Carnival Nets 1700 For Davenport Lodge
The M B A carnival on West Second street raised 1700 for the Davenport lodge after paying most bills. Emancipation Day brought two Negro celebrations with speakers Hon Mark A Wel and Mayor George W Scott in Northwest Davenport Turner hall and Congressman Dawson at Suburban Island. A youth reported a beating by a negro and a prize car fire incident near Main street. Obituary notes Miss Louise Heebe daughter of Jacob Heebe aged 20 died after a three week illness of typhoid pneumonia. survivors include father and siblings Louis George Frank Charles Mrs Doerr Miss Lillie Mrs Schmidt Mrs Kellogg.
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Davenport
Northwest
Turner Hall
Mark A. Wel
Congress
George W. Scott
Suburban Island
Dawson
Louise Heebe
Jacob Heebe
Marshall Street
Miss Heebe
Peoria
Ill
Louise
Louis Heebe
Chicago
George Heebe
Indianapolis
Frank
Charles Heebe
Charles Doerr
Macomb
Lillie Heebe
H. T. Schmidt
Henry Kellogg
Frieda Heebe
Milan Socials and Local Moves Highlight Week
Mrs Mary Kale hosted the W R C ladies in Rock Island and Milan with 25 present. Rev C E Hawkins packed to move to Buda Ind Mrs Hawkins visited Peru Ind to see her old home and bring home her son Herman. Lawrence Brown stayed with his aunt in Rural. F W VanArsdale moved into Henry VonAchs home in Milan. Mrs Sarah Adams of Beatty Station Pa visited relatives then returned home. Mr and Mrs George Edwards of Moline spent time in Milan. Rev Norval D Haines returned from conference to stay with his mother. Thomas Crawford Sr has shown improvement after illness. Miss Maud Zeitschel gave a Friday recital with 52 numbers ending in a shadow pantomime Cinderella. W M Osborn roadmaster for Peoria branch of Rock Island railroad visited N P Nelson who was injured by a steam shovel. Nelson hopes to resume duties. Miss Anna Goldsmith left for Minneapolis to visit and meet the new baby in the home of her sister, Mrs Thomas White.
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Milan
Norval D. Haines
M. L. Pinkney
Thomas Crawford Sr
Maud Zeitschel
Cinderella
W. M. Osborn
Peoria
Rock Island Railroad
N. P. Nelson
Nelson
Anna Goldsmith
Minneapolis
Thomas White
East Moline social and school notes from local column
East Moline notes report visitors from Peabody and Walnut, a Ladies union ice cream sociable in new quarters, and preaching to be held there. New seventh grade teacher Miss Shellman to begin Monday. John Deere building staff hosted an ice cream sociable raising funds for readers. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Beloit Canton Denver and Worthing.
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Hallet
Peabody
Kan
A. Cartwright
Gilbert Renner
Walnut
L. A. Williams
Ladies’ Union
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
M. Sherwood
Worthing
S. D
Bessie Salzman
Chicago
E. J. Wilson
Marshalltown
Town
Union Sunday School
Fred Jordan
Beloit
Wis
Morton
Merle
Mineral
Sheffield
Hoffman
Shellman
Silvis
Canton
Ill
Margaret Sackville
Denver
Moline Breaks Leg and City Developments Report
James Crabtree, a shipping gang worker at the fease Carriage works, broke his left leg yesterday while unsealing baled excelsior. A new ambulance is ordered. motor ambulance ruled impractical for Moline. East Moline to get a new city hall costing 5 000 to 36 000, plans donated by Bergholtz and Parrott. John Pearson known as Catfish John arrested for throwing bottles on the pavement. Two city proposals: condemn Wood property between waterworks and Sylvan park and tax mutual insurance companies at 2 percent. Obituary notice: Leath outbreak noted.
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James Crabtree
Fease Carriage Works
East Moline
Bergholtz & Parrott
Salzmann, Drake and Wylie
John Pearson
John
Third Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Wood
City
Sylvan Park
Beder Wood
Better Not Get Dyspepsia With Kodol Cure
A persuading pitch promotes Kodol as a cure for indigestion and stomach issues. It claims ordinary pepsin is insufficient while Kodol fully digests all foods, rests the stomach, and offers a money back guarantee after a full bottle. It cites a Chicago lab origin and urges readers to buy today.
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E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Taylor Ridge social notes and local moves
Mrs. A. Oak hosted a Rock Island vis itor Saturday. Mrs. Rouse entertained for Mrs. Jaggers ahead of her move to Port Byron this week. A large turnout presented a purse and best wishes.Refreshments were served on the lawn. Mrs. Ramsay returned from Iowa plans. Visitors include Frank Brussell from LaPlatte and Peter Eckhardt on a Texas trip. Local moves and visits continue. Rev Jaggers and family depart for Port Byron. Rev McCormick expected.
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Ramsay
Taylor Ridge
Iown
Frank Brussell
LaPlatte
Peter Eckhardt
Texas
Peter Lind
Davenport
W. H. Miller's
Miss Clayton
Rock Island
Care of the Bathroom for sanitary daily cleaning
The article instructs daily bathroom cleaning to prevent disease. It recommends dissolving two tablespoons Gold Dust washing powder in half a gallon of water for cleaning. weekly scrub of tub, basin, floor, fixtures with hot suds. flushing pipes with boiling water containing two tablespoons per gallon. It also advises lint removal from waste pipes and polishing nickel brass fixtures with whiting and Gold Dust powder.
Illness Ends Ten Year Bedfast At Mrs Erickson Home
Relief came yesterday to Mrs. A. P. Erickson at 1224 Sixth Avenue after a decade of illness that left her bedbound. Born in Sweden June 14, 1831, she migrated to America with her husband in 1869 and settled in Moline. Survivors include husband A. P. Erickson, three stepsiblings Lydia Hall Sioux City Wyo, W. E. Sederholm Omaha, and John Erickson Mapletown Iowa.
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A. P. Erickson
Sixth Avenue
Erickson
Sweden
America
Moline
A. P. Erickson Sonester
Peter Stewors
Quincy
Lydia Hall
Sioux City
Iowa
W. E. Sederholm
Omaha
Neb
John Ericksom
Mapletown
Coal Valley Notes on Local Industry and Daily Life
The Rock Island road widens the east Coal Valley cut near town with six weeks of steam shovel work to raise the G B Q crossing grade. Pryce Siever’s new coal shaft reaches 100 feet, with plans for engineers and pollers. Local visits include mine inspector Thomas Hudson. Rumor says Fred Schoeder sold interest to Georg Sommerson in Volunteer Coal. Dry spell dries roads and hampers plowing but corn benefits from heat. William Killing buys a new auto, James Sackville probes for coal east of town, M G Bedford builds a new barn, and Nitz leases his business to Rock Island Brewing. Emil Nightingale leases Nelson farm, sells property to John Carlson. saloon now run by John Lieven. Nightingale repairs buildings. general town notes amid a drought. Electric Bitters touted as strength tonic by P J Daly of Chicago for his feeble mother. claimed to improve flesh, insomnia, and overall health. 56 cents at drug stores.
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Rock Island
Orian
Pryce
Thomas Hudson
Milo
Robert Lee Jn
Lee
Coal Valley
Fred Schoeder
Volunteer
Georg Sommerson
Dakota
Rose
William Killing
Rural
Frank
Chicago
Rockford
Prophetstown
Geneseo
James Sackville
M. G. Bedford
Krapp & Lees
Thomas Lees
Lees
H. Nitz
Rock Island Brewing Company
John Lieven
Nitz
Emil Nightingale
Nelson
Mr. Nightingale
John Carlson
Mule
Elephant
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Main Street
Mary Kale
Rev
C. E. Hawkins Fis
Buda
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
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Western Wrecking Co
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Mer
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Crosby
P. J. Daly
West
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W. C. Maucker
Fire Insurance Agency
Maucker
Insurance Commissioner of
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Aachen
Munich
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Germany
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England
Franklin Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Fire Association of
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North British and Mercantile Ins. Co
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Connecticut
United Firemens Insurance Co
Philadel
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Williamson
J. P. Williamson
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