Revenue rise for Davenport City taxes and Cooper case update
Davenport city books show tax revenue rising to 417 049 43 from 400 796 44 this year exclusive of telegraph and railroad charges. The Cooper case against Charles T. Cooper was again continued to September 4 for witness securing. Company B of the Iowa National Guard sailed to Iowa City for the state encampment and maneuvers at Camp Kirkwood, under Captain Kulp, awaiting contests until Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company B
Iowa National Guard
Rock Island
Iowa City
State Guard
Kirkwood
Kulp
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Ad and Local Notices
An old Davenport page features an advertisement touting Parisian Sage as a guaranteed hair tonic from Harper House pharmacy and Giroun Manufacturing, promising dandruff cure and hair growth. Separate items report arrests for opium and dope, a doctor moving to Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, and obituaries for J. T. Torbert, Captain Andrew J. Pinch, Frank English, and Lillian Naomi Ruhl with brief family details.
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America
Harper House
Sue Johnson
Fourth Street
Frankfort
Warper House
Rock Island
Giroun Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
Port
Marshalltown
Davenport
13Th Iowa Infantry
Soldiers
Jennie
2012 Avenue
Frank English
Mercy Hospital
Lillian Naomi Ruhl
Fred Ruhl
Leonard Street
Local social notes and small town updates
Reynolds Miss Violet Coney returns home after a week with sister Mrs C C Mc Down in Macomb. Dozens of relatives and friends are mentioned visiting, traveling and socializing in Rock Island Gibson Town and surrounding areas amid small events and upcoming camp meeting plans.
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Violet Coney
Macomb
C. C. Mc Down
Sarah J. McConnel
Hagerman
N. M
Julia Crawford
Ruth Wait
Martha Cozad
Rock Island
Grace Farwell
Gibson
Town
Priscilla Club
Edith Asquith
Harlan
Iowa
Frank Wait
Cassie Bowes
Mollie Shoemaker
St. Paul
Mary Breckenridge
Peoria
H. Warne
C. C. Belt
Hester
Jennie McConnell
Nellie Carpenter
Pearl Walt
Byron Wait
Grace Vickers
Hattie Hauck
Kathleen Marston
Estella Kreps
Julia Mallette
Edith Crandell
Jennie
Harrisburg
Gov Johnson III Faces Fourth Appendicitis Surgery
Aurora Ill August 24 Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota will enter a hospital September 1 for a fourth operation for appendicitis. The Minnesota executive stated he would undergo the procedure, a disclosure noted with concern by Aurora women who recall his advocacy for woman suffrage and a remark praising Mrs Johnson as his equal.
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Aurora
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Johnson
Elopement Arrests Rock Bishop Hill Pair in Midwest
Elmer Erickson aged 38 and Miss Jessie Nelson aged 16 from Bishop Hill were arrested in Kansas City Missouri after eloping last week to wed. the couple had been held in Kansas City Illinois on August 24. Dr King’s New Discovery praised in Fedora Tennessee for curing lung hemorrhages with testimonials of renewed health and work ability. Trial bottle offered free. price set at one dollar and zero cents.
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M's
Elmstedt
North
Whiteside
Mehy
Wyland
Dew
Jose
Claur
Godelin
Nelson
Hart
Woodyatt
Carlson
Saxby
Kansas City
Kewanee, Il
Elmer Erickson
Jessie Nelson
Bishop Hill
Fedora
Tenn
Dr. King
Bilious People Tried Free Sample of Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
A health ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for biliousness and liver trouble. It claims gentle bowel moves, restored liver activity, and relief from headaches, indigestion, and foul breath. Testimonials from Mack Clark of Earlington and Noah Hatfield of Zalma are cited, with offers of free samples and money-back guarantees.
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Caldwell
Mack Clark
Earlington
Dr. Caldwell
Noah B. Hatfield
Zalma
W. B. Caldwell
Monticello, Ill
Endurance Run and Big Construction Start at Deere Plant
Hayes completes a 400 mile endurance run from Omaha to Lincoln and back aboard a Midland car, finishing with a perfect road record among thirty competitors. Leonard Construction begins a seven story Deere & Co warehouse addition in Moline, adding a 400 by 14 feet wing at an estimated cost of $50,000, slated for completion November 1.
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E. 0
Hayes
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Midland
Leonard Construction Company
Deere & Co
Moline
United States
Traction Engine Crash Kills Farmer South of Kewanee
Edwin Van Dyke, a Osceola farmer seven miles south of Kewanee, was crushed and scalded to death when his traction engine and its tender collided yesterday. Separate report notes a bank robbery plot detected by Jasper Oglesby, sharer of Lieutenant Governor Oglesby, leading to the arrest of two men in Broadwell. The item includes a health ad urging Dr King’s New Life Pills and a note on liver tablets from Cha mberlain’s.
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Brady Street
Victor Davis
Maurice Livine
Isan Express
Kewanee
Kewanee, T
Edwin van Dyke
Osceola
Springfield
Jasper Oglesby
Oglesby
George C. Hutt
Charles Daily
Broadwell
Lincoln
Devine
Tso's
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Fred Vollmer
Mrs. Johnson
McClory
State of
Order of Elks
Theictors
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan
J. T. Torbert
Andrew J. Pinch
Daven
John Plalas
Third Avenue
Second Firest
ATL
Pjalas
Sam Chingo
Rene Bumolin
Bumolin
Railroad Avenue
Prospect Park
Spencer Memorial Church
J. A. Pauley
Fourth Avenue
J. F. Porter
Ann
Wnd
Council
Michigan
Fruit
Hllnorts
Indiana
Ohio
Paradise
Manistee
Mason and
Lake Counties
Swigart
Lake Harbor
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Ludington
V.N. Mercer
Old
West
George W. Swigart
Gov. Johnson III
Lier Bro
Wes
Aus
Thomas’ Pha
Chicago Journal
Vagneros
Senorales
Earl
Jamestown
Wetseme Wey
Chamberlain
Gladiator
Itt
Tri-city
Davenport Flout, Feed & Commission Company
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