Master Mechanic Quits at Tri City Railway
John Fish resigns after sixteen years as master mechanic for the Tri City Railway company. Father F T McManus promoted to succeed Father Smythe as priest of the Council Bluffs parish. William Schoenig, beaten on the street Tuesday, shows vast improvement as a brother arrives with a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fish
Tri-City Railway Company
Sed
Father McManus
F.T. McManus
Father Smythe
Council Bluffs
James McManus
Mt. Pleasant
Schoenig
William Schoenig
Three assailants sought after Schoenig assault downtown
Mercy hospital escorted the victim to the depot and all boarded a 3 30 train for Muscatine. Schoenig expected to return to Davenport for testimony. No assailants identified yet, strangers fled through an alley and remain at large. Initial reports linked suspects to Muscatine but Schoenig denies it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Muscatine
Schoensgate
Davenport
Schoenig
Andalusia News Notes and Social Reminders
Mr and Mrs John Beaumont and daughter from Muskogee Okla visited relatives for a month. Miss Effie Oldham passed teachers examination. Mrs John Spickler to Cumberland then returned home. Miss Annie Burkett sick. Annie Spickler recovered from measles. Mrs Gordon of Peoria visited. Baptist Sunday school picnic set for July 22. Mrs Frank Brookman and son Harry of Center Point Iowa returned home. Miss Minnie Knox of Rock Island returned home. Joshua Griffin visiting at home. Mr and Mrs Sewartz of Muscatine were guests. Born to Mr and Mrs T Simmons a girl July 1. Mrs Susan Smith returned from Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beaumont
Gus Gita
Muskogee
Okla
Effie Oldham
John Spickler
Cumberland
Annie Burkett
Annie Spickler
Gordon
Peoria
Charles Burgoyne
Baptist Sunday School
Frank Brookman
Harry
Center Point
Iowa
Minnie Knox
Rock Island
Katherine Britton
Joshua Griffin
Sewartz
Muscatine
Clarence High
Zuma Methodist sermons and red blue Sunday school contest
Rev. Mr. Hull preached two sermons at Zuma M E church with future biweekly evening services. The red and blue Sunday school contest closed in favor of the blues. The reds plan an entertainment Thursday evening July 23. Local social notes report attendees at a musical at Mrs. Silas Simpson’s residence with Edna Mumma Vena Mumma and Kathryn Mead among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hull
Zuma Methodist
Zuma M. E
Blues
Edna and Vena Mumma
Kathryn Mead
Tillie Liphardt
Silas Simpson
Edison
Lorenz
Iowa
Marian Walker
Nettie Wake
Allie Beal
Moline
Ganiger
Clyde Wake
Davenport
George Wake
Fred Whiteside
Joslin
Clint Donahoo
Hans Brandt
Port Byron
Frank O'Hara
Sylvester Daily
Lyman
Clarence Carpenter
Moline Field Runaway Injures Farm Hand
Julius Overbeck a Colona road resident and farm worker for Charles King was badly bruised in a runaway while driving a hay rake on Colona avenue. The first experience of the colt pulled the team into a panic. Overbeck clung to the reins for about a half mile until Twenty-first street, sustaining injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Overbeck
Charles King
Colona Road
Overbeck
Colona Avenue
Forest H Montgomery as District Sales Agent Named
Forest H Montgomery listed as District Sales Agent for the Universal Adding Machine Company with offices in Chicago and St Louis and branch offices in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest H. Montgomery
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Universal Adding Machine Company
St. Louis
Hillsdale Residents Welcome Mrs Amos Sheppard Home
Mrs Amos Sheppard settles into her Hillsdale residence after moving from other changes in town. Mrs L A Wilbur and infant visited sister Mrs Maud Mill in Hillsdale, with Wilbur spending late week in Chicago. Hired help remains scarce as farmers finish seasonal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Sheppard
Hillsdale
L. A. Wilbur
Baby
Erie
Maud Mill
Chicago
Taylor Ridge News Briefs Touching Local Visits and Travel
Mrs J Cristy visited Rock Island while Mrs L Burymak from Milan stayed with her brother George Westphal. Mrs A C Ramsey and daughter dropped by Rock Island. Mary Young and Ethel Bruner were in Rock Island. Mrs Godfrey Schneider went to Rock Island with her daughter Cora Brookman who then left for Town. A F Young left for Oklahoma for several weeks. F B Garnett visited Rock Island to see his father at St Anthony's hospital. William Garnett had a successful operation. About 40 teams passed through Taylor Ridge en route to the picnic grounds. Someone rolled two large rocks onto the northbound railroad near Taylor Ridge. trains passed safely after locals removed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Garnett
Rock Island
St. Anthony’s Hospital
William Garnett
Taylor Ridge
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised by J. W. Jenkins
J. W. Jenkins of Chapel Hill NC says Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best salve the world affords. He used it to cure a felon on his thumb and reports it heals every sore burn or wound it is applied to. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Rock Island
Poe Island
Isaac Shiffer
Fifth Avenue
Ill
Doan
Harper House
Paing
Price
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dr. King
A. A. Felton
Harrisville
Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
Germs and Health Through Habits and Exercise
The article asserts that a healthy body resists infection when habits support vitality. It warns against alcohol and tobacco, excess food, and stresses that fresh air, water, proper walking or running, and pure food fuel the body's defenders. It cites Success Magazine.
Record of court house license ads in Rock Island
Classified licensure notice listing applicants Charles Strupp Mary Enright George W Lane Mary Welsh Charles R Mung Edna Yager John A Fritchie Esther Johnson Emil Jourdan Margaret Sersig for beer trade Davenport Malting company pale export promoted with delivery to Rock Island and two phone numbers priced 169 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Strupp
Mary Enright
George W. Lane
Mary Welsh
Charles R. Mung
Edna Yager
John A. Fritchie
Esther Johnson
Emil Jourdan
Margaret Sersig
Davenport Malting Company
Rock Island
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Sdavenport
Lulu Bennett
Mary Mason
Maines
Bennett
Union Veterans Union of Love
Court House
Maquoketa
Tipton
DeWitt
Tillotsen
Dunlap
J. H. Shaw
J. W
Ellis
E. H. Colcord
Vinton
C. M. Wittig
A. Wolf
D. G. Butterfield
B. F. Halley
Ebert
Corn Products Manufacturing Company
The
Glucose Works
Agatha Aberle
Frank Pressel
Fifteenth Street
Martin Aberle
Otto Behnke
Emil Lucht
Sophie Aberle
Andrew Aberle
Andalusia
Zuma
Fred Gates
Mae Rowe
Beloit, Wis
D. W. Mumma
John O'Hara
Annie Setzer
Henry Setzer
George Setzer
Cole
Mamie Wake
Minnie Wainwright
Mary Be, McMurphy
Edna Mumma
Fannie Franklin
Barstow
Mrs
Harry Cook
East Moline
Horton Hill
Josephine Hill
C. M. Hill
William Horton
Paul W. Brown
First Congregational Church
Horton
Milwaukee
Garfield Avenue
Moline Plow Company
William Furman
Hampton
Furman
Harry Kenyon
Ostlund
Fourth Avenue
Kenyon
DeJaeger
Harry Fender
George Quade
Hickson
Carl Stafford
Miss Bliss
Dakota
W. H. Hudson
Etta Marchant
Amanda Martin
Mack Martin
Ben Rah
Dena
Watertown
John Rah
John Jasperson
Erma Hall
Gilbert Waters
Julia Buckley
Josephine
Decatur
John Buckley
Jake Schuck
Albert
Laverne
Minn
William Schuck
Esther Rodelius
Grant Kempster
John Butger
C. L. Markee
Robert Savage
Rollin Dillon
Tamarack
Guinn
Cordova
Hazel Orr
Chester Hinds
Kansas City
Kan
Mabel Waters
Woodhull
Miss Kelly
Elsie Donahoe
Mr. Larson
Hubbard
George Brandt
Jessie Wake
Galesburg
Wallace Treichler
Bethesda
Harvey Tanner
Charles Tanner
Melissa Orr
LA Rock Island
Universal
Chicago Medical Institute
Walsh
Drs. Walsh, Walsh & Walsh
W. Third St
Main St
Caesae Eee
Argus
Frank
L. Frank & Sonpany
J. P. Williamson
Second Avenue
Ced Pho
Ariz
Omaha
Augustana College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Illinois
Gustav Andreen
Dr. Martin
Eve
London
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