Rural mail route report shows steady post office gains
Postmaster McKinley notes the first month on the new rural route with Carrier George W. Brooks handling 6017 mail pieces, delivering 5406 and collecting 611. 729 newspapers and 530 letters distributed. Local business updates include Moline Elevator Company restricting work to elevator fabrication. Church stewards report year receipts of 2264.01 with 2259.54 in disbursements, Sunday school receipts 197.49, and church music fund spent. Andrew Cederlund jailed on burglary charges after stealing cigars from Dan Fisher shop. Sorosis society officers elected Emma Lind president Rena Aron VP Edna Gidding secretary Esther Tropp treasurer. New Year’s Day social changes include Miss Marguerite Hill visit from Vassar with a joint reception for men and women. Masonic lodge to host Dorie lodge instruction with grand officers Feb 18–20. Various local movements include Andrew Nason returning to school and notes on agricultural mechanization and shifts in farming labor, transport, and communication.
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McKinley
Department of
George W. Brooks
Moline Elevator Company
First, Baptist Church
N. H. Jamison
Sorosis Society of Young Ladies of the Swedish Lutheran Church
Emma Lind
Rena Aron
Edna Gidding
Esther Tropp
Changes as seen by a Henry County farmer
John V. Streed recalls how farming transformed from hand labor to mechanized work. He notes shifts from scythes and cradles to reapers and binders, from loose hay to hay loaders, and from horse teams pulling basic tools to modern machines handling land marking, planting, and harvesting with less manual effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
John V. Streed
Kewanee Soldier Circumnavigates the Globe
Matt P. Miles, a Kewanee youth in the 23d Infantry, has circumnavigated the globe. His three years of service include Pacific calms, Philippine heat, meeting the sultan of Sulu, Singapore, the Suez Canal, Port Said, Gibraltar, Atlantic storms, and life at Fort Ethan Allen. He was hospitalised twice for Philippine fever but fully recovered and weighs more than when he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt P. Miles
Kewanee
Globe
U.S. Infantry
Star-Courier
Pacific
Sulo
Singapore
Suez Canal
Port Said
Gibraltar
Vermont
Fort Ethan Allen
Miles
Sulu
Orient
Archipelago
Salvation Army Meetings Led by Rev J S Jellison in City Hall
Evangelist Rev J S Jellison from Chicago conducts Salvation Army services at the hall with Cap t and Mrs S B Newert assisting. Public invited to attend with services at 10 30 am 3 pm and 8 pm. Also includes testimonial praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy for curing a child’s chest cold and preventing pneumonia, sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Services
J. S. Jellison
Chicago
Salvation Army Hall
Bo Newert
Sterling Remedy CO
New York
Davenport Deaths and Legal Notices From the Week
The Davenport section reports the death of infant Harry J., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vasen, at 129 Wall Street, and the death of Mrs. E L Sunier at 519 West Fourth Street after a month with pneumonia. Sunier, born in Mehldorf, Germany, arrived 30 years ago and leaves a husband, three children, a sister, and a brother. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday from the residence with burial at Fairmount cemetery. Also filed in Clerk Cheek’s office: an $8,000 damages suit by Charles Blixt for a fall on a bad Mitchell Street walk. Fred C. La Grange sues for $1,000 against Samuel Stuckey for striking him with a blunt instrument on the 11th, causing pain and disability. Attorney R. S. Hayward launches divorce action for Mrs. Mattie Hedden against her husband for cruel treatment. Harmonie Society met in Unity Hall with a musical program led by Dora Hanssen and Louise Henigbaum. other participants listed. A wrestling match is discussed between Frank Goch, Town champion, and Mike Eli. Buesing stock sold yesterday at Third and Galves, purchased by John A. Peeney.
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E. L. Sunier
West Fourth Street
Sunier
Mehldorft
Germany
Independent Baking Company
Louis Bender
Fred
Emma
W. H. Otto
John Neuhse
State of Washington
Fairmount Cemetery
Cheek
Charles ‘ Blixt
Mitchell Street
Fred C. la Grange
Samuel Stuckey
R. S. Hayward
Mattie Hedden
Davenport Briefs: Ethnology Lectures and Local Scams
Dr. Walter J. Fewkes of Washington DC lectures in Davenport under the Davenport Academy of Science. Lawyer W. E. Blacklidge from Kokomo identifies J. J. Dudley as a man who previously swindled him out of funds. George H. Phillips of Chicago, known as the corn king, plans to open a Davenport branch office after heavy corn speculation. Charles Pasche acts as trustee for creditors with $669 turned over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pasche
Walter J. Fewkes
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Ethnology
Davenport Academy of Science
W. E. Blacklidge
Kokomo
Ind
J. J. Dudley
George H. Phillips
Chicago
Davenport
Air Ship Sails and Patent Remedies Promoted in 1902 Ad
A Paris airship trial shows success against the wind and suggests future practical travel. The ad lauds Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, Remick’s Pepsin Blood Tonic, and Hobbs’ Kidney pills, urging readers to buy and consult the Almanac for 1902, with testimonials about cures and health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hostetter
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Beecham
Havana
Makers
S. M. Arndt & Co
Distributors
Second Avenue
Frazer
Galesburg Sanitarium
Galesburg
Ills
America
Seba
E.V.D. Morris
M.D
D.D.S
Boston
Cincinnati
Washington
St. Louis
New York Central
J. Lynch
Gent Pass
Tkt. Agt
A. Ls
E Bock
Putarne
Moline
Andrew Cederlund
Dan Fisher
Fifteenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Frank W. Gould
Tri-City
Marguerite Hill
Vassar
Miss Hill
Miss Gould
E. H. Sleight
E. M. Hill
C. M. Hill
E. R. Towndrow
Ruby
Masonic
Dorie Lodge
Charles Nason
Evanston
Olivet
Mich
Chamberlain
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
Holbrook
Rock Island
Holbrook’s
W.S. Holbrook
East Second Street
Harry J
Harmonie Society
Unity Hall
Dora Hanssen
Louise Henigbaum
Thelka Schlapkobl
Janet Chambers
Graber
Hugo B. Schmidt
Elsic Tk
W Searleing
Frank Goch
Mike Eli
Third
Gaives
John A. Peeney
DeWitt
James Mack
N. Webster
Remick
Dr. Hobbs
Simon Lewis
California
Seventeenth Street
Third Avenue Market Square
Rock Island Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
J. M. Buford
John Crubeugh
P. Greenawait
Mitchell & Lynde
H. S. Cable
P. Greenawal
John Crabaugh
Phil Mitchell
H. P. Hull
L. Simon
E. W. Hurst
John Volk
Jackson and Hurst
Colona Sand Stone
Arthur Burrall
Colona
Insurance
General Insurance
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