Abter Franchise Repeal Affirmed in Rock Island Case
The Supreme Court ruling upholds the city of Moline faced with a challenge over Central Union’s operating rights after its franchise was repealed. The circuit court ruling against the telephone company is sustained, defeating the city’s attack on its rights. The decision remands a related Swift v Gaylord case.
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Moline
Central ‘Union
Rock Island County
Stizens Court
Supréme Court
Swift E ‘Agaisat Gaylord
Grouse Courtv
Backlethane
Jane Soualy
Helput
Supreme An
Clienit Court of
Henry Rysora
William
Negie
Mgalnat
Hillsdale Notes Include Weddings and Local Developments
Silkstate reports Dr Lee Trow wed Widge waain Sterling, Bari Wilkins and Miss Ethel Wilson marry at United Brethren with Rev Kerr officiating. Town learns of horse training track by A Thompson, cigar factory setup over post office with staff from Canton. Whiteside County to repair road east of Hillsdale with rock foundations from old schoolhouse and crushed rock. Maplewood farm rented for next year. residents busy with community events and visits.
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Silkstate
Lee Trow
Widge Waain Sterling
Bari Wilkins
Mies
Ethel Wilson Zee
United Brethees
Kerr
Hillsdale
A. Thompson
George McMurphy
Fawt
Hilladale
Robert W Woodburn
Sozour
Maplewood
Mabel
Aires
Hillsdale and Rock Island News Briefs Collide in Weekly Roundup
Local notes report visits by families from Rock Island and Davenport, with Erie and Millville connections. Recaps include canal dedication at Milan, sermons and Sunday school changes, travel to Oklahoma, a barn fire near Donahoo's farm, and community gatherings with gifts for Rev Hull and Mrs Hull.
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Atrom
Slater
Craig
Moline
Therfarm
Oscar
Hangon
Albany
Charlie Houschild
BE. L. Williams
Erie
Kate‘ Lamphere
Millevile
Delta
Wyndodn
Elmer Dennison
Wallace Woodburn
Palestine
Kansas
Zuma
Hillsdale
W. D. Hull
Hull
Ladies of the Aid
Wm. Sheppard
C. H. Nundle
Oklahoma
Lena Schroeder
Edgar
Neb
Louis Banker
A.B. Hueton
Hugh Donahay
Joslin
Clara Lamb
Jessie Lamb
Silas Simpson
Aurora
Mrs. Simpson
Dave Mr. .Dovishoo
Parmele
Daughters of the American Revolution Hold Annual Fort Armstrong Session
Fort Armstrong chapter hosts Moline and other members for the eleventh annual conference with reports on Fort Massac and state officers. Governor Deneen invited to speak. A tea for Mrs. Allen and a grand evening reception at Mrs. Mixter home feature chapters from three cities. Kept funds support park and university commemorations.
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Fort Armstrong
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Astute
Harry Alnaworth
Moline
Fort Massac
Metropolis
Ill
Hickox
Deneen
Mary C. Todd
Oak Park
Frances A
Daughters of the Revolution
Charles V. Hickox
Charlea Illen
Robert Wwville
Wack
Jacksonville Gas
Chicago-Denver train time to drop after November 10
Burlington announces faster Chicago Denver trains by two hours after November 10. The decision aims to improve eastern service while acknowledging business losses. The timetable changes will lengthen the Denver service in the army region as part of broader schedule adjustments.
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Burlington
Chicago
Cordova Social Notes Highlight Local Attendances
Charles Black and others attended the K P grand lodge at Moline while Pythian Sisters members saw initiatory work. Local events include a dairy show in Chicago, a county teachers’ institute at Port Byron, and a Sunday visit from relatives. Duck hunting, a dance at George Wells, and travels to Clinton, New Orleans, and Panama are noted among residents and visitors.
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Cordova
Charles Black
W. R. Freek
Gua Dorest
Andrew Marshall
Jacob Rider
Ed Lindell
K. P. Grand Lodge
Moline
Pythian Sisters
Mesdames Andrew
Rshall
Julia Dorest
the Mises
Violet Anderson
Amelia Dorest
John Wahlstrandees
Chicago
Chicago Jast. Mra. Mace of Pring
John Haney
John ‘Knox
Princeton
Frank Cool
Clinton
Low Moor
Port Byron
Jease Maxwell
J A. Wooster
Blanche Ong
Freek
Scobey
Frey
Bensop
John Wahlatrand
Ira-Carr
South
New Orleans
North Star
Jerome Wooden
Maxwell
Ed Cool
Sriggs
Northwestern
Marion
Will Forsythe
Panama
George Wells
Meredosia
Howard
Charles Genung
Leander Baker
Rock Island
Mighty of Beam and Weighty Treasures of Taft
A Collier's tribute by George Fitch lauds William Howard Taft as a colossal statesman fit for the presidency. The piece extols his breadth of policy and leadership, imagining him capable of commanding the nation from the presidential chair.
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Leviathan
Bill Taft
Crafe
Ana
George Fiteh
Collier’s
Spatch Startled Wep Egkr Os Coloring Results
Spatch began a wartime color analysis rollout with preliminary results from the colorization project. Executives reported mixed progress as teams push toward standardized hues and clearer visual mappings.
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Spatch
Augustana Solicitort Stricken While Students Protest Athletics Abolition
Rev A T Ekblad, treasurer, rushed to Omaha after illness in Staunton Iowa. campus unrest echoes the October 23 1906 abolition of intercollegiate athletics. Students staged a memorial funeral pyre and war dance, canceling a basketball game as protests lingered. Tonight the Augustana Conservatory plans a major recital with notable artists and programs.
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Augustayia
Board of “Directors
Augustana
Augustana Conservatory
Conservatory
Guilpvant
Vieuxtemps
Grieg
Moskowski
Lasson
Sloan's Liniment Praised By Rutherford College Reader
An elderly Rutherford College observer lauds Sloan's Liniment for paralysis relief and broad medicinal value. The letter cites a brick mason whose partial paralysis improved after use and endorses the entire line of remedies. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as a bowel regulator improving complexion for 385 cents.
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Sloan
James F Abernethy
Rutherford College
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Jericho Drug Co
Y M C A of State Opens Its Sessions in Rock Island
The state Y M C A convention opens at 4 pm in Firet Methodist church Rock Island with public access. Former Minnesota governor J R Van Sant will give the opening address this evening. Tomorrow features Moline delegates events including lectures by S D Gordon and I E Brown. A business banquet with Franklin W Ganse as toastmaster and Van Sant speaking concludes the day.
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Firet Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Rock Island
3. R van Sant
Minnesota
Moline
Fourth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Gordon
W M Wood
Chicago
Franklin W Ganse
Boston
Mr. van Sant
Oasis hunting yields success and local visits noted
David Swank enjoyed several days of successful hunting near the Oasis in Zuma. The Pratt and Wake families visited relatives in the area and several residents were in nearby cities including Anita, Galesburg, and Moline. Multiple social visits, church events, and local comings and goings are recorded.
Canal opening framed by Milan Sterling celebration marked by first spade
The first spade turned for the Hennepin canal at Milan, presented by Col. J R Nutting to the government, now housed in the Smithsonian. Engineer Tom L L Wheeler led the ceremony in Sterling, with a history chronology tracing Iowa to Rock Island access and successive Congress actions through 1907.
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Milan
Hennepin Canal
Sterling
J R. Nutting
Davenport
United States
Tom L. L. Wheeler
Nutting
C H Meere
Moline
D. W Matthews
T J Robinson
Rock Inland
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
General Grant
Ward
Vanderbilt
Canal
Hennepin
Iowa
Congress
Rock Island
J O Hudnett
Gorman P Lower
Congress Irxit
Bonds of Trade
Chenega
Buffalo
Duluth
Board of Transportation of
New York
Produce Exchange
St. Paul
St. Louis
Henderson
Hainois
I. ST. Wheeler
Conerega
Motine
Brick shower injures Deere employee clearing rubbish
Rene Cathoor of Deere & Co maintenance fell unconscious when bricks dropped on his head while under an archway where bricks were being laid. He suffered a painful scalp wound, was treated by Dr. A Harp, and taken home to 815 Twelfth Avenue.
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Rene Cathoor
Deere & Co
Cathoor
A. Harp
Twelfth Avenue
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Rock Ialand
Riage
D. A. BR
Mrs. Ainsworth
Questa
Mrs. Mixter
H. Deere
Atate Universitydfor
Scott
Kentucky
Chicago-Denver
Cordo
Theo, Ekblad
Omaha
A. T Ekblad
Staunton
Augustana College
Edla Lund
Getrude Housel
Iva Pearce
Sigfrid Laurin
Emil Larson
Y. M. C. A. OF State
Firat Methodist
David Swank
Oasis
William Pratt
Rollo Pratt
Anita
G. C Wake
James A
Frank Sears
Wake
Alvah Searls
Petit Jury
Frank Dailey
William Cox
James Walker
Marion Walker
Jesse Nicholson
Charles Walters
Rollie
Galesburg
Judson Wainwright
Clyde Wake
W Mumma
Dailey
Edna Mumma
Ira Wainwright
Frank Bryant
Mumma
Charles Walthers
Walthers
Fred
Sheldon
Frankie Wainwright
Laura White
Victor Laundit
Beal
Newark
Ohio
Sadie Dr Arp
Dr Long
East Moline
Carlson
Smithsonian Institute
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