Insurance Inquiry Probes Million Dollar Fraternal Funds
Rock Island grand jury conducts broad inquiry into alleged embezzlement across fraternal societies including the Fraternal Tribunes and Mutual Reserve Life. Witnesses from across Illinois and as far as Washington are summoned. State Insurance Commissioner Fred W. Potter and U S Attorney W A Northcott may testify on solvency gaps and the 1910 law establishing standards. Over 200 witnesses expected, with listed funds totaling more than one million dollars identified as vanished or misused.
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Rock Island
Northcott
Potter
Illinois
L. M Magill
Fraternal Tribunes and Mutual Reserve Dife Association
American Home Circle
Springfield
Negroes Ag
Lst
Magill
Rock Island Grand Jury
Fraternal Tribunes
Treasury
Tribunes
Home Circle
Mutual Aid Society
Engineers Welcome by Ben S Bell at State Convention
National Secretary Fred Raven accepts keys to city as City Attorney Ben Bell stands in for Mayor Andrew Olson. The Illinois State Association of Stationary Engineers opens in K P hall with 150 delegates and visitors. A proposed state license law for stationary engineers is debated, with ten district examiners and a chief examiner to oversee certification and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Raven
Ben Bell
Andrew Olson
Meline
K. P. Hall
F. H. Bein
Illinois
R. 8. Haney
J. L. Randles
Peoria
I. W. Raven
Chicago
Randles
Tri-Cities
General Assembly
Engineers’ Association
Reynolds
State Association
Senate
Springfield
H. Dickinson
Moline
Illinois State Association of Stationary Engineers
Dickinson
Moline Manual Training School
Ottawa
Casa
W L. Parker
Elgin
John F Alt
WE. Hill
Rock Island
Treasury
Committee
Satate
County picnic in Long View Park with named committees
Rock Island county to host a Thursday rally at Long View Park Rock Island with committees for Finance Program Booster Amusements Grounds and Privileges Reception Parade Music and more. Prizes for parade features to be awarded by Rev Frank E Shult and others. dozens of local attendees and plans noted for school participation and flags.
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Long View Park
Rock Island
H. B. Vas Duzer
Harry Ainsworth
Moline
Marion Humphreys
H. K. Walker
W. F. Kaupke
Thomas Campbell
O. E. Child
Clarence Trevor
H. H Osborn
R. C. Smedley
J. H Hauberg
H. E. Robb
H. A. Weld
E B. McKown
Chris Gaetjer
Dr . W. Stewart
Wilson P. Hunt
Bert H Wilson
L. R. Gaylord
H. E. van Duren
J H. Hauberg
W G Oglevee
Florence Magill Wallace
Frank E. Shult
Wm. M Reck
Frank K. Rhoads
Bodal
J Ferguson
Justin Daily
Thomas Watson
Foster
Dena Heeren
Port Byron
Elizabeth Duvivier
Cordova
E D. Fisher
Sears
C. D. McLaughlin
Milan
BE. W. Thompson
Silvis
Edward Morton
Hillsdale
Louis Hauberg
City School
Country School
Minneapolis widow M. F. Hanley dies. Buford family notes
Mrs. M. F. Hanley formerly Emeline Buford dies at her Minneapolis home after a year of losses in the Buford family. Burial at Chipplannock cemetery. She leaves two sons, two sisters, and two brothers. Her widowed husband Mr Hanley, a Minneapolis lawyer, and siblings in Washington, St Paul, and Bismarck.
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Mabel Smith
Seth T Smith
St. Louis
John F Lindvall
Minnie Lindvall
St Louis
Smith
Moline
M. F. Hanley
Emeline Buford
Minneapolis
Buford
Chipplannock
Hanley
Thomas J. Buford
First Avenue
Rock Island
United States Army
Coal Famine Hits Moline Dealers As Freight Rise Looms
Moline coal dealers report no Illinois coal available as Indiana and Ohio mines push prices higher. Freight hikes after June 1 could push soft coal to five dollars a ton retail, with local buyers unable to secure supply. Dealers blame Edison and other Chicago buyers for cornering coal amid a statewide strike.
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Moline
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Tri-City
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Edison Company
Peabody Coal Co
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Peoria
Ohio and
Gold Medal Flour Advertised as Made on Hones Rosin
A fragmented OCR note proclaims Gold Medal Flour is made on hones rosin with unclear context. The readable words reference brand and material, suggesting a production claim or promotional snippet from an older advertisement.
Local News from Carbon Cliff Chip
Mrs Yoder of Canton Ohio visits her husband supervising new kilns at Argillo works. Mr Naubauer returns from West Liberty Iowa after illness with typhoid fever. Pupils in the primary room whe
Seminary article sparks faculty censure call at Augustana
The Augustana senior annual article The Theologue provoked seminary ridicule claims. Faculty urged removal of page 13 and eyed future synod censorship to police college publications while noting no existing authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustana
Augustana Observer
College Monthly
Jahns Named Treasurer For Seventh Street Road Fund
At a well attended meeting in Karstens hall on the bluff last week E C Jahns was named treasurer of the Seventh street road improvement fund. He will collect subscriptions and oversee payments for macadamising Seventh street from eighteenth avenue south to Rock River bottoms road. Work to begin soon with hired teams, not city labor, starting at Eighteenth avenue and moving south to wrap up within city limits.
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E. C. Jahns
Seventh Street Road Improvement Fund
Karstens
Bluff
Eighteenth Avenue
Cordova High School Class Play and Graduation Notes
Cordova hosts a class play at the opera house with Iversons orchestra from Davenport providing music. The annual graduating exercises were held there with diplomas awarded to Amy Robeson, Amy Opdike, Lois Tew, Mary Freek, Laura Marshall and Bell Smith and superintendent Hayden of Rock Island gave the address.
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Cordova
Opera House
Iverson
Davenport
Nellie Cronan
Moline
Hayes
Hoke Farm
Whitlam
Mount Pleasant
Amy Robeson
Amy Opdike
Lois Tew
Mary Freek
Laura Marshall
Bell Smith
Hayden
Rock Island
Ferguson
Charles Tanner
Quick
Fred Prouty
Jack Cooper
Millie Guinn
John Pettit
Gracie Key
Jack Babcock
Piute Lodge
Walter Pidcock
Chicago
Bert Dillon
Sorrows and joys of motherhood and a laxative remedy
An advice note praises motherhood despite sorrows and suggests using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for a crying or refusing child. It touts the syrup as pure and effective for stomach liver and bowels priced 50 cents or a dollar and available from any druggist.
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Fred
Knights of the Globe Life Endowment Society
Fraternal
Crystal Light Farmers’ Federation
Independent Order of Mutual Aid
Phelps
Oes
Pelpa
Johnson
Bowlby
Oliver Holland
Osco
Barney White
Lena Bay
P. Lawrence
Cooper
Frank Bay
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hennegan’s Hall
Ben Young
Kentucky
Squire Silvis
Moline Hospital
Cho
de Porter
J. W. Washburn
Ella O'Donnell
W R. Carey
Welcome BY
Ben S. Bell
Incorporated
The
Educational Co
W.Q. Lightly
Jacob Reitz
Robert G. Alison
W. E. Hill
Moline Focal No. 17
California
E'gin Man
Committee On Music
United States
First Methodist Church
Mississippi River
Afe Heynolds
Visltors
Alta Pires
Ploneer Fapritiy
Rock Ibiacd
Indiana and
Peete Ati
Venonica
Fae Era
America
Inter-Ocean
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York World
Morine Review-Dispatch
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