Surprise Birthday Social At Stewartville
Mrs George Martins of Twenty third avenue was honored with a surprise party Monday by her ladies friends for her 57th birthday. A later meeting of the ladies society will elect officers at Mrs Ellen Wilsons home Thursday afternoon. Mrs Samuel Britton visits Abingdon and Galesburg. Mrs Dan Porter of Coal Valley presides over her sister Mrs Andrew Hannah. Mrs Hattie Wubbard, guest of Mrs S R Glenn, ends a three month stay in Rock Island and Coal Valley and returns to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Martins
Twentythird Avenue
Little Son
George Hassan
Ellen Wilson
Samuel Britton
Abingdon
Galesburg
Dan Porter
Coal Valley
Andrew Hannah
Hattie Wubbard
8. R. Glenn
Rock Island
California
First Suit Filed For Bond Recovery In Phoenix Case
Attorney W R Moore filed suit today for Phoenix Insurance Co of Hartford against Colonel D O Reid and W E Stevens to recover $1000 the bond amount signed by Reid. The case marks the initial step toward prosecuting Stevens for illicit dealings with insurers. Stevens's shortage with the Phoenix Co is about $590 with premium increases noted in some cases from 5 to 60 or 100. Reid has been on the bond since 1889. At Graham post meeting last evening Stevens's membership was reportedly removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Moore
Phoenix Insurance Co
Hartford
D. 0. Reid
W. E. Stevens
Stevens
Reid
Colonel Stevens
Phoenix Company
Colonel Reid
Graham Post
Words of Rope for Weak Men by Dr. Greene ad
An advertisement urges men with diminished vigor to seek treatment from Dr. Greene at 148 State Street Chicago Illinois. It claims his Nervara method can cure irreparable cases and restore usefulness, promising free advice and confidential care with testimonials and a warning against unreliable local doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nervara
Jeffersons Found Guilty In Larceny Case At Circuit Court
In a noon Friday session in the circuit court Henry and Florence Jefferson were found guilty of larceny. The Flynn brothers and Frank Peterson were later convicted of robbing a Geneseo boy, Earl Gerhardt, and face sentences to Pontiac reformatory. Bennie Cundiff received a separate hearing while traveling with the Money to Burn band as drum major. The juror panel was excused until December's first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Florence Jefferson
Rock Island
Theoslums
James
Willie Flynn
Frank Peterson
Geneseo
Earl Gerhardt
Jefferson
Bennie Cundiff
Bennie
John Melville
Moline
William Haywood
John Shea
Melville
Pontiac Reformatory
Flynns
Valuable book offer for home decoration and dyeing
Mrs. Nella Daggett markets Fancy and Art Decoration with 50 illustrations and Practical Home Dyeing. Send coupon and two cent stamp to Wells Richardson Co for free copies of Fancy Work and Home Dyeing. Diamond Dyes are recommended for home use to refresh clothing and make Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nella Daggett
The
Home
Wells, Richardson &O
Burlington
Christman
Allen Promoted to Assistant General Agent for Rock Island
Davenport's Leon M. Allen earns a promotion to assistant general agent for the Rock Island railroad, credited with expanding Davenport time cards and train service and improving public relations. His duties move to Chicago after December 1, with E. F. Boyd succeeding him from the Chicago office as Davenport retains his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City
Leon M. Allen
Davenport
Rock Island Railroad
Davenport Democrat
Department of the Road
Allen
Rock Island
Chicago
F. Boyd
Love In Yours and Autumn Adages by Louise Chandler Moulton
A fragmenting verse note from Louise Chandler Moulton in Frankie's Popular Monthly November echoes love’s fleeting days. It contrasts young lovers beneath autumn skies with aging and fading passions, framed by autumn imagery and garden blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Chandler Moulton
Rock Island County Notes Highlight Deaths and Civic Bids
Sunday Y M C A talk on Christian character discussed. Local obituaries include Mrs. William Ward 58 who died of lung hemorrhage, and Anna Keller 77 from pneumonia. Fire light bids considered for 2000 to 160 lights with various schedules. Jailbird Wesley Reddig involved in questioned voting case at Rock Island polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Warr
William Ward
Rock Island
Butte, Mont
Henry Hardin
Montana
Peter Schlemmer
Joseph Hillier
Celia Eagleeye
Kortz
St. Anthony's Hospital
Keokuk
Iron Molders’ Union No
Tle Lodge
Masona
Eastern Star
Rock Island Council
Fire and Light
People's Power @o
Philadelphia
Harry Weiss
Rock Island Road
DeSilva
Mary Bresnahen
Fifth Avenue
African Methodist Church of
Anna Koller
John O. Freed
Keller
Fogelville
Wesley Reddig
Ransom
Fifth Ward
Henry L. Wheelan
Wesley
Twentieth Street
Union House
Min Host Hoesli
Reddig
Colona News Highlights Local Events and Voting
Capt L L Wheeler settled with residents for Hennepin canal right of way and talks ongoing with others. Fred Klemmer and August Koehn completed papers and voted. Alvin Perkins and Hattie Baker wed at the bride's home. Colona votes show 74 Republican 34 Democratic 1 populist with no ballot issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colona
L. L. Wheeler
U. 8
Charles Crist
T. W. Reese, Jr
Frank S. Fenno
J. S. Ellingsworth
G. W. Kincaid
Hennepin Canal
A. Grassau
R. R. Sherrill
August Lowe
E. B. Thompson
Havana
Green River
Briar Bluff
Obituary for John M Gallagher aging eight in Rock Island
John M Gallagher, age 8, died at 4 30 yesterday at home on Ninth Street outside Rock Island city limits. A native of County Donegal Ireland, he was a bachelor and had lived in this county since 1847. He worked in merchandising in Rock Island seven years then farmed in South Rock Island, spending most of his life there except 14 years from 1864 to 1878 in Idaho and Montana. He resided with his sister Mrs Martha Dougherty for many years. Mr and Mrs Fred Vierich mourn as their 21 month old daughter Marguerite died Thursday after a short illness of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Chingren
Aurora
George Bartlett
Brookfield
Bartlett
Sechler Carriage Co
Omaha
Moline
E. A. Edlen
New York City
S. B. Demorest
Fred
Oldenburg
Rock’ River Bottom
Birman
Fifth Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Rock Island
Little Paul Blair
Davenport
Bey
WK. Sloan
A. E. Kohler
Adams
Watertown Hospital
Harris
Pythian Gesellschaftswagen
KK. P. Ball
Messrs
E E Morgan
Jacob Stofft
S. S. Hoffman
F. Dewend
C. T. Morey
Woodyatt
Joseph Hayward
Tremont
Tazewell County
S. S. Crompton
Hayward
Massachusetts
New England
Walker Whiteside
Mr. Whiteside
Whiteside
Ben. T. Cable
New York
C. M. Wake
Joslin
Watertown Asylum
City Hospital
J. C. Silvis
Bessie Benton
Foxey
Harper's Theatre
Thomas J. Hickey
St. Joe
Winter Bane Ball Association
League
David J. Madden
Company Fy
Ponce
Porto Hico
Madden
Charles Ingersoll
Nellie Ball
Genereq
William Whiteside
H. C
Joe Lane
Congress
Scott County
Tom Taylor
Chicago
Denver
Rob Henzelmann
Trinidad
Col
Sternberg
John M. Gallagher
Ninth Street
lmJts
Donegal
Ireland
South Rock Island
Idaho
Montana
Martha Dougherty
Fred Vierich
Marguerite
Eye Veins Indicate Death, Says Eminent American Doctor
An American eye specialist claims veins in the retina reveal whether a person is dead. The test shows retinal veins darken after death while arteries shift colors. he says years of experiments support its reliability and should ease fears of being buried alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
Marriage Licenses Listed Across Illinois Towns
A batch of marriage licenses lists couples from Putnam Moline Buffalo Prairie Rock Island and nearby areas. Names include Alvin G Perkins Hattie L Baker Joseph M Boney Cassie G Eliott Charles Schroeder Tracy Fletcher Bruno Pysson Lionie Carpenter John L Simmon Katharine T Allyn Harvey G Hays Grace L Zollinger Alfred F Gustafson Hilde Titus Peter Little Jr Madge Agne Charles Walter Cook Carrie Laura Mixter Rock Island and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin G. Perkins
Putnam
Hattie L. Baker
Moline
Joseph M. Boney
Cassie G. Eliott
Buffalo
Prairie
Charles Schroeder
Tracy Fletcher
Rock Island
Bruno Pysson
Lionie Carpenter
John L. Simmon
Katharine T. Allyn
Rural
Harvey G. Hays
Chicago
Grace L. Zollinger
Port Byron
Alfred F. Gustafson
Cambridge
Hilde Titus
Peter Little, Jr
Madge Agne
Peoria
Charles Walter Cook
Carrie
Laura Mixter
Corporal at Fort Thomas Typhoid Fever Inquest
Coronal records show Corporal Roy R. Bigsey of Company A Sixtieth Indiana stationed at Fort Thomas Kentucky died after a typhoid fever illness during a night shift. His home was Marlon Indiana. An inquest or notification followed.
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Fort Thomas
Roy R. Bigsey
Indiana
Marlon
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office Week End Nov 10
List of letters remaining in the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending November 10 includes Anderson C J Anderson Will Brandt A C Grave David Gentry Annie Jeanson Christina Mra Johnson Mrs Augusta Johnson John Pottiger Myrtle Eboreak Paul Bertha Smith James Smith Jack Williams M B Webster Geo Wagner Leslie Wolf. Addressee names are given with the note to say advertised and include date of list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island County
Illinois
Anderson
C. J. Anderson
Will Brandt
A. C. Grave
David Gentry
Annie Jeanson
Christina Mra. Johnson
John Johnson
Augusta Nelson
John Pottiger
Myrtle Eboreak
Paul Behmaker
Bertha Smith
A. Smith
James Williams
Jack Webster
M. B. Wolf
Leslie Wagner
Geo
HX McKinley
Resignation Leads to New Short Line Construction
President Guy of the St. Louis & Northern Short Line resigns to head a construction company planning the Peoria to Clinton and Chicago extension. John N. Faithorn of Chicago succeeds him. The reorganized firm will finance the project with 13 million dollars in cash, five million from St. Louis and eight million from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
St. L
John N. Faithorn
Chicago
Clinton
Peoria
St. Louis
Real Estate Transfers List November 2 to 8
Real estate transfers record multiple parcels in Rock Island Moline Coal Valley and surrounds. Buyers include Joseph Huntoon William Jackson Catherine Davenport Henry Thode Catherine Colligan J W Roche Edward Studer Lizzle Naetebus E H Guyer Mary E McMeekin and others with prices from 205 to 6550 and dates November 2 3 4 7 8. Transfers involve lots blocks and tracts in Stevens Third add Chicago or Lower add Rock Island Old Town Moline East Moline South Park and Hitch cock Place with master deeds and payments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Huntoon
William Jackson
Lottie E. Stevens
Frank
Melin
Stevens
Méline
Catherine Colligan
J. W. Roche
Chicago
Lower Add
Rock Island
Ellen Roche
Edward Studer
James Sackville
Old Town of
Coal Valley
Lizzle Naetebus
Olof Olson
E. H. Guyer
Albert H. Smith
East Moline
Mary E. McMeekin
Wm. J. McMekin
R. A
Wm. Samuelson
Wae J. Miller
South Park Add
Fred Hofer
H. H. Schroeder
Metes and Bounds
Margaretha Ed
Charles Lemmon
Hitchcock Place
Moline
John F. Lindvall
Gus Lindvall
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
J.J. Ingram
Martha A. Walters
Black Hawk
When de Light Burns Blue Ghosts and Night Fear
A moody dialect poem by George E. Holt describes a stormy night as ghosts roam and the house shakes. The speaker hears footsteps and figures the phantoms are near as rain, wind, and blue light intensify the eerie scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Holt
Prevention and Cure Through Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Pneumonia can be prevented and is often cured by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. The ad promotes early prevention and treatment with this remedy, emphasizing its effectiveness against respiratory illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
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Fred N. McIntosh
Monmouth
H. G. Wheeler
Sixteenth Street
Eureka Springs
Ark
Fred W. Peal
Des Moines
Newell Akers
John Herraman
Thirteenth Avenue
Mary Elizabeth Gamble
McSfahon
Silas Gamble
J. 4
Wistrand
Iowao
Hannah
Augusta Margraf
P. Skinner
M. Y. Cady
Bowen
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern Railway Co
Terminal Company
Messrs. J. W. Gates
John Lambert
John A. Drake
W. T. Palmer
H. B. Schuler
Frank P. Blair
LE. P. Schuler
E. P. Schuler
J. C. Warnock
College Corner
Ingersoll
Moline Company
Oscar C. Strand
Emil Freeman
C. Eckstrand
Newark
Porto Rico
Admiral Schley
Will Neelands
W. L. Neelands
Vulcan
Maria Theresa
Hattie B. Baker
Twenty-fifth Street
J. F. Robinson
0. M. Stowe
W. E. Tolles
W. C. Bennett
Capt. Bennett
Col. W. D. Wiman
A. F. Vinton
Stewartville
Circuit Court
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