Governor Yates Aims for Brigadier General Posts In State Militia
Springfield reports reveal Governor Yates sought to bypass a July law by removing General William Clendenin from the Third Brigade and installing General Smith temporarily. The plan would reward Adjutant-General Smith with continued chivalry while moving him closer to northern command, and raise Colonel D Jack Foster to head the Third Brigade, with talk of promoting young secretary Jack Oglesby into brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
William Clendenin
Springfield
Smith
National Guard
Clendenin
Egypt
Chester
Gay Paree
Europe
D. Jack Foster
D. Jack
Foster
Jack Oglesby
Oglesby
Sycamore Wins County Court House Site Fight
The county court house will be built on the old Sycamore site after a 13 to 11 vote by the board of supervisors. Sycamore nets the court house while DeKalb contributes to a $150,000 home for aged people to be built along the electric road line between the two cities. The settlement, promoted by Isaac Carnes and others, ends years of dispute. I. L. Ellwood pledged the aged persons home will serve DeKalb County and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
DeKalb
Board of Supervisors
Isaac Carnes
I. L. Ellwood
DeKalb County
United State
Senior class tribute to Miss Kelsey for 1903 play work
The Moline high school senior class presented Miss Lucile Kelsey with a watch fob and group photo as a testimonial of appreciation for coaching this year’s class play She Stoops to Conquer. Fred Cowley spoke for the class noting the effort and devotion that made the production successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline High School
Lucile Kelsey
Fred Cowley
Miss Kelsey
M H_ S
Kelsey
Rural mail box invention gains large scale orders
R J Pence of Prophetstown patents a cattle and weather proof rural mail box. The pivoted box allows carriers to drive up and discharge mail into a wagon or reload mail into the box with a lever. The lever is lockable to deter cattle and ease of use has made it popular where shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R J Pence
Prophetstown
DROWNS IN LAGOON DURING JUNIOR DANCE BOAT RIDE
Miss Frances Evelyn Moore daughter of Davenport pastor and Jesse L Miller of Lincoln Neb die in a lagoon near the Spanish caravels at Jackson Park Chicago. Miller had courted Moore since a recent meeting at a freshman glee club dance. They planned the early morning boating trip and vanished after renting a boat at 6 10. A park officer rescued Moore who remained unconscious and died despite revival attempts.
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Frances Evelyn Moore
C. A Moore
Davenport
Jesse L. Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Jackson Park
Chicago
Miss Moore
Chicago University
Edwards Congregational Church
Kewanee
Miller
South Side
Miler
Representative George J. Smith Taken to Danville Sanatorium
It was learned yesterday that Representative George J. Smith of New York's Eighteenth district has been taken to a Danville sanatorium for a nervous trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George J. Smith
Danville
N. Y
Foundry Men in Cornell Annual Convention at Hotel Pfister
Milwaukee June 10 A hundred men from the American Federation of Foundrymen attend the annual convention at the Hotel Pfister and will continue sessions until tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Milwaukee
American Oe Men’s Association
Pfister
Wit
Night at Station Revives Elena Roderick After Davenport Gas Alarm
Elena Roderick, 17, daughter of bricklayer John W Roderick, nearly died from gas in her Davenport hotel room after a dubious self harm feint. A stranger helped her, then she was revived and transported to Moline for care despite her father’s refusal to take her home. The girl had left home two weeks earlier following contention with her father and had been working at the Busy Bee restaurant in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena Roderick
John W Roderick
Atlantic
Davenport
Busy Bee
Addie Johnson
Moline
Seventeenth Avenue
Man Dies Not: Attempted Suicide by Hanging
James D. Smith, employed at Mutual Wheel Co., attempted suicide by hanging using a stout fish cord tied to a door. His wife’s timely uncovering of the scene saved him, and after Dr Tremblay’s intervention he regained consciousness. no clear motive is known, and recovery is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Mutual Wheel Works
James D. Smith
Mutual Wheel Co
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Smith
George H Kerns Honored as Local War Hero
The Dispatch urges including George H Kerns among local dead for next year’s list. Kerns was shot at the Battle of Stone River in Murphysboro Tennessee and his body was not recovered, leaving his name absent from Riverside memorials. Comrades witnessed his death but the ground fell to enemy control and many Union soldiers lie unidentified nearby.
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Maline
Rge H. Kerns
Stone River
Murphysboro
Tenn
Riverside
George H. Kerns
H. Kerns
Wiliam Kerns
Kerns
Thig City
New Phone Company Plans 150000 Capital Increase
An increase of 150000 in the capital stock of the new telephone company is to be voted on at a stockholders meeting on July 3. The capital would rise from 400000 to 550000 as the company plans to build its own lines to Davenport St Louis and extend service to Moline Rock Island and Leavenport. The Kellogg receiver will replace Sterling in all future purchases, and President Hamilton is in the Tri Cities overseeing the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Telephone Company
Middle West
Davenport
St Louis
Kinlock
Moline
Rock Island
Levenport
Kellogg
Hamilton
Bold Burglar Proves to Be a Huge Spider
J N Hardy, an artist living in the Art Gallery district, awoke to a night time disturbance and fired his revolver. After the echoes faded he found no intruder but a dripping bucket and a giant spider crawling on the wall, scattering his fears with a frightened retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J .N. Hardy
J. N
Morpheus
Grandmother seeks recovery of her grandson in habeas corpus case
In circuit court Mrs. Elizabeth Vandeverer of Barstow pursues habeas corpus to gain custody of her 8 year old grandson, son of engineer John Norris of the Burlington road killed in a Lynn collision. The boy, raised by the grandmother after his mother died, is being withheld by his uncle Van Norris who refuses surrender. Hearing unfinished at adjournment. Mrs. Mary Brueckner of Moline is granted a divorce from Charles Brueckner for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Vandeverer
Barstow
John Norris
Burlington Road
Lynn
van Norris
Kittilsen to Command as Sixth Regiment Leader
Illinois officials revoke Brigadier General William Clendenin removal, placing him on retired list after over thirty years of service. Colonel J J Foster expected to command Third Brigade, paving Lieutenant Colonel Kittilsen’s succession to Sixth Regiment with headquarters at Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois National Guard
Springfield
Yates
Wm. Clendenin
Third Brigade
Ogelsby
Smith
Northcott
William Clendenin
Clendenin
Lst
Guard
Altgeld
J. J. Foster
Kittiisen
Moline
Foster
Tragedy in Marion as Love Kills Miller Then Shoots Self
Nora Miller daughter of a wealthy Marion resident is shot in a fashionable apartment hall by Sanford Love a hat field hotel clerk who was obsessed and rejected. After firing three times in the hall Love wounded Miller and then shot himself but was stopped by bystanders.
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Marion
Ind
Nora Miller
Sanford Love
Hatfield
Love
Miss Miller
Bret
Dystinders
Cummins on Colibines at Lenox College Address
Governor Albert B. Cummins spoke to Lenox College students in Hopkinton Iowa on June 10. He condemned trusts and labor unions as necessary yet needing control to prevent commercial slavery and tyranny, warning excesses could lead to riot or revolution while urging faith in American youth and institutions to resolve the problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Albert B. Cummins
Lenox College
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Used by a nurse at the Children's Home in New York to break up colds in 24 hours and cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles testing disorders and destroy worms. Sample mailed free at Allen 3 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen 3
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
A Certain Cure for Chilblain Promoted in Shoes
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for chilblains. The brief copy urges readers to apply the powder to feet and shoes for comfort and relief during cold season.
Jay Morrison Heads to Rockford School Change at Brown Business college
Jay Morrison leaves Brown Business college in Moline to take charge of the typewriting and shorthand department at Rockford's Brown School. E D Wagnall becomes interim head here, arriving from Decatur. The move follows a quarter of shifts and library-quarter renovations as the school aims to restore former strength. graduation dates for this year are not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Business College
Jay Morrison
Gustus School of Business
G W Brown
Morrison
Brown Business College
Rockford
Peoria
Decatur
E. D. Wagnall
Moline
Chautauqua Prospects Bright With Plans To Draw Visitors
The Chautauqua board has hired W. A. Jones to promote the enterprise and attract crowds to Prospect Park. He will organize excursions and arrange trainloads of visitors to Moline during the Chautauqua assembly. Prospects are bright with a paved street to the park, steady weather, and an improved program expected to draw crowds in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
W. A. Jones
Chautauqua Board
Prospect Park
Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua
Contract Signed for New Upper-End Bridge
Whiteside County supervisors met with Rock Island officials in Morris on June 3 and signed contracts with the St Louis Bridge and Iron Co to build a Rock River bridge near Hillsdale. The $20,899 structure will have two 250 foot spans and a 16 foot roadway, with completion by December 1, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Demmon
Clyde
A. E. Parmenter
Lyndon
Mathias Wolker
Genesee
Whiteside
Rock Island County
Rock River
Hillsdale
Morris
F. A. Wood
C. F. Pruessing
J. M. Hutchinson
St. Louis Bridge and Iron Co
Allison Marshall Elected Leader of Moline Sailors
Allison Marshall, longtime naval militia worker and former lieutenant, junior grade, was unanimously elected lieutenant commander of the First division, Second ships crew to fill the vacancy from Hesterian Arthur E Bradley’s death. Dr E A Edlen became lieutenant junior grade, with Frank Hyde and Harvey Soverhill as first and second ensigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Marshall
Hesterian
Arthur E Bradley
E. A. Edlen
O. A. Marshall
Frank Hyde
Harvey Soverhill
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Claim Recalled
For over sixty years the advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as teething relief. The fragment notes the product's long history and its medical use claims.
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Mrs. Winslow
Four Bridges Sought in Drury Township Toll Road Plan
Drury Township officials seek county aid to build four bridges at a total cost of 1200 while toll road receipts from the Drury Toll Road Co for the year show 2119 in tolls, 1560.10 in dividends, 420 in bond coupons, and 250 for toll collection expenses totaling 2370.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Illinois Railway Co
Moline
Aledo
F H. Caldwell
Milan
Board of Supervisors
Roads and Bridges Committee
Black Hawk
Coal Valley
Rock Island
Illnois
Illinois
Western Ilinois Railway Co
Mill Creek
Water Street
Black Hawk Township
Coal Valley Township
Ock River
W. E. Johnson
F. M Tindall
M. T Johnson
Phil F. Zahn
J. L. Palmer
Chas. L. Zahn
Patrick McKee
Ralph M. Babcock
Albert F. Taindall
Wm. Williamson
H. J. Gripp
Peter Vetter
Bowling Township
Drury Toll Road Co
Botanic Blood Balm advertised as cure for skin and blood diseases
An advertising offer promotes Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula and blood poisoning. It claims deep seated malignant disease improvement of skin and blood purification with free samples and medical advice and lists Moline stores Battles Pharmacy as seller.
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Writing
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Moline
Battles Pharmacy
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Rock Island Health Ties Quarantine to Felt Brothers
The Rock Island health department raised the home quarantine Saturday for John Felt and his brother Freidelph Felt who have been ill with varioloid, a milder form of smallpox.
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Rock Island
John Felt
Freidelph Felt
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Col. Foster
Court House
SFEKS
Devenport
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Hel
Moliner
Ser
Kittilsen
Ogelsby’s Or
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Cummins
Allen
Rockford School
Brown's Business College
Drury Township
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