Local Notices and City Affairs From Rock Island Area
Mrs M P Buford sails for Europe with daughter. Miss Buford to wed M Jean Vatricot of Lyons. Mrs Lucretia Marshall dies aged 765. interred in Henry county. Rock Island council to draft meter-rate ordinance. next meeting May 1. Oscar Dailey moves to Port Byron to start new business. George Anderson injured knees in ice accident. WH Gest eyed for fourth assistant postmaster. Rock Island Lion rejects. Fleming family to San Jose for month. Abrams Jones wins one cent damages case. costs $6230. George W Robinson killed at Anaconda Montana. Weyerhaeuser mansion open for farewell visit. Alaska case acquitted in Crookston. insanity plea noted. City caucuses set April 1. city convention April 2 at Turner Hall. Democrats field Buford for treasurer. Johnston for assessor. Fred flags for mayor possible. Indoor baseball at rink between High School and Kemper Hall. T J Looney transferred to Ottawa Western Union. J C Dorchester new Rock Island manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Buford
Washington, D. C
Liverpool
London
Miss Buford
M. Jean Vatricot
Lyons
France
Lucretia Marshall
Austin Marshall
Princeton
Etta
Henry County
Rock Island
Market Square
Oscar Dailey
McCabe Bros
Port Byron
Rock Island Lion
Gest
Ll Mon
Crests
Washington
C. F Fleming
San Jose
Burlington Road
Beardstown
Anaconda
Mont
Weyerhaeuser
Mra Weyerhaeuser
Almesuta
Henry Russell
Bahnsen
Crookston
Turner Hall
Union
Democrats
J. M Buford
J.g.i Johnston
Fred Flags
Kemper Hallumes
T J Looney
Western Union Telegraph Office
Ottawa
Western Aion Ofice
J.C Dorchester
Chica- Re
Hocksland
Funeral for Daniel J Jones to be held at AME church
Daniel J Jones a Black teamster died suddenly yesterday at his home on Eleventh avenue from heart failure. The funeral with Masonic rites will be at 2 30 tomorrow at the AME church. He lived in Chicago before returning to Moline with his wife Mollie Capers. He was married Jan 10 1884 in Chicago. He had been hauling ashes to C S Deere and bought a new wagon recently intending express work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J Jones
Eleventh Avenue
A M E
AF & A.Y M
Moline
Jones
C. S. Deere
Drs. Dunn
Sloan
Wey
Suburban notes from Hampton and Colona localities
Hampton reports Charles Coyne of Port Byron in town and Myra Adams visiting Mason City Iowa. Colona notes Miss Ladys Tombhusen of Orion taught Glenp school and the Rev Mr Alford added members to the church. Local events include entertainments in Green River and revival meetings at the M E church with several incidents and farewells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Wendel
M. F
J. «. Adams
Allie Cary
Carbon Cliff
Miss Cary
Gen Palmer
Earth
Colona
Ladys ‘Tombhusen
Orion
Glenp
Alford
Green River
Thahin
CF Pomeroy
Dakota
Nellie Reese
Stewart
Prophetstown
T. W. Reese, Jr
Eddie Block
Tom Cain
P. A Florin
Hattie Stobl
Cleveland
Jace Pomeroy
Lita Cain
Chicago
Town News Roundup Mixed With Personal Updates
March 15 notes cover residents moving to new homes near the Baptist church. Corwin Steward takes a porter post at Rock Island’s Commercial House. I K Upson travels to Elkhart Indiana on business.Discussed spur line proposals from Port Byron Junction to Watertown to aid ice firms. Nettie Clary resigns Watertown school post returns to Vermont. Charlie Nelson and Albert Anderson head to Chicago for KI Pr employment roles. Hattie McNeal begins spring term at Pleasant Valley. Grandma Howard plans to reside with Mrs Livergood in Freeport after June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warreniews
John Corbin
Corwin Steward
Porter
Rock Island
I. K Upson
Elkhart
Ind
Port Byron Junction
Watertown
Nettie Clary
Vermont
John
Grandma Howard
Freeport
Hattie McNeal
Pleasant Valley
Valley
Bound Over After Theft Case Involving Local Tools
Dave Shea bound over by Magistrate Kerns for $200 at May term after tools stolen from Samuelson & Johnson workshop were recovered from Colberg's and Walters' stores where sold. Moline Lodge I O G T fundraiser netted over $20 and will aid Mesars Wolfenarger and Hackens next week in Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shea
Samuelson & Johnson
Colberg’s
Walters
Kerns
Moline
Eloquent Preacher Draws Multitudes in New York
Special correspondence from New York describes Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr. as a striking young pastor who has drawn vast crowds to the Twenty third Street YMCA hall. A reviewer recalls Dixon’s earnest, practical sermons and notes his North Carolina roots, education at Wake Forest and Johns Hopkins, and rise from legislator to minister. He plans a free “peoples church” and larger temple to serve growing followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Twentythird Street
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Twenty-third Street
Association
Dixon
America
Old Island
Rudyard Kipling
Saxon
Mr. Dixon
Association Hall
North Carolina
Sherman
Grant
Sword
Lee
Appomattox
Wake Forest College
North
Caroline Fey
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Guldsborough
Raleigh
Boston
Athens
Twenty-Third Street Baptist Church
Ao Tocairy
Fashions for Children in Bright Spring Styles
Special correspondence from New York discusses child apparel with emphasis on practical fabrics over rich silks. It highlights washable cotton challis for color and ease, light dresses in hazel cashmere looks, and affordable trims, noting aprons as stylish both at school and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shepherds Plas
Ashe
Mater
Sarah
Poubelin
Iisite
Echoul
Harper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daniel J. Jones
John Howard
Sadie Ainsworth
Hlinde City
William H. Gorman
Ella Ritchie
Henry M.trent
Cordova
Clara M. Askew
A. F. Cahalt
Emma J. Moyer
Rook Island
Obona
Mtrchan
Charles Wright
Eorge Emmert
Irving Warren
Enesco
Uday
Staguire
Benns
Western Sanitary Commission
U. S. Seay OP Gbes
Thomas Dings
Cnicaun
Friends of Anternabonal Peace
Larre
Mercantile Library
Lucretia Mott
Great Botan
Mra. Mott
Townshend
Alfred H Love
Henry S. Clubb
R. B. Westbrook
International Union For Peace and Arbitration
Carpenter's Hall
Philadelphia
Womens Social Science Congress
St. Georges Hall
Ammcan
Julia Ward Howe
Mary Livermore
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Lucy Stone
Edna K Cheney
Grace Heey Lewis
Wehman
Hin Ward Bevets R
Tranual
Beecher
Mrs. Beecher
Olive Sigrper
Alliance
Noingarog
S.N Wynes & CO
Third Avenue
Moline Organ Co
Kasy Payments
Orpen Tteotha
Ares
Petersen Thulin
Moline Savings Bank
Mopine
Ilinois
Jpen
Roenwa M Toyp
Satuday
Helmanwa
Asmier
Porarskoner
Weta Tord Avenue
Sasipa
Stres C
Het
Iwsy
Wright
G Hf
Edwarde
Hiran
Yoretham
Arabrees
Ctark
Tober
Ben
Aubert
Vania
Watt
Horne
W.J. WS
Wabash AV
Chica
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