Various Iowa and Illinois Local News Bits
Local notes report Ed Mesrspan-barea birth, Charles Swanson return from Sweden, Otto J. Sala selling a Delmar meat market and moving to Moline, and a furniture store job opening at Monson Co. Five Points. Other items mention a Davenport band sale, Cassell family move to Harvey Illinois, Rev. Brand taking a pastorate in Atchison, and a new larger lathe for Moline Plow Co. building plans. typhoid linked to Burlington well. Sol Hirech's Louisville trip. Mrs. Cralle traveling to Albert Lea. the death of Philip Ott in Geneseo. Max Kroeger buying land on Fourteenth Street. an alleged elopement of Anton Hichards and Mabel La Grange. Davenport Gas Light charged as a nuisance. a city claim verdict in Davenport. and factory plans for Moline Furniture Co. plus a note on A B Webb’s mental illness and potential asylum treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed _Mesrspan-barea
Fina Little
Charles Swanson
Sweden
Otto J. Sala
Delmar
Iowa
Moline
Hennepin Canal Jurisdiction Debate Draws Officials
A disputed state jurisdiction over the Hennepin canal prompts letters and warnings about blame falling on engineers in charge. The piece recounts a back-and-forth between Oliver Olsen Capt Marshall and others, notes calls for canal legislation, and mentions a northern Illinois normal school drive and recent local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Olean
Oliver Olsen
Unicon
Hennepin Canal
Capt
Mirshill
Hook Island
Olsen
Milan
Citizens’ Association
Wheeler
Henderson
Payne
House
Springfield
General Senderson
Ilinois
Marshall
Washington
Llennepin
Army
Hlennepin Canal
Memorial services honor typhoid victims at Augustana College
In the college chapel a Sunday night gathering featured memorial addresses by Prof Bartholomew and President Olson. Bartholomew spoke on voices of the dead and their ministry to the living while Olson, in Swedish, reflected on Moses and sorrow, faith, and lasting hope. The service included music and prayers, concluding with benediction in Rock Island on April 27 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
M. L. Garson
The
Theological Seminary
Bartholomew
Abel
Olson
Sinai
Moses
Israel
Canaan
Mount Sinai
Alps
Switzerland
Riverside
Father of
Waters
C. E. Lindberg
Fragmented Verse and Rural Labor Echoes in A Lost Page
A garbled OCR collage resembles a 19th century page mixing dialogue about beef trade and household chores with verses on labor. It references Mrs Prentice and Mrs Binthyre, a kitchen scene, and repeated mentions of the washtub, bread, doughnuts, and farm labor. The text blends comic speech with poems about women’s work and rural life.
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Monson & Co
W. BR. Triplett
Toeaday
Creston
Oliver Livingston
Jos. Wilkinson
Colfax
Davenport
I. Cassell
Harvey
Cook County
Mr. Cassell
E. P. Brand
Orion
Atchison, Kas
First Baptist Church
Moline Plow Co
Henry Karaten
Eighteenth Avenue
Seventh Street
Burlington
Sol Hirech
Louisville
Chicago
Dick Taylor
Carroll Kinsey
L. F Cralle
Albert ,Lea
Minn
A Stevenson
Philip Ott
Henry County
Illinois
Genesco
Alsace
Germany
Max Kroeger
Bluff
John Hansen
Fourteenth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Kroeger
Anton Hichards
Mabel la Grange
Harper’s Theatre
Duncan Clark
Davenport Gas Light Company
Boata
Jane Westlake
Fulton Avenue
Howat
Mra Westlake
Moline Furniture Co
Suenrie
A. B. Webb
D W Sickels
Marshall Field & Co
Rock Island
Hennepin
CANAL
Elcin
Vworthorm Allinois Association
Llinmois
Hatch
Prof. Caldwell
Elgin
Dlinois Teachers’ Association
Seaston
J. R. Walker
Keckford
Sr. Kemble
J. W Burton
Polo
J Hi. Freeman
Aurora
O Tright
FE Lavell
West Aurora
Carts
Harvare
F Harber
Rockford
Anne Andrews
Nunda
E Clage
Oregon
Vorreen
J Kinney
DR. Galt
Thos. Galt
Dispatch
Lee
John
Sterling, I
Berkshire Medical College
Pittafield
Mass
Stock Island
Gustaf de Neve
Union Malleable Iron Cop
Thirteenth Avenue
Sloan
Hood
Augustana College
Prof
Mr . Cord
Jove
Puck
Prentice
Alrave
Boston
Céacher
Johnnison Mas
New York
Patel
Bran
Mr Curd
von John
Litchen
Henri Hain Stawrell
Pearne
Avon
Athos
James PN
Au Ware
Ee Udlania
Todd
Mege
Rock Island, Ill
Practical
Gramma
Wil
Rof
J. E. Gustus
PRIN
CNDEL
Rock Island Savings Bank
F C Denkmann
Nice
OM Ord Ord
Ominnell Bop Reynolden Foc Denkmaon
John Crotwueh
Reivers Diinon
Jay Ge
Metebob & Pyne Inti
Bank
Ieing Cet
Teat
Jackson & Herst Solactore
Caen
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Missouri River
Joliet
Ottawa
Peoria
la Salle
Muscatine Ottumwa
Qekalopea
Des Moines
Winterset
Audubon, Harlan
Council Bluffs
Waa
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Cameron
St. Joseph
Pacific
Omaha
North Platte
Neb
Colorado Spring
Ldver
Pueblo
Kansas City
Topeka
Merle
Wemiinshig
Portland
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pike’s Peak
Antiou
Garden of the Gods
Colorado
Albert Lea
Mennvape
Whit Haid
Pearis
Sair Iake
Viack Island
Pipartom
Wenttown
Kawkakee
Seneca
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Biaffa
St Joseph
Atchison
Leavenworth
St Paul
United States
Canada
ST. John
General Moragor
Ill
John Sebastian
Gor
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