Davenport Hurton Railroad Injures Worker at Boxcar
Dan Harney was injured when a Davenport railroad engine bumped a boxcar near 2 PM yesterday and had to be taken to St Luke's hospital. Creditors receive four percent dividend from Saratoga Hotel goods. Mayor Scott and City Clerk Moeller testified in a license case and the defendant was discharged. Davenport teams win money in Schuetzen park telegraphic shoot. Chris Jansen King earns king’s medal and $20. Clam hatchery expected along the Mississippi river. Davenport seeks site. Lulu Bennett bound over for murder after preliminary hearing. Grand jury set to start September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurton Railroad
Dan Harney
St. Luke's Hospital
George W. Scott
Hugo Moeller
James Farules
Fourth
Brady Streets
W. W. Lunger
Lcense
Maurice Donegan
M. W. Gannon
Becker
Scott
Gannon
Lulu Bennett
Mary Mason
Harry J. McFarland
Court of Justice Maines
Grand Jury
District Court
Buckboard Origin Traced to Dr Buck in 1820
A San Francisco Chronicle note explains the buckboard name and its origin. Dr Buck, military storekeeper at Washington, refitted wagons by placing boards directly on axles, reducing delays on rough eastern roads. The technique evolved into both horse carriage and automobile buckboards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Buck
Washington
East
Tennessee
Dr. Buck
Oasis in the Desert Moline Foils Out-Of-Towners with Six Apprehensions
In Moline on Sunday six visitors from Rock Island Davenport Milwaukee Muscatine were arrested as they sought relief from the Sahara heat. The same issue recounts the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Pete Fuhrman of 1414 Eighteenth Street and notes their German birth and long residency in Moline. Other items summarize legal, transport, and accident notes from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Jansen
Davenport
Henry Nabstedt
Jansen
Mr. Jansen
Harry Martens
Walter Matthey
C. Hellpenstell
Rock Island
Moline
Sahara
John Ewerts
Luke O'Brien
Paul James
Tom Dunn
Milwaukee
John Maher
F. K. Chamberlin
Muscatinees
Pete Fuhrman
Eighteenth Street
Fuhrman
Holstein
Germany
Witness in jail case stirs court with dumbwaiter joke
An old negro testifies in a District of Columbia criminal case denying a past penitentiary term while outlining two brief Baltimore stays. Laughter erupts as the attorney presses the arson record and the witness reveals a whitewashing catch. The column notes Gilbert’s failed high stake performance before stage fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court of the
District of Columbia
John Williams
Albany
John
Baltimore
W. S. Gilbert
Gilbert
Not skin disease cured by two germicides sample ad
The text advertises E. W. Rose Medical company, St. Louis, claiming a product destroys germs and cures illness. It notes all druggists sell it and refers to two germicides Zemo and Zemotone as powerful agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Rose Medical Company
St. Louis
John H. Zirkle
Philippi
W. Va
Chamberlain
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
An Iowa reader reports relief from irregular kidney secretions after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The Davenport resident describes back and shoulder pain, fatigue, and sleep disruption, then notes complete recovery after a month of use. Advertises Harper House Pharmacy and Foster Milburn agents in Buffalo, 59 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hanson
Fourth Street
Davenport
Iowa
Dean
Rock Island
Harper House Pharmacy
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
East Moline News Roundup and Local Notes
Aug. 31 start for school. Mrs Charles Johnson committed to Watertown asylum after attempted suicides. Superintendent Hoffman returns from Indiana. John Deere schoolhouse gets calcimined and varnished. Local social visits and dances noted. Woodmen beat Odd Fellows 25 to 7. News from Stromsberg and baby born Aug 1. Bert Wheelock relocates home on Third Ave. Visit of Mr. Thompson en route to South Dakota. Miss Lillian Johnson visiting friends after Sunny Hill work.
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Charles Johnson
First Avenue
Ninth Street
Watertown
Johnson
Hoffman
Indiana
John Deere
James VanArsdel
Sadie Holdorf
Rock Island
Willey
Sensibaugh
Port Byron
Margaret Sackville
Maude Eumett
Edith Lutt
Coal Valley
Winona
Fred Jordan
Cragan
Sherrard
Fred Hoesli
Odd Fellows
Woodmen
Stromsberg
Neb
Darrow
East Moline
Bert Wheelock
Third Avenue
Sixth
Thompson
Buda
South Dakota
Lillian Johnson
Sunny Hill
Silvis notes and visits across the region
Silvis news lists Henry Strayer leaving for Blue Island to rest, relatives visiting from Buda and Lincoln, a birthday for Ethel Sleeth, camping on Rock River by local youths, and several local travel and visiting updates among residents and families in Silvis and nearby towns. Diarrhea remedy claim closes with a testimonial and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Strayer
Blue Island
Henry Kirkpatrick
Buda
John Bedford
Lincoln
H. T. Sayre
Sherrard
Herb Love
Cumber
Galesburg
Speed
Charles White
Tiskilwa
Ill
John Quinn
Valley Junction
Guy de Bourey
Thomas Mills
Viola
John Groom
Thomas Wanless
Elda Lewis
Rock Island
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Saratoga Hotel
R. C. Williamson
Highland
Federal Service
Mississippi
Charles Steele
Warr
Cyrus Dietz
G. W. Wood
B. D. Connelly
Joliet
J. W. Warr
Joliet Penitentiary
Otto Witte
Buck Automobile Company
Gustafron
Tri-City Railway & Light ‘Company
Missippi River
Campbell' S Island
Riche
Ruth
Newburg
Deere
Newberg
Fifteenth Street
Mr. Newberg
Seventeenth Street
Dewend & Kusenman
Universal
Forest H. Montgomery
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Universal Adding Machine Company
Ols
Dr. Martin
Ave
London
London Tatler
THE
ARGUS
Frank
L. Frank & Son Company
New York Central
New York
New York City Grand Central Station
Brooklyn
Joan Ibsene
Lake Shore
20Th Century Limited
Niagara Falls
Warren J. Lynch
Cincinnati
Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Dayton
Sandusky
Peoria
H. Bettermann
Til
Ohio
Joan
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lynde
Old Telephone West
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