New Passenger and Freight Train Service Planned Through Moline
Chicago timetable notes announce new daily freight and passenger trains to and from Moline with two accommodation trains east and west bound and connections to Milwaukee and Kansas City. An observation and buffet car will run between Chicago and Savanna, with the California Express arriving in Moline around 2:10 to 2:15 pm and a future Southwest Limited night service for Moline travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Davenport
Ottumwa
Moline
Chicago
Savanna
Bulletin on milk supply safety and ideal milk car efforts
A Washington dispatch reports Agriculture Department guidance on improving city milk supplies. Proposals include dairy registration, inspections, clean stables, tuberculosis eradication, sealed packaging, prompt cooling, and timely farm shipping with debates on pasteurization versus natural milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
New York City
Texans Pay Tribute to Moline Residents Visit
Mrs Thomas Mclaughlin and her daughter Dora, guests of relatives, returned to their home after a visit to Moline. The report notes a notable gathering and expresses pride in the local Texas guests returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mclaughlin
Dora
Ebsan City
Texan praises MolineDrawing attention to city
A Texan traveler visiting the McLaughlin home in City expresses admiration for Illinois saying Moline is the prettiest city he has seen. Miss Dora wishes to visit her native city after hearing the remark, leading to a visit by Mrs McLaughlin and daughter. Mr Ryan’s neutral praise suggests strangers can speak kindly without self interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
City
Moline
Illinois
Dora
Ryan
Mr Ryan
Hillsdale notices and travel throughout the week
Local items record visitors and travel among residents. John Beck travels to Kansas to aid a sick brother while L. Giles, W. Guthrie, and others run errands or visit relatives in Montana, Nebraska, and Chicago. A school starts Monday with Mac Reynolds as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
John Beck
Kansas
L. Giles
Tri-Cities
W. Guthrie
Montana
Mac Reynolds
Scott
Cooley
Fulton and
Clinton
Frank Cary
Nebraska
John Honn
Henry Tender
East
Maudie Scott
Grace David
Joslin
Robi. Woodburn
California
Hesker Sells
Allie Schall
Henry Schall
Chicago
Ridgeview Notes and Local Comings and Goings
Miss Rosa Bilgeshausen and Mrs James Poston with son visited Henry Bilgeshausen in Hampton. George Cox takes a New Shops Carpenter Hall post. Miss Billa McNeeley to Chicago then Springfield for business. United Presbyterian baseball team challenged Baptist nine for Labor Day. challenge accepted. Ridgeview to discontinue morning services. Sunday school at 3 p m and Christian Endeavor at 7. Contractor Cox building a bard for John Kittilsen after completing Bert Bristol residence. Mrs Robert Kerr hosts the Engleberg sisters of Marengo Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Bilgeshausen
James Poston
Henry Bilgeshausen
Hampton
George Cox
Carpenter Hall
Billa McNeeley
George McKinley
Chicago
Springfield
United Presbyterian Baseball Nine
Baptist Nine
Ridgeview
Christian Endeavor
Coxs
John Kittilsen
Bert Bristol
Robert Kerr
Engleberg
Marengo
Molders Union Aims to Halt Local Foundry Operations
John Campbell of the Molders International, in town for a strike committee meeting, reports to national headquarters as rumors spread of a local lockout. The molders accuse manufacturers of violating the New York agreement by shipping patterns elsewhere and keeping only enough workers to feign operation. They seek support to finances from nonworking members and plan actions to stop foundry work at other sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Molders' International Union
New York
Creek sanitarium president of local W C T U elected
Creek sanitarium in this city was elected president of the McMune W C T U at the annual meeting of the ladies on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Edwards is listed among the leaders in the work.
Foreclosure Aims at United States Clay Mfg Co Bonded Debt
January 16 1901 United States Clay Mfg Co Griffin formerly Griffin Tile Works faces foreclosure by Sol Hirsch of Moline National Bank to secure 55000 dollars in bonds. Creditors with judgments attend hearing at Aledo hoping for recovery as plant remains shut down amid long standing financial trouble. Attorneys for Hirsch and judgment creditors are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Hirsch
Moline National Bank
United States Clay Mfg. Co
Griffin
Griffin Tile Works
Hirsch
Aledo
J B. Oakleaf
Moline and
McArthur & Cooke
Marshall
Rock Island
W. T. Church
Probate record items from late 1900s docket summary
Probate calendar lists sales petitions for estate debts. guardianships over Lena Peterson Florence Goodenow minor Ward Willie Peterson aged. inventories and reports approved. guardian discharges. Estates of Daniel Brennan Charles Zimmerman and John Clarke advance with administrations, bonds, appraisers, and proof of death wills. Will probate hearings set for September 22 1908. Names include Herman Vogel Bernard Connelly W H Clarke Gustaf Swensson and Henry Daebelhehn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Charles W. Peterson
Guardian
Willie Peterson
Daniel Brennan
Lena Peterson
Florence Goodenow
Ward
Florence May Goodenow
Charles Zimmerman
Nicholas Zimmerman
Herman Vogel
Fred
Annie Nell
James, David
Winfield Blythe
Catherine Blythe
Bernard D. Connelly
Samuel Devinney
John Clarke
W. H. Clarke
Thomas Armstrong
Foster Armstrong
Henry Blakeley
Alex Hogberg
Will
Anna Louisa Hogberg
Gustaf Swensson
Charles J. Ostermach
John A. Wahietrand
Dora Daebelhehn
Henry Daebel- Hehn
John Schneider
Watertown notes and social updates in December era
Local Watertown items describe Royal Neighbors’ event at Modern Woodman hall with recitations, music, a Harmony camp drill, and supper. The column lists residents visiting, moves, new hires at the hospital, business openings, and ongoing construction projects including a new ward building and a large reservoir excavation.
Pes mail afl 1 3 Inshet sgt esr yeas
The fragmentary text mentions pes and mail related to an inspection or personnel context. Readable terms point to a sergeant and a year as key identifiers, but the fragment is too incomplete to determine a clear event, location, or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pes
Esr Yeas
Joslin School Openings and Local News At Midweek
Mia Walker and daughter Sarah visit To ledo relatives while Miss Bora Ziegler of Port Byron will teach Oaktree school this year. School starts Sept 22 due to county fair on 16 17 inst. Miss Jamison teaches Joslin school which began Monday. Zuma and Rowe Hill schools get Lilie Crompton and Edna Crompton respectively. Ill Mrs Elmer David and Fern visit Moline with Nathan Irving. Sick list includes Mrs Lyman Daily. Mrs Ed Cowley returns from Moline after weeks with Nathan iel Mumma. Bertha North of Moline visits Omer Ar. Clyde Wake visit Kenwick Iowa. Zuma church construction by Contractor Booth of Erie.〕
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Joslin
Mia
James Walker
Sarah
Toledo
Iowa
Bora Ziegler
Port Byron
Oaktree
Jamison
Lilie Crompton
Zuma
Edna Crompton
Rowe Hill
Elmer David
Fern
Moline
Nathan Irving
Lyman Daily
Ed Cowley
Nathaniel Mumma
Bertha North
Omer Ar
Clyde Wake
Kenwick
Booth
Erié
Joolta
Baal
Channel crusade to win six foot navigation on the Big River
Davenport to host the annual meeting of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association in October with leading Iowa Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin and Illinois figures attending. The group seeks a uniform six foot channel down the river and national impact. Officers and an expansive executive committee include Lon Bryson Davenport and Lewis Boswell Quincy among others from Dubuque Davenport Moline Alton Keokuk Muscatine and more. date to be announced.
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Upper Mississipp/ Improvement Association
Davenport
Bryson
Daversport
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lon Bryson
Lewis B. Boswell
Quincy
Thos. Wilkinson
Sburlington
C. H. Williamson
John Espy
St. Paul
Isaac M. Mason
H. M. Walker
Dubuque
G. Zurns
St. Louis
W. B. Pettibone
Hannibal
W. N. Saeg
Alexandria
M. Finley
la Grange
B. F. Knox
Rock Island
Ill
W. F. Eastman
Moline
A. M. Hanson
Fulton
P. Dadant
Hamilton
John Armstrong
Alton
B. F. Froelich
Oquawaka
M. Baumert
Nauvoo
Dupus
Savannah
T. A. Marshall
Keithsburg
A. B. Johnstone
Keokuk
J. M. Goeble
Muscatine
J. W. Price
Burlington
Walter A. Blair
C. A. Kennedy
Montrose
John Killeen
J. P. Eckhart
Guttenberg
J. W. Lambs
Clinton
John Downs
Fort Madison
Geo
Markets Summary From Moline and Chicago Bourse Notes
Reported price moves across grain and stock futures with mixed results. Wheat and corn futures show modest gains and losses, while cotton and oats exhibit varied shifts. Prices reflect demand signals and seasonal trading in Chicago and Moline markets.
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Ace
Moline Capital
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Royal Neighbors
Woodman Hall
Harmony Camp
D.H. Vanbuskirk
Charles Hobart
Louisville
W. D. Rogers
Canton
Harry Pinkerton
Joseph Anderson
Luther Peterson
Henry Hillberg
Anna Thompson
Helen Nelson
Cambridge
Desdemona Downing and Son
Downing Building
Sherman Cartwright
Carbon Cliff
Fred Meeske
William Driggs, Jr
Lyndon
Issac Conner
Conner
Lizzie Lee
Jennie Smith
Sarah McElvaine
T J Wood
Ella O’leary
Orion
Walton Tackett
J. B. Simmons
J. Tidball
James Allsbrow
Brown
J. W. Parker
William Keene
Co E Comstock
Peoria
Comstock
W . Driggs, Jr
W. Driggs, Jr
Ed Axelson
John Tunwall
Oscar Arenabield
P.cosner
G McNeal
State Institution
J. E. Lagerleaf
Crusade of Association For Pres
Chicago Grain
Sesggness Ldo
Brown & Christison and
Dun
Storreseas
R. G. Benson
Pasaig Bros
Timothy
Secretary of the United States Treasury
H. A. Barnard
James P. Pearson
Victor Oil Co
Cleveland, O
7Th Ave
H. B. Bricker
R. I. Arsenal
C. F. Hemenway
15Th St
J. D. Metzgar
Mc Kinnie Block
19Th St
G. H. Huntoon
Walker Station
John Dibbern
49Th St
2414Th Ave
Crompton
Ton
McKinnie
2D Ave
Benson
3D Ave
11Th Ave
18Th St
William Giles
6Th Ave
Christine Anderson
Kimball Building
Buile Oo Insurance
G. W. Walker
Skinner Annex
Muscatine County
4Th Ave
Fair House
Skinner Anniex
Hunt's Addition
W. Parsons
McKinnie Block
A. H. Kohler
Tyreive-Recce
Mimner
Mitchell& Lynde Ridg
James F. Murphy
Moorea & Co
Washington, D. C
Chicago, Ill
9Th St
Towndrow & Nutter
Chase Block
Crompton, McKinnblock
Pew She Ed
P. F. Cox
Thomas’s Drug Store
16Th St
Journal
25Th St
Bilmer B. Moree Skinner
18Th Ave
McKinzie
Edgewood Park
9Th Ave
27Th St
Elmer B. Morgan
Sner
12Th Ave
117Th St
Chase’ Block
14Th St
Township 20
Cordova
B. HB. Morgan
Skinner Rice
11Th St
16Th Ave
Eason W. ‘al
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