Tragedy and deaths cast gloom over Davenport area
A 19 year old Henry Moeller allegedly shot himself at his father’s Davenport area home. Coroner and jury cases followed with detailed testimony about the troubled teen and his family. A separate Davenport incident reported a man named Oscar Wickman was run over by five cars in the railroad yard, with verdict assigning death to be accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Henry Moeller
DisPaTco
Henry Moell Er
Moline Pump Company
Henry
Hawes
Rock Island
Erwie Foreman
John Taylor
Joseph Ray
Frank Anderson
Fa Kittleson
John Geisburger
John Moeller
Ar Peck
Davenport
Ben Cobert
Lluff
Schiueter
Henry Steler
Henry Stehr
Mr. Moeller
Riverside Cemetery
Peter Schlueter Jr
Henry Sleuger
Theo Tedens
Henry Peters
Ed Raisoer
Julius Steler
Geneseo
Crawford
Neyking
John H. Toohey
Medina
N. Y
Colorado
South West
Frank Allister
Allerton
Frank
Toohey
Tinley
Chicago
Stone
Trenton
Wayne County
Round House
Moline
Oracar Wickman
Railroad Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Street
Oscar Wickman
M. E. Sweeney
Foreman
H C. Harris
H. 8. Powers
Theo Free
W E Brooks
Phil Miller
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co
Instant Rail Fatality Shocks Rock Island
A section hand was instantly killed in a railroad accident at Rock Island on Tuesday at 3 PM. The report notes rail accidents are often blamed on victims but this case seems not to implicate carelessness or ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Turverein Honors Veriech With Elgin Watch
About forty CG Turverein members visited Albert Veriech’s home in Moline to bid farewell before his departure to Kansas. Clause Conrad presented a Elgin watch with an inscription, praising Veriech as a faithful member and expressing regret at his leaving the society and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. Turverein Society
Albert Ebberling
Fred Veriech
Kansas
Veriech
Clause Conrad
Elgin
C. Q.turverein
F. G. Veriech
Moline I
Moline
Cit
Mr. Veriech
Jay
Two Young Men Abort Mississippi River Trip
Two youths from this city planned a seven day skiff voyage down the Mississippi with Florida as a destination but midway decided to return. After weeks apart one returned yesterday with a tale that floating the river failed to match their imagination and that his companion remained behind in a hospital with no details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Father Waters
Florida
Birthday Surprise for Lindstrom at Dinner
E. E. Lindstrom, a thendertaker, turned twenty seven yesterday. At dinner Mrs. Lindstrom left to make calls, and he returned at a set time to find a host of friends who had called to capitulate him on his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Lindstrom
Prohibitionists Convene in Galva Nominate District Tickets
Henry county Prohibitionists met in Galva and nominated William M. Repine for representative George W. Shaw for state attorney and J. P. Criser for coroner Delegates were chosen for a congressional convention The platform urged third party action against liquor licensing and endorsed George W Shaw and William M Repine while backing woman suffrage and temperance principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Galva
Wm. M. Repine
Woodhull Dispatch
George W. Shaw
J. P. Criser
Twenty-First
District of Columbia
Territories
James G. Blaine
Geo. W. Shaw
Geneseo
William M. Repine
Friends of Temperance
Rock Island
Henry Counties
National Prohibition Party
Temperance Convention at Port Byron October Meeting
A temperance convention under the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held in Port Byron on Wednesday and Thursday October 15 and 16. Invitations extended to all. The program includes devotional exercises, addresses, juvenile work, literature, and a mass meeting with Mary Allen West as featured speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Port Byron
Mary Allen West
State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mary Babcock
Monmouth
M. E. Stewart
Harper
Babcock
Journeymen Tailors Thank Supporters
The Journeymen Tailors' Association returns thanks to supporting papers and lists first class merchant tailors who signed its bill. Named are Liberman and William Ramskill of Rock Island and Rothchild and Wencke & Perry of Davenport. By order of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journeymen Tailors’ Association
I Liberman
William Ramskill
Rock Island
I Rothchild
Wencke & Perry
Davenport
Accident on Clinton bridge leaves man with crushed feet
A man named McCarty was found on the Clinton bridge Monday evening with both feet crushed after being run over by a passing train. He was moved to Clinton for surgical aid and may lose his limbs. London police are limited to revolvers at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Bridge
McCarty
Clinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Moeller Porters
Emily
Dreonsed
Prohibitionists
Temperance Convention
Proukam
J.D. Calhoun
Calhoun
London
DEERZ
Bloce
John Linn
Cho. A. Peterson
Second Ave
Isaac Rothschild
West Second Street
Corner Brady
Towm
H. F. Cordes & CO
Second Avenue
Ilis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!