Bettendorf Axle Co Chief William Bettendorf Dies at Home
William P. Bettendorf, president and manager of Bettendorf Axle Co, died suddenly at his Bettendorf residence after a recent illness believed to be ptomaine poisoning. Doctors discovered he suffered from cancer of the bowels. Born July 1, 1857 in Mendota Illinois, he built a career from Peru Plow Co to Davenport, cofounding Bettendorf Metal Wheel Co and Bettendorf Axle Co, shaping the firm that produced steel car tracks and underframes. Funeral Monday in Bettendorf.
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Ae State
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Peru Plow Co
Moline Plow Co
Parlin & Orendorff Co
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Pera Plow Co
J. W. Bettendorf
Eagle Manufacturing Co
Bettendorf Brothers
Bettendorf Metal Wheel Co
Bettendorf Industrialist Dies After Rich Career
The death of a Davenport area magnate ends a notable career in manufacturing. He helped found the Moline Bettendorf Bridge Co and oversaw silting and shipping efforts totaling millions. Survived by his second wife Elizabeth Staley, a Davenport father, brother J W Bettendorf, and an adopted daughter.
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Moline-Bettendorf Bridge Co
Port Byron Academy Holds 29th Commencement
Pearsall auditorium hosts Port Byron Academy graduation with ten graduates the largest class in years. Program includes orchestra, hymns, three orations by Fallows Sadderis Groh, a heredity law address by Haney, diplomas presented by Principal Yolton, and benediction by Jaggers.
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Mary
Reelection of Dr Wessel Heads Moline Alumni
More than 200 alumni gathered at the Moline club for the thirty fourth annual reunion. Dr H Wessel Jr was reelected president for another year, a duty he accepted reluctantly due to time demands. Officers include President Perry H Wessel Vice President Clarence Tunnicliff and Secretary Treasurer Miss Cecil Mayo. A seven member advisory committee to work with the school board and faculty was proposed for bylaws to be approved in 1911.
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Cecil Mayo
Board of Education
Carl
Generous Pledge Enables Church Mortgage Elimination
The First Congregational church celebrated June 2 with a debt free moment after a campaign led by Mesdames Deere and Butterworth. The final $6500 debt was wiped out with help from C A Banister and volunteers including Mrs G H Huntoon and Mrs C P Skinner, plus gifts totaling seven to eight hundred dollars for repairs.
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C A. Lincoln
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H. A. Aineworth
Memorial for Dead of Royal Arcanum
Moline council number 2009 Royal Arcanum arranged memorial day services at the regular meeting last week. Services will be Sunday June 19 at Second Congregational Church with Rev Richard Hanty delivering the memorial address. Members will attend in a body, graves will be decorated with markers and wreaths, and an anniversary picnic with Rock Island and Davenport councils was discussed. The anniversary falls on June 23 but will be celebrated June 26 as a tri city event. Royal Arcanum organized in Boston on June 28, 1879.
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Wrecked Column Damages Davenport Locomotive Works
An explosion at 3 30 a m Saturday damaged a column and shattered windows near the Davenport Locomotive Works in Davenport. A heavy dynamite charge lit the partially built machine shop but caused limited harm. strike unrest is blamed by officials who deny a direct link to strikers. Two watchmen investigated, finding the blast site at 6 am. Nonunion workers filled striker vacancies during a nearly six month strike.
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Davenport Locomotive Works
Davenport
Mill service masons bid fond farewell to WM William Mill
William Mill of near Hillsdale died Saturday May 28 at age 79 in Rock Island County. An early Moline milkman born 1835 in Biddeford England he lived on the Bell farm now Riverside Cemetery from the 1860s. He married Rosanah Bell and had five children. a second marriage to Agnes Hutton produced one child. The funeral, with Doric Lodge Masons in attendance, was held at Fairfield Cemetery with rites at the grave.
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Pasadena
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Rock Island
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Molins
Cooperative plan test in Moline schools and factories
Twelve or fifteen boys will report to H. B. Dickinson next week to begin a four year cooperative program between the manual arts school and local factories. Firms include Deere and Mansur Co and Moline Tool Co among others. work ranges from drawing to foundry and office duties. payments based on time employed, with school attendance maintained.
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Deere and Mansur Co
Moline Furniture Co
Root and van Dervoort Co
Moline Scale Co
Barnard and Lens Manufacturing Co
Stehinaons
Moline Report Praises City Health Conditions
Moline is described as nearly free of contagion with no diphtheria or measles and only a few chickenpox cases. Dr A Harp, health commissioner, notes unusually low contagion over three years. The winter spring diphtheria cases were few. the quarantine ended and residences were disinfected. Acariet fever cases number five or six but are not serious.
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Rally enthusiasm drives Rock Island county picnic plans
A parish leaders meeting at the Boston store outlined the Thursday June 23 picnic at Long View park Rock Island. County schools receive numbered parade placements with trees tagged, Epworth league refreshment rights and meals, water on site, and contributions toward expenses already coming in. Dodgers ads circulate as organizers report countywide enthusiasm and transport from both river and rail routes.
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Monmouth Atlas editor Brown tied to sale rumors
Report from May 30 in Monmouth notes gossip that A G Brown editor of the Monmouth Atlas may sell the paper and pursue farming. No sale is completed, Brown plans to keep working in his paper if he remains in the district, with friends backing his future.
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Washington Herald headline puzzle mocks pun on titles
In a playful Washington Herald item readers are teased with a garbled headline about a prize or title. The snippet suggests a humorous take on fame and literary prestige, reflecting a newspaper’s light language and mock seriousness.
Comet Fascination Humble in Late 1835 Return
Two Moline residents Mrs. Jane Wright and A M Hubbard both in their 93rd year recall Halley’s comet sightings. Mrs Wright, disappointed by the dim return after dreaming of brilliance, notes her 1835 memory, while Hubbard also recalls the 1835 sighting and regrets the present display.
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Kidnapers Detain Rock Island Graduate Before Exercises
Sidney Steenberg a Rock Island High School graduate of 1910 was kidnapped by practical jokers Friday night before commencement in the Illinois theatre. He was driven to South Rock Island and held until the program ended. Authorities warn stern punishment if culprits are found. Steenberg, son of Mr and Mrs Steenberg, resides at 1114 Twenty fifth Street.
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