Davenport Deaths and Local Notices Fragment
The Davenport area reports multiple items including a verdict that William Cox died by drinking carbolic acid while temporarily insane, and notices of deaths: Mrs Anna Elizabeth Bohe from heart trouble and Marie M Johansen at 4, with funeral details. Will Smith, a former Rock Island road employee, dies of consumption. Also mentions injunction proceedings, a new pastor Rev A Martin for Christian chapel, night watchman ordered for Scott County jail, Davenport council discussing vacating a land strip for Tri-City Railway, a Bettendorf mass at St. Boniface, Arthur Miller and Blanche Pomeroy wedding in Moline, and Fred Volquardsen missing from the city with police efforts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cox
Rock Island Brewing Company
Davenport
Tri-City Railway Company
Arthur A. Miller
Blanche E. Pomeroy
Moline
St. John’s Parsonage
Fayette Thompson
Second Avenue
Babceck Boiler Works
Andalousia Suburbs Update Local Moves and Visits
In the suburbs of Andalusia Gilpin Moore and family moved to Rock Island while Mr Heinze moved into Moore's vacated house. The community notes visits include Yorman of Burlington and relatives of Mrs John Co L Wenks G E Spickler. Mrs William Strohmeier travels to New Orleans for relatives. Dr Warren Connor of Fairfield and wife visited. Delos Holmes injures wrist unloading cord wood. A Ladies Aid bazar and oyster supper netted 25. Marie Eichberg, recently a Memphis visitor, heads home with her grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andalusia
Gilpin Moore
Rock Island
Heinze
Moore
Thompson
Muscatine
Yorman
Burlington
John Co
L. Wenks
G. E. Spickler
Robbn Island
William Strohmeier
New Orleans
Warren Connor
Fairfield
Connor
Delos Holmes
Ladies’ Aid Society
Marie Eichberg
Memphis
Tenn
Pretty wedding unites Sylvia Phil lips and Davis Simpson
A wedding was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Phillips on December 2 with Miss Sylvia Phillips marrying Davis Simpson of Edgington. Rev T. St. Johnson officiated in the presence of relatives and close friends. A wedding supper followed and gifts were exchanged. The newlyweds will reside in Edgington. Bowling news notes visitors to Cedar Rapids and Sears, a sickly Mrs Hodson improving, and a skating party at Minor Curtis' pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Edgington
William Gitt
Cedar Rapids
James Ellis
Sears
C. B. Ellis
F. S. Bingman
Mildred
Madder
John Hodson
Curtis’ Pond
Mi o na Promises Weight Gain and Digestion Aid
Local druggist T H Thomas notes rising Mi o na sales and reports many customers say the flesh forming food improves weight and stomach troubles. A Booth Company guarantee offers refunds if it fails to increase weight or cure dyspepsia, with Thomas backing the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Thomas
Rock Island
T. B. Thomas
Argus
T. H.thomas
R. T. Booth Company
Travel deals and new rail services through the C. R. T. and P line
Travelers learn about low round trip homeseekers tickets to Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico and Colorado via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines. The brochure outlines daily Chicago to California sleepers and a Denver bound train leaving 9 45 a m. with early afternoon arrival. Descriptive folders available from ticket agents or F A Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
New Mexico
Second Avenue
Two Kinds of Children Need Scott Emulsion
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as vital nourishment for children who grow too fast or too slowly. It claims the product supports healthy growth, rounds out limbs, and preserves strength. A free sample offer is extended, with the publisher’s address at 409 Peab Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Peat Street
New York
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gai
Moline tale mixes tavern tale with rail danger
A drunken night call from a man named Harry Lee led Night Sergeant DeDueger to locate him and prison him for 40 days. Vandalism concerns rise after spikes found on rails near recent wrecks. Community notices include lodge officers elected, library mortgage plans, and a graft inquiry into waterworks casting bills.
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Cam
de Dueger
Harry Lee
Olson
Southwest Limited electric train opens between Chicago and Kansas City
The Southwest Limited makes its first trip on December 6 as a new electric lighted train between Chicago and Kansas City. It features standard and compartment sleepers, an observation library car, dining car, chair car, and coach with a second daily Chicago to Kansas City service. Ticket agents of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway and F. A. Miller, general passenger agent, Chicago, can provide details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Ottumwa
Chicago
Kansas City
F. A. Miller
King Edward II Sheds Tears Seeking Warm Water
A historic account recalls King Edward II being moved between torturers who shaved, bathed him with cold ditch water, and caused tears. He insisted on warm water for his beard, expressing distress at the harsh treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward II of
England
Piles Fistula and Rectal Diseases Treated Without Pain
Dr Horne offers Tie-Chemie treatment with free X-Ray exams for rectal and intestinal disorders from stomach to rectum. Claims cure for piles fistula constipation fissures and female disorders tied to rectal disease. Invites obstinate cases and consultations at Mitchell Lynde Ridg Rock Island with privacy and female attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callard
Horne
Mitchell & Lynde Ridg
Rock Island
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Dr. Bull's
Rane
Dr. Bull
Synuh
J. W. Bull
Baltimore
Draggista
Ernest E. Curry
N. J. State Hospital
Morris Plains
Nea
A. C. Meyer & Co
C. E. Smith
Harper
19Th St
2Nd Ave
Chicago Dental Company
Second Ave
Speidel’s Drug Store
Frazer Telephone
John Volk & CO
Eighteenth Street
Charles E. Hodgson
Fire Insurance Agency
American Ins. Co
Newark
N. J
Continental
New York Agricultural
Miladelphia
Traders’ Ins. Co
Union Ins. Co
Rockford
Enver Caleer
Wises Carify the Parent Cure Institute
Owight, Ill
J. M. Buford
General Insurance
le Claire Township
Anna Elizabeth Bohe
Dithmarschen
Schleswig-Holstein
John Bohe
America
Franz Johansen
Marie M. Johansen
West Third Street
Fairmount Cemetery
East Fifth Street
Will Smith
Rock Island Road
George Giglinger
Christian Chapel
Rev
A. Martin
Indiana
Rev. Martin
Board of Supervisors
Scott County
Bettendorf
Kathryn McCormick
Fred Volquardsen
Reh
Christian Volquardsen
Germany
Colorado
California
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Denver
Mississippi Valley Traction Company
Watertown
Seventh Street
Thirteenth Street
Harmony Lodge
Oracle
Sophia Donald
May Fernald
Etta Swim
Sarah Fries
Mary Chaney
Alice Hoover
Outer Sentinel
Nettie Terkelson
Inner Sentinel
Annie Brady
Minnickson
Ia Schafer
Clara Johnson
Eva Olson
Louise N. , Miller
A. R. Beal
St. George Lodge
K. P
Henry Lau
V. C
Henry Oldeprelate
Franz Ewegon
M. F
T. E. Renee
K. R
Lee Nadler
F. H. Kracke
J. G
Gust Anderson
C. G
A. 1. Smith
Gust , Pfeiffer
Public Library
Wheelock
Library Board
Carnegie
C. C. Carlstedt
Twenty-eighth Avenue
C. A. Hemberg
Ald. C. V. Johnson
Moline Pump Company
FE. H. Sleight
Sleight
Engineer Wheelock
Mead
Skinner
Independent Telephone Company
Central Union Company
Mew Castle
Physiciag
W. Washington
Third Avenue
Stengel
Paridon
Phenes
Old Union
Siegel’s
Twentieth Street
Brown
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