Davenport News Bulletin: Local Accidents and Community Notes
Davenport reports a string of incidents and notices. Mrs Auginea Harris dies in Indianapolis after shock of her husband Samuel Harris death. J L Spier injured by oil explosion at French & Hecht foundry. 105 Brady Street resident J F White leaps from burning building survives. Davenport plans a new $10 000 garage by C A Ficke and Neuman Machine. Mayor Mueller bans Johnson-Lucille Cameron marriage pictures and other suggestive films. Obituaries note Ora B Drake and infant Edward Emsmiger. Local notices include marriages, relocations, business improvements, and crime probes into wire taps. per capita wealth and bank deposits rise. several residents travel or relocate and satisfy various civic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auginea Harris
Samuel Harris
Tremont Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Harris
Third
Ripley Streets
C. A. Ficke
Neuman Machine Company
Davenport
Ora B. Drake
J. A. Drake
Iowa Street
Davenport Hospital
Pike County
Indiana
Princeton
Leon
Kan
Edward
William
Carl
Vancouver
B. C
Edward Matthew
Pearl Drake
Edward Earl Emsmiger
E. H. Emsmiger
Harrison Street Road
Disturbance on Car Leads to Fines in Moline
Reuben Gustafson Dean Goeben was arrested on disorderly conduct charges after repeated disturbances linked to extra bluff cars used for workers’ evenings. Fines of 1 and costs 4 were imposed. Other items note J. S. Gillmore’s 40 years as Doric lodge treasurer, Silvis payroll records for November, Colona Avenue improvement near completion, and community notices across Milan and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Gustafson
Dean Goeben
Tri-City Railway Company
Lodge
J. S. Gillmore
Doric Lodge
A. F
A. M
Gillmore
Moline Masons
Silvis
Rock Island
Colona Avenue
South Moline
Colona Avenue Improvement League
Forty- First Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Social notes from Milan and Rock Island area
Albert Goben of Rock Island visited his mother Mrs Mary Goben in Milan on Thursday. William Lloyd Clark plans to lecture in Des Moines Iowa next week. Mr and Mrs Thomas Martin of Rock Island spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Guy Hodson. Mrs Harry Cressy and daughter Harriet visited in Rock Island. Mrs Cornelius Robbins of Rock Island visited her Milan parents Mr and Mrs P Philebar. Mr and Mrs John A Campbell and family of Milan visited the McCoy family in Rock Island on Thursday. The Fae Kae club gathered at Miss Margaret Dibbern’s Saturday with Marion Atkinson Emma Dינגleding Fae Summers Fae Henna Ellen Thompson Neva Jinks Hazel Willis Margaret Anderson and Elizabeth Bryan of Rock Island and Emma Nice of Milan. Dick Matthews left Thursday for Mississippi to spend weeks in Mobile and New Orleans. Maud Hull remains homebound with grip. Mrs S Goode Maurice Goode and Miss Frieda Martin of Black Oak were Milan callers Saturday. The Monday club met at Miss Pauline Bowman’s Monday evening with music and contests then a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine White
Bernice Hull
Elma Smith
Marie Milstead
Ethyl Guldenropf
Enelena Cressy
Frank Wilshite
Vandruff's Island
Benjamin Walters
Rock Island
Walters
Bessie Mosher
Milan
Emily Nelson
Cambridge
C. H. Dibbern & Son
P. Hall
J. H. Gilmore
Grant Street
Clarence Laffin
Thomas Laffin
Daisy Hanson
Moline
Frank See
Edward Coyne
George McConnell
Emil Vesthoore
Taylor Ridge
Frank Bahringer
J. D. Rishell
Martin Parks
Willing Workers Club
Cecil Blunt
Dorothy Chaney
Dorothy Lambert
Elizabeth Birksenmeyer
Lena Jones
Goldy Churchill
Margaret Chaney
Grace Dunbar
Licile Vandeventer
Muscatine
William Dickson
Leonard Rishell
William Nichols
Marcellus Birkenmeyer
Mack Nichols
Harold Hudson
Harry L. Wilson
Edmund Helden
J. W. Wilson
Havana
Emeline Marshall
George Clendenin
Fulton, NL
Amaret Alford
Port Byron
Karl Birkenmeyer
William Brox
Faye Atkinson
Bessie Johnson
J.C. Johnston
Jean Welch
Jane Danes
T. W. Scott
Chicago
John C. Johnston
Belle Ferns
Reynolds
Goldsmith
Williams Street
McGee
Ladies’ Aid Society
H. S Dibbern
James McCaw
California
Albert Goben
Mary Goben
William Lloyd Clark
Des Moines
Iown
Thomas Martin
Guy Hodson
Harry Cressy
Harriet
Cornelius Robbins
Fae Summers
Fae Henna
Ellen Thompson
Neva Jinks
Hazel Willis
Margaret Anderson
Elizabeth Bryan
Emma Nice
Dick Matthews
Mississippi
Mobile
New Orleans
Maud Hull
Grip
S. Goode
Maurice
Frieda Martin
Black Oak
Pauline Bowman
Sunny Hill G B Buck Leaves for Biloxi Winter Visit
Sunny Hill G B Buck departed Monday for Biloxi Mississippi to spend the winter. Miss Zola Buck enrolled in the nurses training class at Moline City hospital. Mr and Mrs Will Tennant left Tuesday for Chicago to visit relatives and attend the fat stock show. Mrs James Harsha learned of Alfred Hague s death at Cable. Attendees at the supper included several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Buck
Biloxi
Miss
Zola Buck
Moline City Hospital
Will Tennant
Chicago
James Harsha
Alfred Hague
Cable
Per and Bazar
Coal Villey
Will Harsha
G. L. Miller
Charles A. Johnson
Orion
Sunny Hill
Sam Lipton
Local Family Gatherings and Community News
Social visits and family events mark a Hampton area roundup with Will Harsha and kin hosting, plus the Coxs celebrate their second anniversary with a large turnout. Names include Robert Kraft of La Harpe and Miss Mildred Claidy visiting from Moline. A note from Washington warns Fire Department water mains and pressure could hinder a major fire response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Robert Kraft
la Harpe
Walter Ellis
Minneapolis, Minn
M. B. Underwood
J. C. Hawkins
Manuel Smith
George Dirreen
Moline
Mildred Claidy
Washington
White House
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J. L. Spier
J FP. White
Brady Street
M. Albrecht
Mueller
Jack Johnson
Lucille Cameron
Iowa
Geneseo
Frank Bryant
Clyde Wake
Marion Walker
Yuma
Perch
Watertown
Mr Weer
Earnest Peters
Henry Brandt
Dubuque
Fidelio
Edna Mumma
Futur
Samuel S Kafer
St. Luke's Hospal
Sheldon Walker
New Mexico
Quincy
Harkler
Co. B. & Q Railroad
Kansas City
St. Paul
F. W. Goodrich
Edward M
Thomas Marsh
Exponse
Daven
Chamberlain
Zuma Aid Society
D. W. Mumma
Charles Walthen
Wilma Babcock
Salvation Army
ZUMA
Newbros
Newbro
THE
Herpicide CO
Detroit, Mich
SSS eCow Special Agents
Electric Shop
Tsk
Udotf
Ewing Machine Motors
BES We
Nigar
Hove Lister
Chango
Michigan and
Jackson Boulevards
Ill
Roy Pardee
Roy Jordan
le Claire
Milton Carey
C. 8
C. H. Lee
Oltman’s
Propst
C. H. Cox
Standard Oil Company
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