Record snowstorm cripples Davenport area utilities
An unprecedented October snowstorm collapses trees and brakes power lines across Moline Rock Island and Davenport. Telephones telegraphs and streetcars fail as poles topple and wires short, causing widespread outages and hazards to livestock and residents.
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Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Central
Moline Offiie
Fifteenth Street
Sechler Carriage Works
Brook
Fatal accident from storm shocks three men on West Second Street
A telephone wire sagged by heavy snow during a blizzard struck and killed a teamster named Joe on West Second Street while two coworkers, Durain and Germain, survived. Durain was burned but expected to recover, while Germain freed Durain and aided Joe until help arrived. Joe, from Clinton, had recently sent money from Germany and had unclear relatives.
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Moline
Rock Island
Western Union
Peoria
Twentieth Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Davenport City
Dickman
Thirty-eighth Street
East Moline
People’s Power Co
Fifteenth
Library
Tri-City
Brooks
Davenport Republican
Tricsles
West Second Strest
Joe
Clinton
Andrew Durain
Otto Germain
Facker’s Hotel
West Front Street
Second Street
Fritz Bergert
Germain
Durain
Telephone Company
West Second Street
Durgin
Ude
Lambach
Nissen
Western House
Facker’s
John Thiel
Terminal Company
Glinton
Pete Kelly
Germany
Aome
City
Goldschmidt
Accioaalg
Mtai Bergert
Mead
Record October Snowstorm Sets Davenport Depth
The Davenport area recorded over two inches of snow on October 25, a first for the month in 27 years. The storm started at 34 degrees and cooled further, with a note that eleven years ago today had the coldest October on record at 17 degrees above zero.
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Otober
Duff
Davenport
Surveyors lay out St Louis Peoria and Northern railroad routes
Three gangs survey proposed extensions from Peoria to Clinton with a straight line and two bends. Crossings include Rock Island Peoria near Alta, Santa Fe at Edelstein, Burlington at Castledon, Burlington main line at Keewanee, and Geneseo within city limits. A Mississippi bridge is planned and Iowa routes considered.
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St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad
Peoria
Clinton
South
Rock Island and
Alta
Mississippi
Geneseo
Iowa
Insurance Firms Blamed as Stevens Fire Policy Scam Unfolds
The Dispatch exposes alleged lax methods in fire insurance sales by W E Stevens and peers. Bondsmen face pressure as fourteen firms seek restitution while investigators probe missing policies and an agent’s long running defalcations. Regulators demand audits and tighter controls to prevent further losses.
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Bullen
Stevens
W. E. Stevens
Williams, White & Co
Qnd
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Beethoven Club Elects Officers and Petersen as Leader
The Beethoven club held its annual meeting electing officers led by President Mrs F G Allen and Treasurer E B Kentor. Albert Petersen of Davenport was chosen leader for the season with Elijah planned as the winter study.
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Rodfors
Augustanna College
G. R. Housel
Rock Salanis
Petersen
Congregational Church
Elijah
Correction of Death Notice for Sandford G Powell
Burlington Iowa October 24 Editors Dispatch correct statement on death of Sandford G Powell who died at Santiago of malaria with dysentery He was a private in company B Sixteenth regiments and fought at Santiago with his brother E D Powell both uninjured He survived battlefield hardships only to die of fever leaving a broken hearted widow and two songful children with a voice from her husband in 1891 Cleveland Ohio born July 18 1878 son of Smith Powell and Brattleboro Buffalo papers mourn his loss
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Burlington
Iowa
Sandford G. Powell
Santiago
E. D. Powell
Sandford
Cleveland
Ohio
Ward Smith Powell
Pennsylvania
Gvenne
Buffalo
Brattleboro
Dawley
Hoyer Hotel
Burligton
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A newspaper advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for failure, and invites readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with Mall's Family Pills also advertised.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mall
Artist Grafstrom Receives Manistee Altar Piece Order
Prof Grafstrom of Augustana College has recently sold several works and received a new commission from a Lutheran church in Manistee Michigan for a 4 by 6 foot altar piece depicting Jesus Suffering in Gethsemane.
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Grafstrom
Augustana College
Manistee
Mich
Jesus
Gethsemane
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertised for Teething
Over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is promoted for teething relief. It claims to soothe the child ease gums cure with chalk and stop diarrhea. Priced at 25 cents a bottle and sold by druggists worldwide. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
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Mrs. Winslow
Scald head ailment touted as curable with Dean's Ointment
An advertisement claims scald head is a severe scalp eczema and can be cured quickly and permanently with Dean's Ointment. It notes the product is available at any drug store for 50 cents.
Eastman Leaves Paper as Myron Jordan Takes Ownership
Myron Jordan completes purchase of E. L. Eastman’s half of the Republican Journal, renaming the paper The Daily Journal and aligning its stance with the Democratic Party. Eastman plans to move to Eureka Springs Arkansas with his wife for health reasons, while retaining real estate in Moline and awaiting changes in staff and equipment.
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Eastman
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Evening Dispatch
Myron Jordan
Republican Journal
E. L. Eastman
Eastman& Jordan
Moline
Jordan
Daily Journal
Democratic Party
Dispatch
The
Republican
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Petit Jury
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Chater
James Foster
Dixmont
Allegheny Co
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Price
Aislatan
FH. L. Bulten
S. W. Wheelock
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C. Pr. Hemenway
W. K. Sloan
H. L. Bullen
Sandford G Powell
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