South Rock Island Democrats Announce Township Ticket
The South Rock Island Democrats slate a ticket including Supervisor M. Lukens, Town Clerk P Schlueter Jr, Highway Commissioner H Paul ach, Justices of the Peace J Graham ar and G Sle, Agossox W Kurth, and B Bachman with other listed candidates.
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Democrats
South Rock Island
Superviseorge M. Lukens
Peter Schlueter Jr
Hans Paul Ach
George Sle
John Graham
Agossox
William Kurth
Stables
Go Corieius
Donnovan
Ittedman
Emil Luchmanh
Fenske Bachman
Andrew Paul
Zuma Trial Sees Dozens Testify Over Hay Purchase
Fifteen or more Zuma township residents testified in Justice Williams court in a suit by Henry Knockemus against Cordelia and Edward Wagle. The dispute centers on a $101 balance for thirteen tons of hay bought as payment on a note, with questions about the actual hay quantity and potential theft. The judge postponed judgment to Friday for further examination. the note is held by Port Byron State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuma Township
Justice Williams
Henry Knockemus
Cordelia Wagle
Edward Wagle
Knockemus
Williams
Harry McCaskrin
Knockamus
Wagle
P R. Ingleson
Zuma
Port Byron
Brigadier General Theodore J Wint Dies in Philadelphia
Brigadier General Theodore J Wint commander of the Missouri Department based in Omaha died suddenly in Philadelphia while seeking medical treatment. The former headquartered officer arrived for care and collapsed. The death ends a noted military career with ties to the Missouri command.
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Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Philadelphia
Theodore J Wint
Department of the
Hurricane Sweeps Italy Wrecks Vessels in Transport
A violent hurricane swept over Italy causing serious damage and wrecking several vessels near Rome. The March 21 report notes multiple ships driven ashore and damaged by the storm with unknown final casualties.
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Italy
Rome
Hollingsworth Named Government Inspector
Dr M A Hollingsworth a veterinary surgeon on Sixteenth street has been appointed by Washington to assist in control of contagious diseases for animals. The new role aids stock shippers especially those moving cattle and horses to Canada where strict import rules require a disease test chart with every animal. The law, effective March 1, anticipates border inspections and potential stock losses for those who delay.
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M. A. Hollingsworth
Sixteenth Street
Washington
Dr. Hollingsworth
Canada
Hampton News Note: Club Surprises Mrs Cain and Easter Plans
In Hampton on March 20 Miss Ruey Whitehead and D B T club members surprised Mrs L V Cain of Moline. Easter rehearsals and services are announced by local churches. Several residents attended funerals in Rock Island and Fort Madison. families welcomed new babies and hosted visitors from Davenport and Moline.
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Molne
Mathilda Vogel
Davenport
James Vogel
Tragedy on Davenport Train Split Family and Falls
A husband, J Kiley, and wife, Mrs Kiley, rode from California toward Charlestown when stepping off near Davenport to view the Mississippi. The husband failed to reboard as a moving train passed a viaduct and was crushed by a girder, dying at St Luke's hospital after being pulled from the wreckage. His wife survived, devastated at the scene. The porter had warned him to let go and stop the train, but the warning was not heard.
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Mississippi
Kiley
Porter
Main Street
St Luke's Hospital
Local changes and idle chatter fill Cordova reports
Rearrangement of telephone lines continues with Quinn engaged the week to ease overloads. Miss Jennie Curtis returns from Moline. Several residents plan moves and purchases, with Kathy Stockwell selling her place and relocation to Montana. Various locals, including teachers, merchants, and trappers, are noted in routine updates and social mentions.
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Cordova
James Quinn
Nneman
Jennie Curtis
Moline
Charles Stockwell
Montana
James Guinn
Howard Reeves
Albert Cool
Charles Ziegler
Hans Hanson
Coal Valley
Hare Spoor
Depot
Harry Tavenner
Charlies Vedder
Davenport
Miller
Princeton
Brunner Brothers
Jack Cooper
Rock Island
George Bryant
Charles George
Jerry Bryant
Wimmer
Miss Maude Gainey Weds Grant Moore at Home Ceremony
Miss Maude Gainey of Carbon Cliff married Grant Moore of Frankfort Indiana yesterday afternoon at the bride’s parents home in Rock Island. The ceremony was performed by Rev W Davis with about thirty relatives present. The couple will reside with the bride’s sister Mrs William Cowley in Moline.
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Maude Gainey
Carbon Cliff
Grant & & Moore
Frankfort
Ind
Thomas Gainey
W. Davis
Rock Island
Rosea
Gertrude Gainey
Marca
Moore
William Cowley
Moline
Bert Cook
Grace Henry
George Johansen
Pleasant Valley
Robert Johnsen
Smith Center
Grandma Buffin
Mrs Buffinh
Here
Warmest March Day in 12 Years Sets Record Pace
The sun baked Davenport as temperatures climbed past 77 at 1 PM and 82 at 3 PM near Sandstrom's drugstore. Officials note March 28, 1895 held 82 degrees as the previous high, with today possibly beating that mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Sandstrom
Third Avenue
Old Sol
Man Charged With Running Blind Pig at Hillsdale
Deputy U S Marshal 8 O Tripp arrested W E Orr in Hillsdale on liquor dispensing charges for the second time in weeks. Orr appeared before Commissioner J M Elliott at Peoria and posted a $200 bond to await action by the federal grand jury.
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O Tripp
Peoria
Hilladale
Wef Orr
Orr
J M Elliott
Marriage Licenses Ledger for Sherrard and Moline
Samuel Clark and Lottie Irwin both of Sherrard. Ernest F Vannelle and Freda King both of Moline. Sam Wenger of Seymour, Iowa, and Edety Lewis of Rock Island.
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Samuel Clark
Lottie Irwin
Sherrard
Ernest F Vannelle
Freda King
Moline
Sam Wenger
Seymour, Io
Edety Lewis
Rock Island
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office 1907
A list of letters remaining unclaimed at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending March 21 1907 includes names such as Miss Anna Bornhoff Mrs Lizzie Brooks Harvey Baughman Ora Craft Mrs J B Clark Miss Mabel Davis W R Davidson Emil Franden Silas Frazer Alvin File Mra G Grandgean Chas G Glase Ollie Henry Peter Johnson Bud Jensen A A Kurtz D LeDoyt Harry Laxapoogan J Aa Muller Emil Nuthal Mrs A B Olson Jim Pollard Eugene Stephenson Mrs L Smith W A Samuelson Mrs J Gnetard Misa Bessie Wolfe Mrs W R Wilcox Nora Wilson Mrs W M Bastman P Mm Putts and others.
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Moline
Ilinois
Buen
H Bornhoff
Anna Brown
Nick Bradford
Lizzie Brooks
Mary Baughman
Harvey Barnes
Ora Craft
Clarence Clark
J B. Duden
Geo Davis
W R Davidson
Mabel Franden
Emil Frazer
Silas File
Alvin Foss
J. W. Smith
W. A. Bamuelson
Mra
J. Gnetard
Misa Bessie Wolfe
W. R. ‘Wilcox
Mir
Nora Wilson
Mre
AW. É. Bastman
P. Mm. Putts Deka Ee
Good Asparagus On Hand And Market Prices Report
Southern vegetables remain good quality while strawberries, pool grade, are scarce due to poor arrival conditions in Chicago. Butter fell two cents this morning signaling a shift toward lower summer prices. Prices for beans and corn show variability with local markets cautious as hay and grain trade reflects dry weather and improving roads.
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Chicago
Haewhawn
Rock
Local Natives and Visitors Share Weekend Happenings
Port Byron residents and friends spent Sunday with relatives and neighbors. Sophia Johnson visits Gust Johnson. Paul Guckert returns from a government drill boat assignment. Bert Cook nurses sister Grace Henry in Moline.
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Mire S Bryvan
Mr Bryans
Mre Moore
Port Byron
Betha Baumbach
Fledasant Valley
Mra Guekert
C J H Hanewecker
Sophia Johnson
Gust Johnson
Paul Guckert
James McGinnis
Michael Hermes
Guckert
Watertown Social Notes and Local Building Work
Watertown notes show visits from Mrs Jud Wainwright of Zuma and Mrs Ed Axelson with children. J M Benson has the Hampton contract to build a dwelling for George Dirreen south of W G Ausbrook’s. Stonemasons will start the foundation across from Cr Johnson’s store. Residents attend funerals and painters work on local houses.
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Watertown
Jud Wainwright
Zuma
Walter Warren
J. M Benson
Hampton
George Dirreen
W G. Ausbrook
Ed. Axelson
E Howard
Florence
Fairfield
John Peterson
R. C. Sin
Cr. Johnson
Ed. Wainwright
Mirai Desa Nicholson
Zoma
C. O. Arenachield
Emil Coleman
Mayline
J C Hawkins
William Ferris
William Ebeling
Dweling
George Stange
Franchises 99-Year Strike on Rock Island Phone Rights
Appellate court upholds Judge Ramsay in restraining Rock Island from interfering with Central Union Telephone Co property. The 1887 ordinance binds the city but grants no perpetual exclusive franchise. Franchise lasts during company life or 99 years from 1883 incorporation. Court says city cannot abrogate contract on its own. writ remains narrowly tailored to protect rights.
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Ramsay
Rock Island
Central Union Telephone Co
Annul Mullane Lease On Storeroom Case Moves Ahead
Legal action seeks to annul Mullane lease on storeroom as disputes over possession and alterations unfold. Judge Mayer presides as Patrick Mullane and WG Porton & Co defend ownership claims while counsel argue waste and replacement of removed shelving before lease expires. The matter weighs on interpretation of city property law and is taken under advisement.
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Emanuel Mayer
Patrick Mullane
Matstrate
Frank Grustafson
Penthy Emaantel Mayer Weinesdty
McKinnte Dock
Mr Mayet
McKinnte
Patrik Mulan
Fuonisn
Uge
Hig
Sore
Mt Dea
WG Porton & Co
Mullan
Mayer
Moore
Body of Brother Holmberg Identified After Ten Years Missing
William Holmberg of Galesburg identified the body found near Orion as his brother Charles Holmberg a Sweden native who lived in Moline and Galesburg before vanishing ten years ago He was last seen after working on Burlington track changes near Orion and died after a railroad accident.
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William Homberg
Galesburg
Charles Holmberg
Moline
Charles Holmbe
Orion
Burlington
BE . Brown
Holmberg
William Holmberg
Charlies Holmberg
Sweden
Leta
Also
Seein
Qeleg
Disappeared in October Mrs Shoanaker Sought by Family
A search at Kewanee for Mrs. C R Shoanaker who vanished from Moline on October 2 is led by her mother Mrs Frances Avery. A note left at home claimed searching would be futile. The case ties to her husband a Barnard Leas Co machinist and a brother employed by Peoples Power Co.
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C R. Shoanaker
Moline
Kewanes
Frances Avery
Avery
A B. Bolton
Kewanee
Mra Shanaker
Saratoga
Mra Avery
E4rth Avenue
Peoples Power Co
Barnard & Leva Miz Co
Chicago
Saupul
Practical joke nearly causes panic at birthday gathering
A man with a bandaged leg and sling staggered into Horace Anderson’s home at 1152 Thirteenth Avenue during a birthday party. He pretended to bleed, triggering hysteria among young women and prompting warnings against similar pranks. The incident disrupted the celebration as onlookers feared a real attack.
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Horace Anderson
Thirteenth Avenue
Mies Nettle Anderson
Claifeil
St the Nouse
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George Lukens
Sunnaturg
Ioan
Bolliates
Hay Deal
Port Byron Bank
Gen. Wint
BR. Hollingsworth
Philip Hermes
S T Anthonys Hospital
Gertrude Mohr
Delta Harder
Julia van Hock
Alice Voge
W S Read
Flannagan LeRoy McNabney
Light
Ama Norton
L. F Baker
George Crawford
Walter Black
Henrietta M Heagy
Morris
Heagy
Twenty-second Street
Samuel Heagy
W. B. Baan
Robert Anderson
Warner's Crossing
James Maxwell
Maxwell
Anderton
Methodist Chorch
McGinnis
Irs
Henline
Con Anderson
George Baumbach
Mr. Baumbach
Wie
P. J. Kiley
Pulkman
Kluey
Gatch
Jerijchos Drugatore
Miss Maude Gainey
Grant Moore
Garbon Cliff
Hillsdale
Mullane
Kinnie Block
Brother Wissing
Wiliam Holmberg
Glue Interance
Ning Avery Sloanaker
The
Barnard & Leas Co
Polilee
Cangh
Shoanaker
Nina Avery
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