Davenport Doings and Carnival Tales in Davenport
Local Davenport notes recount a midnight assault near Fourth Street and Western Avenue, with Henry Kuehl fending off an attacker. Also covered are social events, church retreats, weddings, and the city carnival, including a controversial fakir act and the closing of a Davenport bike exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bush
Fourth Street
Western Avenue
Fifth
Warren Streets
Norman Hebhlehem Congregational Church
Kuehl
Mini
Moline Suffered Break-In As Brass Journals Vanish
A break in at a Moline street home damaged a window and allowed theft of brass journals. A suspect later showed at Moline Brake Works with one journal, offering to sell similar pieces, prompting manager Mr. Schmitt to notify authorities. Police tracked a Davenport companion named Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darktown
Berry Street
Helve
Umn
Win
Davenport
Thomght
Rock Island
Moline
Schmitt
Kelly
X Companion
Jackson
Glory of a good name for Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
The article extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising Mrs Pinkham and her public trust earned after years of struggle. It presents Mrs Brown's supportive letter as further evidence of the medicine's standing among American women and its leadership in remedies for womens issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
America
Brown
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Brown
Westside Literary Union
Chicago
Til
Pinkwaat
Mothers of America
Literary Union
Lydia EB. Pinkham
May Brows
Grant Place
Mibel McKinsy
Pearl St
San Francisco
Cal
Waterworks building exterior paint bids sought
Notice to Contractors bids due June 30 1902 by 5 p.m. for painting exterior woodwork at the waterworks building and the standpipe on Km street. Apply to superintendent of water works. City reserves right to reject any bids. Lt. C. Schaefer city clerk Hock Island May 7 1902
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Km Street
Lt. C. Schaefer
Hock Island
Pilthy Temples in India and a Body Cleanse Alert
A quirky ad fragment urges readers to cleanse the system with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It promises lively letters, active bowels, and good digestion, claiming relief from misery. Sold for 25 cents at Harts and Ullemeyer’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dr. King
Harts & Ullemeyer
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Said to Cure Piles
An elderly reader from Willow Grove Delaware touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a certain cure for piles and skin troubles. The ad claims the salve yields to piles and cures various wounds and skin diseases with no need for counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Meredith
Willow Grove
Del
Chicago papers fake late canal project report
A set of faked dispatches circulated to Chicago newspapers claiming a Clinton Iowa to Davenport Iowa canal would shorten the river trip by 50 miles. The pieces, dated to Clinton and Vampicn, misstate the route and timing, with no real prospect of construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Miggent
Ister-Dewan
Record-Merald
Chepnie
Clinting
Iowa
Vampicn
Kaltes
Tynden Fon Rock River
le Ch
Clinton
Davenport
Mississippi
Equntey
Perry Davis Painkiller prompts cautious acclaim
The ad touts Perry Davis Painkiller claiming vast efficacy across ailments at home and abroad. It warns buyers to beware imitations and emphasizes trusted quality from a long history of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Wmirke
Honmarh
Derry
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Jeannette
Pocahontas
E. B. McKown
Fifteenth Street
First Ave
United States
Joock
Yous
Seri
Hipating
Zien ‘Geoa
Audress
Thomas
Second
A. J. Rinse
Fourth Avenue
Twentythird Street
Marshall
Second Avenue
Imimbeck
Third Avenue
Walsh
Dagenport
Tri-Cities
Matt
steSand
McCullough
West Third Street
J. E. Walsh
Lowa
Henry Bindt
Sevral
Tormied Seort Eolin Tyaerex
Mu Seth
Aiden jWhiler
Washington Garden
Walcott
Sinietye
Ehilifren
Sehuetzen Park
Wight
Felenda
Carey
Rehve
Fort Worth
Tex
C.D. Reimers
the Times
St. John’s Tlatheran
Themis le
Ftoeliwk
Merry Street
Severst
M. Day
Rock
Alttee
Kebeard
Cameron
Veveriar Vomminsy Pesterdiy
Fee
Seem Adam Crawshaw
Warriage
Elward Brehter
W. Weedell
Calvary Baptist Church
T. Richter
J. W. Clay
Rock Island Street
St. Ambrose College
Father Coppens
Omaha
Bishop Comgrove
Davis
D Mix Bier Nott
Burlington
Mika Ruth
Osen
Weber
Emma Calve
Weber Piano
Wabash Ave
Zou
Paige
Sterling Remedy CO
New York
Gadd
Justin Fale Assoviation
Charse
East Mollie & Waterstown
Penile
See
Whiningtom
Schenectary
N.Y
Moline Bile
Moline MW
Aaimeien
Geary McMavter
Mutuat Wheel Company
Myrtle Dixon
Stuart, Bown, le
Stuart
Alrily O
Ladies of the Missing Tabernacle
News OF the River
Vivian
Quincy
Joe
Dartington
Rock Island Bridge
Werth
Foley's
Star
Laxakola
Nomlad
Rept
Melnar Salise
Louanboba
Qurekitaser
Jarentone
Hartz & Balnsen Co
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