Davenport Area Notes and Local Notices Summary
Licensing talks announce Sunday closure of 63 Davenport barbershops per the International Barbers union. Deserter case ends in reconciliation with support promises. Four judges endorsed for Seventh Judicial District. campaign committee named. Deaths include Henry Miller in Elgin and Mrs Bertha Jens in Davenport. Local events cover obituaries, Decoration day services, church programs, and school diploma milestones across Davenport and Muscatine areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kemmerling
International Barbers’ Union
Davenport Journeymen Barbers’ Union
Seventh Judicial District
Court House
D. W. Jackson
Muscatine
A. P. Barker
Clinton
James W. Bollinger
Davenport
A. J. House
Maquoketa
Moline Diplomas Awarded To Fifty Seven Graduates
Commencement exercises at Moline high school presented diplomas to 57 graduates including Herbert Ahi Sarah Ainsworth Edith Anderson and many others. East Moline held its second annual graduation at Odd Fellows hall with 14 graduates and colors maroon and gold. Oscar Peterson and Paul Anderson listed among the East Moline class. Obituary notes Sarah Julia Peel is months old and died of pneumonia. funeral at Sacred Heart church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline High School
Herbert Ahi
Sarah Ainsworth
Edith Anderson
Alice Axelson
Willam Axelson
Thorsten Becker
James Blanding
Hazel Bolton
Gunnar Carlson
Clara Comber
Adam Condo
Verna Cooper
Florence Dewend
Lilah Dunn
Earl Elmstedt
Gladys Ford
Hildur Forsberg
Adele Foster
Leonard Gilmore
Milford Godelin
Reuel Godelin
Eva Goldberg
Maurice Gould
Bernard Person
George Pike
Mabel Tolles
Clarence Tunnicliff
George Welch
Clifford White
May Williams
Mitchell Walter
Katherine Woodrow
Guido
Wyland
East Moline
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Haxel Emmett
Mae Nelson
Kathyrn Willey
Esther Vick
Helen Musgrave
Leon Sill
Harry Palmer
Earl Clendenin
Stephen Bornhoeft
Julius Bagge
Paul Anderson
Sarah Julia Peel
Hampton News Briefs and Memorial Events
Hampton reports Rev W S Read's memorial address in Colona and a funeral sermon for Richard Whitehead. Visitors include Mrs Laura Cooper from Cordova and Miss E W Smith ending teaching at Silvis. The Hampton baseball team beat East Moline 20 to 6. Decoration Day observances occurred at Hampton cemetery with G A R exercises and a school program. Ex Governor Van Sant spoke at the arsenal. Several locals and visitors from Des Moines, Peoria, Walker Station, and Mo line attended from Sunday to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bryden
Minnie Meyer
Chicago
Mary Lequatte
O. Reynolds
John McGinnis
Davenport
Burnie Reynolds
Muscatine
Reynolds Cemetery
John Workman
Millersburg
George Workman
Ae. E. Reynolds
Rock Island
Lillian Workman
Foster School
Pine Bluff M. E
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Newmeyer
Clara Foster
Velma Colberg
Color Guard
Esther Kleist
Mr. Bryden
Mr@Newmeyer
Hampton
W. S. Read
Colona
Laura Cooper
Cordova
Charles Lee
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. L. Cook
August Light
Pleasant Valley
Iowa
S. S. Baker
Reynolds
Baker
East Moline
E. W. Smith
Silvis
Anderson
Congregational Church
Hampton Cemetery
Clara Meeske
Mabel Johnson
Columbia Mohr
Mildred Claide
Ethel Light
Scott
Minnie Klenver
Roy Smith
Walker Station
George Ross
Peoria
H. H. Underwood
Arsenal
van Sant
Hattie Sikes
Richard Maxwell, Jr
Oscar Anderson
Moline
Rockford
C. H. Lee
Ed Keller
Son Allen
Des Moines
Mr. Keller
Hamlet and area residents return home from short visits
Hamlet Miss Nora Whitman came home Monday after visiting Miss Zora Lee in Champaign and a week with Rey. Tidbal family and Phillip Schriver, Jesse Cooper, Riley and Prentice Halstead also returned home after Bay Island. Patterson family from Rock Island visited Oscar Marsh’s home. Hamlet cemetery was cleaned Thursday last week with most lot owners represented. Sept 1 set for next cleaning day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Whitman
Zora Lee
Champaign
Rey
Mr. Tidbal
Minoak
Phillip Schriver
Jesse Cooper
Riley
Prentice Halstead
Bay Island
Mr. Patterson
Rock Island
Oscar Marsh
Death of Silvis Squire Silvis at home near Carbon Cliff
Silvis Squire Silvis died last Monday at his farm between Silvis and Carbon Cliff after a long illness. Rev. E. W. Thompson conducted funeral services at the Methodist Church in Carbon Cliff on Wednesday. He was well known and respected in the area. The Rock Island 2600s were defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Silvis
Silvis
Carbon Cliff
Rock Island
E. W. Thompson
Prairie Illinois Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy for Recovery
Mrs. William Ahrens of Chicago recounts severe health problems and a failed operation. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier she reports becoming a well woman. The ad touts the product's cures for female ailments and offers confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Ill
Tors
Lydia E. Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Pinkham
L. Mass
L. E. Pinkham
Silvis Neighborhood Notes and Local Happenings
Decoration day 9 to 5. Silvis baseball nine defeats Rock Island railroad firemen. Pastor Osborn and congregation host reception at Baptist church. Various residents travel, visit, and move. Community visits from and to Dubuque, Hillsdale, Sheffield, and Denver. School program, staff, and local shop changes noted. Health and beauty tips appear alongside local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Rettick
Hillsdale
Peterson
Sheffield
Earl Evans
West Liberty
Iowa
William Bell
Sherrard
Jamestown
Silvis
Rock Island Railroad Firemen
Baptist Church
Pennell
Small
Pleasant Valley
Verne Wolf
Frank
Brooklyn
C. M. Frew
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Local Visits and Travel Notes From Sherrard Area
Residents report visits and returns from trips across Illinois and nearby cities. Mrs Ge senhagen hosts gatherings on Eighth street next Thursday afternoon as families including Beattie Evans Pritchard and Stengel share news from Virden Rock Island Stvis and Kansas with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Gesenhagen
Eighth Street
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News OF the Neighbors
William Gottschalk
Annie Rathman
Herna Misfeldt
New , Liberty
Frieda Hansen
Sheridan Township
Alvin Simmons
Justice Court
Phil Daum
Blanche Simmons
Simmons
Ottumwa
Jackson County
F. D. Kelsey
Walter L. Keck
Clinton County
E. L. Miller
B. C. Walsh
Muscatine County
M. Warner
William Hoffman
Scott County
Charles Grill
M. F. Donegan
P. B. Wolfe
Henry Miller
Elgin
H. S. Chambers
Minnie
Bertha Jens
Charles Kroeger
West Third Street
Harry Jens
Minden
Tona
Edward
Charles
Elmer
Laura Jens
Christina Martens
Henry
Fred
Louis
Theodore Martens
Alvina Martens
Fairmount Cemetery
Foster Little Jeannette Steen
D. C. Grady
Otto Boettcher
Judson D. ‘Metzgar
Fifteenth Street
Be, Battles
Eli DeRue
Axel T. Peterson
Mike Wynes
Battles
Boettcher
Metzgar
OUR Office
Peoples National Bank Building
Mutual Loan Company
Old Phone West
Tri Life TO
Best & Russell Company, Distributors
Chicago, Ill
Lon Nicewander
Kate G
Cc. R. E
John Beattie
Virden
Robert Lee
John Evans
Mary
Lily Pritchard
Rock
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