Weather forecasts warn of hot dry early August and storms
The forecast notes a warm wave from July 24 to 28 crossing the Pacific coast and central valleys with a cooler period around August 2. Disturbances imply very hot days, early frosts by month end, and dangerous storms expected in September. Readers are urged to heed warnings and stay near harbors and shorelines.
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Washington, D. C
W. T. Foster
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Atlantic States
Pacific
Local council urged to act on Market Square petition again
A renewed petition for paying Market Square seeks signatures from manufacturers and business leaders after last year’s failed effort. The council will be memorialized once more. The library board's executive committee set 45000 insurance on both old and new buildings, with nine fund subscribers receiving equal shares. Aledo grants Western Illinois Railway Co. a street franchise after residents on Seventh and Chestnut petitioned accompanies the ordinance. Judge W T Church took the mayor’s seat after unanimous election. Dr M Edward Fawcett of St Bartholomew's Chicago formally accepts as bishop of Quincy diocese. Vacation ends for genal workmen after nearly three weeks off with two weeks full pay.
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Library Board
Aledo
Western Illinois Railway Co
Seventh and Chestnut Streets
W. T. Church
H. F. Gee
Galesburg
M. Edward ,Fawcett
St. , Bartholomew's Church
Chicago
Quincy
Local Social Roundup at Carbon Cliff
Carbon Cliff notes report a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O'Brien of Barstow and a number attending the Moline Chautauqua. Mrs. Ben visits Pettifern in Moline, Miss Ella Libby returns from Battle Creek, and six graduates are honored at the M E church with Rev. Oscar Nelson delivering the address. Fred Meskee from Watertown also visits. Miss Ida Cann of Geneseo teaches a large class here.
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Carbon Cliff
Andrew O’brien
Barstow
J. Hennegan’s
Moline
Ben
Pettifern
Ella Libby
Battle Creek Sanitarium
M. E. Church
Oscar Nelson
Fred Meskee
Watertown
Ida Cann
Geneseo
Rock Island Road Promoter of New Iowa Missouri Rail Link
Indications point to the Rock Island road promoting a new Iowa Missouri railroad with headquarters in three cities. Rumors place a plan to reach St Louis and a route to St Paul via a proposed St Short Line. Surveyors operate near Memphis Missouri and north from Eldon St Louis. The main objective is a Missouri link connecting with the St Louis and Colorado line.
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Rock Island
New Towa
Illinois and Missouri Railroad
Rock Island 18
St. Louis
St. Paul
Memphis
Missouri
Eldon
Tri City lines speed up as Davenport extensions near
The Tri City Railway Co prepares for new service on the Rock Island Davenport corridor with eight miles of extensions, twelve more cars, and forty latest twenty seven horsepower electric motors from General Electric. Operations target first of next month for Rockingham Davenport and Northwest Davenport extensions.
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Tri-City Railway Co
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Shopa
Rock Island
Tri-City
iManager Lardner
Ito
Rockingham
Davenport
River
South Heights
Rapids City Social Notes Highlight Summer Visits and Local News
July updates from Rapids City record visits by Dubuque relatives and Moline families, a school contest win by Miss Anna Graham with 585 votes, a trip prize to St. Joseph Michigan, and local happenings from July 25 including a cancer death, a chan t0auqua in Moline, and residents returning home.
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Oltmanns
Vogels
Rock River
Anna Graham
Mummert
Kewanee
Beach & Kendall
Anna Henry
Miss Graham
St. Joseph
Mich
Beach & Randall
Graham
Port Byron
Rapids
Mary E. Newton
Moline
James Cox
J. Willard
Mart Southerland
Strance
Jones
New York
Williamson
Stuart Evant
Fatal car crash in Brooklyn on Ocean Park Way
New York July 28 Mrs Adelard Hawley of Milford Pa. was instantly killed in an automobile party wreck along Ocean Park Way near Caton Avenue Brooklyn. One other person was seriously injured and a third hurt as their car turned over at a high rate of speed.
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Devil Wagen Mas
New York
Adelard Hawley
New ‘Milford
Ocean Park ‘Way
Caton Avenue
Brooklyn
Rock River Traction aims for August prospectus after right of way secured
A Rock River Traction Co board meeting in Geneseo reports near-total right of way acquisition from Rock Falls to Geneseo and from Geneseo to Moline. A prospectus with maps and earnings estimates will be prepared for the August third Monday meeting. an expert engineer will be hired after Chicago consultations.
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Rock River Traction Co
Geneseo
Rock Falls
Moline
Levi Waterman
Chicago
Waterman
Real Estate Transfers Across Moline and Rock Island
July 14 transfers include Albert Aswege to Joseph Sparks and Joseph Aswege to Albert Aswege for Lot 7 Block 2 Olof Olsen's add Moline each $1150. Others include Henry Stehr to F F T Stehr Lot 5 Block 2 Atkinson's subdiv outlet 20 Moline $1 and C R Ainsworth to G W Sarginson Lot 22 Block 97 East Moline $300. Numerous entries list parcels in Rock Island and Davenport areas with amounts from $2100 to $6000 and dates July 15 July 16 July 17.
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Albert Aswege
Joseph Sparks
Olof Olsen
Moline
Joseph Aswege
Henry Stehr
F. F. T. Stehr
Atkinson
C. R. Ainsworth
G. W. Sarginson
East Moline
John Meyser, Jr
George F. Roth
G. L. Davenport
Rock Island
Twenty-first Street
Caroline Breiter
Maria H. Zels
Chicago
Lower Add
Charles H. Pope
C. M. Gannon
Charlotta Glass
Paulina Goldman
Old Town of
Emma Jane Nagie
Charles H. Dibbern
Rachel J. Barnett
C. H. Dibbern
Sears
Henry L. Schill
F. A. Heffner
Barth & Babcock’s
Moses Grinburg
David Harris
Lower
Mary Adolphson
J. T. Anderson
Daebelssehn’s
John T. Anderson
Mary Adolph-son
Daebellehn
D. Louise Baker Meyer
Mary B. Frazer
George Mixter
Ellen
Webber
Lois Ann.Cratsenberg
C. L. Girls
C. W. Hawes
Florence M. van’ Qhader
Barth & Babcock
Florence V. Kirkpatrick
F. W
Desert Crescents of Islay Move in Silent Sands
Ernest OC Rost describes Islay's desert field of pure white sand crescents high above the coast, noting their uniform shape, the inner circular wall, and slow drift at about three inches per day. He cites debate on their formation and mentions shifting dunes that require shoveling to cross nearby tracks.
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Islay
Bailey
Ernest OC. Rost
Harper's Magazine
Dwellers In the Ice of Rosas A Glacial People
In Rosas Greenland the Etahyans live in ice caves under a polar glacier. They endure six months of darkness and constant damp walls while breathing frozen air. They refuse to move south and claim pride in loneliness as the last of their people amid war and ice.
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Rosas
Greenland
Pearson
Debate Echoes From London Tit for Bating Quote
A fragment from a London item quotes a remark about a born debater and a stubborn stance on eating with a companion. The text hints at social dialogue and characterization without revealing full context.
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London
Fragmentary notice outlines a local case in progress
Incomplete OCR text mentions a victim and a court matter tied to Wis. is unclear. The fragment references names like Seely and a person linked to a case or ward but details are not readable.
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Wis
Harry Ward
Seely
Mrs Lund Leads Women in Swedish Singer Festival
The fifth biennial festival of the American Union of Swedish Singers draws an estimated 700 Swedish singers with about twenty-five societies represented. Notables include Fra Anna Hellstrom and John Forsell of the Royal Swedish opera, and Martina Johnstone, the American violinist. Mrs Edie Lund is noted as the union's sole lady conductor and member, directing the Svea Male chorus arrival from Moline.
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American Union of Swedish Singers
Anna Hellstrom
Royal Swedish Opera
Herr John Forsell
Primo Barytohe
Martina Johnstone
Minneapolis Journal
Chicago
St. Louis Road
Svea
Moline
Ill
Lee Peterson
Edie Lund
Smith
Markets report on hogs cattle and sheep values at Chicago
Hogs receipts for the day show average prices around 5.50 to 5.90 per cwt with mixed grades near 5.85. Cattle steer and heifer quotes range from about 3.50 to 4.50 per cwt. western lambs listed around 4.25 to 5.06 with various grades noted. Prices reflect fair to good quality offerings and include farm and shipyard demand data from Chicago markets.
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Chicago
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