Insurance Pays Fire Loss On U N Roberts Plant
The U N Roberts company shows insurance payments totaling 206875.46 covering warehouse contents and yard lumber lost in the recent fire. Company official BE Roberts says claims were promptly settled and insurance will likely cover nearly all net loss. Continuance request in West case denied. trial set for Dec 16 or soon after. Arsenal workman Dessaint injured by belt wheel accident. seven injuries, three ribs crushed. Obituaries record deaths of Fleming, Brady, Murphy, Hansen, and Davis with funeral details.
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U. N. Roberts
BE. C. Roberts
West
Robert B. Cantwell
Harry O. West
Fred@ Vollmer
Cantwell
Ee Arsenal
Louis Des
Search for Stevens Circulation Wider Across Nation
Police nationwide aid in finding G C Stevens missing Republic Iron and Steel Co supervisor who disappeared from Moline after a request for leave. Circumstantial ties point to Chicago, with uncle Judge O N Carter pushing officials. Stevens home is in St Louis. source thoughts include a westbound train from Moline.
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Stevens
G. C. Stevens
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Sylvan
St. Louis
Chicago
Steward
O. N. Carter
Supreme Bench
Moline
Retired on his farm with a self-run setup in Illinois
A. B. Wilson of Magnolia township Putnam county retires on his 160 acre farm without moving to town. He rents to a trusted man who milks cows tends poultry and horses and handles chores while the Wilsons travel. The modern home includes hot water heat gas lighting pressure tanks and a sewer system. Wilson and his brother pioneered clover growing for decades yielding high oats and wheat crops. He sold clover seed earning a $1 260 check and plans a fall or spring catch crop of clover while maintaining soil fertility with manure and crop rotations. The article notes improved yields across the township and says this is continued on another page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Wilson
Magnolia Township
Putnam County
Wilsons
Wilson
Oliver Wilson
Illinois
John Swaney
Hopkins
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Advertisement
An old style medical ad extols DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as a cure for nervous, exhausted women. It claims many sufferers have kidney and bladder derangements and urges readers to request a trial box from E. C. DeWitt & Co. for proof of effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
de Witt
E. C. DeWitt
Snowball attack leads to fall at Fifteenth Street corner
A harber employed at Mohler shop on Fifteenth Street and Sixteenth Avenue was struck by a snowball pack that shattered ice as he pursued young vandals up a steep embankment. He fell during the chase and was injured. Meanwhile Health Inspector Ed Jones, with Dr Samuel R Kennedy, is inspecting dairy cows in Moline. About 100 cows within city limits will be examined for disease. Cows showing signs of illness, including lump jaws, may be condemned.
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Viola Street
Holy Family
Hans Hansen
Mercy Hospital
Slageise
Island of Zeeland
The
Masons
Joseph H. Davis
Park Avenue
Mr. Davis
Abensburg
Cambria County
Scott County
Second
Iowa Infantry
Calista J. Dixon
Lucela A. Davis
William I
Pleasant Valley
John
Ashland
Neb
George
LeClaire
Ezekiel
Salem
Charles Anderberg
Manufacturers’ Hotel
Kansas City
Minnie Olson
Chicago
Fred Wheelock
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Anderberg
Mr. Anderberg
Olson
Einar Mathesen
Mathesen
Matheson
Tenth Street
Eign
Teenth Avenue
Harber
Mohler
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Ravenue
C. E. Evans
Sixteenth Street
Ed. Jones
Milc
Moline
Inspector Jones
Samuel R. Kennedy
People Must Help Themselves Against Tuberculosis
A public health notice urges personal action to prevent tuberculosis, warning that neglect of a cough or cold can lead to consumption. It endorses a home remedy of glycerine, Virgin Oil of Pine compound, and whisky, claiming it cures any curable cough, as promoted by Leach Chemical Company of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach Chemical Company
Cincinnati
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Davenport
Geo. Ashford
Ephriam Stark
Thomas Flemming
Emporia
Kan
Flemming
Clara
Loma
Bessie
Thomas
George Ashford
Sydney Grant
Bettendorf
Myer Brady
East Fourth Street
M. Tenenbom
Miss Brady
Charles
Dave Brady
John ‘Brady
Iowa City
Mary Murphy
Michael Murphy
N. Jline
Mr. Wilson
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Oineaenoreta Ad
Arsenal
Hubbard & Tomn
Fire Insurance and Real Estate
Best Building
Old Phone
Over Young &MicCombs
Rock Island
Aime Ure Ranges
Allen. Myers & Company
Harper House
Reliable Loan Company
Old Phone West
Second Avenue
New Phone
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