At the Theater Gookings at the Illinois and More
Performances announced for December at the Illinois Moline and Grand theatres feature a mix of vaudeville burlesque and musical comedy. Highlights include Ike and Abey Miss New York Jr Innocent Maids Peck's Bad Boy oriental burlesque and The County Chairman. The Grand hosts Hitchcock vs Davenport anecdotes and The Flower Girl musical opera with Louise Gunning and Louis Harrison. Sergeant Kitty at the Illinois is praised for James McElhern’s comic role.
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the Illinois
Ikey
Abey
Matinee
Red Feather
New York, Jr
Ike and
George H. Yale
Pit
Hitchcock
Raymond Hitchcock
the Galloper
Grand Opera House
New York
Edgar L. Davenport
Kirke Warren
Galloper
Davenport
Copeland Schuyler
Kitty
Illinois
James McElhern
Rock Island
Jacques Jonquiniere
Happiness in a Grain of Wheat
An advertisement proclaims fourteen elements needed for health reside in a single food wheat. It credits Malta-Vita as the whole wheat plus salt steamed and mixed with barley malt extract to aid digestion, marketed as The Perfect Food. Large package priced at 10 cents.
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Nature
Malta-Vita
Davenport Sues Brick Makers For 10000 Injur ies
Henry Mooure sues brick yard owners Pohlmann and Reese for 10000 damages citing serious permanent injuries after earth collapsed at their yard. Gannon McGuirk represent Mooure. Schmidt Vollmer defend. Plaintiff details include broken leg crushed foot and other disabilities from alleged negligence.
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Henry Mooure
Pohlmann & Reese
Gannon & McGuirk
Schmidt & Vollmer
Mooure
Legislative push for felonies on desertion and cruelty
Gustafson and Hayes advocate passing laws to make desertion and non-support felonies with fines and imprisonment, plus a stricter cruelty to animals law. The measures will be discussed at Tuesday night’s meeting with steps toward enactment. Crippled Woman Drunk is reported as Grace Carnahan, arrested Sunday for vagrancy, detained, and sent to detention for ten days with a possible return to Chicago for suspension. Obituary record notes Thomas Russell death in Pasadena, with family history and career details. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for nasal catarrh relief in a letter from W L Rawls of Bells, Tenn.
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Grace Carnahan
Hill
Chicago
Roddewiz
John Vale
Kirkwood Boulevard
Pasadena
Cal
Thomas Russell
The
Gazette
California
William
Josiah
W. L. Rawls
Bells, Tenn
W. T. Hartz
C V. Nelson
City Hospital
Clyde Fell
Eleventh Street
Porter
Ind
Sweden
Eli Coppens
Phil Coppens
Fourth Street
Croup
Moline
Alice Hayward Thomas
Hampton Township
Crompton
Alice Hayward
Bridgewater
Mass
H. F. Thomas
South Weymouth
Mary L. Vincent
Evanston
Camilla C. Wheelock
Alice H. Crompton
Herbert E. Thomas
Sylvia J. Hemenway
Rock Island
H. O. Rolfs
Moline Turners Fair profits and site plans advance
The Moline Turners fair closed with receipts estimated between 600 and 800 dollars, aiding debt reduction and gym repairs. Treasury site studies for the new federal building advance under a supervising architect, with final action not expected for about 30 days. Obituaries note C V Nelson of Moline, Eli Coppens, and Mrs. Alice Hayward Thomas, detailing ages and lineages. other local items include a train gate incident and civic notices on Y M C A matters and Hyomel catarrh treatment ads.
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Turnverein
the Treasury
Taylor
Moline
Edwards
Snow Flake Flavoring Powder Price Cut Promises Quality
The advertisement promotes Snow Flake Flavoring Powders reduced from 25 cents to 15 cents per can, asserting unchanged quality and can size. It claims greater savings than any liquid extract, offers Lemon, Vanilla, Orange and Nutmeg flavors, and guarantees money back if unsatisfied.
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the Moline
the Grand
Veronique
Shubert
London
Paris
Studebaker
Mes. Sager
Louise Gunning
Louis Harrison
Crystal Theatre
Davis & Churchill
Bartis Opera House
Maurice Campbell Company
Henrietta Crosman
Peggy
St. and No
Tri-City Loan Coo
Brady St
W. L. Douglas
Iowa
Howard Young
George Shanley
Young
Roy Sommers
Why
Sommers
Scott County
Humane Society
Lambach
Whitaker Building
Newmarket
Coats
Silk
Dent
D. A. Johnston
Railroad
Silvis
Johnston
YM. C. A
Rockford
C. G. Winkler
Hullman & Winkler
Fifteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Winkler
A. M. Hayward
Hampton
Alice Augusta
Joseph Henry
Jennie Gilchrist
Clara H. Francis
Thomas
Sylvanus Conant
Roger Conant
America
Massachusetts
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