City to Improve Moline Harbor with Deepened Pool and Levee
The harbor committee and Mayor met with Col. C. W. Durham to plan improvements on Moline harbor. A six foot deep pool from the Eighteenth to Twenty fifth streets will allow private levees. Sylvan park frontage will receive a stone levee with steps, and silt from dredging will fill low riverfront spots and top dress Sylvan Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Park
C. W. Durham
U. S. Engineers’ Office
Moline
Lage Waters Sells as Priester Takes Over Rock Island Store
Otto Priester manager of Plow City shoe store and E A Larson of Davenport purchase stock of LageWaters Shoe company in Rock Island and will operate at the same location. They previously acquired the business four years ago and last year bought Ringquiet Co in Moline, now forming a chain of three first class houses. Priester has worked in three cities including CG Hi Adams and Sage Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Priester
Plow City Shoe
E. A. Larson
Davenport
LageWaters Shoe Company
Rock Island
Ringquiet & Co
Moline
Sage-Waters
Priester
CG. Hi. Adams
Sage-Waters Company
Willbaye
Frida
Morne
New
Jarsey
Joseph Key
Frank Wilson
Warren
Sidney
Board of Trade
Bal He Whiteside
Ed Miller
Camanche
Alfred Smith
Zella Whiteside
Chester Handell
Lloyd Fisher
Mary Griswell
Albany
Long Civil War and Mexican War Veterans Cemetery List
A cemetery committee at R. H Graham post locates and lists soldiers buried nearby. It notes 137 headstones, seeks full name, company, regiment, and death date for any additional names, and asks relatives of S J Johnson to provide burial details from 1898. Communications to J. M. Holt or J. A. Bartlett in MoHne, Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H Graham
J. Johnson
J. M. Holt
A. Bartlett
MoHne
Larson takes charge of Rock Island store as partner
He arrives from Davenport to lead the business in Rock Island under the name Larson & Co. Mr Larson, a former Rock Island resident, previously worked at the Schneider shop and for six years managed the Fair shoe store in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Davenport
Rock Island
Larson & Co
Larson
Schneider Shop
Fair Shoe
Silvis Wife Appeals for Second Divorce
Evidence heard in circuit court in the divorce suit of Lillian Hall against Nigie M Fall seeking a second divorce after cruelty. They married in 1892, divorced in Davenport eight years ago, remarried in 1902, and she again charges cruelty. Ramskill versus Ramskill for habitual drunkenness also heard. both cases under advisement. George W. Wood represents Mrs Hall. Schriver and Schriver appear for Mrs Ramskill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Hall
Nigie M. Fall
Davenport
Wilelmina Ramskill
Charles Ramskill
Gest
George W. Wood
Hall
Schriver & Schriver
Mra
Ramskill
Bakery Bosses Raise Wholesale Prices in Moline and Rock Island
Bakers in Moline and Rock Island held a Saturday meeting at the Langbehn building to announce wholesale price increases on bakery goods. Bread up 7 percent, pastry items about 10 percent, with no retail price changes planned for now. Raw material costs prompted the shift, flour at $5.60 per barrel and raisins priced higher in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Bakers
Moline
Rock Island
Langbehn
Pakéry
Capstone Wrecked Delays Campbell Island Monument Work
Massachusetts Watertown Arsenal ships new capstone and four 24 pound 1812 style howitzers to the Campbell Island monument site. The original capstone broke during hoisting last week, jeopardizing July 19 dedication. contractor bears the loss and a replacement is being prepared for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell's Island
Watertown Arsenal
Massachusetts
Rock Island
Weather frost damages farm homes in Cordova region
A frost Thursday in the Mere dosia region damaged property as window lights shattered in several farm houses. The brief cold spell lasted about twenty minutes. Newton notes Mavenner returned last week to the grand jury.
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Cordova
Meredosia
Newton
Mavenner
Grand
Local items note travel, sales plans and farm life
Weekend visitors and family news mix with small town remarks on motor engines replacing windmills for water pumping and farm work. A Diamond Jo steamer report, local operations, graduations, medical updates and weather impacts appear among casual notices and farmer anecdotes.
Woman Falls Fourteen Feet From Porch
Jennie Peterson of 616 Sixteenth street fell fourteen feet from an upstairs porch to the alley below Saturday evening. The railing gave way as she leaned on it, leaving her unconscious for a time. Dr C C Sloan found no broken bones. she remained unconscious most of the night but rallied Sunday and stood again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Peterson
Christine Peal
Sixteenth Street
Ald
C C Sloan
Park Store To Take Over Duncan & Ransom Grocery
W W Emmons and J Glassman buy the Duncan and Ransom grocery in the YM.CA building on Sixteenth street for operation as The Park Store. Emmons has managed Duncan & Ransom for over a year and Glassman is a Davenport fruit and produce merchant. The Duncan & Ransom Co was insolvent. trustees planned sale to highest bidder for creditor dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan & Ransom
Ym.ca
Sixteenth Street
W. W Emmons
J Glassman
Park
Emmons
Glassman
Davenport
Duncan & Ransom Co
Herman Zeuch
Morton L. Marks Co
Marks Concern
Zeuch
Oscar Ekman Bequeaths $5000 to Augustana
The late Consul Oscar Fieman of Sweden leaves five thousand dollars to Augustana College in a will filed after his death last week. The bequest, dated years ago, becomes effective upon probate and marks a notable gift from a Sweden-based official to the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Fieman
Sweden
Colle Ekman
Woman causes arrest in Allison case romanticized in Tribune piece
Tribune coverage analyzes John Allison the reformed yeggman and his wife Mamie Burkit of Mishawaka driving a pardon bid. The feature recalls the 1898 Richland bank raid and South Bend arrest, tracing Allison’s downfall from an early Studebaker worker to a life of quiet citizenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allison
Yeggman and
Moline Plow Co
Moline
Michigan State Penitentiary
Chicago Tribune
South Bend
Allison
Mamie Burkit
Mishawaka
Studebaker
Union Bank
Richland
Mich
Harry Slater
Notre Dame College
Albert Edward Pevett
Real Estate Transfers Report May 16 17
Property transfers listed include Heinrich Miller to Gustav Miller for two lots in Barstow's area and multiple outlays in Rock Island Moline Silvis East Moline and Port Byron with prices ranging from 1 to 9400 dollars. Notable entries include J W Simonson to John Schafer $125 and Madison B to Edna Mitchell $500.
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Thirty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
Rock Island
Hdna M. Mitchell
Alfred Nelson
Thirty-eighth Atreet
Hivera Johnson
Anna Peterson
Pitts
Albert & Pitts
Moline
Isaac Richardson
John Ed Olden
Andalusia
Idi
Cornelia Carr
Jas
J Carr
Bweeney & Jackson
Chase Woodburn
Frank H. Cox
Louis Mosenfelder
Martha L. Huhnerbock
Longview Heights
Caroline and
O S Lindvall
Edward J Edlund
Ridgeview
Henry Empkeer
E. H Stafford
Alfred N Noble
Silvis
Charlotte Goldschmidt
Lucinda Mosher
Milan
Lucinda J Mosher
Louisa M
W H Lovell
Ernest L. Cox
Irwin
Cox
Rapids City
Elizabeth McQuaid
Jos. M McQuaid
Schnell
Chas. Deere
Ross P Wilson
Columbia Park
E H Stafford
John M Canning
Gilvin
Axel Peternor
Monroe Kohne
Louis
Andrew Dexter
Mary Holdorf
Dexter
Neawly
Julian Parrott
B D Connelly
East Moline
Cornelia H S. Woodwand
Geo. B. Bailey
Bailey & Beardsley
Amanda M
Wm H Thomas
Ellie
Hang Goos Jr
Island
Mayer Rosenfield
Henry Johnson
Gilbert
H M Wiggins
Thompson
Guyer
Henry Bowes
W Thompson
Edgewood Park
Carl O Jghneon
Herbert C Peters
Black Hawk
Jane
Cable
Michael Kavanaugh
Buford & Quyer
Matt Simonson
Marv T Wiborre
Simonson
Muline
John Wixon
Emma A Mangold
Gilbert & Pitts
Carl Schmacht
D. Convely
Schmacht
Ho Honens
Anna M Fisher
Margaret N Gilmore
Old Town of
Gon & Young
Swan J Apple
South Moline
John D. Bescher
Herry G. Glenn
Beecher & Walsh
John C . Buck
Julius WeltiIn
Henry Curtis
Hale
Stine Gottsch
B .O
Elmira
Edward C Donahoe
Frank
Wm. Youd
Sixth Avenue
Meline
Heinrich Miller
Gustav Miller
Port Byron
Ida F Wark
J W
H W Fremann
Schnells First
Black Hawk Building Loan and Savings Association
Della Kunkle
Sinnet's
Jackson & Babcock
Edna M Mitchell
Third Wheelock
Fifteenth-street
Frank Kleinschmidt
John A Wagner
Lower Add
Frank G White
Geo. N Brown
E'Y
August Schatterman
Camiie Vermuelan
College Heights
H Stafford
John J Zacharias
Geo. W Hamler
Ralph M Mce Gaughey
Acme
Louis Ostrom
Olof Peterson
Elvera Johnson
White & Pope
Edmond de Bisere
New Shop
Tri-City Railway Co
John Meersman
Stewart
Chamberlain
Catherine M. Lamber
Chas. D. Falsom Et al
Jas. 1. Carr
Peter A. Carlson
Sweenly & Jackson
Edna M. Mitchell
J. B. Oakleaf
Delila J. Kunkle
Sinnett
Ida S. Nelson
Hdria M. Mitchell
Wilson H. Harris
Chas. R. Nelson
East
Oliver Copley
Mary A. Schoening
L. Oakleaf
Trustes
Ida
Nelson
Concrete Work Expands Wingdam Channel to Campbell’s Island
Work begins this year on widening the Wingham canal reaching Campbell’s Island and Watertown side as engineers extend the main channel. Progress aims to improve navigation and flood control for the region.
Major dam upgrades promise 25 percent more power for Moline
The wingdam at Moline will be rebuilt this summer to provide a constant water head at Arsenal and People's Power Co. dams. Concrete core may replace loose rock. experiments seek to lay it underwater. If dry cofferdam needed, cost rises. Extension to Campbell Island planned in years, raising Moline pool by two feet and boosting power by 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal
People’s Power Co
Cr. Riche
U. S. Engineers’ Office
Moline
Major Riche
Campbell's Island
Moline Pool
Elks To Stage Open-Air Concert Series In June
Three open-air concerts planned by tri city Elks during June to raise funds for the band’s trip to the national convention in Philadelphia. Dates are June 13 20 and 27 with venues Prospect Park Rock Island Watch Tower Davenport Schuetzen Park Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tricity Lodges
Hlks
Philadelphia
Davenport
Rock Island
Chicago
Erie
Prospect Park
Watch Tower
Schuetzen Park
Moline
Man Found Entangled in Barbed Wire Fence Near Bidalo
John Hussey was found entangled in a barbed wire fence near Bidalo on Saturday and was critically exposed to the elements. Identification occurred Tuesday, with authorities naming Rock Jal-5 as a possible lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hussey
Bidalo
Casas
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Argenal Island
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George Dawsey
William A. Christison
Harrison Ackley
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Theodore Bratt
Arthur Bradley
Fred Berglund
John B. Davison
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John P. Andberg
James Hoffus Drury M. Grant
John P. King Charles G. L. Quillen
Alfred Poeten Wihttam Young Williams, Ransom
John Pears
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Mell
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L. Johnson
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Thad. O. Chase
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Beder Wood
Martin Sullivan
Charles Reese
Nathan C. Tyrrell
Wm. H. Babcock
Charles ©. Hubbard
A. A. Mechiing
William Spencer
Hartzell Cemetery
Nels P. Benson
John C. Johnson
William Shadford
Martin O. Mites
Martin D. Haemer
Daniel B. Drury
William H Bailey
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George W Heck
John B. Frick
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William Stoughton
Elisha Wall
Charles F. Samuels
David Murray Dorman A. Holt
Robert Bell
Richard Trevor G. W. Webb
J. C. Thornton
George
William Pettifer
Bowlesbury Cemetery
Henry Behinks James Fitzsimmons Wiliam FP Bysant
Charles Martel
Lilian Hall
Campbell’s Island Monument
Misa
Oscar Ekman
Augustana
Consul Ekman
Tribune
Watertown
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