Long list of local arrivals and civic notes in Rock Island
Saturday arrivals include Prof Hegewald from Clinton and A Friberg party with family. A C Goseman of Morrison visits. Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised in ad. Uusage board sets $2 per meeting. 38 Wright returns from California trip. Odd Fellows celebration at Wagner ends with banquet and bell. Railroad dyke and Mars avenue shaft work progress. S. 8 Convention reports officers elected. address by Rev C L Morgan. resolutions favor prohibition stance. Deere & Co and Moline Wagon Co plan new factory fronts and wings. Tyre building proposed on Sixteenth Street. local economy and architecture noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndsand
Ayer
H Heaton
Keitlesburg
H.C Cook
Heaton
Dew
Keitlesburg Times
Odd Fellows
Wagner
Malias
Order
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Publishers’ Auxiliary
J A. van Fliet
Astern Avenue
Mars Avenue
Deere & Co
Moline Wagon Co
Third Avenue
Alory
Moline Wagon Company
Deere & Mansut Co
Schureman
W. B. Ferguson
Rock Island
Rock Island To Draw Planner & Fine
Sixteenth
Bkinner
Tyre
Om “le
Jobe Biehl
Kowanee
Silvis
Chas. Wright
J. H. Wilson
Moline Avenue
George Lebner
Koch
Ninth Street
John McCarthy
State Hospital
Jacksonville
Idr
Ira Peck
Thirty First Street
Mek Peck
John Scherer
Twelfth Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Davia & Co
Nineteenth Street
First Avenue
Adamson & Buick
Bailey Davenport
Ninth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Woman's Work At Temperance Meeting Highlights WCTU Efforts
A crowded Y M C A hall heard Mrs M Metsgar discuss Frances Willard World W C T U plans. She outlined U S and international efforts, school teaching on temperance, and Illinois battles over prohibition, urging support for public school temperance education and funds for W C T U activities.
Quincy Visit Showcases Fire-Ladder Exhibit and Soldier Home
A Quincy visit highlights a Chicago fire department ladder exhibit worth 8000 dollars, showing a 75 foot reach and 75 to 90 seconds to place men on the roof. The trip also tours the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home with 140 acres, peach blossoms, and care details for veterans, noting gaps in family support and the water works reservoir system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Llinoig
Newcomb
Atone
Chicago
Missouri
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors
Rock Island
Hanford
Illinois
Maj
Iscens
Bote
G. Moglynn
Moline Browns Amateur Club Thrashed by Rock Island in Dusty Tilt
Local amateur baseball in a western suburb saw Moline Browns misplay base running and team coordination as Rock Island won 4 to 2 amid a strong wind and choking dust. Colson and Hawk aided Moline on base, but illness of timing doomed their efforts. Davenport beat Peoria 10 to 8 in the later game with Baton Bolachet pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Moline Browns
Nuotay
Alding
Colson
Hawk
Rock Island
Anne
Zela
Rae
Mer
Colson, & Uineren
Peoria
Davenport
Baton Bolachet
Daddy? Reeves
From the Teacher Journal Published at Anamosa Iowa
A clipped item notes a lesson or notice from an education journal published in Anamosa Iowa. The snippet references academic matters and local schooling interests without detailed names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Lowa
Temperance and Sunday School Topics Highlight Meeting
Rev. A B Meldrum missed, Rev OC Leland preached that daily teacher pupil contact shapes character. Mrs E A Scribner urged missionary emphasis, and E B McKawn analyzed why older pupils quit. Elizabeth Huntoon spoke on temperance taught from scripture and home. Dr J W Shewart presented resolutions after a long program sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A B. Meldruam
OC. Leland
L. D. Edwards
E A. Scribner
Leland Gang
E. B. McKawn
Elizabeth Huntoon
J. W. Bhewart
Potter Hospital Substitutes Monument Plan In Rail City
In Moline Rock Island and Davenport readers learn the plan to replace a bronze statue of General Manager Thomas J Potter with the Thomas J Potter Hospital for rail workers. Subscriptions rose to nearly 7000 dollars in ten days as supporters back the hospital aimed at free treatment for sick and injured railroad employees. Mrs Potter, widow of the manager, urged the change and the committee agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Thomas J Potter
Thomas J. Potter
Toomas J Potter
Safe New Discovery for Consumption Promises Relief
A guaranteed investment in Dr. King's New Discovery offers relief for throat and chest ailments or a refund of the purchase price. Buy from the advertised druggist, Dr. King’s New Discovery is pleasant, safe, and guaranteed with bottles free at Wm. Clendentin's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Wm. Clendentin
Chainee Seeks Clarity on Longtime Kin Disnoy Life Pills
A terse note questions the years of sale for Dr Kin New Disnoy King s New Life Pills and a questionable device called Electri bonitters with unclear origins or official approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kin
Galt He Han Li Ran Soul Om Ihe Ne A Ee Re
Fragmentary OCR text yields no clear event, person, or place. Lacks identifiable entities or a coherent report to summarize into a valid card.
Noted Illinois statesman and jurist Elisha Haines dies at home
Elijah M Haines a long time Illinois politician and lawyer died at his Waukegan home after a long illness following the 1860 election. Born in Oneida County New York about 64 years ago he built a legal career in Waugin Chicago and Rock Island and shaped Illinois law through manuals on township organization and Justice of the Peace duties. He served in the Illinois House since 1858 including terms as speaker and constitutional convention member, wielding influence with cool parliamentary skill and a strong anti monopsony stance. He kept his birth date private and was revered for his Indians history project and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Morgan
Dr. Steves
Des Mai
Mra
Mise Willard
Misa Willard
Linois
Iinois
Lilinois
Gibraltar
Islands of the Sea
Mary Allen West
West
House
Moline
Loyal Temperance Legion
Social Purity Branch
Kittileen
Derman, Grensberger
O'Neill
Miss Willard
Mary Clemmer Leavett
Boston
British Women's Temperance Association
Sanda
Jessie
Wes
Tee U
Politiéa
Haines
Oneida County
New York
John C. Haines
Chicago
Lake County
Waugin
Ilinois
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rock Island Liquor Case Convictions Jump to Fourteen
Federal court in Dubuque ruled against Rock Island wholesale liquor operators finding they needed internal revenue licenses for each sale point. Fourteen of sixteen charges ended in guilty pleas by J. H. Adler Monroe Kohn M Levy Ferdinand Levy James M. Beardsley and Ht B Burgh with one case dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Iowa
Internal Revenue
United States
Dubuque
J.H. Adler
Monroe Kohn
M. Levy
Ferdinand Levy
James M. Beardsley
Ht. B. Burgh
J. H. Adler
Spafford Bathey Marriage in Rock Island Parlor
The May 25 ceremony wedding of Miss Kittie G Bathey to Wallace B Spafford was held Thursday at the Batty home 1802 First Avenue Rock Island. Rev G W Gue officiated. The bride wore pale blue cashmere and the couple lives in Moline and Chicago respectively with Spafford a train dispatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Batties
First Avenue
Rock Island
Mise Kittie G. Bathey
Wallace B Spafford
Chimage
Misasoha
G. W. Gue
Moline
Island Road
Fragmented OCR Q&A on poetry and inspiration
Fragmented text discusses inspiration, writing, and personal musings with scattered references. Names appear in garbled form, impeding clear meaning. The passage reads like a poetical meditation on creativity and prose.
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Hegewald
Clinton
Friberg
California
A C Goseman
Morrison
Oston
Wright
Hood
Wandaee
Horatio McLean
Willisos, White &O S
Binoet
Congreeeman Gest
Port Byron
Thos. McCann
N'apteenth Atel
Morrs Roscoff
Susanne Jennings
Julio L Jencinga
Cambridge
Evening Dispatch
Rock Island County
8. E
First Baptist Church
J A. Bishop
C L. Morga
Palestine
George E Platte
Cleland
W. Wadsworth
L. D Beardy
E B. McKown
Rock Islata
L. D Edwards
Hampton Township
Jeuge
Metzgar
John Ege
Cordova
Pearsall
Coe
Hamilton Wreath
Canoe Creek
John G Osborne
Yuma
Jobo Barton
Cos! Valley
Rural
W. Dwigg
Buffalo Praire
Drury
W. T. Boughton
Andalusia
Bowling
Dr. Stewart
D. Cleland
J W Stewart
John Welch
E B. McKune
Buck Salans
Waertown
F. L. Cook
Bishop
Lizzie Cook
M's Dattdson
Lerbhner
Watertown
J W. Stewar
B. McKown
D Cleland
George E. Platte
A. Harper
Veacon L. D Edwards
Christina
Association Hall
Saale
Bethere Pe Ees Oes
AT. J. Potter Hospital
Elijah Mr. Haines
Elijah M Haines
Waukegan
Spafford
Batties
Byron
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