Negress Escapes From Detention After Hidden Poker
Neigh borhood news records Mattie Harris a colored prisoner escaping from the house of detention by using a stove poker to unbolt her cell door. Police Matron Hill discovered the escape after the bolted door was manipulated during the night. Other items cover local walkers who returned from Chicago, a unique Mississippi river trip, two divorce filings, and obituaries including Pearl Chapman and John Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Harris
Sam Wade
House of Detention
Mattie
Pitth Street
Hill
Silvis Schoolhouse Nears Completion With Principal Named
Silvis prepares for a two story white brick and stone schoolhouse with multiple exits and fire escapes. Mr. Clarke of Preemption will be principal, a Cornell College graduate. The community looks forward to a proud new educational landmark amid various local visits and travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvis
Clarke
Cornell College
Ethel Cox
Kentucky
Ethel Kirkpatrick
E. A. Walsh
Walsh
Springfield
Edward Jr
Josephine
Richard
Anu
Welch
Baby
Birmingham
Sixth Street
Marie Walsh
Chicago
Wisconsin
Sincox
Sherrard
James Shannon
Dick Bell
Helen Garner
Mary Callasghan
George Tutberry
Twelfth Street
Sadie Zetterman
Burlington
Laws
Nelson
Tesline
N. M
Richfalsh
Percy Bailey
Corbin
Ninth Street
Mr. Kemper
Farmington, IL
East Moline Items Highlight Local News and Incidents
East Moline notes report Miss Bessie Salzman starting as stenographer in Moline law office. Local visits include Beloit and Mendota residents, births, travels, and social visits. A canoe accident near Campbell's Island prompts Red Men Camp King Philip rescue efforts. several residents cited in social and business notes. The column recalls a historic 1874 building on Fifteenth street, a boy's injury from a fall, and factory inventory plans at Derre and Mansur with a strong 1910s newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Salzman
Larry Magill
Moline
Glen Cokley
Beloit
Wis
M Nie Kessler
Mendota
C. E. Williams
August DeMeyer
de Kuyper
Selma
Belgium
East Moline
Ninth Street
First Avenue
A. B. Johnson
Raymond Thompson
Tiskilwa
South Dakota
Sthis
Harry Swartz
Mr. Smith
Streator
Martha
Lizzie
Goldie Callewaert
Canton
Maude Sackville
Coal Valley
William Sackville
Halsey Benster
William Parrott
Dubuque
Maude Emmett
Ourlivan
Grace Fritchle
Kathryn Willey
Cable
Winnie Greer
Lillie Wylie
Herald Office
Fred
Milt Pershing
August van DeWiele
James Howard
William Collins
Mississippi
Campbell's Island
King Philip of
Red
Vielims
Sidney Hammerquist
Electric Construction Company
Freddie Hudddle
Noah Huddle
W. Allenmerche
Sandy Larson
Hammerquist
Huddle Boy
Camp Evelyn
Allenmerche
Camp Vanlee
Himmerquist
Huddle
Universal Adding Machine Company Branch Offices
Universal Adding Machine company of St. Louis announces branch offices in all principal cities, signaling nationwide expansion and broader service reach for customers and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Adding Machine Company
St. Louis
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Keene Community News
Miss Bernice Lemon of Joy visited Friday to Monday with Miss Ruth Halstead. Misses Katherine Bopes, Mary Lee, Edith Reader and Ethel Candor spent time in Rock Island. Ethel Cawdor of Colorado visits Elisha Lee. A surprise party for John Nichols occurred Thursday night with music and refreshments. Orangemen's picnic drew many locals. Lewis Cooper, eldest son of Rev Cooper, is recovering from diphtheria. No new cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Lemon of
Joy
Ruth Halstead
Katherine Bopes
Mary Lee
Edith Reader
Ethel Candor
Rock Island
Bernice Lemon
Cable
Griffin
Ethel Cawdor
Colorado
Elisha Lee
John Nichols Thursd
Lewis Cooper
Welsh Miners’ Exodus to Patagonia Blaze of Freedom
A long-ago British policy enforcing English in Welsh schools drove persecuted Welsh miners to Patagonia. They built a desert settlement into a fertile region, grew to about 3,000 people, established a railway, and shipped wheat wool ostrich feathers and guanaco skins. They spoke Spanish and thrived under a foreign government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patagonia
South America
Wales
It Can't Be Beat Best of All Teachers Is Experience
C M Harden of Silver City NC testifies Electric Bitters cures stomach liver and kidney troubles. He praises it as the best medicine for weakness lame back and run down conditions and for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee by all druggists 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Mr. Harden
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Davenport
Davenport Turngemeinde
Leander Keim
Hans Reuter
Henry Warnken
Reuter
Ralph Hitchcock
Warwick Saunders
St. Paul
Emma Smithiger
Edward Smithiger
Emma M. Wiechorst
Frederick Wieckhorst
Pearl Chapman
Myrtle Hoffman
Taylor Street
Stewart
Iowa
John Johnson
Koester
Paul Loose
Guy DeBourcey
Menaghan
Loretta Quinn
Valley Junction
Mae Shannon
Watch Tower
Fifteenth Street
Fiv Poits
E. B. Knox
Olof Hanson
Third Avenue
Derre, & Mansur
Yorkshire Observer
Newark Evening Star
Philadelphia Ledger
Universal
Forest
H. Montgomery
Commercial National Bank
Chicago, Ill
Ois
Rock Island, Ill
Atlantic City
Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Peoria
H. Bertermann, D. P. A
Peoria, Til
Hub
S. S
S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
J. P. Williamson
Second Avenue
Dr. Martin
London
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