Act 10 Abolish Athletic Field at Riverside Cemetery
The cemetery board voted to remove the athletic field fence after January 1 1908 and ban further games on cemetery land. A second vote ordered Serton Franz Swanson to tear down the fence on January 1, funded in part by a $1000 grant from the Trinity Railway Co. The action follows protests by east end property owners who deem games on cemetery grounds improper and sacrilegious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery Board
Sexton
Athletic Park
Serton Franz Swanson
Triity Railway Co
Riverside Cemetery
East End
Sunda
Evening Sky Notes on Taurus Saturn and Comet Pair
The article describes the evening sky with Taurus rising in the east, Saturn with rings high in the east, and Mars and Venus visible in the west. It notes Mercury near the sun, the moon's passages near stars, and August’s comet brightening before sunrise, plus Herschel’s first universe model and Milky Way structure observations.
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Virgo
Ophinchus
Cassippea i
Formalhaunt
Mara
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
The Milky Way We Live Within A Distant Cosmic Cloud
A lecture describes the Milky Way as a long spiral star cluster with our sun among its stars. It explains stellar parallax as a distance measure and notes the cluster’s uncertain extent, estimating about 4000 light years across. The text argues that many stars will fade or disappear as they age, implying the universe had a beginning and will end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel
Milky Way
Mily Way
Lght
Atara
Carbon Cliff Barber Bound to Grand Jury
Frank Sherman a barber from Carbon Cliff was bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges by Magistrate Gustafson with a $100 bond. He was arrested in Davenport on a warrant issued by P W Beckwith and faces alleged thefts from the Carbon Cliff shop on October 4 including razors shears and towels. Dana Bergen and Harry Kessel pleaded guilty to assault and battery stemming from a Thursday night incident. Bergen paid 11.08 and Kessel 13.08 in fines.
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W Beckwith
Frank Sherman
Forrher
East
Carbon CH
Grand Jury
Gustafson
Sherman
Davenport
P W Beckwith
Beckwith
Carbon Cliff
Dana Bergen
Harry Kessel
James Murray Jr
Bergen
Keasel
City yields stone pact to fill park hole dispute
Moline Stone Co and Rock Island agree to fill the large First street quarry hole and supply 750 yards of stone for riprap at Sylvan park after a verbal grant from ex mayor C P Skinner. The city will accept when the hole is filled within a year and a performance bond is posted. 9000 yards of dirt may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Stone Co
First Street
River Front
Second Avenue
Swan Tropp
C P Skinner
G. A. Shallberg
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Market Square
Ed Kittilsen
Sixth IlHnoia Regiment
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street
Fourth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Moline Theatre
Andrew Orpen
Levin D. Gass
Danville
Ilinois
Chaeries A. Barnes
United States
St. George
Watertown
Pythian Sisters
Twain to the Ladies Onboard Toast Honors On Voyage
A Chicagoan recalls Mark Twain crossing the Atlantic aboard the Minneapolis with lively conversation. Ladies gathered around the humorist, and on the final night he proposed a toast in their honor, raising a glass to the Indies.
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Mark Twain
Atlantic
Minneapolis
Indies
Utica
City Council Passes Weights and Measures Ordinance
The city council approved a weights and measures ordinance aimed at prosecuting merchants who sell short weight or measure. The measure requires compliance with legal standards, though initial language does not specify penalties for offenders, raising questions about enforcement in practice.
Pavement Rule Drives City Traffic And Park Bond Approval
An ordinance requires driving with all wheels on the pavement to prevent car tracks while a city bonds issue of 8000 dollars for park purposes passed. Interest set at 4 percent, semi annual payments, expiring in 1917. A chemist candidate Justi M Lindgren was rejected for city chemist duties after offering to test water and develop chemical work in the factories of three cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justi M. Lindgren
Moline
University of Mllinois
Lindgren
Untitled Tale Of A Wife And An Idiot Husband
A fragmentary quotation depicts a talkative wife who calls her husband an idiot at times. A blunt doctor asks if the husband is truly an idiot since he is her spouse. The exchange prompts a grim retort reshaping the accusation. The piece blends humor with social satire from Pearson’s Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Biryl
Pearson's Weekly
Alderman Resigns. Schleuter Leaves East Moline Post
East Moline council meets as Alderman Ferdinand Schleuter resigns to become street commissioner. Fred Schleuter departs. C B White and others discuss Thirteenth Street opening toward Colona road with East Moline Land Co backing. Plans include land for a standpipe and a 21‑lot city addition near Thirteenth Street.
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Fred Schleuter
East Moline
Counsell
East Moline Land Co
Thirteenth Street
Flast Moline
Colona Road
C. H. Pope
C. B. White Sind
G. H. Owen
Pope
George W. Ross
Ferdinand Schleuter
Schieuter
Arthur Stimgon
Poak.tion
Music supervisor engaged for Detroit schools
Miss Edith Ball of Detroit has been engaged by the board of education as supervisor of music for the public schools and began her duties Wednesday morning. She is a graduate of the conservatory and formerly taught in Princeton, Illinois, and Chicago. The staff recently donated 206 to the building fund and the group hopes for further success with plans for Denver next year. In a separate item, English instruction for Belgian speakers will be launched Friday evening at Sacred Heart parochial school under Maurice Bockdert.
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Edith Ball
Detroit
Board of Education
Misa P
Chicago
Scog
Schogla
Princeton
Miss Tees
Herring You
Galesburg
Harrington
St. Paul
acoYnge
Denver
Sacred Heart Parochial Eebool
Maurice Bockdert
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Charles Swansen
Soldiers Monument
Tim Kennedy
Swanson
J. M Gould
Wan Ho
Gould
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach
Hanborg
Reinkeo Tle
Aneburg Bo
Luneburg
Reinken
Red
London Academy
Parpet
Washington
Aldebaran
NORTH
End Town
C. P. Skinner
Stone Company
Rock Island
Twain
Council
15Th ST
The
First Congregational Church
Sion
Atkinson
Uimionfal
H Patirs
Atanaingeneeliy
Seerir
Ssehults
Timois
Seomenas
Julius Gremonprez
Bluff Road
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