Local Scenes and Plans From Rock Island City News
Thomas White injured in wood shop accident. Watch Tower line double tracking approved for Rock Island old car barn area to improve emergency traffic. Diphtheria cases in Erie limited. Western Illinois Normal at Macomb opening day registration 246. Mystic Workers delay new office building. cost estimate 11 to 12 thousand. Davis and Davenport officials plan river improvements and World Fair traffic routes. Local arrests, property transfers, and civic notes populate the day.
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Thomas White
Healy
Barnard & Leas
H. S. Bennett
Tri-City Railway Co
Eleventh Street
Tenth Avenue
Rock Island
H. K Wells
Erie
C. J. Searle
Western Illinois Normal
Macomb
Rock Island County
New Normal
Illinois Manufacturing Association
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Chicago
America
E. W. Hurst
Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee
Jerry Sullivan
Peter Johnson
Old Cemetery
Mr Johnson
Roy Day
Homer Day
Barstow
Dr. Long
Algor Larson
Seventh Avenue
Charles Stein
James Osborne
Becker
Davenport
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
John McEniry
D. A Jones
St. Louis
John Streckfus
Peoria
la Salle
Illinois River
J. S
St Louis
Mystic Workers of America
Fulton
Alice Gamble
Moline
Schneider Shoe
Olaf Sundell
Christine’ Anderson
Fourth Avenue
S. S. Crompton
Judge Parmenter
James Higgins
St. Paul’s A
St. Paul’s A. M. E
Des Moines
Higgins
Hyde Park
W. A. Searcy
George W. Prince
Galesburg
Yates
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
David Fitzgerald
Black Haventy
Tentator
Thomas Mackin
Jg Teatator
Social Notes: Marriages and Travels Across the Midwest
John Verner Johnson wed Miss Anna Sophia Brissman at the Brissman home in Rock Island with fifty relatives present. The Moline and Rock Island items note multiple marriages, absences, and trips of local residents including Clark Keator returning from South Dakota and J. Gillmore's Atlantic coast vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Verner Johnson
Anna Sophia Brissman
L. P. Brissman
Nineteenth Avenue
C. A. Hemberg
August Brissman
Emma Almquist
Miss Almquist
Ruth Eckstrom
Jo Nm
Deere & Mansur Co
Carrall Atwood Nettleton
Chicago
Lacie Frysinger
George P. Frysinger
Rock Island
Trinity Episcopal Church
City
F. A. Heisley
Margaret Osborn
Margaret Atkinson
Sixteenth Street
Henry Bennett
Georgia Guy
Sue Walker
Eta Gamble
Bernice Taylor
John M. Shields
Mabel Anderson
Anna Anderson
Fourth Avenue
H. W. Reed
Shields
Woodman
A. H. Head
Rock Island Club
Miss Frances Head
Fred Bowers
Mary Bolster
Davenport
Charles Bowers
G. Albert Johnson
Elmer Johnson
Josephine Kramer
Adam Kramer
Swan P. Johnson
First Baptist Church
Albert Schaum
Johnson Home
Woodman Mee
Marie Kurtz
Mary Kurtz
Floyd Dean
C. A. Mennicke
Albert Kurtz
Lena Gumtow
Rock Island Arsenal
Reverend Spener Favorable on Call to Local Church
The Rev William A Spener and wife of Dixon visited First Baptist Church Wednesday as candidate for the pulpit here He toured Bethany Olivet missions and the parsonage with Deacon L D Edwards and others, attended the midweek service and met the pulpit committee He expressed a favorable impression of Dixon and potential for a larger field The church voted him a month’s vacation and offered incentives citing salary differences between Dixon and Dixon offerings likely influence acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Spener
Dixon
Firs Baptist Church
Spencer
A. S. Wright
Bethany and Olivet
L. D. Edwards
Spence
Arsenal Island
Post Office Unclaimed Letters List for Moline Illinois
A weekly notice from the Moline Illinois post office lists unclaimed letters dated September 24 1903. Names include Butter O E Carlson Robert Erikson Andia Frazier Frederick Mrs Lewis Herman E L Isackson Alma A Johnson Bert Johnson Charlie Johnston Mrs Kelcher C M Lindquist Miss Caroline McCharty Mrs Nellie McGraw Thomas Morgan Will Nybrey Miss Hildne Peterson Eva Peterson Mrs A Reinard L Roll Arthur Rook Miss Myrtle Saunders Mrs N Scherer W B Smith Micble Van Holspeke Emil Washburn Frank Wilson Mrs George Youngberg Miss Agnes and other names. Additional garbled text appears.
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Moline
Illinois
Butter
O. E B. Carlson
Robert Erikson
Andia Frazier
A. J. Frederick
Lewis Herman
E. L. Isackson
Alma A. Johnson
Bert Johnson
Charlie Johnston
Kelcher
C. M. Lindquist
Caroline McCharty
Nellie McGraw
Thomas Morgan
Will Nybre
Probate notices and hearings spanning estates and guardianships
Sept 16 to Sept 19 1903 probate entries list estates of James M Miller Mary Kennedy James Edgington Peter Larkin John Clarke Mary M Berry John L Wolstencroft and others with hearings for inventory claims guardianship bonds executorship and administration. Notable items include appeals to circuit court Maggie Meidow filing liberts $100 bond notices for village Reynolds tax claim hearings Sept 19 and Oct 3 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Miller
Circuit Court
Maggie A. Meidow
Mary Kennedy
James Edgington
Lucy Edgington
Lucy
Edgington
Reynolds
Peter Larkin
Charl J. Larkin
James A. Larkin
Clal J. Larkin
John Clarke
Mary M. Berry
J. H. Effandt
John L
W. Lincuoly
Jeannette Miser
Charles Grant
Louis Miser
Will
Louis E. Miser
James E. Edgington
Gudian
Mam Edgington
William E. Stengel
Wow
George W. Keil
P. Eckhardt
John L. Wolstencroft
Ventory
Olof P. Anderson
C. W. Foss
Andrew Peterson
C. A. Son
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James Minnehan
George H. Bremmerman
Rock Island Road
Bremmerman
Trenton
Twin Cities
Gittings
C. F. Stanley
Benton Harbor
Mich
Stanley
Rock River
Nelson Erricks
May Grand Jury
Quincy
Altho
L. E. Swanton
Taxis Toilet Co
Marshalltown
F A. Marsgon
Muscatine
A C. Merow
Davern
P. L. Monahan
Rank
Fifteenth Street
Orion
E. J. Delano
Delano
H R. Berry
Iowa City
New York
Ross Wilson
High School Monthly
Moline Printing Co
Social Notes
John W. Gluesby
Albert Anderson
M Line
F. Henry
Henry
Rockford
Alexis J Andee Ibeary
Prialdeats Pracy
N. J. Nelson
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. Nelson
Dr. Carlson
Sweden
Emalyne Tomlinson
New York City
Richard Mansfield
Edward R. Maloney
Margaret Ward
Woodmen
Carl Elmstedt
Ann Arbor
Michigan State University
Bert Skinner
New Haven
Harry Olson
Buffalo
Hudson
Philadelphia
Washington
James McKinney
Aledo
Europe
Rome
Naples
Italy
Switzerland
Charles Towndrow
The
Western Union Co
Flora Horne
Lafayete
Ind
F. H. Gardner
Gardner
Hiram Darling
Wequetensing
Michigan
Gilbert Fleet
Nineteenth Street
Ote
Boston
Ruth Savage
Emily Ainsworth
Mary Uline
Oberlin
Aline
Dell Rapids
S. D
Wemik
J. R. Kimball
East
New England
Canada
Harry Ainsworth
Lake Geneva
J. H. Porter
Zay
Duluth
JL. D. Dunn
A. H. Arp
E. L. Kerns
H.S. Bennett
O. M. Scott
Bain Wagon Co
Portland
Ore
W. H. Taylor
Nellie Williamson
Etta Gamble
Elizabeth Barnard
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Susan Walker
Margery Bennett
Miss Walker
Frank W. Gould
Florence
Stanley Skinner
Tusé¢ola
Kemble
Indianapolis
Stanley Keney
Mr. Kemble
Rev. C. & Hemberg
M. J. Egan
Batavia
C. Mi Bisan
Chicago Andt Dental Surgery
Tucson
South Stong Avenue
Frank
Tony”) Eckard
Seattle
Wash
J. E. Fleming
Minneapolis
Belle Ramsey
Helen Loosley
Cnicago
Loosley
Berwyn High School
Eugene P. Morris
Edna L Schaffer
Justice Schriver
Union Electric Co
Neva McCleary
Frank Forbes
M. R. Metzgar
M. R
A. A. Crampton
Mabel McCurrah
Long Branch
Charles
T. W. Renee
St. Paul
Clara Sloan
Central Presbyterian Church of
E. W. Kubitz
R. S. Darrow
Deere & Co
Henry Wheelock
California
Iowa University
W. H. Osman,jr
Ottawa Free Trader
R. O. Ellinwood
Moline Wagon Co
D. M. Sechler Carriage Co
George Brumbaugh
Mr. Ellinwood
Frank Schroeder
A. W. Way
F .A. Hyde
F. D. Holt
King’s Daughters
J. A. Gettemy
Mrs. H. 8. Fristoe
Marjorie Allen
Masq
George B.B. Carlson
George
Fannie’ Entrikin
Beloit, Wis
Beloit College
Seth Smith
Washington University
Julia
Henrietta Lohrbeck
Norstern Uniersity
Perry
Charles Perrin
Knilworth
Pretty Lake
Michigan State Vergity
Mrs. J
Port Byron
Mt Maurice
Sellalee
iClark Keator
Castlewood
Madison
Wis
State University
Jesse Follers
Cordova
Alice Guinn
August Lindgren
Luella Stromeros
Fritz Edwards
Olive Rebekah Degree Lodge
Freed
J. S. Gillmore
Asbury Park
Atlantic Coast
A Malmer
Chase Davis
J. P. van Patten
Sara E. Kennedy
P. J. Kennedy
Elm Street
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. F Lockney
Mae Kennedy
Wallace Souders
Lena Hutchins
Kennedy Homestead
Avenue
F. J. Clendenin
East Moline
Mollie McEntry
Grace Goan
W. A. Dieroilf
W A. Jones
Monmouth
First Methodist Church
Ilinois
Robert Marshall
Pearl L. Payne
Parmenter
Court House
B. L. Flower
J. C. Lang
Mr. Flower
Northwestern
Maple City