Divorce suits filed in court in Moline and Davenport
Mrs Florence Ross of Moline sues for divorce from George Ross alleging cruelty and drunkenness and seeks custody of two children. George W Seaman of Moline files for divorce against Fay Seaman. The Mechanics and Merchants Savings Bank of Moline sues Andrew Olson for 1000 on a promissory note. Henry F Paulsen files a petition for mechanic’s lien against Louella P Uaverforth. Attorneys are W E Whiteside and Connelly & Connelly.
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Florence Ross
Moline
George Ross
Peoria
George W. Seaman
Fay Seaman
Davenport
Mechanice & Merchants Savfrgy Bank of
Andrew Olson
W. E. Whiteside
Mechanic's Men
Henry F. Paulsen
Louella P
Improvements Completed at Rock Island Postoffice
The Rock Island postoffice improvements are finished after weeks of work. Painters completed interior repainting with a pale brown color that brightens the building’s appearance.
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Rock Island
Early Quakeresses Mary Fisher First Publicly Flogged in England
The article profiles Mary Fisher as the first Quaker woman publicly flogged in England and notes the pivotal role of women in the Quaker movement. It highlights Elisabeth Hooton Downer Margaret Fell and Mary Fisher as key figures who spread the doctrine, endured persecution, and influenced early American Friends in New England in 1656.
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Mary Fisher
England
Nemesi
Elisabeth Hooton
Fox
Ano Downer
Tendoo
Margaret
Judge Fell
Yorkshire
Ton
New England
Maryflower
Mulbeth
Braileford
Engl
Americans in London Hire Car With Coat of Arms
Detroit Free Press notes a group of Americans in London who hired a luxurious automobile with a coat of arms on the door. The driver impressed them and the car drew attention as a sedan of status. An English peer’s wealth and heiress marriages are referenced in anecdotal detail.
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London
Ponet
Detroit Free Press
Mystery Silvery Walking Stick Sparks Family Probe
In a Pesrsoo's Weekly fragment Elsie guards a silver mounted walking stick from her sister who asks about its origin. Elsie avoids her sister by instructing her father to question the source while hinting the stick was tied to maritime imagery. The exchange unfolds with evasive dialogue and cryptic statements.
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Elsie
Mock Trial Held by Ciceronian Society
The Ciceronian literary and delisting society held a mock trial in which Wl Glass the treasurer was charged with robbery of the strong box. The jury found him guilty after a stormy argument and Glass was sentenced to ten years.
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Ciceronian Literary and
Wl Glass
Glass
George Gregory
Allen Eddy
Herman Hill
J. P. Sinnet
Forest Baumbach
Claude Hippler
Milmer Cox
Fred Nold
Will Whisler
George McDonald
Kenneth Oak
Bryan Kane
Juvenile High Finance. Half Chance to Own World
A well known school pupil lacking pocket money ran a lottery at school selling 100 chances at 25 cents to win a $25 silver cigarette case from a New York jeweler. The winner profited $4.75. the promoter $20, while the jeweler credited the returned case. Critics question the youth's methods as a potential criticism.
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New York
New York Sun
Dream Lore and Poetic Sleep in 19th Century Tales
The piece surveys dreams and poetry drawn from slumber, citing Lord Roberts in India 1853 and a London Chronicle anecdote of tears over imagined pathos. It recalls Pepys diary references to May dew used for laundry and complexion, with brief notes on nocturnal recollections and dream-driven verses.
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Lord Roberts
Peshawar
India
Post
Lahore
London Chronicle
Pepys
Jane
W.hewer
Woolwich
Mayden
Nothing Jobe’s a German and wanderlust moves him on
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a hired man leaving after eleven years, explaining how Germans have the wanderlust to move from place to place and not stay anywhere long.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Under the Ocean A Sketch of the Ocean Bed Landscape
Dr A E Shipley describes the Atlantic seabed as a layered world of life and landforms. A subaqueous traveler would move from algae and shallow fish to sands and mud, crossing from Europe toward America through continental shelves, slopes, and the mid Atlantic ridge with changing life zones and depths.
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A. E. Shipley
Edinburgh Review
Atlantic
America
Europe
Ses
Ganges
John Murray
Great Britain
Great Oceans
mid-Atlantic Ridge
Bruce
Iceland
North
South America
Africa
Azores
St. Paul's Rocks
Ascension
Tristan da Canhe
Gough Island
American
Coat sale offers warm new serviceable coats
An advertisement from Herzow opposite the Illinois Theatre lists reduced prices on coats for misses and women in mackinaw and full length models. Materials include chinchilla zebeline and wool Scotch blends. Also offers exclusive models in silk plush silk velour Arabian lamb broadcloths up to size 47 for extra stout women.
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Mackinaw
Stuttering Treatment Aims To Reduce Affliction
An article reviews stuttering treatment noting there is no universal cure but early childhood intervention can improve outcomes. It cites Dr. Frank A. Bryant on removing throat obstructions, nasal breathing, avoiding excitement, and mental poise. Emphasizes patience, proper environment, nutrition, sleep, and disciplined speech training by parents and teachers to reduce the condition.
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Frank A. Bryant
New York
Medical Record
The Voice of a Child Jenny Lind Discovered
A maid from Miss Lundberg's troupe hears a young girl singing by a shabby house. The mistress and teachers later verify the talent leading to Jenny Lind joining the Royal Opera School as a free pupil. The girl rises to fame as the Swedish Nightingale.
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Miss Lundberg
Ravel Opera
Stockholm
Fiss Lundberg
Croelius
Opera
Count Buké
Royal Opera
Royal Opera School
Sweden
Jenny Lind
Ladies Flome Journal
Sunshine and Spring at Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915
An Argus column highlights the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915 with references to Sunshine and Spring. A warning from American Magazine declares morphine as a pain producer and nerve destroyer. The piece notes constipation in many schoolchildren and endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, sold by druggists.
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The
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
W. W. Swadley
San Francisco
American Magazine
Chamberlain
All Druggista
Adv
Furio Piccirilli
A. Jaegers
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Washington
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Tee Frank
High School
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Klondon
Billings
Second Ave
Rock Isiz
Herzow
Illinois Theatre
New Women’s Shop
the Argus
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