No Pay Since June 30 For Sixth Soldiers In New Jersey
Soldiers of the Sixth are short of funds after paymaster’s failure to appear. They started from Weehawken last night and expect to reach Springfield tomorrow. Warm greetings from Congressman Prince and New Jersey residents greet the marchers. Adjutant General Reece reports unofficial information that the Sixth will be in Springfield tonight or early tomorrow, with Company F possibly home Monday.
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New York
Weehawken
Springfield
Prince
New Jersey
Reece
Clendenin
Saxth Regiment
Manitoba
Long Branch
North River
West Shore Railroad
N. J
Meen
Coach Foster
Garretson
Gausvernor’s Island
General Meigs
Arms and Navy
Foster
West
Colonel Foster
Chicago
Ponce
Annyone
Porto Rico
Arecibo
Utuade
Camp Alger
Tampa
Ponce 1
Alinois Regiment
Batters A
Danville
West Shore Road
Clarke
Kittilsen
Channon
Anthons
Anthony
Crescent Bridge
Rivetera
Alreay
Blair
Five Company F Men at Ponce in Hospital
Special to the Moline Dispatch reports Company F left five men in the hospital at Ponce Holy. JUDD from Comanche Towa and Dr Madden of Philadelphia Charles Brooks from Oniaha Nebraska JT Oany Enderton Ingersoll Waterloo Towa. The company is in fair condition and getting better. We leave for Springfield tonight. Ed Kititilses
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Ponce
Verhawken
Moline Dispatch
Hol
Judd
Comanche
Towa
Madden
Philadelphia
Charles Brooks
Oniuaha
Nebraska
Oany Enderton
Ingersoll
Waterloo
Springfield
Tunight
Kititilses
Soldiers Return to Illinois From Porto Rico Amid Parade Disappointment
The Sixth Illinois Regiment, arriving aboard the Manitoba from Porto Rico, prepares to muster out in Springfield after a rough voyage and pay delay. Officers fault army provisioning and leadership, recounting sick left behind in Ponce, a rushed Weehawken departure, and a missed New York parade.
Businessmen Form Aim toward City Growth in Moline
City business and professional men met at Getty Hall to discuss forming a Moline Business Men's Association. They plan a constitution and by laws to promote industry, harbor improvements, water power use, and city beautification while attracting visitors and safeguarding Arsenal interests.
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Getty Hall
C. F Dewend
C. H. Pope
C. F E. White
Riverside Park
C.F. Dewend
Moline
Alster
C. J. Josephson
W. K. Sloan
C. F. Grantz
Arsenal Island
Sixteenth Street
Rock Island
M. J. McEntry
Allen
Arsenal
Emil Heimbeck
EE. A. Pierz
H. R. Albrecht
Mississippi
Scott County
Segar
Wm. Runge
N. R. Ziegler
George Dunn
Henry Hoffman
Charles Anderson
Alderman Schmidt
H. S. Fristoe
Joseph Rank
A. J. Hopkins
H. T. Moss
J. H. Mueller
Washington
L. Rosenstein
C. F. Dewend
C. I. Josephson
Moline Business Men's Association
Strike Discussed by Local Labor Unions
In a joint session, molders and caremakers at the Mo line Plow Co foundry discussed a strike. Federation of Labor members favored sympathy action but decided to defer to the National Caremakers' union, International Iron Molders' union, and the American Federation of Labor for the present.
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Moline Plow Co
Federation of Labor
National Caremakers’ Union
International Iron Molders’ Union
American Federation of Labor
County Board Adjourns To Attend Joslin Fair
The county board adjourned Tuesday after a short session to Monday so supervisors can attend the Joslin fair. A 2 percent tax levy for 1898 was authorized for general purposes, with an extra 36,650 to cover bonus and interest. H. H. Lohser and F. P. Vogels were named fee voters to fill vacancies in Rock Island wards two and four.
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Joslin
H. H. Lohser
F. P. Vogels
Rock Island
Tragedy Strikes Police Family as Son Dies at Noon
Frank J. Geisberger, 11, oldest son of Police Chief John Geisberger, died at noon from brain congestion after waking with a headache during the night. A bright student who never missed much school, he will be missed by teachers and peers after a brief illness following a birthday party.
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Evening Dispatch
Frank J. Geisberger
John Geisberger
Frank
Wilbur
University lecture series planned in Moline on social structure
A joint meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution the Fortnightly club and the Sevens at Mrs. F. W. Goulds home arranged Prof. Zueblin of Chicago University to lecture on The Structure of Society. Six lectures run from October 11 with tickets $1 for all six, 50 cents for students, 25 cents for single admissions.
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Daughters’ of the
F. W. Gould
Zueblin
Chicago University
Moline
Weir Plow Co Plant Sold to Kingman & Co at Monmouth
In Monmouth Illinois the Weir Plow Co plant sold for 35000 to Kingman & Co of Veolia the sole bidder. The sale included Monmouth lands and buildings as well as machinery and stock and East Moline land to be sold Saturday. Kingman & Co plans moving the plant to Peoria and expanding operations there.
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Peoria
Monmouth
Ill
Moline
Weir Plow Co
Kingman & Co
Veolia
East Moline
G. H. Schimpff
Death of James Lindsey Found in Mississippi River
The 65 year old Coal Valley resident James F Lindsey was found dead in the Mississippi near the Rock Island Peoria depot. A head wound suggested foul play at first but a missing amount of money and the coroner's verdict tied death to a fall from the embankment into the river. Lindsey had boarded the Trilby at Coal Valley Tuesday night to visit his niece Mrs Timberlake.
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James Lindsey
Coal Valley
Mississippi River
Peoria
Rock Island
Simon Lynch
Lindsey
Trilby
A. Timberlake
Twentieth Street
James F. Lindsey
Rock Island & Peoria
Impure blood threat to health. Hood's Sarsaparilla offered
Public ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for impure blood and related health concerns. It also notes sales on through tickets to North Pacific and Puget Sound points, offered at the lowest rate ever at the C. R. I. P. ticket office.
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Hood
North Pacific
Puget Sound
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States
United States Service
Mason
General Medical Corps
West Shore
Lower Broadway
Park Row
Newspaper Square
Illinois
Garrettson
Congressman Prince
Prince of
Galesburg
Whlinois
United States
Kline
Frank B. Warner
Jefferson Hospital
Geneseo
W. J. Entrikin
Keator
Dimock, Gould & Co
J. W. Morgan
F. G. Allen
Pers
Tom
W. R. Moore
Mr. Moore
Major Blunt
Ayer
Waynesboro, Va
Plow Co
the County Board
Geisberger
Prof
Kingman
James E. Lindsey
Axminster
Keystone
Ingrain Art Squares
Weis
Temali
Savonnerie
Wilton
Brussels
Dewend
Kuschmann
Third Avenue
Rock Island CO
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