Excavation and High Rise Planned for Sixth Avenue Block
Dr A H Arp announces purchase of 1515 Sixth Avenue with plans for a modern three story building to be started June 1. The Dewend Kuschmann Furniture Co will occupy the completed building for ten years and may add a fourth story.
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Dewend-Kueck Naan
Furniture Ce
A. H. Arp
Dahlheim
Sixth Avenue
Dr. Arp
Dewend-Kuschmann Furniture Co
Third Avenue
Arp
Dewend
Dewend-Kuschmann
Corvin
Rock Island
Ainsworth
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Davenport
F. P Styvaert
Graham May Runs as an Insurgent Candidate
State's Attorney W J Graham of Aledo says he will not seek the Republican nomination for congress to replace James McKinney but is considering a district tour to assess an insurgent campaign. He plans a canvass to gauge how such a candidacy would be viewed.
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W J. Graham
Aledo
Congress
James McKinney
Valuable Tariff Book Contains Taft Speeches
A 480 page Tariff book issued by the American Protective Tariff League of New York gathers speeches by President Taft along with quotations and statistics from over 100 senators and representatives on tariff matters from the Sixty first Congress special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Protective Tariff League of New York
Taft
Congress
Sixty-first Congress
Front tooth loss during collision prompts gas talk
Redd asks about gas after a front tooth injury. Greene explains the tooth was knocked out by an automobile. Yonkers State as Fy records the exchange and note of obtaining gasoline.
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Greene
Yonkers
Wesley Whitehead veteran G A R commander dies in Hampton
Wesley Whitehead a longtime veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic died at 3 on Monday at his Hampton home after a yearlong decline. Born in England May 6, 1847 he came to America at age six and married Mary E. Britfum in Manhattan Kansas August 25 1870. Surviving are daughters Mrs Lilian Johnson Mrs Mabel Ploog Mrs Ruey Peterson and son Hiram Whitehead. He commanded the Grand Army post at Hampton. Funeral at 2 Wednesday from the Methodist church with Hampton cemetery burial.
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Wesley
T. Whitehead
Ely Cwair
Imerslag
Aechis
Hampton
England
America
Manhattan
Kas
Mary E. Britfum
Lil-ian
Africa influenced by Roosevelt as Hartzell praises visit
Rev Jos Culver Hartzell, Africa Methodist bishop, praised Theodore Roosevelt for strengthening civil and religious liberty as he toured Morocco, Algiers, and Tripoli. He expects to visit Moline then Chicago for bishops' conference and views North Africa’s growth under French rule with roads and immigration as future regional influence.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Jos
Culver Hartzell
Chicago
Morocco
Algiers
Tripoli
Hartzell
Moline
Conference of Bishops
Roosevelt
Hartzeil
Eingland
Nile
Cairo
North Africa
Methodist Church
France
Europe
United States
Morton Culver Hartzell
South Park Avenue Methodist Church
The
Local Legislators on Bribery Charges in State Race
Rock Island representative Henry Wheelan deflects bribery talk saying he has not been accused and declines to comment. He criticizes O Fallon’s Charles White as untrustworthy, noting White’s drinking and gambling, while praising Wheelan’s voter guidance during Lorimer’s deadlock and citing constituent support. Senator Frank A Landee denies being bribed and notes strong GOP backing for Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wheelan
Rock Island
William Lorimer
Chicago Tribune
Wheelan
Charles A White
O’fallon
Lee O'Neill
Browne
Ottawa
Lorimer
Tippit
State House
Hopkins
Frank A Landee
Tribune
Landee
Uke White
Wagon Rates Rise for Moving Firms and Express Hire
The notice states wagon prices have increased and that the cost for moving household goods now rises by about 25 cents per load. Express wagon hourly rates go from 60 to 75 cents, with contracting concerns limited to 60 cents. Baggage hauling remains unchanged.
Nest of Wolves Found by Cambridge Farmers
Two farmers north of Cambridge found a box containing ten young wolves under a gooseberry bush. The wolves, about the size of kittens, were brought to Cambridge to claim a bounty of ten dollars. They were later burned in the heater room after being killed.
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Cambridge
Greed for Gold Expanded to China and Bishop Lewis Speech
The Rev W S Lewis, Methodist bishop to China, spoke at the First Methodist church in Rock Island about China’s Awakening and the push toward constitutional government by 1908. He noted education as key, warned of cigarette habits—tied to American tobacco firms in China—and reported strong pledges from Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W S Lewis
China
First Methodist Church
Rock Island
Oriental Empire
America
Lewis
Citne
Fohn
Bishop Lewis
Moline Methodist
J A Buretat
Davenport
Wooor
Wiley
Kos Wikliginia
Lavineck Missionary
Schaible Exercises Option On Dahlheim Property
J. and Schaible announces he has exercised the option on the Dahlheim property on Sixth avenue east of the Kerns block. He will not disclose the price paid. The 40 by 150 foot lot will host a building by the eventual purchaser, whose identity he cannot reveal today.
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Schaible
J. & Schaible
Dahlheim
Sixth Avenue
Kerns Block
Schaiblewald
Reform Plan for County Infirmary Finances
A county infirmary reform proposal argues audits should precede payment. It notes incomplete records of funds received and disbursed, urges the infirmary committee to audit bills and file them with the board for payment, and to place receipts and money into the county treasury.
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Board of Supervisors
Wylie
John Swanck
County
Miss Toliver Dies in Street Car After Illness
Hattie J Toliver a 62 year old Rock Island hairdresser famed for marcella waves and turbans died Sunday night on a Watch Tower street car. She had boarded to go to her parlors at 1813 Second Avenue when a brea thing spell struck near Sixth Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Dr Souders pronounced her dead. coroner Rose led an inquest with the car conductor and a passenger testifying. The jury ruled heart failure as the cause.
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Hattie J Toliver
Tri-Cities
Rock Island
Aiken Street
South Rock Island
Second Avenue
Eighteenth Avenue
Miss Toliver
Sixth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Sauders
Souders
Rose
Knox
Gone
Expressmen of Moline Raise Haul Rates May First
In Moline a group of twelve expressmen meeting last Friday agreed to raise hauling prices, effective Monday May 2, by 15 to 30 percent. They cited doubled hay costs and near doubling of corn prices, higher wages from three to five dollars weekly, and increased costs for horse shoers and harness goods as reasons for the advance.
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Moline
Mayday Festivities at Augustana College Begin Month
The Augustana college community marked May with its traditional Mayday events. The college band played at 6 o clock to awaken the campus, and the senior class of twenty eight wore caps and gowns at morning exercises in Cable hall chapel, highlighting the rite of passage. R B Fish moved into residence at 1625 Ninth Avenue, buying it from George Morgan for 2404 dollars.
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Augustana College
Cable Hall
R. B. Fish
Ninth Avenue
George Morgan
May Grand Jury Foreman Named for Zuma County
The grand jury for the May term will be led by Zuma Man with 23 men drawn. Three were excused on request. The list includes Cordova Sallows Coe Donahoo Dailey and many others from Moline Rock Island and surrounding towns. Hearing on injunction suits by three East Moline manufacturers against Cox and Case was continued to May 1.
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Fy Wo Mommaoof Zuma
East Moline
P F Cox
William Case
South Moline Township
Switch Engines Collide in Rock Island Yard Crash
A spectacular wreck occurred Friday afternoon in the Rock Island yards near Thirteenth Street when a switch engine pushing cars westbound on track No collided with another switch engine. No further details were provided.
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E. Dolph
D. Brows
H. Tinsley
Shaffer
Tinsley
Dolph
Brown
Rock Island Yards
Thirteenth Street
Dentists Adopt Six Month Saturday Half Holiday
The Dentists of the city reach a six month agreement to close Saturday afternoons starting May 7. The pact, signed at a meeting, sets the half day through September. Fifteen dentists were present and all approved the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanes
Banks President of Gun Club in Silvis
A gun club in Silvis held a meeting Saturday evening to elect officers. John Banks was named president with M W Pennell as secretary and P W Keller as field captain. Another meeting is scheduled at Andy McKauffehs this Thursday for continuing organization efforts.
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Banks
GUN Club
Silvis
N Gun Club
Strvds
John Banks
Pennell
P W Keller
Andy McKaufehs
Moline
Fama Row
Mercer County Experimental Farm to Aid State Agriculture
The Mercer county board of duper visera donated land near Aledo for an experimental farm serving state agricultural authorities. The project creates an enterprise once thought possible only in Rock Inland county. A second farm will be located in Hancock county in the western part of the state.
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Mercer County Board of Dupervisera
Aledo
Rock
Hancock County
Woman's club forms good roads committee for Moline
Mrs F G Allen chairs the civic department and the new good roads committee aims for temporary repairs to improve approaches to Moline. The group plans to lobb y highway officials, work with city men, and seek immediate but practical improvements this year.
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Civic Department of
Woman’s Club
F .G. Allen
The
Woman's Club
Europe
Moline
Wonans Club
Rongiad
Wo L.welle
W H VanderVoort
Mir
R Ebi
Neilson H. Greene
George W Ross
E H
R Stephens
Batha
H A Ainsworth
Will Ll. Velle
Old City Directory Copies Passed Through Hands
The Dispatch notes many 1858 city directory copies in private possession. Jugge Gould, Mrs WW Heathan, Mrs Emmauv Sleight dearso, and Mrs I Dunn own or hold copies. Mrs Dunn’s Historical Souvenir of Mo line and Vicinity provided access to over a dozen copies. The piece urges careful preservation as these directories grow more valuable with age.
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Cervin
Graham
Mander
Pinhop Hartsell
Taflu_ “guice
Senator Landee
Mr. Wheelan
White
Mr. Landee
Court House
Americn Ao
Futeman Clark
C. O. Nason
Clarence E. Nason
Asheville
Zhereday
York Beach
E. L. Eastman
Parlore
Zuma Man
May
Erty Black Hawk
KR Brown
Coal Valley
Frank Hintz
Metzler
John M Tindall
Buffalo Prairie
William Hay Zuma
Mumma
Edgington
John Powell
Andalusia
John Ballard Drury- Ross Kennedy
Mercer County
Booster Spirit
Rock Island County
State Savings Bank & Trust Co
Moline Plow Company
3D Avenue
5Th Street
F.G Allen
C. I. Josephson
Hirscu
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