Snell collection of European song birds to open in Vander Veer Park
A large assortment of over 200 European song birds valued in the thousands will be donated by Frank L. Snell of the S. B. & 5 shoe store. The birds will be housed near the park refectory and opened to the public within a week to ten days. The set includes birds from England Mexico Japan India Africa and other regions. The collection known as the Snell collection has been kept on a notable Davenport street for five to six years. Mr Snell is a lifelong bird lover who has spent much to build this menagerie.
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Vander Veer Park
Frank L. Snell
Snell
England
Mexico
Japan
India
Europe
Asia
Africa
Amanda Woods obituary services held at M E Bowling chapel
The funeral for Amanda Woods, who died Tuesday at Mercy hospital after a week long illness, was held at 2:30 PM in the M E Bowling chapel with Rev. Frank Cole presiding. Burial followed in Oakdale cemetery. She was born February 9, 184, in Ohio and was 72. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Will Clift of Davenport, and a niece in Indianapolis.
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Amanda Woods
Mercy Hospital
M. E. Bowling Chapel
Frank Cole
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakdale
Woods
Ohio
Will Clift
Fair Avenue
Davenport
Indianapolis
Ind
Irena Esabele
Isis Reynolds
Twenty-third Avenue
Riverside Cemetery
Deere Picnic Plans and Island Events Ahead
Plans for a Deere & Co day on Campbell's Island are shaping up with free employee transport and ticketed grounds access. A 9:30 a.m. program features Crescent band music, with concerts from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. then 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. A railroad interurban bridge completion is targeted before June 27 to enable the event.
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Deere
Watertown
Campbell’s Island
Deere & Co
Crescent Band
Campaign for Fly Fighters Keeps House Free of Flies
An campaign urges thorough fly control at home. Emphasizes screening windows especially in kitchens during Spring to Autumn, protecting children and nursing bottles, safeguarding milk and food, covering outdoor garbage, and abolishing open drains near homes.
Move on Now says policeman and pills clash in street scene
A crowd is urged to disperse with a police instruction while a second voice personifies mineral pills pushing the crowd toward action. Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as a gentler bowel aid, costing 25 cents at druggists and promising health benefits.
Milan and Milanites News Roundup and Travels
Milan residents report travel to Mount Vernon Iowa for a six week teaching course at Cornell college for Anna Canty to begin Monday Mrs Canty plans a brief return. Several Milanites and visitors attend gatherings and housewarmings with friends in Milan Rock Island and Detroit notes occur with various local households mentioned.
Local Notes On Visits And Travelers Across Towns
Andalusia and nearby areas share a crowded round of visits. Mrs. seussia sunusen or magimgton stays with her niece Mrs. R. G. Thompson while Mrs. John son returns from Coffeeville Mississippi with her sister Mrs. L. Mosher. William Roe found a pearl clam shelling and sold it to Robert Thompson for 100 dollars. Mrs. G. A. Hobert and daughter of Centralia are visiting Mrs. Hobert’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Saunders. Miss Anna Spickler visits this week with her brother Edward in the country. Otto Heinze of Buffalo visits his former father, Otto Heinze Sr. Master Dudley Buffum of Rock Island visits his aunt Mrs. C. H. Huntley. Rosa Frie and children Bessie and Andrew with Barbara Frie spend Sunday at Taylor Ridge with Chris Paul. James Dunn and children go to Rock Island Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tompkins visit Davenport to see son Omer in hospital. he is recovering and they plan to bring him home soon. Mrs. Guy Wait and son Myron of Le Roy visit Mr. and Mrs. Wait’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgoyne. Mrs. C. Schadt and sons of Carbon Cliff return home after two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stickman. Olive Fletcher and daughter Ruth who visited at Bird’s, return to St. Joseph Missouri.
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Seussia Sunusen
Magimgton
R. G. Thompson
Johnson
Coffeeville
Miss
L. Mosher
William Roe
Robert Thompson
G. A. Hobert
Centralia
Hobert
Bessie
Andrew
Barbara Frie
Taylor Ridge
Chris Paul
James Dunn
Rock Island
Henry Tompkins
Davenport
Omer
Guy Wait
Myron
le Roy
Illness and social notices from a 1912 era page
Cee L. J. Pearsall is quite ill. Irwin Russel’s Sunday school class plans an ice cream social at Charles Sample’s home Thursday evening. Lloyd and Lester Eipper returned from their grandma’s last Saturday. Amy Genung and Lucile Hall of Port Byron visited Louis Genung’s home. Mrs. Henry Banker visited daughter Mrs. Charles Ashdown last week. Ed Lyford returned from Milan after visiting relatives. Florence Giddings and children Dorothy and Robert of Galebur e visited Frank and Mrs. Marshall last week. Nathaniel Pearsall and family now own a 1912 Moline auto bought from John Butler at Hillsdale. Durbin and Frank Marshall each lost a horse last week. Dorothy Lambert of Cordova engaged to teach Bluff school next year. Minnie and Hazel Rathgeber of Fulton visiting at O. Rathburn’s. John Durbin family visited brother James Turbin at Cordova last Sunday. Oil case adjourned in New York, June 26, likely until fall.
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Cee L. J. Pearsall
Irwin Russel
Charles Sample
Lloyd
Lester Eipper
H. Liphardt
Amy Genung
Lucile Hall
Port Byron
Louis Genung
Henry Banker
Charles Ashdown
Ed. Lyford
Milan
Florence Giddings
Dorothy
Robert
Galer Bure
Frank Marshall
Nathaniel Pearsall
John Butter
Hillsdale
Durbin
Dorothy Lambert
Cordova
Bluff School
Minnie
Hazel Rathgeber
Fulton
O. Rathburn
John Durbin
James Thurbin
Historic Blackguards by Albert Payson Terhune
The piece recounts the Mississippi Bubble era led by Philip duke of Orleans and John Law. It details the reckless money creation, soaring paper currency, and ensuing collapse that impoverished France, with Law fleeing and Philip dying in 1723 after a life of excess.
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Albert Payson Terhune
the Press Publishing Co
New York World
Health and Beauty Helps by Mrs Martyn
Mrs Martyn offers home remedies for skin and hair care using spurmax lotion with hazel and glycerine to reduce shine and restore tone. Additional tips cover delatone for hair removal, pyroxin for lashes and brows, canth rex shampoo for dull hair, quinzain eye tonic, parnous for weight loss, and almozoin cream for complexion.
Standard Oil versus Waters-Pierce roll call proxy dispute
Late yesterday a case involving Standard Oil interests against Waters-Pierce faced a setback as proxies held by Standard Oil men were rejected during the annual meeting. The article notes a guarantee offered by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and a general promotion of Gold by druggists, reflecting period advertising alongside the legal matter.
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Standard Oil
Waters-Piercee Company
Standard
Standard Oi
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Frontenac
Mich
Buffalo
No Y
Lithia and & Elmo
Moline
Johannsen
John C. Johannsen
Adolph Petersen
Henry True
Ben F. Luetje
Olea Johannsen
John C
Harry Johannsen
Society of Colonial Wars
Iowa
Des Moines Club
William Perry Brady
Esek Steere Ballard
West Third Street
George Schreck
Mr. Schreck
Bayern
Germany
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ella Gehrke
Davenport Brewing Company
George
Paul
David Schreck
Davenport Turners
Davenport Aerie No. 235
Order of Eagles
Singers’ Union
Burlington
Olive
Svea
Duluth
Minn
American Union of Swedish Singers
Peneune
Silvis Board of Trustees
R.W. Entrikin
Board of Education
E. P. Nutting
A. M. Beal
Rock Island Road
Silvis
Round House
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Works
M. L. Swiegard
Lester Vanderslice
Lloyd Skeer
Bloomsburg
Penn
Frank G. White
Hiram Clevenstein
Sears
Adam Reinrick
Margaret
Gertrude
Edward Post
Edna
Fred H
Howard M. Railsback
James M. Johnston
Johnston
Charles Yahnke
Yahnke
Geneseo
Arthur Eckhardt
Oakville
Blunt
Ruth Ruge
Irene Soulpaugh
Black Hawk
Bernard Waldman
John Sears
Jacob Waldman
Bernard
Wichita
Kan
Ira White
Charles Allan
Cleghorn
Stella
Arthur
William A. Robb
Clinton
James Renfro
Mildred Johnson
Plattsmouth
Laurence Marten
Post Toasties
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
iGiven
Kathy
Brother
RE. T. Prambes
Musgrove
Germson
Phila
Daddy
Mer
Jingle Department
Battle Creek, Mich
Enquirer
T. W. Coer
Anna
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Canty
William Hushart
Louis
Fred Saulpaugh
Ethel Guldenropf
Fourth and
Grant Streets
Ladies’ Aid Society
Milan Presbyterian Church
Detroit
Dale Smith
Dickson Street
F. G. White
Datehter Katherine
Andalusia
New York
Philip of Orleans
Aris
France
Philip, Duke of Orleans
France. At His Side Stood A Canny Scotchman, John Law
Philip
Law
Niagara Falls
Louis XIV
Dubois
Louis XV
John Law
Scotland
Paris
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Treasury
Mre Martyn
Madge W
V.M
P.A
Lillian R
P.X
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