Davenport News Highlights Reflect Local Frictions and Social Life
Davenport updates cover Lunger charging Mayor Scott over license duties Chief Atkinson neglect case Ernst Wenzel injured in bar accident with 30 stitches Obituary for Deert Jacob Hagemann parade leadership by Dr Meyer and Red Men group Switch engine expansion at Silvis yards Local business licenses and incorporations Deed to depot ownership and McKinley avenue transfer Weathered by fruit crop shortfall and two marriages Dewrose Cox wedding and naval militia cruise plans plus a roundup of community notes
Statements From Prominent People in Various Cities
Statements from citizens in Birmingham Alabama Colorado Springs Colorado Syracuse New York testify to relief from stomach troubles after using Cooper's New Discovery. They describe indigestion heartburn and catarrh improved within days or weeks and endorse the medicines. Harper House Pharmacy notes they sell the products and will explain their nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Cooper
C. D. Mitchell
Avenue C
Birmingham
Ala
Cooper
J. Cooper
J. O. Spradling
South Tejon Street
Colorado Springs
Col
William Codier
Graves Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Mr. Cooper
Harper House Pharmacy
Sherrard Daily News Local Notes And Events
Dr Martin went to Chicago on business for several days. Frank Sherrard shipped two car loads of hogs to Chicago. The baseball team lost 2 to 0 to Galva. Mr and Mrs Floyd Essex welcomed a baby girl. Mrs Lily Dawson returned from Rock Island. Mrs Bradley of Rock Island visited Sherrard and Cable. Mrs Richard Haddick and children visited from Collinsville. Mrs Charles Hubbs and children visited Rapids City. Dave Beveridge visited from Moline. Edith Brown visits Thomas Blenkinsopp. Mr Ailes arrived to work at Davison's shop when his brother drowned at a toboggan slide. Mrs George Robertson returned to Victor Iowa after visit with relatives. Mrs Charles Sass was in Rock Island shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Martin
Chicago
Frank Sherrard
Galva
Floyd Essex
Lily Dawson
Sherrard
Rock Island
Bradley
Cable
Richard Haddick
Collinsville
Jane Hughes
Charles Hubbs
Rapids City
Dave Beveridge
Moline
Edith Brown
Boden
Thomas Blenkinsopp
Grandma Blenkinsopp
Ailes
Memorial Exercises Honor 17 Soldiers in Andalusia
Mrs Annie Kruse and daughter Marie visited from Rock Island while local students held memorial services marching along Perry Main and Magnolia to the cemetery. Seventeen soldiers rest there as Miss Sadie Richison led the term and Miss Retta Andrews taught first grade. News notes include trades, visits, and a two week hail event with hailstones the size of hickory nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Kruse
Marie
Rock Island
Perry
Main Street
Magnolia
Joe Donahue
Hill
Sadie Richison
Retta Andrews
Annie
Hannah
Clara Burmeister
Davenport
Louis Burmeister
Louis Funkenstein
Adolph Dunlap
C. Bateman
Edgington notices and upcoming events summarized
Commencement exercises set for Tuesday night at the Edgington academy hall. Local residents Miller Westbay and Fay Elliott plan travels to Canada and Indiana respectively. Students prepare a Merchant of Venice performance for June 6, while several townspeople visit Rock Island and Chicago. Electric Bitters touted as a general health remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy Hall
Miller Westbay
Rock Island
Fay Elliott
Canada
Bert Cutler
Lee Baker
Buffum
Grand Island
Charles Bognars
Agnes
Maggie McCarty
Sarah Stoddard
Reynolds
Louise Titterington
Allen Miller
Chicago
Indiana
E. S. Kindley
Edgington Nora Academy
East Moline social notes and travels gather summer updates
The Helping Hand society held a Picnic on Campbell's island Saturday afternoon. Rev. Mr. North returns from Peoria after a Congregational convention. Elmer Johnson leaves for Hunnewell MO for a month away. S. A. Cartwright moved from Rock Island to Silvis. Several residents visit kin and travel for vacations with trips to Ottawa and Des Moines. A two week school term closes and staff planning for summer follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping Hand Society
Campbell's Island
Mr. North
Peoria
Elmer Johnson
Q. Repot
Hunnewell
S. A. Cartwright
Rock Island
Mr. Swartz
Canton
Ill
Harry
Margaret Willey
Aledo
Social notes from Silvis and surrounding towns
Joseph Clarke of Milwaukee and Miss Mamie Confery of Clinton spent Sunday at the Phelps home on First avenue. John Foley returned from a week in Kewanee. The dog license is now in effect and Marshal Hopson shot two dogs Tuesday for nonpayment. Misses Amanda and Edith Bergren returned to Mediapolis after a ten day visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Zetterman
Sixth Street
Silvis Land Company
Ninth Street
Fourth
Henry Martens
Harold
Alice
Kewanee
Mr. Phelps
First Avenue
Silvis Lodge
Rena Cox
Silvis
Colin Dewrose
Joseph Clarke
Milwaukee
Wis
Mamie Confery
Clinton
Iowa
Phelps
John Foley
Ill
Hopson
Amanda
Edith Bergren
Mediapolis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lunger
W. W. Lunger
Scott
Tom Atkinson
Ernst Wenzel
Third
Harrison Streets
Ed Collins
John J. Felger
Constable
Chris Timm
W. H. Campbell
Justice of Peace
J. H. Clark
A. W. Hamann
Frank Holm
Lee B. Schebler
Rockingham Township
Harry J. McFarland
Louis Eckhardt
Tor
W. A. Shirk
LeClaire Township
Alex Klemme
Butler Township
Henry Moeller
Hickory Grove Township
Cook & Dodge
McKinley Avenue
Recorder’s Office
Galesburg
Frank Howard
Howard
Bucktown
Deert Jacob
Hagemann
Indian Road
Clark Street
Black Hawk
Ida Hagemann
Pagenkopf
Cort
Katie
Mamie
Hila Hageee
Franz
Hans
Wilhelm Hagemann
Schleswig
Eider Stadt
Germany
America
Ida Pagenkopf
Dr. Meyer
R. C. J. Meyer
Lockhart Heating, Plumbing & Manufacturing Company
Secretary of State
Ilinois
Family Theater Company
Town
Rock Island Agricultural Fruit Growers’ Association
South Moline Town Hall
Martin-Woods Company
Charles L. Dewrose
Eleventh Avenue
A. B. Cox
Dewrose
John Dewrose
Dewrose Bros
Frank Hyde
Naval Militia
Nashville
Fred Downing
Ethel Cox
Peterson
Zetterman
John Mills
Evelyn
B. L. Scott
James Carroll
Guy DeBourcey
Tenth Street
Thomas Wanless
Elda Lewis
James Shannon
Cambridge
Coal Valley
Illinois
William Downing
Henrietta Hakinson
Ave
London
Andalusia
Edgington
Frank Conlan
Houston Street
New York
Ederheimer, Stein & Co
East Moline
Hoffman
Sehoo
Roy Milner
Trenton
C. E. Williams
Chester Burns
Georgia Farnham
Ottawa
Stocking
Morrison
W. D. Parrott
Dubuque
Iown
Cereal DeWalle
DeWalle
Mary Carlson
Ernest Winter
Beloit
Marie Koch
Red Oak
John Kehan
Washington Heights
O. EB. Soderstrom
Des Moines
Baker
Wendell
KNABE
Totten’s Music
Rock Island, Ill
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