Republican County Convention Nominates Officers
Pend County Republican convention held at the courthouse on Tuesday afternoon elected David Hawes as chairman and James Parks as secretary. A credentials committee reported. H. C. Cleaveland was nominated for county treasurer and Daniel Gordon for county surveyor by acclamation. The central committee names were approved for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arid
I Assein
O ‘Courthouse
Guyer
H. C. Cleaveland
Rock Island
S. Guyer
Daniel Gordon
Moline
Frazier Wilson
J. C. Starr
RB. Wells
Andalusia
Wm. Jackson
H.C. Cleaveland
J.C. Starr
Jno. Buffum
L. W. Beal
Zuma
Jury Finds Seven Defendants Not Guilty in Saloon Burglary Trial
The case against seven defendants charged with burglarizing George Roth’s saloon ended with a not guilty verdict after a short jury deliberation. The report also lists civil, criminal, and chancery dispositions from the term, including several dismissals, judgments, and a murder manslaughter exchange.
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George Roth
John Masters
George Bryant
Whiteside
Blasburg and Andrews
Blasburg
Andrews
Dawmer Gamble
George J. Lindsey
John Sellars
Edward Bb. Richards
McDonald and Forsyth
John Griffin
James Buckley
Barney Cleveland
Barney
Auditor Lippincott and the Snyper County Tax List
County clerk Cook reports property owners in the county under the Auditor Lippincott designation. The circular lists assessed values including Rock Island Gas Light and Coke Co Moline Water Power Co and Moline Rock Island Street Railroad Co with capital stock figures such as 208 05 and 687 68 for 1910 totals.
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Auditor- Lippincott
Snyper
Cook
ORY
O.V.M. Go
AB AM Weoatern Union
Delirious Swanson Recovers After Self Inflicted Injury
The man Swanson, of this place, survived a self inflicted gunshot. He awoke Monday morning, ate breakfast, and walked with barely any assistance as deputies and doctors monitor his condition. Doctors Galt and Craig searched for the bullet and found no bottom in the wound path. Swanson’s mental state improves though brains bleed from the injury. He was buried yesterday afternoon per later news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson
Verkert
Drs. Galt
Craig
Cemetery Association Sees Finances and Labor Details
At the Riverside Cemetery meeting, officers report September labor costs and receipts. The superintendent notes expenses of 1043.30 for rock excavation and guttering, with 37 workmen and 5 teams. The treasurer cites 5195.87 received since Sept 1, total disbursements 1826.64, balance 3368.73. Bills of 1417.04 were approved. Eleven deaths occurred in the period. The text also notes salary discussions for a pole worker, with a past six months’ amount of 100.
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Riverside Cemetery Association
Entrikin & Moore
Mind reading claims spark local debate across papers
The Davenport Gazette and the springheld Republican question Brown the mind reader as other locals claim to share his power. Private parties report successful tests while critics demand explanations, noting August reviews and confrontations with Jervis and Van Lorne in Muscatine and beyond.
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Davenport
Brown
Republican
Gazette
Frank I. Jervis
Fvol
van Lorne
Muscatine Tribune
Mr. Brown
Jervis
Christy’s Crackers Returns to Rock Island Bold Venture
John M. Christy plans a cracker factory revival in Rock Island. After selling Davenport operations two years ago he bought the old seminary on Orleans street and will repair it for a large scale plant. He has ordered new cracker machinery and will open with a New Year 1876 open house for customers and the public.
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J M. Christy
Davenport
Life
Moline
Rock Island
Orleans Street
Professors Sheppard Delights Mohline Audience With Lecture
Tuesday evening Prof. Sheppard delivered a popular lecture that drew a modest crowd but rich in wit and wisdom. The talk offered pungent, trenchant observations that provoked laughter and kept listeners in good humor from start to finish. The reviewer predicts strong demand for a repeat appearance as the talk provided relief from worry and business strain.
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Sheppard
Inventions and labor shaped this country's progress
The article reflects on how invention and skilled labor drive civilization, noting the patent office records show harmony between valued innovations and their times of introduction. It emphasizes the interplay between thought and hands in progress.
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Patent Office
Ingalls Universal Chain Link Promises Labor Saving Aid
Inventions like the cotton gin and threshing machine spurred a wave of labor saving devices. The Ingalls universal chain link by Wm. Allen Ingalls of this city offers handier attachment at any time, with strong durable construction from Moline Malleable Ironworks. It suits plow devises and transmitting chains, aiming to outperform alternatives.
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Iit Aewe Ieee
Igenius
Ingall
Wm. Allen Ingalls
Moline
Plunkett to Revisit Moline With 21 Member Troupe
Veteran manager Chas Plunkett returns to Moline next week with a 21 member company for a three night engagement at Timm's ball. The NY Boston Philadelphia hit Two Orphans features Mrs Chas Plunkett as Louis the heroine and George Walters as Pierre the cripple with Win Pecard in low comedy. The cast is praised as excellent and the production described as among the most interesting in years.
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Chas. Plunkett
Moline
Timm
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Louis
George Walters
Pierre
Win
Pecard
Local notes from Moline and Davenport society pages
Daily society items recount homecomings and travels of residents including Dwight Benham Mrs Wheelock and niece Miss Flint Dr Bishop J W Good and Rev W M Collins. Business updates include Crampton's book store Deere & Co changes and new Fourdrinier machine for Wheelock. Also mentions candidacy of Chas F Hemenway and local bank statements and community notices.
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Dwight Benham
W. Wheelock
Miss Flint
Local Merchants Advertise Home Goods and Dining
Clendenin and Martin offer the citys largest stock of moulding and wallpaper while Clark and Joss advertise a good square meal and homemade candies at their restaurant and candy shop both calling customers to visit soon.
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Clendenin & Martin's
Davenport
Moline
Clendenin & Martin’s
Clark & Joss
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted For Pneumonia Coughs
The ad urges readers to treat pneumonia lung fever coughs and throat illness with Boschee's German Syrup claiming no failures in two to three years. It recommends asking Dr J W Morey at the drugstore and notes sample bottles for 10 cents and regular bottles for 75 cents.
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J. W. Morey
Market price corrections and commodity notes from 1875 report
Grain prices corrected by Waters and First. Meat values by CF Grantz. Lumber by Keator & Son. Raw figures show oats, barley, corn, rye, wheat, flour, hay, coal, peaches, lemons, butter, coffee, and molasses with scattered per unit quotes. Local shipping and retail terms appear garbled, but indicate typical 19th century commodities pricing and day’s market summaries.
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Messrs
Waters & First
CF. Grantz
Messrs. Keator & Son
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Circuit Court
Peter H. Peterson
Charles J. Westerdahl
Fred A. Head
Calvin I. Allen
Sibley, Endicott & Co
Charles Fabian
B. D. Buford & Co
J.C. & O. W. Davis
Fred Hass
Bellows & Taylor
Gillett, McCulloch & Co
Thomas B. Graham
Assumpsit
David Wiegant
Grantz & Reese
Reese
Sarah A. Brown
Elizabeth W. Langdell
George Langdell
Bull
Maria Thrush
Thomas Thrush
John Collins
Wo. Farrell
Ellen Jo Donnan
Nancy Donnan
William Ralsch
Rinnah Wells
John Bufflum
Criminat
Gen. Henderson
Thos. J. Menderson
Congress
Washington
Gen
Henderson
Rock Island Arsenal
Col. Flagler
Flenderson
Water Power Company
United States
Latier
Tuk
John Denton
Arwood & Fisk
John
Tie
Joulin
Fred Runquist
John Ecklund
Moline Plow Co
Ecklund
Runquist
Sfwards
Ecksttad
Marshal Wells
E Squire Swander
Nels P. Lindburg
Squire Swander
Esterday
Thes Augesbmai College
Tuer
Swedish Lutheran Association
Carlson
Chicago
Norelms
Minnesota
Augustana Synod
Passavant
T.N. Hasselquist
D. D
H. Beck
Samuel Bowles
Bowlesville
Rock River
Hampton Township
Ation
Fence
Lancashire
Aveelé County
Gilchrist
Lodge
F. Beatty
Ashineton, N
Second
Olive Streets
ST. Louis
Aig
Thatcher
Coy
Cemetery Matters
Christy
Crampton
Bishop
Bloomington
Jno. W. Good
San Francisco
W. M. Collins
M. I
N. H. Grover
Manufacturer’s Lodge
J.D. Long
Moline Lodge
Wim. Cule
Chas. F. Hemenway
8.S. Moore
Capt. Reid
Mr. Moore
Wheelock & Kelsey’s
John H. Holt
Bell and
Henry Streets
Gleaison’s
Gunther
Gleason's
Thomas the Hatter
D. W. Sickels
Theodore Tilton
Sterling
Rock Island Presbyterians
Broadway
Second Avenue
Public Library
First National
Deere & Co
First National Bank
Aurora, I.l
Murmer
George Atkinson
Holt
Deere, Mansur & Co
Rock River M. E
Knights of the Mallet
S. W. Wheelock & Co
West
Chas Plunkett
East Moline
Henry Street
G. M. Heck
Thomas
Krell
Board of Supervisors
Waa Incorporated
Gould & Schulthies
Beerman
J.S. Gillmore
E. H. Gleason
Gillmore
Margraf
Margraf & Epp
Charley Ross
France
Europe
England
Alexander Hi. Stephens
Main St
Rodman Av
Misuella
Lee
MIT, Cassel, & CO
Moline, Illinois
Gaeano
Could & Schulthies
Union National Bank
W. B. Coolbaugh
Washington and LaSalle Streets
Wabash Ave
Field, Leiter & CO
Madison and Market Streets
Chi
CAGO
Powers & CO
the Railroad Watch
Vance
Growaek Works
Mogi Rata Ee
G. Mabic
Edwin B. Knox
City Undertaker
Rodman Avenue
Poo
Moline Gas and Coke Company
Esquire
N.P. Bergstrom
Illinois and
Spencer Streets
Moline, Ill
Ec Ancu
Lawson
Chas Bere
Curative
Express
Lawson Chemical
Cleveland
Ohio
Parks—Fairchild
Columbus
Pelion
William 8. Parks
Ruck Island County
Ella A. Fairchild
Moline Market
Margraf& Epp
Main Street
da Gora
Goft
Haru
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Eee
Weae
Lees
Niqut Express
Ispani
Railroads
C.R
Rock Islan Moline
Colona
Geneseo
tBuresu
la Balle
Joliet
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Leavenworth
Atchison
Nigguut Express
Ri. B
Gatesburg Ralva
Kewanee
Si Fourie
Peoria
Illfinois
Centralia
O. A
L. R R.R
W A. Hines
Hampton
Port Byron
Cordova
Albany
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Ravanna
Wippepo
Racine
Milwaukee
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