Wholesale raids on local stores alarm Berglund tenants
Burglars forced rear entrances at Berglunds and Al Bene on Fifth Avenue Sunday night. Pane broken at Berglunds drew a stormy report from residents. thieves took watches, knives, twine, stamps, and small items. Officers alerted. burglar fled after a brief alarm amid a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureglars
Bergluina
Fifth Avenue
Berglunds
Alsenes
Thirteenth Street
Ivar Johnston
Big field of golfers on the Arsenal links
An unusually large field of Arsenal golfers played in fine Saturday weather. First honors went to C. E. Hanssen of Davenport. Scores listed include Donahue, Stephens, Frank Baker, Wolo Ne, Moses Hothechuld, and A4tin tt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal
C E Hanssen
Davenport
Donahue
Stephens Frank Baker
Moses Hothechuld
William Tell Club Promoting Archery
Archery group plans promotion event organized Sunday evening. Members described as descendants of Belgian chiefs gathered near Pooth osteat and Eighth Avenue, citing a seventy five foot tree as a centerpiece. A wooden bird at the top of a pole is noted as part of the display.
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Wits
William Pedl Cout
Pooth Osteat
Eighth Avenue
Spring Wheat Crop At 88 Percent In Early June Report
The agricultural department reports June 1 1907 conditions show spring wheat at 88 to 87 percent versus 93 to 34 percent last year. Winter wheat stands at 77 to 74 percent, oats total 31.49 million acres up 6.32 million, barley area down 1.71 hundred thousand, with rye at 88.1 percent compared to 89.1 percent a year ago.
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Agricultural Departments
United States
Barlesa
Cozy quips on domestic life from Chicago News
A humorous exchange contrasts women’s complaints about servants with the idea that such complaints prove their ability to hire help. The brief cartoonish zinger reflects social attitudes of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Blale
Chicago News
Auto Reversible Car Ad Teases Sure Fix
An advertisement claims a motorcar that never needs crawling under to adjust, promising instant upside down reversal if the mechanism errs. The snippet frames a bold, imaginary feature with a brisk sales pitch from a Tit-Bits style quip.
Chandler Bankruptcy Leaves City Funds Tied
Paper records show C. V Chandler & Co served in bankruptcy by three unnamed creditors. Macomb banks closed last November with about 625000 in liabilities, Chandler as leading stockholder. Since, he paid much, but county and city funds remain tied as school salaries await.
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C. V Chandler & Co
Macomb
Randolph
Colchester
Watch
Chandler
Pastor Hall Resigns After Six Years Here
At the Unitarian church annual meeting Rev Hedley Hall declined a call for the coming year and will cease to occupy the pulpit after July 1. He plans a rest this summer and hopes to resume ministry in the fall. Trustees expressed appreciation and will seek a successor, noting the church is in good standing financially and in membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church
Hedley Hall
Dr Hall
Hall
Three changes affect Burlington trains in new time card
Burlington schedule updates shift arrival times for three trains. Train 49 from St Louis now at 7:10 am, train 48 from St Paul at 6:48 am, and train 47 from St Paul passes Moline at 7:38 pm, with other trains unchanged. Rumors say Alpha could become a Rock Island St Louis division junction to relieve Galesburg congestion. This could force relocation of thirty families from Galesburg and alter routes from Polk to Henderson toward Monmouth and Bushnell.
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Burlington
St. Louis
St Paul
Moline
Alpha
Rock Island and
Galesburg
Polk
Henderson
Rilo
Rio
Monmouth
Bushnell
Fragments of Quotations Provide Satirical Vignettes
A collection of quips on wealth, public perception, and social status drawn from various era sources. A beggar asks for two sons while a merchant and a father discuss gentility and farming, illustrating social norms and attitudes through concise exchanges.
Trains claim life of Charles A. Carlson known as Jumbo
Charles A. Carlson, 31, of this city, nicknamed Jumbo, fell from a Rock Island freight train near Geneseo while dozing after a month of drifting with Bob Lafferty. Trainmen found his body in Geneseo yard at 2 am. he previously left Meline after police court discharge in May. He is survived by his parents and two married sisters. Word was sent to Geneseo to bury him there.
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Charles A. Carlson
Bob Lafferty Carlon
Bloomington
Moline
Geneseo
Lafferty
Carlson
Green River
Sivis
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Edgewood Baptist to Use Tent for Worship
Edgewood Baptist Church will hold services in a large tent on the vacant lot beside the church at Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street in Rock Island. The church is being moved from its twenty year foundation to the adjoining lot donated by Mrs Pauline Sinnet. the old site has been sold to Mrs Heck. The corner lot measures 62 by 164 feet and the church will receive a new foundation plus general enlargement and remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Rock Island
Pauline Sinnet
Heck
Peculiar Boxcar Accident on Milwaukee Freight Line
An airbrake failure on a westbound C M & St P freight near No 2 fire station caused an empty boxcar between train sections to break in the middle and buckle upward ten to thirty feet. The rear portion did not slow, requiring the train to be broken and two adjacent cars to hold the damaged car until a wrecker arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR I & NW
No. 2 Fire Station
Fourth Street
Walls Finished at Moline Lock Ahead of Gates
The Moline lock walls are completed and cleanup under way. Gates will be installed in about a week. work extends over a month. Night shifts at the lock reduced as eight hour shifts are now in effect following a Supreme Court ruling.
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Moline
Accordang
Supreme Court
Honor to Choral Union Gritic Bows to Local Singer
Local music scene receives praise as Moliners and Moline Davenport and Rock Island stage a notable convention. The Moline Choral Union under Mrs. Edla Lund delivers Gounod and Handel pieces with strong tone and rhythm. Attendees enjoyed generous hospitality and gratitude while finances supported two Thames Orchestra concerts at The Moline Theatre.
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Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Thames
Stock
Gounod
Babylon
Spederman
Edla Lund
President Roosevelt to embark from Keokuk in October
The president plans a Mississippi River trip next October, choosing Keokuk as the port of departure on October 2. Representative Theo E Burton, chairman of the Inland Waterways Commission, confirmed the decision after discussing the proposal with Roosevelt.
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Washington
Morine Dispatch
Theo. E Burton
Inland Waterways Commission
Presdent
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Burton
Keokuk
Real Estate Transfers Listed For June in Quad Cities Area
June transfers record numerous deeds across East Moline Rock Island and Moline with buyer seller and price figures. Transactions include Charles Be White to Theophiel Van de Wiele $400 and Hugo Evers to Hilma Mattson $2500 amid multiple lots tracts and additions in Rock Island Moline and Brigg s Place with prices ranging from $1 to $5100.
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Charles BE. White
Theophiel van de Wiele
West
East Moline
Hugo Evers
Hilma Mattson
Moline Water Power Co
Moline
Eunice Bower
John W. Yeater
Otto Gottsch
Marths
Todd
Kerr & Walz Nowack
Elizabeth M. Howards
Brigg’s Place
Rock d
Oscar L. Bromer
B A. Glazier
Ge Aec
M Schieber
Jas
Mount Addition
James Strong
Jane Young
Wm. McDougal
Lot Maplodi
Grove
H. Castle & Gon
Olin
Alica
Bae
Two Molin ers for Members of Board
New Britain Connecticut June 10 special to Moline Dispatch The synodical council of the Swedish Lutheran churches of America has chosen directors of Augustana College to serve four years Rev Joseph Anderson Boone Iowa Senator F A Landee Moline Ill J B Oakleaf Moline Ill Rev J A Kantz Delta Tie The synodical chosen Rev G A Bradelie Kansas and others
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New Britain
Conn
Moline
Synodical Council of the Swedish Lutheran Churches’ of América
Augustana College
Joseph Anderson
Boone
Towa
F. A. Landee
Ill
Oakleaf
J. A. Kantz
Delath
G. A. Braadelie
Kansas
Delphiens
Yeggmen Rob Regaglia Businesses Struck for Stamps
Bandits believed to be the same gang that burgled Coal Valley and Sheffield post offices hit Regaglia on Friday night. They entered the post office Rock Island depot Mallet’s store and Taylor Ridge post office and stole about 30 dollars in stamps and a railroad velocipede later abandoned at Rock Island yards.
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Regaglia
Rock Inland
Peoria
Coal Valley
Sheffield
Taylor Ridge
Reynolds
Rock Island
Real Estate Sale Ordered in Hegarty Estate
Catherine Hegarty administratrix of William Hegarty deceased seeks court permission to sell the undivided half of parcels 21 and 22 in block 1 of P. H. Wessel's first addition Moline at public auction for cash. Sale to be at the east door of Rock Island County Courthouse. June 10, 1907.
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Heaton
Ona Ixéon
Gust Holm
Moline
Jo L. Oakleaf
Inistes
Ohn
Ees Johnson
Lode
Midway
South Rock Island
Augusta B. Wigand
Wm. C. EH. Brobks
Block
Brooke’ Grove
Rock Island
Jas. Clark
Bo Jig
Wee
Ete Gust
Aiile Johnson
Erick Haden
Neiston
South Moline
Harry ‘Amison
John’ A. Blomberg
Orlando Child
Julia B. Winters
Walter H Wise
J. B. Winter
Wilson F. Adams
J. W. Simonson
East Moline
Jas. W. Simonson
Samuel W Martin
Old Town
Port Byron
Chas
Arenschield
Bernhard D. Heah
Pleasant View
John T. Rah
Bernhard D. H. Rah
Watertown
Ill
Esther
Hella
Et al
Geo. Bennett
Smalley
Ida EB. Campbell
Benjamin Rhodenbrrough
Grenell
Geo. BH. Richmond
Blanch R. Robinson
Ada E. Campbell
Grennell
Eilen S. Webber
E. H. Stafford
Wm. H. Halzinger
Silvis
C. H. Deere
Wm. Mielke
Columbia Park
Henry Kroeger
Admr
South Park
Benjamin F. Rhodenbaugh
David A. Campbell
Brasher
Emma Smith
James Barclay
Candee
Geo. E. Armagast
Christ G. Dack
Dickson & Young
Schultze
Harry A. Schultze
Minnie A. Schultze
Harry A Schultze
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitte
Firat
Fifteenth Street
Langmack’s
August Schultze
Wm. A. Nourae
Oloff Atkinson
Caroline H. Taylor
B. H. Guyer
William Reese
Edward Reese
West Moline Addition
Guardians Sale of William H Parkes Real Estate
In Rock Island County Probate June term 1907 guardian Isabelle Parkes seeks leave to sell minor William H Parkes real estate. Court will hold public sale July 15 1907 at 3 PM at the east door of the Rock Island County Courthouse to the highest bidder for cash for described lands including undivided 1 32 and 1 31 parts of sections and parcels in west half and northwest quarter with details noted in the decree.
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Uardian
Mifnors
Rock Island
Said
Isabelle Parkes
William HL. Parkes
William H. Parkes
Rock Inlanda
Jae
Jae, SI Set Se (Slanet
Poe
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Fae
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Tre
Cigale
Ed Coryo
Henry Huyvaert
Maurice Bockaert
Frank Stuyvaert
E Hanssen
Varks
Lo Middleton
Schlegel
Bahnsen
Paul Kersh
Huret
T Hillman
Snider
Moore Yan
F Iynkinnan
John Samuels
Wwe
J Thatcher
Wile
Richardsensy
Hayward
Peek Vie
Hhonfont
Ay Ou
Marwhald
Hasward
Bhatry Noeworth
Leyer
Jooper
Barnard
Len Vents
Cetyst
Very
Strehland
William Tell Club
Ue Ora
Best West
Ottier
Asia
Air
U. S
Officera
F H Kracke
Lole A Gould
L. D. Dunn
Charles Gould
Julia Schotfeldt
Ira Goodell
Burlington Trains
Dustin Stax
James
Atr Ae Ino
Bob Lafferty
Risomington
Edgewood Baptist
Milwaukee
Glenn’ Dillard Dann
Choral
Gritic
Katherine
Jey and
Steffield
State of
Illinois
Said County
William Hegarty
Catherine Hegarty
P. H. ‘Wessel
Towlt
Court House
City of
Combahy
Moilxs
A. D
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