Davenport Record at Postoffice and Local Collisions
Davenport postoffice broke daily mail record with at least 200000 pieces handled as crowds thronged windows during a Christmas season. Separate reports describe a multi-vehicle collision at Fifteenth and Brady streets injuring Miss Gettert, and injuries from an air hose incident at Bettendorf shops leading to questioning of Louis DeRousse. Also noted is church dedication of Zion German Evangelical Lutheran and a criminal prelim held for Raymond Garcia on assault with intent to murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Davenport
Paul Magdal
Mercy Hospital
Bettendorf
Louis DeRousse
George Schrader
William Kosak
John Ckoer
Emil Goettsch
Charles Hoepner
Frank Lebuit
John Jones
DeRousse
DeHousse
West Beventh Street
Church of the Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation
Holterman
F. Richter
Clinton
Gamb
Wartburg College of
M. Reinamund
Orphans’ Home of
Raymond Garcia
Roddewig
Garcia
What is a money trust and Morgan’s words in New York
A reprint of J. P. Morgan testimony and Pujo findings on a money trust. It lists New York Chicago Boston financials and directorships across banks trusts railroads and utilities, Morgan and others denying a money trust while observers dispute the claim. It notes divorces obituaries infant deaths and housekeeping reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Money Trust
Washington
Pujo
Tee
Chicago
Boston
J. P. Morgan & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Bankers Trust Company
First National Bank
National City Bank
Pliny Tales of Diamonds and Glass Eyes
The Argus quotes Pliny describing a diamond so hard it would shatter an anvil and hammer, and a Cyprus island tale of emerald eyes in stones that frightened fish, prompting Sibermen to replace them with glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Cyprus
Charges Withdrawn in Larceny Case at Moline Store
Mrs. Etta Flora had larceny charges dropped after her husband deserted her, with store personnel withdrawing after she paid costs and a warrant had been issued. The case began when a handbag worth 3 50 was alleged stolen and ended as the prosecution was dropped. Obituary notes include Mrs. Mary Metcalf of Moline, aged 45, survived by husband and two children, with several siblings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Flora
Lundt & Co
W. E. Whiteside
Frank Gustafson
Claude W. Flora
Coufrt
Thank Heaven That Iiching Is Gone May Be Gone
An advertisement touts ZEMO a new lotion claiming to stop itching and eczema, relieve skin ailments, dandruff, prickly heat, and sores. It sells in 25 cent and 1 dollar bottles, with Rock Island druggist F D G Walker's listing as a local supplier. It promises guaranteed results and direct mail options from E W Rose Medicine Co. St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemo
E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louia
Rock Island
F. D. G. Walker
Riall Dies at East Moline Home After Illness
Henry Riall longtime East Moline resident died at his home 502 Davenport street Saturday after a brief illness from heart trouble. Born November 25, 1866 in Mississippi he lived in the state since youth and moved to this county 10 years ago. He married Anna Lindsley in July 1884 in Bath Illinois. A night watchman for Tri-city Railway car barns and later a Marseilles plant worker he is survived by widow and five children Mrs. A. J. Brecher of Watertown Olive Florence Troy and William at home. Burial was at Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Moline
John
Henry Riall
Davenport Street
East Moline
Mississippi
Anna Lindsley
Bath
Riali
Tri-city Railway Company
Sixteenth Street
Marseilles Company
A. J. Brecher
Watertown
Olive
Florence
Troy
William
Aledo News Briefs Include Weddings Banquet and Schedule
Local notes report visitors and travel among Aledo residents including Miss Alice Park returning from a banquet for the football team and Mrs. Frank Day visiting Galesburg. News mentions upcoming marriages, theater tours with the Aborn Opera company, and the William and Vashti football banquet celebrating their state championship. It lists the 1913 basketball schedule for the William and Vashti team and notes the completion of Aledo’s reinforced concrete mausoleum.
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Alice Park
Viola
Frank Day
Fred Day
Galesburg
Mabel Barr
W. H. Barr
J. E. Stanley
Champaign
T. E. Adams
Rolla
Ole Wyline
Monmouth
Ray Dool
W. T. May
Davenport
Heiend
Mary McKinney
Archibald McKinney
Roscoe E. Woods
Hammond
Ind
Albert Farm
Rock Island
Bessie Brown
Sterling
Edith Law
Cyrus Frank
Alexander, Mo
E. Burke
Peter Farm
New Windsor
J. M. Peterson
Thomas Abercrombie
Abercrombie
J. H. Abercrombie
J. E. Brown
L. D. Donahue
Columbus Junction
Iowa
H. E. Walters
Woodhull
Blanch Miller
Beaver Crossing
Neb
Pearl Miller
North Henderson
Louise Bartlett
Bridget O'Day
Jane Garredt
Katherine Davidson
Chicago
Harry Simpson
Merchants’ Hotel
William and Vashti
Thompson
Martin Justice
Woodmansee
Decatur
Hedding College
Abingdon
Lombard
Aledo
St. Ambrose College
Bradley Polytechnic
Peoria
Normal University
Normal
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Augustana College
Lombard College
Charles Rush
Iria Pollock
Prices Cream Baking Powder Prices Cream Baking Powder
Aledo news items note baking powder price discussions and civic happenings. The issue highlights local births, visits, church events, and the Mercer county short course with strong emphasis on corn judging, the 1912 harvest, and a prize for a young Aledo student achieving a 115 bushel per acre yield. Santa will attend the Christmas cantata and the Christy cup was won by the Jones brothers of Seaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Kleinsmid
DeKalb
Oak Park
Jones Brothers
Seaton
Mercer County
Marjory Verbeck
William and Vashti College
Freeport
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Santa
Hegnauer
Carroll D. Kennedy
Aledo
First National Bank
Master Kennedy
Also Mentioned on This Page
H A. Phoenix
Brady Street
August Gettert
Muscatine
Fifteenth
Brady Streets
Miss Gettert
Gettert
Phoenix
United States Steel Corporation
New York Central
New Haven
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Northern Pacific
E. H. Gary
Frank Ponce
West End
Rock Island Railroad
A. W. Steen
Belle Steen
Cook & Ballull
M. F. Hickey
W. H. Hickey
Argyle Flats
Mary Hickey
Rose Lapoint
William Arney
Margaret
Irene Hickey
William O. Eggers
Carrelton Street
Thomas
Joseph Eggers
Httle
Toledo Blade
John Pierpont Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
THE
Quinine-Whisky CO
Louisville
Kype
U. S
Argus
Deere
Deere & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street Journal
Lncrease
J. S. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Charles Walters
Ed Bailes
Muscatne
Normoyle
Thirty-eighth Street
Severth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Charles Lantz
C. L. Walker
Mary Metcalf
Mary Belle Miller
Industry
Metcalf
Ethel
Detlef
Alice
Minneapolis
Anna Sherbine
Macomb
Edith Lowry
Elizabeth Lawyer
Glenn Longley
Fred Graham
M. G. Reynolds
L. E. Farr
Little Son
Sandwich
G. Walters
R. S. Foote
J. M. Davis
A. N. West
Samuel Durston
Ralph Peck
Ruth Durston
Sidney Durston
Vera Caldwell
Biggsville
L. H. Rhea
New Boston
Zula Lemon
Medford
Okla
George Rodgers
Hilma Lundblad
Kewanee
Edith Seacer
Greenfield
Kennedy
Lege
Copenhagen
N. W. Cor
Fourth
Town
Hoare
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