Local notes and transfers fill Rock Island brief
Local items include staff changes at the First Baptist church and Y M C A, real estate sale of C. J. Colson property on Fifth avenue for $6,000, and reorganizing Rockford Construction Co as National Clay Co with $100,000 capital. Also mentions mischief at the Cady farm, beer hall incidents, and health news about Dr. J. B. McCord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Construction Co
Sears
National Clay Co
Samuel
Jones A E Rutledge
Wm E Butterworth
Dubuque
McCord
Moline
Chattanooga
Tenn
Railways and rail news span continents and timelines
The article surveys railway speed records on the Michigan Central and other lines, notes Congress plans in St. Petersburg for 1892, and mentions proposed and existing rail ventures across the United States and South America. It also touches on water supply for engines, a Georgia road merger, birth-rate trends, language use in Wisconsin, and tidbits on shorthand, fonts, and local salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central Railroad
International Railway Congress
St. Petersburg
Brussels
New York Central
Albany Argus
West Shore
J L. Cherry
San Francisco
South America
Pacific
Augusta
Tallahassee
Duchess of Man and Garfield sought literary fame
The excerpt notes Mrs Garfield declining literary work citing family duties after a publisher’s offer. It also mentions Miss P Caffrey of Omaha as sole heiress to 25 million pounds from a English-died father who warned of disinheritance over marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Man
Pana
Ane
Sioner
Eenkiy Care
New York
Anil
Ted
William Waldorf Astor
England
Horrific Michigan Crime and Illinois Hanging Report
A Michigan couple’s home is set ablaze after a man abducts a girl and harms two younger children, with the eldest surviving to tell of a felon’s entry and arson. Separately in Illinois, Crawford is hanged for the murder of Mrs Matthias after luring her to a field and slitting her throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Homer
Conosnal
Geoorgia
Illinois
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Wise
Here
Dennis Burns
Burns
Cantuet
Bir
Isabella County
Crawford
Decatur Dae
Oils
Woo Crawford Jr
Mere Lata Matthias
Matthias
Murderous Fight in Georgia Ends in Tragedy
A deadly quarrel near Augusta, Georgia, left three men dead after a shootout that began with a dispute and escalated to gunfire. Harvey Smith and Hatton exchanged shots with Boyd, resulting in Hatton’s fatal injuries and Smith mortally wounded. Authorities describe a chaotic scene with both men gravely wounded and Hatton dying from his injuries.
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Augusta
Harvey Smith
Seaton
Io Hatte
Smith
Boyd
Boyd Hatton
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John W. Dew
Dan Minera
A. Q. Ford
Gust M. Ford
Oakland
Neb
Migs
Emma Serven
G. M. Ford
Walter Olney
Ranorter
Arm of Fish & Olney
Sle
South Dakota
Mr. Gates
Addison
N. Y
First Baptist
G. W. Walker
E. H. Guyer
C. J. Colson
Fifth Avenue
Aliens Sundeen
Cady Farm
Chas. Radden
Radden
T. A. Johnson
Wheeler
Johnson
Mr. Wheeler
Pastor Williams
A &Me. Church
E. Richie
Chas. A. Crampton
Chemical Society of
Washington City
Uisen
Mra
Otto Geppardt
Huber
Henry Hagger
Hakker
Col
J M Whittemore
Hook Island Arsenal
Chicago
Florida
Washington
Newark
Mery
Lyon
Arsenal
Reorge Oates
George
Gieorge
Messrs Read
Zediker & Wadsworth
REV. C._ MORGAN
Ime
C. L. Morgan
Tven
Springfield
Mass
Ile
Hood
W. A. Mills
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
Recorder's
Lewiston
St. Louis and Northern Railway
Rock Island
Ilinois River
Havana
Decatur
Ala
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Whnow
Monmouth, Inc
St Petersburg
Snatchaloik
London
Count de Paris
Henry Irving
Duke of Westminster
Stanley
Georgia
Koss Wyer
Quincy
Camp Point
Dice
Bushnell
Parnell
Wat
Etruria
James AC Kelly
Moop
John O'Conner
Vo Oh
Marcth
Joha Herse
Bik Horn
West Virginia
Dark Horse
Sto
Bureau of American Republics
Bolivia
Lea
Thentofagasta Railroad
Carpenter
16Th St. Telep
W. H. Carpenter & CO
Cross Creek
Lehich
Lackawanna
KOXE
Bak Hone
Monson & CO
CTAOL
Costas
Bissell
Tate
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacinc. Railway
Migso River
Joliet
Peoria
la Salle
Davenport
Muscat Ottumwa
Ikaloosa
Des Moines
Winterset
Audubon
Harilan
Counci Bluffs
Towa
Minneapolia
St. Paul
Minn'ssota
Watertown
Broux Falls
Wightts
Hutchinson
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Omaha
North Platte
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
St. Joseph
Kansas
Topeka
California
East Lake Gden
Portland
Los Angeles
Lirhct
Pike’s Peal
Aniton
Garden of the Gods
The
Sanitariume
Scenic Grandeurs
Colorado
Algert
Chickeee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Spirit Lake
Ells
Viack Island
Pipestone
Sioux Falls
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Seneca and
Kanekaeders
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Atchison
Leavenworth
Neapolis
United States
Canada
ST. John
Chicago, Ill
John Sebastian
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