Deranged man drowns at Cook's Point after heat
August Carstens, 1836 West Seventh Street, temporarily deranged by heat, wrote a farewell note to his family and left home Tuesday morning. He wandered the city, then drowned himself in the Mississippi River at Cook's Point near Mueller saw mill. Three men found his body in the water at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Carstens
West Seventh Street
Mississippi River
Cook's Point
Mueller Saw
Carstens
Fabricius Bakery
Korn
Parisian Sage ad and local notices blend of Crime and obits
A mixture of advertisement copy praising Parisian Sage for dandruff and falling hair, followed by local notices: a drowning death near the tri-cities, a cornerstone ceremony for the East Davenport Turner hall, a rumor of an elopement denied, saloon injunctions against Hines & Murray and Ed Koelle, a potential pardon denial for S F Smith, and the obituary of Donald W. Munro aged 18 with family details and his father’s business prominence.
Mil an social notes from Illinois and Wisconsin
Milan residents host visitors from Oregon and Kon du Lac as families plan travel to Colorado. Miss Bessie Johnston returns from Mediapolis while Miss Reka Bowman and Miss Hannah Fitzpatrick finish a week in Topeka. Miss Ella Zahn arrives from Kon du Lac for a visit and Miss Kate Walker heads countryside on a relative visit. The missionary society held its annual outing on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Margaret Medill departed last Saturday for Honolulu to teach there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neal
Jackson
Oregon, IL
Milan
Colorado
Arthur
Bessie Johnston
M. Whithe
Mediapolis
Lown
Reka Bowman
Hannah Fitzpatrick
Topeka
Kan
Ella Zahn
Kon du Lac
Wis
Kate Walker
The
Missionary Society
Margaret Medill
Honolulu
Hampton News Highlights Of Local Visits And Train Trip
Miss Joy Lee spent time with friends in Erie as Mrs S M Arndt visited from Rock Island. Mrs Anna Adams and daughter entertained Rock Island ladies. N C Thomas hosted H A Thomas and family. A special Rock Island county Sunday school train runs Thursday August 12 leaving Hampton at 8 a.m. and Moline at 5 p.m. Ezra Wilcher and W Conant visited from Rock Island and Iowa City respectively. Ladies Aid meets Friday next week at Mrs Peter Weldermuth Jr’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Lee
Erie
S. M. Arndt
Rock Island
Anna Adams
Clara Holland
N. C. Thomas
H. A. Thomas
Hampton
Moline
Ezra Wilcher
Peter Wildermuth, Jr
American Flag Cutter Captured in Angola Diamond Case
Washington Aug 5 Charles Page Bryan the American minister to Portugal reports a small cutter flying the American flag but lacking papers was seized at Quissanga Angola. Its master is charged in a surrounding German colony diamond robbery and sent to Luanda with a sailor. The U S State Department says the men may be Americans and under Congo consul general Handley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Charles Page Bryan
Portugal
State Department
Quissanga
Angola
Luanda
William W. Handley
Boma Congo
Mad dog scare ends as phantom lather misleads town
In Moline east end a supposed mad dog scare prompted a man to shoot. Investigations showed the dog’s face was lathered with soap, creating a rabies illusion. Also reported were a near-fatal boom accident on a new post office site, a school levy raise to 135000, a quiet wedding in Des Moines, a saloon violation, dog bite incidents, and obituaries.
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East End
Orion Week Plays Draw Strong Attendance in Town
Mrs. R. Browly visited Orion friends then returned to Chicago Monday. Two plays shown in Orion this week drew good crowds and were praised as the best in town in some time. Guy Coneter was in Cable Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Browly
Orion
Chicago
Guy Coneter
Cable
Local Residents and Visitors Report Past Week Movements
Wil Frost of Rock Island spent Sunday at his Orion home. Ed Miller was in Sherrard Monday. Miss Anna Wright of Moline stayed in Orion a few days. Miss Suzane Gordon of Rock Island and Miss Marian Wright of Orion left Saturday for a week in Beards town. Clint Cheney bought a Midland auto. A Beckman in Coal Valley Saturday. H P Wright in Moline Monday. Alfred Lindgren in Sherrard Tuesday. Jim and Clyde Coulter in Coal Valley Monday. Laura McCandless and Mrs John McCandless left Friday for New York to visit relatives. R D McCreary was in the Tri Cities Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil] Frost
Rock Island
Orion
Ed ‘Miller
Sherrard
Anna Wright
Moline
Suzane Gordon
Marian Wright
Beards
Town
Clint Cheney
Midland
A. Beckman
Coal Valley
H. P. Wright
Alfred Lindgren
Jim and
Clyde Coulter
Missing Davenport Man Grikl Sought By Friends
A well known Davenport man Louis Grilk aged about 27 has not been seen at home since Tuesday. Friends fear drowning or heat illness while wandering. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall with light hair, brown eyes, and usually wore a gray two piece suit. Information may be left with Charles Grilk of Wilson, Grilk & Wilson in the Lane building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Mr. Grilk
Louis Grilk
Jeffries Heads to Europe as Boxers Dubbed Fourflushers
New York August 5. The boxing world denounces Jeffries and Johnson as the era adds more false boasts. Jeffries sails for Europe from Carlsbad for weeks while Johnson plans a New York confrontation that never occurs. Indiana boxing ends as Governor Marshall receives sheriffs' assurances to stop bouts in Lake County and elsewhere.
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Johnson
Sporting World
York
Jeffries
Leieles
Europe
Carlsbad
New York
Toronto
Indiana
Terre Haute
Marshall
Lake County
Market Quotations and Hog Cattle Receipts
Chicago market page shows wheat and corn quotes for September December May. oats barley and rye figures. lard hog ribs and beef prices with end of day ranges. Receipts today include wheat corn oats hogs cattle sheep. futures and cash markets noted for Omaha Kansas City and Liverpool closing wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Liverpool
Market Notes and Prices From Northwestern and New York
Daily market brief showing Northwestern receipts in Minneapolis and Duluth, New York stock quotes, and local wholesale prices for provisions and fuel. Includes cotton prices, live poultry, butter, lard, potatoes, onions, timothy hay, straw, and coal. Also a testimonial praising Dr. King’s New Discovery for lung ailments with price and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
Dr. Sabourand
Harper House Pharmacy
America
Giroux Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
Nissen & Hartwig Undertaking Establishment
Margarethe
William Carstens
Gooding
Idaho
Lulu
Joseph
Edna
Margaretha
Tri-Cities
East Davenport
D. Simpson
Joe Martens
P. Grubman
William Unruh
Theodore Fick
West Fourth Street
Bollinger
Hines & Murray
Diamond
East Third Street
Ed Koelle
Brady Street
Koelle
Hines
Murray
Smith
Carroll
State Board of Parole
S. F. Smith
Mr. Smith
Mercy Hospital
Donald W. Munro
W. B. Munro
Arlington Court
Doyle-Munro Drug Company
Michigan
Illinois
Central States
Milwaukee
V.N. Mercer
Third Avenue
Old
West
George W. Swigart
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
THD
ARGUS
James de Vault
DeVault
Logan
Ridgeview
O— Booton-Hewitt
Dit Hewitt
Des Moines
H. L. Booton
Justice Harvey Williams
Younker’s Department
Mail and Journal
Fourteenth Street
Charles van de Gnachte
Fourth Avenue
Seventh Street
C. J. Stein
Floy
Seventh Avenue
Campbell's Island
William Kale
Chester Charles Peal
Arthur Peal
Seventeenth Avenue
D. S. Andrewartha
Martha J. Beach
AL J Beach
Fifth Avenue
Beardstown
First Baptist Church
Ladies’ Ates Society
P. S. Kennedy
Twelfth Avenue
James Brown
Jacksonville
Mary Hartlel
Tolona
John Osborn
Beards- Ytown
Charles Hiles
Fredonia
John Beaston
Buda
Ellen R. Melvin
Jostetter' S
Louis Grill
Pedro Ezerial Rojaf
Ala
United States
M Venez
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
Rock Island Common
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Missouri Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Pista Ne Sacs Ooces Smelters
C.F. Can
Central Penna
Atchison
St. Paul
Republic Steel
Dr. King
C. V. Pepper
Drs. Walsh
Walse
Chicago Medical Institute
Walsh & Walsh
West Third Street
Iowa
East
Moline Theater
Third Ave
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