Association Names Officers for New Year in Rock Island
Master builders of three cities meet in Rock Island and renounce prion made materials while adopting a wage scale of 45 cents an hour. Henry W Horst is re elected president F W Nebergall secretary and Paul H Lorenz treasurer. They outline material purchasing rules and wage terms for May 1910 to May 1911 along with weekly pay and job completion assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelote Bajyourming
Rela
Yarner Hall
Rock Island
Henry W Horst
F. W. Nebergall
Davenport
Mr. Nissen
Paul H Lorenz
Local Notes and Visits Across Hampton and Barstow
Hampton residents and visitors from Rock Island Moline and Watertown attend events and personal gatherings. Mrs Mary Cook returns from Rock Island family reunion. Mabel Mohr visits Emma Skinner at Watertown hospital improving. Community activities include prayer meeting Epworth league and missionary Sunday at Congregational church with Rev Frank Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Rock Island
John Johnson
Watertown
Mabel Mohr
Emma Skinner
Watertown Hospital
James Maxwell
E. C Heline
Moline
Mr Young
Epworth League
James McGinnis
Ginnis
Frances Knowlton
Rockford
Frank Anderson
Congregational Church
Thewaukee Railway
Telegraphic Markets Review of Grain Provisions and Stocks
Market report by H J Toker & Co notes Chicago grain and provisions with hogs cattle receipts and sheep strength mixed prices. New York stock quotations list unions steel streets railroads and utilities with varied gains and losses across majors like Union Pacific Great Northern and Illinois Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Pacific
U Sz
U 8 Steel
Rock Island
Chicago
Northwestern
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Missouri Pacific
Asceescaveee
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Loulaville and
Nashville
Cccevceaee
Canadian Pacific
Ilinois Central
Pennsylvanian
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chesenene
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Baltimore and Ohio
Atchison
Eneper Ener Arok Bt. Paul Co
Esc
H. J. Toker & Co
Bae Rns Tee
Suits Open Over Thousand Dollar Loans At Moline Bank
Two circuit court actions filed by Dietz Bling against Elizabeth King and Elmer Ekstam allege co liability for $1000 notes held by Moline Building Savings and Loan association now in the hands of receiver Charlie Horns. Settlements with most note makers are near, as the receiver aims for quick final division of association affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CEB
Dietz Bling
Elisabeth King
Elmer Ekstam
Moline Building
Kern
Coal Valley Social News and Visits
Coal Valley residents note visits and greetings from relatives and friends across Milan Sherrard Moline Rock Island and Galva. A quilting bee luncheon and a baseball team box supper fundraiser are mentioned along with birthdays and private dancing party events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Valley
Haney
Moline
Spangler
Sherrard
Fred Gregg
Belle Weaver
Milan
Walter Weaver
T Pin Orbe
Flack
Oe Inland
Frank Gregg
Rock Island
Gust Krapp
Mesdames
Gust Krapp, Jr
John Krapp
Lees
Ellis, Starerofski
of Lovins
Champaign
Clarence~Wilmerton
Misa Rose
Nellie Johnson
John Johnson Fred Wetzel
Misa Minnie Ristau
Wahlstrom
Bellevue
Jack Wilson
Nebraska
Parpart
Hampton
Neb
Ristan
Community Notes of Mrs Drew and Cable Visitors
The article records a private party at the Drew residence with Mrs and Mr Drew and neighbors in attendance. Visits stretch from Rock Island to Minot and Cable, with Mart Conner, Jim Connor, and Margaret conner noted. Mrs John Lees marked a wedding anniversary. Gertrude Linder plans to move to Moline soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dena Lees
Misa Minnie Lindwist
Mame Conner
Wist Wilson
Ock Island
Wil Salkeld
Doc” Angus
Lian Linder
Moline
Lin
Easie Greig
Rock Island
Murt Connor
Rj Martin’ Ositer
Panera
Sag
Wiksose Dad
Wilter Weaverie
Coar
Biguér
Mart. Conner
Margaret
Jane
Cable
Mart Commer
Mrs. Conner
Myrt Conner, Jr
John Lees
Gunt Lawson
Mabel Lawson
Ed. Lawson
Gail
Sunny Hill
Walter Weaver
Anna Cook
Nellie
Marion McGimpsey
Wm. Krapp
Gertrude Linder
Gertrude
New Soil Breaking Method Tested by Texas Oklahoma Farmers
Cr Phillips introduces a plan to break virgin sod using explosive charges. Holes twenty feet apart and three feet deep are filled with dynamite and detonated simultaneously. The ground is left to absorb moisture and will be planted with diversified crops to observe results. This marks the first trial of the method in the state and draws farmer interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas County
Oklahoma
Cr. Phillips
Phillips
Echilling
Rock Island Orders All Steel Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars
Rock Island system plans seventy-one more steel passenger coaches and dining cars, adding to prior purchases to create a mainly steel fleet. Cars will be fireproof with cement floors and 20 000 pound six wheel trucks. Tests showed high safety and resilience with minimal damage under severe impact. The order includes five dining cars and two motor cars including McKeen and general electric types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Pullman Company
Hudson River
McKeen
General Electric
Watertown Board Names Election Judges and Clerks
Watertown village trustees named the election judges and clerks at a Tuesday meeting. The April 19 election will choose a president three trustees police magistrate and village clerk. Judges listed include J M and R E Ans Bowe with others to be announced.
Drunk Davenport Man Arrested Over Missing Ten Dollars
Alois Steene, saloon keeper at 1028 Railroad avenue, swore out a warrant for Otto Kannenberg after accusing him of stealing $31 from the cash register. Kannenberg, very intoxicated, could not explain the missing ten dollars and was arrested. pockets held only small change. A. Tracy, Davenport barber, celebrated by crossing the river and getting extremely drunk, was fined $6.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kannenberg
Alois Steene
Railroad Avenue
Kannenberg
Steene
Steeens
A. Tracy
Davenport
Obituaries Record Deaths in Davenport Region
Obituary notices report Mite Mary of Copenhagen Denmark died after forty five years in the state. Captain Jo Long of LeClaire and Davenport Masons, longtime riverman on the upper Mississippi, died in Seattle after two months illness. Mrs Susan Jane Harker of Mason County Illinois died at home after paralysis. Augusta Podts, six year old daughter of Henry Podts of Nine teenth Avenue, died after short illness. Funeral details listed for all.
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Moline
Charley Reynolds
Cordova
Inl
William Edelman
Jesse Tyler
Rapids City
Tyler
Alice Michaels
Fort Byron
Miss Michaels
Frank Denhardt
Barstow
Ann Lawrence
Augusta
Ill
Grant
Ada Highland
Mite
Mary
Getar Reik"tiemn
Gopenhagen
Denmark
Seattle
Wash
Jo Long
Upper
Mississippi
Rocky Island
Clinton
Long
LeClaire
Joseph Long
Masonic Lodge
Davenport Masons
Pearl
William Long
Frank L. Long
Dubuque
Susan Jane Harker
Fourth Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Mason County
Nathan
Reuben
Charles
Henry
John
Silas
Thomas
George
Rachael
Anna
Union Congregational Church
Frank Anderson
Riverfaide
Henry Podts
Nineteenth Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
East Moline
Trainmen reject B&O wage counter offer in Baltimore
Conductors and trainmen of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway voted against the company's counter proposal on wage adjustments in Baltimore on March 8. The vote outcome shows the union members did not accept the revised terms, continuing the impasse over labor demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore, Md
Severe cold wave and storm forecasts sweep March
Weather predictions from Rev Hicks report a sequence of storm periods across March with blizzards and tropical storm threats. Expect a severe cold wave from the 25th to 29th, northwest to southeast sweep, and later rain sleet and snow storms in the final week of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irl R. Hicks
Plan Under Way for Big Moose Celebration in Moline
National organizer T W Cunningham of the Loyal Order of Moose visits Moline assisted by deputy H E Peterson to form a lodge. He aims for 1000 members in Moline and plans a late month charter with about 500 Rock Island and Davenport Moose expected to attend the installation of officers. Bands from Davenport and Rock Island will join the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T W Cunningham
Loyal Order of Moose
Mofine
H E. Peterson
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Moose
Cunningham
Moline Lodge
Rear End Collision Delays Chicago to Moline Trains
A collision near Seneca involving a locomotive and a freight-carrying caboose halted rail traffic. A stockman died and three trainmen were injured as several cars were wrecked. Passenger trains Nos 18 11 and 5 and 17 faced long delays with late arrivals into the morning hours.
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Moline
Lastight
Seneca
Lad 16 Is Injured In Elevator Shaft Incident
Bert Loewinger, 16 and a hotel bellboy, was trapped as an elevator descended with his legs between the floor and car. He remained with bruises and scrapes, unable to walk, after being rescued and taken home for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Loewinger
Manufacturers
Loewinger
C. C. Sloan
Nghia Laan
Davenport Man Killed Struck by Engine in Port Davenport
John J Ellson aged 50 was run over by a Rock Island switch engine at Sixth and Gaines streets Davenport last night and died at St Luke's hospital two hours after the accident Ellson waited for a west bound freight to pass then crossed the tracks walking in front of the switch engine Both legs were severed and he suffered internal injuries He was janitor of the South Putnam building in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J Ellson
Rock Island
Sixth
Gaines Streets
Davensport
St. Luke's Hospital
Ellson
South Putnam
Davenport
Three Die in Freight Train Collision Near Oconee
Three men were killed and seven injured when two freight trains collided in fog near Oconee. Victims include Bert Kubet and Bert Uhl of Onamia Minnesota and Joseph Easley of Clinton Illinois. Engineers John Mehan and John Reid of Clinton Illinois also injured. Southbound train reportedly passed the order board at Pana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Faila
Fog & Oconee
Decatur
Iinols Central
Oconee
Bert Kubet
Stockman
Onamia
Minn
Bert Uhl
Mion
Joseph Easley
Brakeman
Clinton
Edward Kubet
Onamis
John Mehan
Clinton, Ill
John Reid
Clinton, NL
Refined Sugar Prices Rise Ten Cents Per Hundred
New York March 8 all grades of refined sugar advanced ten cents per hundred pounds today. The increase affects multiple refiners as markets adjust to supply and demand factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Proclamation Grants Austria-Hungary Minimum Tariff Rates
Secretary Knox sent a proclamation to the president proposing minimum rates under the Payne AIdrich tariff law for Austria-Hungary. France and Austria-Hungary faced the stiffest tariff obstacles but accepted U S demands, securing minimum rates. The president issued the proclamation extending similar terms to Austria-Hungary.
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Washington
Austria-Hungary
Knox
France
United States
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Arust
Paul Lorenz
Association
Moliner
Parker
Hie Fousiz
Ernest Walline
Tréatmient
Emil N. Johnson
Minnesota
Wheaton
Snd
Johneon
Methodist Church
Michael Hermes
Theo. Hermes
Vera Guckert
Metcalf
Holton
Gertie
Cardinal Girlbeak
WiliLes
Wiliam Whitehead
Irene Edelman
Telegraphic Markets
Chicago Grain and Proviatone
Advnaee Geal
Elizabeth King
Maud Carlson
Helen Pryce
John Pryce
Alice Dormandy
Tee
Chas. Searle
Searles, Jr
West
Joseph Peters
Hawley
Galesburg
Rock Island Road
Otto
Baloonkeeper
RAF
Susan Harker
Augusta Podts
IRL _R. HICKS
I. W. Cunningham
Plana
Lad
Manufacturers’ Hotel
John J. Ellson
Pase
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