Saloon Fight Leads to Murder Charge in Nelson Death
In Moline on July 20 1910 Carl Nelson 22 Deere amp Co grinder died from injuries after a fight with Albin Sundberg a Moline carpenter. Sundberg was held without bail following a coroner s jury mintimus charging him with murder based on testimony that Nelson knocked Sundberg down and a beer glass was hurled striking bartender Oscar Lindquist. Witnesses placed the timing around Vandegenachte s saloon near 1110 with conflicting accounts of blows and pushes as Sundberg left through a rear door.
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Carl Nelson
Albin Sundberg
Daily Dispatch
Moline Carpenter
Deere & Co
Grinder
Sundberg
Nelson
Charles Vandegenachte
Oscar Lindquist
Fritz Anderson
Charles Nelson
Vandegenachte
Bunnberg
van Degenachte
Fritz Nelson
Charlies Nelson
Anderson
Lindquist
Vandergenachte
Reuben Rydeen
Rydeen
Plan for a Summer Home on Eight Acre Property
T E Lundell bought an eight acre wooded tract on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river below Andalusia for 50 an acre and sold to Montgomery brothers R J and H. The plan calls for a summer bungalow next spring with part of each year in the country retreat. The site has a river beach and landing facilities, a high mound, and offers a five mile river view toward Muscatine. The Montgomerys seek a keeper and plan to stock poultry and livestock.
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Daily Dispatch
Montgomery Brothers
R. J
8. H
T. E. Lundell
Illinois
Mississippi River
Andalusia
Lundell
Woodburn
Montgomery
Muscatine
County Board to Reconsider Prisoner Board Pay This September
The county board of supervisors will revisit salaries and board for prisoners at the September meeting. The committee on fees and salaries will propose changes including prisoner meals rates and sheriff remuneration. Current rates include forty cents per prisoner per day and sheriff salaries of 1500 campaign and 590 per fivery, with education department changes to 2500 for the superintendent.
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Board of
Board of Supervisors
Conposed
Supervisory Cool
McGimpsey
Huntley
Pfuh
Eastman
Surtons
Board of Prisoners
Daughter of H A Hume Fatally Burned in Virginia Ill
Henry A Hume of 1857 Fourth Street received word that one of his young daughters was fatally burned while visiting in Virginia Illinois. The telegram did not specify which child Hazel aged 3 or Mabel aged 1. Hume traveled to Virginia last evening to learn details.
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Henry A. Hume
1857
Fourth Street
Virginia
Hazel
Mabel
Mr. Hume
Widening Plan to be revived as one measure at once
Judge Olmsted ruled the city’s widening plan proper but found the city engineer’s estimate was not properly itemized. The city will take up the plan with the local improvement board and county court, pursuing a combined paving, sidewalk, and widening project while contested aspects are addressed. The case centers on west Fifth Avenue and East Fifteenth Street and potential impacts on Browning’s property.
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Fifteenth Street
Olmsted
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Uncle Sam to carry mails to new post office
Authority given to advertise for bids to carry U S mail between the new Eighteenth Street post office and Rock Island road passenger station. Bids due by August noon. contract awarded by the Second Assistant Postmaster General. Service to include day and night deliveries as Rock Island handles bulk mail.
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Moline
United States
Postoffice
Eighteenth Street
Rock Island Road
Washington
Rock Island
W H Downing to Open Store in Port Byron
W H Downing of Silvis will operate a general mercantile business in Port Byron. He has leased the Pearsall block and will open with a large stock while retaining his Silvis business. Fort Byron residents welcome him to the new field in a modern building that replaced a recent fire loss.
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W H Downing
Silvis
Port Byron
Pearsall
Downing
Fort Byron
Dining Car Dread Revealed by Nervous Man
A nervous man asks which part of a railway train is most dangerous and the dyspeptic Exchange replies the dining car. The brief exchange notes the dining car as the risky section aboard trains.
Grocers Move Toward Wednesday Evening Closings
Grocers plan signature drive to enforce Wednesday evening store closures. Clerks from nearly all city stores met, with Green Bros. backing the movement and George J. Benson promising Wednesday closings. A second meeting is set for Tuesday as the plan circulates.
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Green of
Green Bros. Anent
George J. Bensons Grocery
Benson
Rock Island to Show Fight Films Despite Local Opposition
Theatre manager says town will accommodate the Johnson Jeffries fight pictures. City officials and business groups oppose but cite public interest as Rock Island will screen the event at the Hitnels theater and nearby venues while protests from Moline and local chambers continue.
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Johnson
Jeffries
Rock Island
Uline
Chambercain Kind Company
Taylor
Tenmisters
Mayo
Labor Day Celebrations Planned Across Three Cities
The Alenburg Trades assembly endorses an excursion train to Rock Island for Labor Day with Monmouth joining Galesburg. A Rock Island Southern agent set a $1.75 round trip and pledged sufficient cars. Schedules to follow as attendance develops with unions in Moline Rock Island and Davenport.
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Alenburg Trades Assembly
Rock Island
Monmouth
Galesburg
Rock Island Southern
Galesburg Trades Assembly
Moline
Davenport
Mississippi river tonnage for 1909 and canal work report
The 1909 total tonnage on the Mississippi between St Anthony Falls and the Missouri mouth reached about 1 916 904 tons with 269 vessels including logs and lumber plus 300 unregistered barges. The report details raft boats log transport and river work by Major Charles Keller including dams shore protection dredging and costs for the six foot channel project and requests a 1912 budget.
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Mississippi River
Falls of
St. Anthony
Missouri
United States Chief of Engineers
Charles Keller
Mississippi
United States
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minneapoli
Keokuk
Des Moines
St Croix
Minneppelia
Missouri River
Miestastopol
Carnival City
Acme
Scream Ois
Thia
Wisconsin River
LeClaire
Cassville Slough
Eagle Point
Harris Slough
Savanna
Rock Island
Moline
Burlington
Black Hawk Chute
Muscatine
Port Louisa
Bay Island
Keithaburg Bridge
Buffalo
Bar
Davenport
Prairie Bird Point
Hannibal
Atlas Island
Hickory Chute
Des Moines Rapids Canal
Milan
Mississippi Canal
Kellers
St Paul
Lake Pepin
Winona
Ravanne
Rock Island Rapids
Burlingtont
Montrose
Temperance Union Meeting Planned in Prospect Park
Local temperance group schedules a gathering at Prospect Park with Swedish Methodist church involvement and community organizers expected to attend. Participants will discuss upcoming events and outreach efforts in the Sunday session.
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Temperance Union
Prospect Park
Gienaker
Ehaceh
Painkiller Parry Davis' Sells at 45c and 3ac
An advertisement touts a pain killer named Parry Davis as a remedy for stiff joints and sore muscles from cold or rheumatic pain. It promotes self assistance and claims the product relieves soreness and supports healing with a stated price of 45c, 3ac, or 0c.
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Parry Davis
Price
Hicks to Oppose Wheelan for Democratic Nomination in Primaries
Stephen D. Hicks of Moline announces a petition opposed to Minority Representative Henry Wheelan for the Democratic nomination as state representative. Hicks confirms a circulating petition and aims to contest Wheelan's bid, asserting he will run to win and prevent a default nomination if no others join the race.
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Daily Dispatch
Stephen D. Hicks
Henry Wheelan
Hicks
Wheelan
Bell seeks probate judgeship in Molines County
Molines city attorney Benjamin Bell plans to run for the new probate judge seat. petitions to place his name on the Republican primary ticket will circulate. if chosen he would start in December, with his city attorney term ending in April and no special election needed. Rinck of the county clerk’s office may run for probate clerk.
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Molines
Benjamin 8 Bell
Bell
John Rinck
Car chase chatter from Brooklyn ends abruptly
Fragmentary message mentions police, Brooklyn, a fast car idea, and a blocked pursuit. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable.
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