Inquest Finds Huntoon Car Driver Linked to Klingberg Death
Davenport coroner's jury found that Albert Klingberg died from injuries after being struck by a car owned by Huntoon and driven by Dwight Rolph on Fifth Avenue on October 8, 1910. The jury recommended Rolph be held for grand jury on involuntary manslaughter. Fourteen witnesses testified. postmortem noted enlarged liver possibly from stimulants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Klingberg
H. Huntoon
Dwight Rolph
Fifth Avenue
H J. Pears
Swan Dahlberg
Oscar Carlson
Charles Gleason
A. C. Woodyatt
Pred Graflund
wPhursday
Daily Dispatch
Alteri Klingberg
G H. Huntoon
City Hospital
Phair
Jeane
Ate
Kiltgbere
Klingberg
Twelfth Street
Thirteenth Street
Helen Huntoon
Mildred Stephens
Oscar Rundquist
Frank Merrill
Merrill
Dr Arp
Fourteenth Street
William C. Jones
Walter Andersoh
Jones
Hespit
Ralph
Davenport
Despondent Woman Hangs Self Over Ill Health
Amelia Simons aged 37 residing with her sister Mrs. Elizabeth LaFranze at 602 Thirteenth avenue Rock Island committed self destruction this forenoon. After breakfast she told her sister she would rest in bed. At 8 o'clock the sister found her dead, having tied a cord to a bedpost and strangled herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Simons
Elizabeth LaFranze
Thirteenth Avenue
Rock Island
Unclear OCR fragment mentions laborer and construction work
Fragmentary notes mention a laborer connected to the Guest Construction Co and winter work in shops. References to Chicago marriage and individuals Matilda Lind and Slater appear, but details are garbled.
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Chis
Chicago
Slater
Matilda
Sea Ansae
Fors
Guset Ed Construction Co
Local Happenings and Visits in Hampton
Miss Miriam Conant visits Iowa City to see her parents. Rev Mr Read and wife plan to move to Pink Prairie Iowa for the coming year. Mrs Bishop of Keokuk and others call on relatives. Local residents attend fairs, travels to Clay county and Kansas Nebraska visits noted. Porch work and furnace installation mentioned among Hampton residents.
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Hampton
Miriam Conant
Iowa City
Read
Pink Prairie
Dan
Keokuk
Leonard Posten Jr
Morris Bosten
Moline
G W ‘Turner
Springfield
J C. Hawkins
Clay County
Joseph Cloidt
Bernice
Kansas
Nebraska
Jason Willis
Missouri
C . Lee
E. Pardee
August Light
Pleasant Valley
James McGinnis
Robert Kraft
Warren
Ethel
McDonough County
Conductor Held on Wife Abandonment Charge in Rock Island
W. B. Boat, a Tri City Railway conductor and Rock Island resident, was arraigned yesterday for wife abandonment. He stated he did not fear the penalty and was held to the grand jury under a $1000 bond, with commitment to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Boat
Tri- City Railway Co
Rock Island
Boat
Advertised Letters at Moline Post Office Week Ended Oct 13 1910
List of unclaimed letters at the Moline post office for the week ended October 13 1910 includes Charles Anderson Miss Victoria Anderson Rex Austin Ollie Brooks Sam Brunner A B Baldwin C Carlson Alfred Draper George L Dickinson Elijah Fanning Doom Fontner Ida Gray G E Guntafson Carl Galvin J F Gibson Lena Miss Holleman J W Howard Parl Johnson George Johnson Alvin Kovacs Josef Khyron Georges Kacouro Miss Lynn Miss Mary Lynch Mrs R A Link Mrs G C McFarland Ed Message J Moore I K Nelson Olof Norris Mrs Daisy O Brien Hugh Patereok Mine Florence Oeelas Coorges Postou Eivarett Ramay Whitlam R aekaypte Letta Brangen Tyron Art Trone Mrs Saral Tyler L A Voet Frans Wright Miss Nannie Whittemord H A t Wilhite Frank B. 5 1 Oe 2 0 EB
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frans Wright
Nannie Whittemord
H. A. T .Wwilhte
Frank B
Causes General Surprise as Board Acts on Association Advice
The board of directors surprises observers by acting on guidance from state association officials who emphasize a campaign strategy following unexpected developments during the mathe period.
Y M C A Cleveland? Moline to close old plant before new building
The Moline Y M C A will close the Sixteenth street plant before November 1 as the building was sold to the Improved Order of Red Men. A new facility is planned after fund raising, with subscriptions due November 1 and the old site to be vacated by November 7 or 8.
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Young Men's Christian Association of
Moline
Sixteenth-street
King Philip Tribe
Association
YMCA
State Association
Freeman
C. 8. Ward
K. A. Shumaker
Illinois
Members in Good Standing at Rock Island Arsenal Aid
Secretary report shows 643 members in good standing and four new members joined in September. The month’s disbursements totaled $133.70 for benefits and salaries, with a $70 balance in the treasury, and $15.60 collected during the month. The opening balance was $45.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D Ginette
Rock Island
Foreign Missionaries Report At Boston Council
Boston report outlines experiences of foreign missionaries drawing the council’s attention. The October 13 briefing highlights travels, challenges, and impacts of overseas religious work on local missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Council
Mrs Prank Williamson Dead in Rock Island
Mrs Frank Williamson died at 2:30 am at 1122 Sixteenth Avenue after sixteen months of dropsy. Survived by husband and two children Edna and Floyd, plus three brothers and five sisters. Funeral at 10 am Saturday from residence, Rev W G Ogilevee officiating, interment Chippiannock cemetery, Rock Island.
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Daily Dispatch
Frank Williamson
Sixteenth Avenue
Rock Island
Williamson
Jacon
Lil
Emil Noyd
Rowley
Noyd
J Ao Novi
Moline
Riverside
Keris
Tenth Avenue
C J Youngberg
Navix
Weights Ordinance Worries City Aldermen Meet Friday
City council debates a weight based sales ordinance affecting eggs by the dozen and wheel tax for wagons. The meeting aims to resolve dealer hardship while the city attorney questions legal changes and potential use of related ordinances to adjust license fees.
Inventor Killed When Fortune Smiles on Him
Aurora Newfoundland and Labrador October James E Woods an inventor was killed at the Aurora Automatic Machinery Company plant by shafting as he finished inventory of a corn husking machine financiers in Aurora were ready to buy the patent age sixty he had spent fifteen years perfecting the device and only last week secured a patent rights
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora, NL
James E. Woods
Aurora Automatic Machinery Company
Aurora
Fifty Nine Pennies Net $1643.50 At Coin Sale
New York city reports fifty nine American cents centennial pieces sold for 1643.50 to a small group including a philatelist and a collector. The seller offered a collection of 1794 cents belonging to FE Gilbert and included half cent pieces, foreign coins, and Jackson era tokens tied to 1837 41 financial distress.
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New York
Amer
Ile
United States
FE Gilbert
Jackson
Spooner to Close Arguments in Union Pacific Merger Suit
In St Paul Minnesota on October 13 former U S Senator Spooner will complete his brief digest of the railroad side arguments in the Union Pacific merger case. After his closing, Frank Kellogg will begin government counsel's argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Minn
United States
Spooner
Union Pacific
Frank
Kellogg
Booker Sentenced in Penitentiary Case and Insurance Hearing
Marion Booker pleaded guilty in circuit court to a crime against children and received an indeterminate sentence in the state penitentiary. Other related indictments linger in the docket as Frank Corcoran faces similar charges and Frank Dunbar’s murder case is postponed to November 7. The state won a venue point in the brotherhood insurance scandal case as Judge Gest denied the defense venue change and quash motions. proceedings continue in branch court with W R Moore and HooM Sihriver for the state.
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Marion Booker
Booker
Frank Corcoran
Frank Dunbar
Thomas H Wilson
Fraterna
W H Gest
W R Moore
Moline
HooM = Sihriver
Rock Island Children Declared Dependents
Lavina Wade aged nine and Thomas Wade aged eight were declared dependents by Judge R W Olm sted in Rock Island county court. The court ordered the children committed to the custody of probation officer Dina Rameer and the Dodds, Mr and Mrs L B Dodds, grandparents who appeared in court. The scene showed the children’s attachment to the grandparents as they were separated by the order.
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Lavina
Thomas Wade
R. W Olmsted
Dina Rameer
Howe Offers Big Prize for Flight Over Ocean
Atchison Globe owner Rathaoe announces a $100000 prize for an airship or aeroplane flight crossing the ocean from New York or London. He states he does not intend to be outdone by competitors like W R Hearst.
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Howe
Ocean
Atchison Kas Quet
Rathaoe
Atchison Globe
fMight
New York
London
W R_ Hearst
Payne
Telegraphic markets and stock quotes summary
Market report by H J Toher & Co. lists Chicago grain and provisions receipts and prices, including mixed fare and steady conditions. It mentions key railroad stocks such as Chicago & Northwestern, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Atchison, Baltimore & Ohio, and Republic Steel with current quotes and swings.
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Eas
Chicago
Northwestern
New
Baltimore & Ohio
Atchison
American Locomotive
St. Paul Fonte Noel
Republic Steel
Southern Railway
Tebr
H. J Toher & Co
Main Street
Davrea Part
Loya
Exchange prospects loom as company chief returns
George 8 Stucker, president of Com pany, returns from the East and surveys the situation. He hints at a possible sale and notes the exchange may close within two months if terms are effected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Stucker
Company
East
Davenport City Council Backs Merger of Union Electric Plants
George B. Stucker of Union Electric arrives in Rock Island to push proposed sale of tri city plants to Central Union Phone Co. Davenport aldermen vote to allow sale while Rock Island and Moline councils consider similar ordinances. Stucker says independent plant unviable and expresses preference for merger to unite exchange buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Stucker
Union Electric Telephone Co
Rock Island
Harrisburg
Harper
LeRoy J. Wolfe
Stucker
Tri-City
Central Union Telephone Co
Moline
Davenport
Union De.tric
Devenport Co.cil
Janed Stucker
Uniess
Synod English Body Convenes In Rockford
The Rockford meeting of the Synod’s English body opened with a sermon by Rev Luther Mosautery of St Peter Minn on The Kingdom of God. Welcome was given by Rev A Wendell of Rockford, with Rev J O Hanson of Galesburg leading a liturgical service and sessions continuing through the day. A mothers and Sunday school workers’ meeting is planned under the Ladies Aid society direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Mosautery
Peter Minn
Kingdom of God
Spokane Judge Whitson in Critical Condition After Stroke
United States Judge Edward Whitson, based in Spokane Washington, suffered a stroke yesterday and is reported in critical condition. His right side is partially paralyzed as medical staff monitor his status.
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Spokane
United States
Edward Whitson
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