Davenport Shooters Elect and City News Roundup
The Davenport Shooting association held its annual meeting at Turner hall with President Ernst Wileckens presiding and plans for a February 27 ball and banquet. Officers were elected including Nabatedt as vice president and Schmidt as treasurer. Other items report a Young Man Brockman jailed for intoxication after threatening his family, Bettendorf school board selecting George Crowder, and W. H. Kimball selling his engineering practice to Alien Roudinot. Obituaries note Irene Nelson and Curtis Vetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Shooting Association
Turner Hall
Wilckens
Sune Treasury
Chris Jansen
Ernst Wileckens
J. Fred Nabatedt
Emil Berg
Otto B. Schmidt
Frank Berg
Truster
F. F. Blunck
Excelsior Rifle Club
Brock
Young Brockman
Bettendorf
Edward Howell
Muscatine
George T. Crowder
Ed Spencer Hero of Los Angeles Revival Story
The Christian Herald recounts the dramatic rescue by Edward W. Spencer, famed Evanston swimmer, who saved 17 people from Lake Michigan in 1860. At Dr. Torrey's Los Angeles revival, Spencer appears in the audience and is hailed as the hero whose courage moved the congregation to tears and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Herald
Los Angeles
Edward W. Spencer
Dr. Torrey
Lake Michigan
Edward Spencer
Chicago
Evanston
Northwestern University
Iowa
Will
Ed Spencer
Eyanston
Winnetka
Thhey
Tabernacle
Baer
Dr. Cleveland
Mr. Spencer
Infant burial and local church notices in Andalusia
The community records infant funeral at the Baptist church with burial in the local cemetery. Also noted are school staff changes, gospel meetings at Ithe Baptist church with Rev. Syter assisting, and various social and family visits, dinners, and New Year gatherings around Andalusia, including residents from Muscatine and LeRoy seeking new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Meigs Hays
Drury
Ithe, Baptist Church
Syter
Bradford
Joe Bennett
Baptist Church
Leonard Haines
Muscatine
Baptist Social Society
Peter Johnson
Francis Burmeister
G. Wait
Myron
LeRoy
Reynolds area notes of residents new year travels and visits
Reynolds and nearby towns report residents leaving for schools in DeKalb and Oxford Ohio and returning for holidays. Visitors include Eva Ash of Wayne Nebraska, Bessie Boney of Buffalo Prairie, Eleanor Ketzle of Hettinger North Dakota, Grace and Catherine Farwell, and Grace’s school duties in Conrad Iowa. Local events include Gauley’s hall entertainment with the Troubadours, a New Year’s dinner by Methodist ladies, and a watch party hosted by Gust Olson Jr. at home New Year’s Eve. Several residents plan marriages and moves, including Anna Haskell to Kindred North Dakota, with home to Hettinger after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pluma Haefele
DeKalb, IL
State Normal
Eva Ash
Wayne
Neb
Mary Sowers
Bessie Boney
Buffalo Prairie
Ruth Wait
M. L. Wait
Jeane
Bethany
Deep River
Iowa
Mary Wayne
Oxford
Ohio
Western College For Women
Charles W. Haefele
Chicago
W. J. McEntire
Emily
Peoria
Drew
Elsie Parmenter
Lyndon
Fay Schoonmaker
Henry
Marion McConnell
Champaign
The
State University
C. W. Daly
Davenport
A. Quist
Stuart Kreps
Rock Island
Woodmen
Gauley's Hall
N. D
Hettinger
Lillian Morgan
Sherrard
Gust Olson, Jr
G. C. Speetzen
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Gauley
Stella Mallette
Gertrude Dalzell
Mercy Hospital
R. L. Mallette
Floyd Moore
Ben Ketzle
Milton Galloway
Wakeeney
Kan
Rush Medical College
W. G. Davis
W. G. Haefele
Taylor Ridge Couple Visit Rock Island Wednesday
Mr and Mrs W M McCulloch of Taylor Ridge traveled to Rock Island on Wednesday evening for an unspecified visit. The outing highlighted their steady social routine and local connections within the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Hanson
Mueller Lumber ‘& Coal Company
Cof Daverpert
Hanson
Sam R. Kenworthy
Rock Island
James Britton
Mrs. W
McCulloch
Jim Coulter
Orion
Taylor Ridge
F. E. Garnett
A. E. Eckhardt
There’s a Reason Why He Quit Coffee One Cup a Day
A man reflects on stopping coffee to gain a clear head and keen mind for business. In days he feels better and more brisk, enjoying the best state he calls the greatest fun on earth.
Wedding Attendance and Local Notes From Rock Island
A town report notes attendances at a wedding and a New Year telephone meeting with an oyster supper. Local figures include O L Bruner shipping 11 cattle cars and visitors from North Dakota, Orion, and Clinton. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for piles, chapped hands, and old sores. 25 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch
Charles Dunlap
Herman Hofer
James MicAfeeson
O. L. Bruner
Peter Daniels
North Dakota
Sophia
Addie Bowes
E.E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
Better Not Get Dyspepsia Better Not Get Dyspepsia
A promotional note urges readers to treat indigestion with Kodol. It argues that dyspepsia stems from stomach abuse and that ordinary remedies are insufficient, claiming Kodol digests all foods and cures a sick stomach as the stomach heals.
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Charles Brockman
West Fifth Street
W. H. Kimball
R. Bondinot
Engi
Neer
Kimball Engineering Company
Kimball
Mr. Kimball
Boudinot
Irene
Ole Nelson
Rockingham Read
Dr. King
Jacob Springer
West Franklin
Charles S. Kerns
Moline Business Men's Association
Silvis
Silvis Board
Washington School
Marengo
Iowe
Manual Art School
Moline
Hardin
Esperanto State Association
Chicago University
Mesdames Hasson
Bowser
G. W. Wood
Severens
Marshall
A. T. Foster
G. BE
Owens
Schietfeldt
Wiese
Staack
Twenty-seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Charles EB. Mohler
Fifth Avenue
Curtis Vetter
George Wisslead
Webster
Webster, DL
Mabel Nelson
Fulton
Jana Agai
FCI Sarry
Mercury
Alaska
Florida
Perfection
Japan
Nickel
Onry
Perfection Oil Heater
Rayo Standard Oil Company
Imcorporated
SaUvrin
Hranyoq
Manyon
Ineekster
Andalusia
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Michigan
U. S
Aod
S Wb
Any Inn
Aly
Savignan ‘Conttanec
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