Farm Mortgages Reflect Prosperity in Rock Island County
A Rock Island County farmer notes that mortgages on farms indicate financial strength, with many borrowers paying down and eventually covering balances from crop profits. Records of Illinois mortgages show more farm than urban lending and a trend toward rising land purchases financed by mortgaged funds, suggesting broad affordability and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Luis
Taft
Unclear historical text on editorial staff changes
Fragmentary OCR passage describes individuals in a newspaper staff, mentioning editors and roles such as photographer and society reporter, with garbled surrounding words. The readable facts reference a newsroom with appointed positions and a description of successful growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Moss Lottifet
Ste Grapher
August Police Report Shows Cash Basis Trade In City
The August report of Police Magistrate Kerns notes fines collected paid in cash and shows no outstanding fines. Poormaster Kerns reports 248 persons in 71 families aided at $772.76, with totals for subsistence clothing and fuel. A constitutional questions section discusses voting rights and school elections, followed by community notices and local remarks on post operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bie Wibar
John Bk Murray
Chintat
Deer
Synthhearia
Prado
Maras
New York
Kerns
Niagara rotary hydrant tested in Muscatine lumber yards
Inventors N. Barry Jr J Barry and J H Merkshire promote a Niagara rotary hydrant made by Williams White Co tested in Muscatine. The device aims to revolutionize fire protection in lumber mills with a portable water jet system and adjustable gate to deliver high flow over long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams, White & Can
Muscatine
Williams, &White & Co
Ae N. Barry, Jr
J. Barry
Merkshire
Jun Ber
Niagara
Musser Litber Co
Penkmann
Rock Delamd
Bong Lhuse
Wiless
George To Vedfeld
Cites
Marty ¢ Cleavelare
Win
Pergasen
Muncavue Journal
Musattostwaid
Ateios Rai
Rotary
Eestrier
Mulland Yard
Tewade
The Lady Cashier Relives a Longevity of Punctuality
A narrator recalls twenty years of unbroken punctuality and a bitter irony in a cafe scene. The piece shifts to a bustling city setting where patrons discuss routines, a garden party, and a later note on local business shifts. The narrative mixes memory with observations of social ritual and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
France
Byrne
Notarya
Icebound Alaska Elicits Powerful Imagery of Doom
A Northwest Magazine excerpt quotes Joaquin Miller describing Alaska with stark, frozen grandeur. The poem-like lines evoke ice bound seas, snow light, and avalanches as monumental forces shaping a desolate northern world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Gens
Joaquin Miller
Northwest Magazine
Fragmented riffraff of a lovers affair and stray notes
A chaotic pastiche narrates a seven year longing, interrupted by a sudden epistolary scene of coffee, money, and a proposal. The text dissolves into garbled dialogue, shifting between comic misreadings and a grim aside about a funeral and paupers’ bones.
No title available due to fragmented source text
A fragmentary narrative describes a soldier of Turkish origin and a heroic confrontation ending with a declaration of war. The text mentions a gallant yet rough demeanor and a quoted line about ivy and attachment during a tense encounter with a lady.
Also Mentioned on This Page
John F Murray
Elis Riese
Stewartville
Sears
Roy
Don A
Cate
Chasey Coepead
Bn K. Ahonts
Ble Bo Ag
Poormaster Kerns
Pere
Total Capemnditrire
Averize
Camberte
Tanily Bob Va
United States
Phas Restricas
Wola
Bennett
Wefaung
Hal
Gr Craig
Walter Johnson
I Walker
Ho P Simpson
Wobergason
Oliver Gisen
Keca Taland
Capt Loon
Ted Mather
Wiede
Welabels
Erante Rss
Northae
Chicago
Ewerge
Pweretofore
Mosturaster Epoit
Willys
West i
Fourda
West
Moline
Peigue
Calavea
John Sbouee
Boartrioe
Ty Sarhament
Hewilbu Dan Amphai
Te Seata Love
Pe Plee
Od Circus
MD Dine
Rock Island Lumber Yards
Ness
Messrs ‘Laylor, Andersen and
Keller
D. W Hunt
Henry Rohmer
Hunt
Liunt
Alaska
Grt
Eudriff Martius
Bosey Cor
Barnui
Orton
Cedi
Dbase
Boa Pry
Matey
Stiatee
Berar
L. Heer
Loita Outrageeores
Vanda Shay
Jizer Welat
Jackass
Jartiaan
Jackin
Prath
de Hart
de Hubb
New York Weekly
Baldwin
Detroit News
Altheash
Géwlarmes
Aga Turk
Ae Boric
Beatowell
Spruce St
Obu
Nowspaper
Adv Vocate Addresswell
Toledo
Henry Randstrom
R Sfeimheek Molise
Moline Haroe Sa
Ny VU
He. Trevawan
Moline Sate Savings Bank
Clinatizsl Lite Porter Skinner H.A Ainsworth C. F
Hemenway & “Te
Fat Law
Cashier
Vorer
Ats
Ding
Moline National Bank
Hemenway
Mee
Matt Rof
Iirikin & Co
Enue
Third Ave
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!