Our Chicago Letter a lively rallying call for election battle
A reader in Chicago writes amid Ohio results praising Democratic vigor and urging Republicans to persevere. The letter mocks Ohio Germans and Irish voters as stereotypes, notes local election procedures, lauds Saint Luke’s hospital progress, and reports on the Exposition and concerts. It closes with a civic plea to keep up the vote and spirit for November.
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Neck of Woods
Ohio
Bayard
Hendricks
New York Herald
Indiana
Kentucky
Delaware
Hoadley
Prohibition Party
Illinois
Cook
Dacey
Union Veteran Club
Moline
United States
Saint Luke’s New Hoapital
L. Z. Leiter
John de Koven
J. H. McVicker
St. Lukes
Pleasant holiday at Nystroms farm with gift of walking plow
August Nystrom was surprised at his farm when about eighty to ninety ex co workers from Deere & Co presented him with a walking sulky plow. The event included demonstrations of the plows in use and a group return to the city noted as a successful holiday surprise.
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Baturdsy
August Nystrom
Nystrom
Lawrence Ecklund
Curious Belgan Henric Scheinoff Burns Hair in Odd Accident
A Belgan named Henric Scheinoff living near Moline with minimal contact to society had matches hidden in his hair. He brushed against a door frame causing his hair to ignite, burning his scalp and leaving him bald. A close fitting skull cap likely saved his life.
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Henric Scheinoff
Moline
Accident at Donaldson's saw factory robs youth of life
About 5 o'clock Friday at Donaldson's saw factory in Rock Island Charlie Donaldson, 21, was repairing a belt on a ladder when the belt seized his clothing. He was hurled sixteen feet to the floor, clothes torn, and mangled in arms and legs. He lies in bed with spinal injury, while relatives in Chicago are telegraphed for.
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Donaldson
Rock Island
Charlie Donaldson
Zharenta
Chicago
Apel 4 The New Lark orem bib urnince
Fragmentary item mentions January dates and lines of text. Readable parts indicate a brief notice or periodical item with names or places obscured. The readable fragments suggest a general notice rather than a full event description.
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Apel
Lark
Linge Teies Canis
Fatal Yard Accident at Rock Island and Peoria Lines
J D Stringer 35, night yardmaster for the Peoria and Rock Island railroad, crushed by three freight cars after his foot was caught in a frog in Rock Island yard. Wife and three children mourn him. coroner's jury cites lack of protective blocks in the frog area.
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Peoria
Rock Island
Adien
Stringer
Twentieth Street
O. R.i.&p.road
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Corroner Hawes
Alexander Steel
Young Worker Injured at Moline Paper Mill
At 6:30 a.m. a 17 year old helper Reuben Rathbun caught his sleeve in a hot roller and was mangled between the dryer and steel rollers. His arm was scorched and drawn between the rollers before the engine could be stopped. He is taken to Dr. Hanson and lives on Second Avenue near Wagner's Opera House.
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Moline
Reuben Rathbun
Rathbun
Hanson
Second Avenue
Wagner
Opera House
Axel Swanson Reaches Twenty-Nine Amid Surprising Birthday Guests
Friends surprised Axel Swanson on his twenty ninth birthday last night bringing tokens of esteem including a willow chair. The note hints at his continuing prosperity and a playful reference to an Alderman's chair in a light hometown spotlight.
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Axel Swanson
Mr. Swanson
Mr. Swangon
Collision on Island Tracks Delays Trains Overnight
A head on collision occurred near the slough bridge on Rock Island between a Davenport bound engine and a Rock Island bound No 10 train. Both lacked lights and blocked the route, causing extensive wreckage but no fatalities. A large workforce cleared the wreck, with the Chicago fast OX Express arriving after 9 30 p m and the Cannon Ball on time by 10.
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Tyee
Chicago
Rock, Island & Pacific R’y
Ranson
Artheast
Tetterally
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
Balle
Qenneseo
Moline
Rockleland
Inllinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Frashington
Keokuk
nVale
Oskaloosa
Fritfield
Des, Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Atlantic
Av Audubon
Marian
Quthrie Center
Council Bluffairs
Dent Qallatin
Kaneas City
Missouri
Leonia
Kanone
Great Hock
Orig
Union
Pullman's
Nacre
Missouri River
oHoaag
Minneapolis
ST. Paw
Albert Lea
Seneca
Kankakee
Port 8
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Mary Fade
Nnas
Counctaul
United States
Canada
BTS
John. Benth
Rock Island
No. 10
Slough Bridge
Southwestern
Obituary Note Appears To Chronicle Family Loss
A cryptic obituary fragment mentions a deceased person and references a large debt and multiple children. The readable text hints at financial strain and family impact but lacks clear names, dates, or places to specify details.
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Fourteenth Street
Third
Fourth Ave
Moline Iron Works
Williams, White & Company
DuFour & Co
Connaughton
Brady ST
U.S.A
Granti P.O
Edward Russell
Congressman Murphy
A. Peterson
Second Ave
Wii
Delegat
Cleveland
Rif
John
Logan Play
Phi * ‘Dentz
OUR
the Dispatch
Bertboven
Chasa
Janse-Jsensen
Rizdel
Drombeter von
Henninges
MR. Knorr
Miss Bloomfield
MR. Lirdling
Weber Music Hall
Miner
Haverlys’ Theatre
Wallack Company
New York
McConnel the Lesser
Frank Russel Green
Margaret Mather
Frisco
Julia
Hannan & Hogge
Twain
Ee “Rmr Areay
Basarten
Thave
Boston
Mr. Carpenter
Philadelphia
L. F. Barnard
Waterrorp
N. J
Kozema
Ita
Ema
Mae
CuTiouna
Frank
Haverhill
Mass
Sallon Commission
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Horton
H&ukon
Thayer County
Penn
Potter Drug and Cheimions Co
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Olyakin
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Wiggin
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