Neighbor News Highlights Child Custody and Local Incidents
Humane officer moves a year old boy to grandparents in Hillsdale amid concerns about the mother. Police arrest seniors and juniors after ongoing high school class fights with injuries and property disturbance. A hotel porter Harris alleges a robbery after a night out, while a man is jailed for intoxication. A wife seeks divorce from Robert McLean citing drunkenness and cruelty. obituaries note Urs Zuber and Sophia Boehl with details of their families and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliman
Hillsdale
Hazers
William Harris
Harris
Great Quebec Tercentenary Pageant Planned for July
Montreal and Ottawa 3,000 performers are being recruited for a dramatic open air pageant at the Plains of Abraham to mark Quebec the tercentenary. Frank Lascelles directs rehearsals with Earl Grey invitees and 20,000 spectators expected. A parade of historic scenes will feature Cartier Champlain and the coming of the French and English figures to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe
Montcalm
Quebec
Quebe Montreal
Ottawa
Frank Lascelles
Earl Grey
Canaul
Plains of Abraham
Mr. Lascelles
Chicago Record-Herald
St. Lawrence
United States
Lascelles
Prince of Wales
Mr. Fairbanks
Canada
Cartier
Moline Merchants Plan Aug 4 Merchants Day Festivities
The Retail Merchants association designates August 4 as Merchants Day with stores closed for a country picnic at Wahlstrand's grove near the Mississippi two miles above Cordova. A business men ball game on Third Avenue vs Fifteen Street will crown the event with a loving cup as prize and dancing and other games are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Wahlstrand’s Grove
Mississippi
Cordova
Third Avenue
Fifteen's Street
Spectral Pageant of Empire Brightens Historic Vision
The passage reenacts a French court scene at Fontainebleau with Francis I riding a white charger and Cartier guiding Indians. It moves through ecclesiastical pomp, colonial wonders, Iroquois warfare, May poles, and a final parade of Montcalm Wolfe Levis and Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Fontainebleau
Francis Las
Cartier
Archbishop Montmorency de Laval
Marquis de
Montcalm
Wolfe
Levis
Murray
Prize For Rat Catching In London Society
Rat catchers and inventors from across London compete for a prize of 10 guineas and a diploma awarded by the Society. The event highlights practical rat control methods and showcases local ingenuity in pest management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Society
Destruction of Vermin Society Seeks Profits in Rats
A society led by Sir James Crich on Browne aims to eradicate vermin including rats and pests like flies and mosquitoes. The group believes that turning rat byproducts into profit will spur greater pest control efforts and improve public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crichon-Browne
S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
A Game of Checkers and a Gentle Courtship
A playful checkers match leads to a shy confession and an intimate moment as a man proposes a future romance. After the move he reflects on the night aloud to the moon, recalling the woman’s teasing line about taking him. The scene ends with his quiet self reproach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Nurely
Thistmond Band
Lough
Kansas City Independent
Forest Fires and the Watchful Rangers
Forest fires threaten western timber reaching across California Montana Washington and Arizona. Rangers patrol vast areas detecting smoke, then fight fires with axes shovels and manpower. Sparks from locomotives and careless campfires are common causes. past practices by sheep men and frequent camping parties worsen blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
High Sierras
California
Crazy Mountains
Montana
Washington
Mesas
Arizona
Portland
Ore
West
Arthur W. Page
Also Mentioned on This Page
Francis McLean
Isaac Petersberger
Robert James McLean
Chicago
McLean
Saratoga Hotel Company
Saratoga
Savoy
Urs Zuber
East Davenport
Switzerland
America
St. Louis
Davenport
Christina Moser
Emma Hohn
Missy Louise Zuber
Ameeda Stein
John, Zuber
Sophia Boehl
Jorhim Boehl
Brown Street
Omaha
Neb
Johanna Detlef
Grand Mound
Tillie Fick
Caroline Jansen
Clara Hass
San Antonio
Texas
Emily Thiering
Swedish Evangelical Covenant of America
D. Nyvall
Minneapolis
F. ©. Moberg
C. A. Bjork
Vic
E. A. Skogshberg
E. G. Hierpe
S. A. Matson
Treasury
Tricity Railway Company
Danville Car Company
Campbell's Island
Howard Flemming
Michigan
Rock Island
Tenth Street
Flemming
Kingsford
T. Kingsford & Son
Oswego, N. Y
National Starch Co
Successors
W.C. Maucker
Fire Insurance Agency
Maucker
Insurance Commissioner of
Ilinois
Aachen
Munich
Ins. Co
Germany
Commercial Union Assurance Co
England
Franklin Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Fire Association of
German American Insurance Co
New York
Hanover Insurance Co
Hartford Fire Ins. Co
Connecticut Insurance Co
North America
Philadelpiagara Fire Insurance Co
North British and Mercantile Ins. Co
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co
Phenix Insurance Co
Phoenix Insurance Co
Connecticut
United Firemens Insurance Co
London Assurance Corporation
Phia
Fourth Avenue
Strecker
Lewis
Second Avenue
Tel
Canal 9
Umscage
T. Murrin
First Avenue
Telephone West
Tetter
Chamberlain
M. H. Rodney & Co
Almond
Ala
Hollister
Harper House Pharmacy
Weerer
Genesee
W. Seco Davenport
Iowa
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lynde Block
Room 38
Dr. Martin
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