Increase Capital at Oppel Spencer Furniture Co Davenport
After three months in business in Davenport the Oppel Spencer Furniture company on West Third street plans to raise its capital stock from 20000 to 60000 due to rapid growth. In other items Fred Brown jailed in Davenport for burglary. jewelry recovered except a gold cross and bracelet later found in East End. Obituary notices for Dr J R Waln and others follow with details of deaths and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Oppel- Spencer Furniture Company
West Third Street
Fred Brown
Janssen
Randolph
Muscatine
Brown
Daversport
East End
Peoria
Harned
Joseph Byers Waln
Wainsford
N. J
Medical Chirurgical Hospital
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ida A. Reeder
Bordentown
Raymond
Robert
New Jersey
Thomas Harrington
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Harrington
Toronto
Big Rock
Iowa
Fletcher R. Bennett
Newton
Jasper County
David Henderman
West Fourth Street
Ireland
James C. McCormick
Chicago
Mr. McCormick
John McCormick
Negineer
Rock Island Road
Holt Named Tangier Vice Consul General
George E. Holt of Moline has been appointed vice consul general at Tangier, as reported by Al-Maghreb Al-Aksa. He acted as toastmaster at a Yankee Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the American colony. Merchants will close tomorrow for a holiday, with two exceptions possibly the grocer and meat market. The Plattdeutsche Verein, thriving with 130 members in 1907, seeks a dedicated hall as membership grows. Plattdeutsche sisters have organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaideutsche Verein
Turner Hall
Plattdeutsche Sisters
Whistler Pictures Found At West Point Library
A half forgotten scrapbook in General Baird’s attic revealed five Whistler drawings from 1851. The US Military Academy posted four pen sketches of a tired cadet on guard duty and a wash drawing in the library, enriching early work of the famed artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Drawing
Whistler
Military Academy
Camp Life
MacNeill
Academy
West Point
James Abbott MacNeill Whistler
United States Military Academy
New York Herald
Absalom Baird
Baird
General Baird
Willam Baird
Charles W. Larned
Larned
Leprechaun Bride in Kerry Folktale
A village recounts Lizzie McFadden’s wedding to Pat McGowan halted by a Leprechaun who abducts Lizzie amid the New Year festivities. Lizzie vanishes with the Leprechaun’s horse as Rory O Brannigan vanishes earlier. The tale ends with Pat’s illness and death, Rory’s rumored sighting, and Lizzie presumed cursed or vanished in the bog.
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C. N. Lurie
Rory O' Brannigan
Lizzie McFadden
Elizabeth
Rory
Lizzie
Morris
Jan
Brannigan
Lady Morris
Lizzie Kem
Kerry
Feather McCarthy
Pat McGowan
Cliver
Worrek
Farrum
McCarthy
Francis McCarthy
Pat
Garge
Feather Francis
Pat Rafferty
Andy McGraw
Danny Dooly
Danny
Mary Riley
Giorge
Black Horse
Nora Kelley
Francis
Cates
Ewan
Feyther Francis
Dees
Rory O'Brannigan
Ameriky
New York
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Roddewiz
C. D. Jacobs
Abe Siegel
West Second Street
Mr. Jacobs
J. R. Waln
R. H. Harned
Walt
Knabe
Ee Knabe
House of Knabe
Totten
Second Avenue
Rock Island
ART World Romance
Lochinvar
DeWitt
Joan
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lyndd
Room
Telephone West
San Paulo
Mexico
Brazil
Arbuckle Bros
Washington
H. BE. Casteel
L. D. Mudge
Papi
H. B. Simmon
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
D. Mack
John Schafer
M.S. Heagy
H. H. Cleaveland
Mary Eb, Robinson
W. J. Sweeney
H. W. Tremann
Trust Department
Rock Island Savings Bank
Phil Mitchell
HE. P. Hull
P. Greenawalt
EB. Com & Lynde
R. R. Cable
William H. Dart
H. P. Hull
L. Simon
EB. W. Hurst
Cable
John Volk
Jackson & Hurst
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