New Boilers Needed for Safer City Water System
The Moline council took up replacing twenty year old boilers and batteries for the Holly pump project. A payment of 1590 was authorized on the filter contract as work progresses. Officials warn boilers must arrive in four to five months and arrange funding from next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Purfig
J P Denison
Continental Jewell Company
Tri-City Construction Co
Clits Council
Sleight
Crops Report Shows Mixed Yields Across County
County Crop Correspondent Thomas Campbell reports for Nov 1 that corn yields averaged 52 bushels per acre with 75 percent quality. Potatoes show no yield. Hay yields 15 tons per acre with 85 percent quality. Grapes and apples run at 50 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Campbell
Department of Agricultore
Touch of Romance in Their Wedding
Dr L Huntington and Mrs Jeanie Garrett unite in marriage October 29 at the new residence on Nineteenth street. The simple ceremony, few guests, imperial chrysanthemums, and a wedding supper followed. The groom met his bride at the city hospital last winter when he recovered from an accidental self inflicted wound and she cared for him as a nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Four New Ice Houses Erected in Watertown
A. P. Lundquist wins the contract to build four ice houses at Watertown for the Moline Ice Co. to replace the ones destroyed by fire. Each building will be 35 feet wide and 160 feet long with a total capacity of 14 000 tons. Construction has begun and the complex aims to be ready for this winter’s harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A P Lundquist
Watertown
Moline Ice
Marconi Wins Nobel Prize for Wireless Invention
Chicago November 2 report from Stockholm says Sigmund Marconi has won the Nobel Prize in physical science for wireless telegraphy. He is 28. The prize carries 40 000 dollars, a diploma and gold medal. Laureates must give a public lecture in Stockholm within six months and the donor’s anniversary is December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stockholm
Sweden
Department of
Physical Science
Swedish Academy of Servces
Sig Marconi
Alfred Nobel
Milwaukee and St Paul Delay Kansas City Route Opening
The Milwaukee and St Paul announce the Kansas City line will not open for thru service until December 6. The initial Nov 1 trial was postponed to allow proper completion and track work. Once finished, twelve hour trains will run between Chicago and Kansas City.
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Milwaukee
St Paul
Kansas City
Chicago
Roosevelt Letter Seeks to Free Nome Escapees
A Roosevelt letter discusses freeing Nome escapees with emphasis on policy and action. Officials weigh measures to address the Nome situation and ensure due process for those detained.
Roosevelt Letter Details Graft Prosecution Stand
Roosevelt declares no concern for political or social influence when pursuing graft in government service. The private missive, printed by Review of Reviews, defends impartial prosecution and notes possible alienation of friends amid the State Senator Green case and Dwight White House discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Nerther
Review of Reviews
Albert Shaw
White House
Washington, DC
Wold
Commonwealth
Theodore Roosevelt
George Green
Binghamton
Green
John W. Dwight
Dryden
New York
Dwight
Platt
Senator Green
Boys Missing From Rock Island Home Since Monday
Lewis Williamson aged 12 and Claud Williamson aged 10, sons of Frank Williamson of Rock Island East End, have been missing since Monday. The father asks police aid to locate them, feared drawn to a larger city after no contact. Lewis last seen with dark hair and wearing a dark suit.
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Lewis
Claud
Frank Williamson
Rock Island
Iowa
Serious charges against husband in maintenance case
Mrs. C Lucina McGraw of Moline filed a bill for separate maintenance in circuit court asking protection from Dennis McGraw. She alleges years of ill treatment including 1901 kicks leaving her lame, 1902 a head injury with a stove poker, and a 1896 hair-pulling incident. The husband, a plowfitter, earns good wages and is restrained from disposing of property pending hearing.
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Lucina McGraw
Moline
Dennis McGraw
McGraw
Wood & Peek
Travel Protection Association to Publish State History
The national Travelers' Protective association convention for Illinois will draw about 6000 TPA members from 33 states to Springfield next summer. The plan funds a handsome state history edition to promote Chicago and other cities with W. H. Howard leading material gathering in Moline. The T. P. A. building at the World's Fair was dedicated with 2000 members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers’ Protectio Association of America
TPA
Springfield
Knights of the Grip
Illnois
United States
W. H. Howard
Moline
Howard
Convention Executive Committee
Miss Betty Benson Weds in the West
Edgar Owens and Betty Benson were married on Saturday October 24 in Poore. The ceremony was performed by Rev Father Hughes in city. The couple and families remain at the homes of Moline friends.
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Edgar Owens
Betty Benson
Hughes City
Moline
Finest Trains for New Service Unveiled Equipment
The article highlights the finest trains prepared for a new service launch detailing advanced equipment and design features. It notes improvements in speed, comfort, and efficiency intended to attract riders and bolster regional transportation.
Milwaukee trains to Davenport mark new Kansas City service
Commercial Agent P L Hinrichs of the Milwaukee road previews three daily trains to Kansas City via a Davenport stop. The Southwest Limited will feature standard and compartment sleepers, a library car, diner, electric lights and steam heat. The Davenport run shifts Iowa cards and adds freight and passenger solicitors once service starts.
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P. L. Hinrichs
Milwaukee Road
Kansas City
Mr. Hinrichs
Pioneer Limited
Chicago
Milwaukee
West
Southwest Limited
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Minneapolis
St Paul
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Miss Emma Peterson Named Secretary of Local Building Society
Miss Emma Peterson, long-time stenographer for J W Warr, is elected secretary of the Moline Building Savings and Loan Association succeeding Warr. She will open an office in the post office block to run the building and loan business. Archie Warr becomes Warr's new assistant. Warr, originator of the local association, has served twenty three years and praises the appointment.
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Emma Peterson
J W. Warr
Moline Building, Savings and Loan Association
Warr
Miss Peterson
Mr. Warr
Archie Warr
Mr Warr
Building and Loan Association
Public Library Fund Seeks 4500 More for Carnegie Building
Eastman resumes canvass to finish the Carnegie library third floor as the drive targets 5500 total with 1000 subscribed so far. He plans to visit all potential donors except site fund subscribers, urging liberal supports payable in five installments starting next October. names of subscribers will be published.
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EL F Eastman
Carnegie
Maquoketa
Eastman
Dixon Rock Falls and Southern interurban plans 29 miles this fall
The Dixon Rock Falls and Southwestern interurban line expects to lay twenty nine miles of track this fall after a construction contract. The grade will be established with rails and ties laid though not yet travelable. The line will run near coal fields at Atkinson, with fuel hauling as a revenue source as it connects Rock Falls Geneseo and Moline toward Rock Island.
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Dixon
Rock Falls
A. J. McNeil
McNeil
Geneseo
Atkinson
Twin Cities
Moline
Tri-City Railway Co
Rock Island
Henry C. Smalley Dies Union Leader at 43
Henry C Smalley editor of the Galesburg Labor News and a prominent Illinois union leader died after a brief illness of nervous prostration at age 43. He started the Labor News seven years ago and built it into the region's labor organ. He served four years as alderman and helped secure arbitration clauses in streetcar franchises and the citys electric lighting plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C Smalley
Galesburg
Labor News
Illinois
The
Smalley
Trades Assembly
Union Mission Rummage Sale Realizes $780 in Rock Island
The Rock Island Union Mission rummage sale brought in 780 dollars in receipts, with total receipts at 900 dollars and expenses at 120 dollars.
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Union
Rock Island
Murdock and two others hurt in Coal Valley mine blast
A premature powder explosion at the Moore entined coal mine near Coal Valley injures Ivy Murdock 28 with eyes and tongue blown out and severely burns two other men Fred Krapp 28 and John Whipple 32. Mine inspector Thomas Hudson arrived to oversee investigations as families await word on recovery.
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Coal Valley
Ivy Murdock
Fred Krapp
John Whipple
Murdock
Krapp
Whipple
Dr Myers
D Wiggins
Milan
Sherrar Thomas Hudson
Galva
Stat
Two Circuit Judges Exchange Posts for Bench Duty
Judge Gest traveled to Cambridge to preside over the Henry County circuit court. He was accompanied by H D Blakemore the court stenographer while Judge E C Graves presided here by exchange.
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Gest
Cambridge
Henry Coury
H D Blakemore
Cou
E. C. Graves
Wa of
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Council
M. L. Huntington
Jennie Garrett
Moline Ice Co
Marconi
Savings Bank
A. $. Wright
C.R. Ainsworth
C. F
Nome
C. Lucinda McGraw
Charles Boehme
Tosetti
Roch Island
John E Robbins
George Switzer
Joliet
Anna Peterson
John W. Peterson
Gertrude Dole
Charles Dole
Cole
Steel Works
T. P. A. Commercial History OF
Hinrichs
St. Paul
J. W. Warr
Association
Henry CG. Smalley
Inspector
Benche
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Forsberg & Talty
de Thiers
Clouta Aes Ee
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