Elopement of Rock Island Girl With Uncle Stuns City
A sensational case from Rock Island reports Miss Lenny Hein, daughter of Phil Hein, eloping with her uncle Johnnie Hein, a Davenport hotel steward. They fled last Wednesday on a C B & Q train toward an unknown whereabouts amid family shock and mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Dispatch
Rock Island
Davenport
Lenny
Phil Hein
Johnnie Hein
St. James
Barstow
Fenner & Crane
Harper's Theatre
Military Ball Planned by Company F I N Tonight
At the meeting of Company F I N last Monday a large turnout drilled under First Lieutenant George Crowder. Corporal Frank J. Clendenin was named Sergeant Major dating from August 6, with prior service in that post at camp. Committee work for the grand military ball was finished, with Navy Thursday 7 set for the date and Armory Hall as the venue. A full detailing of duties followed for invitations, floor, arrangements, and honorary roles, with Ogden's full orchestra set to provide music and decor planned to enhance the armory. The unit seeks funds to fix up the armory and anticipates strong attendance, noting a season-friendly aim for at least one dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crowder
Frank J. Clendenin
Company I
Navy
Ogden
Rock Island Glass Factory Sold to United Glass Co
Mr. Phil Mitchell returned Monday from Syracuse New York where he closed the deal by which the Rock Island glass factory passes into the control of the United Glass Co It will be managed by a board of trustees. Mitchell of Mitchell Lynde took part of the purchase price and was named as a trustee pleasing the factory’s employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Mitchell
Syracuse
N. Y
Rock Island Glass
United Glass Co
Mitchell
Rnn
Mitchell & Lynde
Rock Island
Kemp's Balsam and Ayer's Sarsaparilla Advertisements
The ad copy touts Kemp's Balsam as a guaranteed cure with a promise of relief after the first dose and price details. It also promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla for cleansing putrefying bodily substances and preserving health, plus Ayer's Pills as a safe laxative. Separately, real estate sale news notes R. A. Smith selling the Morris residence to Charles T. Morey for $2,000 and a dancing school event at Armory Hall with streetcar service after.
Cottage at Chelsea Mars Described with Station Kitchen Box
A $1,200 Chelsea Mars cottage built from Pallisser designs features open fireplaces in the parlor and dining room, a kitchen stove, a cistern supplied house, and a wall mounted kitchen dry box with warm air ducts for tidy storage. The structure emphasizes comfort in cold weather and practical convenience in its details.
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Chelsea, Mars
Pallisser & Pallisser
Drying box for soap storage and odor control
A drying box concept proposes placing soap in a lockable cabinet with a tin tube vent to a kitchen flue. The box would keep soap dry, hard, and economical, reducing odor and waste while adding kitchen neatness.
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L. H. Grason
Increasing the Burden of Living
The article argues that modern households demand more labor than smaller homes and urges moderate income families to opt for compact designs. It notes that many imitate wealthy neighbors by expanding hall space and many rooms, increasing the burden of daily living.
Fearful and Wonderful Nervous System Ad
An early 19th century style ad promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for headaches dizziness sleeplessness and nerve disorders. It claims the nervous system governs life and mind and offers a free trial bottle through Wm Clendenin's drug store.
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Miles
Wm. Clendenin
Owl cure advertised for various ailments
The notice claims Sweline of the ankles or feet and shortness of breath are caused by a weak hermit and promotes Dr. Miles' New Cure sold by Wm. Clendiniu's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeCosta
Miles
Wm. Clendeniu
Ankles' Nerve and Liver Pills Advertised Free Samples
An advertisement urges avoiding Cathariec Pills when bowels or liver are sluggish and promotes Ankles' Nerve and Liver Pills. It states the pills act through the nerves and notes free samples at Wa. Clendenin's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendenin’s
Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs promotion
A Scent stamp sent to Hunnicutt Medicine Co Atlanta Ga will post a cure. The book will cite cures by physicians and clergymen. Call on a druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. It offers relief for coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption with large bottles priced 50 cents and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicine CO
Atlanta
Hunnicutt Medicine Co
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Relief
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is prescribed by top nurses and used for forty years by millions of mothers. It promises relief from teething pain and diarrhea and wind colic, claiming to give health to the child and rest to the mother. Price listed as 24 cents per bottle.
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York
Astin Shaw & CO
Nugserymon
Rochester
Voharacter and
Selaer
Polytechnic
Tray
W. Y
United States
Shenpo Opeedas
Fred
Portralta
Adams & CO
Bond St
St. H. Baldinore
Parker
Angun i
Ee Lalor
de Botulen
Panygeniine
Ward
Os Armour] & CO
Chicago
pRt
Monkon & CO
Store
Lize Manner
Seret
H Kohler
Ed Kiulsen
Woc Bennett
Pred J Savage
OW Goal
Richard Payton
Po C. Straman
C R. Keesler
Jom Hole
BR. B Crowder
McCoy
E Tyler
the Glass Works
Hood
Gauther
Varis
Ayer
R. A. Smith
Wi G Morris
Eighteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Charles T. Morey
Armory Hall
Street Cara
Hal
Lowen Clasey
Qeep
Méline
C. McLann
LY Loving Bros
Pittsburgh
Settort “Volish
Sam
Castoria
A. ArcuEr
Oxford
Broo
N.Y
Murray
Rae York
Hepburn & Woodyatt
Decker Bro., Estey, Wheelock, Camp & Co.,and
Stuyvesant Pianos
Estey and Western Cottage Organs
Hepburn & Woopy
Fifteenth St
Moline, Il
Nat
Simon Hirsch
pRut
Tayees
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Pilssoust River
Ort
Me Osawa
Uscati Ottumwa
Osksioosk
Des Moines
Wintarsot
Audubon Jarlon
Council Bhatts
Mihnespolis
St. Pe
Sota
Watersioux Falls
Dakot
Meron
St. Ive
Air
Chi
Fod Pacific
Giummen
Missouri River
Council 3
Omaha
Rth
Platte
Pete
Albert Lea
Ohio
Paul
Baspay
Ocrinago, Ill
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