Anniversary of Linne Observed by Augustana College
The 200th birth anniversary of Carl von Linne was marked at Augustana College with remarks by Dr J A Udden and others. Professors from Nebraska and Cincinnati joined educators from the U S and Europe in celebrating Linnaeus work on natural science and botany. Additional celebrations occurred at Bethany College and in Sweden with prominent scholars attending and praising Linnaeus lasting influence on classification and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl von Stun
Augustana Collese
du Tay
Upaala
Sweden
America
Europe
Augustana
Log Younert
Bethany College
Lindelors Kas
J A UL Udden
Augustans
Charles E. Bessey
Universlty of
Nebraska
E K Putnam
Asenport Academy of Science
Joshua Lindahl
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
P A Rydberg
New York Botanical Garden
Aiden
von Linne
Wich
Otto Es
Bess
Lan
Panam
Uae
Tielggbus Landah
Cormed
New York
Fails to Sustain Her Charge Against Kruse
Miss Lillie Nelson, assaulted near 10th Street and Eleventh Avenue, testified Kruse choked and beat her after leaving the vaudeville theatre. Kruse, arraigned before Police Magistrate Frank Gustafson, was acquitted after a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruse
Lillie Nelson
George W Walker
Frank Gustafson
Asault
Tenth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Miss Nelson
Brock
Vaudeville
Axel Johnson
Commanions
Golden Jubilee of Veteran Residents Celebrated at Rock Island
Major and Mrs H C Connelly of Rock Island observed their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Saturday attended by twenty two, including children B D Connelly Clark H Connelly Alvin H Connelly Mrs W McAvore and Ogleonnelly. They wed May 12 1857 in Rock Island. Major Connelly native of Pennsylvania came west to work in newspapers and served as adjutant and lieutenant in the Civil War. He saw action with the Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry and was present at Morgan’s capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major
H C Connelly
Rock Island
B D Connelly
Clark H Connelly
Kanyasity
Alvin H Connelly
Kansas City
W Mctavero
Missouri Valley Lawn
Misa Ogleonnelly
Summerset
Connelly
E J Searle
Drury
Rock Igland
Adelaide McCall
New York
Major Connelly
Pennsylvania
Rock
Rock Islander
The
Argus
Connely
Proop
Alliois
Ohio
John Hunt Morgan
Pety
Mississippi
North Carolina
Black Hawk
Namong
Petersburg
George Dawnport
Back Hawk
Washington
Real Estate Transfers List Includes Multiple Parcels and Sums
The page records numerous property transfers from April including Knight to Whitesidy, White to Tachaon and Jordy, Johnson to Stratherg, Gibbert to Moline, Nelson to Oakleaf, Marm Edwards to Moline, Prugalla to Spalding, Fisher to Hanena, Patchwon to Young, Buck to Muan, and Ho Pope to Melborne. Total values vary with each deed, ranging from thousands to hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H White
Prugalla
Spalding
Rock
Anna Mav Fisher
Patchwon & Young
Pope
Arteh
Ci Vieek
Eomore
Stafford
Brederith
Milk cows yield double with same feed in three year study
A three year record compares two cows Gold and Gilt. Gold produced twice as much milk from identical feed, earning profit of 3449 dollars after feed costs, while Gilt nearly failed to cover board costs. The study, from Illinois stations, argues dairy efficiency reflects feeding and management across many farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isx
Illinois
Wilber J. Fraser
Gy “Husbandry
University
Jubilee Fund Effort for Augustana College Grows
The Illinois conference plans a $140000 raise toward the $250000 Jubilee Fund for Augustana College as part of a 50th anniversary push. Dr. I A Johnston returned from the Illinois conference meeting in Chicago where this campaign was authorized. He spoke at a Victoria Hotel banquet and was named the June ordination preacher for the Augustana Synod in New Britain Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Johnston
Victoria Hotel
Chicago
Augustana College
Augustana Synod
Synod
Iowa
Illinois
Ilinoie
Indiana
Upper
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Johnston
Lutheran Ministerial Association of
Lutheran Church In America
Tyrnstona
New Britain
Christian Ministry
Clinton storm drain trial ends with ruling for defendants
In Clinton the tractable storm drain case closed with a verdict for the defendants. The trial drew on old settler memories and topography from Clinton's past as builders argued the sewer work under the natural watercourse law was lawful without a watercourse present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Clinton
Ellis
Venice
Stone Thrown Through Timmerman Residence Window
A large stone was hurled through the front window of Chris Timmerman at 438 18th Avenue on the night of May 9. The act, likely intentional, targets a Moline Plow Co. employee amid a local dispute. A $500 reward is offered by Moline Plow Co. for information leading to conviction. This incident follows another attack on a non union worker, Leopold Peson of 1920 Tenth Street, earlier in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Timmerman
Timmerman
Moline Plow Co
Leopold Peson
Tenth Street
Deere & Mansur Co
Parrot Repeats Papa And Swear Words In Odd Exchange
An exchange in a Los Angeles Herald item notes a baby saying Papa and a parrot mimicking Papa along with curses. A fat man asks a tall man to move off his feet as he hangs to a strap. The tall man ponders and questions the length of the walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Herald
Surgical Carelessness Slimmer Relapse
A terse item suggests a relapse linked to surgical care and hints at bill disputes. The fragment mentions Puck and implies an inquiry into causation between operation and relapse. The exact details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Davenport Young Glass Worker Drowns When Boat Capsizes
Thorwald Kuehl a 22 year old Davenport art glass cutter and treasurer of the glass workers union drowned after a steel duck boat overturned thirty feet from shore in a slough at Green street. His friend Rudolph Griebel barely saved himself after attempting rescue. The body was recovered about 200 feet downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorwald Kuehl
Davenport
Green Street
Ottila Kuehl
Western Avenue
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Glals Workers’ Union
Rudolph Griebel
Mr Kueh
Mr Kuehl
Miss Cora Young Receives Nurse’s Farewell Gift
Miss Cora Young a recent graduate of the Tri-City Sanitarium training school was bid a merry farewell by patients and staff. She leaves Monday for Boston to begin visiting nurse work in the Jewish section after two years at the sanitarium. A surprise gift of a visiting nurse purse’s equipment uniform and emergency satchel was presented in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Young
Tri-City
Miss Young
Boston
TriCity Sanitarium
Dr & P 8S
Edwards
Indian soliloquy honors John Deere inventor and pioneer maker
Deere & Co has issued its 1907 catalogue featuring a skit by Clay Bowaher that pays tribute to John Deere the inventor of the steel plow. The piece portrays Deere as a world changing figure, tracing the impact from buffalo to cornfields and the rise of white settlements as the Mississippi valley is richly depicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
John Deets
Baros Ani
Mississippi Valley
United States
Misaissippi
Jelma Perdue
Also Mentioned on This Page
LINNE
DR. Udden
Prof. Bessey
University of Nebraska
Af Worth of Linne
Natural Sciences
Lille Nelson
Big Brother
Amy
Bry
Bas Ord
Rwt
Pepe
Payies
Ridenc
Mrs. H. C. Connelly
Elgin
Pars
Blanding
Louis Mosenfelder
Mary H Chambers
Mosenfelders
David JW. ‘Hunt
Rock Ieland
Olof Olsen
Geo. Brown
Moline
John T Campbell
Chas Pfoff
Olof Olson
Arthur Stephens
Willard L. Velie
Carl Gustafson
Emma D. Velie
Sylvester W Parnon
John Engstrom
Glennwood
Elmore H. Stafford
Frederick L. Brewer
Silvis
Lulu B. Orman
Jessie R Hensley
Mosenfelder
Joseph Cloidt
Arthur D West
Thomas Add
Arthur @ Stephens
Ansburg
Chas. Leenknecht
Geo B. Jackson
Batley
Ozlags McNall
Edmont McNall
Henry Bolte
Jacob Shoumsky
East Moline
Chase Larson
Elizabeth Whiteside
Fred J Whiteside
Ney
N& Sek
Fannie Edwards
Edna Dolly
Mixter
I. Oakleaf
Minor W Curtis
Ida Drack
Morris Gelsmar
Nebe
Dack
Roan C Wolfrum
Geo I. Nichols
Jos Magrum
Rodmang
Hales
John
Unterkircher
Wm S
Petergen
Mosenfeld
Laurence
Warner
Lewis G Albright
Margaret Beam
Fred Jo White
Gugt Swanson
John A Hall
Brookside
Hjalmar Koble
Eva B Skioner
Andrew Friberg
Jas Magrum
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Fauine
Albert Flemming
Mra
F Anderson
Axe
Wilyon Jet
Wheelock
Oakleaf Trust
Laandes Erickson
Oakleaf
Sweeney & J Jackson
Nels Anderson
J Ft
Lewis D Dunn
Clara M
Fred'k Doeckel
Bailey
Rock Ireland
Cresenzia Geiger
Sam Duvinsky
Mollie V Meyers
E. Bailey
Seventeenth Street
Magdalena Raisch
Wm. C. Raisch
Lawson
Salrmount
Lewis
Henry Bohrbeck
Wood
Falla
Vanhoutte
Firch
Roo Island
Share Illinois
I. A Johnston
Atendance
Slnole
Nots
Orphans’ Home
Joliet
Thia
Jolietty
Augustana Hospital
Lowi V Eckhart
That
City
Companion
L’envol
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