Rock Island Lines Podcast
Monday thru Friday 11 AM
A series of award-winning stories about our region's traditions, institutions, and people, past and present. Rock Island Lines is written and read by Roald Tweet, Professor Emeritus of English at Augustana College, and sponsored by Quad City Bank and Trust.
Latest Episodes
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island."Woe unto this present generation" is not a phrase you're apt to hear much these days unless you sneak into a teacher's…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.If you're about to go shopping for a guardian angel, the Board of Directors of Friendly House in Davenport have some…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.When the little steam launch "Elsie" gets to steamboat heaven, and stands before the judgment seat, and the book is…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.It was Wednesday, January 18th, 1921. Late afternoon. Although she was only one of six usherettes at the opening night…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.The crowds of Rock Islanders and invited guests who filled every one of the 1,800 seats on opening night at the Fort…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Perhaps those Rock Island politicians who have trouble getting out the vote these days could learn something from the…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Rock Island must have congratulated itself in March of 1901 when it sold out every single seat and all eight boxes for…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.I have some good news and some bad news for Rock Islanders. The bad news is that Don Wooten turns 70 today, with all…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.This coming Sunday, May 19th, at approximately four in the afternoon, Augustana College will confer upon Don Wooten an…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.The fastest way to get a friendly argument going in the Quad Cities is to introduce the phrase "joined by a river."…