Burglars Abroad and Local Trades Boost in Davenport
Burglary hits Brady street stores Brooks grocery M F Hoyers and Ed Robesons meat markets while a ladder drawn to a second story window frightens intruders at D J Hickeys home. Dollar Day promotions excite Davenport merchants as a Bryan and Kern club forms and a divorce suit, bankruptcy, and a scales injury suit appear in local notices along with a bankers picnic to Linwood.
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Davenport
Brady Street
Brooks’ Grocery
M. F. Hoyer
Better Not Get Dyspepsia with Kodol
An advertisement urges readers to use Kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims Kodol digests all foods, rests the stomach to aid recovery, and compares favorably to pepsin tablets. A money back guarantee is offered on the large bottle with return to the druggist if unsatisfied.
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Ford
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Hampton Notes and Obituaries Highlight Local Life
John Markman of Universal Sand and Gravel visited family in Crystal City Missouri. Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson welcomed twin girls born recently. Henry Deeke died August 22 at the home of Henry Bilgeshausen. funeral in Hampton with Rev L Winter. Deeke born Hanover May 12 1811 married Frieda Schmidt February 27 1847 in Germany. Surviving relatives include wife deceased, a son who died at 9, daughter Mrs Henry Bilgeshausen, sisters in California and Belleville Illinois, and a brother in St Louis. Jason Willig and Charles S Lee attended camp meeting at Tindall grove Sunday.
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John Markman
Universal Sand & Gravel Company
Crystal City
Hi Mother
Martin Johnson
Henry Deeke
Henry Bilgeshausen
Rev. L. Winter
Hampton Cemetery
Hanover
Germany
Frieda Schmidt
California
Belleville
St. Louis
Jason Willig
Charles 8
Lee
Tindall’s Grove
A Royal Slave at Illinois Theater Aug 30
Summary of the amusement listing notes a matinee and evening showing of A Royal Slave at the Illinois theater on Sunday Aug 30. The play, based on Lew Wallace The Fair God, dramatizes the last days of monarchical Mexico and Emperor Maximilian, with Clarence Bennett’s adaptation praised for heightened romance and intrigue.
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Milian
France
Lew Wallace
Clarence Bennett
Illinois Theater
General Wallace
Deere & Mansur awards first Moline warehouse contract
Deere and Mansur selects Collins Bros of Rock Island to build a four story reinforced concrete warehouse in Moline at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. The facility will expand storage for implements and other departments as part of a growing seasonal business.
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Moline
Deere & Mansur Company
Collins Bros
Rock Island
Washington School
Jackson
Board of Education
Cool Week in Illinois With Mild Nights and Drought Risk
The Illinois weather bulletin for the week ending August 24 notes an average temperature 4 degrees below normal with cool nights and a few hot days. Extremes reached 103 and 43 degrees, with scattered showers on some dates and varying weekly precipitation across districts. Rain is needed in central and southern counties, while sunshine remained plentiful and di grammar.
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Illinois
Drunkenness Treated as a Curable Disease by Orrine
Eminent physicians and scientists support treating drunkenness as a curable disease. Orrine is advertised as a home treatment with a money back guarantee. No. 1 and No. 2 forms cost one dollar each and are mailed sealed from the Orrine company in Washington DC. Harper House pharmacy stocks it locally.
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Orrine Company
Washington, D. C
Orrine
Harper House Pharmacy
West End football players organize for coming season
A group from Moline’s west end held an informal meeting with 15 men expressing willingness to play. They expect a stronger team after last year’s success. A captain was not chosen at that gathering and the scene suggested a promising season ahead.
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West End
Moline
West Ends
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Moline Automobiles Company
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Jove
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United States
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U.S. A
A. D. Hueling
Rock Island, Ill
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Old Eleventh Avenue
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