Davenport Bicycle Thieves Nabbed Near Post Office
Police in Davenport report two colored youths Percy Phillips 18 and Daniel O’Neal 12 confessed to bicycle thefts after a string of at least six stolen cycles. A wheel vanished from outside the post office last night and was found with the suspects. Phillips jailed at the station. O’Neal sent to the juvenile home. The youths say another boy loaned the bicycles.
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Percy Phillips
Daniel O'Neal
Davenport
Phillips
Young O'Neal
Boya
Obituary and court notices from Davenport area items
Automobile fines report David F. Grossman of Moline was fined one dollar and costs after being arrested for driving on the wrong side of the street. Obituary notices include Jay A Place, 60, Davenport resident, who died after a lingering illness, survived by his wife and son, with funeral plans undecided. Also listed are the death of George Demis, 41, a Greek migrant at a local hospital from pneumonia, who had worked at Bettendorf shops and had a wife in the old country, with funeral arrangements incomplete. A federal court note from Bismarck, North Dakota records Judge Willard sentencing Samuel H. Clark and Clarence H. H. Crockard to two years, then adding two more years for a total of four years in Leavenworth.
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David F. Grossman
Moline
William Waack
Roddewig
Jay A Place
Davenport
East Fifteenth Street
Place
Chicago
Ellen Beck
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George Demis
Demis
Bettendorf
Old Country
Bismarck
N. D
Willard
Samuel H. Clark
Clarence H. H. Crockard
Leavenworth
Kas
Christine Peterson
Second Street
Follow Alsberg's Summer "Don'ts" And Freeze With Mercury
Washington D C June 28 Dr Carl Alsberg former chief of the United States bureau of chemistry offers simple rules to stay cool without a summer resort Eat not to excess wear not too many clothes avoid ice cold drinks and quit watching the thermometer Government workers are seeking their summer vacation entitlements this season as well
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Washington, D. C
Carl Alsberg
Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Alsberg
Good farming at Delavan shows benefits of system
The article profiles Ralph Allen of Delavan in Tazewell county who uses the Illinois permanent agriculture system. He treats 40 acres with rock phosphate, rotates corn oats wheat and clover, and yields 33 to 40 bushels per acre on wheat versus 22 to 30 on untreated plots. His son Ralph aids in farm mechanics, tools and repair shop, and education for his nine children.
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Illinois
Ralph Allen
Delavan
Tazewell County
Allen
Ralph
University of Illinois
East Moline City Costs for Contagious Diseases
East Moline and county expenditures near 2500 to manage contagious diseases since last winter. City bills run about 1000 for smallpox control. county payment due at September county board meeting. Police costs during outbreaks have reached about 20 dollars daily.
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East Moline
Zach Einfeldt
South Moline
Face All Red Spots and Blister Cure Claim
A 1912 letter from Mrs Arthur Howorth details a four year old boy suffering red spots and blisters on the face. After trying medicine, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, washing with warm suds and pressing to burst blisters. Within a week and a half the face cleared with no scarring.
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5Th St
Terre Haute
Ind
Irs
Arthur Howorth
Fancy Fowls and the Art of Breeding Thoroughbred Poultry
The article describes the aims of poultry fanciers to breed pure bred birds meeting high standards of beauty and utility. It notes that fanciers vary in goals from showing and selling to personal enjoyment, stresses starting small to study traits, and highlights profitability through quality stock and careful mating records.
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Fanciers of America Bevel
One-Legged Men at Trial and Poultry Breeding Notes
A brief digest notes ten one legged men in Edwardsville court for a workmen's compensation case against Commonwealth Steel of Granite City, with an arbitration panel to decide damages after a $1700 settlement offer. It also mentions poultry fanciers shaping breed characteristics and a testimonial for Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism.
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Edwardsville
Ill
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