Lawyers Clash Over Wages and Commission Suit
A county court jury awarded Thomas O Connell $50 in a wage dispute with Hauberg over farm work and a separate demurrer hearing addressed John Goodmanson v Rosenstein seeking a 2 percent commission on a property sale. The cases occurred in Moline with Judge Olmated presiding.
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Demurrer
Goodmanson v. Rosenstein
Judge Olmated
Thomas O'Connell
Marx D. Hauberg
Coe Township
Andrew Olgon
Henry Mapes
Justice Olgon
Justice Mapes
O'Connell
Mr Hauberg
Hauberg
John Hauberg
MecEniry
Haulberg-O'Connell
John Goodmanson
Louis Rosenstein
Moline
Goodmanson
Rosenstein
Moline Trust and Savings Bank
B.F. Peek
C E. Dietz
George W Wood
Report on Scott County Officials Finds Lax Accounts
A committee report to the Scott County board finds no direct graft but notes lax accounting that could allow dishonest transactions. It covers former officials including Colonel Mc Manus and E.G McArthur, with no conclusive proof of graft.
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Scott County
Board of Supervisors
McManus
McArthur
Investigation Report on County Officials Costs
An investigating committee, urged by a corps of expert Chicago accountants, examined county affairs at a cost of $2000. The inquiry is unlikely to trigger action as it neither exonerates county officers nor provides direct proof for charges.
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Board of Supervisors
Chicago
Illinois Approves Free Diphtheria Anti toxin Funds
The state allocates 20000 for two years to purchase diphtheria anti toxin to be distributed free to patients outside Chicago. Chicago already offers free anti toxin. Dr Egan calls the move a major step, noting New York is the only other state with a similar program.
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State Board of Health
Illinois
Chicago
Egan
New York
Fatal fall from water tank at Black Hawk Tower
George Fenn, about 30, died Tuesday morning after plunging from a water tank fifty feet high at Black Hawk Tower. He had gone up to tighten leaking bands when seized by an epileptic fit, struck a rail, fractured his skull, and injured an eye. His widowed mother survives.
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George Fenn
Fenn
Watertown
Railroads Agree to Lengthen Passenger Train Schedules
Western railroads officials reached an agreement to extend schedules starting June 9. Minimum travel times will be Chicago to Omaha and Kansas City on the Missouri River at twenty hours, Chicago to Denver at thirty two hours, and Chicago to the Pacific coast at seventy two hours. The Chicago to Missouri River fastest trains will add three hours and thirty minutes, from sixteen hours thirty minutes.
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Western
Chicago
Omahia
Kansas City
Missouri River
Denver
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Teachers’ pay rise approved by board to 495 for top scale
The school board approved a salary reallocation raising maximum intermediate teacher pay to 495 dollars and adopting a new experience based pay plan. The move increases payroll by up to 450 dollars monthly and sets new training and qualification rules for vacancies from kindergarten through high school while authorizing contracts for the coming year.
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A R Ebi
I A Minteer
Emil Helmbeck
Geo. B. Carlson
H D. Browning
Geo. W Wood
John Swanson
Harry Ainsworth
A. J Smith
Ftret
Mary Tague
Elizabeth Kinne
Emily R. McKeever
Florence B. Keres
Mary A. Tyrrell
Florente‘ Kneberg
Hannah Johnson
Hannah Kneberg
Mabel Ewing
Mabel ©. Johnson
Grace Putnam
Effie B. Ady
Etta B. Root
Oral School For the Deaf
Edna M. Eastman
Body Found Floating in River Near Bridge
Workmen observed a man of Belgian nationality floating near Arsenal Island at the viaduct between Rock Island and Duct. The body showed signs of having been in water about six weeks and had $1.15, a pair of new shoes, a keys, a mitten, and a black suit with a black shirt. Coroner L V Heikart took charge to identify him. suspected drowning between the power dam and the bridge.
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Arsenal Island
Rock Island
Duct
L. V Hekaart
Zuma Community Meeting Loses Attendance to Snow
May 7 quarterly gathering at Zuma Methodial church saw low turnout due to bad weather but featured a notable discourse. The WCTU event at Zuma was canceled by snow with plans for a sacred concert Sunday night drawing a good crowd.
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Zuma
Wiley
Smith
Viola
Zuma Methodial Church
WCTU
Smith Fg
Wee
Fire destroys part of J Uhiman property in Hampton
Mrs Patten and family fled the blaze on May 8 in Hampton as flames engulfed the J Uhiman property. Patten lost pension papers and cash while nearly all clothing burned. Almond Hamilton spotted the fire at 7 30 PM and alarm sounded as Patten awoke reading. Pension papers can be replaced. Neighbors and local residents, including John Peterson and Edward Vogue, visited after the incident.
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Bir Famy
Bosle
James Corbin
Watertown
Miss Stoddard
John Vogel
August Wilkins
Waldmann
Silas Baker
James Maxwell
Maxwell
Anderson
Moline
Rock Island
Victorine Pet- Gngelis
Dora Stoddard
Mr. Stoddard
Lida Miller
Miller
Geneseo
Read
Look Over Sites for Placing Union Depot in Davenport
Officers of the Milwaukee and Burlington roads surveyed proposed union depot sites along the Davenport levee. General superintendents and engineers from the Milwaukee, Burlington, and D R I & N inspected options with General Manager C B Grant, planning a report to officials and a possible summer start.
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Union Depot
Milwaukee
Burlington
N. W
Davenport Levee
Burington
Davenport
R. Morrison
W Webb
W L. Breckenridge
C B Grant
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Minnie D. George
Dickinson
Kate M. Gleason
Eiva L. Pratt
Elizabeth Casterton
A. Oppenheimer
Minnie
Vinton
Edwin P. Nutting
Amanda Elliott
H D. Thompson
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Hubert L. Allen
Grace M. Warner
Louise OC. Brown
G W. Muhieman
Eva Dilienbeck
Grace Tunnicliff
Warthur Porter
Emma Melin
Elise L. Meyer
Edith A. Lewis
Mabel Lindvall
Ericsson School
Anna EB. Wright
Margaret D Medill
Florence A Perrott
Anna M Reynolds
Wilhelming Pahl
Helen Pahl
Esther J Palmkust
Alice Westberg
Elle C Astrom
Lucy D. Evans
Alice J Barr
Nellie M Anthony
Grant School
Virginia Bay
Bertha Bassett
Anna I. Soler
Marilla Healy
Ida Lysell
Aanna Gran
Luella Jones
Ruth McHenry
Aimee Johnson
Ellen Lund
Mary Penney
Florence Donahey
Sarah Hollister
Bri Estelle Long
Mary B Wilson
Lincoln School
Hattie A Moore
Livszie BE Martin
GR Suchannon
Hilda Johnson
Jennie Ro Hull
Edna Davis
Mary Murphy
Eather Johnson
Hilman Anderson
Fanny Pryce
Lydia Dahlesheim
Mabel Alsterlund
Fannie Freeberg
Esther Edwall
Mary E Moore
May Grant
Seventh Street
Signe Engstrom
Grace Donahbey
Nora H Land
Mary L. Broltenberg
Ella M. Ramp
Janet Warnock
M. Josephine Holland
Ellen Nystrom
Id Mattie Anderson
Christine Sundine
Edna B Reed
Sidney Fristoe
Grace Ewing
Washington School
Emma L. Cooper
Adeline Caughey
EL Mae Cutler
Grace Dele
Alma Erickson
Phoebe Ahl
Jennie Nyquist
Vera C. Brumbaugh
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Alice H. Wheelock
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Kindegarten
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W.l Smith
E. W Thompson
Rock Is
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Colona
Ralph Wainwright
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Osborn
Grandma Whiteside
Giles
Markey
Hillsdale
Edna Cox
Miss Owens
Normal Deaconeers
Babshood
George Wake
Frank Svlventer Datley
Frank
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Hampton
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