Local News Notes From Muse Weekly Visiters and Travelers
Local items describe residents and visitors moving between Davenport Davenport and nearby cities. People like Miss Nellie Ryan Miss Melon Davenport Mrs. G. C. Roger and Mrs. W. Boldt travel to Davenport Chicago Washington and Davenport for short visits. Several families plan holidays with relatives in Chicago Rock Island and Kinross.
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Misa Nellie Ryan
Nebraska
Atrvet
Davenport
Otte
Washington
Bly
Mra
C. Roger's
Chicago
Visting
Mortacama
Investment Offer Promises 912 Percent Interest in Town
A local loan firm advertises long experience and 912 percent interest on first mortgage farm loans. They claim no investor loss in 35 years, guarantee titles, inspect every loan, handle collections at no charge, and invite inquiries for amounts of $100 or more.
Titus Lean & Investment CO SORGOW FOLLOWS AFTER JOY
Rockford Illinois reports a series of tragic domestic incidents. Jinbe Smothers died in his mother's arms on the way home from a gathering. the infant of John Anderson and Efahlem arrived home to find the child smothered. Police uncover a hiding place linked to further killings as the winter crime spree widens.
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Rockford, Il
John Anderson
Efahlem
Miss Verna Patterson Dies in Portland Oregon
Miss Verna Patterson, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Patterson of 126 College Street Portland Ore, died Christmas afternoon at 4 40 at her home of spinal meningitis She was born in Portland in 1892 and lived here until five years ago She attended local schools and was in college in Portland at death Survived by parents three sisters Grace Crosby Florence Patterson Hazel Patterson three brothers James in Wisconsin Warren and Walter at home Relatives in city include aunts Mrs J A Bond and Edward Will and uncles John and A J Barger and Rimer F Barger Burial plans unknown
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Verna Patterson
George Patterson
College Street
Portland
Ore
Fatterson
Northwest
Miss Patterson
City
J.A. Bond
East Firth Street
Edward Will
Burlington Road
Ueles
John Barger
West Seventh Street
A.J. Barger
West Sixth Street
Ynele
Rimer FE
Barger
Steidon
Kansas Pioneer Succumbs At Leavenworth Death
Mrs Mary Ann Robinson a county pioneer died in Leavenworth Kansas December 2 at 87. Her husband an abolitionist was once captured by pro slavery men who tried to hang him. She fired a shotgun to save him and the attackers fled. Robinson was born in England in 1847 and came to the United States.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Dee
Ann Robinson
Kansas
Robinson
England
Aimie Ty Ulis
Gaynor Moving to Capital and Supreme Court Change
Des Moines reports Judge Gaynor will relocate from Le Marg to Des Moines to serve on the Supreme Court bench next week. He will keep a voting domicile in the northwest town while residing in Des Moines during his official term. Judge Preston based in Oskaloosa will resign this week and Governor Carroll will appoint a successor in the Sixth District.
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New Supreme Court
Mate Howe
Des Moines
Gaynor
le Marg
Preston
Oskaloosa
Attess
Carroll
Parcel Service Boosted by Auto Machines Across State
Goods and parcels delivery accelerated as the department utilized auto machines to handle mail, with smaller mall trains from various points statewide aiding operations and hastening the work of the force.
War reporter Ciuth dies at 73 on Long Island
Ciuth, famed Civil War correspondent who covered the Monitor Merrimac duel and Jefferson Davis era, died yesterday at his Long Island home. He served with the Army of the Potomac and reported under Generals McClellan, Grant, Meade, and Dix York.
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Monitor
Min
Merrimac
Jefferson Davis
Glates
Long Island
Army of the Fotomac
McClellan
Grant
Meade
York
Robbery Escape Attempt Foiled at Louis W. Alorich Trust
In Chicago detectives halted a daytime break in at the Louis W. Alorich Trust Company office. A man on a ladder tried to reach the transom, failed despite several attempts, and was finally arrested after about an hour of effort.
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Trey
Demacs
Chicago
Louis W. Alorich Trust Company
Score
David Glt
Nally
WIX UP INSURANCE Touws for Presidents Decide to TP Registration
Following recommendations of state and federal sanitary experts from the latest convention of the Association for Life Insurance Presidents, the group announces a move to concentrate health reform efforts on proper registration of vital statistics and enforcement of laws. The effort will cooperate with the U S census bureau and with authorities in states lacking adequate registration.
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Touws
Naw
York
Association For Life Insurance
United States Census Bureau
Fred Davis Marries Grace Leader in New York
Fred Davis a former Sioux City newspaper man married Grace Leader at Marble Collegiate Church in New York. Rev David Burrel officiated. The couple plan to reside in Washington where Mr Davis was connected with the Taft bureau during the vacancy campaign.
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New York
Sioux City
Fred Davis
Grace
Marble Collegiate Church
David Burrel
Washington
Davis
Taft
Mail Swamps Capital Office in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa December 20 postal workers logged two hours overtime yet could not clear the mail load as large quantities and parcels continued to arrive overwhelming the capital office and staff despite extended hours.
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Des Moines
Dee
Hahn Sets New Mark in a Basket Tourney
Senior high school team routed their rivals at the Y M C A winning by a wide margin to clinch second place in the city tourney. Warry Walen starred for Christus day with 21 field goals and a free throw for 43 points, the top individual score of the series. The Cubs kept a perfect season, while the Seniors added another victory and one loss.
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Cubs
George Vyolserig Siz
Warry Walen
Oresti
H. Hahn
Feiries
W. Hahn
Tee Bruno
Mrs Ora Williams Dies Wife of Noted Newspaper Correspondent
Mrs Neltie Williams, wife of Ora Williams, longtime newspaper correspondent, died at her home in Des Moines Iowa this morning at 10 25 o clock. She was 63 years old and suffered an extended illness. Born in Adel, Iowa in 1862 she married Ora Williams October 12, 1835. Survived by her husband and two grown daughters. Funeral will be held in Adel Friday morning.
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Moines
Towa
Neltie Willams
Ort Wiliams
Thig City
Ued
Meath
Collect
Adel
Town
Ora A Wiliams
Fire alarm sounds to recall 1916 Union Stock Yards disaster
Fire broke out in the hair works at Morris and company in Chicago on December 26 1916. The blaze was small and halted quickly after Fire Marshal James Horan and his crew had responded to an earlier fatal incident at the Union Stock Yards on December 21 1916.
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Marm
Horan
Chicago
James Horan
Union Stock Yards
Morris and Company
Boston Tar Baby Knocks Out M'Vey In Australia
Sydney Australia Dee 21 Sam Langford stopped Sam Meyers in the thirteenth round in a fierce heavyweight bout seen in Australia. Langford delivered decisive blows to Meyers, securing a dramatic victory in a high tension matchup on neutral soil.
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Boston Tar
M'Vey
Sydney
Australia
Dee
Sam Langford
Sam Meyer
Yeas
Death Caused by Spare Toy Sparks Fatal Burns
Chicago Christmas vigil ends tragically as a toy electric sparker used during holiday celebrations ignites a ham and causes the death of Miss Theresa Burrin. Her sister suffers severe burns but is expected to recover.
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Chicago
Rome
Theresa Burriun
Prisoners Released in Polk County Jail Christmas Event
Twenty five men were freed from Polk county jail as part of a county wide Christmas celebration. Sixty eight were kept in custody. Eagle Lodge No 10 A A W calls all members to attend at 7 30 tonight with Grand Master Workman E B Evang presiding. Per order M W.
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Polk County
Tolickey
Des Moines
Astile
Eagle Lodge No. 10
A. W
E. B. Evang
M. W
Exhaustive study of sport contemplated for Lausanne congress
An article notes preparations for the Lausanne congress on sport to be held next May at Lake Geneva Switzerland. American members of the international Olympic committee issued invitations soliciting papers from universities and others on physiology psychology and the deeper questions of sport. Professors Sloane Armour Wendell and other invited experts may contribute, with themes on solitude companionship independence initiative and discipline in sport.
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New York
Lausanne
Lake Ceners
Switzerland
International Olympic Committee
William M. Sloane
Allison V. Armour
Everett J. Wendell
Sinaonis
Bellevue racing rules meeting to revise limited class
Yates set for meeting as B Hanley departs to attend Belleville session. The Mississippi Valley Power Boat association panel will revise rules for limited class boats by cylinder area rather than cylinder count and confirm dates for the delegates meeting in St Louis. Championship rules remain permanent.
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B. Hanley
Mississippi Valley Power Boat! Association
Bellevue
Tay
SL. Lanis
Mississippi Valley
Question on Cylinder Counts and Naval Advisory Panel
A fragment discusses unfair capping heats with more cylinders and points to the test solution as the closing DY cylinder web. It lists a subcommittee with Joseph Selso, Admiral of the M V P B Ac, and Robert Hugiey of Bellevue ta.7, Chas. Pp. Hanley rear admiral of Muscatine Tau, W. EB. Cleveland of Garena Ill., and R. A. Maples of Clinton.
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Tull
Joseph Selso
Robert Hugiey
Bellevue
Hanley
Muscatine
Tau
W. EB. Cleveland
Garena
Ill
R. A. Maples
Clinton
Insulted the Flag in Los Angeles Riot
A Christmas fete in Los Angeles drew Austrians and Americans into a small melee when Austrians tore a U S flag from a march banner. Police arrived to quell the disturbance and arrested those involved for disturbing the peace. Several people sustained minor injuries.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Opens National Convention
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon national convention began in Nashville Tennessee at the state capitol with delegates from various regions of the United States attending on December 26.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Nashville
Tenn
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
State Capitol
Union County Coroner to complete 71 years in office
Coroner James will finish seventy one years of service as Union county coroner when his term ends January 1. He will be succeeded by A N Heres.
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Union County
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