Frightful Fall at Pope Creek Bridge Has Narrow Escape
Williené Johnson, a 33 year old Moline bridge builder, fell twenty five feet from a scaffold while cutting a wire on the Pope Creek bridge over the CC B & Q railroad. He landed among iron washers, was unconscious, but survived with minor injuries. His lip was cut, two frotticets knocked out, and his wrist dislocated. he will receive ten dollars weekly from the Sun Accident Association during incapacity. He is a member of Beandia Lodge I O G T and faced a similar fall at the same bridge last year.
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Prout Riday
Etaing
Williené Johnson
Ericksen
Twelfth Street
Seven H Avenue
Bride
Pope Creek Bridge
Rio
Alpha
Cc.b & Q
Anne
Johnson
Perlin
Sun Accident Association
Hee
Beandia Lodge
I O. G
Dierolf Weds Miss Fennie Bahl in Moline Nuptials
W A Dierolf of Lun dtht & Ibierolf married Miss Fennie Bahl at the bride’s home 1521 Sixth Avenue with Rev L Morgan officiating. The couple, well known in Moline and Rock Island, will reside in Deere Building rooms after a Chicago visit and a celebratory supper.
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W. A. Dierolf
Lundtht & Ibierolf
Fénnie Bahl
Catherine Bahl
Sixth Avenue
L Morgan
Congregational Church
Moling
Rock Iseland
Chicagay
Moline
Deere
Dispatreu
Davenport Man Killed, Fellow Flier Injured In Train Incident
Two Davenport men rode a freight train out of town and jumped when a brakeman tried to eject them. Julius Deering, about 6 years old in the report, was found dead on the track near Davenport with the other man Burns escaping with minor injuries. An inquest ruled the death accidental. Deering's Davenport roots are noted with a wife and child.
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Davenport
CR U & P
Durant
Juilus Deering
Burns
Deering
Daventort
Rock Island
Moling
Juros Panel Drawn for Circuit Court Term Beings Monday
The circuit clerk drew a panel of jurors yesterday at the county clerk’s office to serve in the current term. Names listed include Hartman, Black Hawk, Spigier, Reynolds, Drury, Edgington, Crawford, Capison, Golden, Bleuer, Prator, Boggs, Wells, and others awaiting summons for Monday.
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Gamble
Miondsy
Andalusia
Soul Hartman
Black Hawk
C. Reter
Buffalo Prairie
George Spigier
Monroe Roberta
Lewis Oy
M Goldeh
Jere Pearsott
Ordeym
Marshall
Sam Lambert
Pidcock
Drury
Elmer Reynolds
Charles C Spickier
Byron Drury
W. W. Workman
Edgington
W. W. Elliott
Hibbard Moorempton
George Crawford
George
Ure Wolldec
J. Capison
J. A. Golden
William Jala
O. F. Boman
F. W Cook
Sk! Island
Jacob Bleuer
Charles Ramskill
Niel Gorken
Wiliam Robb
E. G. Prator
Fred Hapnécke
Fred John
Peter King
Gordon
Louis Moline
Frank Boggs
James Hasson
Ky Wickiife
Zamg
Anthony A. Wells
River discovery amid foggy crime scene
Fred Foy found in Rock River and alerted William Clark who helped transport a body ashore. A coroner's inquest named H. F. Lamp and Bert Uly among others to investigate the decomposed victim and circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Fred Foy
Rock River
Toftte
William Clark
W. B. Hill
H. F. Lamp
Bertuly
Gold bearing black sands near Muscatine spark wealth
The Muscatine News-Tribune argues that vast gold riches lie in nearby black magnetic iron sand deposits carried by streams. It cites assays showing $18 per ton in gold and 77 percent iron, with fru vanner costs under $3 daily and each ton of river sand testing worth about 40 cents.
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Muscatine
Fruvaoner
Ivory Soap Ad Warns Against Counterfeits for After Exercise Use
An 1886 Procter & Gamble notice stresses Ivory Soap as the pure choice after physical activity. It warns that many white soaps claim equality but lack Ivory's special qualities, urging shoppers to insist on the genuine product.
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Procter & Gamble
Union The Rock Islander out for Boss Huesing Congress
The Rock Islander urges Ben Cable supporters to mobilize and contact labor voters. William Blanchard plans a Westward trip with a public surprise, while Henry Bostock reports a 810,000 District Deputy Revenue award sent to Starr in Peoria. Obituary notes Mrs William Denny of Peru dies, aged twenty five, with funeral in Peru. Corner stone ceremony for the First Methodist church in Rock Island features Bishop Ninde and a silver sacramental cup.
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Union
Boss Huesing
Congress
Ben Cable
William Blanchard
Henry Bostock
Internal Revenue
R Starr
Peoria
William Atkinson
Phil Mitchell
T Il Thomas
Po LL Mitchell
IL Deere
Morris Rosenfield
William Jackson
William Denny
Peru
First Methodist
Ninde
Margaret Kinney
Rock Island
Petition Drives to Buy Molina School Site for New Twelve Room Brick Building
Tuesday’s Dispatch reports petitions prepared to circulate asking the Board of Education of District No 2 to buy a site in Molina on Sixteenth Avenue between Tenth and Eleventh streets and erect a two story twelve room brick school with basement. Five hundred signatures needed. election to decide on site purchase and building.
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Board of Education
Ilinois
Molina
Sixteenth Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
The Prince of Millionaires and a Simple Secret
A twelve word maxim rhymes wealth with debt avoidance and calm nerves. The passage extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a royal road to health and happiness and wealth.
The Reaper and the Harvest Fields Interview
Newspaper Man questions a farmer about local crops in Munsey's Weekly. The farmer cites crows as the biggest crop threat in the region.
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Crows
Munsey’s Weekly
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted in Local Ad
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy. It claims internal action and mentions a physician endorsement, calling it a tonic and blood purifier. The text includes pricing and sales figures for Toledo.
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Hall
Toledo
LaCrosse Lumber Mills Inoperative Amid Low Log Supply
A Sept issue letter from LaCrosse notes five mills operating and four idle, with Mississippi River Logging Co. units barely supplying logs. Chippewa Falls reports no rain and no early fall rise, while many logs remain unbought in the woods due to dry seasons. Heaters in Moline idle, but heavier snows next winter may revive activity.
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Missisippi Valley
Black River
LaCrosse
Chippewa Falls
Mississippi River Logging Co
Moline
Puget Sound travelers urged to use Union Pacific route
Colonists bound for Tacoma Olympia Seattle Port Townsend Victoria or any Washington point are advised to use Union Pacific Railway The land Route. Free second class Pullman sleeping cars with modern equipment for comfort and luxury run daily from Missouri River to Portland Oregon. H Kear Agent 91 South Clacke?
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Tacoma
Olympia
Seattle
Port Townsend
Victoria
Washington Territory
Puget Sound
Pere
Union Pacific Railway
Portland
Ore
H. Kear
Electric shock hits city lamp trimmer on Fifth Avenue
Bert Bausch, an Electric lamp trimmer for the city, received a severe electric shock while cleaning a Fifth Avenue lamp near Mrs. Anthony's house. He was lifted about thirty feet, landed in a ditch, and lay unconscious before being revived by bystanders. He suffered burns on his hands and back but completed his route after returning home for dinner. The incident involved crossed wires between People's Light and Fuel Co and the city, with no current on street light circuits at the time.
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Bert Bausch
Fifth Avenue
Anthony
Bert
Pele
Rockland See Chronicle Explains Blanchard Settlement Root
The Rockland Chronicle credits the Union for a sequel clarifying William Blanchard a longtime island settler. The note preserves Blanchard as a foundational figure in local history and outlines his early presence on the island.
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