Davenport News Briefs From Davenport Iowa Area Court And Obituaries
Davenport items report a assault suit filing by Alvina Schweder against Charles Roenfeldt seeking damages for a May 25 beating on her property. A dancing incident on Brady street left Carrie Holm fainting from overindulgence. Obituaries note deaths of Robert M Miller aged 2, Margaret Lau aged 65, James M Hasson aged 69, Louisa Traenkle née Thuemen aged 74, and Joseph Parker Bledsoe aged 63 with survivors listed.
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Alvina Schweder
Charles Roenfeldt
Ruymann & Ruymann
Brady Street
Steamboat Landing
Carrie Holm
West Second Street
Soldiers’ Orphans
Robert M. Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
Margaret Lau
Elizabeth Lau
Henry
Charles Lau
West Fourteenth Street
Pine Hill
Jamee M. Hasson
East Eleventh Street
Mr. Hasson
Quincey
Daven
Fight Against the Fly Waged by the American Civic Association
The American Civic Association leads a national drive against the fly nuisance. It has for years promoted better America and now runs a fly fighting committee with health boards and civic groups nationwide. Public education about flies as disease carriers is vigorous and compares to anti tuberculosis efforts backed by the Red Cross.
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American Civic Association
America
Niagara Falls
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Red Cross and Civic Association Leaders Named
Miss Mabel T. Boardman chairs the national Red Cross relief board and sits on the American Civic association executive board. J. Horace McFerland leads the association as president, with Richard B. Watrous as secretary overseeing Washington headquarters in the Union Trust building.
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Ers
Mabel T. Boardman
American Red Cross National Relef
American Civic Association
J. Horace McFerland
Washington
Union Trust Building
Richard B. Watrous
The Messenger of Death Fly as Household Pest
A provocative piece extols the danger of houseflies comparing them to rattlesnakes and touts their pestilence pervasiveness. It praises the fly’s industrious nature yet urges wiping them out, citing Dr Woods Hutchinson and a call for fines or jail for brood presence, followed by a medical note on rheumatic pain relief with Chamberlains Liniment.
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Artemus Ward
Woods Hutchinson
Seine
Ring
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Moline News Affects Court, Firearms, and Elections
Moline resident Julius DeVliegher will be cared for 40 days by Sheriff Bruner after a police court verdict for disorderly conduct, including wife beating. A Greek chef at a Boston restaurant injured by a carving knife while trying to swat a fly on Fifteenth street. May vote on city property sale on Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, likely to be decided by a July 23 special election. A delivery auto and bicycle collision at Sixth avenue and Sixteenth street caused minor bicycle damage and unreported rider details.
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Julius DeVliegher
Seventeenth Avenue
O. L. Bruner
Boston
Fifteenth Street
Iity of
Moline
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
William Gray
Green Bros. Grocers
Sixth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
A Unique Card Index on Grover Cleveland’s Cabinet Picks
An anecdote from William Gorham Rice recounts Cleveland receiving daily unsigned cards from a renowned journalist. Each card listed a person proposed for office with red for strengths and black for faults, offering concise, impartial judgments on many prominent figures across civil, military, and political life.
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Grover Cleveland
Albany
Army
Cleveland
Sirens of the Sands Gold Laden Dancers of North Africa
A period piece discusses Ouled Nail dancers in North Africa, noting their distinctive heavy jewelry. It explains banks in Biskra and Constantine lack gold, so coinage moves to the dancers through earnings and loans, with coins exchanged for various gold pieces.
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North Africa
Algeria
Biskra
Constantine
M'Sieur
Owled Nail’s Nomad Husband Dowry Hint Heeds Warning
A fragment from the Metropolitan Magazine describes a lithe young woman adorned with clanking shining pieces as her portable wealth grows, signaling the Owled Nail to retire from business and join her nomad husband with the dowry about her neck.
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Mor
Metropolitan Magazine
The Soft Answer General Scott Retort at Whist
Retired General Scott at West Point’s Cozzen’s hotel hosts a whist party. A judge fills in as fourth for an unbalanced hand and Scott and partner lose badly. The judge excuses his rustiness. Scott replies he has latent talent, not a natural born fool.
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General Scott
Cozzen's
West Point
Scott
Missed the Mark. Sermon Aimed at Self Conceit
A Scottish minister, Mr McDougall, known for arrogance, sits through a sermon that targets his vanity. After the service, an elder asks his verdict. He replies the sermon was a strong personal blast but effective, noting the minister's own conceit is enormous.
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McDougall
Meentster
MacTavish
A Sheer Waste of Money in Subscriptions
A Kansas City Journal excerpt quotes Indian Jim Finlay criticizing a drive to raise funds for a solid brass chandelier intended as a gift for a prominent politician. An Irish-born contributor with a shared hometown balks at the notion, saying buying such a chandelier is like throwing money away and mocks the political donor.
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Jim” Finlay
Historic Blackguards by Albert Payson Terhune
A condensed portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau tracing his life from Geneva origin to fame in Paris and Geneva. The narrative covers his fierce writings, shifting beliefs, praised works, legal and social clashes, and personal scandals including his mistreatment of family and accusation of theft. It concludes with reflections on his genius, blackguard label, and possible semi lunacy.
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Aueeus Acu
Rousseau
Foundling
Geneva
Jean Jacques
Jean
Fo Rosseau
Mme. de Vercellis
Paris
Switzerland
Emile
Roussen
Centrat Social
England
Europe
Therese le Vasseur
Therese
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Wee
Floyd C. Angstead
Bessie McDowell
Alva Heesch
Hazel Offermann
Aera
Port
Rose
John Crowley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chamberlain
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Lt.ton
Keeley Institute
Dwight, Ill
Keeley
Dwight
Dwight, Illinois
Leslie E. Keeley
Chicago
Rector Building
Monroe Street
Leslie E. Keeley CO
Albert Payson Terhune
753 Publishing Co
New York World
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Seau
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Masixnor & Cuma
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