Weyerhaeuser Golden Wedding in Rock Island
Mr and Mrs Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St Paul celebrated their fifty year marriage at the old Rock Island homestead. One hundred two attended the feast with many relatives and friends present. daughters sons and grandchildren were listed among attendees. Dr William Bancroft Hill officiated the ceremony and a pleasure trip to St Louis followed aboard the Weyerhaeuser steamer.
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Frederick Weyerhaeuser
St. Paul
Rock Island
Davis
Weyerhaeuser
John Philip Weyerhaeuser
Hisa Auguste Hill
William Bancroft Hill
Vassar College
Mas
Richard Jewett
Jewett
University of Chicago
Samuel 8. Davis
Charles Augustus
Little Falls
Mion
Rudolph M
Cloquet, Minn
Fred
John P. Weyerhaeuser
Filizabeth Lucy
Frederick K
John Philip Jr
George
Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis
Charles Jr
Inez
Agaro
Wentworth
New York
Greamer Weyerhaeuser
St. Louis
Niedersauthemn
Rhine
Mead, Smith & Marsh
Dar. Weyerhaeaier Ad
Vend
Rock, Téland, Bish Ahd
Bt Lois ‘Bashiad” Door Works
Meyerhaeyper
Patte
Hag
Ioimienia Uri
Frat. of Mare 60F Pie Ce
A brief OCR fragment mentions Frat and Mare with a 60F pie center. No clear event or names beyond the fragment.
Indictments Publicized by Grand Jury in 1900s Case List
The grand jury released 44 indictments naming defendants such as Frank Brown Magnus Nelson and others. Charges include burglary larceny assault with a deadly weapon abduction of a child false advertising and various forms of theft with bail amounts ranging from 600 to 2500 dollars.
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Frank Brown
Magnus Nelson
Mattie Wilford
Lee Cowens
Alice Cowens
Annie Dudley
William Hahn
Charles Gravel
Arthur Burris
Bert Williams
Sadie Perdue
Della Cowdery
Elizabeth Langhausen
George van Antwerp
William Messenger
William Richards
William Bell
Canal project celebrates 17 years of work with 30 mile feeder
Sterling and Rock Falls invite leaders including President Roosevelt for October 24 canal opening. The Hennepin to Colona canal spans seventy five miles with a thirty mile feeder, running north south to its junction between Sheffield and Annawan. Total appropriations reach about 7.5 million dollars since 1890.
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Sterling
Rock Falls
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Burton
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Linole
Hennepin Canal
Sheffield
Annawan
Hennepin
Ilinois
Colona
Rock River
Inch Rock
Attes
Gay Lothario Faces Larceny Charges in Illinois Case
Ray Hodge, known as the gay Lothario who eloped from Rapids City with 1 year old Bella 3 Woods, faces two larceny charges in Illinois after a Davenport trial for a serious offense. Warrants accuse him in Port Byron for skiff theft and for stealing money and clothing from the girl's family. His flight from Davenport ended when a revolver was brandished by the mother. the sensational Scott county district court case continues as a jury move fails.
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Ray Hodge
Rapids City
Bella
Woods
Illinois
Davenport
Port Byron
Scott County
Hodge
Death of Miss Veda Tomlinson of Orion
Miss Veda Tomlinson of Orion died at Oak Park hospital Chicago from tuberculosis after months of illness. Her body returned to Orion Sunday with family. she had just passed her 20th birthday. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs George W Tomlinson five sisters and three brothers. funeral held in Orion Sunday at noon with visitors from Moline.
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Veda Tommlinson
Orion
Oak Park Hospital
Chicago
Miss Tomlinson
Moline
Rock Island
Emelyne Tomlinson
Cowperthwaite
New York
George W Tomlinson
Blood
Gladys
Dora
Nebraska
New Mexico
Breweries Swap Saloons Across Street in Chicago Rivalry
The Rock Island Brewing Co bought Henry Daebel’s saloon at 656 Seventeenth Ave for 4000 dollars. The trade shifts Chicago Brewing Co beer from Wellgaert to Rock Island across the street, swapping brands as retaliation for a prior lease maneuver. The transfer aims to place Rock Island beer on Wellvaert’s side and Chicago beer on Talten’s side once leases expire.
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Rock Island Brewing Co
Henry Daebel- Mebn
Seventeenth Avenue
Henry Wellgaert
Chicago Brewing Co
John Talten
Chicago
Talten
Wellvaert
Rock Island
Means Promotion for Maj Thompson
Official transfer of Major John T Thompson from Rock Island Arsenal to the office of the chief of ordnance in Washington DC signals a major promotion. He becomes senior assistant to General William Crozier, succeeding Colonel A H Russell who retires after thirty years in the army and a four month leave. Major Thompson and his wife will depart in June for Washington where he reports in October to assume duties.
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John T Thompson
Rock Island Arsenal
Ordnance
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Ordnance Department
Washington
William Crozier
A. H. Russell
Russell
Army
Arsenal
Chapman Elected Youngest Member of National Banker Council
H L Chapman was elected to the American Bankers Association executive council, likely becoming its youngest member by about a decade. The Iowa Illinois event also saw E D Durham and L A Goddard chosen for four and three year terms respectively, while the convention praised Chapman for leadership and the event’s reorganization and social successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
H L. Chapman
Hilneis
National Executive Council
National Association
E D. Durham
Onarga
A Goddard
Fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago
Chapman
Charity Workers Honor Mr Gould
Frank Woud of this city, president of the Watertown hospital board, was elected vice president of the Illinois State Conference of Charities held in Jacksonville last week, ending Friday evening. Dina Ramser, Rock Island police matron, and Father J F Lockney of Sacred Heart Rock Island were named to the executive committees. Rock Island was chosen as meeting place for 1908. About 400 delegates attended, including leaders in public charities. Miss Ramser and J C Swank, steward of the poor farm, represented Rock Island County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Would
Watertown
Miss Ramser
J C Swank
Rock Island County
Wash Miller Dies After Sudden Apoplexy at Farm
Joseph Washington Miller longtime resident of Coe township near Hillsdale died at 3 30 p m Saturday at his farm home after being stricken with apoplexy the previous afternoon He was 66 and residents remember him as a leading farmer in the county His widow and five children survive.
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Joseph Washington Miller
Coe Township
Hillsdale
Interurban Injury Case Settled for 1650 in Iowa
Cenia Chase of Davenport received 1650 to settle her injury suit against the Moline East Maine and Watertown interurban line. The claim was fully settled and the case dismissed after the August 17 1906 accident, with Fred Vollmer representing the plaintiff and Peek Dietz Waterman Lane for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cenia Chase
Davenport
Moline
East Maine
Watertown
Fred Vollmer
Plaintifg
Peek & Dietz
Waterman & Lane
City Faces Reversed Suit Over Rock Island Drowning
Ottawa appellate court reversed and remanded the case of John A Lnberg against Rock Island after Judge Gest dismissed the suit claiming the city was liable for the July 4, 1902 drowning of two Cinnberg boys near Augustana college. Damages sought were 5000 each. The pond allegedly formed by city work left a 30 to 40 foot water hole with a raft of a sidewalk.
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G A Shallberg
Augustana College
Cinnberg
Silvis Stockyards Nears Readiness for Dec 1 Opening
Rock Island road project at Silvis stockyards with fifty-two pens for cattle and hogs aims to be ready by December 1. The 170 by 632 feet facility includes twelve hog pens forty cattle sheds and central feed racks with water troughs and concrete alleys.
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Rock Island Road
Silvis
Rock Island
Linnae
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