Scarlet Fever Controversy and Health Board Critique
Editor Dispatch presents a physician critique of public scare over scarlet fever. The author defends prudent quiet about suspected cases while condemning sensational reporting and urges fair Board of Health action, contrasting past boards with current conduct and calling for measured public notices.
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Dispatch
health_‘board
Hich
Old Folks Dancing Club
Old Folks Club
Board of Health
Moline
Health Board
Wealth Board
Special City Council Meeting on Water Rates and Bonds
City council held a special meeting with the mayor and most aldermen present. They approved H A Seiffert water commissioner bond of 3000 dollars and reviewed water rate changes for five companies, with several others unchanged and meters offered to unsatisfied objectors before April. The meeting adjourned after postponing Dennis Long & Co. interest bill.
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H. A. Seiffert
D. O. Reid
C. F. Hemenway
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company
Moline Elevator Company
Moline Stove Company
Williams, White & Co
Moline Pump Company
Moline Plow Company
Deere & Mansur Company
J. T. Milton
Alderman Woodward
J. T. Keator Lumber Company
Leas Mfg Company
Keator Lumber Company
Keator Lambert Company
Alderman Warr
Dennis Long & Co
Louisville
Warr
Fraternal Grand Lodge notes from Springfield meeting
A Springfield Grand Lodge session reports 105 deaths and 25 percent due to consumption, 13,766 Illinois members, 14 new lodges, 1,957 new members, and 875 deaths with 462 suspended. The Gunderson divorce case is sent to court. Peoria chosen for the next meeting, Lincoln’s tomb visit skipped, and political chatter notes local contests and candidate prospects.
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Chadwick Skittilson
Schrader
Grand Lodge
House of Representatives
Springfield
Motine
Ya M
Gunderson
Wify
Grand Recorders
Grand Recorder
Iinois
Noble Lodge
James McCartney
Brother McCartney
Tillmoi
Workman Hess
Orendorf
Geo. W. Hill
Murphysborough
Peoria
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln
Mecca
Senator Oglesby
War Horse
Hamilton
Will
Excursion to Shiloh Battlefield Arranged by Grand Army
A Peoria to Shiloh battlefield excursion sails April 8 with Grand Army of the Republic sponsorship. Travelers depart Peoria by train at 7 a.m. bound for Evansville then embark three steamers to Pittsburg Landing arriving on April 22, 20 dollars round trip.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Peoria
Evansville Ind
Pittsburg Landing
Shiloh
Indiana
Silver Cloud
Iowa
Clyde
Illinois
Ohio
John Gilbert
Miss Stella Rosenfield Weds Jacob Sax in Davenport
Miss Stella M Rosenfield of Rock Island married Jacob Sax of Ottumwa Iowa Tuesday evening by Rev I Fell. The ceremony took place at the bride's father's residence on Seventh Avenue with about 100 guests. Afterward the couple went to Harper House for a sumptuous repast and a dance with Strasser's band providing music.
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Stella M. Rosenfield
Rock Island
Jacob Sax
Ottumwa
I. Fell
Davenport
Meyer Rosenfield
Seventh Avenue
Harper House
Strasser
Man Reveals Suicide Experience As Hanging Curiosity
A city scribe interviews an old man Beckman recently fined for Sunday disturbance. Beckman recalls a prior Rockford attempt at hanging using a wall mirror rope and describes the suffocating sensation and urge to end the act, saying he stopped himself and cautions about publication.
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Quast Beckman
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
ReofTord
Guat
Chiase
Wallace
Beckman
Rockford
Disrarcu
First National Bank
Purim Feast Observed By Davenport Synagogue
The Purim feast commemorates Esther and Mordecai’s rescue of the Israelites from Haman's plots. Davenport synagogue marks the occasion with evening services at Cutter's block and morning readings on Adar 14, March 11, including readings from Esther and explication by Rev. I Fall.
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Esther
Mordecai
Haman
Adar
Davenport
Cutter’s Block
Second and
Brady
Orthographical dispute over Smith spelling in Illinois papers
Davenport Gazette defends its editor against spelling Smith with an e. Peoria Transcript counters, noting a past Illinois orthography debate ended in favor of the accused. The Gazette urges yielding to popular verdict and tacit permission given to Chronicle’s editor to use the e.
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Smith
Peoria
Linois
Gazette
Gaeetic
Chronicle
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