Davenport Damaged Suit Settled and Misc Notices
Verdict for defendant in the $10,000 damage suit of Lewie Dittmer v Schick Express & Storage Co arising from a collision with a wagon at Second and Scott streets on April 9 1912. Also lists marriage licenses issued in district court and obituaries including five year old Lafayette Hein and Mrs Josephine Falkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewie Dittmer
District Court
Fred Anders
Davenport
Alma Jeens
August H. Buck
Durant
Minnie T. Anderson
Stockton
Louis E. Krebs
Wilton
Velma Ford
Fred Haislet
Mercer County
Illinois
Gladys Jackson
Mark W. Williams
Ida P. McPherson
Orvie R. Birney
Princeton
Lillie G. Fletcher
Prince
Josephine Falkner
Brown County
Moline Judges Seek $6 Fee for Election Work
In Moline the 102 election workers across 17 precincts plan a meeting at Turner hall Friday evening to push for a $6 fee for counting votes on city propositions. Municipal officials have authorized only $3 per person, and many checks already drawn remain short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Hall
Moline
Auto Collision and Local Notices In Davenport
A vehicle struck Samuel Wood 53 causing multiple bruises as bystanders say the car slowed to 16 mph near Fifth and Brady. An obituary records Henry Martens 64, longtime Davenport police chief, dying after a long illness. A Masonic temple decision awaits a mass meeting on remodeling versus selling the site and building anew. City election costs were $306 with a petition planned to challenge the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wood
Cr. Thompson
Woods
Fifth
Brady Streets
Brady Street
Henry Martens
Davenport
Martens
Mecklenburg
Germany
America
Lena Krause
Claudina Claussen
William
Andalu sia Social Notes and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Lee Wade of New Boston visited S A Leeman family from Thursday to Monday. John Hoffmans alus birthday anniversary drew neighbors from Milan. Several locals in Rock Island and Edgington were seen visiting family and relatives. The town faces a $500 shortfall in a lodge treasurers accounts and aid for Christmas cheer is organized by the Woman's club. Crowder faces trial while a bank robbery case unfolds. The poultry and corn show opens with 800 birds and $600 in prizes. Moline ends the year debt free with $10500 in treasury. obituary records note baby William Henry Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Wade
New Boston
S. A. Leeman
John Hoffman
Alus
Milan
Barba Free
Maud Stuart
Rock Island
el Strohmeier
Seattle
Wash
William Strohm
John Spickler
Ralph
Melvin Householder
Carbon Cliff
Charles Householder
Ward Baker
Edgington
Louis Strohmeier
James G. Britton
J. C. Dunn
Francis
William Roe
William Bentley
J. W. Saunders
St. Louis
Jefferson
Moline
Mississippi Valley Poultry and Corn Association
Turner Hall
Kellogg & Kellogg
Cambridge
Belgium
A. W. Verbeckmoes
Atkinson
A. H. Einfeldt
T. A. Stewart
Oscar Hogberg
Ses
Rock Island Township
Town Board of Auditors
Local social notes and a possible robbery near Colona
Carbon Cliff residents attend club meetings and visits. Davenport and Moline guests include Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Beckwith and Steven Bowen. A Christmas shopping robbery near Colona yields $2.50 as two Greeks are robbed on the Chicago and Rock Island Bridge. World news reports Maine relics and machine guns arriving in New York for shipment to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kleinan
L. E. Beckwith
Perry Beckwith
Davenport
Wyman Smith
M. L. Gregory
Aledo
Smith
Neil
Don
Steven Mitten
Tom Laughery
Rock Island
Rock River Bridge
Moline
James Perine
Perine
J. Young
Farmington
Frank H. McKenrick
George Holland
J. A. Lambert
Milan
New York
Maine
Washington
ZEMO advertised as a cure for eczema
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a universal remedy for raw fiery eczema and skin afflictions. It claims quick relief from pain and itching, offered with a trial bottle at a low price and a full guarantee, sold by druggists including F. D. G. Walker's in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
F. D. G. Walker
Silvis social notes recount visits and events in 1912
Local residents from Silvis and nearby towns are listed visiting relatives, hosting gatherings, and attending funerals. Activities include church bazars and thimble parties, family visits to Carbon Cliff, Sherrard, Wyoming, and Coal Valley, and travel to Missouri, Georgia, and Iowa. Notable items mention a January 8 1913 meeting and a Pioneer Birthday club gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allison
Carbon Cliff
Minnie Shultz
William Krambeck
Joe Stropes
Mabel Sherrard
Sherrard
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
J. L. Johnson
C. Geesenhagen
Wyanet
Henry Schmidt
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Coal Valley
J. M. Eaton
Whiting
Iowa
Pioneer Birthday Club
H. H. Cowles
Grace Stephens
Harris
Annawan
LeRoy Hanson
Rock Island
Alice Brown
Osborne
Ill
Bertha Briggs Moseley
Mr. Briggs
Pleasant Valley
Briggs
Moline
Silvis
Emil Klebe
E. M. Eaton
Fourteenth Street
Andy Tubbs
Mrs. Murray
Robert Andrew Murray
Rosehill
Port Byron
Earl Pomroy
South Dakota
Nettle Pine
W. C.reed
Viola
Sunday School Supper Teaches Class Exchange
Miss Ora Redmond's Sunday school class entertained Mr. Stover's class at supper at the Methodist church last Sunday. Charles Henson and family moved to Watertown Monday for a new job. S Bull and family of East Moline visited relatives here Sunday. Land transfers include Sarah J Adams to Raymond R Walker lot 2 block 1 Oak Grove addition South Rock Island for 1 dollar. Esther Tanner and Salomon Langman exchange on Oak Grove and old town Rock Island for 1 dollar. Minnie Schafer buys part lot 12 Orlando Child's Second addition Moline for 2900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Redmond
Mr. Stover
Methodist Church
Charles Henson
Watertown
S. Bull
East Moline
Tas
Moline
Sarah J. Adams
Raymond R . Walker
Oake Grove
South Rock Island
Charles E. Adams
Buena V. Moffitt
Oak Grove
Esther Tanner
Saloman Lang
Rock Island
Albert Langman
J. B. Winter
Ninth Street
Charles H. Wooton
Minnie B. Schafer
Orlando Child
Realty changes and legal notices from Wisconsin and Illinois
Real estate transfers listed include Rufus Walker to Cecilia C Jordan in Madison Wisconsin and William F Ross to Cecilia C Jordan in section 2 17 2W. Other transfers name Charles H Volk, Timmons Brad Lee, Emma Boenitz, and Lewis Tyler in Moline and vicinity. An injury compensation case against Northwestern Iron Co plant awards include $400 for a wooden leg and $1 300 in installments plus a $1 800 cost of living note. banishment to Italy referenced. Advertisement for Chamberlain Medicine Co. promises a free sample by postcard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Walker
Cecilia C. Jordan
Madison
Wis
Nicholas Oklobezega
Acme
Wisconsin
Moline
Daniel Burkey
Cecelia C. Jordan
Northwestern Iron Company
Italy
America
William F. Ross
Northwest Quarter
George H. Jordan
Charles H
John E. Volk
Buford
Chamberlain Medilcine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
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Illwaw
John T. Albert
Portland, Ore
Lettie J. Chambers
Herman Falkner
Miss Pearl Sieble
Homer
Charles Bailey
We Ance Watersigas
Andalusia
Woman's Club
Carrie O'Connor
Josephine Earnhardt
Crowder
Yeggs
William Henry
James H. Dean
Eighteenth Avenue
Dukesm Ni
Liggett & Myers
Virginia
North Carolina
Durham
N. C
ST. Louis, MO
Eczema
Ema
Northern Light
Northern Light Milling Co
Guyer S
Mock Island
John D. Peters
Timmons & Bradley
Henry Daebelliehn
Emma Boenitz
Daebelliehn
Nels J
Helga Hanson
Lewis Tyler
Signe
Standard Oil Company
Nora Guffey
Broken Arrow
Okla
Cardus
Chattanooga, Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tern
Sentires
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