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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1912

Page

2

Davenport residents named in multiple legal actions

Davenport residents listed in license and divorce notices along with arrests for jail breaking. The report covers Earl Jamison held to grand jury after a preliminary hearing for jail breaking, Mra Edna Church seeking divorce and name change, and obituaries for Mrs E S Crossett and Mrs Hontine Kees plus brief social notes on local weddings and travel.

Earl Jamison Billy Phil Daum Jamison Tol Hounds

Local Social Roundup In Aledo And Surrounding Towns

Aledo and nearby communities report visits and travel from residents and guests. Notables include the Advance Agent of Pestilence niece headed to Chicago, HJ Flaeher and Mrs Noble party to the Tri Cities, and numerous club members and families visiting relatives in Keithsburg, Reynolds, Lenox, New Boston, Viola, and Galesburg. Also noted are a house party heading to Union Pier and a stroke incident affecting J. P. Butler, now nearing 99 years old.

Chicago HJ. Flaeher Joy C. J. Noble Keithsburg L. D. Kirkpatrick AG. Bridgford Arkansas WH. Bartlett New Boston Bartlett Mra. Marie Evans Sylvia Brown Chester Reynolds Lenox Jaws Ira Reynolds Redwood Falls Easie Ditto Keithsbure Aledo Holsten Lelatre Iowa Leone Aleto J. White Viola H. Meade Ira Hoehes C. A.smith

Moline Church Call Refused and Local News Briefs

The Swedish Baptist church announced pastor R Arlander of Big Springs Minnesota declined the call to Moline. Moline news notes include Wilson paying a $12.70 fine for speeding, an arson near Velie Carriage Co, East Moline church nearing completion, prohibition enforcement with pool hall beer seized, an ice wagon accident injuring Rome Way worker Wagner, and the death of Mrs John Thornbloom with Swedish roots and surviving relatives.

Swedish Baptist Church R. Arlander Big Springs Rome Way Thirty-fifth Street Earl Miller Wagner Warner

Aledo Mre and visitors noted in Des Moines stay

Aledo Mre of San Francisco visits relatives in the city. Des Moines hosts her daughter Mrs Verle Bragg who has been ill but is improving. Martin Justice returns home to Barrows Indiana after visiting Aledo with friend Miss Violet Detwiler. Violet Detwiler spends the week in Millersburg with cousins Norma and Matel Gilmore. John F. Lytle and Mrs Frances May accompany Mr and Mrs FE Peterson who have returned from Excelsior.

H.L. Bigelow S. M. Taylor Rock Island T. S. Pittenger Hedding College Glaidys Hamilton Bernive Crapnell Corinne Baldwin Union Pier Mich Ruth Morey E. L. Brown Tiklie Evanston Kizacenn San Francisco Des Moines Mra Verle Bragg Martin Justice Tn Barrows Ind Aledo Mies Violet Detwiler Millersburg Norma Matel Gilmore John F. Lytle Frances May Peterson and Daughter Excelsior

Local social notices from Silvis and nearby towns

Mrs Louis uweesenwagen welcomed her sister Miss Uella Karr of Port Byron for about six weeks. Mrs Conrad Shadt and two boys return from Andalusia visiting relatives. Mrs Ida Frymier hosted her sister Miss Jennie Black of La Salle for a month before her departure. Mrs William Ireland hosted Methodist Ladies Aid at a special meeting. Mrs H Young served lunch at church after a Thursday gathering. Mrs Charles Stephens visited by Mrs Bertha Shaw of Annawan. Mrs Victor Hockinson hosted Baptist Ladies Aid at her country home. Mrs Harry Hill visited by sister Mrs H M Shepherd of Wromine Illinois. Several Methodist Sunday school youths visited Mr and Mrs Bruce Cole's home.

Louis Uweesenwagen Uella Karr Port Byron Miss Karr Conrad Shadt Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society H. Young Charles Stephens Bertha Shaw Annawan Victor S. Hockinson Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society Harry Hill H. M. Shepherd Wromine Methodist Sunday School Bruce Cole Mesdames Fuller Hammond Green River Ill Mary Phelps Winnifred O'Neal Irma Hirt Moline Irete Scott C. M. Briggs Davenport PE. Shult Geneseo Robert Andrew Murry Florence Murdock Coal Valley Emil Klehe M. Slover E. H. Weaver John Navin la Salle Ali Kain Colona The Crescent Reading and Embroidery Club F. J. Schmidt George Hughes Mary Centerville Iowa Grace Bedal Rock Island A. Swanson J. H. Watts H. J. Carlson

Local social notes detail visits and family news

The column lists visits and arrivals including George Pike from Cham paign to his parents, Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Hammond from Green River, Mary Phelps hosting Winnifred O Neal and Irma Hirt, and many other relatives and friends stopping by in Davenport and nearby towns. Births, recoveries, and assorted social calls fill the week.

Away With the Corn Dentist: Practical Tips for Corn Care

A fragmented advice piece advises against painful corn cutting by a professional. It promotes safer at home methods and cautions about bleeding, urging use of gentle buffering and non invasive remedies. The text references a product called Bingo and discouraged excessive trimming.

Historic Blackguards by Albert Payson Terhune

A condensed portrait of Henry VIII tracing his early 18 years of admired leadership and broad reforms, followed by the brutal reign from his marriage to Catherine to his six wives, executions, and ultimate death on January 28 1547 in a century marked by changing faiths and harsh tyranny.

Albert Payson Terhune Pr Publishing Co New York World Henry Jil Henry VIII England Henry Arthur Catherine of Aragon Catherine Europe Catherine of Arazon Mary Anne Boleyn Anne Queen Elizabeth Jane Seymour Jane Edward Anne of Cleves Flanders Catherine Howard Catherine Parr

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