Prostrated by Heat and Local Accidents in Davenport
News of the neighbors reports J A Donnelly the teamster overcome by heat on West Fourth Street and treated at a saloon before returning home. Mike Conners fell from a street car at Fourteenth and Brady, sustaining head and body injuries and taken to St Luke’s Hospital. The Helen Franklin custody case opened with Judge Barker awaiting a decision after final statements. Obituaries note Wayne Spegal 6 died at home. further local notes include moves, visits, and community events across Davenport Silvis and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Donnelly
West Fourth Street
Fersch
Dixwell Street
Mike Conners
Fourteenth
Brady Streets
St. Luke’s Hospital
Moon Made Superintendent At Moline Lamp Plant
Joseph A. Moon named superintendent of the Moline Incandescent Lamp plant succeeding Frank Myers who resigns for health reasons effective July 1. Moon has four years at the plant and comes from Warren Ohio. Meyer plans an upcoming vacation before resuming business pursuits. Also notes land options for a new $100000 city hall and returns of Charles Verzaelle amid a legal case involving Alidor Strobbe. An Arcanum outing is planned for June 26 on Campbell's Island with contests and a large picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Joseph A. Moon
Moline
Frank Myers
Myers
Warren
Ohio
Charles J. Peterson
Sixth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
J. W. Donald
Peterson
Petterson
Donald
Sixteenth
Verzaelle
Charles Verzaelle
Alidor Strobbe
Strobbe
Detroit
Arcanum
Rock Island
Davenport
Royal Arcanum
Order
Campbell's Island
Anty Drudge Tells How Washing Time Change
A reader exchange contrasts Monday and Tuesday wash days with Mrs Rawler planning to visit and bring Fels-Naptha soap. The ad-like dialogue promotes modern washing, claiming easier cold water use and longer wear, urging readers to follow wrapper directions.
East Moline Outing Highlights Local Figures
East Moline residents and visitors engage in social items from Friday events. Grace Fritchle wins a Mendelssohn word contest earning a plate, Merle Morton gets booby prize. Several residents travel, relocate, or open businesses including Aldene store on First avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wells
Watch Tower
Grace Fritchle
Mendelssohn
Merle Morton
E. N. Crouse
Jacksonville
Slater
The
Christian Church of
Moline
Ida Beasley
Hoffman
Lafayette
Ind
Alphonse DeSheppers
Old Country
R. C. Dick
Keithsburg
J. R. Willey
Fliat Avenue
J. AL
City Hotel
Doyle
Barrow
Ill
A. B. Johnson
Claude Compton
Des Moines
Local Social Roundup and Funeral Report from Sherrard
Sherrard residents hosted visitors from South Ipswich and Coal Valley while Miss Gladys Brehmer visited the tri cities. Edna Johnson, 12, died following surgery for appendicitis, with funeral services held in Sherrard. An oblique note promotes Chamberlains Liniment for rheumatic muscle pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Lawson
Cora Nagle
South Ipswich
S. D
Gladys Brehmer
Tri-Cities
Henry Rhode
Hillsdale
Albert Lindquist
Iowa
A. T. Akely
Lindquist
Coal Valley
Edna
Andrew Johnson
Judith
Johnson
Sawyer
Sherrard
Mr Olson
Moline
Visit of Miss Ruth Kitchen Arrives at Mt Pleasant Home
Watertown notes Miss Ruth Kitchen of Mt Pleasant visits her brother W D Kitchen. The Methodist Aid met Wednesday at the home of Mrs L H Swan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Ruth Kitchen
Mt. Pleasant
Town
W. D. Kitchen
The
Methodist Aid
L. H. Swan
Ily
Coal Valley
James Britton
Rosetta Alger
Mies Anniie Burkett
Fort Madison
Shaldberg
Sylva Robshaw
Muscatine
John Stickred
Justice Wood
Joe Simmons
Josephine
Henrietta
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Graniteville Reader
Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs Cas Barclay writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health amid nervousness and other symptoms. The letter touts decades of cures for female illnesses and promotes the remedy as cost effective and essential through life transitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cas. Banclay
R.F.D
Community activities and familiar names in small town notes
Tied two comforts. The ladies raise funds for a new church to start by mid July. An ice cream sociable on the church lawn drew a large crowd. Ross Wainwrights new house nears completion and Dave Cox begins a store building in East Moline opposite the Baptist church. Various visits, travel, and family events populate the town's social calendar with many named residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altona
Iowa
Pete Kadel
Danville
Kadel
Pearl Ross
Moline
Zuma
Dave Schafer
Charles Nelson
Nelson
Coleman
Moline Hospital
James Graham
George Dirreen
Second Street
Seventh Avenue
Little Blanch Chidester
la Harpe
Delos Metcalf
Arthur Coulter
Indianapolis
Ind
Emma Ellis
John Shellabarger
Martin Shellabarger
Leits
Harry Nicholson
Duane
Eliza
Elwood Chatman
Will Houser
Denver
Nicholas Johnson
Andalusia
John Johnson
Eliza, II
W. H. Willis
Andalusia Couple Plans Move to Des Moines and Oregon
Mr and Mrs Delos Holmes left Andalusia on Tuesday for Chicago to visit Mrs Holmes sister. From there they will travel to Des Moines and then to Oregon where they expect to make their future home. The people of Andalusia are sad to lose them. They have lived here many years. Mr and Mrs Thomas Lees and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Phelp
Kewanee
Mary Car‘Toll
E. S. Kindley
Chicago
Herbert Brown
John Frederick
Professor Kindley
Davenport
James Phelp
Mary Carroll
Willet
Rock Island
C. W. Crawford
Eleventh Street
Joliet
Delos Holmes
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News OF the Neighbors
Jager
Frank L. Smart
Fred Vollmer
Henry Jager
Graham
Harry Jager
Roddewig
Wayne Spegal
T. M. Spegal
Rock Island ‘Street
Callaway, Neb
Rock Island Toad
Silvis
Barstow Boys
M. Fitzgibbons
Henry Zeeman
South Dakota
Conrad Nielson
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Eighth Street
Helen Barr
Delbert Hull
Minnie Hennessey
Francis Ryan
Baptist Church
G. G. Club
Rumsey
Dora Marshall
Olivia Carlson
Sheffield
Miss Nelson
Crowder
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Anty Drudge
Abraham Lincoln
Mutual Loan Company
Peoples National Bank Building
East Moline
Chas. Barclay
Best & Russell Company, Distributors
Chicago, Ill
Thomas Schafer
Vogler
Geneseo
John Yoat
Rapids City
Chris Wildermuth
Campbell Lodge 61
Woodmen Hall
R. S. Haney
W. A. Ditterion
Ang, Il
Simmons
Cady
Guy Wait
Myron
le Roy, Fil
Charles Burgoyne
Florence
Alpha Cole
Forter
Jake Able
Buffalo
Havana
Robert Burns
Bobbie le
Colfax
America
S.S.S
Diamond Ave
Healeton
S.S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
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