Abduction Case Leads to Arrests in Burlington
Della Cowdery, 16, daughter of B. B. Cowdery, was abducted with Mrs. Sadie Perdue and Bert Williams in a case led by the Cowdery family. The trio was arrested in Burlington, Iowa, returned to Moline, and bound over for trial. Perdue may face charges as the investigation continues with testimony planned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della
B. B. Cowdery
Smits & White
Bert Williams
Sadie Perdue
Moline
Burlington
Jacob Wigern
Gustafson
Mr. Perdue
Perdue
Mrs. Perdue
Della Cowdery
Wigers
Mr. Purdie
Williams
Barnum and Bailey Circus Hits Davenport on August 19
The Barnum & Bailey show arrives in Davenport for the fifty first season. It is billed as the only American side tour of its kind and will showcase its full equipment and cars built for the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Davenport
Frank Barber Sent on East to Join the Navy
Frank Barber of Moline and Louie Bultink of Rock Island enlisted in the U S Marine Corps at the Rock Island post office building and departed for Washington D C this morning. They will attend the Jamestown fair after arrival. Other applicants James L Hightower Rock Island George Donlin Moline and Henry Van Drostyn Moline passed preliminary exams awaiting further testing before final acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barber
Moline
Louie Bultink
Rock Island
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Recruiting Office
Washington, D. C
Washington
James L. Hightower
George Donlin
Henry van Drostyn
Hillsdale Gossip Notes Births Visits and Local News
Hillsdale and surrounding area report daily social notes. Mrs Cassius Wake and daughter Jessie visit Wm Olson. George Quade welcomed a baby girl July 23 while wife Mrs Quade has malaria and a trained nurse attends. Mrs Ida Stephenson of Moline visited during a thunderstorm. Cattle losses from lightning: two cows on H Bracker’s farm. Several residents travel to Rock Island Rock Island, Watertown Cordova Cleveland Davenport Moline Osborne. Fresh air fund children arrive Friday on the 26 train. Various locals visiting relatives and considering moves or work. Barba baby boy born July 28 to Mr and Mrs John Benjamin. Twin baby girls to Mr and Mrs Frank McConnell mourned after brief illness.
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Hillsdale
Cassius Wake
Jessie
Wm. Olson
George Quade
Watertown
Cordova
George Stanbro
Cleveland
George
John Malone
John Fisher
Moline
Nettie Hanson
Rock River
George Hill
Springfield
Frank Dillon
Davenport
Jim Fisher
Wm. Schook
Fresh-Air Fund
Wm. Coffee
Joslin
Becht
Henry Nickerson
Osborne
Frank Walker
John
Benjamin
Frank McConnell
Davenport Saloons Sue for Beer Payments Under Mulct Law
Three Davenport saloonkeepers sue for recovery of funds paid for beer over five years citing Iowa mulct law and alleged brewery coercion. Plaintiffs Lew Hannemann Fred Ruhl and Phillip Suetter seek $9331 $5500 and $357 from Davenport Malting Co Independent Malting Co for beer bought between 1901 and 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Scott County District Court
Devonport
Moline
Independent Malting Co.ts
Davenport Malting Co
George E. Hubbell
Lew Hannemann
Main Street
Fred H. Rubl
Laarmann's Ball
Phillip Suetter
West Second Street
Hannemann
Wary officials seek injunction against license action
They favored stopping Hosnsee from operating or preemptively enjoining the committee from issuing the license, signaling decisive action to constrain the granting process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosnsee
Committee
Fair crop averages forecast as of August 1 date
Reports from Correspondent Campbell to the agriculture department show crops at 80 percent of normal corn 75 percent oats 85 percent winter rye 100 percent pasture 85 percent Irish potatoes 86 percent clover 86 percent timothy 10 percent of last year’s cattle harvested remaining in storage sauerkraut outlook bright 80 percent barley and good grades in sight apples 30 percent peaches 20 percent
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Campbell
Department of Agriculture
Hfe
Paving Work Returns Amid Joyful Street Celebration
Citizens cheer the McCarthy Improvement Co as paving resumes after a nine month delay. Forty to fifty workers begin asphalt work on Eighth Avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets and Eighteenth Street between Fourth and Eighth Avenues. Crews also grade boulevards and align Highteenth and Nineteenth streets pending contract completion.
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Eighteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
McCarthy Improvement Co
McCarthy Company
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Fourth
Eighth Avenues
Highteenth Street
Ninteenth Street
Strenuous kick attempt ends in ironic misfire
In Cravtérdaville Indiana on August 1 a farmer’s wife attempted to kick a stray object but failed, ending in an odd mishap near the city. Local authorities report no serious injuries and describe the incident as a curious household accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravtérdaville
Ind
Mern
Charles Dooglass
Ates
Waas
Mrs Bleakley Ill in Kansas Custody Case Back to Court
Illness shifts attention to the Kansas circle as the custody fight over a child resumes in Rock Island County Circuit Court. The Bleakley case dates to the incubator baby dispute with Mrs Bleakley sick in Lawrence while Barclay claims the child. The Kansas and Illinois courts interplay governs possible custody, with the appellate court remanding the matter and the circuit court set to hear it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Bleakley
Lawrence
W &. Moore
Ottawa
James Barclay
Bleakley
Barclay
Kansas
Illinois
Kansas Supreme Court
Rock Inland County
B F Peek
Barclays
Mrs. Bleakley
Mrs Bleakley
Social Evening at Methodist Church Nets 23 Dollars
Zuma August 1 The church social last Wednesday evening drew a good crowd and netted $23 for church funds. Holmes Mumma has returned from a Lake Michigan cruise with naval reserves. companion Saines Wake remains at home in bed with lumbago and rheumatism. Zuma ladies plan to host Chicago fresh air children next week amid various farm notes and visits by local residents.
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Ilinois
Anya Swanson
Colona
Rolla Lloyd
Missouri Valley
BYPU
Viola Lee
Wilma Hillperg
Clara Stickel
Shellsburg
Myrtle Arenschield
Chicago
Harmony Circle
Erickson
J W Dawson
Lucille Herbert
Zuma
Methodist Church
Holmes Mumma
Lake Michigan
Naval
Saines Wake
Moline
Bert Wainwright
Shelby Mumma
Watertown
Watertown Local Visit and Real Estate Notes
Watertown residents and visitors are noted in a series of social items. Mr. and Mrs. Elis and Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kendrick traveled to Clinton for an excursion. Several residents are active in property deals and visits, including S. P. Cosner lots under plan for a new house, and Mrs. David Scott visiting from Hillsdale.
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Watertown
W H. Elis
F. McKendrick
Clinton
Co. O. Arenachields
F. W. Lovey
SH. McKendrick
David Scott
Hillsdale
S. P. Cosner
C. Johnson
Springfield
Bloomington
Golda Eis
Florence Axelson
Letts, Jr
W. H. Stickel
Shelleburg
Wes
Mherly
Baptiat Church
Hopkins Mower Output To Reach 200 Units This Fall
The American Harvester Co of East Moline plans a September start to produce between 200 and 500 Hopkins Mower machines for the coming season. After earlier limited runs, a larger output is expected as the device, credited to Harvey L. Hopkins, gains trade footing and demand stabilizes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Harvester Co
East Moline
C H Pope
Hopkins
Harvey L. Hopkins
Mohoe
Two More Cottages Rising on Campbella Island Shore
Walter Araf progresses with construction of two cottages on Campbella Island's north shore. One is for his sister and the other for Miss Aldrich. Araf has already built eight cottages on the island this season.
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Walter Araf
Nort
Campbella Island
Aldrich
Mr Aram
Cordova News Notes From Island Campers to Ferry Traffic
Cordova reports Scott bought a gasoline launch to ferry campers to the islands and Humphreys threshing at Las Durbing farm, Clyde Marshall visiting Scott's landing, Captain Sellers busy with his ferryboat, two-cent ferry fare briefly affecting traffic, Cordova residents John Gilpin and others mentioned, local illnesses and visits, and preparations for feather renovator plans.
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Cordova
Scott
H Humphreys
Las Durbing Farm
Clyde Marshall
Scotts Landing
Captain Sellers
Prade
John Gilpining
Bessie Tubs
Freek
McKneff
Sloan
Wm Pinneo
Yemily
Mr. Pinneo
Moott
Plan to Finance Bridge Project for Streetcar Use
A plan seeks funding for a Rock River bridge to connect Rock Island and Henry counties. Interurban and county bodies propose $10,000 from the streetcar company, $5,000 from Twin Cities East Moline Silvis, and $4,000 Rock Island County plus $10,000 Henry County. Colona hosts a August 20 feasibility meeting as sites near Colona, level, Colina, and Barstow are considered. The plan requires subscriptions, with Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, and Silvis contributing and the streetcar company gaining bridge access for operation. The meeting will include Business News Association officials aiming to push construction to next year.
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Interurban Company
Rock River
Henry County
Rock Island
Henry County Boards of Supervisors
Colona
East Moline
Silvis
Atteetcar Company
Pridge
Rock Island County Board of Supervisors
Moline
Business Mews Association
August climate record shows 73 degree average
Data from the last thirty five Augusts at the local weather office indicate an average temperature of 73 degrees. The warmest August was 80 degrees in 1900 and the coldest 68 in 1883. Rainfall averaged 3.60 inches with a 12.68 inch spike in 1885 and 0.46 inch in 1901. Average clear days 13, cloudy 6, partly cloudy 22. prevailing winds from the southwest.
New Fresh Water Fish Found in Illinois and Mississippi Rivers
A new variety of fish reportedly appeared in the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. It is described as larger than the eastern fresh water herring with a similar mouth and resembles the hickory shad that was abundant in these waters years ago.
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Moline
Ilnois
Ssississippi
Thesa
Marriage Licenses Listed for Galva and Nearby Towns
The notice lists marriages between August Anderson and Augusta Erickson of Galva, Clarence Kelso of Rook Island and Mary Crable of Brownsville, William R. Bruner and Ern Richards of Cordova, and Christ Danielson and Anna Qrinlan of Rook, with ages and locations unclear due to damaged text.
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August Anderson
Augusta Erickson
Galva
Clarence Kelso
Rook Island
Fat Mary Crable
Brownsville
William R. Bruner
Ern Richards
Cordova
Christ Danielson
Anna Qrinlan
Rook
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Will
Jamestown Fair
Akedvagaln
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18Th Street
McCarthy Force
19Th Street
Tao
Young
Circuit Court
Frank O'Hara
Pillardale
Miss Perry
Kerr
Joe Filvert
Clyde
Mumma
Port Byron
Aud Wainwright
Edna Mumma
Fulton County
H L Hopkins
Manu
Swanson
Twin Cities
County Board
Level
Colina
Barstow
V. Swanson
Board of Supervisors
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