Davenport Police Intervene in Case Involving Minor
Officers Quinn and Sanford rescued May Johnson a year-old girl believed placed in a house of ill fame. Charges of disturbing the peace were filed against two women and the man, but the case was referred to state authorities. The girl’s mother lives in Rock Island and father in Burlington, Iowa. The report notes the girl had been visiting in Rock Island for three weeks and was taken to Davenport where she was exposed to saloons and drugged soda attempts.
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Quinn
Sanford
Matron Hill
May Johnson
Rock Island
Burlington
Iowa
Davenport
Brick Munro
Bill Kayskie
Ethel Lamont
A Kentucky Woman Finds Health with Pink Pills
Mrs. D. C. Wedding of Hartford Kentucky shares a dramatic recovery after six to eight months bedridden from chills fever rheumatism and nerve troubles. After four boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills she regained health and gained weight, praising the tonic for restoring vitality and blood. The ad promotes the pills as a blood booster and offers a free booklet and mail order details.
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Arkas
Mrs. Wedding
Baby burned but saved by mother's quick action
A baby at 319 Gaines street caught fire from matches while the child played indoors. The mother, Mrs. Louci, ran inside, pulled the burning clothes from the child, and sustained burns while rescuing the infant. The child suffered a severe arm and shoulder burn but was not in danger.
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Gaines Street
Eight graduates from Moline and area shine at week’s end
Eight city residents finish four years of college with Perry Wessel earning high honors in Iowa medical studies. Other grads attend St Henry Bergert and Illinois universities, Northwestern, Smith College, Vassar, Beloit, and Mount Vernon. Local census work hints at growing school needs as Joseph Dale tallies district children and total population.
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Moline
Perry Wessel
University of St
Smith College
Helen Cumpson
Buffalo
N. Y
Vassar
Perry H. Wessel
University of Iowa
University Hospital
Board of Education
Josph Dale
E Moline
John Deere
Grenell
Dale
Obituary: Indiana County Native Dies After Illness
A long illness of three months ends with the death of a resident born in Indiana County Pa January 10 1838 He farmed in Henry County from 1858 until relocating to Moline in recent years He leaves a wife and two daughters Mrs Bessie Hinman of Wyoming Iowa and Miss Inez Long of Moline
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Ella Fuller
Eddy Street
Diedrich Boland
East Davenport
Henry Ketelaar
Pleasant Street
Gerhard Gieling
Holland
America
Scott County
Scott
Muscatine Counties
Indiana County
Henry County
Moline
Bessie Hinman
Wyoming
Inez Long
Constipation Remedy Ad from Hungarian Mineral Laxative Water
A health ad explains constipation as a common problem caused by irregular habits and improper food. It promotes Hunyadi Janos mineral laxative water from Hungary as a gentle, effective remedy with a single morning dose, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand and buy from druggists.
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Hungary
China Awakening Six Years of Progress Reported by Rev Eubank
Rev M B Eubank formerly of Emanuel Baptist Church Kansas City Mo returned from Hu Chan mission in China with a vivid account of rapid modernization There are hundreds of newspapers telegraph is widespread railroads expanded to 2500 miles Yien Shi Kai commands 200000 troops and 10000 Chinese students study in Japan He says China is awakening quickly and will become a world power, a view he is firmly convinced of.
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M. B. Eubank
Emanuel Baptist Church
Kansas City
Huchan
China
Seehuen
Yien Shi Kai
Chili Province
Japan
Dr. Hubank
Loys
Raconteur recalls Oklahoma statehood joke in column
A World dispatch quotes Oklahoma figures in Washington reacting to the statehood bill. A raconteur relays a schoolday memory of a geology lecture turning into a joke about future statehood and misgivings about government.
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Oklahom
Oklahoma
Washington
New York
Raconteur Qulahan
Niagara Falls lesson sparks sobs and Yankee wit
A class discussion on the geological formation of Niagara Falls leads to a dramatic moment when a student sobs over a sister in Erie, Pa. The tale frames a broader note on the falls’ ancient erosion toward Buffalo and Erie, reflecting local curiosity and humor. A veteran recounts using Dr King’s New Discovery while serving in Cuba and the Philippines, praising its throat and lung benefits.
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Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Erie
Cuba
Philippines
Dr. King
New Hampshire
Hartz & Ullemeyer
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Viola Louci
Kentucky
Tricity Transfer and Fuel Co
Rock Island, Ill
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose Col I
Charles F. Long
Charles _ Long
Steinway
L. C. Finch
Ill
China's
Willis T. Morgan
Concord
N. H
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