Drowning Fatality Prompts Community Notices
Local items report Mrs Gould resuming duties after illness of weeks, a tea hosted by Miss Amy Sweeney in Rock Island with about sixty young ladies, and the drowning of Lowillie Eckstein, a six year old boy from Davenport, in the Harrison street pool known as the Harrison street hole. Community groups plan further political discussion and temperance meetings, while travel accounts note a long eastern tour by Mr Carpenter and Mrs Greenter.
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Sanele Sitai
Kymer
George Lodge
K. P
Jacob Stofft
C. C
Fred. Watt
V. C
Amy Sweeney
Rock Island
Lowillie Eckstein
John Eckstein
Davenport
Harrison
Tevet
Harrison Street
Routh Moline Grange
Italy
Speretotore
St. John
Harper’s ‘Theatre
Louderback
Rock Island and Peoria Railway Deal and Arsenal Commentary
The Union reports Superintendent H B Ludlow of the Hook Island and Peoria railway met Captain W J Marshall in Chicago to discuss right of way on Lig Island and canal financing. Rock Island and Peoria stockholders reelected four directors while talks at Rock Island referenced potential arsenal improvements and leadership changes under Flagler and Cols Buffington Mordseak and Whittemore with emphasis on fair government support.
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the Union
H. B. Sadlow
Hook Island
Rock Island & Péoria Road
Rock Island
Messrs
David Dow
H. H. Porter
A. Kimball
T. F. Withrow
Megars. Il. 3
Ludiow
B. R. Cable
G. W. Cable
Rock
Rock Seenal
Col. Whittemore
Tvs
Washington
Frankfort
Springfield
Kinnebec
Gen. Flagler
Ordnance Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Iowa
Death of Mrs Means Former Coal Valley Resident
Mrs Means formerly Miss Mary Harris and a Coal Valley native died at her home in Hiawatha Kansas on Tuesday morning. A Presbyterian church member and Sabbath school teacher she left Coal Valley years ago with Hugh Caughey and family for Horton. She had married a prominent lawyer about a year ago and was described as the sunshine of a happy home.
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Coal Valley
Means
Mary Harris
Hiawatha
Kas
Presbyterian Church
Hugh Caughey
Horton
A Box of Ayers Pills Delivers Timely Aid
A pamphlet extols Ayers Pills as a quick remedy for minor ailments and urges timely treatment to prevent serious sickness. It argues that delays worsen outcomes and stresses the adage a stitch in time saves nine.
The Pur suit of Shappiness and Other Wide Awake Tales
The June issue highlights Tudor Jenks The Pursuit of Shappiness with a Edward Bellamy flare, Annis Bronson King contributes This Way went the Lady Mary of Paradise, Oliver Howard presents Amanda Jinkum's Burdens, plus Polly Pepper in Margaret Sidney's Pepper serial. The issue rich with poems and pictures. Wide Awake costs $2.40 yearly or 20 cents per number with specimens and distribution details.
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Edward Bellamy
Tudor Jenks
Annis Bronson King
Lady Mary of Paradise
Amanda Jinkum
Oliver Howard
Polly Pepper
Margaret Sidney
D. Lothrop Company Publishers
Boston
Axelson
Atk
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Natural Health Strength
The Great Benefit declares Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the weak strong by natural buildup. It purifies the blood and supports healthy function of the kidneys and liver, not by artificial stimulation but through genuine restoration of vitality.
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Hood
Light Guard Band Enlisted as Official Sixth Regiment Band
Col. Clendenin enlisted the Light Guard Band of twenty pieces as the official band of the Sixth Regiment I. N. G. The decision follows competition among ten to twelve bands, including Duke's of Peoria and Pantin & Orendorf of Canton. Official six regiments now list Elgin, Austin, Bloomington, Forest City, Illinois Watch Co, Springfield, and Light Guard bands.
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Clendenin
Frm
Light Guards
Duke
Peoria
Pantin & Orendorf
Canton
Sterling
Fixsh
Elgin
Austin
Chicago
Bloomington
Hearth
Forest City
Rockford
Ilinois Watch Co
Sppringfields
Ine
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office Week Ending June 14
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Moline Illinois post office Rock Island county for the week ending Thursday June 14. Names include Allen Eaton Anderson Lachman Bulger Levin Carlaon Jindall Cox Lind Cooper Larson Peterson and others. Callers should state advertised and provide list date when requesting.
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Moline
Rock Island County
The Wheel Factory to Start Operations This Fall
The Arutual Wheel Co plans a three story brick building on Third avenue with 110 by 50 feet main section and a 60 by 40 foot L extension. A two story brick dry-house will accompany the plant. They aim to employ 50 year round workers to ensure steady quality and avoid peak-season hiring. Ready for work by October first, with machinery ordered and lumber on hand to begin as soon as labor is secured.
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Noe
Arutual Wheel Co
Atengé
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
City Council debates railway rights and park issues
Monday night council discussed whether the city acted legally in granting the Chicago B. and Q. railway a right of way on Third Avenue north of the C. R. I. & P. freight depot. Alderman Stephens cited an 1854 deed to defend the street use, while a legal opinion argued steam travel is a legitimate street use. The panel also weighed Atkinson Park plat acceptance and the transferability of saloon licenses, with a two thirds vote requirement noted for revocation.
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Third Avenue
Rock Island Railway
Atkinson Park
Wessel
Oakleaf
Messra
Meese and
Porter
Township pauper support measure passes third reading
The bill, approved after a third reading in Springfield, would let counties vote at the next general election on adopting township support for paupers. If a majority favors the change, pauper relief in that county would shift to township funding. otherwise county residents would continue current support.
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ETON
Springfeld
Artesian Well at Huron Draws Attention and Fosters Flooding
In Huron South Dakota a newly bored artesian well sends a 14 foot high jet through a mnch nozzle with pressure around 328 psi and a flow near 10 000 gallons per minute. The roaring discharge shatters 1 inch boards 50 feet high while flooding low areas and feeding ditch work toward the Jim River. The 60 foot well will be extended to 5 inches diameter as machinery arrives. Water is described as soft clear and pleasant to taste.
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Huron
South Dakota
Jim River
Company F Chooses Geneseo Trip for Fourth Celebration
Geneseo invitation accepted by Company F and Graham Post for July Fourth events with Galesburg option rejected. The unit plans twice weekly drills and forms a mascot drum corps of four young men of color, with two or three already proficient drummers and all progressing toward readiness.
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Geneseo
Graham Post
Galesburg
Obituary: Mrs Louisa Whiffen of Rock Island Dies
Mrs Louisa Whiffen age 61 dies at her Rock Island home after grip and nervous prostration. Wife of Bridge M Whiffen bass painter at Deere Manowi works leaves husband and son Clyda. Funeral time to be announced. relatives asked to send word.
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Thirty-eighth Street
Rock Island
Louisa Whiffen
Bridge M. Whiffen
Deere & Mansur Oo
Whiffen
Clyda
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