Death and tributes in Davenport area news roundup
Mourns death of wife Isa bel Toher, 31, Davenport native. funeral at St Anthony's with burial at St Marguerite's. Miss Loretta Guiney wins fifth WCTU oratorical contest at Bethlehem church. Verdict set aside in Murray v Rock Island railroad case. Fred J. Barr elected president of Exclusive Distributors' Association in Philadelphia. Divorce suit details and accusations in Lange case. Gambling raid on Fifth Street joint. Bicycle accident on Brady Street hill. Bethel AME corner stone laid. multiple church services described. Rheumatism claim of three days cure by Dr Detchon's remedy noted.
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George K. Welch
New York
Davenport
Isabel Toher
Charleston
W. Va
Mr. Welch
St. Anthony’s School
Immaculate Conception Academy
Mary Tober
West Eleventh Street
W. N. Noble
Peoria
M. C. Bove
Chicago
Paul V. Tober
Adams Express Company
William
Tower
St. Anthony's Church
St Marguerite’s Cemetery
Marguerite Florence Murray
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Barker
Fred J. Barr
Exclusive Distributors’ Association of America
Philadelphia
Barr
Detroit
Association
Mr. Barr
Sloman
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Eleventh
Ripley Streets
D. P. Roberts
J. A. Burchit
C. H. Murphy
W. G. Mott
S. R. Cottrell
Rock Island
L. J. Phillips
West Fourth Street
G. Jackson
Cox Family Reunion on Campbell's Island Aug 12
The Cox family plans a reunion at Campbell's Island on August 12 with members from across the nation attending. Invitations issued, several acceptances received, including a California relative visiting for the first time in 47 years. Women plan a meeting next week to finalize details.
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Cox
Campbell's Island
California
Constipation relief ad for Chamberlain tablets
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant laxative for constipation. It claims reliable bowel movement with no disagreeable effects, lists a price of 25 cents, mentions free samples, and directs readers to all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Odds and ends drawer musings on value and junk
In a witty monologue, the speaker mocks the American habit of hoarding odds and ends. He lists a jumble of useless items from an average drawer, noting their lack of intrinsic value and the folly of saving things that may never be used. He concludes that American hoarding reflects perishable prospects over real worth.
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Statistical Sdm
Pyrography
Whetstone
Uae
America
Local social notes from Silvis and surrounding areas
Miss Marie Walsh travels to Chicago for a several week visit while Mrs Bessie Lewis and daughter Miss Elda are city visitors. B Y P U church hosts a sociable. Methodist Ladies Aid met on Tenth street. Flora Kitterman visiting with her niece Mrs Charles White. Guy Taylor family return from Iowa City. Edith Countryman returns home from Buda Texas after visiting Miss Ethel Kirkpatrick. Rock Island G I A sixth annual picnic at Campbell's Island served to about 52 attendees including Mrs E M Scott and Mrs Roy Thorpe. Roy K Thorpe leaves for Chicago for a few days with his sister. B Y P A sociable at the Baptist church marked by good turnout despite bad weather. Mrs Marchan of Eighth street entertains several young ladies.
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Marie Walsh
Chicago
Bessie Lewis
Elda
BR. Y. P. U. Society of the Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Tenth Street
Flora Kitterman
Tiskilwa
Charles White
Guy Taylor
Iowa City
Edith Countryman
Buda
Ethel Kirkpatrick
Rock Island
Campbell's Island
Silvis
E. M. Scott
Roy Thorpe
Gus Smith
Henry Geislerhagen
Fuller
Erie
Robert Watkins
Roy K. Thorpe
the Baptist Church
Marchan
Eighth Street
Visiting notables and social notes from the Tri-City area
Local residents including Miss Mary Richards of Chicago and Mrs. Pattie of Sheffield visit relatives in East Moline Davenport and Sheffield. Social calls from Mrs. Sackville and Mrs. Watkins are noted alongside a Baptist Sunday school picnic at Campbell’s Island. An advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures a felon and heals wounds, priced 25 cents.
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Ening
Mary Richards
Chicago
Jim Carroll
Davenport
Quy de Boucey
Miltership
East Moline
BE. M. Scott
Flora Kilterman
Tiskilwa
Charles White
Miss Sackville
Robert Watkins
Tri-City
Baptist Sunday School
Clare
Campbell's Island
Pattie
Sheffield
Walker
Eleventh Streay
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Davenport Malting pale export advertised in Argus
Advertisement touts Davenport Malting company's pale export beer with delivery across Rock Island. Offers two phone numbers and a price of 169. All the news all the time The Argus.
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Davenport Malting Company
Rock Island
The
Argus
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Bethlehem Congregational Church
Denny
Martin
Willets
Shorey
Matson
A. L. Farley
Fern McGranahen
Harry Wickham
Court of Last Appeal
Dejfendant
Miss Murray
Rock Island Road
East Fourth Street
Emil Lange
Catherine E. Lange
Hhem
Robert M. Lange
Packy Phelan
Shanley
Kinney
Fifth Street
Brady
Perry
Faro
John Weathers
George Williams
J. H. Ford
Frank Pate
Walter Jones
Clarence Ley
Brady Street
Urday
East Locust Street
Matthey
N. B. Langley
Madison
Wis
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenu
Tock Island
Gust. Schlegel
Second Street
Dayenpor
Hel
Axel Johnson
Gustafson
Johnson
Eleventh Street
Swan Larson
East End
Fifteenth Street
Merchants
Retail Merchants’ Association
Topeka
Harrisburg
Slater
Muscatine
George Coldberg
Mapes
George
Bam
Dad
CIA
J. P. Williamson
Second Avenue
Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
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People's National Bank
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