Davenport Neighbors Report Annual LeClaire Homecoming Formed
News notes reveal LeClaire will stage an annual homecoming the first full week of August. Officers named include A. D. Sommers as president and W A Shirk as first vice president. Also covered are a Davenport business men outing, saloon license warnings, and obituary of Joseph A Davenport tracing the family’s local roots.
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LeClaire
L & J. Park
W. A. Shirk
J. A. DeArmand
W. D. Wells
J. D. Barnes
House of Memories Indiana Man Builds Walnut Home
A Chicago Sheridan road building lot receives an Indiana walnut house frame built by Dr Eles Kerlin from trees on his grandfather E Iles Kerlin s Richmond area farm. The first floor features a beamed living room mantel and built in shelves from the walnut with two bedrooms and ventilating grate. The superstructure uses Bedford stone and the design follows colonial style with a central hall.
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Indiana
Sheridan Road
Chicago
Hoosier
Eles Kerlin
Richmond
Indianapolis News
Dr. Kerlin
E. Iles Kerlin
James F. Kerlin
Sheridan
Kerlin
John T. Alexander
Huntington
Mattie
Sheridan Park
William M. Jackson
Friends’ Academy
Local Visitors And Birth Announcements Highlight Community News
Mr and Mrs John Forster returned home from Aledo where they visited relatives. Fred Wilde of East Moline is visiting his parents in town. Mr and Mrs Theodore Peterson and daughter visited in Alpha. A son was born to Mr and Mrs W G Parker Saturday morning. Ida Radue married Luther Anderson of Moline last Wednesday and arrived here Thursday for a visit. John Lawson and family of Rock Island are visiting relatives here. Clarence Lawson returned from two weeks with relatives in Jacksonville.
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Joseph Davenport
Covington
Davenport
Joseph A. Davenport
George L. Davenport
Antoine LeClaire
Iowa
Wisconsin
George Davenport
Joseph A Davenport
Naomind Catherine Davenport
Joseph Nietvich
John Forster
Aledo
Fred Wilde
East Moline
Theodore Peterson
Alpha Sunday
W. G. Parker
Ida Radue
O. L. Radue
Luther Anderson
Moline
Anderson
John Lawson
Rock Island
Clarence Lawson
Jacksonville
Giant Shoe for Bill Taft Passes Through New Orleans
An enormous shoe once built for giants and marked Bill Taft Washington traveled from San Francisco to the East via railroad hubs in New Orleans. Workers at each junction added jokes and new tags as it moved along. A separate note recalls a Manila prison tale where a prisoner died by starvation after a wall was built behind a brick opening, and food was only given when the plate was returned empty.
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Manila
Senor
Bill Taft
Washington
New Orleans
San Francisco
Frog Catchers' Union Forms in Hampton Area
Fishermen in Hampton Conn and nearby bays organize a frog catchers union to keep bait prices steady for bass fishing. Members pledge not to cut the price of frogs or helgramites used as bait.
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Hampton
Conn
Signal Corps to Test Field Communications in Fall War Drill
Washington war department plans a major fall exercise to test Signal Corps efficiency. Two corps commanders and staffs will simulate an invasion from the Mississippi to the Allegheny region. The exercise covers a long line from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, using diverse equipment to relay every enemy move.
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War Department
Washington
Signal Corps
Mississippi River
Allegheny Mountains
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Wheat with seven heads new wheat variety discovered near Dayton
W. W. Ward, a Dayton Washington farmer, claims a seven headed wheat variety may yield 200 bushels per acre with potential up to 280. Farmers visiting Ward’s ranch have viewed the unusual plant described as mowawheat by the Kansas City Star report.
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W. W. Ward
Dayton
Wash
Ward
Kansas City Star
Ward Ranch
Ward plans larger seed crop area for next season
Ward intends further experiments with the seed and plans to plant all of this year's crop next season. He aims to enlarge his current acreage to about three acres.
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Ward
New Bedford Pupils Work on Athletic Field Built by Donor
New Bedford Massachusetts high school pupils aged fourteen to seventeen labor as day workers on a summer project to finish the athletic field donated by Henry H. Rogers. About fifteen boys level and grade the site behind the school as track layout takes shape. The workers say the job builds health and appetite, earning a dollar a day, with daily visits from Mr. Rogers.
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New Bedford
H. H. Rogers
Henry H. Rogers
Mass
Rogers
Horseless fire engine touted as water-sucking battery unit
A Boston inventor claims a ten year effort yields a battery powered fire engine with a motor and internal fan cylinder to draw and eject water. He says it would be cheaper to run and throw a longer stream than any known engine, promising a fire fighting revolution. In a separate note, San Francisco prepares for the murder trial of In Whan Chang, accused in the Stevens case, with a pending plea of patriotic insanity anticipated.
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Boston
San Francisco
Whan Chang
Duxham White Stevens
Chang
Eczema cure praised by wife of local resident
A local reader reports lasting relief from eczema after using Chamberlain's Salve instead of doctors' remedies. Sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
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