Merchants Association Names Committee for Holiday Outing
Sixty five merchants reported credit ratings as 40 000 names listed by the Moline Merchants Association. Membership rose from 121 to 123 with five new members and three withdrawals. A committee of five was formed to plan the annual excursion and the Patriarchs Militant gathering June 12 13 and 14 will receive holiday decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Merchants Association
Association
O. H. Hageness
Moline Fish and Oyster Co
Wm. Daeb
Ridgeview Updates and Local Movements in June
Ridgeview notes include Miss Fay Sill departing for Clinton for two weeks with her brother John. J T Ege joins Lewis Roofing Co after leaving Moline Tool Co. Mr and Mrs Harry Sill and family travel to visit Mrs Sill’s parents and attend a sibling wedding. Eckerberg building a house on Fortieth Street and Second Avenue. George, Ed Cox, Ira Reaves in Bloomington. Skinner building four houses on lots between Second and Third Avenues east of Thirty eighth Street. Rosa Bilgeshausen ill. Lemmon and Frances Spaulding visit relatives in Rockford. Eliza and Rosa Durbin head home near Cordova for summer. Colonel David and son James of Joslin visit on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeview
Fay Sill
Clinton
John
J. T. Ege
Moline Tool Co
Lewis Roofing Co
Harry Sill
Sill
Eckerberg
Fortieth Street
Second Avenue
George
Ed Cox
Ira Reaves
Probate notes list multiple estate claims and filings
May 21 probate entries include claims for Arthur Withrow from Farmers National Bank Geneseo Dr A R Beal and Dr Carl Bernhard J F Kirkham and township trustees Henry L Kiner H Herblit with bonds set totals admin bond 5000 due by June 6 1903. Also estates of William Stoughton Oscar C Rose Margaret Hessman Andrew Kline Joseph Oakleaf William Green Lewis Wilson Elizabeth Hamlet Charles Albertson and others with petitions for letters probate bonds and hearings scheduled through June 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Withrow
Farmers’ National Bank of
Geneseo
Ill
A. R. Beal
Carl Bernhard
J F Kirkham
Board of Trustees of
Township 18
Henry County
Illinois
Henry L. Kiner
H. Herblit
Pew
William Stoughton
Mary Tidmarsh
Frank A. Herbst
Oscar C. Rose
Margaret Hessman
Andrew Kline
Joseph B. Oakleaf
William Green
Sadie Green
Lewis Wilson
B. F. Knox
Elizabeth Hamlet
Charles
Albertson
Mary E
Rapids City Notes and Weather Impacts
May 29 residents entertain relatives as Palmer and Hock finish gasoline launches for a river trip. Rain disrupts farming with corn replanting likely. Bridges, river rise forecasts, and rail line embankment issues noted. Local families report whooping cough cases among children Delbert and Ray Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Hartzell
East Moline
Rapids City
Ill
Drury’s Creek
Sycamore
Delbert
Perry Willard
Ray Willard
J. Willard
Railway union reaches wage deal with Tri Cty Railway Co
Officers of Tri Cty Railway Co and Railway Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America meet Friday and reach an agreement. The company recognizes the union and will pay motormen and conductors 18 cents per hour for the first year, 20 cents per hour thereafter. After service with the company, raises to 25 cents per hour. All runs to be made as near to 10 hours as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri Cty Railway Co
Railway Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employee ‘of America
Aes
Foresters to Meet in Indianapolis for Head Camp Events
Modern Woodmen reports 1902 membership gains totaling 42446 with 487 new camps and an average monthly increase of about 5690 over two years. By Jan 1 1903 beneficiaries and social members reach 794635, the largest in the world. Head Camp assembles June 16 in Indianapolis with 200 Forester teams expected to compete for 3000 in prizes on June 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consul Northcott
New York Life Insurancees Company
Indianapolis
Local Briefs: Larceny charges dropped and other notices
Ernst Mattson and Bert Mummert had a larceny charge dismissed after paying $5, returning the boat, and $350 in court costs. Bartholomew Trumble was found and returned from the county infirmary. The will of Lucinda Colegrove was probated, leaving property to daughter Caroline L. Tayer and husband Willard Colegrove. executor L. Baker named without bond. Judge Gest ruled on McConochie versus McCaskrin, with further filings planned. County crop, livestock, and health notes accompany the day’s items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Saupe
Frank B. Wheaton
Willard E. Parmenter
Frank B Wheaton
Paul John
Edward Pomeroy
George Smith
William Gamble
R. C Benson
Agnes Josephine Hollister
Rhoda T. McRoberts
Rhoda T Roberts
Daniel Brennan
Mary Brennan
B J McCabe
Frederick Yeoward
Executrix
David H. Lyons
State of
Ilinois
Ezekiel C. Downs
John Blake Larkin
Josephine Robbins
Annie Wright
Will
Thomas O’brien
Wallace Treichler
Ernst Mattson
Bert Mummert
Ben Larson
Larson
Bartholomew Trumble
Lucinda Colegrove
Hampton
Caroline L. Tayer
Willard Colegrove
L. ¥. Baker
Gest
Circuit Court
McConochie
McCaskrin
J. Tenworthy
Searle
Dee McConochie
Thomas Campbell
Department of Agriculture
Spalding
Peoria
Local Residents and Visitors Roundup in Hampton
Hampton reports show Mrs J F Martin from Kansas visiting Mr and Mrs Jason Willis. Several residents travel to Rock Island and nearby towns for shopping and visits. Wm Mohr and Miss Pearl Hayes wed in Rock Island. others relocate or visit family across the tri city area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
P Chambers
J Vogel
Emil Henline
Wm. Mohr
Pearl Hayes
Josephine Henry
Watertown
Grace
Martha Thompson
Watertown Hospital
John Wood
Moline
T. J. Wood
Harry Adams
Rock Islands
Nellie Maxwell
Fred Feuchter
Wake
Hampton
Ruey Whitehead
George Norton
J. M. Benson
E. A. Willis
Miss Mits
Labor and social notes from Rock Island city page
Several items describe local events in Rock Island. Elmer Esterdahl, son of A V Esterdahl of Fifth Avenue, was thrown from a wagon and injured in a run away incident. Property leases shift to McHugh & Montrose with significant improvements planned. Mayor Skinner attends Roosevelt visit events in Rockford and participates in the pageant. Company F of the Spanish war veterans heads to Bloomington for the state encampment. Russian Jews in Rock Island raise six hundred dollars for Kishineff relief, the final ball contributing $100. Tri City Construction Co to pave Fifteenth Street. Gust Fryxell and son sail June 9 to Sweden. Mrs John Vermeulen is missing, feared drowned in the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island House
McHugh & Montrose
Harper House
W. O. Negus
C. P. Skinner
Rockford
Roosevelt
Forest City
Rupert Henry
Henry Clothing
A. E. Fisher
Third
Illinois
Marvin Lyon
Walter Shadle
Bloomington
Rock Island
Ed. Kittilsen
C. E. Whiteside
Kishineff
Russia
Beselin’s Hall
Chicago
Bessarabia
Tri-City Construction Co
Fifteenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Gust Fryxell
Seventeenth Avenue
New York
Campagnia
Cunard Line
Sweden
Fryxell
Fred Sundeen
John Vermeulen
Mrs. Vermuelen
Local Notes From Carbon Cliff Gleanings
June 3 reports Mrs. Fred Ball and children visiting from Putnam. Mrs C Corbin returns from Chicago after weeks away. Mr Mardis begins painting Argillo company housing. Waller Mitton returns from Moline high school to spend vacation. Willie Williams visits Molin and Mrs. Bone of Molin on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Cliff
Fred Ball
Putnam
C. Corbin
Chicago
Mardis
Argillo Company
Waller Mitton
Moline High School
Willie Wyliams
Mie Bone
M Molin
Bigaek Ene Heyer
Resume work on new road survey in Macomb
The project to survey a new road in Macomb resumes, with officials planning routes, environmental checks, and funding prospects. Local agencies coordinate with engineers to establish preliminary alignments and cost estimates for the proposed roadway.
Shorter Proposed Line Attracts Rail Interest In Tri Cities
Engineers for the Iowa Illinois and Missouri railroad report the St Louis Short Line would shorten routes to Omaha by more than 25 miles from Dubuque. Davenport lines are tested for best entry, with six routes to be surveyed and Dubuque work continuing after weather delays and a chickenpox scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri
St. Louis
Davenport
Dubuque
Warall
Worrall
Macombe
Tri-Cities
Watertown Ward Building Work Under Way
Men clear trees at the site south of the main hospital for a stone ward building three hundred and thirty five feet long and fifty feet wide with a three story height. A brick carpenter shop and blacksmith shop will be erected nearby as work continues. The large ward contract will be let June 16. Other social notes follow with visits among residents including Mrs. James Muckle and Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Young in Rock Island and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Mississippi Valley
Iowa Bluffs
Tri-City Construction Co
Ward
James Muckle
Davenport
James Allsboro
R. G. Young
Rock Island
Fred Meeske
Rita Whitehead
Ethel Smith
Fens
Joseph Peterson
William Bishop
Peoria
D. McNeal
J. B. Rankin
Des Moines
Josephine Henry
Hampton
Belle Neigtswanger
Kansas
Martha Thompson
L W. Hospital
Nellie Bender
Charles Hays
Villag
J. C. Dunlavey
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Rock Island Listings
A sequence of property transfers dated May 21 to June 2 covers numerous Rock Island area parcels. Transfers include Lena Ohlweller to H M McCaskrin, Mary E Kirk to A Hanson, and multiple Connell's add. parcels in Rock Island and Moline, with values from $1 to $1,300. Notable entries include Black Hawk association to Cora A Bowen for $1,000 and Rock Island Mutual Building association to Byron Washburn for $1,300. Additional transfers list various owners and grantees across Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and Coal Valley with prices ranging up to several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell
Rock Island
Anna Neuwirk
A. C. Hanson
Annetta Hanson Smith
Charlotte Hanson
Ellen A. Cronk
Connells
Christian Paul
Peter Blomquist
Betty Rosene
Chicago
Black Hawk Homestead
Cora A. Bowen
Healy
Moline
Rock Island Mutual
Friberg
Carl J Samuelson
Christine Thulin
Brooks
Tillie M. Johnson
Henry
Josephine Redell
William Jackson
George M. Babcock
Michael F. Langdon
Barth & Babcock
Joseph E. Kern
Moline Trust & Savings Bank
Oakley
T. J Elmwood
Carrie Peterson
MoIne
Hiram Ruby
Nellie G. Peterson
Coal Valley
Charles H Pope
Sadie E Schroeder
East Moline
E. H Guyer
E J Bronson
Myron Jordan
Lucinda N. Warner
Carl G Lunden
L. N. Warner
Hannah P. Peterson
Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of
South Feet
Rosslyn
South Moline
J. B Oakleaf
Gust Erickson
Sweeney & Jackson
Louis Mosenfelder
Gustave Thierman
L. Mosenfelder
Thirtieth Street
Townsends Battalion Engineers Reach Manila May 27
Word confirms Major C. McD Townsend and his battalion of engineers arrived in Manila on May 27, signaling continued progress in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. McD. Townsend
Manila
Record Run By Fast Mail Train No 15
A 124 mile run from Mendota to Burlington was completed in 116 minutes by fast mail train No 15 engine 1576 with engineer B E Jones. The 80 mile Mendota to Galesburg leg took 74 minutes and 44 miles to Burlington in 42 minutes. Another run by engineer Frank Bullard covered 80 miles in 78 minutes. A new monster engine 860 of the Hannibal and St Joe line, Baldwin works, has four drivers and a 220000 pound weight, sent to Burlington as a helper engine for Agency Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota
Burlington
B. E. Jones
Galesburg
Agency Hil
Obituary notices for several local residents
The notices report infant Verne Ruth Oldefest died at 5 p m, Estella Nelson died of spinal meningitis at 6 p m, 26 year old Wm Fitzgerald died after an operation at St Anthony’s hospital, James W Thompson aged 63 laid to rest after thirty five years in Rock Island, Samuel Atwater 72 formerly foreman for Moline Plow Co died in Pomona California May 27 and survived by relations in Joplin and Pomona with ties to Mother McKinley and the Magill family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Fitzgerald
Sylvan
St. Anthony's Hospital
J. W. Thompson
James W. Thompson
Rock Island
Samuel Atwater
Moline Plow Co
Pomona
Cal
Mr. Atwater
California
Joplin
McKinley
Mrs. Atwater
Jerome
James Magill
Jacobs Fined for Lottery Charge in Chicago
J. J. Jacobs building a residence on Sixth Avenue in this city was fined 1500 dollars in Chicago Tuesday on a lottery charge. A second indictment awaits, and Jacobs paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Jacobs
Sixth Avenue
Chicago
Jacobs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Association For the New Book
Modern
Woodmen of America
Indianapolls
Pri
Elmer Esterdahl
A. V. Esterdahl
Fifth Avenue
Macomb
Omaha
N. W
Monmouth
Miles
Beardstown
Alton Ooh
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Mil
George Scherer
Frederick Anthony
W. E Bailey
D A Jones
Emma J. Sloan
Ryder & Read
Andrew O’brien
H. Mueller
Mary A. Golden
Barstow
Emma C. Campbell
Campbell
Oldefest
Henry M. Oldefest
Verne Ruth
Nelson
Estella
Oscar Nelson
Fourth Street
Moline Trusts Savings Bank
Moline State Savings Bank
the State. Auditor
Avenue
15Th Street
Capital Stock
A. S. Wrigh
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