Kept Wedding Secret Reveals Davenport Benedict
News of the neighbors reports that R E Reese son of Professor Theodore Rudolph Reese secretly wed a Philadelphia woman more than a year ago. He plans to return to Davenport within a year and reveal the marriage to his friends and community. The note comes from Norfolk, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Reese
Theodore Rudolph Reese
Benedict
Philadelphia
Mr. Reese
Norfolk
Davenport
Christmas Cantata and Wake Funeral at Zuma Methodist
A Zuma Christmas program includes a cantata and tree at Zuma Methodist, while the funeral for George Wake was held there on Tuesday at 11 o'clock with six honorary and six active pallbearers and burial in Zuma cemetery. Wake was a long-time member of the church and local organizations. Other notes mention local social events, marriages, a new brass band, a theft case, and a list of undelivered mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hyland
Court House
Byron Rumsey
William C. Schaeffer
Hyland
Zuma Methodist Church
Zuma Cemetery
Wake
Zuma
Old Settlers’ Association
Zuma W.C. T. U
America
William Mumma
Bethlehem
Iowa
Jessie
Galesburg
Henry
Mumma
Grant Stinebrook
Sioux City
Joe Shafer
Rose Hill
Letters to Santa Claus From Rock Island Children
Letters from Esther and Margaret in Rock Island Illinois dated December 19 and 20 1908 request gifts for Christmas. Esther asks for a large doll a little piano paints a Christmas tree candy candles dresses for her doll and gifts for her brother Glenn. Margaret asks for a new doll head a doll bed a hair ribbon a story book stockings nuts candy bananas and a Christmas tree for her sisters and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Santa Claus
Ninth Avenue
Glenn
Mamma
Papa
Esther
South Rock Island
Margaret
Record of Court House Real Estate Transfers
Transfers list numerous property deeds in Rock Island Cordova Moline and surrounding areas with several lots and blocks every entry noting buyer seller location and dollar amount including parcels in Columbia Park Long View Heights Woodburns addition and Edwards second addition plus a Rock Island Tool Company transfer and a Wedd ing license entry. Additional lines advertise Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Dr Kings New Life Pills with health claims and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Stockwell
Fred C. Prouty
Brigham
Cordova
Hattie J. Babcock
G. M. Babcock
H. J. Bloom
Carl L. Bloom
Columbia Park
Rock Island
Frank A. Nelson
Henry J. Kuehl
Edwards
Moline
Fries & Connor
Rock Island Tool Company
M. I. Morris
David A. Harris
Marshall, Hartz & Smith
E. F. Bartholomew
Long View Heights
Elizabeth Whiteside
Margaret L. Beam
Woodburn
William H. Whiteside
R. S. Woodburn
Frederick J. Whiteside
Bessie Dunfar
Robinson
R. Whiteside
Roland M. Whiteside
John P. Sexton
Phil Mitchell
W. E. Bailey
Perspiration of the Feet Promoted by Salubrin
An old health note warns against remedies that close skin pores. Salubrin is described to open and cleanse pores to promote normal perspiration without sweating. Advertises through druggists.
The Gift Christmas Poem of Quiet Faith
The speaker finds Christmas chimes lift cares as festive music fills the air It recalls the birth of Christ and the eternal gift of divine love amid personal loneliness The poem emphasizes solace in faith and the promise of salvation through the holiday message
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divine Sams
Merry Christmas and Shovel Coin Folk Rhyme
A verse contrasts a snowy merry Christmas with a snowless one and mentions a shovel yielding golden coins, then a note about Christmas for the Irish being merry when green. Also a medicinal ad touts Electric Bitters as a health remedy with a money‑back guarantee, priced 50 cents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Hoba
W. R. Maines
Minnick-Wood
Edna S. Wood
Guy Forrest Minnick
Chicago
B. C. Wood
Seventeenth Street
Paul W. Brown
Julia
J. J. Ricks
City
E. F. Clymer
Paul Minnick
W. A. Minnick
J. L. Clarke
Madiison
Wis
J. Ricks
G. A. Galloway
Austin Way
Dubuque
Henry J. Lay
Charles Ogden
Moline Crescent Band
Will Swenson
Will Freeberg
Forrest Groover
John Peterson
C. Ogden
Hilbert Carlson
Frank Gustafson
Carlson
Art Bloomquist
Mullane
Fifteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
J. Allen
Solomon Armold
Margaret R. Allen
E. H. Baker
Amos Carlson
Rosa Craig
G. W. Cole
George Douglass
R. A Donald
Julius Dennis
Albert Deitche W. Edricson
Ollie Forbes
A. Farnham
A. E. Grid
A. M. Wheeler
Hugh A.J. McDonald
Dr. Martin
Second Ave
London
Tor
Xo Gos
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
Emma J. Lamont
Frank L. Marshall
Rex O. Hines
Hilda Burdick
Farine
N. P
Chamberlain
Dr. King
Eija
Lebolt
Lebolt’s
EBOLT
State’& Monroe
Lts
Mediordes Tech
Eee Baaan
United States
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
B. K. Munkittrick
W. C. Kiestler
Halliday
Ark
Bennett’s Fur Store
Second Avenue
Bleuer’s
Fred Bleuer
Jeweler
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