Thede Sells Shoe Business Succeeds by Sundeen Co in Moline
W C Thede ends 36 years in Moline shoe trade selling stock to Sundeen Clothing Co. and plans Texas move with wife Mrs Thade. Peter Skoog stays in charge as Sundeen reorganizes shelves and adds tailor space to expand ready made clothing. Several property deeds and transfers follow in Rock Island and nearby towns.
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W. C. Thede
Moline
Sundeen Clothing Co
Thede
Clothing Company
Peter Skoog
Mr. Thede
Mrs. Thede
Texas
Rock Island Elks Plan Fine New Building on Eighteenth Street
Construction on the Rock Island Elks Lodge building on Eighteenth Street continues with completion pushed to mid November though the contract set November 1. The 73 foot frontage presents a graceful brick facade with raindrop stone detailing and ornate window arches. The south first floor room will become a high end barroom and Chicago fixtures totaling over 3000 dollars have been ordered for the interior.
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Elks
Eighteenth Street
Rock Island
Sears
Chicago
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Sept
Public record lists numerous transfers across Rock Island Moline and Reynolds towns. Names include Pierce Schave Davenport Thode Allsbrow Mey Dailey Summers Gavin Johnson Lenz and Irwin with prices from 1 to 7600 dollars. Transactions cover parcels in sec 1 2 17 18 and city blocks in East Moline Moline Rock Island and Reynolds adding varied lot and tract descriptions.
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Algo
Wis
Pheebe A. Gowling
Christian Kel Jer
Old Town
Rock Island
Thos. Holmes
Geo. W. McMichael
Katherine C. Walker
Louie A. Durman
W. B. Bailey
Peter O. Ern
Oscar B. Gustafson
O. Childs
Moline
John A. Erickson
Jennie B. Petergon
Childs
Henry H. Kueh
Elzabeth Whiteaide
Woodburn
Eric Johnson
J L. Oakleaf
Maria Howards
Jane R. Tindall
Clara B. Curtis
Margaret A. Tindal
Edward G. Tindall
Berryman Tindall
Augusta Tindall
Tindall
Elma A. Tindall
Clara E. Curtis
John N Tindall
John N. Tindal
Clara EB. Curtis
G. A. Schumskrt
Jas. T Maher
Hull
John Barlang
Louis A Dorman
Ida Oberg
Longview
Rock 14
W Gould
Axel L. Nordstrom
East Moline
Geo. W Bohrbeck
Nels A
Silvis
McEntry & Silvis
Elizabeth Griffin
Edward G. Nelson
Guardian
Oscar Youngren
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
East Moline & Water
Johannes Peterson
Gilber
Wm. Roth
Tri-City Ry Co
Julia and
Grace Schreiner
Tri- City Ry. Co
J. W. Spencer
Wm. Payne
M. M. Sturgeon
Jas. A Sae
Elizabeth Peterson
McEntry
F. J. Taylor
Bchnell
Rock Is
Chas. H Pierce
Louis A. Schave
N. L. Davenport
Henry Thode
Jas. H. Allsbrow
John D. Allebrow
Angelina Smith
Peter Gumbar
Moses A. Schneider
David Light
Lower Add
Morris Lister
Chas. F Miller
Gust Dralle
Nels Anderson
Aug. Mey
Moline Water Power Co
H. Kempster
Justin L. Dailey
Looker
Hillsdale
Undy
Bne Water Power Co
G. Summers
John A. Gagin
D. C
Dolly
John A. Gavin
Libble A
Summers
Geo. W. Lohrbeck
Swan W. Peterson
Geo. W.johnson
C. Mauritz Johnson
B. W. Wheelock
Battle on the Mississippi Foreshadowed Fort Armstrong Era
The 1814 clash near Credit Island and Rock Island amid British, Sioux, and Sauk forces ended in American defeats. Captain Campbell, Lt. Perkins, and Major Taylor led expeditions from Cap au Gris to Fort Shelby and Fort McKay. Pinkerton notes place the engagement on September 6, with heavy British artillery and Indian allies guarding the river guns.
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W. A. Meese
United States
Mississippi River
Zebulon M. Pike
St. Louis
England
Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
West
Cap Au Gris
Ft. Madison
Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
Robert Dickson
Indiana
Kaskaskia
Peoria
Nint Edwards
Thinots
Secretary of War
Wisconsin
Missouri
Wisconsin River
Macinac Fur Company
Michigan
William Clark
Missouri Territory
Seventh Infantry
Rock River
Bank
Sac
Robert Dickinson
Deace
Joseph Perkins
U 8
the Prairie
Fort Shelby
Shelby
Kentucky
Joh Sullivan
Yelser
Clark
Howard
John Campbell
U. S. Infantry
William McKay
Macinac
Thomas G. Anderson
R. McDowall
Anderson
Duncan Graham
Fort McKay
Saca
Fort Madison
Cap Auiris
Graham
Rock Island
Mississippi
Willow Island
Credit Island
Suburban Island
Illinois
Iowa
Whiteside
Taylor
Nelson Rector
Rector
Stephen Rector
Campbell
Campbell's Island
Hempstead
Hiss
St Louis
Rockleland
Ghent
Zachary Taylor
Fort Armstrong
Fear the Panama Canal Will Be Too Small
Washington reports worry that the Panama canal may be obsolete for war and commerce before completion. Locks 100 feet wide may not accommodate future battleships and expanding naval beams, raising questions for the next congress about finishing as planned.
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Panama Canal
Washington
United States
Congress
Panama Locks
Lusitania
Maritania
Waterway Proves Unsafe for Largest Ships Afloat
A historic waterway is deemed impassable for the era’s largest ships due to safety concerns. Officials warn of hazards and restricted navigation while assessments continue.
Bar operator pleads guilty to Sunday closing violation
Fred Hellberg who runs a bar in the Arlington hotel building pleaded guilty in police court on Tuesday to violating the Sunday closing ordinance and was fined fifty dollars plus costs. His saloon remained open Sunday evening and patrons grew noisy until officers intervened. Officer Johnson heard the disturbance from the street entered the salon ejected patrons and turned out the lights. A warrant for Hellberg was issued Tuesday morning. Ralph Stiles, wanted for forgery in Rushville, was arrested on...
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Fred Hellberg
Arlington Hotel
Hellberg
Johnson
Sabon
Warrant Spotted at Deere & Mansur Shops
Sheriff L. R. Moore of Schuyler County, after a several day search, tracked the suspect to the Deere & Mansur plant where Officer Lebbert identified him and a warrant was pursued. The man was located Tuesday while at work and taken into custody following the search.
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Deere & Mansur
Lebbert
L. R. Moore
Schuyler County
Warren County Miser Dies Leaving 70000 Wealth
A Warren County recluse, John Shep ard, died near Monmouth with an estate over 70000. Investigators found 21000 in cash at his home and hidden pockets containing 4900 in gold plus 200 in paper money. The will directs funds to a monument and leaves the remainder to his niece in Dunfermline Scotland.
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Sax and Key
Sone
Mra Margaret Poole
Dunfermline
Scotland
Berg
John Shepard
Onmot
Hielong
Dunfermilne
CITY FLATS TRADED FOR 500-ACRE FARM
Ex Senator William Payne trades a 500 acre Zuma township farm to M M Sturgeon for Jatters flats on Twenty street and Sixth avenue Rock Island. Payne gains about $100 900 while Sturgeon gains similar. Zuma township ahead by removing the senator. Rock Island loses part of Sturgeon. Eckhart and Buffin complete one of Rock Island’s largest deals with property value near $100 000.
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Ed Bia SvUacre
Zuma Township
M M Sturgeon
Twenteth Street
Sixth Avenue
Rock Island
Sturgeon
Zuma
Han
Eckhart & Buffin
Victim in Sixteenth Street Assault Foiled by Passersby
Fred Applequist of Rock Island was attacked by two men on Sixteenth Street near the Rocky Island club at about 9 pm. George and Joe Stroehle spotted the assailants, alerted police, and one suspect identified as R. C. Smith was captured while the other, Floyd Dorman, fled and was later arrested in Davenport.
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Rock Island
Black Hawk
Campbell's Island
Campbell
Rector
Loula Curloss
Fred Applequist
Rock Island Molder
Sixteenth Street
Rocky Island Club
George
Joe Stroehle
Applequist
R. C. Smith
Davenport
Floyd Dorman
Motorist recounts long trip ends in familiar routes
A quoted exchange between a friend and a motorist reflects surprise at three blue-black faces. The motorist says the long journey led him back through the same places, expressing regret and self-critique.
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Meggendoerfer Blactter
Fourth Regiment to Visit Cairo for Roosevelt Trip Fete
The Fourth Illinois National Guard regiment will visit Cairo on Tuesday October 1 for a prepresidential celebration tied to Theodore Roosevelt's Mississippi River voyage to Memphis for the Deep Waterways Convention. Cairo residents will provide subsistence. a salute detail from Danville battery will accompany a gun crew.
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Illnois National Guard
Cairo
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
BE J Lang
Jacksonville
Cairns
Parsons
Springfield
Scott
Danville
Deneen
Back From Dakota Prairie Fires Sweep Branley County
Dr E A Edien returns from Branley county Dakota after a three month stay to report an unusual surge of prairie fires. On August 18 his land faced a fire that spared farm buildings due to ten acres of undisturbed land nearby. His only loss was a severely burned horse. The blaze covered about three miles by ten, with fires seen nearly daily afterward amid a long dry hot spell.
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E A Edien
Branley County
Ministers Gather for Central District Conference in Rock Island
About 400 ministers and lay members from the Central Witness Methodist churches attend the annual conference in Rock Island with Bishop Cranston presiding. The key issue through Sunday is pastoral assignments for the coming year, including efforts by First and Second churches to retain pastors Rev. J. W. Edwards and Rev. D. S. Andre worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Witness Conference
Rock Island
Bishop Cranston
J. W. Edwarda
Andre Warths
Moline
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T Jim
WAC Thede
Sundeen
Herman Tindall
Lawrence Gowling
Christian Keller
Old Town Rock Island
Lilian Gowling
Christ Christopher
Peter Munson
Stewart
South Moline
Paul Hoffman
W J Ebeling
Edgewood Park
David W Hunt
Carl P A Friberg
LeClaire
East Edgewater
Nicklas Gumber
Peter Gumber Sr
Rock Island Elks
Lieut
Perkins
Fort
McKay
Ralph Stiles
Rushville
Warren County
Little York
Monmouth
Island Flats
William Payne
Molder
Cario
Tion
Memphis
State House
Fourth
Catre
Arcola
Newton
Carbondale
Robinson
Mt Vernon
Effingham
Shelbyville
Vandalia
Olney
Champaign
Dakota
Dr. E. A Edien
Conference OF Central District
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