Socialists Present Full Davenport City Ticket
The Davenport Socialists unveil a complete city slate led by Albert Bersman for mayor. Affidavits filed with City Clerk Hugo Moeller name Ed W. C. Westphal for city clerk Milo M. Clapp for city treasurer William Schroeder for assessor C. A. Greenmayer for police magistrate John Martens for alderman at large N. P. Alifas for alderman at large Richard C. Starck for commissioner. Quick action described as a collision case against Tri-City Railway and the Pope-Hartford auto owner Petersen seeking damages.
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Davenport
Albert Bersman
Bersman
Bergman
Hugo Moeller
Socialist Party
Albert Bergman
West Fourth Street
Ed W.C. Westphal
Cedar Street
Milo M. Clapp
Pope-Hartford
Pete Petersen
Tri-City Railway Company
East River Street
Mississippi
Petersen
Iowa Auto & Tire Company
Chamberlin
The Coal Sack in the Sky
A description of the coal sack a dark patch below the Southern Cross explained by astronomers as a vast hole in the stellar system containing nothing visible. The piece notes the paradox of seeing darkness where nothing can be seen and the lay curiosity about abstract truth.
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Macmillan’s
Thought Him A Spy An English Officials Narrow Escape In France
The 1870 Franco German war tale follows Captain Haworth, a British messenger to Tours, detained at Le Mans on suspicions of spying. He refuses to reveal his dispatch bag contents, faces execution, but a guard captain persuades authorities to release him and he departs quickly. The item also features short notes on kingfishers, a college professor honeymoon tale, a frugal woman, and an ad for Rocky Mountain Tea.
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France
Haworth
Queen Victoria
Tours
le Mans
Juge de Paix
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Harry Cissell
C. B. Ficke
St. Robert's Hospital
Cissell
Missouri
Peoria
Bridge Avenue
Anna McCabe
Francis McCabe
John
Frank McCabe
James McCabe
Polk
Mary
Harry Garry
Waco
Texas
Thomas Collins
Margaret Collins
West Third Street
Colona
Colona Avenue
Walton
Pope
Rock Island
Moline
Hawk
Silvis
London Chronicle
Becker
New York Sun
Webster
Itifien
Setser
Java
Mocha
Arabia
Arbuckle Bros
Washington
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Rock Island Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
Phil Mitchell
H. P. Hull
P. Greenawalt
R. R. Cable
William H. Dart
L. Simon
E. W. Hurst
H. B. Cable
John Volk
Mitchell & Lynde
Jackson & Hurst
London Globe
Lewiston Journal
Priscilla
Rocky Mountain
Hollister
Harper House Pharmacy
Scott
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
California
N. O
7Th Ave
15Th St
Maucker
Seventeenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Rock Island Soap
Saner Kraut
Tri-City Loan Co
Old North
Brady Street
Iowa
H. E. Casteel
L.D. Mudge
H. B. Simmon
Central Trust and Savings Bank
J. Larkin
H. E. Curtis
H. B. Casteel
L. D. Mudge
Cagital Stock
H. D. Mack
John Schafer
M. S. Heagy
H. H. Cleaveland
Mary BE. Robinson
W. J. Sweeney
H. W. Tremann
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