Bandit Ganz youth gang broken up in Davenport
Davenport police report a real bandit gang composed of twelve boys aged 10 to 14 after a spree that included stealing three turkeys from Merchants cafe and candy from L & I station. The youths appeared before Juvenile Judge Courgas and were promised reform with a warning against future offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jease James Cult
City
Merchants
Henry Ditzen
Davenport
Jim Payne
Union Electric Telephone
Ditzen
Payne
George Decker
Roddewig
Decker
Home Moving Picture Theatre
Matherville and area note book from Thanksgiving week
Local social items list visits and events in Matherville Sherrard Viola and nearby towns. Families, travelers, and students are noted with activities including football games at Afedo and a home wedding for Mary McIntyre Linbury with Elder George Sackfield officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Johnson
Baby
Rock Island
H. L. Johnson
John Lawson
Fred Schroeder
John Hebbern
Chester Olson
William Kennedy
William Caddy
Afedo
William and Vashti College
Illinois University
Lulu Trego
Sherrard
Hugh Gorman
Anaconda
Mont
Thomas Edgar
Monmouth
Charles Zude
Herman Zude
Mable Sherrard
Lester Foley
Matherville
Cable
Lewis
Viola
Boden Opera House
McFate
Ollie Trego
Gilchrist
John Kinner
Port Byron
Henry McIntyre
Mary
Charles A. Linbury
George Sackfield
Milton Jacobs
Australia Builds War Fleet Flagship Sailed to Sydney Harbor
The new Australian fleet arrives at Sydney led by the battleship Australia. The squadron, manned by Australian sailors and funded by Australian money, marks a milestone in imperial naval history. The fleet includes Melbourne Sydney Encounter destroyers Warrego Parramatta Yarra. The arrival inspires strong national pride as Australia asserts naval independence.
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Australia
Sydney
British Empire
Federated Malay States
Canada
Lyndey Harbor
Pacific
Melbourne
Encounter
Warrego
Parramata
Yarra
Farm Cove
Car crash injures three. vestibule crushed and car damaged
Three passengers escaped injury after a vehicle struck a curb and was damaged. front motors knocked out as the vestibule was crushed. Obituary notes follow for John P. Herbst 33 and John J. Hassan 76 with funeral details, plus a local figure known as Gentlemen Jake Busey dies of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Herbst
Gaines Street
Butler Township
Davenport
Order of Owls
Juergen Herbst
Otto
William Herbst
Hulda Jenne
Mt. Joy
John J. Hassan
Adams County
Ohio
Third
United States Artillery
Navy
Lincoln
Hassan
Ford Theatre
W. O'Neill
Mary McDonough
Jake” Busey
Swift's Sure Cure for Catarrh Promised in Advertisement
An advertisement for Swift's Sure Cure claims catarrh can be cured by spocu lating the blood with antidotal remedies. It describes the product as nourishing and systemic, improving mucous surfaces and blood formation, and suggests headache relief and overall health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
de Luxe Textile
Lewis Lescault
EB. Davros
Pawtucket
R. 1
Davenport
de Luxe Company
Alfred Clifford
Nottingham
England
Great Britain
Ioe
Swift
S&s
USA
Swift Ic Co
Swift Bae
Atlanta
Aledo Area News Briefs and Local Events
A wedding ends with a generous reception and a Los Angeles winter plan for the couple. Local notes report a mining accident, holiday visits, shoppers and travelers, theatrical music, and small town happenings around Aledo and Rock Island plus a note on diphtheria screening in St Louis and a remedy advertisement.
PoDoLax Promises Liver Balance and Quick Relief
An advertisement urges readers to rely on PoDoLax a Podophyllin based laxative to stimulate the liver clear bile and cleanse the intestinal tract. It claims PoDoLax delivers pleasant action with fewer side effects and positions it as a safer modern alternative to calomel for restoring energy and fighting lethargy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Sutherland Co
Paducah, Ky
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L. D. Carhart
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Des Moines
J. Claussen
Schmidt Bros. Company
P. T. Walsh
Marquette Street
Tom
Jake
Busey
Jacob R. Busey
Calaway County
Kentucky
Slavlery
Hazel
Webster
Thomas J
C. H. Marshall
Beecham
Oader
Schlitz
Ont Stenee
Sehaseh St
Zip
Ro Prieta
M Micetine
Los Angeles
Cal
H. L. Pearce
Hugh Jones
Alden
Streed
M. E
Ben Wild
East Moline
Olaf Pearson
Leonard Bengston
R. W. Palmer
Frank Russell
Chicago
Arthur Johnson
Ed McArdle
Rose Angerer
Sarah Vipond
Opera House
Wisconsin
William Humes
Sarah Sommerson
Frank Rosenburg
Coal Valley
Henry Kinner
Henry Boggart
Colfax
Laws
Frank Russel
Martha Johnson
Thomas McGonigle
John Adams
John Jones
eMr
Charles Rettig
Taylor Ridge
Charles Dans
Ethel
Ed Kerns
John Kouski
George Boges
Caleb Parris
St. Louis
State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Ray Stevenson
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