Rock Island Woman Nancy Neal Dies at 70 Years
Mrs. Nancy Neal seventy years a Rock Island county resident died at 11:60 am Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Cornelia Walter 802 Fifth avenue after declining health since Christmas Dropsy and age weakened her She was born Nancy Clawson in Pennsylvania October 7 1823 and came west at 16 settling in Rock Island She married William Neal who died thirty four years ago The couple lived on Arsenal Island during the Civil War and he ran the first Sears flour mill Burial will be in Riverside cemetery funeral at Mrs Walter's home at 2 pm with Rev S Cumming and Rev F B Shult in charge. she leaves a brother a sister three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Nancy Neal
Rock Island County
Cornelia Walter
Fifth Avenue
Neal
Nancy Clawson
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
William Neal
Sears
Arsenal Island
First Methodist Church
Options secured for Rockton power plant project
Rockton officials report all options in the Rockton waterpower project on the Rock River have been secured and await Chicago promoters to accept. The large project, with cannons mentioned, aims to build a major dam and develop valuable power potential. The Bradner Smith interests are not eliminated, keeping a key paper concern engaged.
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Rockton
Rock River
Chicago
Bradner Smith
Business system adopted by Moline ministers at local churches
The article profiles Dr James A. Burchit of Davenport and two Moline pastors, Richard Haney and C A Lincoln, who implement a "business system" in church work. It describes card indices, letters, attendance records, and follow up plans to manage members, visitors, and outreach, claiming improved efficiency and member relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Davenport
James A. Burchit
Burcau
Tri-Cities
Watt
Richard &. Haney
Second Congregational Church
C A Id Ancoln
First Congregational Church
Moline
Watts
Burchit
Haney
Lincoln
Hife
Mr Haney
Wir Haney
Sixteenth Avenue
Twelfth Street
W S. Marquis
Nfe
Uncle Dick
Thele Dick
Habey
Mo Nne
Hida
Panto
Twin-Cities
Two Petit Juries Drawn For May 9 And May 23
Fourteen Moline men named in the first panel and sixteen in the second will report May 9 and May 23. The lists include Canoe Creek Hugh Walker Moline Carl Kronheim and others. South Rock Island James Kerr and partners. and many names across Rock Island South Moline Andalusia Coal Valley and surrounding areas. A separate note reports Mr Furgie’s return from embalming study and an upcoming Illinois judges meeting in Springfield. A burglary in Rock Island led to a $50 reward for stolen jewelry including rings and a pin set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canoe Creek
Hugh Walker
Moline
Carl Kronheim
J. H. Brown
Harry George
J F Lindvall
Christ Anderson
C F Daebelliehn
Eric Carlmark
Charles E. Smith
Herman Alberts
C. F Grantz
J W Johnson
Arthur Jasper
Ed. Quick
H. L. Hemenway
John Christison
Rock Island
Louis Roher
Oscar Barth
William Gross
BE. C. Blochlinger
John Ohlwe
J E. Camp
Zuma
M Walker Hampton
William H Adams
A. L. Johnson
William Hodges
Charles Goldstein
Axeamon
E. B. McKeever
Louis Swanson
Crompton
W W Bearby
Luther C Knox
L. MecKinney
Robert Brandt
O E. Haggerty
Charles Crippen
Henry Mahon
Theo Ritter
J R Newton
Stewart Kent
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup Advertised
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup as a remedy for children. It claims soothing effects, gum softening, pain relief, and curbing wind colic, offered at twenty five cents a bottle.
Nutting to Receive $2000 Under Teacher Committee Plan
The Teachers' Committee recommended a $2000 increase for Principal Nutting after a full corps reelection and a favorable reception of the plan at the meeting.
Fourteen At High School Get Salary Increases For 1910 11
The board of education re elected the teaching corps and granted salary increases to sixty five instructors effective next fall. The plan follows the advanced salary schedule begun a year ago. Principal E P Nutting’s pay rose to 2000, with other high school and manual arts staff also boosted.
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Board of Education
E. P Nutting
Illinois
Moline
Manual Arts School
Manual Arts
Dickinson
H P Corbin
Ellen Nystrom
Bessie Wayne
B. P Nutting
F O
Austin. Com
Julia Gettemy
Eng
James Chase
C F. Schaeffer
Edith Broomhall Germ
J F Harper
Hist
L. Mayo
Math
Emma Melinmath
Fannie Entrikin
C. A Golding
Phys
W I. Carberry
Bessie Rumsey
Grace
Warner
Edith Barrey
Lit
Bertha Bassett
Adeline Caughey
Arith
Josephine Holland
Gram
Florence Kerns
Elizabeth Martin
Anna Sober
Ericsson
Anna Wright
Ida Lysell
Eos
Garfield
Mary Stoltenberg
Ella M. Ramp
Eatella M. Sigley
Phoebe Ahl
Minnie Stelk
Belle Denison
Mattie Anderson
Bad Rose A. Holland
Edna B. Reed
Christine Sundine
8Dney Fristoe
Village waterworks project advances as funds secured
Welcome news arrives that $8,000 of the $10,000 subscribed by residents will fund the waterworks plant. J. M. Brown of Davenport oversees completion of the standpipe and sewer system which will be turned over to the village treasurer. The board allocates $80 to the Silvia Woman's club for a rustic cottage to be used under club supervision near the rink by the park. The new village board, with Walter G. Baker named village attorney, convenes May 17 and adjourns to a supper hosted by the retiring president George Allabrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Brown
Davenport
Brown
Silvia Woman's Club
Four More Injunction Proceedings Initiated
Applications for injunctions were filed in court Tuesday by George W Wood for the Moline Plow Co. H. W. Cooper Saddlery Hardware Co. Acme Steel Co. and by Mc Entry McEntry for the Lewis Roofing Co. to prevent levying on their personal property to satisfy capital stock tax levies. Action mirrors last week’s East Moline cases with more suits expected and hearings likely consolidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Wood
Moline Plow Co
H. W. Cooper Saddlery Hardware Co
Acme Steel Co
McEntry & McEntry
Lewis Roofing Co
East Moline
Real estate transfers in Moline Rock Island area
Various transfers record sales deeds and trust deeds in Moline Rock Island Reynolds East Moline and Davenport. Notable entries include Lara P Nielsen to David H Nelson for 375 and Thomas Bradon to Fletcher E Miller for 1200. Also an Odd Fellows class initiation in Rock Island with district officials attending.
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Lara P. Nielson
David H. Nelson
Nicholson
Moline
Willard L. Velle
Chas
K Samuelson
Emma D. Velle
Thos. Campbell
Andrew Hussey
Campbell
Rock Island
David Schneidman
Wm. J. Sweeney
Wait & Walkers
Reynolds
Paul H. Lorens
Geo. W. Crampton
W. H. Edwards
C. Donahoo
Paul H Lorénz
Stevens
Richard Worthington
Mary Tietink
East Moline
Edward Coryn
Camiel Timmerman
Daebelsehn
Add
Odd Fellows
D. . Stocking
Rockford
H. 3B. Makutchan
Princeton
C. M. Targer
Cambridge
TINNERS OF THREE CITIES WALK OUT
About eighty journeymen tin and sheet metal workers across three cities walked off the job. K I Willis reports the strike followed last nights master tinners meeting triggered by Robert Byron, national organizer, threatening a thirty minute deadline and a closure style dispute over open shop. The masters vow to keep shops filled with nonunion workers for a year if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. I. Willis
Robert Byron
Springfield
Byron
Watertown Social and Club Notes May Day Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Trout of Abingdon visit their son Ross Trout and family. W M Driggs and family visit with his parents. The baseball team organized at Allsbrow's hall with Jake Schmoke named manager. Various residents make weekend visits and a birthday dance is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Trout
Abingdon
Ross Trout
W M. Driggs
Allsbrow
Jake Schmoke
A J Lavine
Geneseum
M. Smith
Hampten
Geo. Dirreen
Ene Manufacturers' Association Declines Individual Aid
The Ene Manufacturers' Association decides not to provide a portion of costs to individuals. M. J. McEntry presents property power proposals to the board of control this afternoon. The association cites that it cannot aid as an organization due to many members in Rock Island and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
M. J. McEntry
Prope Wera
Board of Control
Association
Rock Island
Davenport
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Rock Island “County
Daye
Arsenal Isiana
Big Rock River
Osition
Insurance Office
Hlofine Trusts Savings Bank
Savings Bank
H A Ainsworth Geo. W. Wood
Edward Coryn O. F. Anderson
Oldest Trust Company
Corner Sth Avenue
15Th Street
William Furgie
Danielson & Furgie
Ben
Carol. Barnes
Furgie
R W Olimsted
Association of County and Probate Judges of
Imnois
Deneen
F M Riggs
Sala Flata
da Aneey
Origia
Raby
Kimes
Johanen
Bilen
Lund
Mary
Panny
Ogee Geet
Hilma Toline
Myrtle T. Nelson
Alice Evanston
Florence White
Luella D. Jones
Hulda Janssen
Hattie A. Moore
Mary E. Murphy
Emma Schellman
Jennie R. Hull
pHilma Anderson
Sara Montgomery
Marion Stricklang
Vay Pan Lydia Dahlheim
Alicea Westberg
Mabel Alsterlund
Fannie M. Freeberg
Esther J. Edwall
Grace Putnam
May J. Grant
Nina B. McCall
Seventh Street
Grace Doughey
Lst
Mabel Lundberg
Kgt
Evelyn Poole
Mabel Creutz
Ket
Logan
Frances Hemenway
Prin
Signe Engstrom
Ridgeview
Anna Bailey
Prin Enere
Grace Weatherhead
Florence Frisk
Mary A. Brennan
Ella K. Bennett
Washington
Louise Brumbaugh
Florence Donahey
Alice Wheelock
Norah Lund
Ket Sewawee
Blanche Rundquist
Willard
Mary Tague
Wilhelmine Pahl
Hannah Johnson
Ethel 8. Trabold
Louise Aldrich
Mary Tyrrell
Jennie Nyquist
Hannah Kneberg
Mabel C Johnson
Mary E. Moore
Meta C. Wittig
Rose
Tracy
Mildred Burch
Ee Ann
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