Woman mistakes stranger as missing Davenport husband
Mrs Mary Knox of Davenport asserts a grey bearded man at police headquar ters is her husband Tom Knox missing for three years. Detective comparison confirms he is a stranger, and Knox rejects the match while she clings to a twin-husband theory and seeks his signature to sell property worth 1000 dollars.
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Mary Knox
East Sixth Street
Davenport
Police
Harry Moore
Tom
Seattle
Wash
Moore
Tom Knox
Interstate Commerce ruling raises railroad revenues nationwide
The ICC ruling boosts gross revenues of 35 railroads across 112 companies from 20 million to 30.14 million. Eastern classification covers 64,690 miles, about 24 percent of the U.S. total. Of the increase 1.6 percent goes to wages. 4.62 percent to dividends and surplus. 0.06 percent to capital. the rest 93.72 percent funds operating costs and maintenance. Cutting coal, coke and ore rate increases would shave about 6.4 million from the total uplift.
Nahant Woman Shot During Desperate Home Invasion
Mrs. Clara Donnelly of Nahant fought an armed intruder who forced open her door around 10:30 PM, was shot in the right hand, and saw the assailant flee after dropping the revolver in the snow. Despite police alerts, the suspect remains at large. The incident followed a menacing visit to the Donnelly home and a violent struggle over the weapon.
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Nahant
Clara Donnelly
Davenport
Donnelly
State Dairymen Meet in Peoria Feb 3 4 5
The Illinois State Dairymen's association will hold its annual convention in Peoria at the Coliseum February 3 to 5 with lectures demonstrations and a cattle exhibit under one roof. The program moves from the university plans to Peoria to avoid hoof and mouth disease risk. Willam J. Leonard and Samantha Leonard Cohrt are named executors of the will of Mrs. Grant with a December 11 1914 date.
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Sinois State Dairymen’s Association
Peoria
University of Illinois
State Dairymen’s Association
Corn Growers’ and Stockmen
Willam J. Leonard
Samantha Leonard Cohrt
Bessie G. Cassell
Grant
C. H. Wilson
Charles Grill
Remedy for kidney issues with Rad Salts claim
A public advertorial urges meat eaters to flush kidneys with four ounces of Rad Salts daily before breakfast to prevent rheumatism backaches liver trouble and bladder disorders. It cites uric acid from meat clogging kidneys and promotes Rad Salts made from rapes and lemon juice plus lithia as a safe inexpensive tonic from Slarper House pharmacy.
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Slarper House Pharmacy
Local Obituaries and Trial Testimony Highlight Davenport News
Annetta Augusta Juliane Peter sen, 84, dies at 520 Western avenue after a lingering illness. born Kiel Germany 1830, came to Davenport in 1857, taught school, married L. W. Petersen, survivor list includes daughters Ella Jappe and Hertha Petersen and grandchildren Arthur and Edwin Petersen. Fred Charles Green, 37, dies at Broadway and Maple, Davenport. born 1877, married Minnie Arp 1906, survived by four children and parents, siblings. Rock Island arsenal employee and Rock Island Aid member. A dramatic courtroom moment features a witness failing to tell the exact time by a clock, leading to a condemned prisoner verdict as reported by the London Globe.
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Marie Petersen
Adolph and
Gerhardt Petersen
Iowa Reform
Albert Petersen
Clare Gruenau
Liberty Street
Petersen
Wohlde
Schleswig Holstein
Germany
United States
Davenport
Margaretha Heede
Whiting
Ind
Adolph
Gerhardt
Albert L. Mossman
Grand Avenue
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Will
Arkansas
Roy
W. W. Sherman
Chicago
Margaretha Jubler
N. Y
Hertha Petersen
Arthur
Edwin Petersen
Carl Hoepfner
Helena
Mont
Fred Charles Green
Broadway
Maple Streets
Minnie Arp
Heis
Viola
Dorothy
Charles
Richard Green
Edward Green
William Green
Edward Barr
H. Hildebrand
City
T. Brown
Australia
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Aid Association
Trapped the Witness in Hardy Murder Trial
A witness testifies Hardy was with him when the murder occurred. He asserts the time from the Bear public house clock, stating it was 27 minutes past 9. The prosecuting counsel questions the certainty as the scene unfolds in court.
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Hardy
Bear Public House
Polygamist Defined in Quirky Exchange
In an aged Philadelphia Bulletin quip a child asks what a polygamist is and a pop replies that such a man is often one with more money than sense, while a Birmingham Age-Herald piece notes a jailhouse anecdote about waiters and porters.
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Birmingham
Heraid
Pop
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Edward Hoffman
Fritz Erps
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Babcock
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Dixwell Street
William H. Martin
Lucien Avenue
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Bowditch Street
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Segelbaum Tailor Shop
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Brady Street
J. R. Eskridge
Brown Street
Bettendorf
Michael Flaherty
Tri-City Railway Company
Flaherty
Leo Callahan
Louise Payson
Clinton
Eric Carl Witke
Helen Anna Hoffe
Rock Island
Harper House Pharmacy
Huyler
London Globe
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Morlick
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People’s National Bank Blda
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