Vicious assault on non union men in East Moline
Frank Meyer and two fellow workers, nonunion machinists, were attacked Saturday night on Fifth street in East Moline by union machinists. Meyer was found Sunday morning in serious condition with a brain injury and unconsciousness from blows. Yeager and another companion sustained injuries as they fled to a rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
East Moline
Frank Meyer
City Hospital
Jennie
Bierresa
Rumor and reminders of a posting in 1906 era notices
Fragmentary notes mention a Colonel Hobes and possible posting to Waterow New York with references to a Lt Colonel and a commandant role. Scattered lines include a candle scene and a chorus of names, ending with an advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup from 1906 with a serial number.
Hillsdale Man Sues Highway Commissioners for Horse Injuries
David E. Scott of Hillsdale sues the Hampton township highway commissioners for $50 alleging negligence caused his horse to fall into a ditch along the road between Watertown and Wake near Happy Hollow last August. Case postponed until Scott returns from California. John Hauberg represents plaintiff and M J Me Entry represents defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Scott
Hillsdale
Hampton Township
Court of Justice
R Ingelson
California
Scott
Watertown
Wake
Happy Hollow
John Hauberg
Record-breaking month at Rock Island shops under superintendent Wo
The article notes Wo Sei de' 5 and the Sims at the Rock Island road shops achieving a new record for the month ending Tuesday. It highlights overhaul work on engines, readiness for reinstallation, and a longer period of service than any predecessor, marking the heaviest year in terms of work output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wo Seide
Uet
Sims
Rock Island Road
Seuiel Nas
Evden
Hotel owner held for Mrs Chester's death
A hotel owner faces charges linked to the death of Mrs Mae Chester. The investigation centers on an elevator shaft incident at the Hotel Maveron Beare where Mrs Chester died after a fall during a rescue attempt. Authorities note the shaft was opened while inspectors tracked the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Chester Woo Wan
Crester Stan
Chester
Convict No 1144 Escapes Through New Drain Pipe
A Chicago Tribune report describes Convict No 1144 squeezing through a recently connected prison drain pipe and slipping into darkness. He remarks that this may mark a new development in criminal procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Excited Suspicion Over Wife's Arrest Reported
Witty exchange recounts a wife’s arrest after alighting a trolley car. A policeman, mistaken by her attire, suspects she was a man in disguise, prompting surprise and humorous dialogue.
Boy from Aurora Loses Leg on Burlington Freight
George Rohrig, 19, of Aurora, attempted to steal a ride on a westbound Burlington freight train at 230 Street when he fell under a car. His right leg was nearly severed and amputation was deemed necessary. He is at the city hospital with a scalp wound and back puncture but is expected to recover. Rohrig and fellow molder apprentice George Blank were traveling from Aurora to Moline to seek work in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rohrig
Sinzie
Aurora
Burlington
Twenty Third Street
A D Weat
City Hospital
Robby
Molder
Moline
George Blank
Rock Island
Visit from Chicago Woman Ends in Threshers Feast
The Chicago guest visited a Kansas farming family. She insisted on working with the threshers, sending her sister to rest. Supper that night served twenty seven guests with a sandwich tied with ribbon a marble sized cheeseball a chicken croquette and a boutonniere at each plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Emporila
Kansas
Strives to Please Uncle Dialogues in Bed
A Chicago Chronicle brief captures a child Bertie reciting his bedtime prayer. He asks which relative to bless with weight changes, mentioning Aunty Kitty Uncle James and Uncle Felix in a warm domestic vignette. The light exchange reveals family dynamics and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie
Uncle Felix
Kitty
James
Felix
Chicago Chronicle
Hotel plans advance as East Moline builder acquires plot
A new brick business block will rise on First avenue near Seventh street East Moline after Attorney W Q Baker finalizes the deal moving Charlier Leenknecht to a lot east of his current site. Excavation starts this week for a two story 50 by 60 building with three storerooms on the first floor and hotel rooms on the second. An office room may be set aside for the planned hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Seventh Street
East Moline
W .Q. Baker
Charlier Leenknecht
Octave Thanet Publishes New Novel In Magazine
Octave Thanet the Davenport author Miss Alice French writes a second novel to appear in Read er magazine. The story blends romance of modern American life with a mystery of disappearance and is described as a lively, humor infused exploration of love in business set against contemporary society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen
Davenport
Octave Thanet
Alice French
Reader
Miss French
Rulmance
34 New Divorce Suits Filed in Docket Load
The May term docket will include 296 chancery and 208 common law cases with 59 chancery and 50 common law new filings. Judge Hamay granted Faitk Pawlowski a divorce from Anta Pawlowski for cruelty and neglect. Ella M McDonald of Rock Island sued Edward F McDonald for divorce, citing cruelty and a July 1 1903 Jerseyville marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deulé
Hamaay
Ella M McDonald
Rock Island
Edward F McDonald
Jerseyville
Rock Island Union to be purchased by option
Rock Island announces taking of an option on the Rock Island Union property and lease of the building that houses the paper. Attorney Hope Thompson, who arranged the option, says it equals a sale and that changes will develop the property. An option period of thirty days applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Rock Island Union
Hope Thompson
Mr Thompson
F O van Galder
Modern Woodman
J Collings
Union Publishing Co
Thompson
Remember There Are Things Money Cannot Buy
A humorous exchange between a melodramatic man and a practical poor man echoes in the Washington Star cartoon. The unpecunious speaker longs for change, while the other notes money cannot purchase certain realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Phonetic Spelling Debate Echoes in Local Courier
In a playful column the Loulaville Courier Jouram toys with how to spell sarcasm. The piece ponders phonetic renderings such as sarcastum sarkasom sarchasim and similar forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loulaville Courier
Jouram
Plans for Parsonage at East Moline with Congregational support
Plymouth Congregational votes to place a resident pastor at East Moline Ridgeview. Congregational Building Society offers a loan, and friends may fund part of the parsonage price. Salary support aims for half of 1000 dollars, with East Moline raising the remainder. Several property transactions and deeds are listed for Rock Island and Moline areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Congregational Church
East Molin
East Moline
Wi” Union Congregational Church
Ridgeview
Henry Harris
Congregational Building Society
Friends of
Congregational Church
Plymouth Church
Mysterious Fires Surprise Sixth Avenue Residents
Incendiary arson is blamed for two barns on Sixth Avenue within an hour of each other. Mrs Emma Lindahl’s property suffered minor damage while Martin Kronholm’s barn fire caused substantial loss of tools gear and a new roof. A Wichita suspect Rozelle Greenbaum 22 was detained after a separate bicycle theft report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Emma Lindah
Martin Kronholm
Kronholm
Moline
Reform School
John Q. Hawk
Real Estate Transfers Record Lists Multiple Rock Island Deals
April 18 transfers include Wilford Eltman to Chas Ho Warwick for lot 1 block F Edgewood Park Rock Island at 4090 dollars and First Baptist to Edgewood Baptist for lot 16 block 3 Sinnet's addition at 1 dollar. Numerous other quit claims and parcel sales occur across Moline Rock Island Silva and Barstow areas with sums from 50 to 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Rock Island
Hugh
Parks Et Ux
Mary Nicholson
Donaboo & Cosners
East Moline
H. H. Pope
Gerard T. Smith
Wm. H. Richard
Emma Wilson
Mayer Rosenfield
Moline
Edgewood Park
Laura B. Swange
Arthur R. Morrie
Martha A
Case
Emily Days
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Thos. B. Cole
Lorenzo R. Cole
Thomas B. Cole
Lorenzo Cole
Andalusia
Ill
E L
J A Anderson
Minnie O Anderson
Swow
H Guver
Henry Slefkin
John D Weaver
John A. Weaver
Ney
Geo
W Griffin Tod L. Oakleaf
Mary Gibson Et al
Mary A Gorry
Owy
Mary Danberg
Mayer Rosenfeld
Lowell C Woyd
John Conrad
Se 4
Guyer
White & Pope
Christian Wallis
Louie E Hender
Walter Hender
W Hamler
Sophia Regenberg
Hugh E Curtis
Wm. EB. Bailey
First Baptist Church
Watertown
Max Bock
Arcularis
Hampton
Isaac Conner
Clayton
Anna Conner
McCabe & Guyer
Carl Anderson
Florence B Fisk
John A. Wanless
Candee Grove
John Wanless
Florence B. Fisk
Candee
Daniel C Grady
Harvey Gaskill
Moline Water Power Co
Emma E Nourse
David M Hamlet
Acme
Francis M Sinnet
Frank Kraklion
Sinnet
People’s Savings Bank and Trust Co
A. C Stouffer
Hill’s
Wm. Taylor
Rebecca McCormick
Ilinois City
Emily J Eckstrom
Chas. W. Johnson
Fairmount
Thos. Meegan
Chas Enburg
Sweeney & Jackson
Lars P Nelson
Herschel Caverly
Old Town
Martin BE. Holmes
Mary J. de Bourcy
Silvis
C H Pope
Chas. H. Deere
H Guyer
Chas. H Deere
Wm. T Ball
John Hoss
Moline Water Power Company
Matilda K. Young
Lizzie Cant
Sugis
Assessor
Awsw Ow
EE. H Guyer
Joseph J. Woyker
Moline Trust
Gla
Elizabeth K-Sinfeld-To-Lissle-Cant
Gsuess
Awk
Aw Nw
Dart
Martin H- Holmes
Lida L. Knight
Wm.h. Whiteside
Atkinson
Gubdiy
Gunt Zetterberg
Theodora Walker
J. Deere
Saas Wek Boers
Wilford JL. Eltman
Chas Ho Warwick
Edgewood Baptist Church
Sinnet’s
Lewis
Woodburn
Emma E. Nourse
Rufus Walker
Chas O Lewis
Robin Woodburn
C O Lewis
R S Woodburn
Frank C Warner
Lawrence C Warner
Nourse
Edgar Bellers
Mary J Hock
East Molne
Um Schuck
John F Butzer
Hilldale
E G Jamieson
John Looney
Wilmerton
Highland Park
Chas O Lewis Tao
Fannie & Morrison
Wm. F. Dunn
Ryder & Read
H. L. Thede
Theo. BE. Lundell
Jos. B. Oakleaf
H. H.guyer
Chas. A. Palmer
Regina Eaton
Gao
Glockhoff
Wm. C. Looney
Jas
Sackville
Jas. Watts
Goal Valley
Mount Frank -Et-Ux
Jona
Jomy
O Harrs Status and Irish Bulls Story Told
The Rev Samuel McCoomb recounted a tale about a notorious Irish bull last evening. An English traveler asked an Irishman about a house and was directed to Mr O Hares residence with a muddled mistaken reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McCoomb
Ireland
Mr. O'Hare
Mel Dobearrow
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Gen Union
Root & van Dervoort
Meyer
Yeager
Auen
Therm Messer
bin Tne
Wiliam McAlpine x
Copsiions
Comdifian
Sheriff's Force
Meudas
Colonel Hobes
Colone Blunt
Springheld Arsenal
Conan Py
Lor
FE Hotba
United Stater
Arastir
Waterow
Asa Weis
Miranda
Katherine
Katherne
Father
George
Case Lo
Mr Setde
Creo
Wow Wang Sex
Paris
McCarthy Company
Tri City Construction Co
Second Avenue
Seventeenth
Twenty-first Street
McCarthy Construction Co
Clark Anderson
Siee
Fytyy Construction Co
Fourth Avenue
Metarthy
Third Avenue
Lanbert Construction Co
Des Moines
Atima
Iredome
Ime
Eighteenth Street
PJ Mearthy
McCarthys Contractiion Co
Eighth Avenue
McCarthy
Tricity Construction Co
2D Avenue
17Th
21St Street
The
Chicago Idea
Charles Leenknecht
East Molinge
Rock Islanders
UNION
Plymouth Congregational
Kronholwm
Kronholm’s
Oll
Elmer Heck
Fifteenth Street
N M Ballentine
Railroad Avenue
Degleg Negro
Rozelle Greenbaum
Wichita
DeJaeger
Lebbert
Thirty-fourth Street
Greenbaum
Ahick
O'Hare
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