Davenport News Highlights Deal and Local Business Moves
News notes an agreement between People's Light company and Independent Light & Power stockholders to sell under conditions free of encumbrances. Also reported: Davenport Elks elect officers, small find of a bottle note, factory layoffs at Davenport Locomotive works and Red Jacket Manufacturing, obituaries for Devona Ormsby and Dennis Ryan, Moline figures on a Los Angeles home, theater transfer to Chicago, high school discus drive by Elmer Claar, and plans for a three story brick building on Sixteenth Street by A F Lockhart with Y M C A adjacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Light & Power Company
People's Light Company
Joe R. Lane
People’s Light Company
Port Locomotive Works
Red Jacket Manufacturing ‘Company
Sixteenth Street
A. F. Lockhart
Lockhart Heating, Plumbing & Manufacturing, Company
Lockhart
Social Scenes and Local Gatherings In Muscatine Area
Mrs. George Workman hosted about 35 ladies for a rag sewing session at her home followed by a sumptuous dinner. Numerous locals visited relatives in Pine Bluff and Muscatine including the Freyermuth Watson Foster families and Mrs. D A Kleist at Nora Kleist’s home. Town committeemen nominees were named. Dr Beveridge of Muscatine consulted with Buffalo Prairie doctors on a serious illness. Attorney C A Kent spoke at Foster Baptist on the Anti-Saloon Movement, joined by Z W Hutchinson and others from Muscatine. The Foster Baptist church hosted a service attended by out‑of‑town members and families from Buffalo Prairie and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Workman
Carrie Freyermuth
Arizona Watson
Ethel Foster
Emma Anderson
George Foster
Curtis Foster
D. A. Kleist
Nora
Howard White
Rose Haden
San Francisco
Cal
T. Watson
F. C. Mewes
Edward Feldman
Will Ruthenberg
G. Anderson
Beveridge
Kent
Z. W. Hutchinson
First Baptist Church
Muscatine
Ira Boney
Cozette
Frank
Buffalo Prairie
Hamlet Cites Local Option Talk at Presbyterian Church
Miss Drue Parmenter of Lyndon is visiting A. Kenney Cooper. Mr. Cooper will speak on the local option question at the Hamlet Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning. Meigs Kendal delivered cattle in Reynolds Tuesday. Lester Cooper delivered hogs in Reynolds Monday. The Junior class of the Sunday school will host a sociable at William Whitman’s home Friday night. Clark Cain moved to his Hamlet property Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drue Parmenter
Lyndon
A. Ken
Cooper
Hamlet Presbyterian Church
Meigs Kendal
Reynolds
Lester Cooper
William Whitman
Clark Cain
Ln Hamlet
Port Byron residents visit kin in Andalusia
Mrs. Huntley of Port Byron visits at her son Charles Huntley's home in Andalusia. Miss Erma Weaks ends a two week vacation and returns to Davenport to resume school duties. Mr. Truckenmiller, who has been
Local Notes On Visitors Lectures Births And Moves
John Burchett visits his father Jacob Burchett while Rev Wood and Rev Riggs of Reynolds give temperance lectures at the town hall. Miss Blanche Reede, teacher at Cole school, visits home. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Peter Johnson on March 29. William Strohmeier ferries passengers to Rock Island aboard the Pearl B. Mr and Mrs Hill moved from Rock Island and租ed Mrs Charles Johnsons house. Miss Katherine Boney arrived from Rock Island Friday and left Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burchett
Jacob Burchett
Wood
Reynolds
Town Hall
Rock Island
Hill
Charles. Johnson
Katherine Boney
Taylor Ridge Social Notes From Rock Island Visitings
Charles Franck, a Rock Island celler, and Mrs J Bowes with daughter Sophie visited in Rock Island. Miss Mabel McBurney and sister Mrs Arthur Miller called on Sunday. Mrs Mary Loyd of Silvis visited with sister-in-law Miss Emma Loyd. Mrs P Eckhardt and Mrs A F Young attended a WCTU rally in Milan. Mrs Rouse entertained a party of ladies. W H Garnett was a Rock Island baller on Monday. Mr and Mrs Ellis Rouse visited Rock Island. Miss Clayton of Rock Island planned a week with sister Mrs W S McCabe. O L Braner of Rock Island was a Taylor Ridge caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Franck
Rock Island
Celler
J. Bowés
Sophie
Mabel McBurney
Arthur Miller
Mary Loyd
Silvis
Emma Loyd
P. Eckhardt
A. F. Young
Milan
Rouse
John Titterington
W. H. Garnett
Ellis Rouse
Miss Claytons
Mre W
McCabe O
Hampton Church Discussion on Local Option Evening
Rev Parker and Harry Nichol son of Watertown spoke at the Hampton Methodist Church on local option. Frank Cook recovering well after surgery at St Anthony's hospital. Mr and Mrs Joey Peterson of Watertown visited Hampton relatives. A lawsuit between William Ferris and James Corbin of Watertown was continued to Page Nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Harry Nicholson
Watertown
Bowren
Bilgig
Hampton Methodist’ Church
Frank Cook
St. Anthony's Hospital
Joey Peterson
Hampton
William Ferris
James Corbin
Digest all foods with Kodol digestion aid promise
The ad extols Kodol as a complete universal digester that works immediately in the stomach. It claims the product digests all foods, cures indigestion, and ends irritation, with a guaranteed return offer centered on a large bottle from E. C. DeWitt & Co. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Troubles in Rock Island
A Rock Island resident, Mrs Isaac Shiffer, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her husband's two year kidney pains and backache after trying many remedies. She reports using the pills herself with relief and urges others to buy Doan's at Harper House pharmacy. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, NY advertises as sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Rock Island
Isaac Shiffer
Fifth Avenue
Rock Island, Til
Harper House
Doan
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dandruff Germ Destroyer Promises Baldness Prevention
A science breakthrough reports a dandruff germ destroyer named Herpicide, developed after two years in a lab. It claims to prevent baldness, stop falling hair, and eradicate dandruff, with samples available for 10 cents by mail from The Herpicide Company in Detroit. Also advertised is Chamberlain's Salve for skin diseases like eczema, priced at 25 cents and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Detroit
Mich
H. Thomas
Chamberlain
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Independent Light & Power
Elks
Davenport Lodge
H. Perry
Fred Vollmer
D. Letts
George W. Scott
The
George L. Metzger
George L. Metzger; Esteemed Loyal Kniight
Otto Meisner
C. A. Nicoll
Tyler
Eugene Fisk
Charles S. Cameron
Adolph Heniigbaum
William L. Mueller
Grand Lodge
Dallas
Texas
W. A. Stoecks
William Timmermann
Fairport
Geneva Bar
Mississippi River
Columbia
Timmermann
Walter A. Blair
Blair
Devona May Ormsby
Mary Ormsby
Gaines Street
Davenport
Dennis Ryan
West Eighth Street
Katherine
Los Angeles
Moliner
Los Angeles Examiner
G. A. Stephens
Moline Plow Company
California
Elmer Claar
Moline High School
Claar
Carry
Ing
Gglore
van Camp
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Ws, gorTit
Siewes
Rock Island,all
Dr. Martin
Second Avenue
Foster
Andalusia
Steinway
Steinwe
You & Healy
Adame St. Chi
Taylor Ridge
Uphan
Ushans
Barclayaael
York
Knabe
von Bulow
D'Albert
America
Totten’s Music House
Rock Island, Ill
Walsh
Thorot
Dave
Wald
Medical Institute
Iowa
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