Nativity posters to fill Davenport streets this Christmas
Davenport plans large 12 color Nativity billboards nine feet by twenty one feet to inspire civic uplift. Posters will be placed at listed downtown boards as Amer ica poster ad group promotes a humane message with no advertising motive. City residents and youth thefts, fireside events, and obituaries follow in this issue.
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Davenport
America
United States
Devonport
Fulton Avenue
Christie Street
West
Fourth Street
Fourth
Myrtle Streets
West Eighth Street
Thirteenth
Gaines Streets
Washington
Liberty Streets
Charles T. Kindt
Poster Advertising Association
Jeas
Vivisection Blot on Civilization At Washington Meet
Delegates at the International Anti Vivisection and Animal Protection society convention in Washington denounced vivisection and animal slaughter. Prominent figures included Mrs Clinton Pinchney Farrell and Mrs Florence Pell Waring of New York City, Mrs Caroline E White of Pennsylvania, Miss Lind af Hageby of London, and Mrs Robert G Ingersoll of New York.
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International
Clinton Pickney Farrell
Florence Pell Waring
Caroline E. White
Miss Lind
Hageby
Robert G. Ingersoll
Widow and Survivors of Davenport Resident
Obituary notes for Mrs Christina Astmas of Davenport with six children and 18 grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 pm Sunday from the home, Oakdale cemetery interment. Also mentions Mrs George Strahle of Davenport who died after illness and operation, funeral 2 pm Sunday from home, Fairmount cemetery with private services. Short notices include ad copy for Indian River Farmer and Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
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Anna Lavery
Davenport
West Sixth Street
Ireland
United States
St Louis
Willam Lavery
Lavery
Maas & Lavery
William H. Lavery
Thomas Hersehey
Daniel Moriarity, Jr
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's
Charles O. Kimball
O. C. Hill
Chicago
George Asmus
Fulton Avenue
Mecklenberg
Germany
America
Illinois
Herman Sons Lodge No. 3
Woodmen of America
Christina Astmas
Mary Scheel
Emma Stark
Lena Cordary
Louise Seeley
Anna Larson
Charles Asmus
Oakdale Cemetery
George Strahle
West Fourth Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Rock Island
Decedent
Iowa City
Birdie
Nell
Lottie Strahle
Fairmount Cemetery
Dr Herbert to lecture at Y M C A on Monday
Social time planned for Saturday in the Y M C A lobby with a social program. Dr L G Herbert, praised for his engaging lectures, will speak at 8 15 pm Monday at the Y M C A under the Young People's Presbyterian union. Two Sunday afternoon talks are set with Rev H W Reed and Walter Young, plus music by a ladies quartet.
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L. G. Herbert
Young People’s Presbyterian Union
Herbert
Walter Young
H. W. Reed
Religious Work Committee
Matherville Third Annual Ball Celebrates Wa Native Red Men
The third annual ball by the Wa neta tribe of Red Men Wednesday night drew about one hundred attendees. McFate's orchestra supplied music as flags and pennants adorned the hall. Nearby, Aledo travelers and visitors from Moline and Viola were noted among the week’s social activity. A coal mine accident near the Coal Valley site left two youths with a painful mishap after running out of carbide while returning home.
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Waneta
Red Men
McFate
Joe Brownlee
Bernice Bopp
Aledo
Lila Mae Nelson
Moline
Hugh Jones
Alden
John Garrett
Andrew Perkins
Lillie
Thomas Dairnson
Flora DeVoss Company
Gust Ledderquist
Rock Island
Henry Johnson
Herman Johnson
Fred Haddick
John Edgar
Thomas Edgar
Dewey Dahlberg
John Harris
Coal Valley
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy advertisement claims rapid relief
An old promotional notice touts Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as effective after a single dose for stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments. It cites thousands of users, promises natural results, and invites readers to request a booklet from Geo. H. Mayr and purchase via Red Cross Pharmacy in block Island.
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Mayr
Geo. H. Mayr
Mig
Whiting St
Flock Island
Red Cross
F. D. G. Walker
Vorth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Explosion Injures Two Boys In Carbide Can Incident
An old carbide can caused a blast when a lid was removed and a lamp placed inside. Both boys suffered facial burns with the Harris boy most severely injured but saved from losing sight by an eye specialist. They are recovering.
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Harris
Dode Hailstone
Gilchrist
C. M. Murrell
Rock Island
Joe Wild
Aledo
Charles Linburg
Charles Gobart
Dade Scott
Caleb Parris
Joseph Johnson
Hugh Gorman
John Blane
Otto Pearson
Whan
Boden
Miller Lewis
Vaneek Kauzlarich
Charles Kirchman
Kauzlarich
Kirchman
Father McKinney
Viola
To Find Your Collar Button Puzzle
A Cincinnati Enquirer puzzled item offers two comic methods to locate a dropped collar button. A domestic scene follows where Mrs Richly asks her maid about missing items while the maid mishears Keats, producing a humorous exchange.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
A Fair Proposition for Meritol Rheumatism Powders
Manufacturers trust their product with a positive guarantee to relieve rheumatism or refund money. The ad claims relief in all cases and invites customers to view the remedy. H. O. Rolf is the exclusive Rock Island agent.
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H. O. Rolf
Rock Island
Washington Rear Admiral Thomas Benton Howard on board duty
Washington Rear Admiral Thomas Benton Howard, president of the naval examining and retiring board, was assigned by Secretary Daniels to command duties with the fleet, according to a Navy Department notice.
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Pearl Lockwood
Agd
Charles Lockwood
Lockwoods
H. Murphy
Washington
Thomas Benton Howard
Naval Examining and Retiring Board
Daniels
Reginald F. Nicholson
Naval General Board
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West Third Street
Wm. Kniplale
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Clifford Munn
Harry Munn
Wilkes Avenue
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St. Louis
Ole Johnson
West Fifty Street
Johnson
Bremen
Harry Bremen
Roddewig
Wilson Pool
Brady Street
Geneseo
Wm. Bishop
Raymond C. Judd
Arlington Avenue
Yeomen Lodge
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Elmer Bartmess
Lelaire Hall
A. A. Screenchfield
Alfred High
Anna Rau
Anna Wahlig
Rebecca
Lizzie Kuehl
Rowena
Louise High
Watchman
A. Doolittle
Sentinel
Charles Malosche
Guard
Inev Conover
Third
Ripley Streets
Florence Daley
Dunkar Plumbing Company
O. P. Sala
Morris Citron
Eighth Street
Hostetter
Indian River Farmer
Florida
Vero, Fla
The
Argus
DR. Herbert
Matherville
John Hoyt Piano CO
West Second St
Joe Rowe
Sherrard
Mary Medull
E. A. Sherrard
John Lawson
Frank Moline
Emma Knott
John Boden
Thomas Oifield
Frea {Schroder
William Caddy
Ed McArdle
Neil McGenigle
Etta Snell
Frank Noline
A. R. Stein
Ralph
Ellen Chilin
Cable
Herman Zude
Elda Roseen
Arthur
Central Union Telephone Company
A. J. Beverlin
Rock Island Savings Bank
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