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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1911

Page

2

Local social notices from Moline and nearby towns

A parade of visits and errands fills the week with residents from Moline Aledo Cable and Rock Island. People such as Harry Andersen John Lawson Anna Hebbern Frank Handley and many families attend gatherings travel for business and attend events while Misses Issacson Nina Chilin and others visit relatives and shop. A Waneta Tribe of Red Men dance draws a large crowd and invitations go out for the wedding of Frank Russell and Anna Hebbeln.

John Lawson Sherrard Frank Handley Moline Fred Schroeder Rock Island William Edgar Joy John Edgar Albert Sliverine William Standley Tom Elliott Near Cable Aledo Anna Hebbern Cable John Russell Bisbee Opera House Nina Chilin Mathersville Friends Fred Letterdahl C. A. Samuelson Bank Nettie Johnson Susie Edna Issacson Peter Issacson John Kouskie Herman Zude Doremce Stephen Frye John Hebbern Edwin Gustafson Viola Frank Rosenburg Fred Coal Valley Schroeder William Esp Gilchrist Frank Russell Anna Hebbeln J. F. Hebbeln

Davenport High Football Banquet Ends Season In Style

Davenport high school football team of 28 enjoyed an eight course banquet at the outing club, with numerous toasts and a claim it was the best yet. A separate report notes Lafayette Green was arrested for intoxication after a confrontation with Viola Davis, receiving 30 days in county jail. Charles Werner’s murder trial is upcoming with venue details and local attorneys named. Seven Davenport Baseball Club shares were bought at $100 each by a 20 member committee.

Davenport High School Lafayette Green Iowa Street Viola Davis Green Roddewig Eas Charles Werner Henry Claussen Letts C. H. Murphy Fred Vollmer Waldo Becker Davenport Dick R

Secretary Nagel Named as Potential Supreme Court Candidate

Obituary notes the death of Mrs Margaretha Vogel aged 63 at her Davenport home after a long illness. Survived by six children in Idaho Falls, Dubuque, Philadelphia, Davenport, and Missouri, plus four sisters and two brothers.

O. H. Winckler West Ninth Street Margaretha Vogel Pennsylvania Davenport Conrad Vogel August Idaho Falls Idaho Clark Rieck Dubuque Iowa Julius Philadelphia George Butte Mont Henry William P. Winckler Carolina Schumaker Hans Wiese Mary Mossac Til- He Shriner Lee County Missouri George Hirt Henry Hirt O’brien Charles Nagel Commerce and Labor Taft

Aledo Hosts Corn Judging School and Concert

Aledo opens a corn judging school and concert under Professor W A Hook of Packwood Iowa in the William and Waslett college hall with over 100 students enrolled. The program includes livestock classes in the Warnock stock pavilion, poultry displays, and talks by Miss Evans of Urbana and Hook. A Mercer county initiative backs the course, with plans to tour Warren and Rock Island counties next year.

W. A. Hook Packwood Iowa William and Waslett College Warnock Mercer County Farmers’ Institute D. C. Center Springfield Aledo A. L. Duncan Mercer County Warren Rock Island Urbana Evans Hook J. H. McMurray Lincoln

Wrinkles From Flesh Nourishment Not Time Says Doctors

Physicians claim wrinkles come from lack of heat and nourishment in the flesh not aging. Friction provides only temporary heat. true restoration requires substantial nourishment such as thermodized jelly which is said to restore skin to firm smoothness quickly by sinking beneath the outer layer and tightening fibrous tissue.

Moline Poultry Show Opens Today at Turner Hall

Moline launches its first annual poultry show in Turner hall with entries on exhibit today and Sunday. Petitions circulate to have the city commission remove the Twenty third street surface crossing and to reroute the interurban to serve the Fifteenth street business district. Four joy riders in an Iowa licensed car collided with a Blue line street car at Eleventh street. the car survived with damage and the riders left before identification. S. E. Kiser, Chicago Record-Herald humorist, entertained the After Dinner club in Moline club rooms with Alternating Currents, drawing a large turnout and praise for his humor and pathos.

Molive Turner Hall Twentythird Street Fifteenth Street Eleventh Street Iowa Kiser S. E. Kiser Chicago Record-Herald Moline Rock Island Broadway Presbyterian Church J. B Oakleaf

Town Social Highlights From Watertown Community News

Friday evening tramp sociable at M W A hall hosted Baptist Aid with pie eating won by Frank Lovey and best tramp costume to William Gill. Other notes include church groups, birthday party for Bernadine Cox, visits from Sioux City and Houston, and officers elected for Riverside camp Royal Neighbors.

M. W. A. Hall Baptist Aid Society Frank Lovey William Gill Baptist Aid Joe Beisler Tower of Monmouth Lillian Graham Methodist Church Methodist Aid Society W. G. Ausbrook Elizabeth Lucas Grace George Cady Riverside Camp Royal Neighbors Oracle Irene Varney Katherine Keene Bernadine Thomas Thompson Sioux City Mary Lewis W. W. Wilson Dave Schafer Zuma Henry Schafer Port Byron George Allebrew Houston Texas Kate Hicks George Allsbrow Savannah W. M. Driggs Peoria Comstock Pearl Derrick Milan T. J. Shefer Frank Carlstead Andi

Navy official urges sane standard for Annapolis football

Surgeon General C F Stokes in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy urges a cafe and sane standard in athletics at the Annapolis naval academy. He argues that the after effects of football are disabiting and questions the sport's value as a worthwhile activity.

C. F. Stokes United States Navy Secretary of the Navy S4eyer Annapolis Naval Academy

A Lovely Complexion Worth While Review

Physicians today affirm that a woman can cure skin evils and gain a new skin through proper grooming. They warn against cold creams and neglect, praising coleated balsam as a restorative that stimulates pores, cleanses tissues, and restores a youthful complexion within weeks.

Ladies’ Home Magazine

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Harry Andersen E. Axelson Miathersville Harry Quaintance Arthur Roseen John Halstead Galva Frank Holt George Raisbeck Clyde Lawson Eva McGonigle Alex Simpson Hazel Lawson John Adams Clyde Rosenberg James McWilliams Joseph F. Hynes West Liberty Clara Huff Iowa City Edward Buckner Berry Ann Marwick Glen L. Evans Geneseo Alice Delp John C. Bergert Long Grove Katharine C. Lahl Secretary OF Labor Nagel Lane Baseball Club Dr. King Copenhagen Lil Dical Institute Watertown NAVY Annapolis Isorg Chas FE. Stokes Peoples National Bank Kent Chicago Medical Institute West Third Street Main St
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