The Illinois theater week of shows and stars in town
A crowded page of bookings at the Illinois theater lists matinees and nights for December 25 through January with titles like Innocent Maids Peck's Bad Boy Duchess of Devonshire Oriental Burlesque and Painting the Town The Moline schedule includes The Innocent Maids Oriental Burlesquers and Painting the Town The Grand advertises Lena Ashwell and Guy Standing in Shulamite and The County Chairman plus Roselle Knott in The Duchess of Devonshire Notable mentions include Amelia Bingham in The Lilac Room and Clyde Fitch and Blanche Walsh's involvement with productions seen locally
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the Illinois
Matinee
Peck
Duchess of Devonshire
Oriental Burlesque Company
Broadway
Mildred Holland
Daisy Farm
Moline
George H. Yale
Dairy Farm
the Grand
Lena Ashwell
Guy
Roselle Knott
Miss Knott
Criterion Theater
Davenport area theft and church leadership notes
News items report a theft in Sunbury involving Louise Reynolds and the arrest in Rock Island, with Annie Cleveland detained but Reynolds discharged by police court. Davenport diocese sees Rt Rev Henry Cosgrove's successor, now Bishop Davis, with no interregnum. Local court actions include Ben Loving fined for assault on a peddler, A Siegel larceny case, Laura Wulff's suicide attempt, and a Chamberlain's Salve ad.
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Rock Island
Annie Cleveland
Louise
Reynolds
Davis
Henry Cosgrove
Davenport
Cosgrove
Milopatmus
Crete
Ben Loving
Brehmer and
Nagel
Roddewig
West End
George W. Scott
Runaway Horse Dashes Through Moline Streets
A horse pulling Edward Wahlstrand’s wagon and driven by Victor Ostling bolted down a hill from Thirteenth to Eighth Avenue, narrowly missing pedestrians on Fifteenth Street. Ostling was thrown but recovered, while illness looms over Christmas as scarlet fever and diphtheria rise to a new contagious-record level.
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Fifteenth Street
Edward Wahlstrand
Vander Vennet Clothing Company
Victor Ostling
Moline Plow Company
Thirteenth
Eighth Avenue
Ostling
Wahlstrands
Thirteenth Street
Epidemic prompts school fumigation and Christmas aid
Health Commissioner Meyer orders fumigation of all school buildings during holidays with him directing the work. Schools at Augustana college will be visited. Births outpace deaths two to one with four male deaths and nine total births last week. Seventy-five Christmas baskets distributed by the Woman's club and ward volunteers, boosted from 50 by donations to aid the needy. Obituary: Mrs Susin Bland Williams died at 639 Third Street after pneumonia, survived by daughter Marion and sons Maurice Ernest and George. An advertisement promotes Newbro's Herpicide, claiming dandruff cure and hair protection, with sample requests via mail.
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R. C. J. Meyer
Augustana College
Woman's Club
SlicJen
Williams
Third Street
George Prince
Davenport
Jamaica
Cordova
Marion
Maurice
Ernest
George Williams
Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
T. H. Thomas
Two deputy game wardens in Rock Island County
Rock Island county will have two deputy wardens as the state game commissioner recognizes its size and importance. Dr F Gaetjer, appointed by Governor Deneen, will meet veteran deputy T P Laflin to plan territory division and duties while maintaining Laflin’s role due to county size and conditions. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised at 35 cents by T H Thomas Pharmacy.
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Rock Island
F. Gaetjer
Deneen
T. P. Laflin
Gaetter
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
T. H. Thomas
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Illinois Theater
George Adel
Jim Hackler
Ade
Amelia Bingham
Raffles
Primrose Minstrels
Nordland
Arthur Dunn
Oriental Burlesquers
Wonderland
Dubinsky Bros
Josh Perkins
the Little Joker
George Ade
New York
Illinois
Miss Bingham
Fitch
Clyde Fitch
Chicago
Blanche Walsh
la Salle Theater
Messrs. Hough and
Adams
Ethel Barrymore
Sassafras
Mysterious Fontinelle
Case
A. Siegel
West Second Street
Ripley
Siegel
Laura Wulff
East Second Street
Red Light District
St. Luke's Hospital
James Donahue
Cora
Barewald
Rocky Mountain Tea
T,. H. Thomas’ Pharmacy
Illinois Theatre
Matinee and
Nigh
Chinatown
Olio
Hughes
Hazelton
The
Sevens
Smith and Champion
Jack Horton
Mile
la Treska
Sadie Huested
Comedienne
Phone West
Terr W Ilavyita
Watson Oriental
Theater
Eighteenth Street
First and
Second Avenue
Fontinelle
Devonshire
West
Susin Bland
Mr. Gaetjer
Mr. Laflin
Sunset Magazine
Woman's Home Companion
Cosmopolitan Review of Reviews
McClure
Ainslee's
Lippincott's
Suburban Life World Today
Country Life In America
Sunset Mac World Today
Sunset Price
Sunset Magazine Review of Reviews
Sunset Magazine Metropolitan
Success
Outing World
Ainslee
Sunset Magazine Ne
Vuuel Ainslee
Sunset Magazine Outing Suburban Life Outdoors
Metropolitan World Today
Suburban Life
Harper's Or
Atlantic Monthly
Camera Craft
San Francisco
Rock Island Argus
Sanert
Crystal Theater
Davis & Churchill
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