Nissen Appointed Field Secretary for Iowa Auto Association
A. E. Nissen was named field secretary of the Iowa State Automobile association to devote full time to organizing new branches and recruiting members. He will travel statewide from Davenport, where the association's headquarters are now centered, and previously helped promote good roads in the Davenport area and the Tri-City chapter of the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway group.
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Nissen
A. E. Nissen
Iowa State Automobile Association
Decker French
State Association
Lone Automobile Association
Davenport
Tri-City
Official Highway Association
Tri-Cities
Iowa City
Des Moines
Deaths in Buffom family reveal arsenic murder plot
In Little Valley New York Cynthia Buffom aged 38 and Ernest Frahm were indicted for first degree murder after arsenic poisoned the husband five year old son and several children. Laura Buffom 14 lies dying as investigators uncover a planned murder to enable a new union. Detective Miss Minnie Slater aided sting operations.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cynthin Buffom
Little Falle
Ernest Frat
Little Valley
Buffom
Frahmeth
Cattaraugus
Norris
Laura
Herbert
Clarence
Cole
Frahm
Mrs. Buffom
O'Grady
Wheeler
Pelecu
Minnie Slater
Margaret Stone
Niagara Falls
New York
Queenston
Ont
Special election on new Orion school house discussed
The citizens of Orion will hold a special election Saturday to vote on a new school house. The rest of the text notes visits and travel among locals, a bazaar at the Lutheran church, and a note praising Cham berlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets for children with constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ady
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Advertise Skin Cure
A veteran from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, reports scaly psoriasis on arms and limbs improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He bought two more boxes after trying samples and states complete cure in three months. The ad touts Cuticura as effective for skin, scalp, hair and hands and suitable for daily use.
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A. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Cambridge Local Social and City News Notes
Mrs E H Reed and daughter Mrs Fred H Hand visited in the tri cities last Tuesday Ida Johnson left for Galesburg to visit relatives Agnes Lindburg hosted the M I W club last Tuesday Justice and Mrs John P Hand arrived in La Jolla Cal for the winter John S Peterson was taken to St Luke's hospital Davenport for appendicitis and is progressing Mrs Walter Fragd returned from Manchester Iowa her husband followed home Mrs I D White visited in Davesport Beth Sherrard visited Rock Island relatives Mrs Arvid Angerson and two children left for Galva to visit relatives Mr and Mrs Camp of Chicago guests of Mrs J M Bristol Cambridge Wednesday club to meet Dec 17 Miss Elizabeth Seaton visited Bishop Hill Irene Talbot ill Wallace Stein Osco Esco Johnson Osco Cambridge visitors last Saturday Mrs William Lockey's birthday surprise party won prizes A dinner and dominoes night plates given to remember the occasion Mrs Fred Carlson and family spent last Wednesday in Kewanee Born Nov 11 a nine point son to Dr and Mrs O W Eaton Mrs Alex Carlson went to Woodhull for a visit Clarence Olson household guests Mr and Mrs Will Olson of Galesburg spent Friday with Clarence Olson Ray Brown visited Galva on business H L Angevine Osce Tuesday Mrs Winchel a Kewanee caller William Glass heads to Los Angeles for the winter Mystic Workers officers elected Prefect F A Elm monitor J C Douglas secretary August Hull banker S W Bappleton marshal Medie Pett erson physicians Westerlund Conser warder Margaret Scott sentinel Frank Bjorkman supervisor James Wright Cedar Rapids delegates J W Olenius Mable Smith Margaret Scott alternates Arthur Grann Mineral spent Sunday with his mother and sister Mrs Harry Williams Galva visit
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E. H. Reed
Fred H. Hand
Tri-Cities
Ida Johnson
Galesburg
Agnes Lindburg
M. I. W. Club
Cambridge
Justice
John P. Hand
la Jolla
Cal
Mr. Hand
John S. Peterson
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Westerlund
Albert Peterson
Peterson
Walter Fragd
Manchester
Iovn
I. D. White
Davesport
Fiuth Sherrard
Rock Island
Arvid Angerson
Fris
Galva
Camp
Chicago
J. M. Bristol
G. G. Johnson
Elizabeth Seaton
Bishop Hill
Irene Talbot
Wallace Stein
Osco
Esco Johnson
William Lockey
Harry Palmer
Marguerite Hutchinson
Lockey
Fred Carlson
Florence
Russell
Kewanee
O. W. Eaton
Alex Carlson
Woodhull
Will Olson
Clarence Olson
Martin Horneecker
Ray Brown
H. L. Angevine
Osce
Winchel
William Glass
Los Angeles
Arthur Anderson
Arthur Johnson
Mystic Workers of the World
Preffect
F. A. Elm
Monitor
J. C. Douglass
August Hull
S. W. Bappleton
Marshal
Medie Petterson
West
Margaret Hutchinson
White
White Lome
St. Luke’s Hospital
Judge
C. M. Turner
R. Larson
John A. Peterson
George
Geneseo
Ottis Kapple
L. A
Miss Samuelson
Phillips
Sadie Strawberg
Gran
Stramberg
Oscor
Stephen Malcolm
Charles
Gene
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Casual notes from the Tri Cities area and surrounding towns
Local social notes report visits and calls among families in Cambridge Geneseo Osco Kewanee and Rock Island including Margaret Hutchinson’s appendectomy recovery Mrs White Lome from St Luke's Hospital and several residents seen in Osco Cambridge Sterling and Geneseo. Ads mention Bromo Quinine tablets and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with routine health advice.
Davenport and Rock Island Social Roundup
Local residents made visits across Davenport and Rock Island with calls in Rock Island on Friday and Saturday. Attendees included Mrs. Lawrence Weiss in Orion and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hofer in Chicago for a stock show. The Lyceum third concert featured Misses Wheeler and Norton at the M. E. church. Owing to illness Mrs Aceola Pooler could not attend.
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James Bowes
M. E
Wheeler and Norton
Aceola Pooler
Rock Island
Charles John
Maria McLaughlin
Ramsay
Charles Dunlap
Julia
Anna
Nellie Hintermeister
Andrew Musgerson
Frank Chambers
Adolph Hofer
Familly
Misa Katherine Tuhr
Ernest Tuhr
Mra
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Roddewig
J. Nielson
West Fourth Street
Arp
Milwaukee
Petersen
Mount Carmel
Fifteenth
Urady Street
Qvorning
Mother Superior
United States
Scott County Democracy
McCullough
M. J Malloy
Sam Alechuler
Illinois
M. J. Wade
Pepper
M. J. Malloy
George T. Baker
Charles Tank
Otto Hill
Dan B. Herne
Ben Luette
Fred Lischer
W. G. Noth
J. J. Hild
Hugo Moeller
E. J. Carroll
H. J. McFarland
Isaac Petersberger
W. A. Stoecks
Mercum
Cal Mesacuom
Raymond Barbosa
Joe Feris
Petro Garcia
Pete Gomez
G. Nanchez
Meacum
Weck
Wilhelm Shade
Catherine Christen
Manila
Porfirio Sanches
Maria Martinez
Benj. Leaton
Lenora Bush
Bettendorf
George L. Boston
AE Callum
My Lady's Face
McCallum Hosiery CO
Northamaton
Mase
ORION
Dessel Kirkland
Myldrid Streed
E. L. Streed
Creston
Boone Oliver
Frank Melton
Bert Dilley
Elwood Bothwell
John Nye
Phemer South
Gail
Elisha
Jim
Joe Oliver
Professor Nolan
Biggsville
Lutheran Jenarch
Miss Condon
Spearmiw
Wrigley
Wrigley’s
E. W. Grove
Taylor Ridge
J. M. Kell
Edna Hertman
Lawrence Weiss
Herman Hofer
Charles Crawford
Charley Crabs
Reynolds
Merrell
Soule
Merrell-Soule Company
SYR
Brown Street
Twentieth Street
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