Rainstorm in Davenport region shatters 36 year record
A severe Monday night rainstorm drenched Davenport and nearby areas, breaking a 36 year precipitation record. The storm, lasting about 15 minutes, dropped inches of rain causing widespread damage but no severe injuries. Traffic halted, trees and power lines fell, and property damage occurred across northern Wham and eastern portions of Mo toe and East Morine.
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Wham
Down Tawala Dt
Mo Toe
East Morine
Knights of Thor Benefit Association Formed
A historical brief notes the Knights of Thor organize a benefit association. The report mentions a meeting at a local hall with community figures and a tentative schedule for initial fundraising efforts.
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Knights OF Thor
Road Plans Delayed by Local Officials and Courts
A sprawling report details local officials forming a committee to act on road planning while a court case unfolds. The text notes hearings, cross examinations, and references to river navigation by Steamer lines the Diamond Jo and others. Ed Zackery faces a $10 fine for gaming at the Watch Tower.
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Ed Zackery
Watch Tower
Elliott
Schmid
South Rock Island
Pig Feeding Experiments Show Steady Gains Over 94 Days
C C Pervier of Bureau County shared pig feeding results at the Kiniois Farmers Institute. Seven seven head pigs weighed 103 pounds on Oct 30, rose to 241 pounds by Jan 60, with an overall average daily gain of 1.47 pounds over 94 days. Pigs benefited from pasture, pumpkins as a major feed, and soy hay, with no extra clover or vetch pasture used in the period.
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Bureau County
Kinois Farmers Institute
Proj Swanson Farm Band Robbed After Card Game
A traveler from Swanson farm arrived in Cambridge and toured Rock Island. He sat in a card game last Saturday night where he lost $45 to a pocket picker and later faced police action in Moline for intoxication with a $280 fine.
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Swanson
Cambridge
Rock Island
Extension of Phone Service to East Moline and Silvis
Laton Birleeth Telephone and Telegraph plans to extend lines to East Moline and Silvis, expanding service across Rock Island county. General auditor HW Miller seeks subscriber coupons to update the directory and aims to publish a new book by next week with no toll charges within the county for messages from Moline.
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East
Moline
Silvis
Mitler
Three Cities
Ghen
Miller
Rock Island
Hampton Social Notes and Local Family Visits
Hampton residents report medical care and recovery details for Mra Lattie Johnson and others, while families discuss adoptions and visits. The period covers numerous house calls, fevers, travel between Burt and Washington, and a local church service schedule with a forthcoming business meeting.
Local Notes and Social News from Davenport Area
The column records church preliminaries for a September meeting, roll calls, and committee reports. It notes visits by Mr and Mrs Ward and daughter Irene to Henry Fitch, Miss Gertrude Mohr at Mercy hospital, and Mrs Mohr’s improving health. Funeral attendance for Mildred Baker's death is described with choir involvement and Rev Read officiating. Various social visits follow, including Mr Almond Hamilton with Aunt Grace Albright, Mrs Paul Mohr hosting John Ziemann, and Ziemann’s lifelong German Lutheran background. It also mentions a Deutsche deacon, Mary L Vincent’s return, and August Light’s visit with Harry Lee. Road commissioners plan a strong concrete bridge over Drury Creek with a 30-foot opening. Next Sunday is missionary day focusing on China.
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Ward
Irene
Baker
Maxwell
R. Read
Almond Hamilton
Lucy McCutcheon
Rock Island
Rock Island High School
Grace Albright
Paul Mohr
John Ziemann
Luana
Zieman
Annie Kugle
J P Mohr
Blue Grass
Ziemann
Germany
Mer Mary L. Vincent
Carrol
Moline
Stella Vincent
Chicago
August Light
Valley City
Harry Lee
Drury Creek
China
Reminiscences of Early Andalusia Settlers Read
The Andalusia Memorial Association will hear a manuscript address by the late Judge Parmenter on recollections of the first settlers. Readings and a program with old time songs will close out the event this Saturday evening August 31.
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Parmenter
Judge Parmenter
Andalusia Memorial Association
Real Estate Transfers in Coal Valley and Rock Island Area
Aug 24 and 26 transfers list numerous parcels in Coal Valley East Moline and Rock Island. Names include Henriette Detmann Louta Wetzel Emma Ball John Campbell Chase Edwards Adam Huntoon BD H Guver Williams Hatley Mary G McEntry Arthur Van Novel and others with prices from 1 to 12 500 dollars for lots and tracts in Second Additions East Moline Rock Island New Shops and Black Hawk additions.
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Henriette Detmann
Louta Wetzel
Lota
Coal Valley
Tamia A Wetzel
Haruke
Emma Ball
Robi Orrin
Taylor Ridge
John T Campbell
Karl Birkeomeyer
John T
Campbell
Rock Island
Root & VanDervoort Engineering Co
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co
Edgewood Park
Geo W Osborn
Albert Meyer
Balley
Seventeenth Street
E Bailey
Jos. L. Price
Wallace Geerte
Elmer Blakesley
Berg Strand
Oldfield Fails To Break Record At Davenport Mile
More than 10 000 spectators watched Barney Oldfield attempt a Davenport mile record at the Davenport speedway. He clocked a best of 1 minute 1.5 seconds amid dust and held to the green dragon car in three tries. Other events featured touring cars, a Pope Hartford, and a red devil versus green dragon finale. Local updates report community notes and incidents around Hillsdale and nearby towns.
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Davenport Mile Track
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Cadillac
Buick
B Brown
Pope-Hartford
Iowa Auto Co
Pope Hartford
P C Peterson
Davenport
Free Forest
Red Devil
Ollie Savin
Thomas
W E. Moyer
Roy Smith
Green Dragon
Savin
Would Have Another Saloon At Warner's Crossing
Smith and Wells leased the former Dumbeck drugstore building at Warner's Crossing from Edward White of Davenport and filed a petition to open a saloon. Local sentiment favors no new saloons and signatures to the petition are hard to obtain, making frontage likely to fail.
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Warner's Crossing
W H Dumbeck
Smith and Wells
Edward White
Davenport
Hillsdale Picnic Aides Band Visit And Regional Socials
Residents recall a Lyndon picnic where Geneseo band boys played while campers from Camp Alley on Rock River arrived by two gasoline launches. Walter Manning and Grace David visit Des Moines relatives as others plan moves and recoveries.
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Lyndon
Hillsdale
Geneseo Band Boys
Camp Alley
Rock River
Walter Manning
Grace David
Des Moines
Mansfield Walker
Chicago
Warren Walker
Freeport
John Butzer
Moline Company
Mamie Quick
Denver
John Liphardt
Wm. Parker
Watertown
Fred Hahn
Eric
Crask
Rock Island
Work at Augustana Starts on Tuesday
The coming Tuesday September 3 marks registration and examinations for the new college year at Augustana. Examinations begin across departments except the seminary on September 4, with seminary starting September 24. Attendance may rise. curriculum and faculty remain largely unchanged. Dr C W Foss will stay on faculty until February 1 before taking leave to visit Persia for missionary work.
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Augustana
C W Foss
Persia
Local Notes and Moves in Carbon Cliff Area
Carbon Cliff items list nightly work shifts in Tiakilwa and a replacement in the Silvis shops. Local moves include Tom Laughery relocating from Rock Island to work in Silvis. R V O Connell and sisters Bridgie and Ella return from Colorado Springs Manitou and Denver. Mrs John Ewart hosts Mo line and Silvia friends. Mrs Frank Hennegan and Lena Bay depart for Indianapolis where Miss Bay may marry. Alice Fahlstrom visits Chicago. Aunt Marla comments on fashion rules and men in cities wearing swallow-tail coats without criticism.
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Carbon Cliff
Lynch
Tiakilwa
Cook
Tom Laughery
Rock Island
RV O'Connell
Bridgie
Ella
Colorado Springa
Manitou
Denver
John Ewart
Moline
Silvia
Frank Hennegan
Lena Bay
Indianapolis
Ind
Miss Bay
Alice Fahlstrom
Chicago
How to Make It Attractive Discount Idea
A brief note suggests lowering virtue to about 98 cents from $1 would yield eight rusk for the amount. It presents a quirky price tactic without broader context.
Chicago Pastor Frames Rock Island Sunday Closing Debate
Chicago pastor A Lincoln Shute writes from Campbell Island to Moline Dispatch praising editorials on saloon law enforcement and challenging editorial claiming no Rock Island Sunday closing law. He cites Dunne cases and asserts mayors hold primary enforcement role to uphold the law.
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Chicago
Sunday Closing League of
Dispatch
Campbell’s Island
Schafer
Rock Island
Campbell's Island
Moline
Moline Daily Dispatch
East Moline
Watertown
Davenport
Rocksland
the People
Dunne
Supreme Court of Illinois
Chytraus
Superior Court
Cook County
Blanchard
Circuit Court
LaSalle County
Ilinois
Cordova Gossip Southeast of Milan and Area Notes
Albert Peterson and his family visited their Milan relatives while Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson attended the farmers picnic. Fred Smith traveled to Rock Island for a suit of clothes and won a farmers picnic footrace. Ira Carr returned from Canada with a three pound brook trout mounted on birch bark. Mrs Cool remains ill. A sandpit crew labors above town for the Meredosia bridge project.
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Herma Liphardt
Tacoma
Wash
Lesliee Hanna
Joslin
Hillsdale
Henry Nickerson
Osborn
Frank Walker
Wilson
Newton Township
Day
Alton
L. Hangon
Robert Woodburn
New Mexico
Harry Entrikin
Geneseo
Erie
Mabel Salty
Teachers’ Institute
Rock Island
Cordova
Weaver
Moline
Wm. Donohoe
David Trowbridge
John Woodburn
A. A. Waters
Port Byron
Clara Mercer
Hazel Bragg
Wm. Dillon
Frank Sheppard
Lodge
Suburban Isle
Louis Bender
Ethel Wiggins
Maryville
Ebenezer
A A Waters
Millen
James Mill
Wm Conrad
Vernon Dillon
Bert Dillon
Wm O Dillon
Mr Kempster
Albert Peterson
Milan
Martin Johnson
Jesse Maxwell
Fred Smith
Fred
John Forsythe
Sam Eye
Fred Naylor
Henry Smith
Ira Carr
Canada
Hudson's Bay
Edgar Humphrey
Black Hills
Ed. Hunt
Wash Brink
Albany
Fred Sexton
Luther Forsythe
Davenport
Panama
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