Bank Money Orders Convenience in Sending Funds
These new money orders offer a safer faster way to send money. Applications must be made at a bank that is a member of the Association and are an alternative to post office or express service transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bankers’ Association
VAL Blatz Brewing CO
Milwaukee
Beardsley & Bailey
Eighteenth St
Hello
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Ill
Moline Relief Totals Rise as Frisco Gifts Reported
Local employers sent 46.50 to the San Francisco relief fund and E. E. Morgan delivered 2 767.50, lifting the total past 7 000 with subscriptions pending. Also reported: a San Diego wedding of Bawara Wiese to Minnie E. Magill, and stock increase for Lockhart Heating. An East Moline child narrowly escaped harm when a train fender saved him. Police raided Haymarket rooms, fining seven patrons. The Daughters of the American Revolution held the season’s last meeting with a musical program and a report on the continental congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Moline Furniture Works
San Francisco
E. E. Morgan
Olson
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles H. Deere
William Butterworth
Continental Congress
Pretty home wedding ties Dahl to Palm in Chicago vows
A quiet wedding was held Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs C J Aldene for Miss Margaret Dahl and Edwin Palm. The ceremony at eight o clock was officiated by Rev F A Nelson of the Free Swedish Evangelical church in front of about forty relatives and close friends. The couple will reside in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm-Dahl
C. J. Aldene
Margaret Dahl
Edwin Palm
F. A. Nelson
Free Swedish Evangelical Church
Chicago
Like a Picture of Hell After the Earthquake
Women who fled San Francisco describe the horror of the 1906 quake. Mrs Mary Longstreet and others recount hotel rocking, city fires, crushing ruins, and scarce food. They found refuge in Oakland and praised railroad workers who helped all evacuees regardless of money.
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Maria A. Willcox
Mary Longstreet
Frank Hicks
Alfred Willcox
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tevises
J. F. Winslow
Nob Hill
van Ness Avenue
Hell
Santa Barbara Mission
Oakland
Curious Chinese Dens Laid Bare by Fire in Chinatown
W. W. Overton reports from Los Angeles after visiting San Francisco Chinatown ruins. He describes a ruined underground city beneath the streets with deep passages, smoking caverns, and hidden lives of constricted residents. He notes opium, wealth, and suffering among the displaced, ending with a sales pitch for Rocky Mountain Tea from T. H. Thomas' pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chinatown
W. W. Overton
Los Angeles
Immaculate Conception Academy to Open Auditorium
Davenport announces the formal opening of the Immaculate Conception academy auditorium on Main Street with an entertainment on Wednesday May 16 at 730 PM. Separately downtown offices close at 1 PM Saturdays during summer. gambling charges against Eldorado proprietors filed. Harry Schmidt jailed six months for breaking and entering. Davenport interurban prospects grow with Cedar Rapids and Iowa City links. Ward Clair the horse thief caught and bound over after盗 arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception Academy
Main Street
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Burlington Roads
Harry Schmidt
William Maes
Man Wanted by Grand Jury and Muscatine Authorities
Saturday Sheriff Moran informed Sheriff McArthur that Clair is also wanted. Clair hired a livery rig and offered it for sale while fleeing Clinton county. The buyer alerted Clair to return the rig to its secured location, and Clair complied, aware he is under suspicion. He remains sought in Muscatine as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Clinton County
McArthur
Clair
Muscatine
Court house probate claims in Rock Island County
Rock Island county court presided by Judge E E Parmenter considers the probate estate of Dorothea Trittle and approves several claims including W L Eddy in class 5 for 27 50 B F Knox in class 1 for 94 00 Mississippi Valley Press in class 7 for 20 00 Muller Undertaking in class 1 for 5 00 Henry Runge in class 1 for 38 00 and David Don in class 7 for 6 00 for letters testamentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Trittle
W. L. Eddy
B. FP. Knox
J. William Dressen
Mississippi Valley Press
Muller Undertaking Company
Henry Runge
David Don
Frederick G. Jonsson
Mary Jones
Executrix Granted as Mary Jones Receives Letters Testamentary
Petition granted. Oath as executrix filed and recorded. Individual bond for Mary Jones as executrix approved with security waived. Letters testamentary issued. Estate of Louisa H Vandruff final distribution reported and approved. Administrator discharged and estate closed.
Very Low Rates to Boston Via Lake Shore Train
Railway tips advertise very low round trip fares to Boston via Lake Shore with a one dollar surcharge. Valid June 2 through 5 with return extended to June 30. Contact M.8 Giles, T. P. A. Chicago. Warren J. Lynch, passenger traffic manager, Chicago. Also notes first class service from tri-cities to Chicago and Kansas City with sleeping car reservations. Homeseekers tickets on sales first and third Tuesdays monthly to Iowa Minnesota North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Boston
Lake Shore
Giles
Chicago
Warren J. Lynch
Kansas City
Tri-Cities
Transit fare to New England vacation prompt inquires
The notice advertises rail travel from Chicago to Boston with one fare plus one dollar round trip, valid May 31 to June 9, and return by July 15. It urges travelers to contact any Chicago and Lake Shore office for details, mentioning M. B. Giles and Warren J. Lynch as contacts.
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Lake Shore
Boston
New England
Giles
Chicago
Warren J. Lynch
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American Surety Company of
New York Capital
Ludolph & Reynolds
Attys
Burd Block
Wm. C. Maucker
Agt
Manonic
Wim. R. Moore
Atty
Chase Block
Moline
Skinner
Ape
Fifth Ave
Aline
Illinois Central Railway
Homeseekers
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Illinois Central
Co. A, Smith
Peoria
Colona
Mitchell & Lynde Building
Arthur Burrall
Rock Island Or
Colona, Ill
California
San Diego
Cal
Bawara Wiese
Moline Channel Ice Company
Minnie E. Magill
Twenty-first Street
Lockhart Heating, Plumbing & Manufacturing Company
A. F. Lockhart
Theodore D. Wheelock
Alpert M. Deane
Fender
Quick Acton
E. C. Smith
Mississippi Valley Traction Company
Haymarket
Market Square
DeJaeger
Anderson
Lebbert
Larson
Hunyadi
Janos
Hunyadi Janos
North Carolina
Switzerland
Hot Springs
Asheville
Brevard
Lake Toxoway
Sapphire
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
G. B. Allen
St. Louis, Mo
S. H. Hardwick
Washington, D. C
M'Cullough
Dearborn St
Chicago, Ill
W. R. Taylor
Rock Island Ha Means
John T. Noftsker
J. J. Burgess & Co
T. H. Thomas’ Pharmacy
Jack McCaffrey
Justice Hall
Louis Martens
Arthur McCall
Eldorado
East Third Street
Davenport
Here
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. G. McArthur
Ward Clair
Henry Wiese
East Davenport
Sunshine
E. E. Parmenter
South Dakota
Ric
Soc—drugeist
Mall
Kickapoo Medicine Co
Clintonville
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