Deere & Co Defends Freight Rates Open to All Tri-City Makers
Deere & Co President William Butterworth rejects rebating charges in the Railway Age Gazette. He says any rates to Moline were open and used by all tri-city manufacturers, set by competition, not by the Illinois Manufacturers Association. The Gazette had alleged rebating prior to Hepburn law, which Butterworth notes began before the act. James McKeay travels to Wimon a to join his wife Irene visiting in Minnesota.
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Daily Dispatch
William Butterworth
Deere & Co
Railway Age Gazette
Chicago
The
Age Gazette
Butterworth
Butterworth Says “Any Rates Which May Have Been Made To Moline
Tri-City
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Gazette
Commonwealth Edison Co
Noyes
Illinois Manufacturers' Association
Moline
the Gazette
Pittsburg
Loop in commission soon to relieve downtown traffic
President J F Porter of the Tri City Railway and Light Co today promised relief from downtown congestion on lower Fifteenth street. A loop via Thirteenth street and Fifth avenue, begun last summer, is being rushed to completion to divert Elm street Prospect park and Fourth avenue line cars during rush hours.
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J F. Porter
Tri- City Railway & Light Co
Fifteenth Street
Prospect Park
Elm Street
Fourth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Porter
Wheel tax drive offers nine licenses at half price
In Moline the city clerk began selling nine wheel tax licenses with half price during the remaining fiscal year. Prices range from 1 to 15 dollars, autos and trucks listed, May 1 1911 cutoffs apply, expressmen seek exemption. Lawrence Poole couple return from wedding trip and move to bluff housekeeping.
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Moline
Lawrence Poole
LaSalle
Starved Rock
Indictments Against Four Detectives and Taylor
Indictments returned in three Rock Island courts target gamblers and keepers of houses of ill fame. George Marshall and Jacob Schaum surrendered on true bills. Kale and Edward Simmons face charges. Sheriff action, bail sets, and several informations mark a wide sweep amid Rock Island law enforcement raids.
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Taylor
Smith
Rock Island
George Marshall
Jacob Schaum
Court House
Henry Kale
Edward Simmons
Simmons
Kale
W_ Billberg
Philp Schaum
Grand Jury
W H Gest
Billberg
Schaum
Rock Island Law and Order League
Kittiis
W FP Tindall
A D Huesing
Hattie Swanson Fines Totals in County Court
Hate Swanson pleaded guilty to maintaining a house of ill fame and selling liquor without license. Judge fined $200 plus costs on the first charge and $100 plus costs on the second, total $341.70, paid in full. Vina Jones, inmate, also pled guilty and paid $25 fine and costs and said she would return to Dubuque for a better life.
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I. M Magill
Jennie DeSmet
Edith Ortell
Ittia
Chicago
Peoria
Davenport
Hate Swanson
Vina Jones
Coera
Dubuque
Rev Cumming Honored by Ministerial Union
At the Mo line Ministerial union monthly meeting the pastors elected officers for the coming year. The Rev J B Cumming of the Second Methodist church was chosen president succeeding Rev W M Story. The Rev N P Glenaker became vice president and Rev O A Lincoln was reelected secretary and treasurer.
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Ministerial Union of
Moline
J. 8. Cumming
Second Methodist Church
W.M. Story
N. P. Glenaker
0. A. Lincoln
Figures Cover Year 1909 Census Substantiation
Census Bureau report expected soon to substantiate the 1909 figures. Officials express confidence in the forthcoming release as confirming earlier estimates and projections.
Moline Manufacturing Payrolls Near Eight Million
Careful estimates on Moline's 1909 manufactured product place value at 46.25 million with 43 plants contributing. Census figures for 1899 show 10.0 million, while 1909 payrolls total 7.966 million across the city. Projections suggest 1910 output and wages will exceed 1909.
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Daily Dispatch
Moline
Census Bureau
Cavalry Troops Parade Through Moline En Route to Arsenal Island
Six hundred troopers of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry passed through Moline on their way from Fort Benjamin Harrison to Fort Des Moines. The march from Geneseo to Green River, with trains and a large crowd watching, culminated in Arsenal Island. Lieutenant Colonel Day led the unit, horses in fine condition, and two hundred reserve horses accompanied the march.
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Sixth Iowa Cavalry
Moline
Fort Des Moines
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Geneseo
Day
Arsenal
Arsenal Island
Gasoline and Hard Times in Vancouver
A poem-like reflection from the Vancouver Province describing poverty and decay. The speaker laments worn clothes, a bare house, cracked walks, and rising costs including eggs and steak. He notes the need to buy gasoline while neighbors observe his shabby appearance and last year’s hat.
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Mor
Vancouver Province
Quo warranto case challenges Molines saloon licenses
A circuit court filing declares the city’s new limitation ordinance restricting saloons to one for every 500 people violated by granting a license to Van De Ganachte at 624 Fourth Avenue Moline. Relator F Q Johnson asserts Helmel’s license expired last fall and the mayor cannot reinstate the saloon under the limit. This is the second such case against the same saloonkeeper from Wane Monday's Daily Dispatch.
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Daily Dispatch
Circuit Court
Atke
Charles van de Ganackte
Fourth Avenue
Moline
F. Q. Johnson
I. T
R. Kenworthy
W. J. Helmel
van de Ganachte
Woodmen valuation plan wins victory at convention
Head Clerk C W Hawes reports from Mobile that the National Insurance Commissioners association endorsed the Woodmen valuation plan. The plan, crafted to solvent fraternal societies, centers on valuation publicity and progressive solvency. Delegates from Woodmen head offices pushed the proposal in New York and Mobile, with second endorsement achieved. If legislatures pass a uniform bill, the plan aims to assure widows receive funds and strengthen fraternal societies nationwide.
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C W Hawes
Woodmen of America
Mobile
Ala
National Insurance Commissioners’ Association
New York
Woodmen Society
Woodmen
MWA
Woodman
Hawes
Insurance Commissioners’ Convention
McCarthy to Grade for New Car Line
Right of way for the Twenty seventh street extension to the Fourth avenue street car line is nearly assured for Tri City Railway Co. Agreements have been reached with Smith White’s addition and Staack the florist to sign deeds soon. Grading can start immediately and completion by January 1 is hoped. The McCarthy Improvement Co. holds the grading contract and will move 30000 to 40000 cubic yards of soil.
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Twenty-seventh Street
Fourth-avenue Street
Tri-City Railway Co
Smith & White
Staack
Florist
New Territory
Porter
McCarthy Improvement Co
A. Smith ‘White
Eleventh and
Twelfth Avenues
State plans $60,000 Rock River bridge move
A joint committee led by Henry and Rock Island supervisors prepared $60,000 plans for a Rock River bridge at Colonel. The details, sent to the secretary of war, face county board delays as some supervisors question approval. The group expects the secretary to decide bridge type, not the supervisors, with a wagon or railroad/interurban option debated. Action postponed until war department reply is received.
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Rock River
Colonel
Dickinson
Henry
Rock Island
Secretary of War
Colons
Joint Committee
Rock Island Court House
Bee
Board of Supervisors
War Secretary
Wholesale raid on Velie's tool room
Clyde Knapp tool room clerk at Velie Motor Co is arrested on a larceny warrant. Police hold him on a $600 bond after a search of his room yielded drills reamers taps wrenches files hacksaw blades chisels screwdrivers Velie trademark tags and over 100 tool checks. The arrest followed by cashier C D Britton and Knapp's case set for October 4.
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Clyde Knapp
Velle Motor Vehicle Co
C. D. Britton
Knapp
Policy
Velie
910
Sixteenth Street
Rock Island Canning Co. Named in Suit
A damage suit for 6000 was filed in circuit court yesterday in Sears naming Rock Island Canning Co. as the defendant. Rambarger is the plaintiff with attorneys J. T. and S. R. Kenworthy representing him.
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Rock Island Canning CO
Rock Island Canning Company
Sears
Lewis
Rambarger
J. T and
S. R. Kenworthy
Stockholders meeting to discuss capital increase at Moline Plow
Notice of a special stockholders meeting for Moline Plow Co on Thursday October 27 1910 at 10 am at 1410 8d Avenue Moline Illinois to vote on increasing capital stock from 7000000 to 9000000 and to handle other business per the board's order. Also mentions Deere Implement Company name change to John Deere Plow Company of San Francisco filed with state and Rock Island County officials.
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Moline Plow Co
D. C
8D Avenue
Moline
Deere Implement Company
Molino
Illinois
The
John Deere Plow Company of
San Francisco
Recorder of Deeds
Rock Island
William Butterworth
John D. Sibley
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Railways’ Organ
Wm. Butterworth
James McKeay
Wimona
Minn
Irene
L. L. Bearscove
That City
Expressmen
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Ateoeol
Suset
Bears
Gastoria
Magill
Dispatch
L. M. Magill
Keepers
Houses of iI Fame
H M Schhriver
Emma Russell
Meyer Taxman
Louis Meuman
Bessie Weathers
Bessie Williams
Helen Dailey
May Wilson Hattle Swanson
Lou Kelly McCleland Snyder
A. J D. Moeller
Grace Campbell
Maggie Riley
Grace Cooley
A. Albert Johnson
Ferdinand Holdorf
Nell Hill
Lyle Rice
Jennie de Smet
David de Smet
Louise Schwab
Emma Snyder
Virginia Warfield
Cora Meuman
Maud Rush
Camiel Mortier
A. J. D. Moeller
Louise “Meumans
May Wilson
George Walker
John Weather
David DeSmet
Hattie Swanson
Emma, Russell
G. Albert Johnson
McClelland Snyder
Emifa Snyder
A. D. J. Moeller
Virginia Warfeld
Lou Kelly Camiel Mortier
A. D. Moeller
Law and Order
W W Scott
Frank Hulse
Sam Taylor
McCaskrin
James F Witter
Hulse
Mr Scott
Scott
Third Avenue
McCain
Andrew Olgon
T 8 Smith
W Staines
C F Mortimer
L. D. Hamilton
Thomas W Wilson
M V Garber
C F Hatfield
Charles H Walters
Samuel S McElwain
George W Kenney
Rev. Cumming
Ministerial Union
Melize
He, Tees
FQ Johnson Sass
Ris
Charity van de Ang Doi
Woodmen Valuation Plan
M’carthy
Stockholders’ Meeting
Aberdeen
Sask
Teher
G.L
Canada
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