Davenport News Briefs Include Bridge Plans and Local Tragedies
Aged resident Mrs. T V Blakemore celebrated her 82nd birthday amid talks of a new Grand Island to mainland bridge to be built next winter by Hawkeye Construction. The island proprietors Mengel and Kuehl secured two adjoining accretions for piers. John Collins and Mrs. Dorothy Dittmer deaths are noted with interment and survivors listed. Burglary at Frank Nadler drug store reported. two-year-old injured in Jersey Ridge buggy accident. Des Moines head consul A M McGuirk and J R Porter visit Davenport. Republican caucus backs William H Wilson for the 2nd district nomination. early storm causes flooding damage. milkman rescued.
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Grand Island
Messrs
Mengel & Kuehl
Iowa
Hawkeye Construction Company
Kuehl
Tri-City Street Railway Company
A. Miller
Des Moines
Fraternal Choppers of America
Davenport
J. R. Porter
Consul Miller
Boone, Oo
Scott County
Clinton
William H. Wilson
Railways See Earnings Jump As Orders For Locomotives Grow
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway reports year end gross earnings rise, expenses totaling 48.61 million with a 2.14 million net increase. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific orders 100 locomotives from Brooks, bringing 16 month total to 400 locomotives and 6 million spent.
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Chiago, Burlington & Quincy Railwa Company
Joneso
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Brooks Company
Rock Island
River News Briefs Relay Boat Movements and Water Levels
River notes report Park Riwi Glenmont and BE Rutledge Kendall down with loge today. Mac Ruth came south while West Rambo and Musser went north. Winona moved from Clinton and Helen Blair from Burlington. Water stage was 3.80 feet at 6 am and 4.10 feet at noon. Noon temperature recorded as TT.
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Rutledge
R. D. Kendall
Loge
Mac
Ruth
West Rambo
Musser
Winona
Clinton
Helen Blair
Burlington
Travel ads and health pitch from The Daily Argus
Travelers learn routes of Queen and Crescent through Birmingham to New Orleans and Atlanta. An infomercial touts Dr King s New Life Pills for vitality. DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for skin issues and wounds after a Sioux City claim.
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Queen & Crescent
Birmingham
New Orleans
Dr. King
Harte & Allemeyer’s
W. H. Dibble
Sioux City
Iowa
DeWitt
Moline News Highlights Include Waterworks Delay and Carnival Acts
Engineer D W Mead argues the filter system could be finished this fall with a waterworks upgrade, but officials doubt quick completion. The World’s Free Street Fair opened on Sixth Street with a lineup including vaudeville acts and a diving exhibition. Teamsters strike over time checks delays paving work by Barber Asphalt. City funds set for a free library, plus local incidents from a finger injury at Sechler Carriage works to a watermelons incident leading to arrest. New York trip notes and Fairmount club formation conclude the roundup.
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D. W. Mead
Wessel
Sixth Street
Third Avenue
Caire
Mount Pelee
Zbardina
Lunetti the
Flying Lady
Ard
Island
High Wallace
Barber Asphalt Company
Afteenth Street
Asphalt
Shatters All Record Twice in Hospital
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama paid doctors a vast sum to cure a severe piles case causing 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. advertised as best salve, 25 cents at Hartz Ullmemeyer store. Also promotes One Minute Cough Care and Foley's Honey and Tar for cold cough throat lung relief with claims of immediate aid.
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J. W. Woodcock
Portland
Ind
Preas
M. A. Birdsall
Watkins
N. Y
All Druga
Dr. Miles Medical Co
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Hartz & Ulllemeyer
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