City Council approves fire chief and orders budget tweaks
The Bieline city council met Monday with mayor Knox presenting his annual message. Elections of the fire department officials were confirmed, new appointments set, and ordinances revised. A dozen committees reported, line items adjusted, street grading urged, water works mapped, and supplies controlled to ensure value for the people.
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Knox
Bieline
Quxtlemen
Costa Us
E. B. Knox
P. L. McKinnie
Fifteenth Street
Fifth
Railroad Avenues
Sixteenth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Ninth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
J. Ericson
H W Hyde
C L Raymond
Geo W Heck
Joe Light
Wm Beardsley
HA Seiffert
Guo 8 Lee
Thos Cralle
Robert Malcom
Joseph Enderle
BG Timmerman
Geo Henderson
J G Wells
Ed Kittleson
Wessel
Wilson
Woodward
Wells
W. R. Moore
Oldcrest
E Lewis
Kittleson
Mapes
Lundahl
Seiffert
Warr
Water Commissioner
Fire Department
B. B. Peregoy
Oakley
Atleson
S.S. Wallace
City of Moline
Weasel
Riverside Cemetery Lodge
J. Jasper
Peal
Bath House
Third Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Chapman
Oldefest
Talking in the Dark at Coss Shoe Store
A caller at F Coss shoe store inquires about the post office location while a clerk confirms its planned site. The exchange mentions mail customers and labels on two shoe boxes reading S W Wheelock and C H Deere. Mrs J G France greets Mrs Wheelock and Stillman, and Cass will not discuss the post office issue without an introduction.
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Post Office
Mr. Coss
Sam
S. W. Wheelock
C. H. Deere
Robbery at Rock Island Victim Loses Clothes and Personal Items
William Stewart lodging at the Commercial Hotel in Rock Island finds his room unlocked after breakfast and discovers a thief stole a suit of clothes a gold pen silk handkerchiefs and other belongings valued at 35 10 840. No clue yet though a local may have seen someone familiar with the house. The hotel owner is attempting to recover the items. The piece also notes a mayoral candidate L E Fish denies accepting any post and questions accountability.
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William Stewart
Commercial
Rock Island
Stewart
Death by own act of Davenport fence man Stephen Lindley
Yesterday morning Stephen Lindley of Davenport disappeared after leaving home for his fence factory. The body was found Tuesday by his son Dr C Lindley, hung by a rope from a ladder in the factory, death attributed to his own act while under mental aberration amid suspected business failure. He was born December 18 1818 in Washington County Pennsylvania and leaves a wife three sons and two daughters. The jury verdict noted death by hanging while mentally distressed.
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Stephen Lindley
Twelfth
Ripley
C Lindley
Dr. Lindley
Lindley
Washington County
Penn
Davenport
Ems
C. Lindley
McCourtney
Hand in Hand Bride and Groom Wed Amid Rain in Bowlesbury
Miss Bohpia Woodbury and Mr Joseph Donald married at the bride’s parents’ home in Bowlesbury last Thursday evening, despite rainfall. Squire Cary of Carbon Cliff performed the ceremony. guests feasted, danced, and presented gifts as the couple began married life.
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Bohpia Woodbury
Joseph Donald
Bowlesbury
Squire Cary
Carbon Cliff
Hartzell Denies Town Visit Amid Rail Line Push
The Wichita Street Railway Company president Col J W Hartzell is misrepresented by a Topeka article claiming he visited town. Hartzell clarifies he remains at home with his family and is actively advancing the Wichita and McPherson Railway project, supported by local residents and county.
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Commonwealth
Illinois
Repu
Topeka
Wichita
Kan
Moline
Blican
J. W. Hartzell
Wichita Street Railway Company
Col. Hartzell
Wichita & McPherson
Cty
New Baptist Church Designs Attract Committee Interest
Several designs for the new Baptist church have been submitted including a Chicago designer H R Clisaold and Rev G F Lindfield a former local pastor. The church project shows earnest intent to replace the old building, which is the town’s oldest house of worship and a historic school bell landmark.
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New Church
New Baptist Church
H. R. Clisaold
Chicago
G. F. Lindfield
Baptist Church
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City Council
H W. Hyde
Daniel Gordon
Oakley— Bridgetender
L. Raymond
John Jasper
E A. Mapes
J. G. Wella
J. Geisberger
John Nelson
John Messern
F. C. Coss
L. E. Fish
Marshall
Yo W. Hartzell
Clendenin
Drug and Book Store
Eee
F. A. Burgston & CO
Moline . Wagon Company
Keewnto
H. A. Ancuen
M. Dy
Oxford
Brooklyn
N.Y
Fulton Street
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