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Wreck in Fog and Local Deaths and Talk of Jobs
In Davenport region news notes report a fog collision of two C. M. & St. P. freight engines near Camanche injuring pilots but no fatalities. Also a Burlington floater suspected as Hans Wagner’s body after his two month disappearance. Obituaries include John L. McLaskey Emanuel Sanders Helena Meckel Rudolph Brandenberg. Job moves include David Drehmer promoted to Winnipeg and local business capital changes at D. M Sechler Carriage. City council tax and sewer actions anchor a long day of votes and bids.
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Camanche
Hans Wagner
Burlington
Wagner
Charles McLaskey
Iowa Street
John L. McLaskey
Orion, Sr
Emanuel Sanders
Mercy Hospital
Bright
Sanders
Fulton Building
Second and
Perry Streets
London
England
America
Muscaline
Emanuel
Davenport
Sinc
Helena Meckel
Dittmer Strat
Scott County
Louis
Henry
Walter
Minnie
Dora
Lers
David Drehmer
Deere & Webber Company
Minneapolis
John Deere Plow Company
Winnipeg
Mr. Drehmer
C. H. Hornburg, Jr
Minnesota
George P.senutz
Ma Larkin
Finance Committee
Alderman Oberg
Polk & Co
Alderman Anderson
Peoples Power Company
Waterworks Committee
Smith
Utke
Augustana College
BK. H
Anderson
Tri-city Railway Company
Eleventh Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Central Union Telephone Company
Second Avenue
Sixth
Eleventh Avenues
Schaffer
Holtzhammer
Pratt and McNealy
McNealy
Twentysixth Street
Tenth
Thirteenth Avenues
Trefz
M. T. Rudgren