Home Guards to merge with Des Moines fraternal group
Fraternal insurance body Home Guards of the World based in Davenport with 1300 Iowa members to merge Jan 1 with the larger Homesteaders of Des Moines. Suprem e secretary Jerry Green plans undecided. Green’s health requires rest. Also notes rabbit hunting record near Blue Grass and local civic nominations for Davenport Commercial Club directors.
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Home Guards of the World
Davenport
Homesteaders of
Des Moines
Homesteaders
Home Guards
Iowa
Jerry Green
Green
Henry Dittmer
Blue Grass
Commercial Clab
Hugo Braunlich
John A. Feeney
George W. French
J. F. Porter
W. H. Rendelmann
Charles Grill
H. J. Zeuch
Isaac Petersberger
R. J. Stelling
Walter Schmidt
F. J. Allen
Moline News Briefs: Injuries Fires Mail Volume and Local Fight
A pedestrian, Axel W Kjellstrom, was severely injured after slipping on an icy walk in Moline and hospitalized at St Anthony's for at least a fortnight. A stockroom fire at D M Sechler Carriage Co caused minor damage and water loss. About 60 000 pieces of mail were handled in Moline during the pre Christmas week with 55 000 postal cards sent. Moline prepares for another local option fight led by the Local Option Law and Order League with officers named. Mrs Mary O Hall widow of J M Hall died at 1916 Sixth Avenue after pneumonia. funeral held with Rev C A Lincoln officiating.
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Arthur Clifford
Thirteenth Street
Oneida Avenue
Clifford
C. R. Ceurworst
West Third Street
Axel W. Kjellstrom
Eighteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
F. O. Ringwell
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Kjellstrom
D. M. Sechler Carriage Company
Moline
First Congregational Church
Local Option Law and Order League
W. M. Story
C. S. Trevor
C. A. Lincoln
Harry Ainsworth
John Swanson
G. M. Loosely
Thomas Doney
J. S. Freeman
A. E. Montgomery
Carl Vengren
J. A. Hurley
L. A.johnston
R. E. Henry
M. Olson
Mary O. Hall
Joseph M. Hall
Sixth Avenue
Hall
A. J. Brousseau
Albion
Mich
Riverside Cemetery
East Moline Christmas and travel notices
East Moline residents share holiday travel and visits as families split for Christmas. Mr and Mrs John Dormady spent Christmas in Sherrard and Roy Kenner plans a wedding in Charlotte Michigan before returning home after the holidays.
Christmas Visit and Local Social Notes in St Louis
Milan Lawrence Fitzpatrick of St Louis visits home folks arriving Friday. Mr and Mrs W Heath and daughter travel to Colorado Tuesday. Mrs Rathbun is sick. Christmas program at Methodist church Friday evening enjoyed. Bertha David Rene Ruge and Ruth attend house party with Benjamin and Mrs David of Preemption returning Monday. Arthur Mercer of Delwein Iowa visits aunt Mrs W Kale. Frances Cullen sick with scarlet fever at David Matthews home.
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Lawrence Fitzpatrick
St. Louis
W. Heath
Colorado
W. Kale
Frances Cullen
David Matthews
New Books at the Public Library
Rock Island public library adds many new volumes across general and children sections. Notable titles include The Old Wives Tale American Prose Masters and Christianity and the Social Crisis with numerous classics by Kent de Morgan Morrison Roosevelt and more.
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The
Public
Rock Island Public Library
E. A. Bennett
Kate Boyles
C. T. Brady
W. C. Brownell
Papal Rome
Raffaele de Cesare
Ralph Connor
A. T. Quiller-Couch
William de Morgan
Mexico
C. R. Enoch
J. O. Fa
Visiting relatives from Iowa and Alberta noted
Edgington Ray Parmenter and family of Gilman Iowa are visiting at Willard Parmenter s. Mrs Charles Lowe is visiting in Rock Island. Ethel Forsythe of Viola is visiting with her uncle John Bursch and family. Bennie Brubaker is visiting his brother Clayton in Rock Island. Paul Carpenter and family of Audrie Alberta are visiting friends and relatives here. Mr and Mrs E M Hartman were in Rock Island Friday. Mrs Lou Hartman of Rock Island is visiting her sister Mrs Ida Bogmar. Mr and Mrs Lester Holliday of Swedona are visiting Mrs Holliday s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Gould. Mr and Mrs C R Carpenter vis-
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Ray Parmenter
Gilman
Iowa
Willard Parmenter
Charles Lowe
Rock Island
Ethel Forsythe
Viola
John Bursch
Bennie Brubaker
Clayton
Paul Carpenter
Audrie
Alberta
E. M. Hartman
Lou Hartman
Ida Bogmar
Education notes and local travel mentions
Readable fragment lists Ethel Bruner teaching at Cole school and Mrs. Joe Gould returning home from Iowa on Tuesday. Also notes a period spent with relatives in Rock Island from Friday to Monday.
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Rock Island
Ethel Bruner
Cole
Joe Gould
Iowa
Poet and Editor Gilder Born in New Jersey 1844
Richard Watson Gilder, poet and editor in chief of Century Magazine, died in New York City. Born Feb 8 1844 in Bordentown New Jersey he began publishing at age eleven and later led major literary magazines. He enlisted in 1863 and edited Newark Morning Register before joining Scribners and finally Century.
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Century
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
New York City
Bordentown
N. J
Mr. Gilder
William H. Gilder
Bellevue Seminary
Richard
Long Island Times
Flushing
St. Thomas Register
N. Y
St. Thomas’ Hall
Bell
Everett
Landis
Philadelphia
Lee
Pennsylvania
Gilder
Newark
Morning Register
Murray Crane
Register
New York
Hours
Scribners
Scribner's Monthly
Dr. Holland
Gilder’s Civic Spirit Noted In Tenement Reform Story
The excerpt highlights Mr. Gilder’s active engagement in New York civic life, detailing his role on the tenement house commission that tackled conditions described as evils of tenement life. It notes his cooperative spirit, club memberships, and contributions to city improvement, including founding involvement.
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Mr. Gilder
New York City
Detroit Plans Airplane and Dirigible Plants
Detroit officials forecast several aeroplane and dirigible balloon plants to be in operation within a year. The Michigan Aero club organized officers and adopted expansion plans for the aviation industry in Detroit. A separate ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer for cures. The Argus newspaper closes with a note of full coverage.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Aero Club
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Colds Cause Headache Laxative Remedy Ad
An vintage advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a world wide cold and grip remedy that removes the cause and promises headache relief. It urges readers to call for the full name and carries a signature line attributed to E. W. Grove and a price of 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
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McCraney
Minnie McCraney
LeClaire
Elizabeth Smith
J. A. Hanley
William Chamberlin
R. J. O’donnell
Robert J. O'Donnell
East River Street
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Ireland
H. S. Moore
Chicago
P. H. Staple
St. Anthony's Church
St. Marguerite’s Cemetery
French
Orion
Martin van Gent
Muscatine
G. F. Shelling
M. A. Ingersoll
James Westphal
Clinton
William Sackville
Margaret
Margaret Willey
East Moline
Christian Mission
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Sherrard
Fred Wild
Clifford Sandige
Cleveland
Marshall Aldrich
Tracy
Hector Martin
Belgium
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Robert Smith
Peoria
Harry Rasmussen
Algona
Idaho
Hugh Gorman
Matherville
Tom Gorman
Roy Kenner
Charlotte
Klutz
Emil Haas
Freeport
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Pearl
Eacobiniah
Harper House Pharmacy
H. O. Rolfs
Otis & Hough
New York Stock Exchange
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Chicago Board of Trade
Ager
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M. E. W. Freeman
Veronica Playfair
M. W. Goodwin
Hudson
Clifton Johnson
Clifton Hudson
United
Israel
C. F. Kent
Judah
Turkey
E. F. Knight
W. S. Monroe
Arthur Morrison
Hugo Muensterberg
Meredith Nicholson
S. A. R. Pryor
Walter Rauschenbusch
F. M. A. Roe
E. A. Steiner
Williston Walk
the Oath of Allegiance
E. S. P. Ward
J. J. Chapman
A. J. Church
J. P. Parr
H. W. Elson
Felicia
B. L. Gould
C. E. Gulick
George Hodges
Captain John Smith
Tudor Jenks
Montana
Land of
Shining Mountains
K. B. Judson
Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roosevelt
M. P. W. Smith
Edgington
Lester Holliday
Swedona
R. W. Gilder
World of Letters
Coaled Tiameas Ee. Ee
Edison Phonograp
T! Edison Phonograph
Edison Phonograph
Edison
Edison Phonographs
Edison Gison Am
Io Bates
Edison Records
Jencke Music House
Second Avenue
Arthur P. Griggs
East Second Street
Argus
T. M. Walsh
Chicago Medical Institute
Dru. Walsh & Walsh
E. J. Walsh
Middle West
Drs* Walsh
Third St
Frazer Coal Co
Third Avenue
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