Glucose Works Resume Operations and Davenport News
Glucose production at Corn Products company resumes after a year shutdown, with 260 workers returning as the mufit house at the West end factory operates. A new line factory and hall house are not yet finished, with readiness to expand in six weeks. Nearby, Golden State limited stops at Davenport are expected to occur when passengers are present. Tom Walsh declines Cubs offer to play baseball due to business interests. The new Kimball hotel opens with hundreds visiting from three cities. Obituaries note several local deaths, including Marx H. Jochim Harder and Christina Anderson, while local residents report various family and town events and movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Products Company
West End
Alhall House
Tom Walsh
Chicago Nationals
Thomas J. Walsh
Pp. T. Walsh
Davenport
Cubs
Colnections
Charles W. Murphy
Chiegze Baseball Club
Walsh
Tom
Organivathim
Indiana
Kimball
Manaser Hien
Moline News Briefs Highlight Narrow Drowning Escape and Local Events
Phil Anderson of Moline, studying law at the University of Michigan, was rescued from the East Tawas ice on the Huron River after the ice hole gave way. His companion pulled him to shore and aided his revival after near death by drowning. Also reported: local druggists to close at 9 pm in winter, a possible move to the European hotel plan with dining room changes, and the Open Athletic Club debut in which three boxing bouts ended with knockouts and new club leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Anderson
University of Michigan
East Tawas
Mich
Huron
Anderson
Open Athletic Club
Moline Athletic Club
Plow City
Turkish Bath
William Murphy
Tommy Wynn
Gulley
Martin
Otto McCamish
Young Sennett
West End
Kid Arnold
Rock Island
Murphy
Hillsdale Notes and Social Bits From Local Visit and Events
Hillsdale gossip and small town movements as residents visit relatives in Woodhull Batesville Sterling and Urbana plus upcoming church supper benefits and local stockholder meetings. Marriages sales and skated routes surface with interim health and housing notes as A B Huston quarantine ends and Sunday school officers are elected.
Local notes on families and events in town
COE Louis Reiling and family all have the grip. Mrs John Rieverts is sick. Mr and Mrs George Shumate welcome a new son. Henry Hutton was a Rock Island caller last Tuesday. Farmers drive road drags. Nat Pearsall and wife greet a baby boy. they have two sons. Mrs William Ashdown is ill with the grip. Mrs Vet Benway visited and returned home. Friends cheer Mrs J P Sanders on recovery. Several residents, including James Woodburn and others, went to Urbana Ill for a two week course in agriculture. A tale of mischief about a girl and eggs. a story from the London Mail. Harper's Weekly joke about the undertaker and a sick man. Suffering and Dollars Saved touts Bucklen’s Arsica Salve for burns and sores. Kodo digestive aid advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Orr
Faye Mertin
Melissa Orr
Mamie Dailey
Justin Dailey
C. L. Markee
Wesley _Hudson
Willliam Cain
Nancy Scott
Erie
John Scott
William Donohoe
Rock Island
Kesia Anglesy
Albany
James Dillin
William Berendt
Hillsdale
Joslin
George Scott
Iowa
Jakie Simkin
St. Louis
Patt Parker Wale
Gilbert Waters
Grandma Wiggins
Tom Cross
Elizabeth Walker
Jesse Walker
Thomas Quick
Chicago
BE. L. Hansen
Nellie Baron
Sterling
The
Methodist Church
John Butter
Urbana
William Schook
Frank
William Dillon
M. W. A. Hall Company
Mae Martin
Hiram Cain
Robert Hill
Barstow
Marvin Mamma
William Orr
Dillin
Dorchester
Neb
Jesse
John Kueh
Clinton
A. B. Huston
Larl Wilkins
Wesley Hudson
Edwin Hanw
Louis Reiling
John Rieverts
George Shumate
Henry Hutton
Nathaniel Pearsall
William Ashdown
Vet Benway
Cordove
N. Pearsall
J. P. Sanders
James Woodburn
John Winterfelt
Willie Rienverts
Louis Hauberg
Forrest Cain
Wartime Style Health Bulletin Warns Against Tuberculosis Spread
The state health board issued the final bulletin urging a war on tuberculosis. It explains one in seven die from the disease, mostly aged 20 to 30, and stresses transmission via dried sputum in public spaces. It urges destroying sputum, clean surroundings, fresh air, and avoidance of public spitting, detailing methods and legal notices in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Dis
Rock Island
Tri-City Railway Company
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted For Kidney Trouble Relief
A Rock Island citizen endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for kidney pain backache and urinary issues. The testimonial recounts two years of illness and relief after using the product bought at Harper House pharmacy. The ad claims wide dealer availability and 50 cent price with Foster Milburn of Buffalo NY as U S agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Rock Island
Isaac Shiffer
Fifth Avenue
Harper House
Paing
Symptons
Doan
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
N. C
United States
Chicago merchants plan credit clearing house
Substituting for banks, Chicago businessmen envision a credit clearing house to settle debts and net bills among firms without bank involvement. A Chicago Credit Men's Association meeting approved forming a special committee to draft proposed methods and steps to implement the mercantile exchange based on canceled checks and solid accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Rheumatism Cured in a Day Claim by Dr Detchou
Quack cure claims relief from rheumatism and neuralgia in one to three days with a first dose offering great benefit. Advertises 75 cents and 1 dollar through Rock Island and Davenport dealers. Also touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for quick relief from various pains and promotes sale by all drngists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detchou
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
Davenport
Chamberlain
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Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railway
Marx H. Jochim Harder
Hickory Grove Road
Catherine Ellington
Bowditch Street
Ilinois
John Haak
Warren Andrews
Harry Ellington
Pearl Elington
Christina Anderson
Mound Street
Sweden
Charles A. Anderson
Mercy Hospital
Emma Sodergren
West Locust Street
Friedolph A. Anderson
Fordyce, Ark
Moline
Vinol
Harper House Pharmacy
J.B. Zimmer & Son
Peoples National Bank Building
Ather
Charlie Househill
Erma Stiers
Woodhull
Delphy
Edward Delphy
Albert Huneke
Batesville
Wall Nanan
Paridon
Wall Weaper Co
PWEST
COE
London Mail
Laconne
Harper's Weekly
S. Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Georgia
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Jack Frost
Fidelity Loan CO
Metches
SS. Hoek Untamed
Sa. Nm
Knabe
Ah Bee Knabe
House of Knabe
Totten
Music House
Hock Island
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver
Pacific Coast States
Idaho
Nevada, Arizona
New Mexico
Price
Burlington
Rowe
Cae Pornia
TNA
F. A. Riddell
B. & Q. Railway
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