Local notes and appointments across Moline and Rock Island
Emerson on Ng udeaya plans and committee roles for a law and order ticket. J-0.H. Read & Co occupy the former M C A reading room with their real estate office. Mrs Walon of Bay Springs Michigan visits the Lee family in Cable. Iron Molders Union No. 187 names committee for Labor Day tri city celebration. Oliver Ohlsen and Stella Parker mutually agree not to go to Oregon, the arrangement dated for April 16. Sergeant F. M. Grafton returns from service for a three month furlough. E Merryman returns from Kearney with his ill father. Kaller & Walker sell vacant lot to Wm Doyle at Dimock. Telephone wires expand service by 560 percent with new lines. Rock Island Railway bosses reportedly under pressure amid possible Gould leadership. Fred Osborn reports flooding on Rock River near Osborn station. Contractors meet with limited attendance. next meeting planned. Hew JC H Read buys Philip Heck place in Stewartville for about 2500. Eugene Lewis residence viewed for potential purchase. Reports indicate white lights required on rowboat stems during high water. Port Byron’s E Y Johnston frail. long-time lawyer and former legislator hopes for recovery. Bert Taylor at Jefferson Barracks updates on adjutant clerk duties with mixed provisions.
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Evening Dispatch
Moline
Charley Strand
Johnnie Richie
Clendenin
Young Strand
Ritchie
Chicago
Fly
Vilows Wassob
Frank Rapp
Davenport
Tommie Davidson
Fred Hughes
Cable
D’able
Rock Island
Gordon Hotel
Union
Marshal Long
Citizens urge saloon freedom and Sunday closure ban
A Moline writer argues to end all licenses for saloons and ban chairs stalls blinds and Sunday opening. He proposes marshal only police access, no Sunday entry, and a yearly tax plan claimed to curb saloons and reduce revenue via direct payment.
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Epirons
C.F Ca
Algkins
Henry W Sears Dies After Intestinal TeleScoping At Farm
Henry W Sears 40 from Chicago recently moved to a Bowling township farm. He fell ill at David Sears’s home while moving goods, suffered cramps then intestinal obstruction and perforation, dying after transfer to his brother’s residence. He leaves a wife and two children, insured for 5000, with funeral at Rock Island Christian church.
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Henry W. Sears
Sears
Chicago
Bowling Township
Jr. Wright
Nearn
Cooper
David Sears
W. F. Gilmore
Rush Center
Kan
Rock Island
Covenant Mutual Benefit Association
Galesburg
Kansas
David ‘Seara
Christian Church
Settlement proposal in Thompson dower suits debated
A proposed settlement of the Thompson dower suits was submitted by complainants’ attorneys G W Wood and Eugene Lewis to the defense committee. The offer of 2800 dollars was contingent on timely guarantees, with some owners resisting signing before signatures of all interested parties were secured.
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G. W. Wood
Eugene Lewis
Passmore’s Oregon Monument Contract Ends in Indictment
Wm. Passmore of 2026 Sixth avenue was arrested in Rock Island on an Ogle county case over an $8,000 soldiers' monument contract at Oregon. He drew small sums from Meese and Ekland of Moline, but drafts were dishonored, leading to his indictment and contract cancellation. Later, Passmore was released after Meese testified to his innocence. The report also notes a double family bereavement in Port Byron.
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Sixth Avenue
Gordon
Rock Island
Ogle County
Oregon
W. A. Meese
L. N. Eklund
Moline
Passmore
Assmore
Fato
I’assmore
Thas Ile
Messrs
Lawrence Eklund
W. A Meese
Mr Meese
Moline National Bank
Mr. Passmore
Meese
Prohibitionists Postpone Conference and Ward Caucuses
The Central Committee decided not to hold ward caucuses or a city convention this spring. A prohibitionist conference at the YMCA Building was sparsely attended and did not reach unanimity on backing a law-and-order ticket with higher license demands. The meeting adjourned for one week to let third party members review the platform.
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Republican City Central Committee
Runaway Accident injures Frank Mooney near Milan
Frank Mooney, 4, employed by George Lukens, was thrown from a buggy near Williams White & Co. in the morning. He suffered a brain concussion, no skull fracture, and was taken to the police station via patrol wagon. Mooney had been staying with Lukens at the Commercial House after a trip from Rock Island. He fears his absence will alarm his wife and Lukens family.
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George Lukens
Rock Island
Blillowd
Lou Williams
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Ile
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Wessel
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Infallible Cure Promoted for Asiatic Cholera
Dysentery and cholera claims surround Maguire's Benne Plant marketed as a yearly remedy. The Western Sanitary Commission and U S army officers reportedly endorse it with thousands of testimonials as a sure preventive of Asiatic cholera.
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Maguire’s Benne
Western Sanitary Commission
U' S. Army
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