Local notices and family updates fill a late edition
A scattered, era-spanning column recaps hearings, crimes, family misfortunes, and civic notes. It mentions a pension grant to John Stuler, property dealings, an arrest for disturbing the peace, a severe domestic incident in which a wife and son restrained a drunk husband, and community updates on paving, street openings, and an electric railway ride demonstration. It preserves names like Nybladh, Lawrence, and Engmark amid varied local events and obituaries.
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Woodlawn
Morphy
Heck
Frick
Atkinson
Fifteenth Street
Locust Grove Avenue
Davenport Democrat-Gazette
Moline
Rideas
Electric Railway Company
H. D. Mack
St. Louis
C. Bi &Q
Beardstown
Rock Island Improvement Association
P. L. Mitchell
D.donaldson
J. W. Stewart
W. A. Paul
E. H. Guyer
M. E. Sweeney
He Carse
W.T. Medill
Will R. Johnson
Gen. W. A. Schmidt
A. M. Blakesley
Frank NadlersJas
M. Montgomery
Prospect Park
Fairmount
Kerns
Wessel
Fourth Avenue
Holmeg Syndicate
Rock Island
Unclear Source Exchange Explains Arithmetic Signs
Readers discuss origin of mathematical signs and diction in a traditional exchange. An explanation suggests addition derives from a letter form and is tied to early notation, with references to cycles and cyclopedias offering little light before now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sechler Buggy Co
Huey & Co
Local Notices From Joslin Area Page
Miss Stella Vincent of Hampton writes from Dakota she will not return to teach this winter Miss Francis Oxnald of Rock Island has taken the position Farmers busy with corn harvest Several names appear including Lohr McEwen Whiteside Coltwell Osborn and others Illness and visits noted Mrs Cowley travels to Rock Island to see her father Witson News ends with Alvin
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Democrat-Gazette
Washington
Chicago
Rock Island Arsenal
Col
Baylor
Whitemore
Frankford Arsenal
Col. Flagler
Watervliet
West ‘Troy
N. Y
Jones
Rock Island
Whitterena
West Point
Wis
Stella Vincent
Hampton
Dakota
Francis Oxnald
Leslie Hanna
Whs
H. McEwen
Orion
Ben Osborn
Osborn
Joslin
Albert Michaels
Jaslin
W. H. Whiteside
Three Cities
D. Coltwell
Peoria
Wm. Cowley
Ock Jnland
Witson
Chas. Whiteside P
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Lakdfeld
Ninn
Adam Aus
John Stuler
John Stewart
Tyock
Richmond
Prophetstown Il
J. B
Ems
Wheelbolk
Ifig Rock
Iowa
Anton Uhlmann
Gine
Leopold
Thejata
Stuermer
Daekelbehn
Aterday
Wheelpdk
Beaf
Velve
Venport
Davis
John T
A Boying
Paul Gills
Riverside Cemetery
S Goldthwaitte
I .P. Bewlhy
Harmony Lodge
Noble Iee No. 1
Noble Lodge
Harmony
Republican
Ing
Ab. Hollister
Coe Township
Central Streetcar Company
Third Avenue
The
Central
Davenport
Jerry Murph
J. H. Murphy
J. S. Wylie
J. M. Eldridge
W. F. Ross
M.L. Marks
H. C. Connelly
Fred Hass
John Crabaugh
Charles Deere
Samuel Davis
A.S. Wright
H. A. Barnard
W. C. Bennett
Angol
Clendenin
Simontave
Rill
Amelia Smith
Evening Dispatch
C. H. Engmark
Engmark
Neighboors
Husbind
Lquor
Angx
Typ
Galesburg
Héslan-Register
Remurrer
Nybladh
Lindeblad
Smith
Tu Ky
Broning
Hallowe
Haterius
First Lutheran Church
Ministero
A. Nybladh
Lutheran Church
C. A. Nybladh
First Lutheran Church of
Anna Anderson
G. A. Lawrence
Lawrence
H. O. Lindeblad
Emahy
Houeburn
Noy
Ole
Diczon
Monson Township
Henry County
Henry Rehder
Charles
Germany
Sechler
Ageny
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