Widow's Estate Dispute Stirs Davenport Court Records
The Davenport news item covers the mismanaged estate of Mrs. J D Mauch later Mrs B F Mauch now Mrs John D Smith including an attachment for a $95 funeral bill, appointment of Deputy Sheriff Fred C Naeve as administrator, and a lawsuit for $1000 against Mrs Smith for alleged conversion. A separate assault case ends with an apology after Slater throws Petersberger out. Other notes report circus ticket dispute with Officer Behm, an escape from the Mt Pleasant asylum, and local obituaries and society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Smith
B. F. Mauch
Moline
Boies Undertaking Company
Brady Street
Mauch
Fred C. Naeve
Naeve
Scott’ County
William Knauer
Mt. Pleasant
Scott County
Knauer
Muscatine County
Entertainment and Social Notes Highlight Local Events
The Argus society column recaps Queen Esther guilds Mrs Jarley wax figures at Memorial Christian church, with a 35 dollar fund-raiser goal from silver offerings. It also covers Reliance club elections, Daughters of Isabella entertaining 400 guests, Century club summer dances, and Mother’s Day hospitality. Additional items note Kohler’s return with John Hayes, a high school biology appointment for H D Thompson and upcoming paving petitions for Eleventh Avenue amid civic routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Christian Church
Queen Esther Guild
Luella Hutchmaker
John and
Peter
Will Robb
Frank Patterson
Hamlet Shower Honors Soon-To-Be Bride and Groom
A social scene in Hamlet features a shower for Miss Mary Mathews at Miss Emily Boyle's home before her September wedding. In the evening a hosiery shower and a handkerchief shower celebrate Will TH. Visitors Duncan Ross Boyning and family from Davenport stop by Wednesday. Isaac Boyle takes friends to Rock Island in his car. Lester Cane sells his Hamlet house to Joe Odell of Joy. George Taylor and Hiram Cooper are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Costello
Ireland
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Costello
Montreal
Canada
Long Grove
Bridget Russell
Patrick Murphy
North
William Dougherty
Clinton
James J. Costello
William Bloom
Robert Bloom
Seattle
Wash
Thomas Costello
South Omaha
Meta Ast
Henry Ast
Crescent Macaroni Works
Bessie
Mary Mathias
William III
Helen Halstead
New Boston
Ben Neely
Leck Cooper
Cass Halstead
New Windsor
Muskegon
Daphne K. Kieffer
Lafayette
Virginia
Purdue University
Emily ‘Boyle
Mary Mathews
Mrs. Ross Boyning
Isaac Boyle
Rock Island
Lester Cane
Joe Odell
Near Joy
George Taylor
Hiram Cooper
Marian Wait
Reynolds
Kittiecamp
W. L. Eddy
Harry Dack
Emily Tindall
Normal
H. K. Walker
Paid 1500 Reward for Black's Body in Indianapolis Case
Mayor Bookwalter paid Sheriff Bryant 1500 dollars for the body of Jesse Coe a negro killed in a battle with a posse. Coe and George Williams killed Patrolmen Sullivan and Peticard of the Indianapolis force on September 30 1906. Williams was hanged and a 1500 reward was offered for Coe dead or alive. Claude Andrews a cousin of Coe will receive 500 of the reward for betraying the murderer near Marlinsburg Kentucky. The body was brought to Indianapolis identified and the money paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Bookwalter
J. E. Bryant
Monroe County
Jesse Coe
Coe
George Williams
Sullivan and
Peticard
Williams
Claude Andrews
Bryant
Marlinsburg
Camp meeting notes at Tindall's Grove Aug 28
The article reports a warm camp day at Tindall's Grove Methodist gathering with morning prayers led by Rev. Alexander Smith of Kewanee and an afternoon sermon by Rev. Killip of Viola on The Voyage of Life. It notes arrivals and departures of numerous pastors and campers, a strong evening service, and a Saturday afternoon association business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tindall’s Grove
Alexander Smith
Kewanee Methodist Church
J. L. Shively
Geneseo
J. W. Edwards
Moline
Factory work starts at Freeport plant upgrade
Work began Wednesday at the old Robinson plant in Freeport now owned by the Moline Plow company with about 60 men employed. Brick walls replace old wood partitions and the interior is repaired while John W. Henney Jr becomes superintendent and A F Scramore as assistant. Crossing at Fifteenth Street near the railroad is closed for repairs for a couple of days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Robinson
Moline Plow Company
John W. Henney, Jr
A. F. Scramore
Fifteenth Street
Rock Island
Kermit Roosevelt Heroic Rescue Of Runaway Horses
Oyster Bay, Aug. 28. Kermit Roosevelt, soon to join President Roosevelt on a hunting trip, chased a pair of runaway horses dragging a carriage with a mother and two sons. He halted the team after a dangerous pursuit, saving the three lives at the risk of serious injury. Frank Hilton, whose wife and two sons were in the carriage, was knocked from the carriage when a post was struck as they tried to pass a disabled automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Frank Hilton
New York
Mr. Hilton
Boston Fears Bubonic Plague Precaution
Boston officials warn of possible bubonic plague introduction and urge precautions as health authorities monitor the situation. The report notes city concerns and steps taken to prevent spread during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Steerage Passengers Detained at Quarantine Station
A fragment from a title reports that steerage passengers aboard the White Star liner Romanic were detained at the quarantine station yesterday due to health checks and containment measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zit
White Star
Negro League tries to defeat Taft with circulars
Washington Aug 28 An organization calling itself the National Negro American league claims twenty national state and district colored groups. It seeks Taft Sherman defeat by spreading circulars and using labor style tactics. Rev J Millon Waldron leads the league and says Republicans aim to drive him from the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Negro American League
Taft
Sherman
Republic
Bryan
J. Millon Waldron
League
District of Columbia
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Atorney
Isaac Petersberger
Roddewig
C. W. Slater
Slater
Petersberger
Lane Building
Mr. Slater
Henry Behm
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Behm
Atkinson
Society
the Argus
Sidy
Dora Frey
Freda Rand
Miss Muffett
Dora Cawi
Allen
Zoe Blecker
Grace Wright
Frank Canedy
Gertrude Dewey
Jessie Booth
Jessie Cas
Laura Albrecht
Jessie VanArsdel
A. F. Wicks
Phil Huthmaker
Babes In the Wood
Lulu Albrecht
Frank Freistadt
Iseceete
Grace Holcomb
Laura Davis
Orchostt
Reliance Club
Reliance Club of Grace
Lutheran’ Church
Watch Tower Inn
Dinher
I. O. Nothstein
J. E. Bodeen
Victor Carlson
Fred Letterdahl
EB. F. Bartholomew
Hawaiian Islands
Isabella
Isabella of
Bethany
Mary. L. Ludlow
Arsenal
Century Club
Tower Inn
A. A. Adlfinger
Forty-fifth, Street
Kohler
A. H. Kohler
Europe
John Hayes
London
Axel
Hayes
Peter Verdegen
Henry Hansen
Verdegen
Eleventh Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Board of Local Improvements
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Streets
Frank
Milwaukee
L. Frank & Son Company
Black
Mayor of
Beach’s Peosta Soap
GUS Stale Son
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Tendall’s Grove
Nona Dack
Dack
J. W. Connely
Farmington
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
SS. Siay Cars
S. S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
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