Day In Davenport Destitute Girls In Boat Shanty
Destitute three girls under 19 were picked up by Davenport police from a water edge boat shack. They face trarchy charges and seek a humane home as magistrate Roddewig scolds the unsafe living conditions. Also notes a missing wife case, an obituary for Rev. Father Thomas Browning, and local court actions including divorces and burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Davenport
Belle Lampoon
May Brown
Anna Knudson
Clals
Magietrats Roddewiz
Sampson
Roddewig
Enio
W C T U Leaders Push Nationwide Prohibition Amendment
The W C T U seeks a constitutional amendment for country wide prohibition led by president Mrs Lillian M Stevens of Portland Maine and vice president Miss Anna Gordon. They have long held their W C T U offices and drive the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lillian M. Stevens
Portland
Anna Gordon
Lillian Stevens
Priest's long service marked by pastorals and deaths
The obituary traces a priest’s career from Sacred Heart Cathedral to St Patrick’s Burlington and Melrose, highlighting an eighteen year priesthood. Surviving relatives include three brothers and five sisters. The piece also notes John W Ballard traveling to Stephen Ballard’s funeral in Thompson Conn where Stephen Ballard died aged 72, survived by one brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Cathedral
St. Ambrose College
Melrose
St. Patrick's Church
Burlington
William T. L
J. E. Brownrigg
James Iroin
Marie McCaffrey
Elizabeth Kelly
George Yarington
Anna Browninge
John W. Ballard
Stephen Ballard
Thompson
Conn
Connecticut
J. W. Ballard
Julia A. Converse
Thompson, Conn
E. 8. Ballard
Christmas Services At Aledo Methodist Church
Special services were held with Rev. J. B. Bartle delivering a Christmas sermon on The Christmas Star. The choir performed The Hope of the World cantata followed by a brief address. The Sunday school will present Christmas exercises with a cantata and a tree and presents for the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Bartle
Thomas Townsley
Hi Ue
Jennie
Hubert
Palmyra
Townsley
J. O. Whiteside
Moline
Frederica Bauer
Galesburg
C. G. McIntyre
Matherville
Thomas Brown
Willam Brown
Keithsburg
Thomas Lingafelter
Tillie Wharton
Gillespi
Mrs Blake Wins Separation Suit In New York Court
Wilbur Larr e more, appointed referee, recommends decree for Mrs. Catherine Ketcham Blake in separation suit against Dr. Joseph A. Blake. Credible testimony shows Dr. Blake abandoned his wife since 1911 and failed to provide since August. alimony agreement reached out of court. Son Francis Blake remains with Mrs Blake. son Joseph Blake Jr. is now 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilbur Larremore
Catherine Ketcham Blake
Joseph A. Blake
Supreme Court
Francis H. Blake
Blake
Litchfield
Conn
Europe
Madison Avenue
Great Northern
Almuth C. Vandiver
Mrs. Blake
Madison
Local Residents Share News and Celebrations
COE William Riewerts recovers from illness. Ashdown and Marshall couples visited Mrs. Henry Banker’s home. Charles Simpson went to Rock Island. Mike Murphy welcomes a fourth son. Ella Pearsall and son Charles visit Durbin. Tom McCall hosts a miscellaneous shower for Grace Getty who wed Berlyn Simpson, to reside near Port Byron. A crowd attended Iva Pierce’s Dickens recital in Port Byron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Riewerts
Charles Ashdown
Frank Marshall
Henry Banker
Charles Simpson
Rock Island
Mike Murphy
Ella Pearsall
Charles
Port Byron
John Durbin
Tom McCall
Grace Getty
Berlyn Simpson
Henry Genuneg
Iva Pierce
Cambridge Caller Visits and Regional trips In 1910s Dispatch
Cambridge W D Fierce called on business in Kewanee last Tuesday. Judge Bergland of Galva visited Cambridge last Wednesday. M J Peterson was a business caller in the tri cities last Monday. Mr and Mrs Clint Reed spent a visit in Wyoming with Mr Reed’s brother Charles and family. Ruth Lockey left Monday for a week in Galva. Mr and Mrs Olof Walline visited Davenport last Wednesday to see daughter Mabel who was operated on for appendicitis last Monday. Miss Walline is recovering well. Attorney A L Linn was a tri city visitor last Tuesday. B J Sandberg called on business in Rock Island last Wednesday. Rev P S Miller visited Rock Island last Monday. William Davis of North Platte Neb arrived last Monday to visit his mother Mrs James Davis and relatives. Mrs C A Nye and daughter Kate spent last Wednesday in Rock Island and Davenport. J W Cookes and daughter Ruby and Mrs Dan Cookes spent last Tuesday in Rock Island and Davenport. Lillian Hadley, student at Christian College Columbia Mo, returned home last Wednesday for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Dahlgren
Tri-Cities
E. E. Hull
B. J. Sandberg
Orion
L. F. Dimick
Omaha
Neb
Swan Newmans
Emil Anderson
Trirties
F. E. Garnett
Rock Island
Joe Combs
Davenport
E. E. Scott
Lillian
Toulon
A. P. Fragd
Los Angeles
Cal
A. J. Swanson
Clara Cook
Bertha Hays
Kewanee
L. E. Telleen
F. A. Elm
Clara
Anna
Edna Holstrom
B. F. Nance
Galva
D. L. Cowden
E. B. Taylor
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
A. C. Nye
Mesdames
S. W. Poppleton
J. M. Atwood
Rocky Island
George Troline
Harry Rosene
Jacob Lundell
Manchester
Ruth Swanson
Cambridge
Frank Werbach
Oscar Glenn
Osco
Maukin
Margaret
Ora Conegby
Ernst Scott
William Lockey
Esther
Clyde Roberts
Andrew Johnson
W. D. Fierce
Judge Bergland
M. J. Peterson
Clint Reed
Wyoming
Mr. Reed
Charles
Ruth Lockey
Olof Walline
Mabel
Walline
A. L. Linn
Tri-City
P. S. Miller
William Davis
North Platte
James Davis
C. A. Nye
Kate
J. W. Cookes
Ruby
Dan Cookes
Lillian Hadley
Christian College
Columbia, Mo
Consumption Epidemics in Cities Warned by Emulsion Ad
An early 20th century notice argues that urban workers face higher consumption risk due to confined indoor work and lack of sunshine. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a tonic to strengthen blood and lungs, boost resistive forces, and prevent disease, claiming it aids energy and recovery after colds. The ad cites Bloomfield New Jersey vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nature
Scott
Elas Rent & Boers Bloomfield N. J
Christmas Program and Local Marriage Report
A large audience enjoyed Adelphia School songs and recitations led by Miss Erna Lundeed, with solos by Miss Lucile Hall, Miss Gleneva Witters, and Mr. Anderson. The paper notes a December 10 program at Coopersville Michigan featuring weddings for Hugh P. Walker and Nora Knowles, plus family visits, health updates, and local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Hall
Gleneva Witters
Anderson
Adelphia School
Erna Lundeed
Lester Eipper
Paul Durbin
John Hawk
Ruby Hutton
Harvey Avery
Lloyd Eipper
Lena Hutton
Crade
Myrtle Hank
Bertha Fillmer
Harold Johnson
Willie Hutton
Marie Hutton
Viola Fillmer
Lloyd
Lester Kjipper
Sumer
Fannie Gerkin
Coopersville
Mich
Hugh P. Walker
Nora Knowles
Michigan
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Zeb Stoneking
West Seventh Street
Schramm
Younges
Macomb
Father Thomas Brownings
Mercy Hospital
Father Brownrigg
St. Patrick’s Church
Chicago
Litte
Des Moines
St. Ambrose
Thomas L. Browning
Philadelphia
Cape Gircardo Seminary
Baltimore Seminary
Cardinal Gibbons
Florize
von Reuter
Sweden
Stockholm
Musica
Gust. Anderson
KR. J. & P. Railroad
W. M. Chamberlin
8. K. Liedds
S. Hluberty District Court
J. A. Hanley
Caroline Dhendert
Fritz Ebendorf
Elendorf
W. H. Welre
Ready Street
Sera Dickelsg
Pisthller
Cascade
Mad Deming
Geo. A. Dickel & Co
Distillers
Nashville
Tenn
ED T. Murrin
Aledo
Coe
Ind
The
Merry Christmas
Central Union Telephone Company
A. J. Beverlin
District Commercial Manager
Telephone
Theresa Ashdown
Vincent Morgan
Geneseo
Dave Genung
William Ashdown
Viola Extrem
Bertha McConnell
Claire Golden
Harry Genung
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Bethel Church
Arthur Genung
John Butter & Son
Hillsdale
Nathaniel Pearsall
William Eipper
Virgil
Z. W. Grove
George W. Koons Lawton
Mick
Argus
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
R. I
L. E. West Gum CO
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