Bridge project eyed with Rock River location talks
The article reports on a joint resolution by Rock Island and Henry counties authorizing a Rock River bridge between the Colona ferry area and Osborn lines. Representatives Campbell and Landes pushed the measure to secure war department permission, with committees to finalize site and cost estimates. Local figures anticipate action at the next board sessions as support grows.
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Thomas Campbell
C. EB. Whiteside
General Assembly
Campbell
Senate
Landes
Whiteside
Boards of Supervisors
Secretary of War
Moline
Rock Island
Obituary notices and deaths in Rock Island area
Miss Nellie Cecilia Ellison died at 6:30 p m October 31 at her parents home on Seventh avenue and Twenty seventh street Born in Moline 24 years ago she lived in the city most of her life She attended public schools and Augustana college where she graduated later doing stenographic work until illness Typhoid led to tuberculosis She leaves her parents and two brothers Albert and Alvin Mrs J B Wells a pioneer Rock Island resident died Sunday in Mound City Her remains were brought to Rock Island for burial and services were held Wednesday afternoon Angeline Thomas a longtime Rock Island county resident died in Rapids City last Friday Her funeral was in Rapids City and burial at Hampton cemetery She was 73 born in Jo Daviess county Her husband Nathaniel Thomas died years ago Seven children survive including F C Thomas Grinnell Iowa and Mrs Esther Senthouse Rapids City A brother Robert Lynn of Rock Island also survives
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Geo. W. Johnson
Maurits Johnson
Julius Johnson
Johnson
Pontiac
Illngis, State Reformatory
Deneen
J. Peterson Plano Co
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Lynn
Arundover
Chilgren
Minneapolis
Willian Josephson
TW. Gigesing
E. E. Morgan
Douglas
Alghat
W. F. Darney
Thomas Dunn
James McBurney
Sixth Avenue
Emily Perking
W. QO. Beam
E. P. Thomas
I. F. Morgan
Daisy
McBurney
California
Nellie Cecilia Ellison
Charles Ellison
Seventh Avenue
Seventh Street
Miss Ellison
Augustana College
Ellison
Albert
Alvin
J B Wells
Jira
D . C. Ashbaugh
Mound City
Wells
Richfield
Conn
Ilinoals
Bernard Reddecker
Seventeenth Street
Angeline Thomas
Rock Island County
Reat
Inampton Cemetery
Rapids City
F. C. Thomas
Grinnell
Iowa
Mark el
Canada
Oscar
Missouri
George Crouch
Fred Adams
Port Byron
Esther Senthouse
John Swanker
Carbon C
Robert Lynn
Home Study club postpones November open meeting
Social notes record the Home Study club delaying its Nov 11 open meeting and later acting as a committer on entertainment. Dr. Foss of Hook Island may resign from the planning committee as he contemplates a trip east.
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C. Foss
Hook Island
France
Germany
America
Hillsdale News Briefs and Local Happenings
A load of cedar telephone poles arrived for the Cracent Telephone Co to serve surrounding countryside. Local dog aficionado Mr Nundale added another hound. Oklahoma lure draws Robert McGregor to consider selling his Hillsdale county home and move south. An entertainment meeting at Link's Drugstore elected officers for the year with Albert Huneke president and J W Hedson vice president. Tickets to be sold at Giles Drugstore. Lulu Tyler Gates the reader joins the Slayton Lyceum bureau November 22.
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Albert Huneke
Popcom
J. W. Hedson
Vic
Fredident
C. L
FE. L. Hanson
Giles
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
Lulu Tyler Gates
Hillsdale News Highlights Local Life And Obituaries
Dec 12 lists Dr. Austin DeBlois and Dec 26 as events, with others like Feb 5 Pilt Packer and Feb 22 Charles EB Varney. Reports include Henry Mills and Mrs. Kate Martin sewing comforts, social visits across Hillsdale Albany and Moline, a Hallowe en party at Miss Clara McCartney’s, a fatal cancer death of George Leslie, a near fire at Mrs. Warren Walker’s, and community notes on church improvements, school students, markets, and a sermon at Enterprise church. The piece also carries an Ohio legal notice form for Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
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Austin DeBlois
Hoston
Pilt Packer
Charles EB. Varney
Giles
Rock Island
James Mill
Barntow
Hillsdale
James Robinson
Hillsdale Ald
Kate Martin
Charles Moody
Frank Quade
Ihe Quade
Mo Mine
J. Markee
Link Giles
Clara McCartney
Albany
John Dalley
Joslin
D. E. Scott
George Leslie
Moline
Hallowe'en
John Wreath
John Cooley
Mr Cooley
Tampico
William
Mill
Q. A. Wilbur
Erie
Thureday
Mamie Dalley
Miss Foster
Wreath
James Wreath
Allie Rasmussen
China Rasmussen
Herman Sands
Sands
Rose
William Sands
Geneseo
Ela ‘Wake
Louise Loptien
Chris Dillon
Francis Carey
James Fitzgibbon
Mary Schall
Enterprise
Moline Hospital
Ms Leslie
Allegheny County
Iowa
Scott
Hilsdale
Presbyterian Church
M. Story of
Presbyterian
Warren Walker
Rosco Rose
Prophetstown
Kesia Anglesey
James Dillon
Charlie Wake
Myron Yolton
Port By- Ton Academy
and Mee
William Winer
So’ Man
Washington Miller Oscar Rai
Moléfe
Pironta
George Passmore
Ahcome
Justin Dailey
Enterprise Church
Fray
Freeport
Sophia Misfeldt
Henry Ashdown
Brown's Business College
Wilson
Alpha
Methodist Church
Market reports show steady tone with diverse produce prices
New York markets report butter down two cents while overall sales stay steady locally. Arrivals include seven loads of fresh hay from Rock River bottoms and farms east of Silvis. Prices list many items from cauliflower to cucumbers and walnuts with varying per unit costs.
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Rock River
Silvis
Local Gossip Clashes Over Personal Claims
Fragmentary remarks circulate about Bijones and Jhomes with accusations about origins and behavior. The exchange includes insults and vague references to sexuality and cooking terms, lacking verifiable details or sources.
Time-Honored Five Points Grocery to Close Next May
The Five Points grocery, long run by Claus Anderson, will exit the building at 15th Street and 7th Avenue next May. Vermaelen plans to open a clothing store in the same building, while Anderson seeks a downtown site or may develop a new lot at Tenth Street and Sixteenth Avenue to run a general store with hardware and dry goods.
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Five Points Grocery
Claus Anderson
Anderson
Vermaelen
Vermuelen
Tenth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies Endorsement
Dr Earl Sloan, son of a veterinary surgeon, has practiced with horses for twenty years and developed remedies from experiments to ease animal suffering. Readers can write to Dr Sloan at 615 Albany Street Boston MA for a free booklet titled Sloan's Treatment on the Horse detailing care for horses cattle hogs and poultry.
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Sloan
Earl
Bari
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples
William H. Gormain of Moline with Jeanie Miller of Lenox Kansas, George W. Walkup with Carte Perkins of Watertown, Adam R. McBarney with Margaret W. Morehouse of Moline, John Anderson of Rock Island with Mary DeVeriese of Moline, Wittin Lasty with Homeece Da Jackson of Metixe, Robert Ramsom with Gertrude Migren of Rock Island.
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William H. Gormain
Moline
Mre
Jeanie Miller
Lenlic
Kad
George W. Walkup
Carte Perkins
Watertown
Adam R. McBarney
Margaret W. Morehouse
Jo&m
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Bupérvieurs
Jaque
Gue Ie
Suni
Hamagle
Nason
Mra. C. O
F. W. Gould
Joehua Hale
Newburygort
Masq
Hele
Hale
A. J. Brosseau
Albion
Mich
Mrs. Brosseau
Misa Sadie
Edwards Congregational Church
C. A. Moore
Birdie Hummer
Leater Cook
F. W. Perkins
Spalding Apartments
J. H. Wilson
Aeit
W. T. Ball
Ejia Benedict
Kansas City
Jennia Young
Des Moines
Alice Paddock
Library of the State University
Ddna Anderson
Sixth Street
Misa Florence Bennett
Maquoketa
Edward Sundine
Minnie Stuhr
Rock Laland
H. W. Cooper
Ality
R. H. Mills
Norelli
Paul
Wedseelay
Anne G. Wetsel
David WetselOt
Coat- Valley
Arthur J. Lincoln
Calamel
James
Rush
Linceinot Ohneee
Wort
Meer Street
Jomitertata
Auguet Rydback
Square Deal
England
Sweden
Hoe
Smeland
Stockholm
Royal Palace
Hee
New York
Mrs. W. i. Whitsitt
Jacob Stoift
Stofft
grand lodge o#easiong
Knights of Pythias
Committee On
B. F Knox
Mary Knox
Clyde Wood
Orton
Will Cook
Willa
Omaha
Neb
EB. G. Anthony
Marla Edwards
W . Bearby
Sue Flerce
Quincy
J. F. Huntoon
Cook County
Mary E. Kuehl
Misa Marie O. Brehm
Cor
Sec'y
Minnie B. Hornung
L. L. Goodman
Mra. A. Edwards
J F. Huntoon
W. W. Bearly
Manufacturers’ Hotel
F .H. Leavens
Harry Aliaworth
Ibgen
Adam R. McBormey
J. W. Morgan
W. F. Danley
Second Presbyterian Church
Aix
Bryan ‘Comaty
Thomas
Chan
Mra
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Thomes
Elp
Morgan
John W. Gilesing
Uliy
Plano
Nellie Ellison
J. B. Wells
Angelina Thomas
Social Notes
Mrs Tangled Heieets
Ohio
Toledo
Lucat County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
W. Gleason
PW. J. Cheney
Sigh Nee
Alofine Frists Savings Bank
G. W. Wood
H. A. Ainsworth
Oo. B. Anderson Cashier
New York Stock Market
Twin-City
Bermuda
Orida
Union Pacific
U 8. Steel
U. 8. Steel
Com
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Missouri Pacific
Great Northern
Canadian Pacific
Illlinois Central
Pennsylvania
Cc & 0
B&o
Atchison
St. Paul
Abu
Pimpsbury
Bijones
Italy
C. Vermussen
15Th St
7Th Ave
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