Fire Destroys Brick Building on Eighteenth Street
Fire at 3 15 yesterday afternoon nearly destroyed a brick building on Eighteenth Street and Twentieth Avenue, once a brewery. Owned by Mrs. Mary Wet Sell and occupied by Andrew Ellstrom, the fire likely started by Ellstrom children playing with matches near a woodshed. Firemen arrived after the blaze had gained headway. The structure valued at 2000 was insured, and little Hilstrom furniture was saved. Purse for Deserving Woman and other local items follow.
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Eighteenth Street
Twentieth Avenue
Mary Wetsell
Andrew Ell Strom
Ellstrom
Hilstrom
Davenport Bootlegger Held to Federal Court in Iowa
Edward Meunz of Muscatine is held to await action by the federal court in Davenport after appearing before U S Commissioner A G Bush on bootlegging charges. He posted $300 bond or remained in jail. Other items note a divorce petition by W L Grant from Addie O Grant, a Davenport water company auto fire with $50 damage, a school board action against Henry Jager for disrupting class with Graham as teacher, and multiple obituaries including C P Warren Calvin Porter Warren Heinrich Ladehoff Edward S Arnold with biographical details and funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Meunz
Muscatine
United States
A. G. Bush
Davenport Water Company
Thomas Haley
East Davenport
Graham
Jager
Henry Jager
E. C. Graham
Lyceum
Frank L. Smart
C. P. Warren
John J. Ellison
West Sixth Street
Solon
Laws
Calvin Porter Warren
Shandaken
Ulster County
New York
Elizabeth Harwood
Julia Beck
Shoshone
N. Y
Iowa
Walcott
Mr. Ladehoff
Barsbeck
Schoenberg
Holstein
Germany
America
Davenport
Ida Ladehoff
W. J. Ladehoff
Olga Schlapkohl
Alma Koeppe
Hilda C. Schlapkohl
Ida M. Hering
Arnold P. Ladehoff
Wilma Ladehoff
Edward S. Arnold
West Second Street
St Claire
Edward 8. Arnold, Jr
Henry J. Arnold
Fairmount Cemetery
Bracker Heads West on Motorcycle Trip to Coast
Emil M. D. Bracker of Hillsdale began a motorcycle journey to San Francisco starting Tuesday. He plans gradual stages there and back in the fall if the machine holds up, hoping the trip will improve his health after leaving Berea College duties and returning to Hillsdale to stay with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil M. D. Bracker
Hillsdale
San Francisco
Mr. Bracker
University of Minois
Berea College
Berea
Dreadnaught All Steel Cars Join Pennsylvania Route Fleet
Pennsylvania railroad system reports nearly 2,000 all steel passenger cars in service or on order since 1996. Cars built by Pullman, delivered at 50 to 60 monthly, weigh about 118,500 pounds and feature a central box girder to prevent telescoping. Direct Rock Island Memphis link planned from June 24 with expanded ties to New Orleans. Burlington extension to Metropolis enables connections to Louisville Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga lines, broadening routes to St. Paul and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pullman Company
Rock Island
Memphis
New Orleans
Burlington
Metropolis
Ohio River
Paducah
Louisville
St. Paul
Chicago
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary brings May Robson to Grand Opera
May Robson stars in Anne Warner's comedy The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary at the Grand Davenport tomorrow evening. Critics hail it as a clever, breezy, side splitting farce with Robson delivering superb comic timing and poised performance. Also noted is Dr King's New Life Pills praised by a Buffalo family for stomach and kidney relief at 25 cents.
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Aunt Mary
Grand Opera House
S. 8
May Robson J
Anne Warner
Miss Robson
Dr. King
Paul Mathulka
Buffalo
N. Y
Davenport
Remedy for sore feet promises instant relief and lasting cure
Advertisement touts TIX TIA as a foot remedy that draws out poisonous exudations to heal sweaty tender swollen feet. Claims include feet returning to natural size, ability to wear shoes a full size smaller, and relief from first use with weekly application. Sold at 26 cents per box through Walter Luther Dodge Lodge Building Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia
Walter Luther Dodge & Lodge
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
News OF the Neighbors
John Anderson
Forty-fifth Street
Moline Plow Company
Ben DeClodt
East Moline
Henry Turk
DeSmet
DeClodt
Turk
George McMaster
George W. McMaster
W. C. Wilson
Rock River Bottoms Road
Prospect Park Lake
Mr. McMaster
C. O. Dixon
Moline
Barbers’ Union
Sarah Salinger
Charles Goldstein
Grand Boulevard
Goldstein
District Court
W. L. Grant
Addie O. Grant
Quincy
Plantiff
Virgie
Evelyn
Harry
Pacific Coast
Pe AC al
Second St
WearTner
Ihe
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board of Underwriters
Hartford Wilton
Wilton
Wil
He.ti
Brussels
Ateee Bagdad
Axminster
Railroad News
Robson
Tiz
Amusemen's
Nineteenth Street
Harper House
The
Princess Stock Co
Sundaes
MATH
Second Avenue
Leo Victor
Goodyear West
Mlinois Theatre
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