Davenport Robbed on Street and Local Crime Notes
A Davenport resident told police he was robbed of seven dollars and forty cents at Eighth and Harrison as he walked home. A second incident thwarted as a gunman failed to rob Sweet Wallach Photo Store thanks to two customers. A fire at Sim Myers property in Buffalo destroyed a barn with a horse two pigs and hay. An Austrian escapee’s forged draft on a gas plant official is noted. Several obituaries report deaths of local residents including John Louis Drew and Michael F Shaughnessy with family survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Balzer
Granitord Fata
Eighth
Harrison Streets
Balzer
Ehighth Street
Sweet- Wallach
Robery
Ollo Vinal
Vinali
Buffalo
Sim Myers
U S warship heads to Santo Domingo amid uprising rumors
Rumor says the battleship New Hampshire was sent to Santo Domingo to quell another uprising. Americans had withdrawn marines weeks earlier as tensions and threats persisted on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Santo Domingo
New Hampshire
Island Republic
Washington
Island
Watertown Social News Highlights Relatives Visits And Local Events
Watertown residents share visits and ailments as local clubs meet. Leola Filbert battles chicken pox while Alphretta Allsbrow recovers at home. Baptist and Methodist aid societies plan events, Thimble club meets, and families attend gatherings in town and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rilta Filbert
Zumas
Methodist Aid Society
Leola Filbert
Louis Taylor
Port Byron
Wess Wagoner
Moline
Ed Axelson
Dave Schafer
Osborne
Watertown
Baptist Aid Society
Henry Hilbure
Alphretta Allsbrow
Thimble Club
Cleland
East Moline
Coder
Hampton
L. Taylor
Saloons Seek Clean, Beneficial Lunch Reforms in Moline
Moline saloonkeepers nearly all back a plan to end free lunches, requesting a sanitary reform to make establishments models of cleanliness. The issue is referred to the committee of the whole for further study. A visiting nurse in public schools is proposed by the Women’s Club, with a three-member committee to confer with the school board. A parole violator from a New York prison, Edward Scott, was arrested in Moline and identified. he had been paroled in New York and has since lived in Illinois. A Lap robe was stolen from J. Huggins’ car. Rev. A. F. Bergstrom was appointed to the city library board. Clifford A. Connell, former Moline barber, died in Davenport. he was born Feb. 28, 1876, and survived by widow, four brothers, and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idence
Rock Island Street
Drew
England
United States
Davenport
Griswold College
Bank of Cook & Sargent
Ebenezer Cook
Leo
Alexander
Bettendorf
Ann Drew
Paris
France
Oscar Arms
New York
Katherine Harriet Drew
Anthony Walsh
Eugene J. Walsh
Clinton
Iowa
Mary Masury
West Fourth Street
Watertown
N. Y
W. J. Masury
Mia
William Long
Frank Steiner
Chicago
Maggie Devine
John Kaley
Michael F. Shaughnessy
East Seventh Street
Mr. Shaughnessy
Thomas
James
John Shaughnessy
E. C. Heiser
West Pleasant Street
Mildred
Elmer Wayne Busch
West Fifth Street
Mr. Busch
Pinesboro
Ill
Moline
Mary Metzgar
G. H. Huntoon
W. C. Bennett
Metzgar
McEniry
New York State
Edward Scott
Empire State
Dennemora County
Illinois
M. R. Carlson
A. F. Bergstrom
First Lutheran Church
C. J. Youngberg
Pennsylvania
Bergstrom
Clifford A. Connell
St. John's Hospital
Waverly
Katherine Fetterman
East Moline
New Campbell Hotel
Wilbur
Emmetsburg
George
Delof
Rolfs
C. H
Minneapolis
Jessie Weans
Seilvis visit to McKinley School leads to incident
A fragment indicates the McKinley school's activity involved a visit to the home of Prof. Victor R. McKnight and a subsequent perpetrated act. The limited text ends abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Victor R. McKnight
Mrs Laramore Tells Troubles With Black Draught
Mrs Riley Laramore of Goodwater Missouri says she suffered from dyspepsia and heartburn since childhood. After using Thedford's Black Draught in small nightly doses, her symptoms disappeared in days and have not returned. She notes it acts gently with no bad after effects and recommends its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwater
Riley Laramore
Thedford
Neighborhood social notes fill Silvis column
A long list of local visits entertainments and health updates from Silvis Iowa and nearby areas. Guests include Mrs. McKnight in Indiana and Mrs. Emmeritt with her sister from Ladora. Church ladies and lodge groups meet. a chimney fire is quickly tamed with a garden hose. many residents travel to Bettendorf Moline Cable and Silvis for events and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKnight
Indiana
Mr. McKnight
George McKinley
William Ireland
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
A. Tyler
Valley Junction
W. Emmeritt
Ladora
Iowa
Eighth Street
Hood
Ben Nelson
Florence
Moline
Katie Rasmussen
Moseley
Bertha Briggs
Silvis
Rickets
Bettendorf
A. Peterson
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Henry Schmidt
A. Powell
William Abrams
Des Moines
George Nichols
Cable
O. Unslaven
Mise Bessie Ferguson
Victor
John Henderson
Sixth Street
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Sherman House
Evane
District Court
A. W. Steen
Belle Steen
Rock Island
John Louis Drew
Scott County
Beecham
Bertlams
L. H. Swan
Helen Cosner
Lincoln
Fred Willey
Baby
Willey
London
Ross Wainwright
Thomas Schafer
B. Warren
C. Lewis
Abingdon
Frank Sherbine
Colchester
Thomas Craig
Orville Maher
Fourth Avenue
J. Huggins
West End
Huggins
Osco
Seilvis
Lady In
Hoosier Company
Andy
Hoosier Club
Spencer Furniture Co
Hoosier
Emmerett
Tonica
E. Young
Buchanan
Mich
J. A. Johns
First Avenue
Bennett
Dale
Wisconsin
Sherrard
J. L. Earley
Malcolm
Bessie Farrow
Emil Klebe
Barstow
Seventh Street
Morton L. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Gust, Schlegel & Son
Second Street
Ours Raurtita
M. _ ZIFFRIN
Third Avenue
Rock Island, Hl
Old Phone
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