Slander Suit Settled and City Affairs Roundup
A Davenport era items page reports a slander suit by E M Sharon against Charles Grilk concluding with a dismissal and costs. Grilk claimed Sharon acted as city attorney only after the Walsh contract. Also notes Davenport Club Dining Rooms opening lunch service at 35 cents, Alderman Eckhardt resigning to allow a special ward election, and health department appointments. Obituaries include Mrs Pauline Heldt and Miss Rachel J Corley with family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Sharon
Charles Grilk
Grilk
Walsh Brothers
Sharon
City Tenis
Davenport Commercial Club
Steward Briscoe
Louis Eckhardt
Ben F. Luetje
Pauline Heldt
John Heldt
Warren Street
Heldt
Seebar
Germany
America
William
Sophia Meyer
Delmar
Iowa
Minnie Wuester
Maquoketa
Rose Schooman
Wisconsin
Christian Vohringer
Cook Home
Rachel J. Corley
New York City
Princeton
How Athletes Keep Strong and Healthy Diet Revelation
The piece extols athlete level nutrition and the training table concept. It emphasizes whole wheat benefits, cites Malta-Vita as a nutritious cereal rich in blood and muscle sustaining elements, and notes Malta-Vita’s growing popularity and price of ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta- Vita
Malta-Vita
Social affairs notes from The Argus
Social items from The Argus describe a Boys' Club meeting at 930 Nineteenth street and a joint recital in Davenport with Miss Larkin, Miss Weber, Miss Kinner, Miss DeLescaille, and Miss Bryson. Other notices include Etude and Scissors clubs events, a successful Trinity rectory sale, Y M C A open house plans, Dewey Camp sewing club gathering, a card party for Mrs. S Bear of Chicago, an engagement announcement for Julia Stafford, and a dinner in honor of Rev. W H Dorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
The
Argus
John Quinlan, Jr
Nineteenth Street
Larkin
Weber
Hibernian Building
Davenport
Henrietta Kinner
Miss Weber
Mary DeLescaille
Pearl Bryson
M. C. Rice
L. Simon
Tricity
S. Bear
Chicago
the Tower
E. F.dorn
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Dorn
Rev. W.,h. Dorn
St. Louis
North
Margaret Kaiser
Moline
Thomas Payne
Jordan
Minn
New York State
Minnesota
Knox
J. W. Edwards
Moline Park Ne arly Ready for Public Use
Park work on Sylvan Park along the riverfront between Eighteenth and Twentieth streets advances with ground leveling and a drain extension. Costs listed include 755.92 for clearing and levelling and 1,100 for the drain, with plans for top dressing from city digging to occur next spring and more embellishment anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Park
Eighteenth
Twentieth Streets
Nineteenth Street
Tim Kennedy
Old City
Twentieth Street
Second Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennett
Fur Store
Coats
E. F. Dorn
Second
Colona
Rock Island
Mitchell & Lynde Building
Arthur Burrall
Rock Island Or
Colona, Hl
Board of Health
Health Department
John Mullen
al Flea
Ottto Meinert
George E. Hall
John Wright
Boston
Harned & von Maur
Boston’ Store
Chimmey
Teinway
L. Cc. Finch
Ill
Social Affairs
Miss DeLescaille
Cupid
Dicky
Josephine Dodge Daskam
Kinner
Griez ‘Gondoliera
Oszkowski
DeLevaille
Madonna of the Tubs
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Atin
Etude Club
J. Clemans
Fourteenth and
Ecards
A. Diedrich
Scissors Club
Ho‘mer
Rectory
Trinity Rectory
Trinity Guild
Mary Johnson
Fliss Mary E. Simpson
Association
Dewey Camp
Morris T. Stafford
Julia Hurst Stafford
Frank Llewellyn
Clinton, Town
Fifteenth Street
Third Avenue
F. W. Rank
G. H. Lohrbeck
McKinney
Arsenal
Board of Education
Miss Palmquist
Colorado
R. C. J. Meyer
W. F. Eastman
Ims
C. A. Peterson
Orion
Williams
Twenty-second Street
E. W. Grove
Nickel
Japan
S. Standard Oil
Paridon Wall Paper Co
Seventeenth Street
Furniture & Carpet Company
West Third Street
Davenport, la
Globe-Wernicke
EF. H. Plummer
C.P.A
Rock Island, Il
Ila
California
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Line
Harvey
H. D. Mack
Rock Island, Ilt
Felsielelelele Relief
H. E. Casteel
L. D. Mudge
J. B. Simmon
Central Trusts and Savings Bank
Cc. J. Larkin, J. J. LaVelle
John Schafer
M. S. Heagy
H. B. Simr
Pardon Deposite
I. H. Cleaveland
Mary E. Robinson
E. D. Sweeney
H. W. Tremann
Trust Department
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