Immoral Letters Trap Bowker Foreman C B Q Arrested
Wallace H Bowker foreman of the C B & Q freight house in Rock Island was bound over to the federal grand jury on the charge of using the mails to transmit immoral literature. A 15 year old girl and her father figured in a decoy scheme with post office agents, police, and a Mol ine squad arresting Bowker at Prospect Park in a planned sting. Bowker admitted guilt and faces potential $6000 fine or five years in prison with his wife humiliated by the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Wallace H. Bowker
Rock Island
Milan
Bowker
Thomas
United States Post Office Department
Secret Service
B. H. Gilbert
Gilbert
Marshal Kitthsen
Weigers
Moline
Messia
Marshal Kittilsen
Welgers
Kittilsen
Ten Per Cent Increase for Moline Farm Implements
A Chicago meeting of plow manufacturers including Moline implement concerns decided to raise farm implement prices by 10 percent. The gathering occurred on Tuesday in the Auditorium Annex, but no further meeting details were released.
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Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Moline
New Laundry Building Planned After Relocation
Marvin Lyon who purchased the Cur kendall property on 4th avenue will move the house to 7th avenue and 16th street to clear the site for a fine laundry building. The present place will be vacated when the new structure rises, with a block from Knox's place north to 4th avenue planned in spring. Miss Reichardt demonstrates on the typewriter at Gustus School tomorrow from 10 to 1. Everyone invited.
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Marvin Lyon
Curkendall
4Th Avenue
7Th Avenue
16Th Street
Knox
Perry Davis Pain Killer Warns Against Cheap Imitations
A public notice urges shoppers to buy Perry Davis Pain Killer only from trusted drugstores. It cautions that cheaper imitations are not the same medicine and highlights bottle sizes of 25 and 60 cents. The piece also includes a humorous anecdote about a scholar tracing word origins and a Berlin warehouse misprint about a mattress that had moths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Continent
Berlin
Street Cars Allowed to the Arsenal on Labor Day
The First Commandant grants Labor Day access to the arsenal for Tri-City Railway cars from Rock Island and Davenport. Cars will run at scheduled intervals to the arsenal, aiding workers without rigs who would otherwise walk. Davenport and Moline business leaders plan to join Rock Island’s Labor Day parade.
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Arsenal
Tri-City Railway Company
Rock Island
Davenport
8. E. Blunt
James F. Lardner
Moline
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised For Quick Cure
Mrs Nannie Galdeger of La Grange Florida used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on severe head and facial sores and reported a rapid cure beyond her hopes. The ad claims it treats sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns cramps and piles. 25 cents at Clendenin druggist Geneseo News notes government bridge expansion on hot days.
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Nannie Galdeger
la Grange
Fla
Bucklen
Clendenin
Geneseo News
Rock Island
No title to reduce pain with Perry Davis remedy
A fragment notes a mother applying Perry Davis Pain Killer to bruises strains and sprains. It mentions using energy and frequency to gauge seriousness and claims no effectivePain Killer exists to fully relieve soreness or restore stiffness.
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Perry Davis
Knights Templar elect officers at Louisville grand encampment
At the Knights Templar grand encampment in Louisville on August 29 officers were elected. Henry B. Stoddard of Texas was chosen Grand Commander and George Moulton of Chicago was named Deputy Grand Commander.
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Knights Templar
Louisville
Henry B. Stoddard
Texas
George Moulton
Chicago
Turkey to Accept French Demands, Ankara Says
A Constantinople dispatch reports the Turkish ministry has discussed French claims and it is believed full satisfaction will be given the French demands. The indication comes as France presses for terms, with Turkish officials showing readiness to concede.
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Turkey
France
Plan to settle steel strike by arbitration rejected
Indianapolis August 29 President Burns announces that his plan to settle the great steel works strike by arbitration has been rejected by President Schwab Burns will soon submit another proposition through arbitration plan rejected by Schwab and Burns plans new proposal amid strike crisis
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Schwab
Burns
Not Even Slot Machines In Good Rock Island
Davenport State's Attorney Weld pushes a city wide gamble crackdown in Rock Island. Prosecutions followed carnival gambling with fines and about $300 to the county treasury. Bond posted for keeping a gambling house. further action expected against other gambling device keepers. Miss Reichhardt's Guatus School invited tomorrow from 10 to 1.
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Good Rock Island
Davenport
Weld
Rock Island
William Healey
Artificial stone factory opens in Moline
The Moline Artificial Stone Co. opens in the old Tri-City mill on Fourth Street led by Atkin son and Tropp with E F Sherrill as superintendent. They will make sills caps water-tables and Tange Stone for above grade work in molds, offering samples and prices on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Artificial Stone Co
Moline
Tri-City
4Th Street
Messrs
Shelley in shooting spree ends with warrants and jail
State's Attorney Weld returns from Drury township with Ratliff Reynolds aboard in county jail as Joseph Shelley faces assault with intent to kill charges. A feud in Muscatine Iowa escalates into a string of gunplay culminating near a bridge and barn where Shelley and Bert Girls exchange shots, driving both to seek warrants. Girls escapes injury and Shelley remains bound for trial.
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Helley
Weld
Drury Township
Ratliff Reynolds
Joseph Shelley
Shelley
Moore
Muscatine
Iowa
Bert
John Duncan
Walter Linder
Linder
Duncan
Justices of the Peace
Brayton
Coler
Mercer County Rock Island Day At Aledo Fair
P R Thompson secretary of the Mercer county fair association invites Woodmen Picnic Association to promote a Rock Island county day at the Aledo fair. The event is slated for the week of September 15 at the usual fair location near Aledo.
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Mercer County Fair
P. R. Thompson
Mercer County Fair Association
Woodmen Picnic Association
Rock Island
Wood and Ward Present Two Merry Tramps at Wagner Opera House
The big company announces its coming month program featuring Two Merry Tramps. The event promises lively entertainment as the troupe rallies audiences at the Wagner Opera House in the near term.
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Wood & Ward's
Big Company
Wagner Opera House
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Prospect Park
Ktissme
Benford
Dresden
Baxonville
Canova
Blunt
Tri-Cities
Lambert
Toggery
Second Ave
Washington
Constanti
Nople
Try
Indianapolis
Arne Atre Park
Fifteenth Street
Ranks Shoe Stores
Third Avenue
Avetine Moline
Illinois
Kandy
W. C. Peterson
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