Rock Island items mix fires courts and town news
Local brief notes report a Cordova man in court on a Sunday saloon charge, a Davenport shanty boat death case, a Rock Island freight depot survey, and various city business moves. Other items note a Davenport infant’s funeral, union activity, and railway wage changes in nearby towns.
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Davenport
Myrtle McClain
Zuma Township
Lyman
Henry Schaffer
Cordova
Chas George
James Given
Weld
Given
Rock Island
Rock Island Road
Twentieth Street
Social Notes Highlight Local Visiting Friends and Marriages
Miss Brown of Kansas City returns home after a delightful stay as guest of Mrs. C W Sandstrom. Frank M. Sneed, longtime Moline printer, is a benedict. Frances Jacobs becomes Mrs Sneed as the couple settles in Central City Colorado after a Denver wedding. Numerous social events, thimble party prizes, hospital visits, relocations, and engagements fill local life with updates on residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Brown
Kansas City
C. W Sandstrom
Frank M. Sneed
Moline
Denver
Real Estate Transfers From March Dates in Moline and Rock Island
Real estate transfers listed by date from March 18 to 25 in Moline Rock Island and East Moline with buyers and sellers including Emily Johnson Julius Kohlman Anna McGinley Susan Shrom Catherine Talty William Talty John Shaw Geo Dunn Hattie Coyne Augusta Battles G W Ham ler Kneut Kneutson J E Tappan Emline Anderson David Jones Lars Larson John Astrom R D Connelly Henry Stapley Frank Gould Hazel Jordan Hershel Scott Richard Barker Margaret Bowes John Weyerhaeuser City of Rock Island Mary Godelin Paul Gerhardt Fred Young Aubrey McGinnis Julius Memings Charles VerhEst Julius Memings M C Crandall Ida Mosenfelder Aaron Anderson Constance Guyer Anna Evans August Klebe Frank Blackwell Margaret Nold Frank Shinstrom.
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Emily Johnson
Julius H Kohlman
Stevens
Moline
Anna E McGinley
Susan Shrom
Metes and Bounds
Catherine Talty
William Talty
McCain
John Shaw Et al
Geo. Y. Dunn
Metes
Daniel F Cromwell
Hattie E. Coyne
Augusta B Battles
Bounds
G W Hamler
G. W. Hamler
Kneut Kneutson
J. E Tappan
East Moline
Wiliam T. Miller
David A Jones
William A Jones
Candee’s
Margaret J. Swim
Savings and Loan Association
Candee’s Grove
South Moline
John Astrom
Lars P. Larson
Anderberg’s
Lincoln Heights
South Maline
Orlando Child
R. D. Connelly
Henry P. Stapley
Allen & Fleming
South Rock Island
D H Baldwin
Dan W. Gould
Atkinson
Henrietta Smith
East
East Moline & Watertown Railway Co
Hazel W Jordon
Hershel Scott
Richard D. Barker
Margaret Bowes
Columbia Park
Rock Island
John P. Weyerhaueser
City of
Mary A. Godelin
Paul F. Gerhardt
J. G. Franklin
Barstow
Charles H. Pope
Fred R. Young
Eagt Molins
Nancy McGinnis
Aubrey C. McGinnis
Wy Ney
Julius Memings
Charles Verhelst
John Teten
M. C. Crandall
Ida Mosenfelder
Sey
William E Bailey
Aaron Anderson
W. E. Bailey
Constance K. Guyer
Anna L. Evans
Edwards
Klebe
Frank Blackwell
Margaret J. Nold
Frank M. Shinstrom
Thompson & Wells
Dean's Ointment Relieves Piles Overnight
Years of suffering end in a night as Dean's Ointment delivers instant relief from itching piles. Sold at drug stores for 60 cents, it is advertised as a guaranteed remedy.
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Dean
Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour Ad Delivers Quick Mix
A brief ad touts Mrs Austin's famous Pancake Flour promising a ready mix in a jiffy. Readers are urged to have their grocer on hand to secure this fast cooking staple.
Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour Ad Toasts Taste
A vintage style ad promotes Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour as delicious and ready to use. It claims the flour makes pancakes muffins and gems and urges shoppers to buy from their grocer for consistent quality.
Unclear excerpt notes a breakfast item adjustment
An incomplete text fragment mentions a quick breakfast and a Mrs Austin with a note about removing a cake or flour, but the meaning is garbled and lacks coherent events or identifiable persons. No decisive action or outcome can be determined from the readable lines.
Oaks Mining Co Formed In Illinois For Idaho Gold Plans
Capitalization set at 5000 shares of 10 each totaling 50000 dollars all paid in. Incorporators Henry A Ainsworth Harry Ainsworth and Herbert W Cooper with directors H A Ainsworth H W Cooper Robert Nye W E Philips and Harry Ainsworth. Mines hoped to be a paying gold venture under former Oaks management. work to start soon with several local investors connected to Knox College Galesburg and Moline expressing optimism.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
WC. Bennett
Harry Ainsworth
Herbert W. Cooper
Home Missionary Societies
Evanston
Robert Prey
B Kuba
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior
Moline
Retail Merchants’ Association
Galesburg
Rock Island
Kingsbury
Moline Association
Idaho
The
Oaks Mining Co
Henry A Ainsworth
Herbert W Cooper
H. A Ainses
H W. Cooper
Robert Nye
W. E. Philips
Glant couple marks fiftieth wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs H C Glant celebrate fifty years of marriage, originally wed April 11, 1853 in St Margaret's Church Baltimore. They moved to Rock Island County in 1856 and have four living children, fifteen grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
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H C Glant
Baltimore
St Margaret's Catholic Church
Annander
Rock Island County
Chas. Young
Kansas
T P Brumbach
Rock Island
Emil Henline
Chas P Glant
G Turner
Elizabeth
Mildred
Moline
Conrad Edelman
Celia Peterson
George MacNabney
M Connors
D Cook
East Moline
Henry Harder
Tri-Cities
T Bailey
Jason Willis
Perry Willis
Nettie Miller
Davenport
P Gucket
Underwood
J. Vogel
Rapids City
C E. Pomeroy
Erie
Lillian Dale
Advertised Letters at Moline Post Office March 26 1903
List of names of letters advertised at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending March 26 1903 including Anderson Mrs Ernst Archer W T Beal Mrs Mary Brewer Miss Grace Beckwith L B Clark Miss Grace Cathar Mrs Willard Curtsinger Mrs Sam Costello W B Weaver Peter Dennis Charley Gruber Geo J Hughe Peter Hand F Hagestrom Mrs Mary Kerd Mrs Hattian Johnsson Mrs Goran Johnson Carl Jennings Pearl Keith Ed Kennedy Mrs Nellie Layman Mrs Fannie Moore A J Miller Miss Celia Nilson Gustaf Nordstrom J Porter Miss Cora Ryan Mrs M C Reynolds W E Sanden Oscar Shields J S Backus Erik Williams Mrs John Welser Nellia.
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Moline
Anderson
Ernst Archer
W. T. Beal
Mary Brewer
Grace L. Beckwith
L. B Clark
Grace Cathar
Willard Curtsinger
Sam Costello
W. B. Te Weaver
Peter Dennis
Charley Gruber
Geo. J. Hughe
Peter Hand
F. Hagestrom
Mary Kerd
Hattian
Watertown Social and Business Notices
Ed O Donnell visits at William Keene's. J B Hurst leaves hospital work for Michigan City retail clerk job. Miss Anna Thompson visits Hampton sister Martha. Miss T Leisenfelt in Rock Island. Robert Odell works on Richard Noyes dwelling foundation. Mrs Geisler and Mrs Eblering ride southwest Milwaukee train. Miss Ethel Smith and Grace Benson visit from Hampton. C J Wright back from Jacksonville trip. Henry Hannewacker builds a house for William Paul in Arenschfield. Arnold Peterson of Moline plans hospital vacation after Barnes Medical College return. George Gold now hospital attendant. He is from Johnson County Illinois.
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Watertown
Ed. O'Donnell
William Keene
J. B. Hurst
Michigan City
Ind
Anna Thompson
Hampton
Martha
Mies T Leisenfelt
Rock Island
Robert Odell
South Moline
Richard Noyes
Joseph Geisler
Eberling
Ethel Smith
Grace Benson
J Wright
Jacksonville
Henry Hannewacker
William Paul
Arenschfield
Arnold Peterson
Moline
Barnes Medical College
St Louis
George Gold
Hhe
Johnson County
Ill
West side saloonkeepers held for circuit court trial
Bas City March 26. West side saloonkeepers disregarded a Sunday closing order. Oscar Huts benreath er Joseph Previn and Mark Krinder- Tat were held for trial to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bas City
Mieh
West Side
Oscar Huts Benreather
Joseph Previn
Mark Krinder- Tat Piave
Contractors to Remove Earth
Contractors proceed to remove earth for new shops with site work underway and machinery dispatched for grading and foundation prep. Work is expected to proceed over the coming weeks as plans for the new shops advance.
Eight Steam Shovels to Begin Rock Island Yard Work
Winston Bros plan a major grading project for Pleas shops with four hundred men to be housed in a camp on site. Eight steam shovels and an army of mules and scrapers will work under a large force, with a trainload of equipment at Hook Island ready for deployment.
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Ardenal
Thomas McGovern
Andrew Pearson
Twenty Third
Rose
MacGolyvern
Pearson
Rock Island
Railways
Cecil Dangerfield
Ottawa
Rilverside
Cecil
Dangerfield
Louisiana
Winston Bros
Uvuniaines
Hook Island
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Josephine Hill
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Moline Trust and Savings ‘Bank
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