Board Considers Professional Nurse at County Infirmary
The county supervisors debated creating a professional nurse position at the county infirmary. Proponents argued a $900 yearly salary could save funds through improved care and economy, with duties including matron, food purchases, and patient care. The proposal was referred to the Shires committee for report in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Shires, Committee
Ise T ‘Gtate
Magill F
Coutiel
Ander
Magill
Tom Daugherty
South Rock Island
Reynolds the Banker Who Never Slacked Work
George M. Reynolds, 45, heads the Continental and Commercial Bank in Chicago with a $200 million?fortune. He never misses work or vacations for business, lacks leisure hobbies, and started as a bank messenger at 14. He practices strict discipline, married at 19, and remains in peak health with nine hours of work daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial Bank
Chicago
Financial Institution
America
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Rose Hill event honors Clara Brant at Hillsdale
A community gathering at Hillsdale honors Clara Brant on a May 4 birthday. Will be held at Rose Hill Friday with children's events and safety activities led by Mrs Ed Wainwright, focusing on local property and family participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poeta
Rose Hill
Giekeises
Clara Brant
Hillsdale
Ed Wainwright
Annual officer election and community notes in small town
The article lists officer winners Mrs. Prudy Shafer as president Mrs. Clara Shafer as vice president Clara Wells as secretary and Grace Michael as treasurer Total receipts for the year reached 244 with 366 paid on the Joslin parsonage 16 to missions and the rest for janitor services and general expenses Ten new members joined Activities included visits to Rock Island Port Byron and Moline with several residents hosting or visiting friends and relatives Pending a June 21 meeting hosted by Mrs Minnie Wainwright and multiple local visits and family gatherings by Wainwright Wake and Shafer families amid ongoing health and rheumatism notes and a new auto purchase by J T Frels bag
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudy Shafer
Clara Shafer
Clara Wells
Grace Michael
Joslin
Henry Brant
Rock Island
Zuma
Grace Martin Thussday
Minnie Wainwright
Eva May Talby
Port Byron
George Wake
Mary Richardson
Frank Wake
Henry Shafer
Dave Charles Becklend
Moline
Ed Wainwright
J. T Frels Bag
John Butter
William
Osbon
Fila
Ruth Wainwight
Bé Wainwright
Katle
de Wake
Flora Iar
Moline Wednes- A
Roosevelt Expresses Sympathy with World Mission Efforts
A dispatch from Edinburgh on June 16 reports President Roosevelt sending a message of sympathy for world missionary work. The letter, though garbled in transmission, conveys support for mission efforts and international relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
World Missions
Edinburgh
Scotland
Can
Kerosene Lamp Explodes Wounds Cordova Family
In Cordova, 21 year old Harry Smith was severely burned and his mother Mrs Royal Smith was injured when a kerosene lamp exploded in their home Saturday evening. Harry threw his mother from flames into a trough of water, saving the house as firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze. Both victims are expected to recover with no permanent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Smith
Cordova
Mrs. Royal Smith
Smith
High Honors To Althea Beal Mary Lyon Scholar
Althea Beal of Moline has been named Mary Lyon Scholar at Mt Holyoke College, the highest faculty honor, with special commendation for excellence in French. Eligibility requires about a ninety percent average and no grade below D through the freshman year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Moline Dispatch
Altheasele
Beal
Moline
Mt. Holyoke College
Mary Lyon
Freeman Returns from Evangelistic Work and Social Notes
The Rev Andrew J Freeman and daughter Esther return from California where Freeman preached. He received a silver watch worth about 200 dollars and a gold chain from churches he served, despite blindness. Mrs Freeman and family plan to visit Moline next month. Social events include a Liz Segur prenuptial dinner at 4412 River Drive with Barnard Leas guests and a Martha Hints bridal shower at a Hampton summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J Freeman
Esther
California
F . Melin
Port Byron
Illinois
Mre Freeman
Moline
Fred Peterson
River Drive
Adelaide Segur
Barnard & Leas
Frances DeJaeger
Force
Messra DeJaeger
Peterson
Miss Segur
Ernest F. Swanson
Concordia
Kas
DeJaeger
de Witt
Winnie Pass
Tillie Starcofsky
Florence Swanson
Minnie Hints
John Zeigler
Milan social scenes and nearby weddings highlight town life
Emma Shellman hosted Eincola school teachers in Milan with games music and a strawberry cream feast after a farewell for departing staff. Emma Young and Charles Partridge wed in Davenport, while Miss Lucy Ainsworth led a Baptist ladies’ picnic at Campbells Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Shellman
Eincola
Milan
Lincoln School
Miassiysippi
Lucy Ainsworth
Ladies’ Old Society of the First Baptist Church
Quick Cottage
Campbells Island
Moline
Carl Vington
Wingren
China
Moline Autos Hold Top Scores in Glidden Tour
Nashville dispatch reports the Moline Automobile Co entries maintain perfect scores in the Glidden tour as officials delay announcing demerits. Two Chalmers and two Primers, plus three Moline cars, are favored to win the Chicago cup while penalties loom for others after a brutal 113 mile leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C H Vantersport
Moline Automobile Co
Moline
Dublin
Michigan Avenue
Lauraville
Nashville
Advertising Letters and Woodstock Todd Seminary Notes
Unclaimed letters listed for week ending June 16 1910 at Moline post office include many names such as Alma Beard Minn Teresa Beetham Edward Hultman and Homer La Mar. The Todd Seminary close of sessions at Woodstock featured a cornerstone laying by Fidelia Hamilton Salt Lake City and diplomas awarded to Royal Bossahr Jefferson Wis Edward Rider Darvill Evanston Ill Leslie Nichols Hubbard Woods Ill Earl Watrous Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Adays
M Antrom
Misa
Alma Beard
Minn
Teras Beetham
Edward Robent
Anna Bolenger
Mr Bugler
W Hultman
Henry
Dierthy
Prunes Guthrie
Graham
Millie Helistedt
Nellie Hamaratrom
A Hansmann
Mary Irvin
Misw
Massy James Fec
Johnwon
Johnson
Minnie Kiefer
Homer la Mar
Jo OW McAtees
FX Mendlewekt
Morin
Mallory Limes Nordin Dternt Rilee
George Spitzer
M Smith
Mr Hyrett
Btanton
Truesdall
Mar Wolf Carl Whitman
T Foster
Todd
Todd Seminary
Noble Hill
Royal Henry Bossahr
Jefferson
Wis
Edward Rider Darvill
Evanston
Roger Edward Hill
Wooastock
Leslie Irving Nichols
Hubbard Woods
Earl @ Watrous
Chicago
Exhibition merchants fined by Justice H. N. Williaa
Barney Pollock and Henry Ritchey, who furnished Fifteenth Street mer chants with se paginistic exhibition yesterday, were exchanged $5.05 by Justice H. N. Williaa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Pollock
Henry Ritchey
Juaitice H. N
Williaa
Professional Men Moving in Fifteenth Street Office Changes
George W Woods moves to the Chase Building. Henry Kiehm a landscape engineer leaves Arlington Heights for new quarters on Fifteenth street and Third avenue. HS Woodburn will relocate to the State bank building. George W Wood will move to the Chase block. Dr Evian Sargent moves into pen parlors in the Kimball block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Street
Henry Kiehm
Arlington Heights
E E Morgan
State Bank
Third Avenue
George W. Wood
Chase Block
HS Woodburn
Delegates Named for State Bar Convention in Chicago
MOVUIRE president of the Rock Island County bar association announced delegates to the state gathering in Chicago June 32 25 at the LaSalle hotel. From Moline I M Magill and A Shallberg attend practice and procedure with Rock Island C J Searle and J F Kenworthy. Delegates from Co E Diets and W R Moore Moline J J Ingram and William McKinry Rock Island. Attorney General Wickersham of Washington will deliver the principal address. a formal banquet will close the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WR Movure
Rock Island
Wickersham
Washington
Quarten Club of Moline Plans Summer Activities
The Quertetn of the Moline club holds its first board meeting of the year planning committees and a July social. Directors expect to own a clubhouse site soon and outline summer events including a Campbells Inland outing on the second Saturday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Board
Res
Quertetn
Moline
Dastevediuse
Thin Sear
Campbells Inland
Midsummer Meeting Set For August 9 At Watch Tower
Rock Island County Medical Association suspends the usual summer vacation and cancels July session. The next meeting is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday August 9 at the Watch Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island County Medical Association
Watch Tower
Albany editor Ernest McCartney buried after Urbana crash
Ernest McCartney of the Albany Review was buried this afternoon in Albany after being killed Friday in an interurban accident near Urbana. A brother visited Urbana and returned with the body to Albany. He was not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McCartney
Albany Review
Albany
Whiteside County
Urbana
R S Havey
Champaign
Verne Richeards
Tuorta
County Farm Board Visit Proposes 4000 for Improvements
The county poor farm hosted the annual board visit with a Coal Valley brass band. Steward Wyle outlined improvements totaling 4000 including a high pressure water system and fireproof infirmary buildings, all deemed beneficial by eighty inmates and visiting supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steward
County Infirmary
Coal Valley
Steward Wyle
Prs
Circus Grounds Expansion Forces Tree Removals in Park
Deere & Co plans to clear space at Athletic Field for Barnum & Batley's May circus. Velte Co began work on park grounds but space proved insufficient, prompting removal of about forty elm trees in the park's east end to create a larger tent site. The trees are to be cut starting July 21.
Steel Plant Expansion Planned for Gary by U S Steel
United States Steel Corp plans spend five million dollars more on Gary works doubling its power station and expanding facilities. The project includes a duplicate power plant and a 1 million expansion of current infrastructure to pump water and supply the site. The report notes related city impacts and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Richmond
Jone
United States Steel Corporation
Atel
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Fawrsr
Siins
Mia Barmhardt
Seager
County
Board of Supervisors
E. J. Sloan
Woman's Hospital Association
Margeret Rooney
Moline City Hospital
J. Earnhardt
Mesdames Sloan
Earnhardt
Watertown
Hampton Township
P. G. Renwick
Zaxtman
A. T. Liepold
Arthur T Leipold
Perry ‘Swekner
C. A. Peterson
Leipold
SEA Ass
Royal Smith
Harry
Aleo
Althea Beal
MT. Holyoke
Martha
Elizabeth Hints
May
Edna Frels
Anna Kleinau
Emma Suess
Emelie Wildermuth
Edna Hanson
Bertha Wildermuth
Anna Reiling
Helenora Struss
Edna Reiling
Anna Winger
Alice Wenke
Linda Latch
Mae Kettner
Emil Miller
Grant Miller
Morris Schade
Mra
John Johnson
Frank Landee Jr
F A. Landee
Marion S.andee
University of Illinois
Harvard
Anna
Emma Young
Charles Is Partridge
Hey
MW A _ head
Jr Holland
Oakland
Neb
Holland
W A Meese
R of Henry of
Mantle
Odd Fellows Phcoic
Prospect Park
Henry Tr
Plenie Association
St. Arnold Hon
Seventh Avenue
George Duon
Tom
T M Bechler
Bechler Company
Manufacturers’ Hotel
Sechler
Elberts. Woosley
Moline Friends
Moline Autos
Tenn
O. K
Jeff Nashville
Ney
Columbia
Sheffield
George W. Woods
Chase
Kiehm
Moore
Local Bar Association
Moline Club
Campbell's Island
Harroty Hemenway
Lundberg Wood
Stark
Ford
Stramberg
Herbert
Boa
Jonephaon Wantham Botterworhe
Miturdy
Blachman
J Dunn
Eicheman
Carlson Hsise
Tower
the County Poor Farm
Board of Supersisory
Lowing
Easley Ebenezer Johnson
College of Agriculture
Thomas Bregger
Goldie M. Kindberg
Walter Carl Heimbeck
Aleland
John Verne Richards
Vincent Healey
Mississippi
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