Bethany Home Benefit Show At Illinois Theater
Elaborate preparations mark the Fete of Industry and Pleasure at the Illinois theater in Rock Island. More than a hundred performers, organized by Mrs. Florence Magill Wal tae, present 8 picture series with dancing songs and specialties to aid Bethany Home, successor to Upton Mission and a local educational institution. The cast lists many named performers across venues like Rock Island, Davenport, Campbell’s Island, and Black Hawk Watch Tower, with chaperones and soloists from multiple Tri-Cities locations.
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Illinois
Reel Island
Tri-Cities
Bethany Home
Upton Mission
Florence Magill Wal- Taea
Local Merchants Featured in Rock Island Cast Pieces
A cast list shows thirty merchants from Rock Island Moline and Davenport represented by children in the performance. Soloists include Mrs J K Scott Fay Warren Halle Larkin Mabelle Parker Edwin Melntyre Louis Brinkerhoff and others. Newsboys Edwin Melntyre Berne Brinkerhoff John Streckfus George Sclieder Walter Taylor and peers listed. Dances highlight Dart Scheperons Biguche Trimbie Dorothy Pleasants and Julia Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Melntyre
Berne Brinkerhoff
John Streckfus
George Sclieder
Walter Taylor
Ernest Taylor
James Blanding
Qimer Sharpe
Richard Taylor
John Kable
Kenneth Kahlke
Leon Kingsburg
Willie Dempsey
Misses Dart
S¢heperons
Misses Biguche Trimbie
Dorothy Pleasants
Almaz Mosenfelder
Julia Crawford
Factory Fire Alarm Boxes Reorganized In Moline
Moline overhauls fire alarm system numbering all factory boxes from 100 upward. Four boxes already assigned numbers 112 114 127 and 128 to plants Volk Carriage Co People Power Co DM Sechler Carriage Co Moline Wagon Co. Central station advised callers to identify the box directly to reduce confusion during fires and new cards outlining alarm procedures are being distributed through the Western Union office.
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Moline
Volla Carriage Co
People's Power
People's Power On No. 127~D M Sechler Carriage Co. No 128—Motine Wagon Co
Hank
Central Fire Station
Ibstead
W. F. Stockman
American School of Tulegraphy
Alt. Stockman Az
Weslert Union
Injured Quarry Manager Seeks 19000 Damages
A. A. Stortenbecker sues Dan Wetherly in Scott County District Court over injuries from the Lawwood quarries near Buffalo Township Seatt County Te. He alleges malicious acts including false charges against him and seeks 10000 in damages. He was earning 50 a month and served as manager and superintendent.
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A. A. Stortenbecker
Seit Lingle
Scott County Distriet
Dan Wetherly
Lawwood
Buffalo
Helove
Company H and XK annual reunion reported at Port Syracuse
The Fifty-tist Minote reunion for Compentes H and XK met yesterday with H C Trent in Port Syracuse. Attendees included MW Meizear and wife from this city, plus members from Port Byron and nearby areas. Remaining attendees were Robert Rowland George Spant wife ST Alten and wife HC Trent wife and three daughters. Members from Company 1 included W H Chenoweth and Fred Thompson with Thompson's wife present. Next year's reunion is planned at Robert Rowland’s home near Erie on Sept ds. New officers named H C Trent president LM 2 Metagur vice president
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Hfreld Yeaterday
H. C. Trent
Port Syroo
MW. Meizear
Company H
Port Byron
Robert Rowland
George Spa Ant
ST. Alten
HC. Trent
Tree
W. H. Chenoweth
Fred Thompson
Erie
Metagur
Captain David Tipton Dies Aboard Government Steamer
Captain David Tipton, a renowned Mississippi river pilot for fifty years and friend of Mark Twain, died yesterday in the pilot house near Red Wing Wisconsin. The body was moved to Rock Island for neutral services tomorrow with relatives and colleagues mourning across Davenport and Rock Island.
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David Tipton
MissisSippi
Yestilay
Bung Boat
Cal. A. Maciktenze
U.S
Rock Island
Davenport
Rockstand
Itvine
Tiptet
Lake Pippin
Red Wing
Wis
Neta
Tipit
Zonesville
Ohio
Mark Twain
Pearce
Hising
Durbans Atd Mel Riche
Rei Wing
Grief drives man to near suicide in Devonport
Steffen B Moeller, a Devonport shoemaker living at 1413 Fulton avenue, attempted to end his life by gas on Tuesday night after years of grief from the drowning death of his 12 year old son. His daughter awakened him and a physician arrived to save him.
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Steffen B. Moeller
Moeller
Pulton Avenue
Devonport
Wilie Moeller
Mary Duffy Sues For Divorce In Davenport
Mary Duffy of Davenport through her attorney A PL McGuirk filed for divorce from Peter Duffy. She seeks custody of her five children, a share of jointly accumulated property, alimony, and protection due to alleged cruelty and habitual drunkenness.
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Mary Duffy
Davenport
PL McGuirk
Peter Duffy
Twice Saved From Death Near Bergen Beach Swim
J Harrington Tepubluan leader of the thirty fifth assembly district was saved from drowning at Bergen Beach by Samuel Kimball president of the Kimball Electric and Construction Company. Harrington weighed 200 pounds and survived a dangerous plunge after a fortune teller warned of three accidents this July both men were pulled to shore and revived.
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New York
J. Harrington
Thirty-Fifth Assembly
Mathatten
Bcreen Beach
Samuel Kimball
Kimball Electric and Construction Company
Seventeenth Street
Broadway
Hare Qington
Bergen Beach
Harcington
Willy
Harrington
Bergen Head
Kimball
Tiffany s $18 000 a year
Burnett Tiffany, son of the late Charles Tiffany, must live on $18,000 yearly as set by executors. The will provided $3,000 but the executors increased to $15,000, plus a $1,000,000 trust. Surrogate Lawrence ruled the accounts correct and the $18,000 allowance within discretion, noting no change in Burnett Tiffany s life or means.
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New York
Burnette Tifefany
Charles L. Tiffany
Wal
Tiffany
Burnett Y. Tiffany
Ian
Burnett Tiffany
Thomas
ex-Supreme Court Justce
Abraham F Lawrence
Lawrence
Tittany
Mennonites Open Annual Conference at Hopedale
Bloomington Illinois September reports a large Mennonite gathering near Hopdale with a thousand adherents in distinctive dress attending the opening of the annual conference in a large tent. Delegations travel from Illinois to the Pacific coast as members rest through day and evening programs.
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Bloomington
Hopedale
Illnois
Pacific Coast
Hopelale
Schiffmann's Asthma Cure credited by Indiana and Virginia readers
Testimonies from Mary Josephine Rezy of Floyd Knob, Indiana, and Mrs. D.C. Barris of Elbow P. G., Virginia, claim relief from long standing asthma after using Schiffmann's Asthma Guru. Each writer asserts dramatic improvement and urges purchase from druggists at 50 cents or 1 dollar.
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Mary Josephine Rezy
Floyd Knob
Ind
Schiffmann
D.C. Barris
P. G
Revenge Motive Suspected in Wreck of Diamond Special
In Chicago on September 23 a motive believed to be revenge led to the Diamond Special derailing near Barclay Illinois. The fireman Cannon Cornelis of Decatur was killed. engineer Walter Hayes of Decatur badly injured. passengers bruised. The switch was found opened with an obstruction. a switch fork lay nearby. Initial report suggested robbers, but subsequent notes hinted at different motives. Also, Wisconsin Central trains were delayed after a River Forest collision of two freight trains. no injuries but six freight cars damaged. Patrick Kelly of Halsted Street was killed on Marshall Boulevard by a Burlington passenger train.
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Chicago
Iinois General
Barclay
Springfield
Cannon
Cornelis
Decatur
Hayes
Walter
St. Louis
Fust
Wisconsin Central
River Forest
Fatrick Kelly
Halsted Street
Mirshall Eulevara
Burlington
Upper Iowa Growing at Farette Ill as Enrollment Rises
Upper Iowa University reports steady rapid growth with nearly a 30 percent enrollment increase over 1900-01. The faculty saw several resignations and new appointments including Geo S. Renae in chemistry and physics, Jay Sanford Burrell as assistant, and Miss Rachel Patti Maxon as new expression department instructor. A thousand feet of cement walk construction improves the campus.
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Geo
Renae
Jay Sanford Burrell
Cayvie Green
Bennett
Jean
Normal School
New York University School of
C. T. Adams
Miss Sumth
School of Expression
Walter J James
Eliauis Wesleyan University
Cuindoch School of Oratory
Miss Kellogg
Rachel Patti Maxon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Maxon
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Delayed Train
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington from Oyster Bay with Mrs Roosevelt and three children, Axie, Quentin, and Ethel. The train was slowed 34 minutes due to a rear drive wheel tire problem entering a tunnel at Baltimore. The incident marks the first known train mishap on a Roosevelt administration journey.
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Washington, D
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Baltimore
Roosevell
Axchie
Quentin
Ethel
White House
Riches Come To Poor Farmer's Wife
Mrs Bila Barker of Nevada township is set to receive a one third share of a million dollar estate from the recent death of a New York millionaire sister. The sister, near ninety, inherited from an uncle in San Francisco but was feeble minded. Two heirs remain a brother in Onis and a niece in Sarsloga. Barker, long estranged, will join Eastward heirs once settlement is complete.
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Nevada
Bila Barker
New York
San Francisco
One Minute Cough Cure Restores Health in Marion Woman
Mrs Gertrude E Fenner of Marion Indiana suffered a deep seated lung pneumonia with a weakening cough She lost weight from 148 to 92 pounds before using One Minute Cough Cure After four bottles she recovered her cough strength and returned to her normal weight and health Sold by all druggists
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Gertrude E. Fenner
Marion
Ind
Arriva Leaves Davenport Iowa Listing for Jas Osborne
A partially readable notice advertises rates and information for Jas Osborne through Davenport Iowa agent Davenygort. The fragment mentions Arriva and Leave in Davenport with a 8215 p m marker and contact details for further rates.
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Arriva
Leave
Davenport
Wilsalm Rock Taland
Jas. Osborne
Davenygort
Iowa
Illinois College Eyes Change After Wheeler Address
Jacksonville September 3 The University of California president Benjamin Ide Wheeler urged set courses of study in small colleges. His remarks during Illinois College seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations may prompt a policy shift away from elective studies, contrasting with Illinois College's earlier liberal approach.
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Jacksonville
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Thi- Nois
Ill- Nois
Illinois
Davenport leaves church to ban instrumental music forever
In Kansas City, Mrs. Saille J Davenport’s will provides a church with ten acres and 2000 dollars to the Church of Christ trustees for a minister, with a clause forbidding instrumental music fairs festivals or bazaars.
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Kamsas City
Church of Christ
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Gertrude Dow
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