Moline Meeting Declares Labor Dispute Effort Ended
A public statement from a citizens committee formed May 20 1907 reports the labor dispute between local manufacturers and unions is near settlement but concludes the committee’s work is at an end. The panel was to press engagement with the Manufacturers Association and discuss the contract system and employer stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
George Walsh
C J Searle
M J Gannon
Maver Ol Rons
Contiiuing
Grippage Charman and
Sebeets
Sebeets Vaobyty Wostay An
Comite Etten
Manufacturers Association
Spectacular Blaze at Ganz Dye Works
A large fire broke out at Ganz Dye Works on the Wey Pidtiing between Fourth and Sixth streets. The blaze caused extensive damage to sheds and equipment, with authorities coordinating meetings and awaiting a response from manufacturers regarding labor questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganz Dye Works
The Beauty Doctors Shibboleth
A cryptic advertorial-like piece questions facial features and suggests massage and eating carrots as remedies. It mocks vanity and body ideals while urging self-care through odd tips and repeated massage guidance. The text weaves archaic phrasing with modern cosmetic prompts.
Labor committee ends talks over city labor trouble
Courtesy extended and the offer of your services as an intermediary committee noted. The manufacturers association refused to conference with the committee, ending all efforts to relieve the labor trouble in our city. Signatures include H. J Gripp, John Day, Andrew Olson, L. O Jahns, with O. B. Child as secretary. Trevor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Child
Andrew Olson
Manufacturers’ Association
H. J Gripp
John Day
L. O Jahns
Trevor
East Moline Woodmen Plan Fourth of July Celebration
East Moline hopes for good weather for the Fourth as Quackenbush camp of Modern Woodmen organizes a grand city celebration on Ninth Street. Volunteers and Junior Woodmen band prepare a program with committees at work and ads to ensure an uninterrupted holiday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
Quackenbush Camp
New City
Ninth Street
Wil
Corner Lot in Davenport Sells for 35 000
A corner plot at the southwest corner of Second and Peasy streets in Davenport was sold for 35 000. The buyer, described as Luca Haphar, acquired the property along with adjacent scrap and sheds, with the sale noting a 6 percent lien on the property and a depth of six feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Lievenor
Luca Haphar
Donadenader
Charary
Jervis
Real estate transfers listed for June 10 11 across Moline Rock Island area
Property deals include John Cady to Jos Marronnet lot in ny nw etc for 650 Christina Porter to Carrie Wigers tract in sec 17 1w for 100 Cars Thulin to Gust Ed lot 11 wk 4 Toulns second add for 2212 Edgewood etc Numerous transfers involve White & Pope Julius Risfante Korbes Pleasant Valley Jorade Gust Terrale and others with prices ranging from 100 to 4700 in Moline Rock Island and surrounding tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cady
Crete Verhale
Wed Park
Roch Island
White & Pope
Julius Risfante
Korbes
Cai Jorade
Gust Terrale
John and
Maud Bee
Dibbern
Megy Htock
Sears
Fharnett
Cora I. Reed
Sears Boo
Haas
Lininger
BKB
Williame
Bork
Nettie Dindinger
Charles E
Ryder & Reads
Jon G Hert
Ty Kennedy & Peterson
Woodland
Moline
Rock Island Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Clara Feder
Sheuerman
Rock Island
Oscar Carlson
Henry Dierks
Sheridan Heights
Henry Stuhr
Henry H Ku
Elmer E. Morgan
Henry J Gripp
Valley View Place
Wm. Hickey
Maggie Hickey
Guyer
Lawrence C. Warner
Wm. A. Christison
W. A. Nourse
Edwin B. Warren
Julius Gremonprez
Ellen Considine
Eli DeRue
Considine
Eubdic
Clara A. Beder
Hugh K Walker
John G. Schuermann
Twenty Second Street
W B. Bailey
Freda T Kenley
B. Bailey
Louis Mosenfelder
Frederick C. Frick
Longview Heights
E H Stafford
J & Shield
Silvis
Eliza M Williams
Morice R. Williams
Alfred Larson
Woods
East Moline
Chan Volk
Thompson & Wells
Fred Volk
Wm Volk
Walter H Wise
Julia Bo Wipters
Weatherhead
John Z Campbell
John G Woodbury
Osenberg
Louis Ortell
Rock River
Elzina Wadsworth
Florence Wadsworth
Gus Ergs
John Volk
John E Volk
John H My Connell
RS Dart
Bengt Erickson
J Ly Oakleaf
Pinck
Oakleaf
Bengt Freksoan
Gripp Expands Coal Valley Holdings With 74 Acre Purchase
Deeds show Henry J Gripp completing a 74 acre purchase at Valley View place from E E Morgan for 12 500 boosting total holdings in Coal Valley township near Rock river bridge to 216 acres. Other transfers include numerous parcels in Moline Rock Island and Silvis with varied sums, while a quarantine and a suicide report accompany the day’s legal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Place
Henry J Gripp
E E Morgan
Gripp
Coal Valley Township
Rock River Bridge
Roch River
Swedish minister to study Swedish migration to United States
Herman de Lagercrantz the new Swedish minister to the United States will tour Swedish centers in the nation including Chicago on June 24 for a report on why Swedes migrate in large numbers. He cites labor shortages at home, a thriving Sweden, and similar opportunities abroad as factors shaping emigration.
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Herman de Lagercrantz
United States
Geak
America
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
Moline
Sweden
de Lagercrantz
India
Salvation Army
Rock Island man bound over for grand jury on larceny charges
Dan McKeller, resident of Rock Island for six years, is bound over to the grand jury on two larceny charges. He allegedly robbed Charles Taylor of a gold watch and $4.55 after Taylor slept. McKellar was held to await action at the September term. evidence tied to a Rock Island suitcase and a pawn ticket.
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Dan McKeller
Rock Island
Grand
McKeller
Charles ‘Taylor
Fourrteenth-artest Fame
Taylor
McKellar
McKelley
Williamson
Charles
Mac
Wolstencroft
Sds
Moline
Knockemus
Charlie
Johnnaie Jones
Gustafson
Pleasant Reminiscences of River Life and Fishing
A nostalgic monologue recalls shimmering sunlight on water and shadows where wary fish rise. The speaker reminisces about dragonflies stealing sweetness, bees at work, and a singing river with memories of a failed fishing trip and distant mountain streams.
Radical changes in Illinois guard set for July
Illinois National Guard undergoes a reorganized structure effective July 1 under a new code. A division under a major general is created and brigades drop from four to three, with regiments and batteries rearranged. Additions include an extra troop for the First Cavalry and a new staff officer for each infantry battalion and cavalry squadron. Major general to be chosen by Governor Deneen from officers above major.
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Ilinois National Guard
Illinois
War Department
Deneen
First Cavalry
George M. Mouton
Moulton
D. Jack Foster
J. 8. Culver
Springfield
Edward
Young
Pete Ee Bas
Extending Footprint for Moline Furniture House Expansion
Negotiations end as People's Furniture and Carpet House signs lease for the Alns worth block on Fifteenth Street near Fifth Avenue by H. A. Ainsworth. Excavation underway with occupancy aimed January 1. The building will span forty feet frontage on three floors with a basement and an additional south storeroom. The move marks a major epoch in Moline growth as the firm plans a large stock expansion and broader coverage from cellar to garret. Established in 1901, the business grew from Second avenue to the Plambeck building and now seeks larger quarters to accommodate six years of progress. Goldstein and Berry earn local confidence, with Goldstein serving on the cemetery board and later as its president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Furniture and Carpet House
Alnsworth
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
H. A. Ainsworth
Furniture Company
Ainsworth
Moline
Second Avenue
Plambeck
Messrs
Goldstein
Berry
Mayor Schaffer Enforces Midnight Saloons Crackdown
Rock Island Mayor Schaffer orders police to enforce a midnight closing ordinance for saloons. Doors must be closed from midnight to 5 am, part of a systematic crusade alongside slot machine and card dice removal and new rules for dance halls.
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Schaffer
Rock Island
Precinct Expansion for Hampton Township Approved
The Hampton township board of supervisors on June 13 ordered an additional voting precinct. Precincts 2 and 4 were reorganized with a new line from East Rock Island to Pleasant Valley Road, then along Colona Road to the township boundary, placing Silvis in precinct 4 and Carbon East Rock Island in precinct 2.
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Hampton Township
Board of Supervisors
Dow
Burlington Tracks
Burlington
East Rock Island
Pleasant Valley
Silvis
Colona Road
Carbon - East
Rocke Island
Réel
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Clarence Tresor
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Questins
Les Ph. Bailding
Yennnes
Toore
Hood
Taahe
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Child
Ill
H. J. Gripp
Ely
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Beauty Doctors
Shibboleth
Masange
East Moline Woodmen
Realty
Henry Thereks
Phoreenth Street
Hoh Kureatl
Prospect Park
Sidi Eh DeReno
Pifteenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
James G Shinner
Swan
Third Avenue
Sixteenth Street
JG Hecho
Kennedy & Peterson
C E
Twenty Fourth Street
Ninti
Tenth Avenue
Huber & Peetz’s
J P Hunecker Silvis
Twenty Third Street
Oscar Abrahamson
Watertown Hospital
Altona
Nels Wetsell
South Moline
Charles August Wetsel
Carl A. Griogstrom
Lene the
Mae
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Hwice
Robs
Ulmols National Guard and Naval Reserve Association
National Guard and Naval Reserve
Quincy
Milton J Foreman
Gengall Moulton
Foster
Colored Foreman
Purdy
Naval Reserve
National Guard
General Assembly
General Scott
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Camp Lincoln
Eighth Infantry
Cronel
John R Marshall
James H Johnson
Theodore R. van Pelt
Franklin Denison
Robert R. Jackson
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