Rock Island Est campaign to attract Honda factory
Industrial commission leaders in Rock Island launch a drive to raise 100000 for new factories with booster buttons to build local pride. A site for a 100 by 150 foot three story plant is sought to employ around 600 workers, mainly women and girls, with payroll rising to about 230000 annually within five years.
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Rock Island
Industrial Commission of
Rock Island Club
the Industrial Commission of the Club
Fire Threatens Glanz Residence at Hampton
A fire at Henry Glanz’s Broad Street home, near the Methodist church in Hampton, was spotted Wednesday morning around 7:45 by Emil Henline’s son. Villagers formed a bucket brigade, keeping the blaze from spreading as they evacuated and contained it. The cause appears to be a faulty kitchen stove flue. losses are expected to be insured.
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Henry Glanz
Broad Street
Hampton
Emil Henline
Trial List Next Week in the Circuit Court
The weekly circuit court trial list shows cases scheduled for Monday May 18 through Friday. Dockets include Haire v Lewis, Haley v Court of Honor, Johnson v Johpson, Eastman & Co. v Price, Houtette admr v Union Malleable Iron, McNamara v Charter Gas Machine, Clough v Townsend, McAleer v Fuller Mfg, Payson v Village of Mi, Josephson v Peterson, Gillap smith, Haverfield v City of Rock Island, DeMeyere v C R I & P, McCauley v O M & St P Ry, Campbell v C R L & P, and Bunch v U M B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haire
Lewis
Haley
Court of Honor
Chancery Johnson
Johpson
Harms
Eastman & Co
Clough
Townsend Et
McAleer
Fuller Mfg. Company
Tian Payson
Village of Mi
Josephson v. Peterson & Company
Gillap
Smith
Haverfield
City of Rock Island
DeMeyere
McCauley
St. P. Ry. Co
Old Ladies' Home Opening Saturday At Rock Island
The King's Daughters of Rock Island announce the formal opening of the Old Ladies' Home Saturday afternoon from 3 to 6 pm. An inspection of the building and furnishings will follow a formal program. The home sits at Sixteenth Avenue and 14th Street in Rock Island.
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The
King’s Daughters of
Rock Island
Old Ladies’ Home
Sixteenth Avenue
Rock Island Daughters
Moline
State Grand Lodge Honors Fristoe with Grand Trustee Post
Fristoe H 8 Fristoe received the grand trustee honor during the biennial session in East St Louis and will serve six years. Joe Fristoe declined grand foreman duties due to other commitments and was instead elected to the high office of grand trustee. The session closed with reports showing the order in prosperity after rate readjustment and reduced beneficiary claims. Springfield chosen as 1909 meeting site. officers elected include Grand Master D M Brothers and Grand Foreman John Ramcke.
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Fristoe
Finoly Grand Lodge
AO UW
East St Louis
Fria
Joe
Grand Council
Grand Lodge
Springfeld
D M_ Brothers
John Ramcke Chilcago
H R Potts
Chicago
Grand Recorder
C P Hitch Paris
F J Kurrus
H 8
Frigtee
Moline
Supreme Lodge
F J Kurrup
East St. Louis
W C Galloway
Aledo
A. R Hendricks
Sterling
Watertown News Briefs From May Town Roundup
Watertown notes May 9 with visits among residents from Wake to Moline. Religious services planned for May 12 at Woodman hall with Rev E W Thompson. Funeral and hospital updates include Manuel Petersons family at Andrew Carlsons funeral and Theodore Bagge expected home after hospital stay. Two new members joined Watertown Baptist church, and Clara Heeren celebrated 7th birthday with friends and local celebration.
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Watertown
Joseph Anderson
Wake
E. W Thompson
Rock Island
Woodman Hall
W . Ausbrook
A. D. Cox
East Moline
Manuel Peterson
Andrew Carlson
Moline
P B Olker
Macomb
P J Olker
L. BE. Hogue
Hampton
Harmony Circle
The
Methodist Church
William Parker
Lydia Peterson
Luther Peterson
Beardstown
Frank Kelly
William Rank
Ed Wilson
Anna Kipp
Maryin Mumma
Edgar Woolhouse
Silvis
Watertown Baptist Church
Earl Killmer
Theodore Bagge
Clara Heeren
Obituaries for Samuel Ransom and Edward O Pear
Obituary notices report the deaths of Samuel Ransom a 28 year old Rock Island fireman and Edward O Pear hotel clerk aged 31 32. Ransom died at home after long illness of consumption and Pear died after a two year battle with pleuro pneumonia both men were born in Michigan or Illinois and are survived by widows mothers and brothers with many friends in Moline Rock Island and the three cities.
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Samuel Ransom
Rock Island Road
Third Avenue
Ransom
Detroit
Mich
Moline
Edward
Ed Pear
Rock Island
Keater
Harms
Manufacturers’ Hotel
lIness
Peal
Irving School
North Star Beneit Order
Fred
Roufé
Arp Files Bond as Health Officer in Chicago Clinic
Dr A H Arp filed a $2000 bond as health commissioner and announced plans to outline a general scheme for the department. He will study conditions this week and assign aides to implement the proposed program, working under Health Inspector Ed Jones.
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Bond
A H Arp
Chicago
Department of Health
Ed Jones
Arp
Death Claims Local Daughters of Pacahontas Member
Mrs. Arthur Einfeldt died at 1920 Twelfth Avenue after two weeks of illness from pneumonia with complications. She led R D D P activity in the city and was to be re elected state treasurer. Funeral held at Riverside Cemetery with Leola council in charge. She leaves a husband and two daughters Ida Mae and Gertrude.
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Pacahontas
Arthur H. Einfeldt
Binfeldt
Twelfth Avenue
Riverside Cemetery
Leola
Minnie Wolff
Germany
United States
St. Louis
Rock Island
Anaconda, Mont
Einfeldt
Moline
Ida Mae
Gertrude
Charles Wolff
Searstown
Lodges of Hillsdale Enjoy Spring Boom and New Members
In Hillsdale lodges flourish this spring with Woodmen and Dayton Camp induction of numerous new members including Justin Dalley Charles Conrad Wm Conrad and others. A recent mass meeting at Grace Lutheran Church raised 6650 dollars to reduce the church debt significantly from 2000 to near 500 with more in sight.
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Hillsdale
Joslin
Justin Dalley
Charles Conrad
Wm Conrad
Wm Smith
Thomas Enright Dayton
Wim Cain
Frank Errett
Lous Misfeldt
Pail Barks
Fred Frellx
John Dilin
Albert Krantz
J Wo Hudson
Henry Khelper
Mvath
Laouts
Curt
Chales Moody
Wm Orr
Harry Orr
Charles Ponohoo
Grace Lutheran Church
Untitled Verse Fragment Promotes Herbal Tea
A fragment presents a quatrain about painful love and urges trying Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy. The text reads like a brief verse with promotional flavor for a patent medicine during a historic period. The fragment combines emotional hurt with a product pitch.
Marriage Licenses Report From Rock Island and Moline
Morrig A Schneider and Mrs Minnie Max of Rock Island wedlock licensure. William S Ferguson of Rock Island. George A Mowry and Ada B Rue, both of Moline, listed among licensees.
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Morrig A. Schneider
Minnie Max
Rock Island
William S. Ferguson
Ugus Celler
George A. Mowry
Ada B. Ruean
Moline
Pocahontas Ladies Mourn Death of Munnie Einfeldt
Pocahontas lodge officers and Daughters of Pocahontas hold memorials for Mra Munnie Einfeldt great keeper of wampum whose death shocked the order. Amanda Plumbeck of Moline succeeds as keeper. a Peoria Topeka led officer roster and river excursion news conclude the dispatch.
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Cora Schmidt
Mt Vernon
Bertha Cook
Shelbyville
Amanda Plumbeck Moline
Ada Barcroft
Jacksonville
Florence Upton
Glen Carbon
Tepee
Elizabeth Garmire
Chicago
Forest
Jane Tinnes Pekin
Illinois man to have large cucumber plant
James W Davis of Morrison buys the de fune Allison Pope Co property at Davenport to build a large cucumber plant. He already operates greenhouses at Morrison and Aurora and plans expanded facilities to grow hothouse vegetables and other crops for wholesale shipping across the region.
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James W Davis
Morison Fit Han
Defune Allison Pope Co
Davenport
Davis
Morrison
Aurora
Call on Factories to End the Strike in Fast Moline
Citizens in Fast Moline held a mass meeting to appoint a conference committee of six to meet with manufacturers and union leaders to seek a settlement of labor troubles. Frank Clendenin chaired. Wood Bake served as secretary. committee members were Frank Clendenin Ban Mitchell Will Salzmann Peter Stange THO German CK Walhiat. An agenda for the conference was to be arranged.
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Ptoagheth
APY
Cheras
Frank ¢Leiden
Wood Bake
Oui
Oui Umethie Dots
Clendenin
Frank Clendenin
Ban Mitchell
Will Salzmann
Peter Stange
CK Walhiat
Bert
Cordova Notes And Local News From The County
Cordova notes list local appointments and obituaries and report on residents visiting relatives and returning from trips. Community items include funeral plans for Grace Miller, travel notes of residents such as Jane Simpson, Jennie Stockwell, Leander Baker, and Will Haynes. A health ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for constipation and anemia.
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Vttle
Grace Miller
Yvearold
George Miller
Princeton
Uae
Paul Matenoy
Seth
Lawis Sallaws
Lawis Sallaws of Reh Deta Ape Sumehes Wath Bs Poueue Fdaa. Blocker
Byriges
Frank Stnipses
Lert
Traeli
Janes Simpson
Carpenters Reject Employers Terms in Labor Dispute
Carpenters reject the latest wage and sympathetic strike terms, leaving the field tense as many carpenters quit or work under the old scale. The union warns a general strike depends on journeymen action, with contractors standing firm after an ultimatum issued May 2.
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Carpenters Union
Carpenters
Rock Island
Falls On Track After Car Mishap In Daventon
A 30 year old man from Daventon known as Po the seh Davenporter was fatally injured when a car veered onto the railroad track in Davetioa. He was struck while he tried to rise after a switch mishap, losing a leg and an arm and sustaining additional injuries. He died soon after at a local hospital.
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Waedee
Davetioa
Olereh
St Lake A
LaFlin Peach Crop Ruined by Last Frost
A damaged clipping reports LaFlin’s peach crop ruined by a late frost south of Milan. The fragment notes crop damage and impact on local growers, with minimal readable details.
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Laflin
Unidentified body found near Atkinson
A man about 37 years old was found dead Wednesday near the Atkinson tracks, likely struck by a train while walking. Dr A H Arp of Tri City Power and Light Co will supervise medical work across the three cities, with local physicians assisting. East Davenport Turner Society approves Eddy Street lot purchase for 2600 and plans a new Turner Hall event space.
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Ano Onlineeown
Formes Wernt
Atkinson
A H Arp
Tri-City Power and Light Co
Uuitter
Dr Arp
East Davenport Turner Society A8
Eddy Street
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Honda
Garantees
Glanz
Blaze
Bucket Brigade
Schafferany
Campbell v. C. RL & P
Lawy
Bunch
OLD Ladies
Rock Island King’s Daughters
State Grand Lodge
Mr, Fristoe
High Post
Cago
Edward CO. Peal
Helen’ Irene Thompson
Helen Irene
Walter Thompson
J Arthur H. Einfeldt
Pot Finn
Olson
Thomas C. Smith
Thomas C Smith
City Hospital
Mme
Mr Smith
Rocktyron
Ireland
Pittsburg
Mhen
Anthony Kas
J C Smith
Moline Plow Co
Thirteenth Street
Benjamin
Anthony
Maggie Lee
Charles Lee
LaHarpe
Harry [Ee
Miss Lee
W S
Robert Croft
Hollister
Pocahontas
Arthur Einfeldt
Miss Plumbeck
Wampum
Amanda Plambeck
Bird
Topeka
Alice Norville
Peoria
Wenoah
Oliva Tyson
Can
Haymakera
F A Brown Sullivan
H R Brown
Otto G Nelson Oline
Db Crook
Carey
Robinson
Clay Hollon
Hall Hoopston JR
Karcroft
UM Nois
Hindis State
Pocahontan
Twenty Fifth Street
Campbelle
Rock River
Government Bridge
Recorde
Wilson Brooks
Waites
Gsachein
Adenthon
Mra Minnk Einfeldt
George H Thompson
Belleville
Charles YW Barber
Tilton
Great Guard of
Ed R Martin
Birdsboro
William L. Derleth
Centralia
Great Board of Appeals
C. V. Gainnire
W. C. Sibley
Fairfield
Robert Steer
Kewanee
George Horsfield
Murphysboro
M. J. McEniry
A. H. Kohler
A. F Wineman
Bloomington
St. Paul
Mondovi
Jno. Silverson
Illinois
J. W. Davis
Cordova
Jaxaper Forsythe
Fred Owens
Washington Brink
Rocky Mountain
Jerichos Drugstore
Neymen
Po Uniom
Nowunion
API
Ss Sitawation
John Olerich
Milwaukee
Nahant Yards
Feady Rey
Milan
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