Millionaire Ransom Cable Leads Illinois Life Policy Claims
Insurance Press notes Illinois paid out large death claims in 1909 including Ransom Cable of Rock Island with $245,000 and John Smyth of Chicago with $245,000. Henry Watson of Alton received $323,364. Chicago totals reach $11,385,218, with Rock Island $139,269 and Moline $24,091. Fiscal summaries show Illinois high in state rankings for claims paid that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watson
Alton
Watson
United States
Ransom Cable
Rock Island
W P Bettendorf
Davenport
Insurance Press
New York City
Illinois
Chicago
Quincy
Moline
Guy C Scott
Aledo
Clinois Suprestry Court
Insurance
Chauncey H. Castle
Alinorg
Canada
Gifford Pinchot to Lecture in Davenport
Gifford Pinchot former U S forest chief and ally of Roosevelt will visit the tri cities and deliver a lecture in Davenport during the fall or winter. The announcement comes from the Christian Endeavor union of Davenport and appeals to area residents.
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Gifford Pinchot
Chief Forrester
United States
Roosevelt
Davenport
Christian Endeavor Union of
Rock Island Rally Plans Outline for Schools Parade
Rock Island county Sunday school rally at Long View park on Thursday June 23 features four parade sections led by brass bands and captains on horseback. A. L. Bruner and C C Hickman will captain Methodist and Broadway Presbyterian baseball games among other events.
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Rock Island
Long View Park
L. R. Gaylord
Moline
First Methodist
Broadway Presbyterian
Methodist
A. L. Bruner
Broadway
Robb
Arsenal Experiments Reported to Washington
A special report from the arsenal details experimental work in March and April for the ordnance department. Items tested include lubricants and solvents for small arms, revolver holsters, modified saddles and carriers, new carriages for mountain howitzers, targets, canteens, zinc plating, aluminum welding flux, marline ropes, naval pins and seal stamps.
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Ordnance Department
Washington
Becaue
Barry
McClellan-Whitman
Patterson
Whitman
Local church listings across Milan area towns
A curated roster of churches and religious institutions including Milan Presbyterian German Methodist Rock Island City Methodist Silvis Baptist Hillsdale Hazel Dell Pine Bluff Buffalo Prairie Cordova Baptist Cordova Methodist Pleasant Ridge McConnell chapel Milan Methodist Coal Valley Presbyterian Beulah Presbyterian Taylor Ridge Methodist Edgington Presbyterian and Hauberg's Martial Band.
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Milan
Rock Island
Ilinois City
Silvis
Wryville
Hillsdale
Hazel Dell
Pine Bluff
Buffalo Prairie
Cordova
Pleasant Ridge
McConnell
Coal Valley
Beulah
Taylor Ridge
Edgington
Hauberg
Community Notes From Watertown
Local notices recount moved occupancy at the Dan McNeal property, and visits among area families. Measles illness grounds visits by Herbert Chatman of Bloomington and his mother. multiple gatherings mark birthdays and family visits at Beckman, Nelson, Ostrom, and Chidester households.
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Watertown
Frank Crouch
Dan McNeal
A. J Coulter
Herbert Chatman
Bloomington
E Chatman
Nicholas Msynder
Chris Wildermuth
Dan O'@onnel
John Beckman
Mr Beckman
Grace Lewis
Hartford
William Lee
H H Hanroth
Bred Chidester
Galesburg
Blanche Chidester
Betty Ostrom
Misael Lawinda
Agnes Ostrom
Red Oak, Jr
Charles Nelson
Nelson
Fairfield
Ed Axelson
Chicken Thieves Target Whiteside County Flocks
In Whiteside County chicken thieves strike again. Taddick Popkin, four miles south of Morrison, reports a third-season loss of about one hundred fowls last night and has set a shotgun-triggered trap at his chicken house door.
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Whiteside County
Taddick Popkin
Morrison
Will Build Spreaders to Expand Marseilles Shop in East Moline
Company announces plans to double production of spreaders at Marseilles shop in East Moline and begin manufacturing its "Success" line. The move aims to increase output and broaden product offerings for farming customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Marseilles
East Moline
Deere to Move Success Spreader Output to East Moline
Deere & Co plans to manufacture the Success manure spreader at East Moline using the former Marseilles plant. The expansion doubles building size and adds about 200 workers, while Kemp and Burpee Co assets in Syracuse will keep eastern production supplying the market. The Marseilles plant will shift all current output to East Moline and the Syracuse shops will maintain operations to serve eastern trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp and Burpee Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Deere & Co
East Moline
Marseilles
Deere
Movement of World Meat Workers Headquarters Debated
At the national convention delegates vote 208 to 1 to relocate the order headquarters from Fulton to a larger city. A three member committee will solicit bids and report at the next session, with the permanent site chosen by the convention. Aurora Elgin and Clinton are eyed as potential hosts.
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Homs
Foltom
Maine
Zigin
Fulton
Mickey
Aspirive
Aurora
Elgin
Clinton
Lee Joslyn
Bay City
Mich
Charlies L. Abbott
Kegin
Supreme Master
Supreme Body
Bettendorf Crane Man Healey Drowns In Misquamic River
The Bettendorf plant worker Healey aged about, 30, drowned while swimming with Lawrence Asp in the river near the Bettendorf shops during noon hour. Spectators on shore saw no distress sound and he sank in water about 22 feet deep. His body had not been recovered by mid afternoon.
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Ceed Vincent
Bettendorf
Betténdorf
Lawrence Asp Fund
Davenport
Healey
Asplund
Michael Healey
Real Estate Transfers Reported Across Illinois River Towns
A stream of property trades listed shows Isabel D Sperry transferring lots in Rock Island to Maud H Haver stitch for 6100 dollars and numerous other transfers including Woodburn to Fred D B Cox 300 dollars, Wait to Benjamin Russell 6400 dollars, and various parcels in Moline Rock Island and Port Byron among named grantees and tract descriptions.
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Isabel D. Sperry
Maud H. Haverstitch
Rock Island
Woodburn
Fred DB. Cox
Ney
R. P Wait
Benjamin Russell
Helen A. Fuller
Edward N
Elizabeth Westerlund
Columbia Park
Moline
East Moling & Watertown By Co
Adaline
Richards
Campbell's Island
Emil Daebellsehn
Aug. H. Arp
Atkinson
E. H. Guyer
John A. Sweeney
Buford & Guyers
Montrose & McHagh
Bertha Zierke
Wilhelm Bargsten
John M. Pryce
Absalstom B. Williams
A. H. Arp
Marguerite Ristan
Sarah L. Ristan
Bailey Davenport
H. Guyer
Rudolph PB. Lindstrom
University Place
Emma Cessna
Hope W. McCauley
Thomas B. Sime
Wella Andrews
J. Stapps
Ambrose Pass
Belcher & ‘Sheppard’s
Port Byron
Belcher & Sheppard’s
Dudley Marshall
Barpard & Leas Mfg
Edward's
Dudley Marshal
Barnard & Leas Mfg. Co
Edward’s
Cen Jordan
Lock Island
Jobn Ma Potsch
Ges
Wlageley
Property transfers in Moline Rock Island area listings
A sequence of real estate deeds shows Mary F. Porter transferring portions of lots and blocks in Moline to William R. Moore for $1, and multiple other parcels exchanged among residents and entities in Moline Rock Island and Pleasant View additions. Transactions include parcels in Atkinson and Schulbert’s additions, several blocks, and notes of minor sums. names include Collins, Fonteney, Carlson, Wadsworth, and others, with various sections and lots specified.
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Ryder & Read’s
Moline
Mary F. Porter
Wm. R. Moore
Wm. A. Nourse
D. R. White
A. M. Record
Tomlinson & Conville
Pleasant View
Albert J. Taylor
Stephen J. Collins
Spencer & Cases
Thompson & Wells
Rock Island
Albert C. Cramer
Helen K. Cramer
South Rock Island
Wilhelm Bargston
Andrew Lawson
el Nwt
Cyriel de Vigelaere
Carl Ivar Josephson
Atkinson
C H. Pope
Petrus
Jeannette Fonteney
Carl J Carlson
W F. Colberg
Jas. D. Kane
Lillian Kenworthy
Wm. Balley
Eliza Wadsworth
Balley
Robert C Shallberg
Hjalmar Kohler
Old Town
Elzine Wadsworth
Jas . Murphy
W. E. Bailey
Stephen J. Collin
Wm. Butler
Schulbert's & Fluegel
Mary E. Roberts
Joshua V Griffin
Andalusia
Jane Rawson
United Presbyterian Church
White Sorks Fall At Erie In Big 66 to 7 Defeat
Erie clashed with Cordova on Sunday at Erie and routed the White Sorks 66 to 7. The report notes travel and community happenings including James Pearson’s daily river trip and local visits from Rock Island and Erie residents.
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Erie
James Pearson
John Reynolds
St. Anthony's Hospital
Charles Searle
Rock Island
Mrex Foraythe
Canada
John Hammey
Sidney
Herbert ‘Curtisgant
Hoth Island
Clinton
Thomas Marshall
John Avery
Port “Byron
James Bimpest
Brewer May Not Sign Saloonkeepers Bonds
Springfield Mayor Schnepp tightens rules on saloon bonds. He will accept bonds only from reliable sureties not tied to beer liquor or soda agents. He cites 36 pending cases totaling 225000 in damages against saloon keepers to justify stricter scrutiny of bonds.
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Schnepp
Springfield
Sparrow Grass Riddle Cited by Dr Parr in London Notes
A London Notes and Queries item notes a costermonger wrote a riddle about sparrow grass as a charade. The verse hints that my first is a small bird and my whole refers to asparagus, with Dr Parr arguing the preferred term was sparrow grass.
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Parr
London
Another Way of Saying It at Herbert Concert
Two chorus ladies attend a Victor Herbert concert on complimentary tickets. One comments on the composer’s large repertory while the other notes he is getting quite fat, in a humorous exchange from Everybody's Magazine.
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Victor Herbert
Mr. Herbert
Everybody's Magazine
Specially In the Subways Ventilation Woes in City
Uncle Rufe notes a single city trouble the need for better ventilation in the subway system. The remark captures a humorous local voice about urban conditions and infrastructure.
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Uncle Rufe
Holland
Visitors at Manufacterers' Fair Include Deere Official
Among attendees are A. Griffin of Baltimore branch manager for Deere and Co and T. Batley of St. Louis representative of Consumers' Girls' Co visiting local factories during the event.
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A. Giffin
Baltimore
Deere, de Co
T. Batley
St. Louis
Consumers’ Girls’ Co
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