Spurious Checks and Local News From Davenport
Davenport reports two men arrested in Mt. Pleasant with forged checks drawn on Omaha banks to William A Williams of Omaha. Names given Carl Anderson and J N Sullivan, with Anderson claiming vaudeville ties as Three Grooms. Also notes on new county board, Outing Club incorporation, drowned boy burials, suspensions, runaway youths, and various local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif John J. Marinan
Mt. Pleasant
Ben Harloff
Davenport
Carl Anderson
J. N. Sullivan
Anderson
Fairfield
William A. Williams
Omaha
Neb
Eighth Street
First National Bank of Omaha
H. H. Ramsey
Omaha Portrait Company
George A. Groom
Des Moines
Battle Creek
Mich
Margaret Flynn
Kalamazoo
Rock Island
John Peter Clancy
Mueller Mill
Notingham
Coyhoga County
Ohio
St. Anthony's Church
D. J. Flannery
John Clancy
Clancy
William Francis Larkin
James Larkin
West Third Street
St. Marguerite’s Cemetery
St. Anthony's Parochial School
W. H. Beenk
M. H. Holliday
Frank Pasche
Hamlet Notes and Local Social News
Miss Ruth Halstead returned to Macomb school work Wednesday after holiday with home folks. Allan McAdam of Reynolds visited several days last week with sister Mrs Myle Cooper. Graham Lee under doctor care. Misses Elda Crabs and Bessie Cooper returned to school on New Year’s Day. Miss Millicent Boyles spent several days this week at the home of John Tonynge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Halstead
Macomb
Allan McAdam
Reynolds
Myle Cooper
Graham Lee
Elda Crabs
Bessie Cooper
Millicent Boyles
John
Tonynge
London’s Vast Arena Rising in Shepherd’s Bush
The New York Post hails London’s city within a city near Shepherd’s Bush as a rapid structural feat. In twelve months 140 acres have transformed from desert to vast complexes. Eight halls 400 by 70 feet outline a massive complex with fireproof walls and 250000 square feet roofed for the machinery hall. Other palaces for education arts music and women’s work rise quickly as the ellipse takes shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Shepherd's Bush
New York Post
Santos Coffee True to Name Claim Cited in Package
A claim certifies that coffee in the package is true to name, selecting uniformly mild coffee from Santos port in Southern Brazil, noted as the largest coffee exporting city. The statement clarifies that Santos Coffee is not exclusively mild or all Santos, though the excerpt ends before finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos
Brazil
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Praised By Clinton Resident
E E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine touts Bucklen's Amica Salve claiming it cured piles chapped hands and an old sore without scarring. The ad notes 25 cents at all druggists and features a Harper House Pharmacy endorsement with lines praising beauty and health from Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
Rocky Mountain
Harper House Pharmacy
Chamberlain
Sea Serpent Chase Backing Sought by Norwegian Sailor
Carl Olssen of Christiania seeks 2500 dollars to fund a sea serpent hunt to prove their existence. He placed ads in a London paper hoping wealthy backers will invest despite the risk, citing sea experience and tales from English ships. He remains hopeful a capitalist will fund the expedition before the sea serpent season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Olssen
Christiania
Norway
Kansas City
London
Olssen
Sea serpent catching scheme proposed by inventor
An inventor pledges a London backed plan to catch sea serpents using a bottom dragging device. A bomb bait and three steel claws would trap and kill the creature when the serpent swallows the bait and yanks the line, with drawings promised to illustrate the setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hogs to Pay Church Debt Plan Spreads National Aid
Thomas Winnedge of Hope Church near Columbus Indiana starts a hog donation drive to wipe out church debt. He asks donors nationwide for a hog each with Mayor Johnson of Cleveland among early contributors. Half of hog sale proceeds go to the church debt and half to the hog donors. He expects at least a thousand hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Cleveland
Thomas Winnedge
Artist Church of Hope
Columbus
Ind
United States
Washington Post
Mayor Johnson
Ban on White Horses Shifts German Army Tactics
White horses are banned from the German army as smoke less powder makes them too conspicuous, prompting a shift in military transport and reconnaissance methods.
All Hail to Oklahoma a Patriotic Song Verse
The piece praises Oklahoma as a welcome new state to the United States and celebrates its potential wealth health and people. The verse from John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly extols Oklahoma as a bright western addition with festive imagery and national pride. It ends with an advertisement for De Witt's Little Early Risers pills sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Berry
People's Furniture & Carpet House
Fifth Avenue
Ainsworth
Fifteenth Street
Sam
Mr. Berry
Oklahoma
Sammy
U. S
West
John Kendrick
Harper's Weekly
de Witt
S.S.S
S. S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Real Estate Transfer and Patent Medicine Note
Descre Loete conveys lot 18 in block 176 in East Mo line to Alois Ryckeghem for 1450 dollars. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertised as a non opiate remedy to drive the cold from the system, sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Descre Loete
Alois Ryckeghem
Village of
East Moline
Kennedy
Barn in Drury Is Burned
An item notes a barn in Drury burned and promotes a health tonic from Harper House Pharmacy touting liver and bowel benefits with a sales pitch for Rocky Mountain Tea at 5 cents. The ad emphasizes natural health and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. G. Dutcher
Theodore Gasseling
Herry Schroeder
Julius Sander
Charles Rich
Mr. Dutcher
John Sollér
Sam Wilson
Outing Club Incorporated
Outing Club
Lane & Waterman
Joe R. Late
Anthony Schuyler
Alfred C. Mueller
Jules H. Kerker
B. Lafferty
Louis E. Knocks
Isaac Petershberger
Hugo Krohn
Henry Matthey
Lambach
Daniel Dailey
George Creamer
Fred Fischer
Joseph L. Krauss
Henry Beenk
Police and Fire Board
William Tichenor
Moline
Bert Winecke
Charles Winecke
John Winecke
West Branch
Iowa
Olympic Arena
Coliseum
Rome
Athens
Nimes
Aries
Shepherd's Bush Arena
France
Germany
Greece
British Colonies
British Olympic Council
Lord Desborough
Olympic Council
Theodore Roosevelt
Caspar Whitney
Julian W. Curtiss
Yale
Shepherd’s Bush Stadium
American Olympic Committee
Rhodes
Field Museum of Natural History At
Chicago
George A. Dorsey
Museum
Department of Anthropology
Tibet
Forbidden Land
Berthold Laufer
Columbia University
London Hospital
Moline Ice Company
H. D. Mack
Twenty-sixth Street
River Road
South Dakota
Gust Anderson
Moline Molder
Anna Dunging
Pierre
S. G
Mr. Anderson
Miss Dunning
Hans Nave
Holstein
Lottie Berggren
Nave
Helen Esther Evangeline Carlson
Thure Carlson
Thirteenth Street
Elna
Arbuckle Bros
Washington
H.e.casteel
L. D. Mudge
H. B. Simmon
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Ock Island
C. J. Larkin, H. EB. Curtis, H. EB. Casteel
Pald
Om Dc
D. Mack
John Schafer
Heagy
J. H. Cleaveland
Mary E. Robinson
W. J. Sweeney
H. W. Tremens
Trust Department
Scott
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Court House
John Schall
Drury Township
Hollister
DeWittross
Strayer’s Model Dairy Farm
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