Davenport The Saloon Question and More Local News
Davenport debates transfer of saloon licenses for the 104 holders affected by July 1 reductions. Also covered are looser money market expectations, a fatal automobile crash in New York, insurance convention speakers, street and sewer bids, Rock Island depot grading, St Luke’s nurses graduation, new marriage licenses, West Side Settlement picnic, smallpox case, court updates, and county graduation exercises.
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Davenport
Edward Hovey
Hovey
New York City
Kate Woods
Lee Hovey
Keokuk
William Hovey
Rock Island
H. E. Sampson
W. L. Harding
C. FL Hildreth
Chicago
L. H. Stubbs
St. Joseph
W. R. Weir
Frank Camp
Richard Mittelbuscher
State Association
Lew Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Harding
Cr. Hildreth
National Association
Sampson
West Side Settlement
Suburban Island
Fourth Street
Western Avenue
Harold Hilton Repeats Golf Championship Title
Harold Hilton regains the world golf championship in England last week marking his fourth term as champion. His expert play stuns both American and European competitors who cannot match his form this year.
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Harold Hilton
England
Hilton
Woman in Terrible State Bellevue Ohio Ad Claim
A Belleuve Ohio reader testifies to rapid health gains after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges other women with female ailments to try the remedy, claiming a long history of cures and urging no further suffering.
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Wm. J. Johnson
Duffy
Stuart
Mr. Johnson
Legion Af
Chamberlain
Adv
Bellevue
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Moline farmers pledge road project support
Substantial cooperation from Moline area farmers to open Thirteenth street to the Colona road includes land for right of way and a $700 pledge in cash or work. East Moline council will consider the plan next, with local merchants optimistic about the pledged help.
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Thirteenth Street
East Moline
Colona Road
Hampton
South Moline
G. L.alker
East Moline Council
East Moliners
Board creates new office for buildings and janitors
The board of education established a supervisor of buildings and janitors to oversee $750,000 in city school property across 14 buildings. Alvin A. Hoaglund elected as first incumbent, begin work immediately, focusing on heating, ventilation, cleanliness, and repairs. R W Fairchild named director of athletics for the year, to supervise all athletics and coach track. football coach W G Burroughs to return.
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Board
Board of Education
Alvin A. Hoaglund
Fairchild
Aledo Notes and Commencement at the Opera House
Bessie and Maude Dunlap visit Chicago and Plano relatives while Mercer county students attend the 36th annual Aledo high school commencement in the opera house. Honor members named for grades and literary work, music, glee clubs, and a large audience mark the event with the motto Deeds not dreams.
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Bessie Dunlap
Maude Dunlap
Chicago
Melvin Dunlap
Maude
Harry Asilton
Plano
Z. F. Mills
Opal
Oquawka
Mills
George P. Mills
Mercella Gilbert
Galesburg
T. C. Henderson
Aledo High School
Opera House
Carl Swenson
John McRoberts
Bernice Morrow
Walter Mannon
John Rose
Lois Vertrees
Katie Ewing
Charles Forner
Ethel Bridgford
Helen Winger
Harold Vertrees
Professor Caldwell
Hershel Blazer
Arthur Bloomer
Arthur Nesbitt
Curtis Lowry
Walter Mahnon
Lois
J. M. Hannum
Lestant
Emler E. Beach
A. E. Wood
Gitson City
C. L. Gregory
Aledo
PD. G. Fitzgerald
Ewing
Mr. Hannum
D. E. Farr
D. D
Verde Miller
Rock Island
Leroy Miller
George Close
Woodhull
G. F. Close
Woodhull School
Bessie McCormick
Herbert McCreary
Zanna Lee
Toledo
Ohio
Thale
William and Vashti College
W. Smith
Irma
Inez
Agnes Miller
C. T. Baxter
Pittsburgh
Monument Park
A. C. Moody
O. E. Carlstrom
Carlstrom
J. B. Pollock
William Scannell
Scannell
Kewan
Lansing
Mich
John E. Whitham
Ferrin Retherford
New Boston
Charles Welch
Earl Stone
J. Heihel
Len Brown
Charles Hultquist
New Doston
Mary Scott
E. R. Petris
Lola
Margaret
New
Jap Rose Bubble Bath Promises Health Through Cleanliness
The advertisement extols daily bathing as vital for health and calls skin pores nature’s breath ducts. It claims Jap Rose bubble bath supplies perfect cleanliness, scented and refreshing, sold for 10 cents by many merchants nationwide.
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Fonte
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Frank B. Vetter
Iowa National Bank
Mr. Vetter
Davenport Board of Public Works
Christie Street
Fulton
Summit Avenue
Independent Construction Company
Sylvan Court
Sylvan Avenue
Fifth
Harrison
Scott Streets
John Fey
Fourteenth
Arlington
Grand Avenues
Seventh
Gaines
Brown Streets
Hubbell ‘Construction Company
Hydraulic Concrete Construction Company
Bridge Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Fulton Avenue
Mea Boulevard
McCarthy Improvement Company
Rock Island Railway
Iowa Streets
St. Luke's Hospital
Dean Hare
T. N. Morrison
Charles Grill
H. J. McFarland
Walter Been
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Elsie Kindle
Anthony H. Hiegel
Josephine J. Lavery
Max R. Smith
Mabel C. Carthey
Louis E. Fishter Davenport
Anna Fraven
Walcott
Louis Stichter
Emma Barber
Princeton
Carl F. Thomson
Elsie F. Kunz
William Schneckloth
Rose Meier
Levi Tompkins
Alma Willamson
Clinton
John Roecktenwald
Meta Pickton
William Bubb
West
Ninth Street
John Mullen
Ninth
William Collins
St. John’s Ward
Scott County
Henry Ronge Attr Butes
F. E. Walker
Roddewig
Walker
Robert Keating
L. W. Hill
Hill
Neal Armstrong
Armstrong
H. G. Hellman
Daily Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Harold Bilton
Rock River
Seventh Street
Peter Peterson
Charles Lareen
Emil Bergren
Harry Kline
Elmer Swanson
Arthur Erickson
Peterson
Henrickson
Emanil Lagaditis
Frank Bougas
Fred Entrikin
Justice Entrikin
C. F. Grantz, Sr
Civic Commission
Ilinois Fire Prevention Association
Fred B. Luce
The
Phoenix Company of
Hartford
Windsor
F. C. Cunningham
Florida
J. B. Shields
Blairsville
J. W. McCreight
Miss Bertha
Viola
J.S. McCreight
D. H. Leland
Leland
Baptist Church
Lewis Sherman
Baby
Cecelia Coe
New Windsor
W. L. Moseley
Kansas City
Knoxville
Willard EB. Ruse
Los Angeles
Cal
Gertrude
Fstalline Ryberg
Joy
College
Pradley Polytechnic Institute
William and Vashti
Matilda Johnson
Alex Peterosa
James Boylan
Harry
Newark
Mary N. Davis
Wichita
Kan
A. E. Moody
St. Louis
Argus
Mme. Japtose
Bubbie
James S. Kirk & CO
S. Fryer
West 247
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