Jailed Rudolph Patterson Tangles Colberg Disappearance Tale
Rudolph Patterson, jailed thirty days for disorderly conduct, implicated a tale about Colberg's disappearance that proved fabrication. Police traced Colberg’s last known movements in East Moline and Moline on the day he vanished, with Patterson and Frank Peterson tangled in a conflicting account.
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Colberg
Moline
East Moline
M- Bong Bren
East Fifth Avenue
Miro Colberg
Fifth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Rast Moline
Rudolph Patterson
Patterson
Marshal
Colbern
Noman Nara
Frank Peterson
Peterson
Wigers
Lodge
Visited Moliner Reunites After 22 Years Absence
Dan Hanley former Moliner and Cripple Creek Enterprise Gold Mining Co president revisits his hometown after 22 years. He meets old friends and presents a Cripple Creek ore specimen valued at 25 to 30 dollars to Vir Josephson. Hanley also sees Henry Sandstrom Captain Bennett WA Meest and others during his stay.
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Dan Hanley
West
Mr Hanley
Cripple Creek
Crpple Creek
Josephsons
Hanley
Henry Sandstrom
W C Bennett
Central Union Opens Exchange at East Moline Suburb
The Central Union Telephone Co plans to open an East Moline exchange this week in Mrs Parrott’s home with direct link to the Moline exchange. It will serve about thirty subscribers in the suburb, offering local callers a cheaper, telegraphy like service without extra charges.
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Central Union Telephone Co
East Moline
Missing Barstow man Hutchinson great mystery deepens
Barstow police search for Charles Hutchinson once a local resident now missing for nearly a week. Described as a railroad man who drove an express wagon and did house moving work for Harry Haley, Hutchinson disappeared after moving to Barstow for the winter and was last seen while headed toward Moline.
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August Colberg
Barstow
Charles Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Harry Haley
Moline
Molders reject Plow Co terms in foundry dispute
Moline Plow Co molders told Superintendent C Ro Stephens last Friday they would not accept his plan to resume full operations. A counteroffer was dismissed. Stephens described contracts moving foundry work out of town for five years with workers on current wages and hours, while offering to add new helpers to handle sand work. The dispute centers on a five year union tied contract versus individual agreements.
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Moline Plow Co Molders
C Ro Stephens
Stephens
Plow Co
Molders
Steel Brick Plant at Fulton Sold for 1350
Under a U S court order the Steel Brick Siding Co plant and real estate were auctioned No 16 by Howard Hughes for Royal Trust Co Chicago. A Hawthorne of Chicago bid 1350 with 25 percent deposit, the only offer after a low turnout, selling the plant for 100 less than last October’s bid.
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United States
Steel Brick Siding Co
Howard Hughes
Chicago
Royal Trust Co
C. C. McMahon
Hawthorne
George W Walker sells Carrie Olson property at 1311 Sixth Ave
George W Walker completed a sale to Gust Bergl of the Carrie Olson property located at 1311 Sixth Avenue for 3400 dollars. The transfer records confirm the transaction and the buyer’s name.
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George W Walker
Gust. Bergl
Carrie Olson
Sixth Avenue
Moline Kewanee Streator Electric Railway Co Forms
Articles of incorporation filed in Rock Island with Will iam R Moore E Stanley Skinner and Charles R Moore as incorporators and first directors The company aims to build and operate street railways in Illinois from Moline East Moline to Kewanee and Streator with 25 shares at 100 each and a principal office in Moline.
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Moline, Kewanee & Streator Electric Railway Co
Gambie
William R Moore
E Stanley Skinner
Charles R. Moore
Chicago
Inots
Moline
East Moline
Rock Island
Kewanee
Henry County
Streator
LaSalle County
Dixon Rock Falls & Southwest ern Electric Railway Trust Deed Filed
The Dixon Rock Falls and Southwestern Electric Railway Co filed a fifty page trust deed of mortgage in Whiteside County Circuit Court to back bonds for the Dixon to Moline electric railway project. Morton Trust Co of New York will hold the bonds. Massey Carter Co of New York handles the building contract. No start date or timetable announced yet.
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Dixon Rock Falls & Southwestern Electric Railway Co
Tuttle
Whiteside
Dixon
Moline
Morton Trust Co
New York
Thin Trust Company
Massey, Carter & Co
New York City
First Test Under New Moline Liquor Law
In Moline a suit challenges Henry Ehrhorn's saloon license under the new ordinance. John Wahlstrand, a former west-end grocer, seeks quo warranto on ground the required property frontage consent and petitions were improperly filed. The case contends the ordinance governs local blocks and frontage thresholds for saloon licenses.
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Moline
Wessel
John Wahlstrand
Henry Ehrhorn
Ehrhorn
First Street
Third Avenue
State of
Illnois
Wahlstrand
North Star Benefit Association 300 Members Strong
A North Star Benefit association board meeting reported a prosperous year with 300 members and a reserve fund of 8000 dollars. An additional 3000 dollars is in the treasury to pay claims, and more than 3600 policies have been issued, with all 100 dated in the last month.
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The
North Star Benefit Association
Sandbagging of Woman in Downtown Alley
A bold 7:30 pm hold up on Fourth Avenue left Mrs. Stuyvaert, of Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, unconscious in a dark alley near Eleventh Street. She was robbed of $45 by two highwaymen who likely knew she carried cash and might have staged the attack. The police face limited leads beyond suspecting an acquaintance.
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Stuyvaert
Arthur de Reed
Fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Eleventh Street
West Leads Apple Production Says Secretary Wilson
Secretary T C Wilson reports western growers dominate U S apple production with Ben Davis as the leading variety comprising about 45 percent of trees. The Illinois west gathering notes 17 740 acres under cultivation and 1 024 104 trees averaging 1707 trees per owner. New barrel and box sizes proposed for standard packing. Congress may adopt nationwide rules.
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T C Wilson
American Apple Growers’ Association
Lindiell Hotel
St Jaouis
Ilinois
West
Ben Davis
United States
C H Powell
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Congress
Rock Island Farmers Plan Mutual Life Insurance Society
A residents committee in Rock Island Henry and Mercer counties outlines a policy for a mutual life insurance society. The group aims to enroll about 5600 members by year start, seeks a charter, and will decide on female admission and maximum member age. The move follows dissension in the Woodman order over rate increases, with farmers largely absent due to corn husking.
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Rock Island
Mercer
Henry Counties
Henry
Mutual Life Insurance Society
John L. Simmons
Fosters Wylie
A. E. Allery
E. G. Danielson
F. S. Fullerton
Sherrard
Harry Thompson
Woodman
Falls Victim Of Mysterious Art Inquest Reveals Hypnotism Study
Fred Zentgraf, a young city resident, was adjudged insane in county court on November 19 and ordered committed to Watertown asylum. The case cites intense study of hypnotism via correspondence instruction with a Jackson Michigan teacher. He believes he is friends with William Jennings Bryan and claims Bryan runs a Sixteenth street popcorn stand here. He attempted to strike his mother with a potato masher Sunday. Also reported, the Beards residence of L W Berry, Burlington Railway division head, burned Friday with family barely escaping.
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Fred Zentgraf
Watertown Asylum
Jackson
Mich
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Sixteenth Street
Moline
Chautauqua
Move to Rock Island to Form Liquor Syndicate
Henry Gardt & Co., wholesale liquor dealers of Galesburg, move their stock to Rock Island to form a larger syndicate. They plan a substantial operation, start up ownership in Rock Island, and expect business growth beyond Galesburg.
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Rock Island
Liquor Syndicate
Henry Gardt & Co
Galesburg
7H &Co
Specialist Doctor Visit Promises Cure for Rupture
A noted specialist in rupture treatment, president of Tt Company of Chicago and Philadelphia, will visit the city. He claims a safe cure has been proven and urges ruptured readers to secure an appointment. His Chicago office is 46 Van Buren Street.
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United States
Tt Company
Chicago
Philadelphia
America
Jis
van Buren Street
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