Plans Fine Davenport Club House Attracts Attention
Davenport plans a $16 000 club house and levee parking under the Davenport Boat Club building committee led by W D Petersen. The city reports a diphtheria case and minor measles and whooping cough. Shippers favor a 10 percent freight rate increase supported by a 90 percent Davenport petition. A saloon license is revoked for a basement bar defying mulet law after a Sunday opening. A Suburban Island picnic is postponed for a week due to weather. Fires at Frank Wild’s store cause minor damage and a $40 theft is claimed. Obituary notices include John D Niemeyer age 22? and Mrs Mary Jane Cummings. Mary Louisa Stetson dies at 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Boat Club
W. D. Petersen
Davenport
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
John D. Niemeyer
McKinley Avenue
Niemeyer
Bright
Mr. Niemeyer
Buffalo
Iowa
Bowling Green
Ohio
Mabel Muir
Mt. ,Clemens
Mich
Mary Jane Cummings
West Locust Street
Birmingham
N. Y
Mary Louisa Stetson
William W. Stetson
Mercy Hospital
Moline Celebrates Merchants Day and Local Bets
Moline closes most shops for Merchants Day as crowds travel to Campbell's island for baskets, games, and a ferry ride. Also reported are a wedding in Moline, a nurse fraud warning, a Freeport factory reorganization, a Henney plant update, and a successful test of the Perkins device for delivering mail from moving trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell's Island
Watertown
Robinson Manufacturing Company
Freeport
Tthe
Moline Plow Company
Perkins
Rock Island Road
Forty-first Street
Moline
East
Gaines
Texas
Ragler and Robinson
Pennsylvania
Washington
F. W. Rosser
George Perkins
Atkinson
West
East Moline Social Notes Mixed Visits and Local News
East Moline residents share family visits and relocations. Gertrude Larson travels to Sheffield while Guy Larson returns to Walnut. Will Schmidt returns to Canton after visiting Mrs Swartz. Music supervisor appointed for East Moline schools. Stella and Verna Parrott return from Wyanet. Fred Jordan moves his family to the Stange home. Martha Johnson returns to Preemption with Mrs Coppen. Mrs Emmett celebrates birthday with Royal Neighbor pin. Amelia Sweneger visits Louis Bornhoff t. Modern Woodmen host ice cream sociable for Forrester team. Gilbert Cole welcomes a baby girl. Mrs Darnell of Brighton visits Gilbert and Harlan Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Williams
Gertrude
Guy Larson
Sheffield
Guy
Walnut
Will Schmidt
H. O. Swartz
Canton
Mr. Baker
Chicago
Davenport
East Moline
Stella
Verna Parrott
Wyanet
Fred Jordan
P. G. Stange
Martha Johnson
Camiel Coppen
William Emmett
Amelia Sweneger
Barstow
Louis Bornhoef T
kKighth Street
First Avenue
Forrester
Gilbert Cole
Darnell
Brighton
Gilbert
Harlan Cole
Former rector recalls Rock Island ties and armory links
Frederick A. Heisley writes from SpringfieldMass about connections to Rock Island Arsenal and Springfield armory. He recounts Colonel Stanhope E Blunt and Major Kenneth Morton heading to Fort Ethan Allen for a long horseback test, with routine examinations to determine fitness for service. He notes Captain Allen will command local post during their absence and mentions a wedding at St Peters church and a meeting with Rev Nassau Stephens. Heisley plans to return to Corry Pa in September and hopes to visit the tri cities again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Argus
Springfield Armory
Rock Island
Rock Island Arsenal
Springfield Republican
Arsenal
Stanhope E. Blunt
United States Armory
Kenneth Morton
Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington
Blunt
Morton
Allen
Heisley
Springfield Country Club
St. Peter’s Church
Wilmington
Del
Miss Blunt
Arthur Allison Ficke
Davenport
Newport
Nassau ‘S\ Stephens
Tri-Cities
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Connecticut River
Frederick A. Heisley
Zemo and Zemotone Germicides Enduring Cure Claim
An advertising claim asserts that a well known fact is true: skin diseases of internal or external origin cannot withstand the dual germicides Zemo and Zemotone which destroy the disease germs and always cure. Sample shown as E. W. Rose Medical company St. Louis with all druggists selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Rose Medical Company
St. Louis
Device unloads mail pouches on moving freight train line
Tests used a pouch handling device built for 150 pound pouches. Pouches from 100 to 150 pounds were managed well as trains ran from 10 to 60 miles per hour. The system caught mail at one door and delivered it at the opposite end and noted its low operating cost.
Markets Report Delivers Grain Stock and Hog Prices
Chicago markets show wheat and corn quotes with September to May ranges, oats and barley figures, park and hog prices shifting, receipts today including wheat 421 and hogs 9,000. New York stocks list diverse blue chips with mixed gains and losses as of August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kansas City
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
New York
U. P
U. S. Steel
Reading
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
N. Y. Central
Missouri Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Local Market Conditions and Wholesale Prices
Rock Island August 11 wholesale prices in the local market list provisions and produce and eggs fresh at 17.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Local Market Prices and Rheumatism Remedy Ad
Live poultry prices 8c for hens per pound and springs at 15c. Butter dairy 20c. Lard lic. Vegetables include potatoes 69c and onions 5c to 6c. Quick Relief for Rheumatism promoted by George W Koons of Lawton Michigan claiming dramatic wife recovery. testimonials state improvement after using Detchon's Relief. sold by Otto Grojan Rock Island and Gust Schlegel & Son Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Koons
Lawton
Mich
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
Davenport
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George W. Scott
John Maker
West Fifth Street
Scott County Democratic Dlab
Suburban Island
Claus Kuehl
Suburban Park
Wild
Frank Wild
Cornelius Marshan
Harrison Street
Frank
New England
Milwaukee
L. Frank & Son Company
Williamson
17Th Street
J. P. Williamson
Tri-City Loan Co
Brady Street Daven Nr
Rock Islanders
Heinz
Heimz
H. J. Heinz Company
Pittsburgh, Pa
Baer
Cail
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lynde
Room
Old Telephone West
New York City Grand Central Station
Brooklyn
Lake Shore
Niagara Falls
Warren J. Lynch
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