Hubbard Is Oldest Archer In Parade At Freeport Event
A. M Hubbard named the oldest marcher in the parade, drawing crowds as he greeted attendees and camera crews. The event featured General Frederick Dent Grant and Governor Deneen, with veterans from Stephenson County marching amid celebrations and color soaked crowds. Meanwhile the Sons of Veterans debated name changes, with Gould and others active in encampment sessions and local Memorial Day planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Grand Army Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Freeport
Fife and Bugle Corps
Graham Post
A. M Hubbard
Bevelt
Jacob and
Douglas
Courthouse Square
Stephenson County
Frederick Dent Grant
Charles . Deneen
Company F
The
National Guard
Deneen
Ohio
van Sant
Rawleigh
Can
Gineval Grant
Fenton
Milwaukee
G M Gould
B. B. Tyrrell
Frank Clendenin
Sons of Veterans of
Clendenin
B. E Morgan
L. R Gaylord
Sons of Veterans
Qould
H C Springnou
Springfield
Sons of Vetrans
GAR
Daughters of Veterans
W T Rawleigh
Family Star Tales From a Child's Telescope Night
Harold Skinner recalls a father figure at a grand academy sharing a picture book of stars. A child recounts astronomy, misheard names, and a night sky through a telescope, finding the Milky Way and Aquarius in a pantry shelf wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Succindas
Harold Skinner
Womans Home Companion
Augustana Lyceum announces seven attractions for season
The Augustana Lyceum association schedules seven acts for the coming season. Key acts include Judge Ben B Lindsey of Denver with The Misfortunes of Mickey, Signor Bartilotto Concert Company led by Signor Guiseppe Bartilotti, violinists Gaylord Yost and Ella Schroder, reader Marguerite Chaffee, Montaville Flowers recitals, and Dr William A Colledge lectures. Handel Oratorio chorus, Wennerberg chorus, and Augstana college orchestra headline the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustana Lyceum Association
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Ben B Lindsey
Denver
Mickey
Bartilotto
Signor
Guiseppe Bartilotti
Caruso
Conservatory
Naples
Gaylord Yost
Ella Schrodar
Yost i
Kubelik
McMillan
Marguerite Chaffee
Montaville Flowers
Charles Dickens
Hamlet
Denmark
William A Colledge
Henry M Stanley
Africa
South Africa
Handel Oratorio Chorus
Wennerberg Chorus
Augustana College
Decoration day observance and local notes from Hampton
Decoration day will be observed in Hampton with exercises at 8 am including a roll call and Lincoln Address at Gettysburg. Memorial sermon to be preached May 29 at the Methodist church by Rev Thompson of Silvis. Local visits and entertaining noted at Hampton, Watertown, Rock Island, Moline, and Taylor Ridge. town residents report travel, housing, and society events.
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Hampton
Thompson
Silvis
McKinley
Moline
J M Benson
Ross Wainwright
Watertown
Ladies’ Union
Anna Adams Olas Ellman
Manuel Smith
George Dirreen
Ladien
Society
Elizabeth Lucas
P Shepherd
Misa Johnson
Ausbrook
A Adame
Rapids City
Gray
John Oltmanns
E Hill
C Dalley
Child
Taylor Ridge
Jason Willis
W H Conant
Iowa City
Francis Black
Milwaukee
Joseph Hermes
Mopdantal Post
Department of I Mnota
Freeport
Odell
Port Byron
US Boundaries Commission Heads to The Hague for Newfoundland Fishery Case
The seven members of the United States boundaries commission travel on the high seas to appear before the permanent international court of arbitration in The Hague to settle the Newfoundland fishery dispute. Special counsel is United States Senator Root with aides including Chandler Anderson George Turner Samuel J Elder Charles B Warren Robert Lansing and James Brown Scott. Root forecasts a roughly three month conference with possible wireless arrangements if a meeting with Colonel Roosevelt occurs.
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Boundaries Commission
United States
Permanent International Court of Arbitration
the Hague
High Seas
Senator Root
Robert Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
James Brown Scott
State Department
Root
Roosevelt
James B. Scott
Charles B. Warren
Detroit
81 Elder
Boston
George Turner
Washington
C. P. Anderson
New York
Senator Elihu Root
Convention call issued for St Paul union of Upper Mississippi groups
The ninth annual convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association will be held in St Paul on July 12 and 13, 1910. Delegates from Illinois Missouri Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin civic bodies and business groups are invited to participate. Moline’s nine delegates may be maintained through merger of the Moline club with the Business Men's association. The aim is early completion of the low water foot channel project from Minneapolis to the Missouri River.
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Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
St Paul
United Commercial Travelers of America
Fourth
St. Peter Streets
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Mississippi Valley
Maline
Moline Club
Business Mens Association
Molne Club
Business Men's Association
Retail Merchants’ Association
Molines
Thomas Wilkinson
L. B. Boswell
Congress
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Missouri River
Quincy Boosters Plan Banquet for Otis Elevator Officers
Quincy Chamber of Commerce schedules a complimentary banquet for Otis Elevator Co officers on June 3, with $5 tickets selling fast to local business leaders. The event aims to welcome the firm as it advances plans to erect a building and hire about 500 workers when operating.
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Quincy
Otis Elevator Co
Chamber of Commerce
Elevator Company
Andromises
Massons Plan Week Visit to Cleveland Summer Home
The Rev and Mrs A G Masson and their son depart on Wednesday for Cleveland Ohio to visit a week at the summer home of Mrs Massons cousin Mrs F E B Abbott at Indian Farm Wilson Mill They expect to return the last of next Week.
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A. G. Masson and Son
Cleveland
Army Lieutenants Arrive for Panhandle Practical Training
Seven second lieutenants from the West Point class of last summer join Major C. Keller at the Rock Island U S engineers office for a three month practical study program. They will tackle assigned subjects, draft reports for the War Department, and later observe Hennepin canal work before gaining hands on experience on the upper Mississippi under Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
West Point
C. Keller
Rock Island
United States Engineers’ Office
L. C. Godfrey
F C Harrington
C. J Taylor
J R O D Matheson
E. H Marks
J C H Lee
C C Gee
W H. Sage Jr
Panama Canal
New Orleans
Keller
Major Keller
War Department
Hennepin Canal
Leutenants
Upper Mississippi
Detroit
Major Riche
Extensions Granted for Davenport Public Utilities
Voters in Davenport approved twenty five year extensions for The People’s Light Co. and Tri City Railway Co. The interurban link to Muscatine is promised within two years at an estimated cost over one and a half million dollars. Labor unions opposed the extension demanding a six ride quarter concession not offered.
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Davenport
People’s Light Co
Tri-City Railway Co
Muscatine
Davenport-Muscatine
Davenport Board of Aldermen
Fifteen Teams Work On Seventh Street Road Progress
BH. C. Klehm reports excellent progress on the Seventh Street road project with fifteen to twenty teams at work daily. The team predicts completion on schedule as crews continue steady effort. Miss Edith Swan returns to Moline after Thanksgiving absence and resumes domestic preparations for summer.
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BH. C. Klehm
Edith Swan
Moline
Lutheran Orphans Home Dedication Planned at Andover
The Andover Lutheran Orphans Home board plans dedicatory exercises for the new $28,000 home, expected the day after the Augustana synod adjourns, with speakers Dr A Novelius and Rev F A Linder. The building replaces a burned facility on the Lutheran farm at Andover, constructed by Victor Palmgren.
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Lutheran Church In America
Novelius
Augustana Synod
F. A. Linder
Illinois Conference
Illinois
Victor Palmgren
Lutcheran
Andover
Coal Valley Social Notes and Local Visits May 24
Coal Valley residents and visitors share a weekend of calls and gatherings. Mr and Mrs. Myers host and receive guests including Dr and Mrs Myers and Mrs Block of Moline. Keewanee’s John Stevens visit Coal Valley friends. several locals travel to Rock Island, Sherrard, or Moline for family occasions and events. A Bachelor Girls club forms with first meeting May 26 and other residents return from trips to Hillsdale Freeport Penn Moline Rock Island.
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Coal Valley
Rock Island
Myers
John Stevens
Kewanee
Coal Valley Friends
Block
Moline
Larson
Swedona
John Prout
Sherrard
Prout
Martin Sievers
Thomas Lees
Betty Lees
David Anderson
Anderson
Carlson
James Sackville
James Lees
Joe Rowe
Nellie Moran
Pearl Somerson
Jennie Sommerson
Carrie Brehmer
Rose Nitz
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Rose Nittz
Charles Rosene
Cora Engle
Hillsdale
Mrs. West
Freeport
Penn
Josie Murphy
George Buck, Sr
Thomas Glenn
Nebraska
T. J Murphy
Ross Ullman
Emil Nightingale
Gust Krapp
Orion
Peter Conner
Mather
The
Cable Mercantile Co
Bam Smythe
Omaha
John Thompson
Emma Lees
Not Surprised Real Estate Agent Exchange
A Chicago Journal passage features a real estate agent boasting a suburb’s death rate is lower than elsewhere, with a resident joking that they wouldn’t be found dead there, illustrating local tone and dark humor.
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Chicago Journal
Railway etiquette study cited in French kiss ban
A reader notes that kissing at railway stations in France has been halted due to train delays. The quote contrasts railway etiquette with personal farewells and references a Life magazine line about romantic goodbyes.
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France
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Grand Army
Gould
Grant
George M Gould
Mo Line Camp No 1
Sons of the Grand Army of the Republic
NAMG
Sons of Union R Defenders
Springston
Tillots
William G Dustin
Brother Jack
Rock Island County
State Savings Bank & Trust Co
Ain
Sor Hikscu
JWOGE
Ben Lindsey
Italian Concert Co
Italian Concert Company
Montaville
Jang
Bridge
Cleveland Plain Dealer
ST. Paul
Upper River Improvement Association
Quincy Boosters
Panama
Board of Aldermen
Interurban
Evee
Seventh Street Road
Ferner
Cersanen
Reema
Ween
Synod
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