Franklin College President to keynote Northern Illinois teachers meeting
City teachers canvass lodging for 500 visiting educators attending the Northern Illinois Teachers Association convention in Moline October 24 to 26. Professor E B Bryan of Franklin College is expected to give the principal address as the program centers on Preparation for Effective Living.
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Northern Illinois Teachers
Western Division
Moline
Association
Rock Island
H E. Brown
E. B. Bryan
Franklin College
Franklin
Ind
Ous
F .B. Raines
Freeport
W A. Meese
Business Men's Association
Bryan
Ca Fes
Arsenal
Tri City Fanciers plan November show at Armory Hall
The Tri City Fanciers Association gears up for its annual show at Armory Hall Davenport on November 25. Judges W. G. Warnock of Geneseo and F. H. Shelbarger of West Liberty, highly regarded in both states, were named to judge the birds. Last year 700 birds were exhibited. this year officials expect over 1000. The association has secured cash and special prizes, plus two silver loving cups and another prize anticipated before opening day.
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Tri-City
Armory Halk
Davenport
W. G. Warnock
Geneseo
F. H. Shelbarger
West Liberty
Tyro
Accidentally Shoots Sister In Cheek In Davenport
Genevieve Barnes an 11 year old Davenport girl is injured when a 22 rifle discharged in the hand of her 16 year old brother Joe as she entered the gate from Sunday school. The bullet struck to the left of the nose and lodged in the cheek, the family resides at 1626 East Locust Street. The father works at Rock Island Arsenal.
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Genevieve Barnes
N. H. Barnes
East Locust Street
Davenport
Rock Island Arsenial
Joe
Edward D Curtis Dies After Crane Accident at Rock Island
Edward D Curtis died after an eight week struggle from injuries in a May 21 accident in the Silvis shops of the Rock Island road. A heavy driving box detached from a traveling crane struck him, causing spinal injury and paralysis. A coroner’s open verdict noted death from the injury. Curtis, born July 20 1861 in Corning New York, leaves a widow and mother, with funeral at First Baptist church and interment in Lincoln Nebraska.
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City Hospital
Rock Island Road
Edward D Curtis
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Corning
N Y C
Masonic
The
Mutual Protective League
Machinists’ Union
Baptist Church
Amanda Curtis
W. A. Moss
Minneapolis
First Baptist Church
B. F. Martin
Lincoln
Neb
Would Kill Wife If She Didn't Threat and Separation
Gus Peterson a bricklayer of Fourth avenue and Thirteenth street faced a police court hearing after his wife Annie Peterson swore out a warrant. She testified he threatened to kill her if she did not return and keep house. Peterson admitted making threats against himself but denied aiming at his wife. He was bound to keep the peace for ninety days.
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Gus Peterson
Fourth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Peterson
Annie Peterson
August Paulsen
Henry Mahon
Dora Arvidson
Mahon
Paulsan
Nita
Paulsen
Monmay
Annie
Eight-Hour Workday Adopted at Silvis Shops
An eight hour workday was inaugurated in Silvis shops along the Rock Island road on Tuesday. Previously workers logged nine hours five days plus five on Saturday totaling fifty hours weekly. Under the new rule, crews will work from 7:30 to 12:30 with a half hour for dinner then 1 to 6, totaling forty eight hours. The change is to remain until labor troubles are settled.
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Silvis
Rock Island Road
Lorenz Awarded Contract to Erect Warner Schoolhouse
Lorenz was Thursday awarded a contract to build the proposed schoolhouse on lot 12 in Warner’s addition east of the Water town road between the Rock Island and Burlington tracks. Bid total 4062 dollars. Ready for occupancy in ninety days with brick two stories and one room per floor. Building committee members are William Gully John Korb and George Nichol.
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P H Lorenz
Warner
Watertown Road
Rock Island
Burlington
F Lorenz
William Gully
John Korb
George Nichol
Board of Education
Robbery on lonely Seventh Street shocks Moline
Swan Johnson of Twenty fifth Avenue and Seventh Street was robbed by three men on September 18 as he walked home. They beat him, rifled his pockets for $10, and fled after Johnson wrested a rock from one attacker and defended himself.
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Moline
Swan Johnson
Johnson
Judge Ramsay to Open Circuit Court Monday
Circuit Clerk G W Gambie reports a letter from Judge F D Ramsay stating the court will reconvene next Monday morning. The opening week focuses on naturalization cases motions and demurrers. First panel of petit jurors has been discharged and the second panel will report October 7.
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Circuito
G. W. Gambie
F.D. Ramsay
Circus Court
Opening of Hennepin canal eyed for late October
The executive committee meeting at Sterling reported the Hennepin canal may open in the last week of October, with Captain L. E. Wheeler noting completion is likely though final date depends on Governor Deneen. Governor to speak at Sterling celebration with attending congressmen, senators, and governors from Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota.
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Hennepin Canal
Executive Committee
Sterling
L. EL. Wheeler
Deneen
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Congress
Hennepin
Capstone Placed on Campbell Island D A Monument
A seven ton capstone for the D A monument on Campbell's Island was set without incident under W A Meese. Plans call for four cannons to be positioned in fall and grounds to be leveled for early next year development, with the monument's completion and unveiling pushed to next summer.
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W A Meese
D. A
Campbell's Island
Meese
Local Happenings in Zuma and Surrounding Towns
Zuma reports include James A Searle as a Joslin business caller, Wainwrights visiting Winfield Ohio, and multiple Barstow and Port Byron social and business trips. Zuma Cubs lost 8 to 12 at Coal Valley. engine broke on return from trip. Rev Hull preached his first sermon at Hillsdale. Rose Hill church ice cream social successful. Officers met at fairgrounds. Rose Hill creamery and local visits noted.
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Zuma
Wake
James A Searle
Joslin
Wainwright
Leail Bridge
Jesse Cox
Barstow
Lydia Franklin
Henry Weldman
Moline
Edward Wainowright
Judson Wainwright
Winfield
Ohio
Sheldon Mumma
New Cenderstown
Miezes
Edna Mumma
Port Byron
John Watewright
Watertown
Zuma Cubs
Coal Valley
Hull
Hillsdale
Edward Schafer
Ross Wainwright
George Beal
Clyde Wake
The
Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Rose Hill Church
Wiliam Nicholson
Frank Wake
Rose Hill Creamery
George Earhart
James Coyne
Katie Wainwright
Emma Hathart
Over the Hills
A clipped humorous line presents a boast about a machine and a warning of a trip to the poorhouse, reflecting rural humor and the era’s slang. The fragment hints at resilience and self reliance amid hard times, with a characterName and setting left to reader inference.
Bridge at Osborn urged to link Princeton and Silvis
William McEniry argues the Osborn site on Rock River is the best for an interurban bridge linking Rock Island to Henry county and Chicago. He cites a proposed Princeton to Joliet route, West from Princeton to Silvis, and a McKinley syndicate promise to extend lines to Peoria and Chicago, boosting regional growth and freight links.
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Princeton
Bureau County
William McEniry
Rock Island Union
Board of Supervisors
Rock River
Henry County
Hitness
Chicago
Joliet
Seneca
Bureau Junction
Silvis
Prince'on
Eastern
Osborn
Western
Northern
Rock Island
Springfield
Decatur
St Louis
McKinley Syndicate
McKinley
Cidea
Princeton LaSallé
Ottawa
Peoria
Green River
Hennepin Canal
Drops Dead After Ordering Supper in Davenport
Theodore Grapengeter, buyer for 3 C Petersen's Sons in Davenport, dropped dead shortly after 6 pm Friday after ordering supper at his boarding place 413 1 3 West Third street. He was 60, born in Oldenburg Germany, and had been in poor health for a year after a recent Mercy hospital stay. He had worked for the Petersen store for 31 years.
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Theodore Grapengeter
3 . C. Petersen’s Sons
Davenport
West Third Street
Mercy Hospital
Oldenburg
Germany
Victim of Circumstances John W Collison Charged
John W Collison, charged with abandonment of his motherless children, was released to seek employment and redeem himself. He left $50 for the children, admitted drinking after failed attempts to place them with relatives, and said the mother’s death left him overwhelmed. He claimed ignorance of managing the household.
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John W Collison
Collison
Davenport
O'Connor
Suburban Island fall race ends with two boats first and second
The third and last falling race of the season was held at Suburban Island. E H Van Patten’s lark model Prune and Lanihan’s sloop from Moline were the only entrants and finished first and second respectively.
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Suburban Island
E H van Patten
Prune
Lanihan
Moline
Erections resumed on two big Moline warehouses
The Moline Plow Co and Deere & Co plan completion of new warehouses by January 1 as lumber delays ease. Foundations finished. heavy shipping months approach. A special agent secured Mississippi timber and tracked cargo north to prevent further stoppages amid freight congestion.
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Moline Plow Co
Eighteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Deere & Co
Mississippi
Two Since Hostess Encounter Sparks Confusion
In a garbled exchange, a hostess and guests discuss an awkward meeting with Mr Smuggle. Mrs Thaw denies knowledge while Mrs Longshore reveals a personal connection as her husband is described in a confused manner. The fragment hints at strained social dynamics and hidden relationships.
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Smuggle
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Ramsay
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Shaeon Island
Wm. McEntry
Sims
Rock Island Tool Co
Twenty-fourth Street
Fifteenth Street
Modern Woodmen Society
Theo
Grapengeter
J. H. C. Petersen
Sona
Diex
Petersen’s
Petersen
J. W. Collison
Bethany
Patay
Toffe Begorra
Qolm
Hohemian
Deere’s Foundation
Canada
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Broughton
Pose & Trust
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Davesport
de. Walsh
Chicago Medical Institute
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