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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1913

Page

2

Davenport Day in Bettendorf and Downtime in Davenport

Laborer Robbed by masked street car bandits in Bettendorf. M Makofis, a Bettendorf worker, reported the hold up at 10 pm with $4 taken at revolver point. Inspector injured Bettendorf man Maex Allen pinned by a stack in the steel shops, taken to Mercy hospital. A forged check case frames a Burlington suspect. Public comfort station plan advances in Davenport. giant Baltimore sign shipped here for October convention. Silberstein to build new store on Second Street. county supervisors approve courthouse roof repairs and concrete work. Obituaries mark Davenport deaths. extensive social notes on residents visiting, marriages, and local events.

Bettendorf Manis M. Makofis Bettendorf Company John Marison Marshal Swingle Maex Allen Mercy Hospital National A. E. Kissinger Burlington First National Bank W. D. Brooks Kissinger First National Laws Baltimore Associated Advertising Clubs of America Davenport Carrie Scott Keithsburg G. ¢. Scott J. E. Histed Emily Mount Pleasant Iowa L. E. Farr and Son Sandwich S. E. Love Frank A. Smith New Boston 2. L. Robinson Lucile Nebraska Nettie Thompson Waterloo George Ashley Fern Grady Galesburg Mapes W. J. Wilson Albert Lehmann James Scannell Carnahan St. John Kan M. F. Prouty Florence Dixon Aledo E. J. Odell Vincent Lemon J. P. Lemon Jasper Beard Viola J. M. Davis Emma Purviance Nona Wolff Kansas City Laura Love R. B. Merritt Chicago Mary Lela Kramm Luther Turner Philadelphia Miss Kramm Alice Kramm Jessie Merle Andrews M. O’haver Millersburg Sheffield M. Pratt Lois Dry D. A. Hebe Mitchell and Redfield Harry Usilton William Plano Bitha Pittenger Macomb Ethel Lowry Mike Ruth Moffett Reynolds Ethel Johnston J. W. Parkinson New Windsor R. Brooks W. J. Vertrees Bushnell CN. Vertrees Mercer County Teachers’ Institute Charles McKenny Michigan State Normal College Ypsilanti Cora Hamilton Western Illinois A. F. Caldwell

Blood Poison On The Run

An old advertisement extols a cure for blood poison claiming severe symptoms from the disease and praising a product marketed by The Swift Specific Co. It urges readers to buy a bottle and consult the medical department at 146 Swift Building, Atlanta, Ga.

Switt Switt Bidg Atlanta

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Board of Health Improvement Davenport Board of Health Otto Meinert Stoecks Board of Supervisors Silbersteins Silberstein Brog West Second Street Stark & Ruser D. J. Harfst Scott County Board of Supervisors Court House C. G Hipwell Behr & Steffen Davenport Store & Marble Company F. J. Ward Francisco Martinez Roddewig Neustadt Second Martinez Frank Flannery Third Rock Island Bettendorf Town Clerk of District Court Harry 3. McFarland Lambert Zeigler, Jr Lyons Towa Sadie H. Hansen Clinton Thomas F. Edens Kate Ratts Daveny Frank J. Kessel Esther Vallentine Moline Adolf Peter Denver Col Peter Otto Peter Hilda Harrison Ella M. Larson Clarence S. Mast Decedent Mast St. Josep Henry Schomberg Minneapolis, Minn Julia Mast C. A. and Lee B. Mast This City W. H. and Frank P. Mast Aledo High School Nona Katherine Roberts J. H. Abercrombie Johnston Vivian Smith Jacksonville W. H. Bartlett Maria Evans James Pollock United Presbyterian Church Sallie Taylor Woodhull A. G. Bridgford Debora Cummins Monmouth J. T. Barr Little York Dorothy Vernon T. A. Vernon Fern Hardin Teachers’ Institute Thomas E. L. Crosier Edna Fort Madison J. D. Peters J. M. Minor R. L. Cooper Mannie Daymude Alice Ance Joy James Irwin Menden Neb Margaret van Doren Roadhouse Sarah Taliafero Roseville C. W. Detwiler Minnie Hollenback Ralph Hollenback Stillman Fred Enterprise Ore Inez Sala C. Thede B. C. Johnson Henry Johnson Mary McKee Saltsburg T. McKee Gladys Evans Sergeant Bluff Louise Bartlett John Clark Gladys Edith Frances Inez Maurer McCormick Bronte Charles R. Taggart Vermont Mr. Taggart Roney's Boys Henry B. Roney Roney’s Boys Edward Amherst George W. Koons Lawton Mick Argug Rhdaely Atniinene Mecano Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology of Milwaukee The Miller Brewing Co Italy Exhibition Park 9Th St
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