Davenport Crime and Fire Report Roundup
Mrs. Winifred Barnett was sentenced to 35 years in Anamosa for a conviction described as obtained on flimsy testimony. Other items include a peddler’s arrest over a mistaken tip, a ferret killed by a six foot snake during a hunt, and a country residence fire at Valley City destroying a landmark home named Alta Ripa. An obituary notes the passing of Davenport pioneer Mrs. Catherine Haller born in 1824 in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Chamberlain
Fred Vollmer
Board of Parole
Horan
Anamosa
Keim
Rhine
Jas Grant
Valley C
Mississippi Valley
Nicholas Kuhnen
Alta Ripa
J. W. Little
College Avenge
Kuhnen
Mre Kuhnen
Davenport
Valley City
Catherin Haller
Agnes Aiday
West Fourteenth Street
Haller
Scott County
Germany
United States
New York
Uniies i
Local notices and family updates from Monmouth area
The column records deaths and survivors, marriages and weddings, homecomings and travel. Notable items include a private funeral at Oakdale cemetery for a local resident, two daughters Agnes Alday and Minnie Tuehr among survivors, and sons Charles and Otorge Haller. Additional notes cover a Monmouth couple wedding, revival meetings at the M E church, and community movements among residents traveling to Galesburg, Aledo, and Connersville with various family ties and farm changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Haller
Agnes Alday
This City
Minnie Tuehr
Germany
Charles
Oklahoma
Otorge Haller
Northwest
Oakdale Cemetery
Alfred H. Smith Named New York Central President
Alfred H. Smith will succeed William C. Brown as president of the New York Central railroad on January 1. He began as a messenger boy in 1879 with Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and rose through roles including clerk, superintendent, general manager, and vice president before becoming senior vice president. He is 50 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred H. Smith
William C. Brown
New York Central Railroad
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
New York Central
Lines
Buffalo
Smith
Local social notes and visits from Preemption to Galesburg
Florence Haulton stayed with J. J. Lipton in Preemption from Thursday to Saturday. Edith Gardner rode with Alpha Wednesday for a short visit. The 42 club met at Dr. Lipton’s with refreshments. Mrs. Mary Bailey of Monmouth visited her mother Mrs. Pinkerton. Pinkerton will stay there. Cemetery association held a chicken pile supper raising over 90 dollars. Summers brothers returned from Rock Island and Briar Bluff to see ill sister Cora Summers. Aledo and Galesburg visitors and relatives listed. Mr. Bailey sustained a hip fracture in a bicycle accident. Various locals visited in Galesburg and Rock Island and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Thomas
Farmington
John Forsythe
Reynolds
Rock Island
Forsythe
Sherman
Mabel
Ida
Martha
Galesburg
Selma Johnston
D. C. Kennedy
Ethel
William Terrey
Helen
R. C. Terrey
Mattie Dowling
M. J. Ryan
McKinnery
Alice Park
W. H. Magee
West Archer Avenue
Monmouth
Bessie Hall
Charles Martinson
Viola
Huey
M. E
Methodist Church
Kesbit
Ross
Connersville
Ind
Florence Haulton
J. J. Lipton
Edith Gardner
Mary Bailey
Nock Island
Mary Pinkerton
J. Summers
Cora Summers
David
Chicago
Harry Clark
Irene
Aledo
J. C. Ashenhurst
W. T. Bailey
Francis Brown
Bailey
Dailey
Fitch
Julius Weltsin
Frank Barber
C . L. Peek
Selma Johnson
Galesburg Hospital
John Rowe
Sherrard
J. E. McCrejcht
Dalbert Clay
G. A. Peterson
Holdridge
Neb
Robert Peterson
Northwest
A. G. Frerkes
Frank Ashenhurst
William Crown
Phillips
J. A. Barnes
Crawfordville
Iowa
W. L. B. Jenkinson
Woodhull
G. A., Dehart
A. C. Bradford
Oneida
B. A. Park
Susie Streeter
New Windsor
James Vance
Joy
Marian Heflin
Frank Fassnacht
Sherman Park
Denver
Colo
Lena Greenwood
Alexis
J. &. McCreight
McCreight
Frank Gummerson
John Gummerson
Mesdames E. C. Grove
W. E. Thomson
Ella Bantle
Bessie
Mesdames
E. B. Bissell
John McKinnon
Emma Smith
Brown Baxter
J. C. Gallagher
Tri-Cities
Maude Medgelson
Miss Medgelson
Miss Nelson
Ohio
Merrill
Avon
Iil
Thomson
Mary Evans
Keithburg
Perry Hardin
B. Felix
A. Wenstein
John Kennedy
D.C
G M Kennedy
Yamilles
Increase Your Weight To Match Your Height
Thin emaciated people should take Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion to nourish wasting tissues and rebuild the blood. The medicine strengthens nerves, boosts health, and is not alcoholic. If it does not help, money is refunded. Sold at The Rexall Store Thomas Drug company Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Thomas Drug Company
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Lil
Is sickness a sin and PoDoLax remedy promoted
An essay argues sickness results from violations of nature’s laws and omission of preventive care. It touts PoDoLax as a bowel and liver remedy, claiming it loosens bile without griping and boosts health, with testimonials from J. B. Davis of Lockhart Texas and the E. E. Sutherland Co of Paducah Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Davis
Lockhart
Texas
E. E. Sutherland Co
Padacah, Ky
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Mohammed Mustapha
Mre Vendala Bengsten
West Fourth Street
Stueben
Caahier
Gus Steuben
Scott County Savings Bank
Marshalltown
P. J. Jose
Jose
Scott County Bank
Grand J Jory
Elizabeth Dobier
William L. Dobier
Doblette
Nelle C. Whitaker
P. T. Walsh
Whitaker
Third and
Brady Streets
J. A. Hanley
Jhe Callum
McCallum
Coles
Lindl
Sale
Meeler
Howe
McCallum Hosiery CO
Northampton
Mass
Monmouth College
Leslie Babcock
Mike Plunkett
Vance
John
Mike
B. D. Baxter
W. P. Ter- Tey
A. L. Whan
Hugh Gilchrist
W. C. Millikan
L. B. Sims
Stronghurst
The
Argus
Clinton
University of Iinois
Margaret Trainor
H. E. Price
Angel Gandia
Porto Rico
Price
Gandia
Cochran
8S. R. Blanchard
Ottawa
George W. Koons Lawton
Mick
Detenon
Otto Grotjan
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
Wrigley’s
Wrigley
Werigley
Cwrig
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