Mrs Hal Hall Dies After Buggy Falls From Davenport Bridge
Mrs Martha Call Hall of Davenport, 76, died after a buggy backed over a Gaines street bridge near H Willis residence. Her companion Mrs Byron George escaped with a sprained knee. Hall, widow of Captain Hall, was well known across three cities and leaves several children including Dr S B Hall of Rock Island.
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Martha Call Hall
Davenport
Hall
George
Captain Hall
Rock
8. B Hall
Rock Island
Schultz Bids In on 15th Street Property Foreclosure
August Schultz bid in the Isadore Verbulst estate property on 15th street between Fifth and Sixth avenues at the foreclosure sale. The bid covered mortgages totaling about 4800 dollars for a 22 by 110 foot lot with a small frame building. Heirs in Paterson, NJ have one year to redeem, and no improvement plans are set unless redemption fails.
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Schultz
Fifteenth-street Realty
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Moliné Journal
T I Stanley
Isadore Verbulst
Court House
D. Connelly
Paterson
Jewelers Joke at Club Dinner Turns on Wit
At a club dinner a guest extolled repartee and recalled a stylish woman on a crowded street car who won a seat. She told the donor You're a jewel He quipped No Im a jeweler I set the jewel in a witty exchange captured by the London Tatler.
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London Tatler
Three Things Last Century From Secretary Wilson Aired
James Wilson spoke at Michigan Agricultural College on May 31 about three feats of the last century. He praised building the Capitol Washington Monument and Congressional Library and outlined the rise of land grant colleges with 65 institutions, 10,000 agriculture students, and $84 million in funds. He warned on soil drainage, lauding agricultural education for farmers and citizens, noting one million farmers attend farm institutes yearly and that half the nation’s producers are from the soil.
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Yansing
Mich
James Wilson
Agricultural Colleges
America
Michigan Agricultural College
United States
Washington
Capitol
Washington Monument
Congressional Library
Lfe
Moline Keeps Lead In Realty Transfers Amid Decline Elsewhere
May transfers total across Moline Rock Island and country rise in Moline to 46 567 up from 43 085 in April while Rock Island and rural areas show large declines 17 188 and 76 307 respectively The three month lineup shows Moline 31 818 43 085 46 687 Rock Island 64 336 48 823 31 640 and country 191 450 100 065 23 758 The spring realty boom ends as agricultural land comes under cultivation with final week led by Moline 15076 Rock Island 9523 and country 2250
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Moline
Rock Island
Country
Property transfers total several thousand across city lots
The record lists multiple real estate deals: John McEniry to N A Irving for 3000. Mayer Rosenfield sold to Henry Johnson two lots at Fourth avenue and Tenth street for 1700. Fabian Lawson bought 1615 Twelfth avenue from Magnus Olson for 3400. B E Johnson bought 65 feet on Seventeenth avenue near Fifteenth street for 2400. August Sandholm bought a Twelfth street lot south of Fourteenth avenue from John Johnson for 3850. Wm J Beale sold to Jas Feeley forty feet on Twenty fourth street near Ninth avenue for 800. F N From sold a southeast corner lot of Seventeenth street and Eighteenth avenue for 1500 to J B Oaklear.
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Sixth Avenue
John McEniry
N A Irving
Mayer Rosenfield
Henry Johnson
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
Fabian Lawson
Twelfth Avenue
Magnus Olson
E. Johnson
Seventeenth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
August Sandholm
John Johnson
Twelfth Street
Fourteenth
Swedish eastward steamship line formed for regular service
A Stockholm telegram reports the Svensk Oestasiatisk Kompagni formed to run a regular Sweden to Far East steamship service. The plan envisions a Swedish government subsidy for five years matching Suez dues and a loan up to 3,000,000 kroner to fund the first four ships, with operations in partnership with the East Asiatic Company of Copenhagen.
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Reuter
Stockholm
Svensk Oestasiatisk Kompagni
Sweden
Far East
East Asiatic Company
Copenhagen
Poem on the States Dialog About Union Prospects
A versified exchange among American and Canadian provinces and U S states about joining a united federation. The dialogue features Senor Mex and personified states like Tex Kan Wis N C Va Ga Ariz Nev Mo Mass Ore Cal Ky and ends with a reflective homeward turn. The piece reads as a light verse in Success magazine.
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Canada
Senor Mex
Tex
Napoleon
States
Mont
D. C
Ariz
Honeymoon Economy in Simplified Domestic Budget
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Mary has become an economical housekeeper and claims her dinners cost nothing. She and George often visit her parental home to dine, illustrating thrifty domestic habits during their marriage.
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Mary
George
Cleveland Plain
Sue
31 New Locomotives for Southwest Run
Rock Island purchases thirty one new heavy freight engines from Brooks, type 1900, numbered 1900 to 1931. Built for heavy hauling, identical in size to the 1700s, shipped to the Silvia shops and sent to the southwest district to bolster freight power. The railroad has been short on freight engines in that division, and this addition will equip it in first class shape.
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Rock Island
Silvia
Roc Island
Bills and Poe Parody Nonsense in Mixed Verse
A comic pastiche blends Edgar Allan Poe homage with verse about debts and a restless speaker. It moves through nostalgic longing, marital intrigue, and financial frustration, concluding with spoof dialogue about social embarrassment and money woes.
East Moline Moves to Secure Street Franchises
East Moline council adopted a resolution ordering the East Moline and Watertown interurban and Mississippi Valley Traction to secure a city franchise. It charges the lines with unlawful occupation of Third avenue Seventh street First and Thirteenth streets Bluff road and Watertown road and authorizes the marshal to stop operations and remove tracks if needed. A court test may settle whether a perpetual grant exists from East Moline Land Co. for streetcar privileges.
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East Moline
Watertown
City Incor
East Matine Land Co
E. H. Guyer
Moline, East Moline and Watertown Railway Company
Mississippi Valley Traction Company
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Bluff Road
Watertown Road
Sald City
Miss Frederickson Bride At Home Ceremony In May
Miss Anna Frederickson daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Frederickson of South Moline was married May 30 at 1 pm to Jens Christensen of Chicago. Rev C B Hoffsten officiated. Forty guests from Moline Carbon Cliff attended. The couple will reside on Lowe avenue Englewood Chicago.
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Andrew Frederickson
South Moline Township
Jens Christensen
Chicago
Anna Frederickson
Coaltown
C. B. Hoffsten
Grace Lutheran Church
Moline
Carbon Cliff
Peter Christenson
Anna Simonson
Mane
Lowe Avenue
Englewood
Christensen
Postoffice Clerks Honor Moline Man at Illinois Convention
Nestor Anderson night clerk at the postoffice was elected treasurer of the Illinois branch of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks at Ottawa during the seventh annual convention. Mayor Farrell welcomed delegates. Frank Rodgers of Chicago gave the keynote address and a banquet followed. Resolutions thanked Senators Cullom and Hopkins Congressmen Wilson Snapp Overstreet Cannon and McKinlay and Chicago Mayor Busse for postal clerk legislation. Officers elected include E P Stoler president A F Lundquist first vice president Miss Mary Harrington second vice president John F Heron secretary and Nestor Anderson treasurer with W W Dougherty as national delegate.
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Ottawa
Illinois
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Farrell
Frank Rodgers
Chicago
Cullom
Hopkins
W W Wilson
Howard M Snapp
Jesse Overstreet
Joseph Cannon
William McKinlay
Busse
E. P Stoler
Elgin
A. F. Lundquist
Rock Island
Mary Harrington
Streator
John F. Heron
Joliet
Nestor Anderson
Moline
Death of Frank Daggett in New York
Moline friends mourn the death of Frank Daggett born August 17 1884 in Moline He was the son of Daniel C Daggett longtime Moline residents and died at Mt Vernon New York at 9 am Friday The funeral was held in Moline on Sunday June 2.
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Moline
Frank
Daggett
Mt. Vernon
Daniel C Daggett
New York
Real Boy Eats Lemon Fish Named Bour dines
Donald returns home hungry after visiting Aunt Belinda. His mother asks if he was fed. He says Aunt Belinda gave him lemon fish but he did not like them. He identifies the dish as bour dines.
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Donald
Belinda
Contest Mackin Will Case Dropped After Long Trial
After a nine week trial in the circuit court, the Mackin will contest was dismissed at the contestants' request. Relatives seeking to invalidate Father Mackin's will cede any claim to the estate. The will, drawn December 20, 1904, left chief bequests to Mrs Mary Plamondon Grace Mackin Mrs Barab Dolly and Miss Mary Mackin with the Visitation Staters receiving $5000.
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Mackin
Gest
Father Macking
Father Mackin
Mary Plamondon
Chicay
Grace Mackin
Barab Dolly
Mary Mackin
Rock Island
Summer Boarders: Fresh Provisions Marketed in Town
In a rural exchange from the Milwaukee Sentinal Mandy confirms ample peas tomatoes dried apples prunes and salt pork. Hiram notes ready to advertise for summer boarders as the season approaches.
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Hiram
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MR. Schultz
15Th ST
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Rock Island and Country
John McEntry
Crompton
Walsh
Chicago Medical
Natitute
West Third Street
Meadays
Steamship Line
Southwest
Rock Island Road
Silvis
Browk
Jay
Ory
Wilbur
Munsey’s
Edgar A. Poe
George Fay
Success Magazine
Grigga
Brigga
Phil
East Moline City
Company
Land Company
Miss Fredrickson
Postoffice Clerks
The
W. W. Dougherty
Frank Daggett
Inter Ocean
Inter-Ocean
Associated Preas
New York Sun
New York World
Pagan
Moline Review
John Deere
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