Businessmen association elects directors for city improvements
The Businessmen’s Association in Moline elected five directors Mestre Dewend G H Sehrheck Wim Butterworth Fred Sandeen and Ella Pierron to lead projects. They highlighted track removal, boulevard work, and a series of parks as key goals to uplift the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mestre
Businessmen's Association
EF. White
Pope
White
W. A. Jones
Fo Dewend
Ballete
Sehrheck
Wim
Butterworth
Fred Sandeen
Ela Pierr
Association
Pierr
Morgan
Vir Tuerr
Strne
Wessel Saal
God
Dr Wood’s Nor way Pine Syrup Praised
A brief testimonial extols Dr Wood’s Nor way Pine Syrup as pleasant to take and harmless. It claims positive care for coughs colds bronchitis and similar ailments.
Barbers Union Pushes Three Year Apprenticeship Bill
The Barbers and Fin nears alliance with the Knights of Labor drafted a bill to require a three year apprenticeship before entering the barber trade in Illinois. It also mandates state board exams and a registration certificate. The measure targets barber colleges claiming eight week training. It mirrors Minnesota’s recent law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finners Barbers
Othe Neights of
Tan
Ilinois
Minnesota
Remarkable deafness cure discovery promoted in Ohio report
A reader recounts deafness in the right ear lasting eighteen years and a long history of cough and eye strain. After trying Aerial Medication, hearing and throat improved, cough and discharge ceased, and breathing felt easier, with a free three month trial offer from Dr. J. H. Moore in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Paisley
Lisdon
Ohio
J. H. Moore
M.D
Cinciunet
Mrs Gibson Seeks Divorce Over Cruelty and Custody
Mrs Mary Gibson of Port Byron seeks a divorce from Oliver P Gibson. Attorneys Meese and Allen file for divorce and injunction alleging cruelty since September 1907. She asks custody of their child Francis and requests restraint on Gibson from disposing of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meese & Allen
Mary Gibson
Port Byron
Oliver PP. Gibson
Muscatine
Town
Rock Island Engineer Traced in Speed Law Case
Davenport authorities pursue Rock Island Railway enforcement after Engineer JoA Smithy is arrested and fined four dollars plus costs for speeding in city limits. The fine was remitted as the first case to set a precedent, with defense citing fixed schedules and safety concerns in rapid transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Crty
Rock Island
Joa. Smithy
Hubbell
Smith
Manta
Nyquist Peterson wedding at Methodist Church Yampton
Nyquist of 921 0 Charteenth avenue and Miss Peterson of 1.2 First avenue wed Saturday at Yampton Methodist Church in a large ceremony. Attendants included Axel Peterson, Frita Hedin, Ella Nyquist and Mary Langbehn. guests traveled from this city to attend. The reception at 60 $0 featured a white silk bride and pale blue satin groom attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl So Nyquist
Charteenth Avenue
the Peterson
First Avenue
Yampton
Axel Peterson
Frita Hedin
Ella Nyquist
Mary Langbehn
Hiri Desmands
Mro
Nyquist
M. Sechler Carriage Co
Woman 75 Crushed Knee Bone In Fall At Home
Mrs. J. H. Peters, 1324 Seventeenth avenue, was carried from bed to a chair Sunday evening when helpers dropped her. She suffered a fracture in the left knee with the bone crushed for six inches. Dr. Morgan says healing will be difficult due to her advanced age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Peters
Seventeenth Avenue
Double Wedding Invitations For Wright Sisters
Invitations are out for Emma Wright to Ed gar N. Wilson a Third Avenue procer and Ella Wright to Emil W. Brookman of Rock Island with the ceremony set for Thanksgiving evening at the bride’s parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Wright
Edgar N. Wilson
Third Avenue
Ella Wright
Emil W. Brookman
Rock Island
Soldiers to travel by special train for Springfield muster out
Company F Rock Island and Company A Rock Island with Genesee troops depart Sunday on a special B I & P line train to Springfield, then return to Rock Island. Fare is priced at less than a cent per mile, with minimal comforts and staged pickups at Moline and local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Bo “Mano
Companies
Rock Island
Goncaco
Reek Island
Company Hoof Genesvo
Rope & Po
C Rjt & Po
Moline
Company F
Roehk Island
Company Ac
Tansy
Company Bo
RTA Po
Sleeping Woman Mrs Boxe Havens of Wyoming
Mrs Boxe Havens of Wyoming is described as entering another cataleptic sleep after a period of waking that lasted twenty eight days from September 25 to October 2. Her husband discovered her unconscious again as he prepared for work, ending a seventeen week spell of wakefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxe Havens
Wyoming
Stark Counts Tribune
Mrs Haven
Terdaner
Building a Public Entertainment House Proposal
A joint letter from C. H. Deere, C. I. Josephson, and F. Hemenway outlines plans for a four to five story steel building. It assesses costs, rents, and net incomes to show potential six to eight percent returns. The proposal argues the project would serve public entertainment needs and attract investment with modest or no money return requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Deere
C. I. Josephson
Co. F. Hemenway
Grain-O a New Food Drink Claims to Replace Coffee
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from grains with the rich color of mocha and java. It claims to be stomach friendly for children and adults and priced at 15 or 25 cents per package, sold by all grocery stores. Mr and Mrs E L Eastman have traveled to Hot Springs Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Grocery
Journalists organize Pri City Press club meeting in Rock Island
The Pri City Press club convened its first session in Rock Island with Johnson of Roch Tstand and Mc Neever as president and secretary. Members from Davenport and Joliet discussed monthly meetings, educational talks, and social events, aiming to invite notable lecturers and provide public entertainment.
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Wedgesdiy
Pri City Press Club
Madone
Poona
Evenigoun
Rock Island
Johnson
Simpson
J TE McWeever
Sherman W. Searle
Eastman
J. M. Colligan
FE. E. Morgan
Moline Club
Appeenee
C. R. Hayward
Joliet
Morgan
Hayward
McKinley
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Myron Jordan
The
Journal
Porto Rico
Quo Warranto Proceeding Begun to Revoke Saloon License
State's Attorney Searle Beoring begins quo warranto in circuit court to force Mayor Swensson to revoke John Martens's saloon license in Stewartville. The petition argues the block petition lacks a majority of freeholders and that Rock Island Brewing Co. is not a valid signer or security, plus concerns over the business harming nearby property and lacking corporate seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searle
Swensson
John Martens
Stewartville
Messrs. C. S. Trevor
W. A. Brown
G. B. Pearson
D. A. Gamble
T. King
Martens
Rock Island Brewing Co
Sweeney & Walker
Dunham & Foster
W. R. Moore
Jackson & Hurst Peck
Miller & Starr
James
Neill
George W. Wood
State OF Illinois
Rock Island County
Rock Island National Bank
W B Ferguson
Porter Skinner
Chris Mueller
M N. Roberts & Co
Saran Y Keator
J N Searle
Deere & Co
Everett HK
Everett HK. Wheelock, Charles E. Hemenway
Jerome B Wheelock
Stillman
Wheelock
Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Co
Moline National Bank
Race Island Savings Bank
Moline State Savings Bank
Firstations Bank of
Burlington, Wis
J.S. Keator Lumber Co
Charles H Deere
Benjamin F. Thompson
Monier Root
Thompson & Root
Rock Taland
Rock Island
Moline
Silincia
Nown
Towit
A. D
Meridan
George L. Davenport
Davenport
Tyro
Illinois
Elwin E. Parmenter
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promoted as Cure for Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal cure for colds and claims consumption deaths in cities stem from neglecting colds. It asserts the product prevents and cures colds and promotes its use as a health elixir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Dr Bull
Gossip Across Town Sparks Quiet Political Feud
Fragmented notes detail local residents, banks, and map errors in Rock River valley. Mentions Squire To FP Kerns, Mayor Swensson, Senator Hilly Mason, voicing social banter and industry chatter. References include Moline National Bank stockholdings, a fire escape condemnation, and Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a household cure.
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Squire
Kerns
Macomb
Windsor
Midadelphia O
Philadelphia
Swensson
Moore
Isso
Hilly Mason Isa Ikoo
Schnorr
Ventor
Blur Noo
General Miles
General Shafter
Moline National Bank
Davenport
Rock Island
Cherry Valley
Plum Creek
Rock River Valley
Rochford Register Gazette
Moline
Rev Rol Breed
Second Congregational Church
Lilian Russell
Naval Reserve
Gould & Co
Fifth Street
Fatal Horse Kicks Kill Two Men in Separate Incidents
John C. Matlock 44 of Rock Island died Friday after abdominal injuries from a horse kick received Wednesday while caring for animals. Funeral and burial plans followed. Bryant, 12, of Big Island, suffered a fatal skull fracture when kicked by a horse in his father's barn Thursday. Rescue attempts by doctors Eyster and Wiggins were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Matlock
Thirty-fifth Street
Rock Island
Davenport
Tipton
Bryant
J. A. Vandraft
Big Island
Bos
Ersant
Eyster
Mocksland
Wiggins
Milian
Thess
Dusto Accarita
Veterans organize Illinois naval reserve association
The veterans of the Spanish American War in the city Quines and Alton plan a statewide naval reserve group for all wars from the second battalion with a goal to unite into a national organization. A committee will pursue incorporation and push for similar groups in other states while the Illinois naval reserve seeks a national federal naval force under Congress. Johann Grimm, 45, committed suicide in Davenport to end cancer pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anieis Naval Rrsvives
Spain
van Elinois Veteran Association
Quines
Alton
Chicago
Mitnois Naval Reserve
Congress
Naval Reserve
Johann Grimm
Davenport
Destitute Pioneer Parker Found Dead in Ruined Building
An elderly man identified as G Parker aged about 70 to 79, living in destitution in a roofless shack on First Avenue near Nineteenth Street, died at the city hospital from senility due to exposure. once a Coal Valley grocer, he lived in squalor with chickens roosting above him. He had two brothers missing for two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Parker
Firat Avenue
Nineteenth Street
City Hospital of
Senility
Coal Valley
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Business Association Organized
Barbers
Hymenent
Nyquist-Peterson
Charles Walter Cook
MW. A
Carrie Laura Mixter
George W. Mixter
Wood Marquis
Wermaid
Hutton
Bervedh
Mrs. Rose Havens
Ladd
Dewduet
Tisiraneen
Corecome Oequal
E. L. Eastman
Hot Springs, Ark
Matinae Clah Guesta
Thomas
Wivan
Avwan Uw
Newcomb
Quacca
Mary Bjurndahl
28Th Ave
Polime
Minels
Columbia City
Ind
F. P. Folts
Abingdon
Clara Jackson
North Elmst
Stockholders’ Meeting
Moline Plow Co
Penton
Georges Bienes
A. Stephensg Allen
S. M. Hick Stephens
G Re Hunt Toon
Bryant Vandruff
Asy
Are Feats
Ie T Mize Tastle Oy
Redbewe
Simah Tn
Col'3
Sursapicilla
F.C
Kalamazoo
Boston
ASE
Cuba
Beneucenda
Ay Washingto
Triota
Sonanae
Greas Today
National
Tencen
Dearborn St
City Hospital
Discase
Catironsta Bia Synep
Canhursta Fig
Sirup Co
California
FIC Syrup CO
Ran Francisco
Tocistelee
Pomsoni
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