Marseilles Plant Nears Complete at East Moline
On October 1 a $350000 nine building factory complex rises at Thirteenth and State streets East Moline covering ten acres. Leonard Construction reports a peak crew of 225 and plans to cast steel and install machinery by September with 200 workers now on site.
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Daily Dispatch
Thirteenth
State Streets
East Moline
Leonard Construction Company
Chicago
M ~ Company
J. Wolffin
Leonard Company
Marseilles
Marseilles Company
Algo
Leonard Construction Co
Rock River
Wolflin
Thirteenth Street
Wolffin
Deere
Campbell's Island
Moline Heating & Construction Co
Tri-City Electrical Co
Third Avenue
Moline Wagon Co
Wagon Company
Kelley
Gray
Midland Car Finishes Fourth In Elgin Race
A telegram from Elgin reports Midland Motor plant in East Moline fielded a Midland car that finished fourth in the Illinois trophy race. The car beat National, Fal Car, Lerington and Kissel Kar machines, with one pit stop for oil and gas and consistent performance. The National driven by Livingston won, while A G Greener’s National finished behind Midland, under two laps back.
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Midland
Elgin
Midland Motor
East Moline
National
Fal Car
Lerington
Kissel Kar
Pope
Livingston
A. G. Greener
Fifty Years Teething Remedy Claimed Soothing Properties
For fifty years the product has been used by parents for teething. It soothes the child and softens the gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and is advertised as the best remedy for diarrhea. Twenty five cents a bottle.
Camping With Mother Near Billings Amid Forest Fires
Florence Titus of Moline and her mother Mrs. Abraham Titus described camping in mountains above Billings Montana as forest fires raged. They witnessed flames devouring homes and bridges while trains shuttled men to fight the fires and traffic paused west of Billings. They also toured Colorado Yellowstone Park and South Dakota before two weeks of mountain camping.
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Montana
Florence Titus
Moline
Abraham Titus
Rockies
Billings
Mont
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
South Dakota
Titus
Plans Tree Planting Body at Conservation Congress
The Tree Planters of America proposes a nationwide youth army to reforest damaged lands. Led by A A Burnham, the plan envisions state, county, and township units under federal supervision, with farmers clubs mobilized to plant forests as part of national conservation efforts endorsed by Taft and Roosevelt.
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Daily Dispatch
Tree Planters of America
A A Burnham
Chicago
The
Conservation Congress
St Paul
Burnham
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Business League of America
League
Taft
Roosevelt
Farmers’ Clubs
Orangee
Ohio
United States Forester
National Conservation Commission
Ex-Moliners Home Lost to Montana Fire Escapade
A letter from Paradise Montana recounts a Montana forest fire driven by a sixty mile wind that forced the escape of Fred Mueller and his family. They saved two suitcases a steamer trunk and a phonograph while their home and office burned, and they moved through flames to safety at Trout Creek with about 350 dollars in losses.
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Daily Dispatch
Fred Mueller
August Mueller
Western Union Telegraph Co
West
Montana
Devendrilk Furniture Co
Paradise
Mont
Dell
Mra Mortor
Norton
Half Moon Bridge
Front Creek
Nol
Spokane
Tuscar
Troutreek
Alan
Tuscor
Trout Creek
Laborer Leete Fatally Falls From Moving Interurban Car
Camilli Leete a laborer at Moline Waxon Co died after leaping from an eastbound interurban at about 12 mph on Fourth Avenue near Thirty-fourth Street. He fell after the rear platform incident. doctors diagnosed brain hemorrhage and he died ten minutes later. Funeral planned at Sacred Heart church.
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Camilli Loete
Moline Waxon Co
Fourth Avenue
Thirty Fourth Street
Leete
Saureenth Street
Lawte
Loete
Waltham Hodnet
Atth Street
Midland Auto Ce
Lotte
Loet
William Stone
Jesse Nicholson
Cool August Low Records In Moline Weather
Local observers report a lowest August minimum of 50 degrees in Moline last evening, the coolest since 1806 and far down from the 61 degree August low this season. The record August minimum is 44 degrees set in 1884. observer Gherier notes fortnights of weather data.
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Gherier
Nothstein Resigns to Do Mission Work
Rev Ira O Nothstein pastor of Grace Lutheran church resigns from his local pastorate to accept a synod call to India. He will be stationed at Rajahmundry and will continue in the Grace pulpit until April 1 while preparing for mission work. The Reliance Club dinner announced the move with regret.
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Watch Tower
Reliance Club
Grace Lutheran Church
Edgewood Park
Ira O Nothatein
Sothstein
Augustana Syhed
India
Rajahmundry
Grace Church
Hess
Nothstein
Synod For
Kempe
Olof Cervin
Jo W
Stewart J.B
Oakleaf
Egbert Hasselquist
T Anderson
Theodore Ekblad
Vingren to Address Temperance Society
At 2 percent tomorrow afternoon the Scandinavian Temperance Union will hold its monthly meeting in Prospect Park Pavilion. Rev Carl Vingren, pastor of the Swedish Baptist Church, is speaker on the subject Ought the Church and Temperance People to Take Part in Protests.
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Scandinavian Temperance Union
Prospect Park
Carl Vingrep
The
Swedish Baptist Church
Reward for Catarrh Cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo. It claims endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Halle Family Pills are recommended for constipation with testimonials available.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney Fe
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Halle
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Marsh Nto
Maracillée-Oo
Powers That Be
Btravier
Evi
Joseph B. Kelley
Ninth Street
Charles Truxell
Robert Steiger
S & Man
Asian Malleable Iron Co
Whitting Foundry & Cooper Co
Harvey
Sll
R Robinson
Mother
St. Paul
Burmhamm
Thorne
Moliner
Paradise, Mont
White Waple
Thompson Falls
Cabinet
Idaho
Tenth Street
Ave
Aix
Loeters
Coranera
Ferenoun
Sacred Heart Church
Cauntaf
Mina Emmao Johanson Heth
Johnston
Theodore Reinholdson
Mea
Alma Reinholdson
Fifteenth Avenue
Twenty Fifth Street
I . Nothstein
Terasurer
C E Nelson
Hert Larson
Vingren
Temperance Society
John Deere
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