Davenport Rail Accident Suits and Inquiries
Davenport news item reports Little Elmer Wright injured by a railroad torpedo fragment after stepping near tracks near Crescent bridge. mother sues for 30000 against the railroad company, filed yesterday, with Ely & Bush as attorneys. Included are inquest verdicts on a streetcar fatality and questions over engineer relation, plus a note on a Rio Grande wreck near Price, Utah and a man named Dan McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wright
Crescent Bridge
Ely & Bush
Mark McGrath
West Davenport
McGrath
Rio Grande
Price
Utah
Dan McGrath
Thomas
Kidney health through active kidneys remedy
The text asserts that symptoms of kidney disease vanish when the kidneys are made healthy and vigorous by a certain remedy. It emphasizes boosting kidney activity as the path to rapid relief from kidney-related symptoms.
Suit Filed for 20000 Against C R I & P Railway Company
Marguerite Florence Murray through Finger and Letts files a notice of suit for 20000 alleging the railroad company caused her injuries by negligence. The plaintiff states she was underage at the time of the accident but has since come of age and disclaims any settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C., R. I. & P. Railway Company
Marguerite Florence Murray
Finger & Letts
Ideal Wife for a Tramp in Irish Independent Sketch
A County Clare hobo asks what makes an ideal wife for a tramp describing her as temperate, aged forty to fifty, able to walk twenty miles daily, beg for bottles and potatoes, sing ballads, ignore public opinion, and defend her husband in quarrels. The piece sits among humorous items about policemen, a New Society Game, and a Charleston-style ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Clare
Ireland
Irish Independent
Moline Officials Report Multiple Local Changes
Julius Stae lens of Moline was held to the grand jury on assault with a deadly weapon. bail $300. The Oregon Moline Plow company received a state license, planning a $50,000 capital and new branch handling its own trade. Miss Hilda Nelson and Albin Verme wed in Aldin Minnesota. home in Moline after January 16. Obituary notices include Cynthia A Knowles of Moline in Los Gatos and Charles N. Perry, formerly of Moline, at Grinnell Iowa, with family confirmations in Kent Ohio.
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Julius Staelens
Tenth Street
Railroad Avenue
Northwest
Secretary of State
Oregon-Moline Plow Company
Moline
G. A. Stephens
F. G. Allen
C. R. Stephens
Moline Plow Company
Bain Wagon Company
Kenosha
Moline-Bain Company
Portland
Ore
Bain Company
Minnesota
Los Gatos
Cal
Cynthia A Knowles
Ralph W. Entrikin
Leveret A. Knowles
Nineteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
California
Knowles
Cynthia
Frank W. Knowles
Fred Knowles
Ella Knowles Yoceco
Grinnell
Iowa
Charles N. Perry
D. W. Sickels
Perry
L. D. Dunn
Joseph Bethel
Kent
Ohio
Dunn
Government to Conduct Dry Farming Experiments Across Plains
The Kansas City Star notes a federal push for dry farming experiments with E C Chilcott planning research at Brookings and cooperating with farmers, colleges, and stations from Canada to Texas. The project aims to conserve moisture, select drought resistant crops, and develop crop rotation to raise yields on the semiarid plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
United States
Kansas City Star
E. C. Chilcott
Brookings
S. D
James Wilson
Chilcott
Brookings Experiment Station
Canada
Texas
Rocky Mountains
West
Plains
M. A. Carleton
Washington
Court records recall a bailiff’s kneeling pardon for a peer
A historical note recalls a bailiff who, years ago, arrested a lord and was compelled by the court to kneel and ask pardon. The bailiff claimed mistake, noting the peer wore a dirty shirt, a worn suit, and had only sixpence, suggesting inadvertence in the arrest.
St Louis Man Proposes School for Underage Workers
A St Louis millionaire, N O Nelson, suggests sending all children under fourteen back to school. He would pay half their lost wages, with women's clubs covering the rest. Clubs will decide after December meetings. Nelson currently funds seven qualifying cases, paying about four dollars weekly to each child at his office on Tenth and Pine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
N. O. Nelson
Women's Clubs
Nelson
Kansas City Star
Boat to End War by Submarine Craft
John P. Holland of Newark, an inventor of submarine boats, said a designed craft will disable warships without costing lives. Speaking before the La Salle society in Newark, he claimed the project aims at disarmament and not annihilation, hoping to cripple ships without loss of life and save thousands of lives from wars such as Russo Japanese.
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Holland
John P. Holland
Newark
N. J
la Salle Society
New York Herald
A Good Wife Requests Spa Trip Payment From Doctor
A quoted line from Meg Gensdorfer Blatter shows a wife thanking a doctor for a spa trip and asking him to persuade her husband to quit smoking and beer to cover the cost. The remark hints at financial and marital dynamics surrounding leisure expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meggensdorfer Blatter
Malta-Vita Malted Whole Wheat Food Ad Claim
An old advertisement extols Malta-Vita as a natural malted whole wheat food that aids digestion and provides essential elements for body and brain. It features a testimonial from P. Gersper of Barnesville, Ohio describing relief from indigestion after using Malta-Vita and ends with a price of 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Gersper
Barnesville
Ohio
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Davenport
Frank Oshann
Third Street
Harrison
Frank Osham
H. H. Yost
T. Costello
John E. Mahan
Dr. A. W. Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
Harper House Pharmacy
New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
Parkrow
West Broadway
Guardian of the Peace
Mike
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
T. H. Thomas’ Pharmacy
Seos Oe
Perfection
Nickel
Japan
Standard Oil Company
H. E. Casteel
L. D. Mudge
H. E. Simmon
Central Trusts and Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
J. Larkin, J. J. LaVelle
J. D. Mack, John Schafer
M. S. Heagy
H. B. Simmon
H. H. Cleaveland
Mary E. Robinson
E. D. Sweeney
H.W. Tremann
Trust Department
One Y
Nineteenth Avenue
Fourteenth
Verme
Deere’s
Fortescue
Blatz Beer
Mil.waukee
Beardsley & Bailey
Eighteenth St
Rock Island
Wiener
VAL Blatz Brewing CO
Milwaukee
Texas Gulf Coast
Brownaville & Mexico Railway
Corpus Christ
Brownsville
John Sebastian
Mgr
Frisco Lines
Chicago
Burlington
F. A. Riddell
C. B
Q. R
Grand Canyon Line
Harvey
H. D. Mack
Rock Island, Ilt
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