City to build fireproof plant at Kohrs Packing grounds
Clausen & Clausen awarded the contract for a two story reinforced concrete plant on Kohrs Packing grounds. The 63 by 45 foot building will be reinforced concrete throughout and the contract was let to Phillips & Volguirdsen. Plus local notices include a damage suit in Davenport Locomotive Works case and jury actions, dog tax warrants, and obituaries for William Hamann and Jochim Arp with survivor details.
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Clausen & Clausen
Kohrs Packing Company
Phillips & Volguirdsen. v
Thomas Ashcralt
Davenport Locomotive Works
Verdet
Court of, Justice
Louis —. Roddewig
Olive M. Evans
Ang
Evans
East Mo
Bid Woodruff
Carl Drakle
Taylor Ridge Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
E Garnett spent Thursday in Rock Island with Mrs. Albert Schaum. Mrs. Durham of Sears visited with Mrs. Cris Buck Friday. Mrs. A Ramsey and Mrs. Sam Me...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Garnett
Albert Schaum
Rock Island
Durham
Sears
Cris Buck
A. Ramsey
Sam Me
Hampton Event Supports School Fund Raising
Mrs Mary Cook traveled to Rock Island on Wednesday to celebrate her son Walter Cook s birthday. A Saturday evening entertainment and box sociable at Pulscher s hall drew a good sized crowd and raised about 16 dollars to benefit the local school. The Ladies Aid society of Hampton Methodist church met this afternoon with Mrs Emil Henline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cook
Rock Island
Walter Cook
Pulscher’s Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Hampton Methodist Churen
Emil Henline
Foster Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Activities
Mr and Mrs J Middaugh of Muscatine spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Dan Foster. Mrs Frank Wright returned to Rock Island after a week with her father J H Foster. Miss Stella Thomas of Illinois City visited with Miss Emma France. Mr and Mrs C E Chase of Muscatine called on friends in Foster. George Freyermuths new house completed last week and painters are at work. Mrs Eli Reynolds remains critically ill. Rev D O Slyter and wife with daughter Evelyn arrived Tuesday and began meetings at the Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hamann
Mary Hamann
West Frith Street
Ruth Etta
Malinda
Harry
Hamann
Jochim Arp
Germany
George Wirckhorst
George Pilcher
F. C. Green
Davenport
Martin Schupp
Tangen Lane
Duavenport
Teckla Tangen
Gerhard Tangen
America
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hanover
Frank Westbay
Dick Kell
Roy Kell
Nannie Miller
Jennie McConnell
Reynolds
Ellis Rouse
Ben Brussel
Orion
Peter Eckhardt
Roger
Rock Island
Robert Miller
Kansas
Charles Kramer
Adolph Dunnlap
Mrs. Kirby
Peoria
Sam Carothers
Freddie Bahringer
J. Middaugh
Muscatine
Dan Foster
Frank Wright
J. H. Foster
Stella Thomas
Illinois City
Emma France
C. E. Chase
Foster
George Freyermuth
Eli Reynolds
D. O. Slyter
Evelyn
Baptist Church
Panama Bonds Open for Bids at 2 Percent Interest
Secretary Cortelyou announced bids for up to 50 million dollars in Panama canal bonds to bear 2 percent interest. The new issue dates November 1, 1908, with redemption in gold at 10 years and payment in 30 years. Bids must include a 2 percent certified check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Fireproof material rise but wood still dominates building
A broad analysis notes that despite fireproof materials advancing in skyscraper construction, wood remains the primary building material. In 49 leading cities about 61 percent of permits used wood last year, with 39 percent for fire resisting materials. The trend likely overstates in larger cities, as small towns probably lean even more to wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Broadway
Geological Survey
Births and deaths of Sadie Fielder Weldon
Sadie Fielder Weldon born Green River February 3, 1851. At 11 her parents moved to Moline and she attended Garfield school. She married Frank Weldon in December 1901 and moved to Buffalo Iowa to farm. Survived by husband, two children Nellie six and Charles four, and father James C. Fielder of Portland Oregon who was at her bedside. Husband's wagon journey west failed to improve her health. they halted at Burr Oak Town.
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Sadie Fielder Weldon
Green River
Moline
Garfield
Frank Weldon
Buffalo
Iowa
Nellie
Charles
James C. Fielder
Portland
Ore
West
Burr Oak
Prodigal Brother Fails to Get Loan and Kills
In Pittsburg on November 19 Reuben Crown shot his brother Joseph Crown after a quarrel over money and then killed himself. Joseph, a local attorney, was shot in the chest and hospitalized. Reuben lay dead in the county morgue from a bullet wound. The two men, aged 78, had inherited property and divided its equity. Joseph’s deposition claims Reuben borrowed against the property until little remained.
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Pittsburg
Reuben Crown
Joseph Crown
Joseph
Reuben
Bakewell Building
Unemployed in Berlin and Whisky Warehouse Fire News
Berlin census shows 40 124 people unemployed with 1 716 women, domestic work boosting female employment. Whisky warehouses of Tom Moore Distilling in Bardstown burned, 15 400 barrels lost, $400 000 insured, government loss $750 000. Winnipeg reports 291 western Canada homesteads since September 1, 2 750 000 acres, 30 percent from the United States. Only one Bromo Quinine remains popular, priced at 25 cents.
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Berlin
Louisville
Tom Moore Distilling Company
Bardstown
Winnipeg
Man
Nada
States
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Eagles
Coliseum
Herman J. Jemm
Royal Neighbors of America
Harmony Camp
Metropolitan Hall
Myrtle E. Dade
Supreme Recorder
Anta Lester
Hada Burkhart
Royal Neigh ‘Bors
Myra B. Enright
Kansas C
Kan
Susan M. Boas
Anna Bair
Springfield
Clara Richards
Buchanan, Mich
Eva Child
Wis
Board of
Supreme Managers
J. P. Butler
Fifth Avenue
Central Station
Charley Rodelius
East Moline
Albert Miller
Silvis
C. A. Berglund
H. G. Paddock
Caribou Cliff
John
Korb
Taylor Ridge
Danderine
Ainly Nipe
Indy
Brooklyn
Enette
Nawtton Danderi
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
Hampton
Panama
H. R. Battles & CO
Fred J. Hodges
Brother
E. W. Grove
Lafrance
Missouri
J. T. Shields
Lange & Heitmann
Chas. Holmgren
Apple Bros
Larson & Larson
Clement & Diedrich
20Th St
Siemon & Davis
South Rock Island
A. N. Carlson
5Th Ave
Baker & Young, Distributors
Japan
Travolamp
Standard Oif
Ancorporated
Jones
Second Avenue, Rock Island
Rock Island, Dle
Safety
Rock Island, Ill
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