No Saloon Lunch as Davenport Saloons End Free Lunches
Davenport reports most saloonkeepers stop serving free lunches at closing time Saturday amid higher costs. Other local items note William Reuter’s heat illness in Cincinnati, a Davenport auto crash injuring Dr. and Mrs. Green, a youthful elopement of Frank Byers and Lena Lesmont, Carl H. Voss fined for speeding, Ling Yu Lin jailed for peddling without a license, and obituaries for Mrs. George E. Taylor and Betsy Ann Brown with burial in Rhodes, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling Yu Lin
Ling
Edward A
George F
Harry J
Clara A. Enderle
William Powell
Columbus Junction
Betsy Ann Brown
L. A. Ferguson
Farnum Street
Rhodes
Iowa
Real Estate Transfers From Court House
A list of transfers in Moline Rock Island and Milan shows numerous property deeds. Richard E McMann to Otis Holt lot 7 block 5 Acme addition Moline $2650 and many others including James C Moffitt to William Moffitt undivided half NE quarter section 19 16 2w $7200 plus additional parcel transfers and sums ranging from 50 to 7200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. McMann
Otis W. Holt
Acme
Moline
James C. Moffitt
William H. Moffitt
Black Hawk
Rock Island
Albert G. Benson
Carl W. Benson
Moline Heights
Robert Vance
Nellie Behel
Milan
William D. Woodward
Charles Eng‘dahl
Arthur B. Chapman
William A. O'Brien
Candee
Candee Grove
South
Edna N. Mitchell
Edward
Anna Dunnyvetter
R. Schwartzenburg
Anna C. Kough
A. M. Kough
E. Murphy
Ellen S. Webber
Mary E. Murphy
Jacob Kreis
William H. Brown
Arthur L. Swanson
C. G. Thulin
East Moline
J. N. L. Davenport
Edmunds. Kinley
Elmer F. Johnson
Herbert C. Peter
Jackson's
Henry H. Kuehl
Cora B. Sellers
Prospect Park
Taylor & Morey
Carl Moili
Edgewood Park
Julius Grymonprez
Julius DeSeranus
Albert G. Cramer
William Whitton
Old Town
William H. Hoffman
Daniel B. Hoffman
William J. Sweeney
M. O. Griswold
Frederick H. Muench
Sweeney & Jackson
Laura Downing
Leroy*Shaw
Moline Child Attacked by Dog and Other Local News
Clement Watt four was badly bitten by a neighbor Frank Dufva dog while playing near home. The left eyelid was torn and the eye at risk. he was treated by a physician. Other items include a child spanked then exonerated, Gladys Thompson scalded, Chautauqua programs at Prospect Park, obituaries for Gustaf Larson and John Junghans, and mention of the Galva Galesburg interurban line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Watt
G. A. Watt
Frank Dufva
Watts
Clement
Gustaf Larson
Jackson
Minn
Minnesota
Twelfth Street
Salem Lutheran Church
John Junghans
Rock Islind County
Rock Island
Rose
Moline
R. E. Henry
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Noah Kentucky resident touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy during the Change of Life. The letter describes relief from headaches nervous prostration and hemorrhages and credits the product with enabling daily tasks and work. Mrs Lizzie H O Lane endorses the remedy for female troubles and seeks confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anne
Lizzie HO
LuLane
Noah, Ky
Clothes and the Vacation and Pat's Deficiencies
Reprint of two humorous verses and a brief anecdote. The first quatrain contrasts Father and Mother and Sister in how they wish to spend a vacation with clothes, trunks, and privacy. The second joke recalls Mrs. McCarthy mourning her drowned husband Pat who left money he could not read or swim to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Why Men Seat Women in Street Cars
Witty exchange from Brooklyn Life and Chicago Record Herald jokes. A reader quotes a gag about a woman rarely thanking a man for giving up a seat, followed by a Malaprop dialogue riff about nautical versus maritime and a pun on cinnamon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mr. Malaprop
Doctor Knew Postum Eases Coffee Habit Says Patient
A Prospertown physician and patient testimonial praise Postum as a safe coffee substitute. The letter recalls dizziness headaches and nervousness after coffee, notes relief after switching to Postum, improved digestion and strength, and invites readers to seek The Road to Wellville booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Prospertown
N. J
Wellville
Peeples Traction hopes spark meeting tonight
Enterprise reports signs of life and a discussion session set at the old site to explore financing for the Peeples Traction company. The line between Galva and Kewanee is the focus as backers seek ways and means to move the project forward. Unclaimed letters in Rock Island for week ending June 26, 1909 include many names such as Harry Bell Miss Isabel Burton and Dr. Ho W. Johnson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Park
Coffman
Davenport
Moline
R. B. Williams
Rock Island
Peeples Traction Company
Galva
Kewanee
Harry Bell
Baker
Ray Brebmer
Isabel Burton
D. Browning
Campbell
N. Curry
E. Carter
John C. French
Gittore
George Ett
Globe OL Company
Ella Fiesse
Kimner Hill
A. S. Mort
Adella Hauner
Charles Heeney
Mie Henderson
Pieres Joplin
Carr
Ho W. Johnson
Geier
J. B. Kellogg
Food Not Medicine Cures Constipation
Food rather than medicines cures constipation and improves overall health. Cere na is advertised as a delicious food remedy with fruit and vegetable essences, claiming to ease digestion, relieve indigestion and biliousness, and restore appetite. Sold by grocers at 25 to 26 cents per package for family use.
Local names listed in OCR fragment from city record
A fragmented OCR list names Mitchell, Morrison, Shearrard, Stacy, Tunnieliff, and others including Gyp sum company, Val eotine, White, Westcrook, Holmberg, McDonald, and a Postmaster. A person walking at four miles per hour is described as consuming 2300 cubic inches of air per minute.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Reuter
Davenport Turners
Cincinnati
Thomas E. Green
Cedar Rapids
Honolulu
Frank Byers
St. James
Lena Lesmont
Miss Lesmont
Wisconsin
Byers
Lothario
Des Moines
Carl H. Voss
Walter Homeyer
Voss
George E. Taylor
West Fourth Street
Court House
Gladys Thompson
Charles B. Thompson
Twenty-fourth Street
Galesburg
WM. Schaarman
People’s National Bank
McLandburgh Wilson
New York
Yeep
Washburn
Crosby Go
Inea
Skene
Nanent
H. A J. McDonald
Thomas Drug Co
Gillhooley Shliniment Co
St. Paul, Minn
Digby Bell
Casey
Mr. Bell
Frogtown
Victor
Munsey’s
Victor Records
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
CHANNON @ DUFVA
West Seventeenth Street
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