Majority for Asphalt in Sixth Avenue Paving Controversy
Residents accuse Mayor Olson and the board of local improvements of taking control of paving Sixth Avenue from Twelfth to Fifteenth Street with brick. They say petitioners favoring asphalt were excluded, and two petitions totaling frontage of about 1 2 5 feet were not properly considered. Community members plan to resist confirmation of the brick ordinance and push for asphalt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olson
Board of Local Improvements
Sixth Avenue
Twelfth
Fifteenth Street
Friends of Asphalt
Residents Lose Voice in Street Paving Vote
About 1050 feet of frontage would give a comfortable majority for paving. Residents allege they had no chance to express opinions on materials. The city engineer prepared a brick paving estimate under the board of local improvements, and seven property-owners appeared, split between opposing paving and favoring asphalt. The board pursued the plan with little property-owner input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth-Avenue
Olson
F L. Natt
Board of Local Improvements
Friends of Asphalt
Cnolce Ag
Board of
Judges Selected For School Event At Macomb Meet
Judges for the Military Tract meet in Macomb this May include Prof. T. H. McMichael Monmouth College Prof. J. B. Clark Northwestern Univ Prof. Frank Fowler Lombard College Prof. Thomas A. Clark University of Illinois Prof. W. B. Tymonds Knox Edith Foster Flint Ph D University of Chicago A S Crawford arranged train accommodations. letters will ask thirteen school principals probable attendance and train plans Galesburg by 9 am. return trains for towns without regular service. August Link awarded contract for a two story brick building at 5000 dollars to adjoin his store at 1801 Fifteenth Street. first floor butcher shop second floor flats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
T. H. McMichael
Monmouth College
J. 8. Clark
Northwestern University
Frank Fowler
Lombard College
Thomas A. Clark
University of Hilneis
W. B. Tymonds
Knox
Edith Foster Flint
University of Chicago
Crawford
Galesbury
Link
H. C. Quade
Fifteenth Street
At the Concert for the Golf Club Prologue
A note from the concert program asks how far the group has progressed with the phrase Seven up and two to play indicating two holes remaining in a round or performance.
Thomas Concerts For State Session Plan At Moline Meeting
A Mol ine convention committee discusses selling about 1000 concert tickets at 3 each to fund a Chicago led program for the Illinois State Music Teachers Association event. Plans include Middelachuke organ recital Rudolph and Mrs Lanz performances and debates with noted papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Music Teachers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Hotel
Ada Batrikin
Chicago Program Committee
Lst
Middelachuke
Choral Union
Rudolph Lanz
Thomas
Stock
Moline
Allendale
Moline Club
Edwin Pester Dies at Home of P S W Glynn
Edwin Pester died at 3 AM Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs P S W Glynn and Mrs Mary G Ogden 808 Seventeenth Street He was 86 English born he lived in Davenport 1850 Mol ine 1885 and in this city since then Survived by five children fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral will be held from the residence at 10 AM tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Pester
Pester
Edward L. Pester
Rhodes, Jr
Maria Blackman
Osco
Fannie C Farley
Hammond
McGlynn
Ogden
W H. Thackham
Mamie C. Gillespie
Clarence Blackman
Rock Island
Harry Blackman
L. R. Blackman
B. Frank Ogden
California
A. F Gates
Rose C
Annie P. Farley
Christopher E. Pester
Denver
E. H. Peaster
Henry
Frances
Robert Pester
Rhodes
Illinois Considers Four Year Mayor Term Across Cities
The Illinois legislature weighs a bill to extend mayoral terms from two to four years in all incorporated cities. Senator F A Landee seeks constituent views with Chicago backing a statewide independent measure. Support argues for policy stability. opposition notes reelection incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
F. A. Landee
Chicago
Landee
McNamara Heads Citizens Ticket in Rock Island
James McNamara leads the newly-organized Citizens' Party slate for Rock Island mayor with W. Lamont for city clerk G. Otto Huckstaedt for treasurer and Henry Stelck for city attorney. Nominations were made unanimously by a cross-party group, with aldermanic selections to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman
Rock Island
James McNamara
W. Lamont
G. Otto Huckstaedt
Henry Stelck
Citizens’ Party
McNamara
Stelck
Lamont
Huckstaedt
Modern Woodman Society
M. M. Sturgeon
Diamond Jo
Pea@ie
National Bank
Supervisors Schedule March Meeting on March 4
Notices announce the regular board of supervisors meeting for Tuesday March 4. The finance committee will report on differences with former county treasurer D. H. Lyon and action on recommendations to recover 2416.70 Lyon took as supervisor of assessments. The committee also names Lyon and Steobdnihen for Entiat.
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Board of Supervisors
Finance Committee
D. H. Lyon
Lyon
Dar
Steobdnihen
Harris and Hess Grocery Sold in Rock Island
The Harris and Hess Grocery Co store at eighteenth street and Third avenue Rock Island has been sold to Lange and Heltemann. Purchasers plan to liquidate current stock and do not intend to reopen the store at that location. The deal signals settlement of the Harris and Hess affairs. McCabe, owner of the building, has not announced future occupancy plans. The company formed from Hesa Bros and W B Harria stores and opened in the McCabe building about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris & Hess Grocery Co
Eighteenth Street
Third Avenue
Rock Island
Lange & Heltemann
Harris and Hess Company
L. 8
McCabe
Hesa Bros
W B
Harria
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid for children. It claims the remedy soothes gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and treats diarrhoea, priced at twenty five cents a bottle. Slogans urge buyers to ask for the product and note a June 30 1906 food and drugs guarantee.
Big Four Sylvan Boat Club Hold Historic River Legacy
The article recalls the Sylvan Boat club founded in 1886 and the Big Four members Oscar Livingston Joan Cooper Dr A H Arp and J P Fleming. It notes C A Barnard still holds the fifty mile amateur single sculls record set in 1887 and that river sports may revive with new boat clubs and regattas along the Mississippi.
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Molina
Mississippi
Whicao
Sylvan Boat Club
Oscar Livingston
Joan Cooper
Dr A H Arp
J P Fleming
Charles A. Barnard
Jacob Wigers
A. H Arp
Livingston
Wigers
Arp
Ed Male
Barnard
Boss Carpenters Set to Resist Wage Increase
Carpenters in Moline and Rock Island pledge to resist a 40 cent an hour wage drop after April 1. Moline contractors organized with P H Lorenz as chairman and intend to stand firm. Rock Island carpenters also organized against the proposed raise, despite some journeymen showing willingness to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island
Moline Contracting
P H Lorenz
Peoria Over Capacity At Watertown Hospital
Peoria reports a surge in insanity cases with 148 patients at Watertown hospital compared to a 127 patient quota. Dr Taylor protests to Sheriff Hines noting ten Peoria patients sent to Watertown since January 1 1907 and two to Bartonville asylum amid crowded conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Watertown
Bartonville
Resume of State Water Survey Work in Analyzing Rivers
The State Geological Survey reports extensive analysis of water samples from over 24 cities including Moline, Carlyle, Decatur, Peoria, and Springfield. Bowman and Reeds led field work with Wheeler performing lab analyses, while plans for underground water reports and river valley drainage studies are outlined for better water control and land use in Illinois.
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State Water Survey
The
State Geological Survey
Moline
Isiah Bowman
Chester A. Reeds
W F Wheeler
State Water Survey Laboratory
Carlyle
Kaskaskia
Carmi
Little Wabash
Carter
Chandlerville
Sangamon River
Charleston
Emparass
Cypress
Danville
Alton
Belleville
United States Geological Survey
M LL. Fuller
Congress
General Coopera
Messrs. Bowman
Reeds
E A Bartow
Aktate Water Survey
Chemiat
Geological Survey
J A Udden
Sangamon
Embarass
Wabasna
Illinois
Bayne Hewett Wins Rock Island Bridge Contract
Bayne & Hewett of Minneapolis awarded the contract to build the Arsenal Island to Rock Island bridge and viaduct at Twenty fourth Street. Bid $109,196.70 with competitors including Hayworth Milwaukee Bridge Co Stroebel Steel Co Union Bridge Co and others. Exterior handrail adds about thirty tons and may push final cost to about $112000.
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Bayne & Hewett
Minneapolis
Arsenal Island
City of
Rock Island
Twenty Fourth Street
S W. Blunt
Rock Island Aveenal
Springfield bills authorize city park tax powers
F A Landee in the senate and Thomas Campbell in the house introduced bills granting cities power to levy taxes for park purposes. The proposal allows a tax up to two mills on the last state and county assessment, to be used for maintenance of public parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Moline
F A Landee
Senate
Thomas Campbell
House
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Military Tract Association
Western Normal School
State Savings Bank É» Trust Company
Moline Plow Co
Third Ave
Fifteenth ST
America
Inter Ocean
Associated Press
Weatera
Nore Fom
Music Teachers’ Convention
Stoddard
Jacksonville
Allan Spencer
Karlton Hackett
Walter Bentley
Galesburg
Walter Spry
Lattimer
Mrs. Tewksbury
Favor Thomas
Edwin Pester Deis
Senator Landee
Sen
County Insane
Landée
Cook County
M’namara
Citizens’ Ticket
Harris & Hess
C. A. Barnard
Mississippi River
Big Four
Boss Carpenters
Taylor
Bayne & Hemet
Loweét
Campbell
Billa
Rogers
Mazes, Coo
United States
Pike's Peak Sanatorium
Reugh Okeich
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