Davenport Peddler Nabbed After Coat Theft
Alonzo Sampson a Davenport peddler was arrested near Northwest Davenport an hour after stealing a fur overcoat from Walcott. He was arraigned before Magistrate Roddewig on larceny charges and jailed for 30 days. Police traced the robber after a report to Sergeant Nagel and ongoing lookout by Officer Koppas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcott
Alonzo Sampson
Corporation One
Davenport
Koppas
Sampson
Roddewig
Nagel
Silvis Local News Highlights and Social Notices
Reports from Silvis include Flord Engler’s injury after a engine mishap near Minnesota, Easterly’s marriage to Miss Mary Delaney in East Moline, and residents hosting family gatherings for Mrs. Stevens fortieth birthday. Social events at Kensington Embroidery club and Memorial Methodist church are described with prizes, dinner, and needlework. Professor Washburn is a candidate for Rock Island county superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flord Engler
Minnesota
Foel
Rock Island
S. T. Easterly
Silvis
Mary Delaney
East Moline
Iowa
Charles A. Stevens
Sixteenth Street
Stevens
Wes
Ton Greene
Kensington Embroidery Club
Moline
Mesdames Chapman
Haddick
Onten
K. Hill
George Bell
Sherrard
N. E. Johnson
Arrowsmith
L. M. Thompson
Capron
Iil
Florence Murdock
Coal Valley
Emil Klebe
Sixth Street
Memorial Methodist Church
Justin Washburn
Jnow
Washburn
Barstow
Carbon Cliff
Women Hold Key Roles In Washington Offices
Washington reports highlight women breaking male norms in federal work. Botanist Miss Alice Henkel writes government leaflets on plant medicines for schools of pharmacy and is joined by clerks and secretaries such as Miss Spaulding Younger Young Douglas Seymor Molloy Lockhart Dinkins Farden Howell and Mrs Donnelley in congressional staff roles. Leaders Mann and Underwood praise capable aides and note women like Mrs Donnelley run offices and assist with tariff bills as they navigate public service in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Alice Henkel
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Schools of Pharmacy
Miss Henkel
National College of Pharmacy
Henkel
Gertrude B. Spaulding
Senate Committee On Standards, Weights and Measures
Mary M. Younger
Elsie Young Douglas
Bland G. Seymour
Margaret A. Molloy
Civil Service
Ruby Lockhart
Department of Agriculture
Mary Dinkins
Post Office Department
Anna H. Farden
Treasury Department
Imogene Howell
Walsh
Montana
Representative Mann
House
Florence A. Donnelley
Representative Underwood
Marian E. Martin
Donnelley
Mann
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Swite Specific Coy Pitches Rheumatic Remedy
An advertisement touts a single standard anti rheumatic remedy sold in drug stores under the name Just as we. It claims natural ingredients and mercury free, promising quick recovery from rheumatic conditions and urging readers to obtain a bottle today. The copy repeats confident testimonials and urges immediate action.
Local Notes from Aledo and Nearby Leaders
Aledo social column lists residents visiting and returning home, including Misses May Boyer Bertha Mawby Grace Gleason Nell Burns Myra Hammond Mary I Kelly and others. Afternoon gatherings feature Hartzelle Cobb Jr birthday party while theater events highlight Miss Sarah Mildred Walmer at the Aledo opera house and a large turnout for The Sign of the Cross reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Boyer
Hopewell
Bertha Mawby
Grace Gleason
H. A. Nichols
P. E. Nichols
Galva
Myra Hammond
Viola
Nell Burns
Norwood
James Noonan
Charles Cassady
Glenn Mills
Abingdon
F. M. Church
Ed Moberg
Galesburg
Mary I. Kelly
Milan
Archibald McKinney
Hartzelle Cobb
Master Hartzelle, Jr
A. E. Banta
DeWitt
Iowa
R. E. Merritt
Leonard Greer
Mendon
Neb
Seattle
Wash
Streeter Barr
Ray Heston
Moline
M. L. Gregory
R. E. Dies
Oklahoma City
Okla
Dies
Nina Holmes
C. W. Bridgford
A. G. Bridgford
Avon
John H. Haughey
Aoa
John
Elizabeth McCrea
Topeka
Kans
J.W. McRoberts
G. C. Scott
Lynore Wixson
Aledo
Sarah Mildred Walmer
Aledo Opera House
Willmer
Wilson Barrett
Nero
Stephanus
Miss Willmer
Sarah Mildred Wilmer
Sarah Bernhardt
Lyceum
O. M. Dunlevy
L. F. Stiege
Jennie M. Frasier
Embroidery Club
B. R. Winbigler
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Celebrations
Community updates describe Mrs. Margaret Ewing and Miss Kate visiting Woodhull, charity meetings of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society at Mrs. Sarah Flake's home, and a birthday party for Lloyd Freise with games and refreshments. Also noted are visits by Grace Brarecht, J. H. Macklin, and others, plus officer elections for Warren Shedd post and a fiftieth wedding anniversary with a large gathering and gold purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ewing
Kate
Woodhull
Derr
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
Sarah Flake
Flake
Danford
Bolton
C. A. Freise
Belle Carnahan
Evanston
Amlong
Myrtle Bridgford
Cornell
Minnie McCreight
Helen Winger
Galesburg
Fannie Jackson
Lewisville
Alice Sheese
J. D. Fender
Rock Island
Warren Shedd
Alvah Jay
Senti
H. S. Middaugh
J. Gilmore
W. A. Lorimer
M. C. Danford
James Pomeroy
W. S. McCormick
B. F. Manby
Alex Carnahan
Joseph Pomeroy
Taylor Gilmore
J. H. Odell
J. G
Sproston
Vera
Davenport
St. Luke's Hospital
Ida Hawkins
Keithsburg
L. D. Kirkpatrick
Jonathan Black
John M. Wilson
J. Edgar
Kansas City
Fred
Carthage
Sarah
Mary Gerlaw
Gerlaw
James
Sherer
Mayme
Washington
Iowa
Black
Aledo
O. P. Willets
John Horne
Mt. Ayr
Monmouth
J. F., Jeffords
Jamaica
New York
A. B. Campbell
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Crop Institute
Milwaukee
Eldridge
Big Institute
Crop Ex Sala
Eldridge di
Kate Logan
Ames
Dawn of Plenty
L. W. Littig
Mason's
Fourth
Perry
Ccoon
C. E. Coon
Putnam
Iowa City
Lake Erie and
Wilam Trelmer
Pear Walcott
Carl Hass
Eighth
Wing Streets
W. W. Stedman
le Claire Street
Myrna Corry
Stedman
Dubuque
Rock Island Lines
Watertown Hospital
Joseph Wagner
West Fourteenth Street
Europe
Edward K. Putnam
Dennizon Avenue
Sete
James Shanley
Bessie Gordon
Edward C. Dougherty
Laura KR. Falls
Des Moines
Oldyb Hendricks
Karoline Trochta
Howe
Lyman Howe
Scott South Pole
Moving Picture Proprietors
J. 5
Rice
East Fourteenth Street
Claudia Rice
Council Bluffs
Howard H. Rice
Denver
Strongsville
Ohio
Isiz
Mbego
Ere
Arthur Williamson
Joseph
New Hampton
D. EB. Farr
Roy Doyle
Burlington
John Hogan
Frank Henderson
Howard Moreland
Julia McCreight
Ainsworth
United States
Bell
Central Union Telephone Company
A. J. Beverlin
E. W. Grove
N. B. Langley
Madison
Wis
Otto Grotian
Second Avenue
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
Hubbard
DR. Pierce
Dealera
R. V.pierce
Buffalo
Electric Construction & Machinery Co
Phore R. I
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