Ship life letter from John Ammerman aboard the Yosemite
John Ammerman writes from Hampton Roads aboard the Yosemite escorting the Armaria loaded with ammunition for Sampson's fleet bound for Key West. He details seas and skies, encounters with ships and porpoises, a Fort Wolf stop, and training aboard the Puritan and other monitors as troops prepare for Cuba. He notes health, swimming, and daily movements toward Key West with updates on fellow sailors and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ammerman
Key West
Hampton Roads
Will Hoyt
Michoeatn Aan
Yosemaite
Florida
Lempton Roads
Armaria
Schlea
Hampson
Raft
Cuba
Fortress Monroe
Credit Venars
Sunmedas
Dot Rattles
Fifth Avenue
Wall Hovt
Mollie Vthde Treelib
Loele Sam
Shipp
Powell Deep
Tavana
Moline
Chicare
Hoyt
Sullan
Hansen
Puritan
Alwarys
Sullivan
Quima
Lancaster
Hoxvs
Host
U.S. Navy
Moline Bridge Appropriation Won After Long Political Fight
City Attorney Moore describes the lobbying battle for a $22,000 Moline bridge appropriation. Senators Cullom Mason Nelson Prince Cannon fought amid testimony on navigability of Rock River with support from Congressman Hinrichsen and others prevailing in the house. The plan faces senate approval after a hard fought exchange over river navigation and bridge necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owas
Mir Moore
Nelson
Senate
Mann
Teste Committee On Commerce
Hinrichsen
Mee Moore
Mano
Prince
Ani
Das Bill Carripel
Setife
Moore
Meson
Cullen
Hoch River
Ated Cannon
Conference Committee
Ayeree Toot
Thane
House
Leto
R&r
Cannon
Pence
ROT & BP
Nock Islan
Moline
Gen. Wilson
Rack
Hever
Mr. Prince
Dubuque
Th. PL Werntz
Sterling
Rock River
Rock Rivers
Lake
Hencoy
Moline Bridge
Robinson
Indiana
Sims
Mississippi
A. J. Hunter
W. H. Winrichsen
Bill for Wing Dam Extension Cleared as Construction Nears
Mr. Moore tells the Dispatch that the extension bill is safe and likely to start this summer, with the project awaiting the president's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wing Dam
Moore
Rock Island Baseball Assoc to Finish Season with Six Clubs
Secretary TE G Edda reports after St Joe meeting that the Western Baseball association will complete the season with six clubs with Cedar Rapids dropped. The schedule revised to four games per series, reducing travel costs. A $300 guarantee was handed to President Hickes. Sage adds new players as the lineup forms for the June 17 home game against Ottumwa, with Fisher Smith and others in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TE. G. Edda
Rock Island
St. Joe
Western Baseball Association
Cedar Rapids Bern
Walt
Pach
Hickes
Othe Association
Mans
Sage
Lisse
Ottumwa
Kreig
Fisher
Hreen
McKibben
Haer
Wright
Babbtt
Bevis
Smith
Walsh
Dillon
Strauss
Cedar Rapids
Jay Andrews
Donnelly
Ro Choie
Andrews
St Joe
Labor Congress Seeks Davenport Wing. Rock Island Portals
The Tri City Labor congress met Sunday afternoon and received a petition from Davenport Workmen asking for a congress wing in Davenport and for meetings in Rock Island and Davenport. The group noted a bogus libel on Strassberger Co cigarmakers of Pittsburgh and discussed brewer employer tensions over seat contracts. Joe Lathin was named organizer for Rock Island. The congress also urged active involvement in school elections and noted union supply concerns with school boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri City Labor Congress
Aafternoon
Davenport
Congress
Rock Island
Strassberger & Co
Pittsburg
Joe Lathin
Appreciative Employees Thank Moline Plow Co Leaders
The workers of the Moline Plow Co adopt a resolution thanking their employers for a wage increase. A committee signs the message and plans to send copies to newspapers and labor journals as a record of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plow Co
Moline Plow Co
Cme
Peter Nelson
JT. D. Norquist
George W. Ramsey
Emil Dahlhem
Homestead Sale of Wheelock Property Mike Johnson Wins Bluff Lot
At the morning sale the lot on the bluff near Slitchcock chapel was sold to George W. Johnson for 335 dollars. The Wheelock homestead on Eighteenth Street was bid in by C. R. Stephens for 11,000 dollars. Two lots on Twelfth Street and forty acres on the bluff plus the Wheelock pasture on Fifteenth Street and Nineteenth Avenue remain to be sold.
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Wheelock
George W. Johnson
Eighteenth Street
R. Stephens
Twelfth Street
Fifteenth Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Odd Fellows Honor Dead With Memorial Day Exercises
Members of three local Odd Fellows lodges observed Memorial Day at Riverside Cemetery. Two hundred fifty members from Swedish Olive lodge 1743 Manufacturer's lodge 495 Moline lodge 185 and Moline Encampment diversified in a solemn parade despite threatening weather. They decorated graves with the order's emblem flag and border and heard an address by Rev. J F Robinson. The march started Sixteenth Street and Third Avenue, proceeding to Nineteenth Street Sixth Avenue and to the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortle Lodge
Degree
Rebekah
Swedish Olive Lodge
Job Turtles
J. E Mitchell
N. E. Munson
L. A. Vinton
J. F. Robinson
Church of Jesus Christ
Odd Fellows
Order
Robinson
United States
Schulyer Colfax
Orphan's Home
Lincoln
Illinois
Riverside Cemetery
J F. Robinson
Riverside
Manufacturer’s Lodge
Moline Lodge
Moline
Sixteenth Street
Third Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Ceme
Choir Closes Program With Benediction By Rev Robinson
The choir sang one verse of America and the program ended with the benediction pronounced by Reverend Robin son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Robinson
Arsenal Pay Day Distributes 891540 Among 7548 Men
Tomorrow will be pay day at the Arsenal and the pastmaster will distribute 891,540 to 7,548 men. Over 1,960 workers are at the Arsenal with wages ranging from 1.57 per ten hours for some to 3 for eight hours for others, and piece workers earning 4 to 5 per day. The lowest paid are boys at 122 cents per hour. The daily total for about 1,900 workers is 4,500 dollars, averaging nearly 2.57 per day for ten hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal
Dispatch
Odd Fellows Members and Myrtle Rebekah Lodge Listing
A partial roster lists names associated with the Odd Fellows and Myrtle Rebekah Lodge No 256 including D N Peterson John A Carlson Swan Swanson and many others. The engraving also shows a line of manufacturers stamps and signatures, with scattered initials and a fragment reading UFACTURERS EDGAR ENO 133 LOL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Westberg
August L. Nystrom
Peter Almquist
J.F Alsterlund
Charlies J Obrn
Nels P. Brumberg
Charles J Peterson B. P. Oakley
Myrtle Rebekah
LODCS
James Sadler
Carrie Cole Thomas Weatherly
Charles E Piper Marks Jencks Peter Perry Edware Smith
E.A Wheelock
Lorenzo Pinkham
Central Music Hall Project to Remodel McKinnie Block
Dr. P L McKinnie hires Peterson of Chicago to remodel the Fifteenth street block. Floors will be lowered to sidewalk level, new glass fronts with mirror backs installed, heating and plumbing updated, second floor offices renovated, and the armory will become Central Music Hall. Project to commence in July at an estimated total cost of about $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Music Hall
PL. McKinnie
Peterson
Chicago
Fifteenth Street
Stei
Company Fo
Naval Militia
All Past 40 Must Die James Moore Case in Port Byron
James Moore, 24, of Port Byron, deemed insane by a county court jury. He began showing mental illness a year ago and recently expressed intent to kill all people over 40. Authorities restrained him Thursday. four men finally subdued him as he grew violent, then he became apathetic and oblivious to surroundings. He was committed to the Western hospital at Water Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Moore
Port Byron
J. Po Maeers
JE. Flemming
W.W. Eccleston
W. A. Tabbard
John Bogue
W. OB. Barker
Western Hospital
Watertown
Moore
Wnol
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Yosemite
Jupiter
Abonut
Thermetia
Wes West
Stenm
Wei
Getton
Hos
San Francisco
Oregon
Bahrains
Armeria
Wey West
Minneapolis
Sampson
Earl
Neal
Company F
Grand Army Post
Graham Post
Nicolas Senn
Leiter
Chickamauga
Charles C. Carter
Carter
Dessus Fie Surve Co
California Fia Syrup Co
Ca1t- Fornia Fia Syrup
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville
New York
Nalson
Wla Moore
Tne
Merk
Washioeton Fightings
Commerce
Vert
Vosen Pedi
Mie Moore
Cullone and
Mason
Alson and Teller
Senger ‘Hedler
Koch
Rive
Western Association
the Labor Congress
the Dispatch
C. B. Stephens
Evening Dispatch
D.N Peterson
John A
Carlson Swan Swanson Charlies A
Ford
Charles F. Hasselquist
Charles Peterson
L Otto Johnson
J D Harrold
John Schofield
Robert Carletor
John H Cooper G.S Griffin Robt Jennings A S Mangold
John P. Soderstrom
John S. Johnson Christian H Dahm Otto E. Carlson
John August Negsmark
A. L. Bock
P. W. Johnson
Ufacturers
Dgar Eno
Kate Altz
Elizabeth
Moline Lodc
Mra Young
Andrew Gilson
James McCord
Piper Peter Stracken
JR Ammerman
JD Long
Jacob Altz
Jesse Shields
IGE
A Wheelock
H Young
P Johnson
W Crowder
James McKinley
Robert Rosenqist
John L Johnson
JC Patterson
Halvar Knudson
JS Lindberg
George D. Downes
JJ Kirby
J A Noakes
John E McLeay
Geo
Market St. Phil
Wilton Ave
Toronto
Moline, II
M'Kinnie Block
Tri Cities
J. F. Lindwall
5Th Ave
16Th St
Boston
Ill
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