County Fair Heavy Crowds Favor Primaries At Joslin Grounds
Crowds estimated between 2500 and 3060 attended the Joslin fair on Thursday afternoon for the county show second day. races featured 2:34 trot won by Red Time and 2:30 pace won by Patchen Gentry with Ed Weinrich driving. several obituaries and society notices followed as the Dispatch reported local deaths and a September WCTU convention plan in Rock Island.
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Daily Dispatch
Pa Ace
Joslin Fair
Moline
Rock Island
Joslin Fair Grounds
Red Time
Hellman & Miles
Mt. Carroll, Lll
J. B. Tomlinson
Lady M
William Sands
Geneseo
Joe Clifford
Katserdell
Mike Donnelly
Fred M. Reimers
Weinrich Bros
Patchen Gentry
Ed Weinrich
Patchen
Alice Ginter
John Munroe
W C Pinkney
N. R. Eddy
Erie
Ill
Frove Dean Patchen
Hollis Warren
R C. Sil
Watertown
Charles Lovell
Kaiserdell
111 & Manager Jr
Dean Patchen
Rock Island County
Second Methodist Church
Oklahoma Land Auction Opens Public Sale of Cheyenne and Arapaho Lands
Announcement from Washington sets November 15 1910 as the sale date for 10 575 acres in Oklahoma at eighty acre tracts with minimum five dollar per acre price. Purchasers must meet homestead entry rules and residence requirements, with maps available from El Reno land office after October 1. Also notes Secretary Dickinson’s departure to China to meet the Prince Regent and a brief local program listing upcoming events.
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James W Witten
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma
Dennis Maher
Kingfisher
T W
Naval Land Office
United States Land Office
EF Beno
el Reno
Dickinson
Prince Regent
China
Average vote shown in reports across city precincts
Returns from seventeen city precincts indicate light polling in the primary. Silvis and Arsenal shops closed at noon for a half holiday, boosting absentee ballots while other factories stayed open. Totals up to 2:30 pm show varied results across wards, with several precincts reporting low tallies and seven precincts not reporting.
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Daily Dispatch
Rock Island
Silvis
Arsenal
Ostrom to Assist in Halinois University
Ostrom of this ee eo salett. Champaign, whoee: hase Apouition with several. Of. amitnots, Mr. ede dvis pradus ited. Si -1909. from Augustana college with hig honors, and served last veer cha, spelstaul, instructor in agers and ph, ot Hid sexoutie shatieat, pork, in this: direcity seate, See rand he haa boom oall ve a me.
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Ae EK
Ostrom
Salett
Coa Champaign
Amitnots
Ede
Pradus Ited
Augustana College
Pearls Found in Malay Cocoanut Trees Reported
A special report from Consul General Dudois notes pearls appearing as archwing in Malay cocoanut trees on the Malay peninsula. The finding is sent to the Department of Commerce and Labor for consideration amid observations on tree growth and related organ formations.
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Washington
Malay Peninsula
Dudois
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rock Island Southern Extension Nears Completion for Mercer County Fair
Officials say the Gilchrist to Aledo line will be finished by Monday and ready to carry passengers to the Mercer county fair. A special train will connect with the main line. stock yards at the Mercer Warren county line are in use with fourteen cars shipped. The station name is not yet set.
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Mercer County Fair
Rock Island Southern
Gilchrist
Aledo
County Fair
Mercer
Warren Counties
Chanler Suit Tests Ante-Nuptial Income Agreement
New York reports a $987 tailoring bill filed against Robert Winthrop Chanler, husband of Mme. Ina Cavalieri, to test the validity of their ante-nuptial agreement that assigns $30,000 a year to his wife. The tailor’s account was assigned to George H Fullencamp. service by substitution was allowed in city court.
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New York
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Mme
Ina Cavalieri
Paris
Chanler
Srep
Wiliam Barnes
Fifth Avenue
George H Fullencamp
Delehanty
Unclaimed Letters At Molno Post Office September 15 1910
List of unclaimed mail items in Molno for week ended September 15 1910 includes names such as Miss Jessie Alexander Mrs Irene Berry John Bennie Jules Deputis Carl Gorden Arvid Hathbke Lola Maas May Lindskog Lola Maas and others with a note of postal handling. The jumble ends with a garbled line suggesting continuation or error.
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Molno
Alexander
Jessie Ashford
W Anderson
ET Blosley
Harry Berry
Irene Bennie
John Branstatter
O Buert
Capt Buchanan
J Deputis
Jules Cohrier
Bam A Duncan
Mra Effy Engbloom
Abell Esmand
Mra Goss
H Gorden
Carl Greene
J Hallberg
Arvid Hathbke
Istvang Nagy
Korsmo
Maren Larson
John
Lyrke
Mra
Franklindskog
Hilding Legrand
Owen Mahaffy
Mise
Lola Maas
Not Makenie
May FL Martin
Growth in Modern Woodmen Membership in 1910
The Modern Woodmen of America report eight month membership 1108 162 up 62 893 from year start. Growth surpasses same period last year and signals substantial expansion in the order’s ranks.
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Daily Dispatch
Woodmen of America
Post Office Safe at Osco Robbed in Night Break-In
The Osco station on the Peoria branch line was robbed last night as yeggmen wrecked the safe, taking about $60 in coins and a gold watch. No neighbors reported the break, and discovery came only morning after. authorities began inquiries with little optimism of identifying the culprits.
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Osco
Rock Island
Peoria
Rescue Station at Springfield Underway
Springfield Minnesota September 16 construction begins on the central mine rescue station for Minoia. The 180 by 250 foot plot was presented to the state by the Springfield chamber of commerce. When completed it will be the first such building in the United States with Benton and LaSalle hosting the other two stations.
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Springfield
Minoia
Telegraphic Markets Hurting Receipts and Stocks Mixed
Market report shows Hoge Receipts at 12 000 closed weak light trading. Cattle and sheep receipts steady with unclear demand. Major stocks include Union Pacific 153, Reading 1 1/2, Northern Pacific 2 1/2, and Canadian Pacific 1 8 10 percent with various rail and steel names trading. brokers HJ Toher & Co note grain provisions stocks and bonds at 109 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa.
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New York
Union Pac
TS Steel
S Steel
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Ibity
Missouri Pacific Bi
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Erie
Chesapeake & Ohiio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Baltimore & Ohio
Atchison ‘ Eas. A
American Locomotive
Sugaree
Bt. Paul
NBR Copper
Republic Steel. Com
HJ Toher
Main Street
Dave
Port Tews
Death of Fred Channon Shocks Rock Island Community
Fred Channon a Rock Island road employee for forty years was found dead at the home of William Betts in Valley Junction. The 56 year old engineer on the Rock Island to Valley Junction run died reportedly from indigestion. An inquest is held at Valley Junction as Mrs Channon and his widow return with the body.
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John Gustaf Hertzman
City Hospital
Bright
Mr. Hertzman
Norrkoping
Sweden
Stockholm
Anna M. Bjorkman
America
Moline
Mr Hertzman
Deere & Co
Harold
Arvid K
Ethel M
Arvid Hertzman
Chicago
Thorlodge, No. 9
Mo Hue Observatory
North Star Benefit Association
Vikings
Thirteenth Avenue
J. M. Olson
Free Swedish Evangelical Church
Riverside Cemetery
James Nichols
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Silvis
Detroit
Mich
Fred Channon
Rock Island
Rock Iland
William Metts
Valley Junction
Channon Ia
Betts
Channon
Charles Davis
Iowa
Hand
Cole
Contest Board Awards 1910 Glidden Trophy to Chalmers
The American Automobile Association contest board announces in New York that the 1910 Glidden tour trophy is awarded to the Chalmers Motor Company. An injunction blocking delivery was vacated by Justice Putnam. the trophy now rests with Chalmers until the 1911 tour concludes.
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The
American Automobile Association
8. M Butler
New York
Chalmers Motor A
Contest Board
H. O. Smith
Premier Water Manufacturing Company
American Automobile Associations
Chalmers Motor Company
Juste Putcom
Sulpreme
Kent campaign figure tied to land fraud indictment
In San Francisco, Sept 13, headlines report Golconda Cattle Company led by William E Kent, GOP congressional candidate, indicted by a federal grand jury in Carson City for illegally fencing government land. Indictment is public. details describe use of public domain land and related charges.
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San Francisco
Cal
Golconda Cattle Company
William E Kent
Congress
Carson City
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Rere Seeradig
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C. M. Carlstedt
This City
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Paxton
Alma
Martin
Pittsburg
Gustaf
Ludwig
Dallas
Edith L. Barr
James W. Barr
Third Avenue
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Wellington
Kas
William Hines
Hattie Hines
Elgin
Hines
Lars Nelson
Edwin C. F. Schenck
Otto
William J. W
Huntley, Mont
M. Darling
Alton
Dares
Otto Schenck
John Hertzman
Institute
O'Neal
A. M. Cornwall
Illinois
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Titterington
Cumming
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Shreve
Harriet Thompson
Miller
Mary Metzgar
Norman
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Myrtle Summers
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Alice O'Neal
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Martha Taylor
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Savings Banke
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Crawford
Litten
Roberts
Loyal
Temperance Legion
Stoddard
Okio
Hankow
Jacob M. Dickinson
Yang Tse-Kiang
Shanghai
Peking
Mabel Otsa
Litten. Bolo
Thomp
Cueae
Adama
Rock Island Road
Halinois University
Department of Chemistry
Urbana
County Con- Ee
Uw XA
Henry County
Telegraphic Markets
Bial
Owa Tow
Wm. Betts
Island Man
Chalmers
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