Ties of the Bar Revived At Rock Island Banquet
Rock Island county lawyers held a postwar banquet with Judge Graves and Ramsay in attendance and Attorney B F Peek of Moline speaking on The Lawyer of Today. The event emphasized fraternal spirit, honoring early legal pioneers and the duty of lawyers to uphold liberty and order in American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Bar Association
Harperheute
Rocksland
Pete
EW Hurst
Graves
Ramsay
Gest
Cambridge
Bfp Peek
Moline
Rufus Choate
James Otis
Boston
Marshall
Story
Webster
Choate
Mason
Clay
Wirt
Pinckney
Black
Congress
Otis Adams
Choate Webster
Tingis
Lincoln
Douglas
Alxo
Knayse
J T. Kenworthy
William Jackson
E. D. Sweeney
Jackson
Joe Knox
Jerome J. Beardsley
John B. Hawley
Mr. Knox
Reid
Chicago
Giteau
Freight Rate Reduction Sparks Northwest Protests
Shippers from Davenport and Moline win a consolidation plan with Rock Island to speed freight to Chicago, avoiding delays by transferring loads at the Rock Island depot before 4 30 pm and sending the consolidated cars on the 6 pm freight. Northwestern resists proposed cuts amid pressure from Clinton and Chicago routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Moline
Chicago
Rock Island
Tri-City
Rates to Chicago Restored as Rail Roads Reach Peace
The Rock Island Milwaukee and Burlington pursued a rate war but agreed on a peace path. Local representatives of the three roads have orders that the original rates will be effective November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Burlington
Roads
New Factory For City Now Assured
Moline gains a new lamp factory as the sale of stock in Moline Incandescent Lamp Co. is completed. The Owensboro, Kentucky operation will be taken over with $30,000 in local stock. Incorporators are A H Kreitler E E Morgan and C F Grantz. Production in the Dimock Gould & Co. yard building will begin within sixty days with a capacity of 500 Wi lamps annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Moline Incandescent Lamp Co
Owensboro
H_ Kreitler
E E Morgan
C F Grantz
Kreither
Pall
Dimock
Fifty names enrolled for Union Congregational church at Ridgeview
Fifty names have been enrolled for the organization of the Union Congregational church of Moline at Ridgeview. A council of recognition gathered at the schoolhouse with pastors and delegates from Moline and surrounding towns. Dr A. Brodie of Chicago presided with Rev Auken and Rev Hoover assisting. the exercises included a charge to the church and a sermon by Dr Brodie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeview
Union Congregational Church of
Moline
School House
Davenport
Port Byron
Sherrard
Geneseo
Hampton
Riv
Brodie
Architect Cervin Sees Palaces of Louis II of Bavaria
In Woerlshofen Bavaria on October 20 a report profiles King Louis II of Bavaria, his passion for architecture and castles, his role in supporting Wagner, and the grand palaces near Munich. It notes the cost to Bavaria, public access today, and ongoing tourism income from Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Herrenchiemsee, and Falkenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervin
Louis
Bavaria
Woerlshofen
Louis II
Richard Wagner
Munich
Germany
France
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Versailles
Fontainableau
Herreinchiemsee
Alps
Neuschwanstein
Falkenstein
Local Brewery Reveals Surrender Plan in East End
A East End brewery discloses a strategy to halt operations citing financial strain and regulatory pressures. Community response remains mixed as workers assess next steps and potential impacts on local jobs.
Bond failure halts Moline brewery plans in 1900s era
Money market conditions prevented securing bonds for a promised Moline brewery. Promoters Judge Walter McEntire and Max Ochs of Davenport relinquished options on land between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets on Second Avenue after failing to raise funds. C. F Grantz notified creditors Monday that the project was dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
C. F Grantz
Financial Inten
Asar
Walter McEntire
Max Ochs
Davenport
Nineteenth
Twentieth Streets
Second Avenue
Grantz
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Harper House
Atorney
Tion
Northwestern
Clinton
Here
Council
East End
First National Bank
J. Mi. Gould
Moline. , Illinois
J.T. Browning
J. S. Gillmore
H. Deere
Deere & Co
H. A. Barnard
Barnard & Leas Mf
T. M. Sechler
D. M. Sechler
MLE Wu
G. H. Sonsxok
Lohrbeck Bros
Lion Coffee
Dr. Humphreys
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Cor
Wil John Srs
New York
Nual
Mitchell & Lynde BuilDing
Illinois
J. Alvin Home
M.D
Forsberg & Talty
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