Davenport Police Calls and Local News Briefs
Davenport reports a flurry of police calls about suspicious characters following a spree of robberies in the last 10 days and a Friday night escape. Also noted are fines for illegal fishing, a hospital injury from a saloon brawl, a bigamy verdict for Edward Ahrens, a citywide search for an Austrian fugitive, and the death of Claus Holmer aged 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
Edward Guy Ahrens
Davenport
Big Improvements in East Moline Industry and Homes
The East Moline year 1912 saw spending reach half a million dollars on building. Deere Harvester plant led with about 250000, followed by a 50000 extension for the Moline Scale company. Root & Vander Voort, Union Malleable, and others also expanded plants as Rock Islander noted. Separately, George Van Beek and Ray Connelly assaulted Joe Stephenson in Vic's lunch room. pleas of guilty produced fines and jail time in lieu of payment. Vocational classes expand with 80 apprentices in a Moline continuation school and more to come, while East End residents push for better light and phone service through local cooperation and a private rights of way for poles. Obituary notices report the death of Joseph Rowland in England and John Swanson of this city at 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline
Deere Harvester
Moline Scale Company
Root & Vander Voort Engineering Company
Union Malleable
George van Beek
Burlington
Ray Connelly
Rock Island
Moline
Joe Stephenson
Vic
Stephenson
T. N. Jones
East End
A. J. Beverlin
Twin-Cities
Central Union Telephone Company
Land F. W. Reimers
People’s Power Company
River
Leslie Rowland
Insurance Department of Deere & Co
Joseph Rowland
Burton-on-Trent
England
John Swanson
C. M. Wahlberg
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Swanson
Smoland
Sweden
Christina Danielson
United States
Davenport
Alton
Rock River Bottoms
Heleaves
Sander Stromberg
G. F. Curle
Toronto
Canada
Albert
Dawson
Alaska
Suffragist Opposes Women Wearing Trousers
Chicago, Dec. 14. Mrs. Minona Jones, prominent Chicago suffragist, rejects trousers for women and predicts hoop skirts will return within five years. She denounces men's clothes as an abomination and urges men to reform their attire with colonial era styles and bright colors, while noting women lead fashion shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minona Jones
Mrs. Jones
Stock Show Attendance and Local Notices Summary
Two legal informations allege wing nets in government harbor without a license and illegal fishing in state waters, with penalties of suspended sentence and fines. Stock Show in Eldridge draws 300+ stockmen and farmers. J. D. English wins sweepstakes colt. Davenport obituaries note deaths of Crooper, Duncan, Koch, Buckley, Lasher. kindergarten plan and early education funding approved.
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Suburban Island
Eldridge
J. D. English
Davenport
Career of Chicago Trailing Salesman Spanned 35 Years
He came west to Chicago in 1869, moved to Joliet and then Davenport where he married Eliza Goodrich of Iowa City who died in 1893. In 1874 he joined C. Sidney Shephard & Co. of Chicago as traveling salesman, based in the city. He held the post for 35 years, retiring about six years ago from active business.
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Samuel H. Duncan
Louisa County
Mercy Hospital
Tennessee
Iowa
Rudolph Koch
West Sixteenth Street
Hol Stein
Germany
United States
Davenport
Thomas J. Buckley
Sox Ripley Street
Charles Wesley Lasher
Rock Island Street
St. Johnsville
N. Y
Chicago
Joliet
Eliza Goodrich
Iowa City
C. Sidney Shephard & Co
Orion Ladies Aid supper and bazar draw near hundred-dollar proceeds
The Ladies Aid society of the M. H. church held a supper and bazar in Orion, selling 153 supper tickets and auctioning unsold items. Proceeds totaled near $100, with a high school quartet program drawing a large crowd. Local residents were noted traveling, visiting, or ill, including Laura Estabrook, Jennie Wilson, and Byron Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
M. H. Church
Laura Estabrook
Savanna
Thompson
Ill
Jennie Wilson
Chicago
Orion
H. H. Bailey
Rolland B. Jordan
Roseville
Byron Jordan
Byron
Texas
Herbert Samuelson
Dr. Bailey
Davenport
McMichael
Milan
H. H. Rhoadermer
George Anderson
J. E. Lawson
Osceola
Iowa
B. J. Adelman
John Adelman
Wyoming
Stella Wayne
Galva
Catherine Johnson
O. Lundin
Martha Anderson
Colona
E. T. Anderson
Rock Island
Lutheran Sunday School
E. L. Streed
Illinois
Ladies of the Shining Lights Missionary Society
Nathaniel Swans
Orion Gun Club
Township
Zuma Aid Society Holds All Day Sewing Meeting
Zuma Aid society met at Mrs D W Mumma’s home for an all day sewing session on Thursday Dec 12. The next meeting is planned with Mrs Oliver Eckstrom on Jan 3. Members and local residents made social visits to nearby towns and reported on family illnesses and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuma Aid Society
D. W. Mumma
Oliver Eckstrom
Edgar Walther
Rock Island
Edna
Hazel Cox
Moline
William Nicholson
Ohio
Henry Brandt
Dubuque
Iowa
Julia Dow
Frank
Omaha
Vandevelder
Samuel Schafer
Davenport
Sc Luke’s Hospital
Mamie Wake
Walter Mnaing
Meria McLaughlin
Taylor Ridge
Zuma
Charles Walther
Sunny Hill News Briefs and Local Deaths
Mrs Rheuben Lindblad visited relatives near Coal Valley and Rock Island. Lance Sayre, a Rural township resident, died at 94 and left many relatives. Rheuben Lindblad hosted a stag party. Gust Swanson and son dressed over five hundred chickens. Will Tennant recovers from illness. Sam Lipton family recovering from scarlet fever and diphtheria after quarantine. Robert John Pierce longtime Sunny Hill resident died in Moline. Homestead church trustees concluded a Sunday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheuben Lindblad
Coal Valley
J. R. McKeag
Rock Island
Lance Sayre
Gust Swanson and
Will Tennant
Sam Lipton
Moline
Robert John Pierce
Sunny Hill
Homestead Church
There is one kind of game that no one has to carry a gun
A clipped quotation page from historical papers notes witty exchanges about hunting trouble and party misadventures. It cites Baltimore American and the Argus as sources. The lines capture humor on hunting trouble and a chafing dish party ending at a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Stomach relief claims of Mi-o-na tablets advertised
An advertisement promotes Mi-o-na tablets as more than stomach relief, claiming they clean and strengthen stomach walls and improve overall digestion. It promises indigestion relief and a free trial with a booklet, listing Thomas Drug Company and Booth's Miona as sources in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Drug Company
Booth
Miona
Buffalo
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Aten
George Bock
Phil Daum
Howard Vaughn
Ames
Charles McHenry
John McClanahan
McClanlahan
McHenry
Board of Education
Claus Holmer
Kom Ful
MinicAa
Cicee
Jenss
Cileee
Tyler
Pierce, Jefferson
Jackson
Lane & Waterman
French & Hecht Wheel Works
Koester J
Scott Street
Holmer
Claus Peters
Perces
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
the Blakslee Studio
Third Ave
Bazar
Congregational
Fort Byron
Dorcas Society
Carl Kerr
Erie
Joslin
Frank Wainwright, Sr
Briggins
Washington Star
The
Argus
American Cleaners & Dyers
Twentieth Street
Phone West
Dennes-Kuttler Machine Company
Rock Island, Tl
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