shop. He offers a 15 dollar reward for arrest and recovery of items including Regent and Metropolis knives, Fox Cutlery Co. and Kreller & Smith Co. blades, plus razors. Police have no clue to the perpetrators or entry method.
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John Hemmingson
T John Hemmingson
Fifteenth Street
Regent
Metropolis
Fox Cuttlery Co
Kreller & Smith Co
New York Cuttlery Co
Waldron Knife Co
Gould Miner Wedding Heads To Kirkland For Outing
Ross W Gould son of Mr and Mrs Dan W Gould and Miss Jennie B Miner of Chicago were married in Chicago today. They will travel to Kirkland Wisconsin for an outing on Devil's Lake and may settle in Moline this August. Miss Laura Gould attended as groom's sister and the couple receive many congratulations.
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Ross W. Gould
Dan W. Gould
Jennie B. Miner
Chicago
Kirkland
Wis
Devil's Lake
Moline
Laura Gould
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Santiago de Cuba
William McKinley
McKinley
Walter J. Entrikin
J. F. Robinson
Svea
Illinois
J W. Atkinson
England
Cuban
Philippines
M.J McEntry
Heath
Evening Dispatch
Port Byron Academy
Kohler
Cordova
Pee Ee Ees
Canoe Creek
Jos
Zuma
Hampton
S. Rock Island
Black Hawk
Coal Valley Rural
Bowling Centoee
Edgington
Andalusia
Buffalo Prairie
Drury
Saddlery Hardware Works
Frog
Weitgates
Newcomb
Mary Bjorndahl
28Th Ave
Moll
Imels
Miner
Monmouth
Boston
Ill
THE
the Big
5Th Ave
15Th St
Andrew Letsch
Rockland
County Court
A. D
Reinhold C. Letsc
H.T. Moss
Slothie
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