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Independent Power & Light elects officers at annual meeting
The Independent Power and Light company reelects officers including President C J Von Maur and Vice President Wilson McClelland. Directors listed include J C Hasler and G M Bechtel. Store remodel planned for Sunshine Outfitters on Hast Second street. William Knuth acquitted after shooting incident. holes determined to be wire incisions. Four medical experts testify in Brennan versus COR I and P railway suit seeking $40,000 in damages. injuries include crippled hip and leg, enlarged kidneys and heart. Obituaries note the death of Andrew Swenson aged about 80, with family surviving in Davenport and Sweden, and Sallie Simpson and Mrs. Herbert Stiles deaths reported. Fannie Copley also dies near Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Burmeister
Frank Ballast
Carl Richter
C. J. von Maur
P. F P. McCarthy
George S. Johnson
Joseph Brennan
COR. I. & P. Railway Company
E. S. Bowman
Fred Lambach
J. T. Haller
A. P. Donohoe
Andrew Swenson
Belle Avenue
Swenson
Sweden
America
Rockford
Davenport
Olof
Peter
Gustav
Ill
Robert
Benton
Texas
Charles Swenson
Oklahoma
Paul Paulsen
Hovngren
Christina Hanson
Sallie Simpson
Mercy Hospital
Berlin
Germany
Herbert Stiles
Scott Street
Locust
Fannie Copley
Richard Copley
Middle Road