Davenport Neighborhood News Roundup Brings Tragedy and Transit News
James Powers lay unconscious among barn horses on Mrs. McDonald’s Butler township farm after a neck dislocation and neck fracture. Captain Lon Bryson travels to Washington to press a 40 foot postoffice extension. Tri-city Railway launches LeClaire street line with a future 15 minute service, routing via Fourth Perry Main Second Perry Fourth Iowa Sixth LeClaire Fifteenth Bridge Locust Eastern. Louis Hassan labeled meanest by police over false theft schemes. Albert Hasson exonerated as innocent brother. Obituary notes Charles Lagomarcino dies of typhoid fever at St Luke’s. Rosa Mundt dies at home age five after hip fracture. J W Allen mourned by Davenport connections.
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James Powers
Tri-city Railway Company
LeClaire Street
Eastern Avenue
Fourth
Perry
Main Street
Main
Second
Iowa
Sixth
LeClaire
Fifteenth
Bridge Avenue
Locust Street
Locust
Eleventh
LeClaire Streets
Louis Hassan
Davenport
Hasson
Armour Packing Company
Albert Hasson
Western Flour Mill Company
Allen
Albert
Jarceny
Louis Hasson
Roddewig
Charles T. Lagomarcino
St. Luke's Hospital
Burlington
Lagomarcino- Grape Company
Doe
Angelle
Andrew
Columbus
Rosina
Mamie
W. H. Dempsey
John Bardenhier
St. Louis
Nellie Marie Myndt
William G. Mundt
Thomas O'Shaughness
Hampton News Highlights From Thanksgiving Week
Local notices report school entertainment at the Hampton schoolhouse with pupils performing Thanksgiving Joys and a turkey drill. Funding from receipts about 11 will aid school purposes. Community members share travels births visits and gatherings from Watertown to Rock Island and Princeton. A December 5 bazaar at the Hampton town hall aims to support the Methodist church with oysters and chicken offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Mohr
Newsboys
Watertown
John Odell
Evanston
John Mohr
Limon
Col
Otis Ellman
Rock
David Patton
Propst Place
Stephen Odell
Iowa
Princeton
Hampton
Rapids City
David Wiggins
Paul Mohr
Jacob Mohr
Manuel Smith
William Bishop, Jr
Rock Island
Morris Heagy
John Johnson
Chicago
William Bishop
Beardstown
Ill
Relati
Elzina Smith
Martin Connor
Ferdinand Engnest
Bowlesburg
Gus Wilken’s
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hampton Town Hall
Methodist Church
Henry Light
Maden
Pleasant Valley
Bert la Grange
Almond Hamilton
E. Norton
Judicial Bonds Offered by New York Surety Company
When called upon to give bonds in probate, insolvency, or other proceedings, we provide them on short notice and without red tape. We offer court bonds used in debt collection and damages recovery, furnished quickly through our agents anywhere in the United States. Strong argument against personal sureties for these bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Erican Surety Company of
New York
United
Thanksgiving gatherings across towns in Illinois and nearby areas
Families from Ferdinand Copperas Creek and Muscatine Iowa joined relatives for Thanksgiving at several homes including Lewis Kreuger Mewes and Stewart in Copperas Creek and Illinois City. Mrs Jessie Deakman visits Burlington. A son was born to Bert McKillup on November 28. A society dinner at J Powell’s Hazel Dell was well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kreuger
Ferdinand
Lewis Kreuger
Lewis Kleist
Copperas Creek
C. Mewes
Illinois City
Len Milton
Muscatine
Iowa
William McGrier
Pine Bluff
Fred Wewes
Emma
Ilinois City
Stewart
Jessie Deakman
Burlington
Bert McKillup
J. Powell
Hazel Dell
Parker Family Welcomes Baby Daughter This Saturday
Local items report Mr and Mrs T G Parker as new parents of a baby daughter born last Saturday morning. Several residents, including Lela Tomlinson and Lex Parker, visit home and travels are noted. A record for fruit picking by Gust Rodell is also recorded with 146 bushes and 55 pounds of corn in 9 hours 20 minutes. A humorous medical line promotes Dr King's New Life Pills with guaranteed satisfaction and a 25 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
T. G. Parker
Lela Tomlinson
Rock Island
Frank
Ed Sundquist
Galva
Iowa
Ben Haigh
Anamosa
Charles Kirchman
Henry
Ill
Miss Brandberg
Camp Creek
James Tonkin
Englewood
Lex Parker
Macomb
Gust Rodell
Charles Barton
Coal Valley
Dr. King
Moline Notes On Local Marriages And Civic Watch
Marriage of Elmer Bengston and Donna Welch at the Christian church in Moline described. Lawrence Greer eyed for East Moline city clerk as T. E. Caverly resigns. Gymnasium opening promoted by William Murphy enrolls about 25. Rent suit concerns James Smith and George Wells trying to reclaim $35 from postmaster Dumbeck. Curio about fireproof wood from a whaleboat story concludes with a New Orleans Times-Democrat note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengston-Welch
Elmer Bengston
Donna M. Welch
Atkinson
the Christian Church
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Robert ER. Henry
Cincinnati
Otis Greer
Lawrence Greer
East Moline
T. E. Caverly
Mr. Greer
Citizens’ Party
People's
Caverly
William Murphy
Tommy Wynn
James M. Smith
George Wells
Warner's Crossing
W. J. Dumbeck
Silvis
Smith and Wells
Smith
Wells
Justice of the Peace
Harvey Williams
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Symbols Of Affection In Holiday Life
A collection of short vignettes on symbols of affection from Thanksgiving to Easter, wedding traditions, and the playful habit of tossing rice and shoes at newlyweds, all reflecting how symbols soften and strengthen people. Also a note on language barriers and a promotion for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cough cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Times
A Crown of Glory and Luxuriant Hair Myth
An early advertisement extols hair as a crown of glory, claiming a germ in hair follicles destroys life. Newbro’s Merpicide Herpicide is promoted as killing germs, restoring life and avoiding grease or staining. Samples offered for 10 cents. agents noted in Detroit Michigan. DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Herpicide Company
Detroit
Mich
H. Thomas
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Lon Bryson
Washington
Treasury Department
Bryson
Dawson
Committee On Appropriations of
Congress
Arlington Avenue
Frank Thomas
M. McNall
Della Bowser
Buffalo Prairie
John Bowser
American Surety Company of
Ludolph & Reynolds, Attys
Buford Block
John A. Gooduansen
Wifth Ave
Moline
J. B
J. le Oakleaf
Foster
CABLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Braddock
Altoona
Philadelphia
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
DeWitt’s
DeWitt's
Ness
DR. O. A. Young
O A. Young
South Putnam Building
Kodol
D. Kauble
Nevada
Salleven
Labor
E.D.DeWitt @Co
H. E. Casteel
L. D. Mudge
H. B. Simmon
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
C. J. Larkin, J. J. LaVelle
Om Dept
H. D. Mack
John Schafer
M. S. Heagy
H. H. Cleaveland, Mary E. Robinson
E. D. Sweeney
H. W. Tremang
Trust Department
Rock Island Savings Bank
Vrriweno
Phil Mitchell
H. P. Hull
P. Greenawalt
R. R. Cable
William H. Dart
E. W. Hurst
John Volk
P. Greenawalt, Phil Mitchell
L. Simon
EB. Cable
S. E. Corner
Mitchell & Lynde
Jackson & Hurst
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