Promoters Map Interurban Routes From Geneseo to Sterling
Dixon Rock Falls and Southwestern men survey county towns and farms for an extended interurban network. Plans connect Moline with upper county towns Geneseo and Sterling with routes toward Campbell's island Rapids City Port Byron and Morri son. Geneseo branch to serve farming areas and river crossings are key factors.
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Geneseo
Sterling
Moline
East Moline
Watertown
Rock Island Road
Campbell's Island
Rapids City
Port Byron
Erie
Morrison and Sterling
Fulton
Rock
Green
McKinley Syndicate
Galesburg
Moline-Aledo
Rock Island
Milan
Rock Falls
Here
Canned Corn Beef Sickness Threatens Rock Island Family
A Rock Island family faced possible death after consuming canned corned beef. Daniel Kelly, his wife, and two young sons became ill. doctors treated them and a chemical analysis was sought from Prof. Long at Northwestern Medical College to determine if ptomaine poisoning caused the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kelly
Rock Island
Kelly
Rock Island Brewing Co
Mr. Kelly
Weather Prophet Hicks Forecasts Snow This Month
St Louis meteorologist Irl R Hicks predicts snow in the present month with the first likely around the 25th. His forecast notes a coming cold spell in the locality and urges readers to prepare for wintry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irl R. Hicks
St. Louis
Interurban to lay stub track at Athletic Field
Interurban officials seek permission to place a switch opposite Athletic Field to speed service. The move would ease delays when more than two cars run and support special football game service. City council referred the request to a committee for action after blueprints are provided.
Interurban workers seek two cent raise in Iowa line
Moline East Moline Water town Interurban railway motormen and conductors petitioned Saturday evening for a wage increase from 18 to 20 cents an hour. Officials are reviewing the request as work continues on lines to Watertown to allow full car trips without transfers at Warner's Crossing. Existing track frogs will be used temporarily until the viaduct is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline, East Moline & Watertown Co
Watertown
Warner's
Suit to Set Aside Will Withdrawn in Wainwright Case
The suit to set aside Samuel Wainwright's will, pending in the circuit court, will be dismissed after the parties reached a settlement. Wainwright, a Zuma township farmer who died in 1898, faced challenges from Charles Wainwright of Chicago and two sisters against John Wainwright and favored relatives. The settlement is reported satisfactory to all involved.
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Samuel Wainwright
Wainwright
Zuma Township
Charles Wainwright
Chicago
John Wainwright
Boy’s Prank Could Cost Him Dearly
Douglas Marshall a 12 year old from 2006 Seventh Avenue faced charges after untethering a horse tied behind J. N. Stephens residence and riding a buggy to Coal Valley. He cut the horse’s mane and tail, rode to town, and spent a night away before returning with the horse found on Seventeenth Street. He attends Washington school and is described as bright, yet unaware of the offense’s gravity.
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Douglas Marshall
Octavius Marshall
Seventh Avenue
Washington School
Coal Valley
Young Marshall
Seventeenth Street
Avenue of Heroes and the Sieges Allee Monuments
Olof Z Cervin describes the Avenue of Heroes with the Sieges Allee leading from the Victory column. The 32 Prussian rulers line a broad park walk, each statue paired with a curved bench and two busts, creating a marble procession from the eleventh to the twentieth century by various artists.
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Allee
Prussia
Lincoln Monument
Chicago
Olof Z. Cervin
Rock Island council adopts sewer and water measures with brewing charge dispute
At a Rock Island city council meeting the Watch Tower line double tracking and Fourteenth Avenue paving ordinances pass. Alder men spar over Rock Island Brewing Co water use and sewer discharges with calls to end the $600 annual flat rate and switch to meter rates, while an auxiliary reservoir pump plan is approved to back up the pump.
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Rock Island
Eckhart
Brewing Company
Elm Street
Anderson
Bluff
Alderman Eckhart
Kennedy
State issues papers to new coal concern
Springfield issues papers for the Moline Coal Co to operate in the state with a $20000 capital. Incorporators are J L Horton Burton F Peek and E W Woodcock. The company asks city officials for a side track across Twenty fifth street near Rock Island tracks and will supply blueprints of the proposed location.
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J. L. Horton
B. F. Peek
E. M. Woodcock
Moline Coal Co
Springfield
Burton F. Peek
E. W. Woodcock
Twenty-fifth Street
Rock Island Tracks
Mrs Head's Rites Held in Rock Island Riverside
The funeral for Mrs Sophia B Head took place Thursday October 1 from her son F A Head's Fifth Avenue home in Rock Island. The service was led by Rev W W Willard of Mo ling First Congregational church with many friends attending. A quartet including Mrs RK Reynolds Miss Josephine Woodin J A Johnson and OO Taylor sang hymns Sum of My Son Bang Pilot Me and Near and A M Hubbard of Moline.
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Sophia B. Head
F. A. Head
Fifth Avenue
Rock Island
W. W. Willard
First Congregational Church of
Moling
RK. R. Reynolds
Josephine Woodin
J. A. Johnson
O. Taylor
Illinois Corn Growers' Association announces seed corn exhibit rules
A state circular outlines contest rules for county farmers institutes. Boys receive seed corn, plant 300 in a square and 10 ears for display, with records on growth. The Illinois Corn Growers' scorecard assigns points for uniformity, ear size, color, market condition, kernels, and spacing, with penalties for deviations.
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Farmers’ Institutes
State Farmers’ Institute
County Farmers’ Institute
Ilinois Corn Growers’ Association
Rapids City News Roundup of Local Lives and Changes
Perry Willard joins Weekly Dispatch subscribers as a local farmer. A National League forms to curb cigarette sales to minors, with women urged to join a petition to Congress. Frank Skelton of Port Byron shuttles students to schools in Moline Rock Island. Dr Straw to build a cottage on a preferred site near the Mississippi. John Schneider and family move to Hampton. Vogler family relocates to Port Arthur Canada. Union Sunday school fundraiser raises over 10 dollars for a church stove. Miss Martha Thompson teaches Cement school, boarding at Perry Willard’s. Rumor links a prominent local couple’s marriage. Mrs A O Gallino visits relatives in town. Miss Clara Kollman serves as first lady teacher in years. Water recedes, easing tri Cities travel. road grading near old Swede brewery discussed to withstand floods. Late corn drying slowly. wet ground hampers fall sowing efforts.
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Hampton
William Vogler
Port Arthur
Canada
Union Sunday School
Woodman Hall
Martha Thompson
Hamton
Perry Willard's
A O Gallino
Iowa
E M. Campbell
Clara Kollman
Tri-Cities
Moline
Port Byron
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Repeats Claim
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething wind colic and diarrhea with claims it soothes the child heals discomfort and is sold for 25 cents by druggists worldwide. The ad urges buyers to ask for the product by name.
Remonstrance by Smith Against City Annexation Petition
Four reasons were given to oppose annexation including unjustly absorbing farm lands without voter approval and missing voter names on Lundahl Nineteenth street addition. The remonstrance and petition were referred to the ordinance committee as council weighs annexation amid coal supply worries and planned gate installations at Rock Island railway crossings.
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Candee Grove
Moline
Lincoln Heights
Lundahl
Nineteenth Street
W E Warr
R A Smith
Mr. Smith
Moline Heights
Sugar Hollow Road
Ordinance Committee
Pearl worth five thousand found in Mississippi claim
The Muscatine Journal reports a near perfect button pearl weighing grains found by W H Whistler at Waukon Junction. Frank Freeman notes its beauty and lustre while describing the gem as shimmering with rainbow lights in light. Whistler has not sold the gem despite a $5000 offer.
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Muscatine Journal
Frank Freeman
Waukon Junction
Mississippi
W. H. Whistler
Muscatine
Whistler
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Mississippi Valley Traction Co
Dixon
Tertown
Zuma
Lyman Case
Berlin
Altha Blind
Unter den Linden
Wilhelm Stragsse
Leipsigerstrasse
Mark Twain
London
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Paris
Kristianstad
Engelholm
Altho
Sassnitz
France
Avenue of Heroes
Charge Brewery
Gen
Eral Public
Cervin
Germany
Riverside
Corn Farmers’ Institute
Est
Fred H. Rankin
Urbana
Reid
Riley
Boone Co
Smith
16Th
17Th Sts
Board of Education
The
Savings Bank
Motine Trusts Savings Bank
A. S. Wright
Co. R. Ainsworth
C. F. Anderson
Sth Ave
15Th Street
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