Davenport Chrysanthemum Show Draws City Flower Fans
Davenport hosts a free chrysanthemum show in Central Park Conservatory attracting visitors from Davenport's three cities. The display features 104 varieties, 5000 flowering plants, and a 65,000 plant bedding assortment with special new varieties named Black Hawk Pocahontas Taft Roosevelt and W H Childs. The exhibit runs nightly until Nov 21 with longer hours for lighting effects.
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Davenport
Central Park
Central Park Conservatory
Pocahontas
Burbank
Taft
Roosevelt
Pyramid of Beauty
W. H Childs
Coo B. Boehm
Theodore Stoelk
Petition filings loom for Moline commission form vote
Rock Island Daily Dispatch reports committee chair C F Grantz urges petition circulators to report by Friday noon. Fifteen petitions circulated, three turned in. A Friday 7:30 p.m. meeting at Moline club aims to file in county court between Saturday and Monday, with Judge Olmsted setting a special election date. In Rock Island Judge Olmsted also orders a city election on the commission plan amid 1898 signatures.
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Cc. F. Grantz
Moline
Grantz
Judge Olmsted
Obituaries From Rock Island County Doings
Death notices and funeral details for Mrs. Maria Widerquist and several local residents are reported. The Swedish Methodist volunteer, Francis Black, and others are noted with service times, interment places, and surviving relatives.
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Rock ‘Island
Francis“Black
Hampton Congregational Church
D. 8. McCown
Moline First
McCown
G. F. McNabney
L. F. Baker
Harry Lee
Miss Leight
Mr Black
Hampton Township
George A. Crawford
Joseph Hermes
E. C. Henline
A. R. Stoddard
M. Smith
G. F Nabney
Hampton
Canning Season Shows State Farm Savings In Food Supplies
State hospital and Watertown state farm used scientific methods to canned 14 550 gallons of food for winter. Inmates aided by workers produced vegetables and fruits on farm reducing cost versus retail purchase. A local grocer estimates the same goods would cost 6224 in retail market.
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Watertown State Hospital
Oe 0 Set and Seek Fortune
A fragmented OCR item hints at a game or puzzle titled Set and Seek Fortune with unclear text and partial lines. The readable portion suggests a nostalgic or cryptic feature likely from a newspaper brief or puzzle section. Further readable details are not available in the snippet.
Move to East Moline for New Manure Spreader Plant
The Marséilies shop completes work and ships all equipment to East Moline. J W chell foreman will head the blacksmith department in the new plant. About 200 more men will be needed to start manure spreader production in two weeks, increasing total employment from 400.
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Diemanting
Bucks Ckawaich
Marseilies
East Moline
J. W
Chell
Isan
Marséilies
Worlanen
East
Moline
Fifth Avenue Realty Deal Nets $75,000 Purchase
The People's Savings Bank and Trust Co buys the Browning property at Fifth Avenue and Fifteenth Street for 75000 dollars. The executor's deed transfers ownership to Nelson H. Greene as bank vice president. no construction plans made yet. The deal, delayed by Browning's illness and death, closes with potential future bank construction depending on business conditions.
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Daily Dispatch
Browning
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
People’s Savings Bank and Trust Co
C. S. Josephson
Third Avenue
Fifth-avenue
Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Streets
Walkout at Argillo works after wage cut amid living cost push
About 30 to 35 workers at Argillo works Carbon Cliff walked out when management announced a two cent per hour wage reduction from twenty to eighteen cents. Company says no strike and hopes for peaceful settlement within days. some workers remain employed while negotiations continue.
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Argillo Works
Carbon Cliff
Bred Titterington
Argilio
Rock Island
Silvis street lighting to get two new 2200 volt circuits
The Public Utilities Co plans two separate 2200 volt lines for East Moline and Silvis to boost street lighting and factory power. Sixteen lights in Silvis will gain more, with additional fixtures pending a new transformer from Moline. East Moline awaits more lights and a new transformer as bids for sewer and water works proceed in Silvis.
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van Ae
Silvis
Fiemiseting
Reavy
Public Utilities Company
East Moline
Moline
People’s Power Co
Merger Plans $20 Million Bond Mortgage For City Utilities
The merger company seeks a $20 million mortgage in Iowa to cover $10 million in existing debt and $10 million for future improvements. Half the funds will retire debts, the other half finance extensions, with bonds sold to the N W Halsey Co. of New York and Chicago.
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Iowa
N. W. Halsey Company
New York
Chicago
Analysis fragment from George Macdonald quote
A fragmentary line attributes a quote to George Macdonald about power and ability. The readable portion suggests a discussion on surpassing previous limits and the notion of capability without direct context or full attribution.
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Rock Island Cail
Maria Widerquist
Frank Widerquist
Widerquist
Frank
Thirteenth Avenue
Swedish Methodist Church
Fort Meyer
Fla
Gust
Sweden
Florida
George Wilson
Rock Island County
Coal Valley
Pennsylvania
Comb Island County
Wilson
N. George Wills
Wearmouth Ra
L. Wilns
Albany
Celeniversary
S Michael
W. A. Miles
Pearis
John
George C. ‘Orr
Denver
Francis Slack
William Davis
Reynolds
John Walker
Mr Davis
Perry Waite Davis
Marguerite Davis
Benton Davia
Perry Davia
St Charles
Charles Dibbern
Searstown
Masons
Rufus Walker Jr
Frank Walker
Benton Davis
J. G Heck
J G. Heck
A. T. Liepold
Lr. Liepold
A. H. Arp
Charlies Maxwell Hanna
Charles Maxwell Hanna
Richard Haney
Mr. Hanna
Anna B. Donaldson
Claire
Edgar
Mary Hanna
S. F. Clarke
Hugo Rudolph
City Hospital
Deeree,Mansur Co
Naval Reserves
Good Templar Lodge
Estherdahl
Wehuuube
Eiphistia
Valeeot State FF Army
Arthur Landmark
Minetta Young
Moline High School
Chicago University
Landmark
Bunker Hill
Miss Young
Robert Browning
Hervey Riel
University of Chicago
Atty
Vane
Mine Young
Eeoe Aoe
Fifth Avenue Realty
Benson
Fifth
Fifteenth
McEntry
Tricity Railway CO
Eastern Concern
George Macdonald
Rorse
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