Davenport to Lay Cornerstone of Pater Noster Chapel
The cornerstone laying for the Pater Noster chapel will occur Sunday afternoon with services featuring prominent Catholic clergy from Davenport and across the diocese. Bishop Davis will preside with Monsignor Ryan assisting, and a citywide musical program and several addresses are planned.
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Lay Cornestone
Pater Noster
Carelite
Kers
Davis
Orvices
Ryan
Jwho
Davenport J
St. Joseph's
A. E. Walsh
Alfred Ic, Mueller
Irving C. Norwood
Renter Davenport
George W. Scott
A. E. Carroll
M. Sharon
L. J. Dougherty
W. Ballatt
Commencement rites and local notices in Reynolds report
Reynolds Tuesday evening juniors held the annual reception for seniors at Crabtree's hall. Rev and Mrs G H Thorpe were called to El Paso for a funeral. Miss Clara Davis visited from Rock Island. Royce Pettit returned from Galesburg where he attended high school. The commencement exercises Friday featured orations and a large attendance at Carnival with thousands present. Loyal Order of Moose arrivals noted. county superintendent Ferguson attended. Quick Relief for Rheumatism ads claim rapid benefit with local physicians selling the remedy in Rock Island and Davenport.
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Crabtree's Hall
G. H. Thorpe
el Paso
Rey
Thorpe
Clara Davis
Rock Island
Reynolds
fRoyce Pettit
Galesburg
J. Ferguson
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Homemade Fly Poison Recipe Circulated by Emma P. Telford
A dubious mixture of egg yolk milk sugar and black pepper is suggested as a homemade fly poison. Placed on plates it allegedly swarms with flies after a few hours and should be swept up and burned.
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Emma P. Telford
Big Day at Church in Moline as Swedish Lutherans Reunite
Historic reunion of confirmants from the Swedish Lutheran church in Moline, about 2000 attendees, with Rev. G Peters of Rock Island leading 9 am and Dr. C A Hemborg giving the 10:30 sermon, and music by Hemborg’s class. Also reports on fire truck damage settlement, auto speeders fined, pastorate changes, and the Sixth Ward Improvement Association forming to boost local projects.
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G. Peters
Rock Island
C. A. Hemborg
Stormsburg
Neb
Mr. Hemborg
Zuma Children Day Exercises and Local Society Notes
Zuma Children day exercises will be held at Zuma next Sunday evening. Zuma Aid society met at the home of Mrs. Nettie Wreath Thursday afternoon May 3. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Golda Mumma Thursday afternoon June 13. Mrs. Sylvester Dally and Mrs. D W Mumma attended Decoration day exercises at Port Byron. They returned by Zuma cemetery where they decorated soldiers graves. The flower mission department of the W C T U aims to have flowers on every grave if no public service is held. Mrs John Cleaver departed for Minnesota to visit relatives for a month. Miss May Parco and Eva May Talley shopped in Moline Saturday. Mr Adams of Erie Whiteside county was in Zuma Friday on insurance business. Miss Jennie Graham closed her school at Zuma Friday with a picnic. Her Rock Island sisters came for an outing and attended the picnic. The Joslin Aid society of the U B church met at Mrs John Hil Thursday, Decoration day moved meeting to Friday with good attendance. Mrs Marvin Mumma enjoyed a visit from her sister and relatives from Hillsdale. Sunday a few with buried friends at sume cemetery mowed and cleaned grounds. Mr and Mrs Clyde Wake and Mr …
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Zuma Aid Socielty
Nettie Wreath
Golda Mumma
Sylvester Dally
D. W. Mumma
Port Byron
Flower Mission Department
Picni Rc
Joslin Aid Society
U. B
John
Marvin Mumma
Hilledale
Sume Cemetery
Clyde Wake
Local Social Notes and Curiosities Across Tri Cities
In Port Byron and surrounding towns on Monday and Friday, residents like Mrs. Sears Mrs. Walthers and Miss Mead traveled and attended events including a state Sunday school convention in Elgin. A vic ar in London hawker and Dyaks meat customs are recounted alongside local real estate transfers and a Rose Hill Children’s Day program.
Realty changes list including multiple property transfers in Illinois towns
Real estate transfers record Clyde W Becker to Dalton H Dun can and others in Moline Rock Island and Hillsdale Hillsdale Rock Island etc with sums ranging from 200 to 1000 dollars. Transactions involve numerous parcels including blocks additions and assessors plats with names such as Devenyns Laux Kurth and Tunnicliffe among others.
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Clyde W. Becker
Dalton H. Duncan
East Edgewater
Moline
Mary H. Borkwood
William Christian Knopfler
Hill
Hillsdale
William E. Bailey
Peter Devenyns
W. E. Bailey
Twenty-sixth Street
Rock Island
Louise Clement Devenyns
W. M. Blanding
White, Pope and Guyer
J. Faust Green
East Moline
Gottlieb Zwicker
Harry Frank Laux
L. Mosenfelder
Cornwall
Woodlawn
Katherine Kurth
Albert Kurth
B. Davenport
James Colquit
Henry Wood
Sheridan Heights
South Moline
His Trouble Not of Heart
Waynesville North Carolina Mr F R Huffman suffered what he believed was heart trouble but after trying many medicines thedford s Black-Draught restored his health and cured indigestion He urges readers to rely on this vegetable liver remedy noting its 70 year history and price of 25 cents
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Waynesville
N. C
F. R. Huffman
Thedford
Chord
Historic Blackguards by Albert Payson Terhune
A biographical piece on William McIntosh a Creek war chief half Scotch half Indian who aided U S expansion by manipulating Creek law and treaties. It recounts his rise with the government his double dealing his 1825 death at Milledgeville and the swift response of the Creek to his betrayal without formal punishment for his killers.
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W McIntosh William McIntosh
United States
Georgia
McIntosh
Great Britain
MclIntosh
England
Plain American Becomes Preferred Suitor Over Titles
In a playful exchange a foreign suitor asks why the heiress favors the plain American over a titled rival. She replies that the American’s advantage lies in his ability to endure an examination by a guarantee and trust company, a test her suitor’s titles cannot undergo.
How He Got It Overcoat Tip Story
A quip about betting on a horse race ends with choosing an overcoat over a profit. The exchange shows a gambler’s hope and a pragmatic decision. The tale implies luck failed a tip, shifting emphasis to practical warmth and value.
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C. P. Bauch
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Henry Karstens
Eighteenth Avenue
Axel Widell
Swedish Evangelical Free Church
M. Widell
Northwestern University
Evanston
J. H. Olson
Storm Lake
Iowa
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Sixth Ward Improvement Association
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Henry G. Willke
John Melin
H. G. Willke
Arthur Twining Hadley
Yale University
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A. J. Beverlin
Alva Sears
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Kate Mead
Elgin
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Catherine Ballars
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John C. Calhoun
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