Reward for Dynamiters in Davenport Locomotive Works
Assistant General Superintendent McKinley of McClintic Marshall Construction in Davenport offered a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of dynamiters who destroyed steel work at the Davenport Locomotive works. Other notes include a hospital admission from West Third Street, the Bettendorf funeral and life insurance details, a will contest by Moeller's daughters, obituaries for Helena Ravene and Jennie Snider, and several Davenport deaths with burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
McClintic-Marshall Construction Company
Pittsburg
Davenport
Davenport ‘Locomotive Works
Ditchin Hospital
J. M. Sellers
Mercy Hospital
West Third Street
Sellers
Fairfax
Iowa
William P. Bettendorf
America
Northwestern Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Equitable Life of
Dean, Harey
Helena Auguste Ravene
Theodore Busch
West Eighth Street
Hadvis Ravene
Edna Burmann
Dorothea Ravene
William C. Gorman
Davenport Crematorium
Burlington
Rochester
Minn
Jennie E. Snider
W. H. Snider
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Cyrus Shepler
Kirkwood Boulevard
Jacob Shepler
A. L. Smith
Council Bluffs
Joseph Barnes
Marie
Harriett
Agnes
Thomas Barnes
Stevensville
Mich
Norman
Chicago
J. H. Walker
Jennie Lindblom
Constant Lindblom
Twelfth Street
Kalmarlan
Sweden
Anna
Delia
Alyr
Hannah Almquist
Anetta
Peterson
Tilda Berg
Gust Berglund
Riverside Cemetery
Monthly Humane Society Report and Local Notices
Rock Island County Humane Society officer George H. Ellman reports for May. Total cases, ambulance calls, and animal welfare actions described. children and educational department notes follow with attendance figures. Obituary for Jennie Lindblom and an anecdote about Rev R S Haney sleeping on an interurban car headline a batch of community items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Ellman
Rock Island County Humane Society
Esee
R. S. Haney
Second Congregational
LeClaire
Pastor Haney
Haney
Davenport
Slaney
Port Byron Academy
Cap Ital Gossip On Expenditures And Rail Bill
The piece discusses rising national spending from 1900 to the present, noting per person costs and a projected excess of last year’s appropriations. It quotes Senator Bristow and describes senators fleeing the chamber after outlining railroad legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Bristow
Kansas
West Virginia
Elkins
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Massachusetts
Lodge
Senate
Kitchen Cleaning Tip with Gold Dust Powder
A reader suggests a simple method to wash pots pans and kettles. Pour in water add Gold Dust washing powder one tablespoon per gallon soak wash rinse. For stubborn food use pot rings to remove residues.
Cannonism and tariff battles in Senate records
Amid debate on Cannon and tariff policy, Bristow and lawmakers quarrel over influence and outcomes. The piece cites Congress records showing Republicans nearly split on unseating Cannon, Democrats voting against him, and La Follette critiquing railroad rate law gaps while charges surface about the Morgan Guggenheim influence in federal appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan- Guggenheim Syndicate
United States Marshal
Cunningham Coal
Ballinger
Senate Committee On Judiciary
James Wickersham
Congress
Alaska
Glidden Tour to Start in a Week
The seventh national Glidden and Chicago trophies tour begins June 14 at Cincinnati with Rock Island in the route. All entered manufacturers have cars fitted and drivers report to Chairman Butler in Cincinnati by June 13 for final instructions. Special 1910 reliability rules impose a fixed penalty and a shared merit system for both trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
Chicago
Rock Island
Cincinnai
Butler
Gibson House
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago Motor Club
Winners Inscribed On Trophies For Their Entries
The article notes that as winners, their names will be properly inscribed upon the respective trophies for which they were entered.
Sunday School Picnic Set for June 23 in Rock Island
Big attendance expected as Rock Island county Sunday schools prepare for a June 23 picnic at Long View park. E. B. McKown reports park arrangements nearly complete with numbered cards for each school and a parade scheme. Epworth leagues provide refreshments while water and full meals are available. donors renew pledges and boats and trains will transport lower and upper county picnickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. van Duzer
F. E. Shult
W. G. Oglevee
E. B. McKown
Harry Ainsworth
O. E. Child
E. H. Osborn
L. R. Gaylord
Boston
Moline
Rock Island
Long
View Park
Pic
Nic
Long View Park
Epworth Leagues Society
Spencer Memorial Church
Association
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Peter F. Moeller
Bertha Poston
Emilie Hansen
Emma Jenhusen
Sacred Heart Cathedral
St. Marguerite’s Cemtery
Sen
Chris Mason
Rock River Bottoms
South Moline Township
Upland
Neb
P. G. Mason
F. G. Mason
Fred Works
Arsenal
George D. Gillette
Rock Island Arsenal
Aes
Henry Jackson
F. Timmerman
Dr. Bartz
Carl A. Schorpp
Searstown
Ill
Dr. Jartz & Co
Dr. Bartz & Co
Bartz
Wickliffe Knuckel
Fourteenth Street
A. Asplund
Twenty-ninth Street
Dr. N. B. Bartz & Co
People's National Bank
Second Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Washburn
Crosby Mills
Gitar Lye
Gothe
National House of Representatives
Cannon
Burleson
Joe
Steel Trust
Sugar Trust
Lumber Trust
Harvester Trust
New England
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft
la Follette
Glidden
Robert Burns
Best & Russel Company
S.S.S. Macania
Mississippi River
Malarie
Cowley
Amory
S.S.S
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