Let Contract On Farm Structures
County infirmary committee of the board of supervisors awards $2,500 in contracts for farm improvements. Paul H. Lorenz to build two concrete silos 14 feet in diameter and 40 feet high at $90 each. Conrad Schadt to remodel the largest building into a modern dairy barn at $1,600. Superintendent Frank Wyle plans Christmas celebrations with presents and exercises for inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Paul Wadsworth
Rural
R. Wright
Rock Island
Charlies Tambur
Moline
Paul H. Lorenz
Conrad Schadt
Livis
Frank Wyle
Anniversary celebration and church notes in Meoria area
The article notes the 25th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Fr W Foster with gifts and an oyster supper. It covers the district quarterly meeting at German M E church, a Woman's Foreign Missionary society gathering, medical updates on Miss Maggie Bopp and Miss Flora Morse, visits by James L Gillett, and social visits to Mr and Mrs August Deakman. It also reports Hawthorne School leading in state bank savings deposits, with figures for several schools including Audubon and Eugene Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable
Meoria
M. E
Fr. W. Foster
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
F.C. Mewes
Maggie Bopp
Flora Morse
Osborne
Kan
J. C. Morse
James L. Gillett
Thomas Watson
D. J. Ripley
August Deakman
Hawthorne
State Bank of
Rock Island
Audubon
Aiken Street
Eugene Field
Grant
Horace Ma
Irving
Kemble
Lincoln
Longfellow
Grate Victory for Sence in Orchard Standoff
Turmut and two orchards near village clash with curious youths. While Turmut waited for a boy to descend he received a note accusing him of spying and theft. The message proclaims a “Grate victory for fence” as a taunt from London Answers with playful mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turmut
London
Made in U S A The great American home remedy for such ills
The ad proclaims a years old domestic remedy claimed to aid appetite digestion constipation biliousness colds grippe and malaria United States origin and broad health claims aimed at general malaise with a sales tone
Passing of the Slender Skirt at National Fashion Meet
A Toledo convention of the National Cloak and Suit Manufacturers Association vows a spring shift to voluminous, flowing skirts replacing the current form fitting styles. The piece notes potential dismay among youths and domestic tensions as fashion moves toward more material skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cloak and Suit Manufacturers Association
Toledo
Davenport Plant Charged With Adulteration In Food Trade
Day in Davenport reports charges against Amazon Vinegar and Pickling Works of Davenport for interstate shipment of adulterated foods. Thirty five cases of sweet pickles relish and mangoes seized from Henry Dart’s Sons warehouse in Rock Island by federal and state inspectors, alleged to contain salicylic acid prohibited by federal and Iowa Illinois laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Amazon
Davenport
Amazon Company
Henry Dart
Christmas tree hymn page for Rock Island event
The Rock Island Christmas tree on Market square will be decorated and lit during Christmas week starting Tuesday evening. No gifts or speeches. choruses will sing with participation from the public and schoolchildren. Eight cornetists from the Rock Island Musical club will lead the singing. Hymns include Joy to the World and Hark the Herald Angels Sing, with compact services planned if weather is severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Market Square
Rock Island Musical Club
Antioch
America
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County Infirmary
Foster
Tota
U.S. A
Hostetter
Rood
Varese
Doctor Cook
Industrial Relief Society
The
Relief Society
Red Cross
General Fund For Red Cross
J. L. Hecht
Dick Lane
George W. French
Putnam
General Red Cross
Fej
James Keating
North Market Street
Second
Warren
Jim
Mercy Hospital
Keating
T. Richter & Sons
Denger
John Zoller
East Fourteenth Street
Pepita Gonzales
Mary Joe
Bettendorf
Swingle
Waterloo Company
N. M. Dyer
Holbrook’s
Waterloo Furniture Company
Dyer
Bernard McMahon
McMahon
Ecards
Arthur Barker
West Fourth Street
James I McCullough
Ridgewood Avenue
Roy Plagmann
West Eighth Street
William Spiess
West High
Charles Hanson
West Seventh
Harry Schiesser
Sturdevant
Fred Eichorn
West Fourth
Eda Burmeister
Charles Burmeister
Nelda
Vorce
Louise Kanhzen
T .Knutzen
Clinton
Ella
John Boyer
Harriett Anderson
Peoria
Fran Fritchel
Ottumwa
Haley
Clarksville
Tenn
James Wilcoxson
Ruth Gray
Dante
R. I
L.E. West Gum CO
2Nd Ave
Rock Island Savings Bank
the Christmas Savings Club
Savings Department
Rock Island Savings Bank Savings, Commercial and Trust Departments
H. S. Cable
H. P. Hull
V. Pres
P. Greenawalt
A. J. Lindstrom
W. G. Johnston
A. Cash
I. J. Green
A. Cashier
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