Local News Briefs Highlight Trades, Careers and Civic Events
George Hager, at Sam Mel's tinshop, fell from a ladder at Plow Co and suffered a severe facial gash. Swedish scientist Andreen voices strong Sweden ties to Augustana chair. Col J M Brown travels to California for vacation after securing Pleasant Valley land for Rock Island road. Rev J A Jader to become pastor of Swedish Baptist church starting soon. Forrest Forrest moved to St Luke's Hospital with consumption. Erie Herald printer Cayverly retires as the paper suspends. Bettendorf residents vote for village incorporation with 36 to 17 result. Kindergarten and women’s union efforts noted. Industrial Avenue improvements and street work discussed. Burglaries prompt tighter security as gaskets and chests are examined. Rock Island district judge convention planned with multiple county figures attending. Pleasant Valley rails delivery continues for track construction. Rails arriving for tracks near Pleasant Valley. ward caucuses set. Association high school plan to meet in Galesburg May 1 with delegate list. Ling Boys of Moline receive Articles of Incorporation to promote Ling system. Sanford Brissman, Robert Hemberg, Arthur Johnson are incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hager
Sammel
Plow Co
Andreen
Dr. Lindberg
Sweden
Augustana
J. M. Brown
Rock Island Road
Pleasant
J A Jader
Hadeen
Swedish Baptist Church
Ounce
Stanley M Fhrrest
St Luke's Hospital
Kimball House
Davenport
Forrest
T E Cayverly
Moline
Erie [Herald
Chverly
Port Byron Globe
Moline Plow Co
Ling Boys of
Ling
Sanford Brissman
Robert Hemberg
Arthur Johnson
George E Huntoon Takes New Plow Co Territory and News of Many Local Weddings
Social notes record George E Huntoon taking northern Iowa travel territory for Moline Plow Co. Announcement of July wedding of James N Pierr of Moline to Mary Cosgrove of Davenport. Numerous local society items note engagements, weddings, trips, and moves among Davenport Rock Island and Geneseo residents, with plans for spring nuptials and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Huntoon
Moline Plow Co
Iowa
Wisconsin
James N Pierr
Moline
Mary Cosgrove
Davenport
Pierr
Pierr & Co
Moline Dry Goods
Bishop Cosarove
Local Social Roundup Reports Incoming News and Marriages
Pate reports Archie Warr returns home from Bur snatch and plans spring graduation from Kott's business college. Dr. George Purrell of Clearwater Nebraska and wife visit relatives. Congressman and Mrs G W Prince of Galesburg attend district convention. Claus Hagge of Rock Island marries Daisy Larrabee of Moline. Mrs W Rank and baby return from Atchison Kansas. Nancy Hartzell widow of Michael Hartzell returns after winter travels. Louis Rosenstein and Mrs Rosenstein celebrated 25th anniversary with visits from relatives and friends across the tri cities. Roy Oakleaf resumes studies at Cornell University after epidemic eases. W Walkup and wife home from southern trip visiting Stuttgart Ark Memphis Tenn Fulton Kentucky and St Louis. C H Lippincott welcome baby boy. John Gamble visits Rock Island to be with ill brother. Freda Ohlweiler marries Charles Bengston at bride’s home in Rock Island. Edward H Dunavin marries Johanna Nabstedt in Davenport. Fred J Mager marries Henrietta Belle Becht in Rock Island. Eva Aiken and Nels Christiansen wed at Davenport Lutheran. Couples plan new homes in Rock Island and Davenport areas. Dispatch notes a short New York trip.
Swedish League chooses Moline for 1904 convention
The Swedish American State league meeting at Princeton chose Moline to host the tenth annual convention on March 9, 1904 with a John Ericsson banquet. Chicago and Peoria were rivals. county delegates backed Moline with a Cook county split vote giving 52 of 104 votes. The proceedings included famine relief funding and thanks to Governor Yates for state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Peoria
Chicago
Cook County
Yates
Toro
Chytraus
Judias Johnson
League
Notorious Saloon Will Not Locate Here
Joy for East Moline as Jocko Manwaring quits the saloon business in Davenport and sells his East Second street establishment to J H Alger for 700 dollars. Alger plans to reopen the dance hall if city authorities do not block. Manwaring returns to subcontracting and grading work, retaining his backline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
Jocko Manwaring
Davenport
Cady Tract
Moline
Natick Yards
Jocko
East Second Street
J. H. Alger
Alger
Hillsdale Social Notes Move-Ins and Local Happenings
Dillon of Moline visits Hillsdale relatives while Frank Sheppard and family plan Moline as their future home. Washburn visited on business, Dailey buys Washburn property, Opendike moves in and will run the meat market. Jaspersons head to Cambridge, Walker brings home a bride, Burkwood ill with grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Dillon
Moline
Hillsdale
Frank Sheppard
Leonard Washburn
Justin Dailey
Washburn
John Opendike
Charles Jasperson
Cambridge
Jesse Walker
Pest
John Burkwood
Grip
Davenport Postmaster Satisfies $5500 Claim
Davenport Postmaster George Metzger settles a government claim of $5500. Inspectors stated the demands were satisfied without any action by Metzger, noting no desire for further details and that the matter concerned postal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metzger
Davenport
Mahin
Post Office
Washington
Post Office Department
George Metzger
Metze
Six Horses Needed To Haul Hearse Through Mud
A hearse returning from a funeral in the county was stalled with four horses and required additional teams to reach the service. Fresh animals were then used and the funeral was delayed three hours. Frost has left ground soft below the surface, causing rigs to sink and rural carriers to face long, difficult routes.
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Bettendorf
Mothers” Union
Industrial
Raquesti Noty
Hedo
He Hinds
Rgarten
Bie
Carpenters New Wagon Co
Mse
Woman's
France Union
Christian
Amsay
Morrison
Raves
Geneseo
Church of
Aledo
The
Military Tract Association
Galesburg
Macomt
Association
Aldile
F N Taylor
Canton
C. S. Nidem Conto C.ts
Pleasant Valley
Citizens’ Party
Unitarian Church
A. B. Dietrich
Harry Sommers
Harms
Wednesday
Fort Wayne
Tacoma
Rock Island
Estey
DRS. Geo
J. D. Pearsall
Rock Island, Ill
H.C. Harris
Social Notes
Mildred
C R Stephens
Peore
Jamesi
Gertrude Melvin
Albert Jo Brown
Edna I. Webster
Broadway Presbyterian Church
W. S Marquis
Brown
Montgomery
Reynolds
Myron Jordan
Stephens
Sixth Avenue
New Orleans
Mary Hill
Emil Jacobsen
Freda Jacoobsen
Charles Bengston
W. E. McCrea
K. Swan
W. A. Rosenfield
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. C. W. Lundah
C W. Foss
Sioux City
Pension Fund Board
Augustana Synod
Mary Louise Middleton
W. D. Middleton
Samuel Craig Plummer
J. B. Donaldson
University of Chicago
Harland Kuhn
Minnesota State Agricultural College
Harland
Bloomington
Etta Beal
Chicago University
Archie Warr
Bursnatch
Kott’s Business College
George Purrell
Clearwater, Neb
City
G. W. Prince
Twin-Cities
Prince
Judicial District Convention
TJ Claus Hagge
Daisy Larrabee
Nancy Hartzell
Michael Hartzell
California
Kansas City
Mesdames Hayes
Walker
D. A. Holt
C. W. Jackson
Wichita
Kas
Hartzell
Louis Rosenstein
Harry Katz
Rosenstein
Henry Katz
Clinton
Roy Oakleaf
Ithaca
Cornell University
W. Walkpbr
South
Stuttgart
Memphis
Teno
Fulton
Kentucky
Murphysboro
Carroll, I
St Louis
C. H. Lippincott
John Gamble
Wm. Gamble
Forty-fourth Street
Freda Ohlweiler
Chas. Bengston
W. S. Marquis
Amelia Holdorf
Omaha
Frank Bengston
Turner Hall
Bengston
Arsenal
Edward H. Dunavin
Nance Printing Office
Leutenant
Company A
Johanna W. Nabstedt
M. E Nabstedt
Fred J Mager
Henrietta Belle Becht
R. B. Williams
Bradley
Eva Aiken
Nels Christiansen
Davenport Lutheran Brgh
Grief
Lincoln Heights
Mrs. Christiansen
Othe Alate
Cr. Stephend
Jant Gre
New York
John Ericsson
Carl Svengson
Swedish Republican League
Carl H Chindblom
Chicag
C J Jonson
Aurora
Oscar D Olson
August Nylander
Rockford
A W Ring
Frank L. Westland
Ford County
Wesley A Holt
G L. Peterson
Rock Island County
C A Samuelson
Mercer County
John A Lindberg
Henry
C G. Anderson
Ericsson
J. A. Goodmanson
A.P. Penn
Frisk Reynold
John G. A. Bhallberg
Arthur Ne
Ion N. B. Olson
Peter Lawson
Mr Lawson
Kesia Larson
Hanning L
Fabian
Edward T. Esther
C. V. Johnson
J A. Miller
Lawson
Williams, White & Co
Moline Pump Co
Swedish Lutheran Church
Molme
Riverside
Henry J. Sampson
Emily Sampson
Rock Island Plow Co
Knox's
Ron Molders
John W. Maxwell
Port Byron
Maxwell
Henry County
J. W. Edwards
Mr. Maxwell
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Greensville
Jesse Maxwell
Colorado
126Th
Ilinois
West Moreland County
Sarah Allhouse
S. J. Maxwell
Alma
Ev. J. W. Edwards
Marcellus
Grack
Mississippi
Pater Landstrom
Bright
Warmland
Dimock, Gould & Co
Victor
Emil
Walter Wooden
Carl
Andover
Gust Weden
Fifth Avenue
Deere & Co
Frank
James McQuaid
W. J. Ranson
William J Ranson
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rawson
Durham
England
Coal Valley
126Th Regiment of
Illinois Volunteers
Little Rock
Vicksburg
Clarendon
Coalt Valley
Board of Supervisors
Jacob Riley
R. J. McGee
F. C. Hemenway
McConochie
Capt. Ranson
Sarah A. Connolly
W. B. Barker
Roy Swisher
C. Siemon
John J
William F
Sadie
Lizzie
Publica
Aliways
Regul Olar
Callendar
Moline National Bank
F. G. Allen
H.A. Ainsworth
V.pres. Bou
Himson
Cashier
Fifteenth Street
Third Avenue
Dun- Timothy Lends
Exeh Bag Td
R. C G. Benson and
Passig Bros
Beca
Hood