Why Workingmen Do Not Attend Church Reveals Rock Island Talks
In Rock Island the Memorial Christian Church hosted L A Jahns and Marshall Beck who argued that long work hours low wages and social inequality keep laborers from church. They urged church reform toward social justice political action and partnership with organized labor to improve conditions and invite workers back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. L. A. Johns
Marshall Beck
Memorial Christian Church
Rock Island
Mr. Beck
Christian Church of
Measrs
Johns
Beck
Iafton
Messrs. Jahns
Berk
L. A. Jahns
Mr. Jahns
Solomon
Commissioners of Labor
Jesus
Pilgrims
Scotch Kirk
Mormons
Amana Society
Astor
New York City
Grafton
Talka
Messrs
Jahna
Second Methodist Church elects officers in Stewartville
Stewartville reports the fourth quarterly conference of the Second Methodist Church electing trustees and stewards for many committees including Missions Education and Church Records. Several members are noted as ill travelers or returning from trips. Individuals like C F Stanley and Mrs Kelso are mentioned with health and travel updates. A wedding, Earl Turner and Miss Belle Bledsoe, is recorded at a parish home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Methodist Church
Wm Brown
Charles Kelso
Fred Cooper
Benjamin Miller
David Gamble
Frank Littler
John Hopkins
Twinam King
George Rose
Maggie McLeay
Emma Stanley
Josephine Fowle
Mary Miller
James Sharp
Carne Frick
Jennie Hoffman
Harriet Thompson
Mary Hussey
Mildred Cooper
Bobl Miller
Mrs Draper
Adah Wiser
Mrs. Hopkins
Effie Littler
Josephine Swisher
Mary Hannah
Susan Glenn
Freedman's Aid
Southern
J. A. Hopkins
Magpie Hoffmann
Mabel Kelso
Wm. Brown
David Kelso
Clarence Trevor
F. W. Cooper
J.T. Littler
Margaret Ziegler
Wm. Thompson
W. A. Wilcox
George Pearsall
Joha Jones
C.F. Stanley
Peter Monson
Leonard Oakley
Peterson
Vass Drusccilla Munson
Nebraska
FE. A. Blackman
Grinnell
Iowa
M. E. Church
W. A. Brown
Henry McCarl
Rapids City
Frank Washburn
Orion
James Glenn
Coal Valley
S. R. Glenn
Hulda
Minnie
Emma
Zinka Fredeman
Davenport
Sirs
J. Tagge
Earl Turner
Belle Bledsoe
Hattie Brown
J. F. Robinson
First Methodist Church
W. H. Howells
Peoria
H. E. Biggs
Theodore Tagrge
Rob Thornton
Aledo
Biggs
Sergeant Wright Home After Malaria Battle
Sergeant Harry Wright of Company F, returning from Porto Rico, arrived in Moline en route to Springfield and was taken to the city hospital with a suspected typhoid fever. He traveled weak and uncertain, aided by Dr. J. W. Morgan and the Army and Navy League, after being met by KE. FE. Morgan and the patrol wagon. Wright had failed the Springfield physical in May but remained devoted to service, and his illness raises concerns of further typhoid complications.
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Harry Wright
Moline
Springfield
KE. FE. Morgan
Army and Navy League
J. W. Morgan
Porto Rico
Clendenin
Wm. Clendenin
Sigk
Morgan
Sergeant Wright
Company F
Springsfield
Hoyt Reports Puritan Voyage From Charleston
William Hoyt, a Moline naval militia member aboard the U S Puritan, writes from Charleston, S C, that the monitor left Porto Rico over two weeks ago and arrived last Sunday. The ship was quarantined five days and should reach Brooklyn navy yard next Tuesday. five other Moline boys accompany Hoyt aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hoyt
Moline
U. S
Charleston
Mr. Hoyt
Ladies enjoy safe use with California Fig Syrup Co remedy
The passage promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant and safe remedy for ladies under all conditions. It instructs buyers to seek the true genuine article printed near the bottom of the package and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Canton Opera House Opens Under Subscriptions
Manager R H Taylor reports in the Canton Register the new opera house in Canton Nova Scotia opened recently under Frank F P McClure. The 1000 seat building measures 64 by 100 feet with a 16 by 10 foot entrance and a 44 by 61 foot stage. It includes six dressing rooms with hot and cold water steam heat gas and electricity a Brussels carpet and an elegant drop curtain. The opening attraction Sewing the Wind drew liberal patronage and Mrs McClure is praised for bringing the theatre to Canton.
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R. H. Taylor
Wagner Opera House
Canton
Frank FP. McClure
Tiguty
Canton Opera House
McClure
The
Register
Steals Lamon's Boat From Dimock, Gould & Co.
Jack Lamon of Deere and Co. loses a model 14 foot skiff valued at 30 dollars moored off Dimock Gould and Co. A night cut anchor chain enabled the theft. Lamon seeks the thief and has alerted rivermen from Burlington to watch for the boat.
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Jack Lamon
Deere & Co
Jack
Dimock, Gould & Co
Burlington
Fraternal Army of America forms Moline Post 44
Supreme Deputy T W Anderson organized Moline Post No 44 Fraternal Army of America with charter members. Officers elected include Captain William O Cressy Lieutenant Josephine Fowle Chaplain Mattie Severance Adjutant E J Severance Quartermaster Margaret McLeay Surgeons Dr E A Edlen James YF Trevor Trustees A L Anderson F W Harris. Charter open briefly as the order gains support and aims to ensure full certificate payments with over two thousand comrades enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Army of America
T. W. Anderson
Moline
Wm. O. Cressy
Josephine Fowle
Mattie Severance
E. J. Severance
Margaret McLeay
E. A. Edlen
James YF. Trevor
A. L. Anderson
F. W. Harris
B. M. Wood
Sarah Reynolda
M. E. Miller
Kingman & Co. Win Weir Plow Co. Auction Bid
Kingman & Co. of Peoria were the sole bidders for the Weir Plow Co. property in East Moline at a Saturday sale. The purchase includes 16.85 acres, a brick shop and foundations for two buildings, and completes a plan to absorb the defunct firm, with Liabilities showing Kingman as creditor to 70,000 and 40,000 cancelled by the sale. The Peoria merchants' association urged Kingman to operate a factory in Monmouth-East Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman & Co
Peoria
Wier Plow Co
East Moline
L. 8. Kingman
Judson Starr
Fred W. Harding
C.F. White
East Moline Co
W. E. Taylor
Watertown Hospital
Weir Plow Co
Monmouth
Weir Company
Monmouth Plow
Peoria Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Kingman Delivers Cautious Plans on Monmouth Plant Buy
Martin Kingman declined to reveal future moves after purchasing the Weir Plo Co plant in Monmouth. He said deeds must pass court orders before startup, with two possible building sites and no definite purchaser. A local contact suggested the plant may leave Monmouth soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Kingman
Weir Plo Co
Monmouth
Peoria
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Cures Ailments
For forty years this extract is said to cure summer complaint dysentery diarrhoea bloody flux pain in the stomach and sties with never failing effectiveness according to its claims.
City Council Approves Read & Ryder Plan for Twenty fifth Street
The council ratified an agreement with Mayor Swenson, City Attorney Moore, and Alderman Perrin for the Read & Ryder plat. Property owners will fund street improvements including grading, macadam, sewers, drains, gutters, and water mains, costing $12,000 to $15,000, in ten installments. Work to begin this fall with completion hoped before snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read & Ryder
Twenty-fifth Street
Swensson
Moore
Perrin
Ninth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Twenty Fourth Street
Evangelist Dunnett Credits Pills for Restored Health
Prominent temperance speaker Rev. W. A. Dunnett describes years of heart pain and faint spells. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills in Brockville he reports marked improvement and renewed strength, now preaching in Fitchburg Massachusetts with renewed health and vigor.
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Eople
Franklin Street Congregational Church
Manchester
N. H
Dunnett
Brockville
Wall Street
Eukernel
Dr. Williams
Suger
Fitchburg
Mass
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Columbia City
Ind
F. P. Foltz
Abingdon
Ill
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Evening Dispatch
Price
Cenverie Manufacturing & Chemical
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New York
H. T. Moss
Third Avenue
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W. A. Dunnett
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Quebec
Royal Templars
Montreal
Royal Templars Council
Yonge Street Church
Toronto
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Woodstock
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Carleton Place
Ont
Union
J. B. Lewis Co
Pingree & Smith
Dolly Bros
20Th Street
Palmer Cox
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Illinois
F. A. Shearer
Ners
Homeseekers
Northwatt
Southwest
Wand
Omaha Exposition
P. S. Eustis
CVE
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CVE Lee
Beraska
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