Local notes and obituaries fill Davenport Davenport area
A long jumble of local notices reports jail terms, factory stock, farm organizers and church events. It lists Edward Ishmael jailed thirty days, Muskatipe sugar factory funding concerns, Mrs Andréty Ackarson visiting Nebraska, Rock Island rail damages, property sales, bank reorganizations, canal plans, and memorial services for Dr Hasselquist with detailed funeral rites and campus tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ishmael
Crystal
Prig
Davenport
Muscatipe
Andréty Ackarson
É Ong
Siater
Andrew Johnson
Stanton
Henry Lippenldt
Watertown
Rock Island Railway Company
N. Gage
Deere & Mansur Co’s. Foundry
Minnesota
Gage
Christian Advocate
Robert J. Burdette
Ius M. Ford
Twelfth Street
Andrew Anderson
RP + & P ysailroad
Ford
Passpeaki
Kratzer Suggy Company
Des Mounes
Moline Savings Sank “Net~ Sk
Moline State Savings Bank
Old Settler M Shinstrom Dies at Big Island Home
M Shinstrom an early Rock Island County settler died at his Big Island home Friday at 7 p m after an eighteen month battle with throat cancer He was 0 years old born in Sweden came to the United States in 1848 lived in Milan before moving to Lig Island in 1852 He helped organize the Milan Methodist Church in 1866 and remained active He leaves two children Frank Shinstrom at home and Mrs Joho P Anderson of Oakland Nebraska The funeral was held Monday afternoon at his residence with Rev Mr McWright of Milan officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Water Company
Robert Krause
M. N Richardson
J.T. Kenworthy
Almon A. Buckman
Foster
Hibbard Moore Place
Black Hawk Township
Michael Kane
Milan
W H. Adams
Home Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
M. & Metzgar Friay
Alice Lancashire
W. N. Carpenter
Mra
A. M. J Dow
J A Enander
Augustana College
Sweden
Skara
I’rofessor
Leckman
Bartholomew
Weidner
Forsander
Hasselquist
Rock Island
Prof
Olson
Woodhall
A. Jackson
L. Od. Mouretta
M. Shinstrom
Rock I Sland County
Big Island
File
Lig Island
Ile
Methodist Church
J’rank Shinstrom
Joho P Anderson
Oakland
Neb
McWright
John W. Roche
Twelfth Street
Roche
Sir Roche
Gorman
Gordon
James Winans
Hampton
George Brooks
Benson
Frank Ziegler
Union
Ziegler
Ottawa
Winans
Joliet
Brooks
Reform School
Great West
Faith cure counteracted by scare on the bluff
A woman who briefly recovered through faith cure suffered a relapse after hearing her little boy cut his hand at church. The panic caused a fall as she hurried home, while the child’s finger only bled slightly. Mr and Mrs C S Kerns welcome a healthy twelve pound boy born Sunday.
Famous Dog Fight Between Rock Island and Moline Dogs
Evening Dispatch reports a planned dog fight between a Rock Island son of Trouble and a Moline canine, with tickets sold for a dollar. The Rock Island dog was deemed unfit and the crowd dispersed amid police warnings, leaving fans disappointed and seeking refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Molraé
Trouble
Hook Island
Dick Kerns
Lady Kelly
Boat Building Plans and Village Incorporation Vote
Waters and Schott secure contracts in Des Moines for a 10 by 40 foot steamer and a 10 by 80 foot barge with delivery by May 1. Schott to quit Walliams White & Cos to focus on boats. Reynolds residents petition for a special election on February 28 to decide village incorporation. Arsenic skin treatments warned against. Ayer's Sarsaparilla touted. Stewartville revival meetings close. several converts join church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Waters
Schott
Des Moines
Messrs Waters and
Adams
Reynolds
Reyfolds
Board Eyes Cooking School and Boy Boat Training at City Schools
At a Board of Education meeting Superintendent Hatch reported on visits to eastern manual training schools and a Boston girls cooking school model. The board favors adding cooking and practical training for girls while expanding boys programs, with a site visit to Doverport planned. The building committee cited bids for Lincoln school interior work and truant notices issued to six parents, with several arrests for truancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Hatch
East
Chicago
Toledo
Worcester
Weston
Cambridge
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
St Louis
Boston
Knox
Sloan
Tigten Suguia
Gpeiabun Ab Couteubial
Doverport
Hateb
Special
Lincoln School
T W McClelland & Co
Davenport
M. Hunker
I. K. Dodge & Co
Dierolf
Postoffice annual report shows big postal business rise
The Postoffice annual report by Postmaster Holt records a 4 percent rise in postage and box rents over the prior year, totaling 26 460.34. Fees for money orders add to gross earnings of 24 597. The surplus after salaries and expenses is 11. Money orders and postal notes issued number 065 valued at 61 510.40, with international orders issued totaling 0 anil paid 0. A celebratory visit to Mr and Mrs Beckstrom recalls twenty years since their Keokuk arrival, amid gifts including an elegant plush lounge. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for its merit as a foundation of success.
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Holt
Moline
Ostmaster Holt
Phe International
Sweden
Isusi Beokstrom
Keokuk
Iowa
Ninth Street
Kemp’s Balsam and Cream Balm Endorsements
Letters from customers praise Kemp’s Balsam as a life saver for a grocer in Nomer N Y after a severe cold and lung issues. Oscar Ostrum of Chicago credits Ely’s Cream Balm with curing long standing catarrh and reports excellent results from widespread use.
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First National Bank
Homer
N. Y
Ely
Oscar Ostrum
Warren Ave
Chicago
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C.G. Turnverein
Hagewald
Hennepin Canal
L. L. Wheel‘er
Messrs. Francis
Stearns, Woodbury and Woermann
Wy Fries
Erik Ute
Congregation of
Stolpe
Catafalque
Father
Marval
Hasgalquist
Cothis
Amy Huey
L. A. Johnston
Rockford
Ghetts
Conservatory
Petrie
Gustav Lolphug
Enander
Krotel
General Council
C. E. Lindberg
The
Theological Seminary
S . A. Lindahl
L. A, Jonston
H. C. Lindebind
F. Bartholomew
Ane Rearno
Pease
Nathaniel
Mias Nilla
Joshua
Fapiton
Miss Johnson
Ervin
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Cc O. Lindiaeaition of the Profexsurse—<¢ ©. Lindberg, R. F Weidner
G. Stolpe
C. Lb
E. Esbjorn
C.O Granere
J A. Aunnar
J. A. Udden
A. W. Williamson Gustua
P Sjoblom
A O
Bersel
Me Ny “Lindbers
Rock
Plus
P. A. Lindahl
Ohhura
Kolus
Earth
Heaven
Tavun
the Post Office
MR Nogs
Don Ee
Ayer
S.rsaparilia
Second Methodist Church
Stewartville
Sheriff Gordon
Pontiac
Om Cho Stoo
Pg Ae
Board~ of Education Sremy
Estak- Mehmont of
Schoote
the Postoffice
Hood
Kemp
Balsan
Ek. Mangold
Chinery, Etc
Moline Organ Co
Peterson Thulin &Co
Props. Cor
Molino
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