Hampton Schools appoints new principal
Geneseo resident Guy Vi Pettit has been named principal of the Hampton Schools. The Dispatch notes several local items including a Moline visit by Messra Ed Berggren and P Anderson, and various society and business notices from the Davenport Times and Port Byron Glove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messra Ed Berggren
P. Anderson
Cable
Moline
Samay
Guy Vi Pettit
Geneseo
Hampton Schools
Tumor Removed After Hand Injury at Richwood Farm
Mrs Maddebe Shallene of 334 Fourth Avenue had a wound swell into a tumor months ago. Dr Swan Hanson removed the growth last Friday and the patient is recovering well. John Loding and William Harris appeared before Squine and Wendell to be sworn as appraisers of the estate of the late Dr A W Jamieson at Richwood Farm South Moline with Gov Paters bearing date to May 1 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mradebe Shallene
Fourth Avenue
Swan Hanson
John Loding
Whileop Harris
Squine
Wendell
A. W. Jamieson
Richwood Farm
South Moline
Gov Paterbeare
Pastor presents W K Sloan M D with silver walter service
Mythigiat church honors W K Sloan M D with a silver walter service for his valued choir leadership. A plaque reads To W K Sloan M D from the First ME Church Moline July 20 1880. Illinois printers announce statewide advertising push by Porter Printing Co to promote a popular order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mythigiat Church
W K Sloan
Iquder
Moline
Lil
Widow Lizzie Cane Attempts Morphine Overdose
Lizzie Cane a young grass widow living with her brother Mr Meyer Simon at Rock Island water end attempted suicide Monday by taking six grains of morphine. Doctors pumped the drug out and she appears all right Tuesday. The motive is believed to be a love affair, but she refuses to name the young man and refers to him only as Barney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Cane
Mr. Meyer Simon
Waater
Rock Island
Barney
Horse Wound at Trevor’s Stables Near Fatal Artery Bleed
A horse owned by Charles Biehm of South Molide was badly injured Friday at Trevor's stables when it struck a nail and severed an artery. A doctor pressed the wound until help arrived, then sutured it. the animal remains weak but improving. Nearby campers reported a Sunday Sullivan-Khain spectacle but no tickets were bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Biehm
South Molide
Trevor
Atables
Jalone
Rack River Bridge
Sullivan-Khain
Molinera
Will Hopkins
Fred Fisher
Home
Kilrain Lips Nema
A Pony Trapezist Eclipse Inspires Audiences at Forepaugh Show
Hiew Yeung Forepaugh's Eclipse the pony trapezist performs a gravity defying act on two 30 foot apart swings high in the air. The horse jumps between moving platforms and lands on the opposite side repeatedly as part of the Brooks Field Wild West show. The program also features Forepaugh's 50,000 dollar troupe of trained bronchs somersault dogs Blondin duo and a Custer's Last Battle life pageant with soldiers and ponies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Forepaugh, Jr
Wild West
Brooks Field
Motina
Rock Island
Eelipse
Pony
Landa
Adam Forepaugh
Death notices and obituaries from Rock Island area
The evening dispatch records deaths of Frances Verdegem at 1543 Fifteenth Avenue from drops, and Hiram Darling a longtime resident of the area, with details on birth, family, church ties, and funeral plans. Also noted are Adolphus Dunlap a veteran settler and gunsmith, and Waldemere Peterson, with brief funeral arrangements and lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Verdegem
Pewr Verdegem
Fitveath Avenue
Baro Inelgium
Sur
Charles Bloemana
DeWitt
Iowa
August Cobert
Enty
Sopote
Pater Jr
Mary’s Church
Catholic Cemetery
Rock Inland
Banana rats and Rock Island scuffle headline this week
The report notes Central America's banana rats found in a banana bunch, a Geoke fruit merchant captivity escape, plus a Friday night clash at Rock Island House where Maj Beardsley slapped debt collector A R Mohr, knocking him down and triggering a scuffle with J T Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Farrell
Lfe
Seate
Sturgeon
Court House
O’ Mara
Second Avenue
Central America
Union
Fruit Commission
Geoke
Rock Island
Maj. Beardsley
A. R. Mohr
J. T. Dixon
Mohr
One Fare for the Round Trip to Milwaukee
The O B Q R R will sell half fare or one round trip fare from all points for travel to Milwaukee from August 21 to 28 1889 inclusive owing to the national G A R encampment. Return tickets valid August 28 to September 5 with extension possible to September 30 by August 8 special arrangement with Milwaukee agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Prinr
Objection Filed Against Refuse Burner on Levee Site
Written objection to locating the refuse burner on the levee has been filed with Munyer Wessel by a long list of residents and businesses. They claim the plan will be a nuisance, make the air noxious, and ruin a residential area near a street and river landing dedicated decades ago. They seek reconsideration and threaten legal action to block any building on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyer Wessel
G. W. Vinton
Albert Haller
L. Wickstrom
U. Vitarthum
G F. Bausch
P Mullane
GM Evers
J RK. Osborne
W. G. Morris
F.C Coss
C. F. Grantz
Mra. CC Webber
Chas Peal
Mrs. C Bausch
James Shaw & Son
George
Consolidation of Moline and Rock Island Explored
From the Evening Dispatch C H Deere predicts a coming consolidation of Moline and Rock Island. D W Gould remarks the idea has encountered strong opposition, noting post office restrictions could threaten mail facilities and urging renewed inquiry with the post office department for any policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Deere
Moline
Rock Island
D. W Gould
Postofice
Prosperous Wesleyans Welcome New Members at First M E Church
A Sunday service at the First M E Church featured twenty new members joining Pastor Albro's congregation. The initiates, new to the Christian faith, were welcomed after a brief sermon on the Lord's Supper, which was shared by about 100 attendees in a large worship space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Young
M. E
Wesley
Albro
Bupper
Sbi
Fi House of Worship
Swensson
Gustaf Adolf
Waldenstrom
R D Rgis Co Woolwash Store Closed in Friday Sale
An old ledger note reports R D Rgis Co woolwash store closed on Friday sale ending at 488.88 dollars held by Hanwell and mentions Bergin’s father in a cryptic transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Drgis’ & Co
Hanwell
Bergin
Foreden
Drowned in Pool Claims Another Life in City
In a tragedy at the water power pool in front of the electric light works, seven to eight companions failed to save seven year old Ingeve Andersson who drowned while fishing from the floating guard. Gottfreid, about ten, alerted his mother of the accident. Coroner Hawes impanelled a jury and ruled death accidental by drowning. Adolph Anderson, the boy's father, is a general agent for Svea Mutual Insurance and was in Michigan when notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Anderson
Fifth Avenue
Ingeve and
Gottfreid
Lngeve
Fishpole
William Woltere
Moline Wagon Co
Johnson Brick
Seventh Street
Svea Mutual Insurance
E J. Baldwin
Foreman
Nels Péterson
Henry Smith
A. B. Willams
Jacob &Choffer
John Flannigan
H Se House
Afr
Gottfried
Bylvao Island
H. QO. Lindeblad
Anderson
Ishpeming, Mich
Professor Waldenstrom Draws Crowds in Moline Visit
The Swedish preacher Prof Waldenstrom drew a full church in Moline for an extended sermon on Psalms 33. He spoke through an interpreter to Swedish and American listeners, prior to departing for Rockford after a busy day including a visit to the Bishop Hill Colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldenstrom
Moline
Rock Island Arsenal
America
Bishop Hill
Sweden
Rockford
Atkinson's Grove
United States
Indignation over minister's sermon shocks Presbyterian church
The Rev. Monroe Drew faces censure from church session trustees as indignant parishioners from other denominations protest his offensive sermon. Trustees condemn the response as cruel and unjust, noting he made reparations and was misrepresented, while keeping faith with his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Drew
LeOlsire
Drew
Burlington Route Announces Harvest Excursion Tickets At Half Rates
The Burlington Route will sell from principal stations on August 6 and 20, September 10 and 24, and October 8. Harvest Excursion Tickets are offered at half rates to farming regions of the West, South, and Northwest. For details contact a B and Q ticket agent or P. S. Knatis, General Pass and Ticket Agent, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Southwear
Northwest
Knatis
Chicago, i
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