Woodmen Headed to Toledo Camp for Convention
Island Woodmen head to Toledo for the head camp meeting with many departing by noon. F M Burt and others attend the Local Clerks association convention in Ohio's metropolis. The Foresters degree team from Independence camp No 26 plans to land first prize after rehearsals, with about thirty members departing tomorrow. Phil S Wilcher leads county insurgents toward Toledo with Rock Island County delegation on a Burlington special train arriving Sunday. Executive council adjourns after four days to allow travel tonight.
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Toledo
F. M. Burt
Pp Clerks’ Association
Ohio
Foresters of
Independence Camp No. 26
The
Society
Poslam Heals Eczema Acne And Skin Disorders
Advert shows Poslam claims to heal eczema acne salt rheum and skin disorders overnight. It touts use for scalp and skin troubles and lists 32 West Twenty Fifth Street New York address with soap and toilet sizes priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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West Twenty-fifth Seat
New York
Man Berates Pedestrians on Second Avenue Near Nineteenth Street
Fred Brown, 40, insulted and cursed pedestrians when denied help, after asking for money. Picked up by Officer Fussim mons, jailed overnight, arraigned before Police Magistrate C. J. Smith, ordered to leave town. County jail sentence pending if he returns to Rock Island. multiple prior arrests. Also notes political announcement by Miss Lou M. Harris for county superintendent of schools.
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Second Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Fred Brown
Brown
Fussimmons
C. J. Smith
Rock Island
Hastile
Moline Officials Inspect Rock Island Auto Fire Truck
Mayor M R Carlson and Moline commissioners visited Rock Island to view the newly installed auto fire truck from American LaFrance. Fire Chief George Newberry and J R Johnston demonstrated hill climbs and pump performance at Eleventh Street and Second Avenue as part of their ongoing consideration to purchase such a device after touring several cities.
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M. R. Carlson
Moline
Rock Island
George Newberry
J. R. Johnston
American LaFrance Auto Company
New York
Eleventh Street
Second Avenue
Desire Asphalt Street Repaired on Fifteenth Street
Frank Yerbury representing property owners on Fifteenth Street visited city hall with concerns about cracks in the pavement between Sixteenth and Eighteenth Avenues. He asked commissioners and City Engineer Treichler to repair the cracks soon to prevent rainwater damage, the matter under advisement.
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Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Avenues
Frank Yerbury
Treichler
Day in Davenport: Boy Accused of Blocking Rails
A 15-year-old son of Henry Poestel of Buffalo is charged with laying bolts on a railroad near his home. Assistant County Attorney Waldo Becker investigated, with one witness secured. Defended by William Hurst, the youth faces county authorities amid ongoing inquiry into the incident.
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Bay
Henry Poestel
Buffalo
Waldo Becker
William Hurst
Foundation Work Likely On Eight Year Old Structure
Officials indicate proper action will be taken promptly with attention to the building. A new concrete foundation may be laid in portions of the site. The structure has stood for eight years and awaits renewed care.
Jail Rock Work Hindered by Lack of Vags
Sheriff Bruner protests the countys rock pile plan noting only two men are eligible to work as vags, with disorderlies and hind overs exempt. He says a special deputy will be needed to guard the prisoners at the county jail rock pile.
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Board of Supervisors
O. L. Bruner
Trial setting crowds police court for burglary case
The crowded police court heard a preliminary hearing for Brooks Johnson and Louis Sanford charged with attempting to burglarize the People's Power Company vault in the Safety Building. The state asked for a continuance to allow more preparation. the case will resume Tuesday at 9 a.m. before Police Magistrate Smith.
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Brooks Johnson
Louis Sanford
People’s Power Company
Edwards
Sanford
Smith
Local Traveler Seeks Aid After Illness in Michigan
A weary aged traveler, recently released from a Michigan illness, sought assistance from Scott county for several days. He claimed no home and expressed that he had as much claim as anyone in America, yet walked with effort and remained alert but in low mood. He left the overseer’s office with dignity.
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Davenport
F. M. Saxby
Saxby
America
Mexico
South America
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers
Ficke
Michigan
Scott ‘County
Scott County
Davenport Obits End With A Wave Of Deaths
A Davenport list records multiple local deaths including Mr Lupton a contractor and builder active 12 years in the city who died after a paralytic stroke. Survived by widow and three sons. Also dead are Mrs McKeague maiden Sarah McLeaney born 1873 and married to Richard S. McKeague foreman at The Democrat, with survivors including siblings. Annie Baurose 57 died after a lingering illness leaving husband and five children among other relatives. Rev R A Evans noted for a Kentucky visit and general assembly, died after a stroke and to be sent to Sterling Kan for burial. Delof Boydston died in Pensacola Fla after illness. survived by three daughters and a son. William Frahm 53 died in Mt Pleasant hospital, formerly Davenport resident. Rural school notes describe a new census card system in Frankfort Ohio to track pupil health and attendance and a Missouri inventor patents a hat brim shade device.
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Lupton
Rudolf
Aining
Conemcee
Davenport
Iowa
Lawrence
Clyde
Harry
Richard S. McKeague
Sarah McLeaney
the Democrat
Juune
Eighth Street
Charles
Conrad Frey
George Murfield
Paul Reubsam
Elsie
Fred
Join
Frank Ott
R. A. Evans
L. W. McKown
Evans
Kentucky
General Assembly
New Castle
Sterling
Kan
Delof Boydston
A. C. Marsh
Pensacola
Fla
Warsaw
Ind
Jennie McBride
Boydston
Hame
S. Vann
Jar Harry Hickman
Ernest Boydston
William Frahm
Mt. Pleasant
Henry
John
Hugo
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Joe Stone
A. C. Ed
Moocher
Lou M. Harris
Moline Council
Desire Asphalt
Sanford and LaGrange
West Fifth Street
Immaculate Conception Academy
St. Cecelia Auditorium
James Davis
F. X. McCabe
C. M
DePauw University
Chicago
Sisters of the Academy
Church
Bishop Davis
Shannahan
St. Ambrose College
Rev.McCabe
Marie Victorine Arnould
Catherine Mevnta
Dixon
Tri-City Chemical Company
Carl Lambach
H. L. Pope
E. R. Potter
Great Western Remedy Company
Gehs&enstep
Zephyr
Bowersock Mills
Yegg
Power Company
Henry Brondel
Washington Square
A. Baker
Schramm
Matt Pohler
Henry T. Hahn
Walter Wendt
Christina Lames
Mary Morrison
St. Paul
Dysart
Decedent
le Claire
Rudolph Schleuter
Ella Sachau
William Lupton
Western Avenue
Schlitz
Phone West
Carse & Ohlweiler Co
Eleventh St
Milwaukee
Rural School Notes
Morton
Concord Township
Frankfort
Fairbank
Taira
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