Davenport 16 Percent Dividend Declared by Local Bank
The Scott County Savings Bank announces a 16 percent quarterly dividend beginning July 1, with capital stock at 250000 and 260 stockholders expected to share 10000 each quarter. Also reported are injuries from a Davenport Muscatine Interurban handcar accident fracturing a laborer’s skull near the western edge of the city. A Davenport youth, Edward Grant Havens, is found dead after a Milwaukee train collision near Lost Nation three miles away. Obituaries note the deaths of Anna Kettler and William F. Ross in Davenport and area.
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Scott County Savings Bank
Hae
Adalbert Ross
Davenport Muscatine
Benadom Hospital
Leonard Street
Koes
Edward Grant Havens
Davenport
Milwaukee
Lost Nation Town
Havens
Lost Nation
Hig
Moerely
George T. Havens
Farnam Street
Farmers and Flies Warned to Keep Homes Clean
A Kansas Farmer urged farmers to control manure and waste to prevent fly breeding. He advised keeping garbage cans closed screening farmhouse openings and not dumping slop or skimmilk on the ground. Flies stay near their hatch sites and food sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Winged Scavengers and the Fly Threat
The Balletto of Health Education League warns that flies from stables and cesspools contaminate food. They describe fly feet with sticky pads and claws that cling to surfaces, transferring filth as they land on dishes and meals.
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Fies
Stable
Cesspool
Balletto of
Health Education League
Obituary for Mary Eliza Ross and family
Surviving are the widow Mary Eliza Ross, one son William A. Ross, and three daughters Marian Ross du Shane of St. Paul, Anne Rose Allen of this city, and Emma Ross Miller of Berlin Germany the gifted singer better known as Poddie Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eliza, Ross
William A. Ross
Marian Ross du Shane
St. Paul
Anne Rose Allen
Emma Ross Miller
Berlin
Germany
Poddie” Ross
Local social notes and events from Preemption and Rock Island area
Taylor Ridge and adjacent towns host visits from Hartman and Zwicker families. Travel to Albany and Coal Valley noted alongside church services and a Ladies' Aid gathering hindered by bad weather. Local injuries are reported from a fall, while an advertisement praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted worldwide cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Hartman
Nellie
Reinhold Zwicker
Rosa Schneider
Joe Brussel
Albany
Ill
H. K. Walker
Raymond
Rock Island
James Moffitt
Coal Valley
G. H.thorpe
A. C. Ramsay
Frances
Olinlowe
Julia Hintermeister
Clarke Johnston
Deere estate records 26 acre East Moline tract
A deed records a little over 26 acres in East Moline bought April 10, 1911 from the Deere estate for 59984 dollars. The parcel lies along Thirteenth street between Rock Island and D R L & N W tracks. last year it grew corn, this year oats. Other notes cover Sugar Hollow road opposition, a call for Rev C E Hofsten as Trinity Lutheran pastor, and Labor Day events with Deere employees transport to Campbell's island picnic and city plans for Prospect park celebration.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
C. E. Hofsten
Twin-City
Moline
Grace Lutheran Church
Rock Island
Mr.Hofsten
Salem Lutheran Church
Chicago
Tri-City Railway Company
Deere
Campbell's Island
Prospect Park
Johns
Industrial Home Association
J. Grant Peterson
Local notices and travel tales from Silvis and environs
Silvis residents share news of deaths and visits, with Susie Henry’s death in Lincoln and relatives in St Louis Denver Chicago and Wisconsin. Ed Steuler of Carbon Cliff visits. Miss Laughrey and Miss Triece call on friends. several families travel for health and relatives. An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for women’s health and wellness.
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Edward Steuler
Carbon Cliff
Grace Kendal
Kate Laughrey
Alice Brown
Ozborne
Andrew Peterson
Denver
Col
A. Douglas
Colorado
Percy Nelson
Chicago
Ethel Triece
Moline
Silvis
E. Donaghoe
Mary Donaghoe
Streator, Jr
A. Small
J. Comer
Colfax
Iowa
A. Barmaster
Wisconsin
Barmaster
George Tulberry
Realty transfers and property sales across Rock Island area
A long list of property deeds shows numerous transfers in Moline Rock Island Milan and East Moline. Buyers include Linda Ring Lillie Mack Harvey Mack Mabel Grover and others with prices from 400 to 59884 dollars. The item ends with an advertising note for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
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Herman Stoelting
Linda C. Ring
Daebellsehn
Moline
Julia W. Bahnsen
Lillie G. Mack
J. W. Spencer
Spencer
Rock Island
Lothar Harms
Harvey D. Mack
Black Hawk
Mabel Grover
Outlet
John W. Clement
Wake
Liam D. Brandenburg
Adamsville
Milan
Camiel Timmerman
Edward Sievens
Daebellehn
John Herbst
George Herbst
Acme
Herman Manchion
Louisa J
Helen C
Edward H. Krell
Charles Buford
Guyer
White & Pope
Nettie E. Wake
East Moline
Herman F. Lohman
Charles H. Myers
Lawrence Peterson
William PF. Peterson
Charles H Deere
LeClaire
Joseph E. Bodeen
William F. Ross
Northwest Quarter
Mary Verheckee
Frank Blackwell
Albert Verheckee
William C. Thede
Nathan W. Palmer
Fannie Gordon White
Meta E. DeSoland
Eirot Hair Darkening Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Eirot hair darkening product claiming quick color restoration and safe use. It outlines nightly or morning application with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hart Remedy and notes potential satisfaction after a fair trial. Local store Harper House Pharmacy at 19th Street and 2nd Avenue is listed.
Simon Girty the Renegade Indian Trader and Spy
A condensed profile of Simon Girty son of a trader who lived with tribes after captivity, then served as interpreter and spy for British forces, later fighting Americans in the frontier wars. The piece recounts his alleged role in Crawford’s torture, Blue Licks, St Clair defeat, and the 1812 era, noting his varying end dates and famed notoriety.
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Pennsylvania
John Turner
Simon Girty
Girty
Turner
Simon
Lord Dunmore
Leutenant
William Crawford
Sandusky
Crawford
Tor
Ture
Simon Kenton
Kentucky
Lexington
Daniel Boone
Boone
Blue Licks
Arthur St. Clair
Battle of the Thames
Harrison
Tecumseh
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THE
Rock Island Argus
Anna Kettler
West Blavensh Street
Otlock
Mercy Hospital
Hoelnan Neider
Austria
Josephine
Johann
Trinity Cathedral
Charles Allen
Eastern Avenue
Aurora
Ind
Taylor Ridge
Chamberlain
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Sugar Hollow
William Corbin
Lincoln, Neb
Susie Henry
Henry
St. Louis
Chicago Evening Post
Central Union Telephone Co
A. J. Beverlin
Tohannes P. A
David W. Hunt
William Wandschneider
Watertown
Frank E. Lamndquist
W. E. Bailey
Philip N. Gross
Wallace Grove
Rank E. Carlson
Mary S. Huntoon
Columbia Park
Milton F. Edwards
Frank
L. Bunnell
Healy
John Franklin Beatty
Emil J. Versluis
Wyeth
Anton Chet
Harper House Pharmacy
19Th St
2Nd Ave
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