Stamps Sold Mark City Mail Volume and Damages Suits
City reports 6 106 839 stamps used in the year ending June 30 with total value 105 218 88. Three lawsuits itemize damages sought by Alice Powers 5000 against American Can, Charles Welch 15000 against Tri City Railway, and Martha Slater 5000 against Sophia Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Powers
American Can Company
Charles E. Welch
Tri-City Railway Company
Martha C. Slater
Sophia Benson
Taylor Ridge Notes on Local Moves and Harvest Rush
Rev. J. S. Jaggers left Monday to spend the week in Muscatine. Mrs. Charles Crawford and sons visit Bruce Taylor in Kansas. Sam Baringer of Reynolds moved into his new Taylor Ridge house. Farmers are busy threshing this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Wait
Tayllor Ridge
Edward Wenks
Des Moines
Julia First
Muscatine
Annie Mounts
Fred Mosher and
Dale l
John
Central City
Fay Cole
Tom Cole
Mable McFall
Kansas
Katherine Boney
Rock Island
Roy Pelham
DeWitt
Iowa
Seth Leeman
W. W
Davenport
Bettendorf
Blue Grass
J. S. Jaggers
Charles Crawford and Sons
Bruce Taylor
Sam Baringer
Reynolds
Taylor Ridge
Foster Notes and Social Roundup in Foster Iowa
Emma Anderson returns from Nebraska after five weeks with relatives. Lawn party hosted by Misses Pearl and Arizona Watson for cousins Mildred and Helen Bryars of St Louis. Families and friends visit kin in Attalissa and Rock Island. B Y P U rally planned for Aug 2. Ensign Roper speaks at Baptist church. Residents plan trips to Nebraska and Montana and Muscatine visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Arizona Watson
Mildred
Helen Bryars
St. Louis
August Anderson
Mary
Bessie
Laura J
Lee Freisel
Sweetland Center
Ilona
Bridgie
Kate Ferry
Rock Island
Ben Zollner
Carl Blankenburg
Frank P. Gillett
Isaac Foster
Joe Bowser
Charles Foster
Attalissa
Iowa
Bessie Anderson
Thomas Watson
Nola Gillett
Fred Kleist
Baptist Church
Foster
Albert McGreer
Harry
Nebraska
Montana
Ensign Roper
Salvation Army
Christ
Frank Brogan
Alta
Adelle
Muscatine
Indicted for circulating false statements linked to Standard Trust
Former Pennsylvania State Senator Homer F. Aspinwall, tied to the Standard Trust & Title Co of Philadelphia, faces indictment for circulating falsified financial statements. He, with Homer L. Castle of Pittsburgh, had ties to religious and political circles. the firm is accused of taking in 20000 without ever opening for business, with efforts to recover funds from Aspinwall and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Homer F. Aspinwall
Standard Trust & Title Company
Philadelphia
Aspinwall
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pontiac Reformatory
Principal Change at Brown's Business College Opens Sept 1
C R Peterson becomes principal succeeding John Burkman at Brown's Business College. Peterson, from Streator, will oversee the new term opening Tuesday, Sept 1, while Burkman moves to Streator, exchanging posts within the Brown chain of business schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Peterson
John Burkman
Brown’s
Business College
Notall
Peterson
Streator
Mr. Burkman
Brown Chain of Business Schools
Hillsdale News Row Reflects Local Visits and Recaps
Hillsdale residents report visits from Kempsters and Scott family members in Sterling and Erie. Yates Center resident Milton Hanna sees his granddaughter Clara Hanson. Local threshing begins as residents note a family gathering at Heskersell home and other social visits with Erie, Rock Island, and Geneseo connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempster
Sterling
Nancy Scott
Erie
John Scott
Milton Hanna
Yates Center
Kan
Clara Hanson
A. B. Huston
Roseville
John Butter
Annawan
E. L. Williams
Hills
Helen
Hillsdale
Heskersell
Harry Howard
Joseph, McConnell
Grant Kempster
Minneapolis
Kate Martin
Tri-City
Miss Hastings
Rock Island
W. H. Hudson
Dune
William Sands
Geneseo
Test of Digestion and Elder Typhoid Fever Mentioned
A Monday note from Hillsdale mentions Emil Bracker sick with typhoid fever, with a nurse in attendance. Blackberries are selling for 6 to 7 cents a quart in the community. The rest is all that the weak stomach needs. Pepsin digests only one food element, but Kodol can digest them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Herman
Emil Bracker
Saint Katharine's School for Girls Davenport Iowa Ad
Saint Katharine's School for Girls offers primary preparatory and collegiate grades with certificates accepted by leading colleges. Strong programs in music art gymnasium and domestic science taught by native French and German teachers in Davenport Iowa.
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H. B. Betty
Scott
Civic Federation
Scott County Board of Insanity Commissioners
Mary Smith
Farnam Street
J. A. Hanley
Lambach
Harry J. Mc
Ferland
Smith
Third
Davenport Gas and Electric Company
Tri-City Construction Company
William La‘mar
Bowditch Street
Germany
Josiah Hamann
Clemney
Marie
Grace
Willie
Charlotte
Anna Steitz
Andalusia
J. W. Edwards
First Methodist Church
Central Illinois Conference
Canton
Edwards
Berry
Campbell's Island
Mara Duffy
George Patrick Duffy
Cincinnati
Eckhart
J. S. Catlin
Duffy
Arp
A. C. Barber
Moline Plow Vecubants
Robinson Manufacturing Company of
Moline
Henney Buggy Company
Moline Plow Company
J. L. Robinson
Robinson
Mutual Wheel Company of
W. H. van Dervoort
Moline Automobile Company
Moline Company
Harrisburg
Universal
Forest H. Montgomery
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Universal Adding Machine Company
J. P. Williamson
Second Avenue
Emma Anderson
H. F. Aspinwall
The
Argus
TRE
Ceral Company
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
United States
Daniel Webster
Appleton’s Encyclopedia
Shouler
Summer
Hamilton
Budweiser
America
Anheuser-Busch
U.S. A
Aueling
Rock Island, Ill
Alleghany Mountains
Cambridge Springs
Saint Katharine’s School For Girls
Episcopal
S.S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Security
Tri-City Loan
Brady Street
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