Davenport News Pasty Briefs on Marquette Garage Fire and Family Journeys
Licensed to Wed notices for multiple couples are listed. A gasoline room fire at 942 Marquette Street destroyed a rear garage, $1,000 loss, cause unknown. Willie Whiting, 14, begins a 5,500 mile solo journey from Davenport to Honolulu, visiting San Francisco and Admiral Whiting before sailing on the Sierra. Davenport Swimming Company plans a 45 by 145 foot pool at Rock Island street to teach swimming for a nominal fee, 5 cents children, 10 cents adults. Obituary notes 16-year-old John Roy Hodge of Keokuk died of typhoid fever at St Luke's Hospital. body shipped to Keokuk after preparation in Davenport.
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P. F. McCarthy
Marquette Street
Chicago
Willie Whiting
East Fourteenth Street
Honolulu
Willie
Pacific
F. E. Whiting
Rock Island
Trinity Cathedral
San Francisco
W. H. Whiting
Mare Island Navy Yard
Davenport
Davenport Swimming Company
Rock Island Street
Levee Commission
John Roy Hodge
William K. Hodge
Keokuk
Iowa
St Luke's Hospital
Morning Star
Boies Undertaking
Rev Wade Smith Preaches to Youth and Baptisms at Church
Zuma Rev Wade Smith preached to the young people last Sunday. Two adults and five children were baptized, with five taken into the church four on probation and one in full membership. Mr and Mrs Justin Smith of Rock Island visit relatives. Merl Nicholson of Moline spends days with kin. James Searl visits with grandson John Searl. Mildred Karr of Rock Falls visits grandparents Mr and Mrs S S Real. Percy Cox makes a tri city call. Farmers buy new machinery including binders and mowers. Sunday school rally drew many in Rock Island. Rev Wade Smith and wife spend week at Tiskilwa with Mrs Smith's parents для golden wedding.
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Wade Smith
Justin Smith
Rock Island
Merl Nicholson
Moline
James Searl
John Searl
Mildred Karr
Rock Falls
S. S. Real
Percy Cox
Tri-City
Tiskilwa
Mrs Smith
Social and family visits dot Mathersville scene
Mathersville notes list visitors including Mrs Langston of Cable Nina Chilin and Miss Susie Sword visits over Sunday. A June 16 opera house dance drew modest crowds but was socially successful. A boy west of town pierced neck by a stick but expected to recover. Local ladies hosted a Swedish church fundraiser with strong turnout amid week’s social life.
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Langston
Cable
Herb Pearse
Nina Chilin
Susie
Lizzie Sword
Opera House
W. T. Lee
Gertie Grear
Ernest Sherrard
Sherrard
John Lawson
John Edgar
Mathersville
Alex Simpson
Otis Whan
Frank Holt
Rela
Local social notes from Milan and Preemption
Mrs Holt accompanied a visitor home as Milan residents attend Preemption Sunday children's day exercises with lunch served by Preemption ladies. Des Moines visitors Mr and Mrs Ray and Mr and Mrs Madison stayed with Thomas Jackson's family and joined local residents in Gilchrist. Olga Peterson from Cable visited the Bengston home. Joliet visitors Mr Handley and baby returned home after visits here. Lawrence Sword spent Sunday with his family. Mrs Dowsett returned from Sherrard and Taylor Ridge visits. Mrs Larson of Milan visits her mother, Mrs Holt.
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Olga Peterson
Cable
Bengston
Will Handley
Baby
Joliet
Lawrence Sword
George Dowsett
Sherrard
Taylor Ridge
Larson
Milan
Frank Holt
Hampton cemetery meeting and local notices summary
The Hamp ton cemetery association plans its annual meeting at Locon hall on Monday July 3 at 6 pm One director will be elected to replace F Baker whose term ends James Mohr named rural mail carrier and Henry Light appointed substitute carrier Several residents and visitors including Grace Shepard Mildred Cloidt Mrs Emma Norton Mrs McCutcheon and others are noted as visiting relatives or staying in town Local events include the Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs C Co Cox and several parishioners attending sermons by Elder Joseph Archer at the Lat ter Day Saints schoolhouse Other small notes mention Mrs M L Ferguson and Miss Bernice of Ottawa Kansas traveling to Chicago and Joseph Mohr of Blue Grass Iowa visiting his mother Mrs P Mohr on Sunday D Y Allsbrow elected school trustee for Hampton township to replace John Albrecht who resigned
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Hampton Cemetery Association
Locon
Ih F. Baker
James Mohr
Henry Light
Grace Shepard
Marseilles
Ill
Mildred Cloidt
Geheseo
S. J. Shepard
Iowa
Clarence Pardee
Lyons
Edward Pardee
Heiress Weds Coachman in Noted Romance Finale
Grace Welie Harper of Boston, heiress to 6 million, married Sidney Harris, her former coachman. Harris’s first wife sued Harper for alienation of affection, filing in Los Angeles after a three year pursuit across states, Europe, and Japan. Harper denied the charges as unfounded.
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Harris
Grace Welie Harper
Boston
Sidney Harris
Harper
New York
Chicago
Moline
Ill
S. H. Velie
Charles Deere
Los Angeles
Cal
Europe
Japan
Wesleyan Honors Civil War Veterans at Centennial Commencement
Wesleyan University Middle Town Conn paid tribute at annual commencement to four alumni who left college in 1861 to enlist in the Union army. They earned bachelor degrees posthumously by unanimous trustees vote, honoring Major Samuel P. Hatfield of New York Brigadier General Samuel M Mansfield of Boston Dr Benjamin P Cheney of New Haven and Henry B Brown of East Horton Conn all of whom rose in the Wesleyan guards part of the Fourth Connecticut volunteer.
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Wesleyan
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Samuel P. Hatfield
New York
Samuel M. Mansfield
Boston
Benjamin P. Cheney
New Hey
Henry B. Brown
East Hanson
Moline Man Injured In Wagon Plant Accident
John Shaughnessy 22 suffered severe hand injuries at the Moline Wagon plant Tuesday when his left hand was crushed in a rolling machine. The index finger was amputated at the second joint, with possible removal of other injured digits. He lives at 395 Eleventh Street. District Conference Held at Salem Lutheran in Salem with eight pastors present. Sermons focused on Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, New Era, Iowa chosen for next conference July 25 26. Obituary notices for Anita Bunch and Katherine Tagas.
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John Shaughnessy
Moline
Eleventh Street
Andover
Salem Lutheran Church
S. G. Hagglund
Rocky Island
Frank Swenson
Aledo
Paradise
New Era
Iowa
C. P. Edblom
C. A. Blomgren
Augustana College
Ladies’ Aid Society
Salem Church
W. J. Forsberg
Rock Island
Mr. Ottoson
Opheim
Augustana
H. O. Lindeblad
G. Hagglund
Mr. Mueller
Cambridge
Walter Pearson
Ira O. Nothstein
John Arp
Williamsburg
Holstein
Germany
Henry Kuehl
George Tagge
German community member dies after long residence
In 1881 she died ten years after living at Five Points corner until moving two years earlier to her nephew’s home where she passed away. She was well known to the German residents and belonged to the Damverein society of Turners.
East Moline Couple Wed at First M. E. Parsonage
East Moline residents Grover C. Ferman and Virgie C Rose were married Tuesday afternoon at the First Methodist parsonage in Moline. Rev. D. S. McCown officiated. Attendants were John Tevoet and Verda Eicher. They plan to reside in East Moline.
Andalusia Socials Bring Relatives Together This Week
Andalusia Miss Alpha Core 18 visits Foster Illinois this week. Mrs Frank Wood of Rock Island Mrs Bernice Burgoyne and daughter Bernice visited Mr and Mrs Charles Burgoyne. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Shad Stickrod on June 21. Dr Guy Wait of LeRoy visited relatives in town and Reynolds. Belle Herbert Harland Schaum and Ruby family members were hosted by their parents. William Tufell of Buffalo and E Dunlap hosted Sunday gatherings.
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Miss Alpha Core
Foster
Ill
Frank Wood
Rock Island
Bernice Burgoyne
Bernice
Sar
Charles Burgoyne
Shad Stickrod
Daugh
Guy Wait
LeRoy
Reynolds
Belle Herbert
Harland
A. A. Schaum
Ruby
William Tufell
Buffalo
E. Dunlap
Court House Record Real Estate Transfers in East Moline
Real estate transfers include George H. Chase to William C. Neff for east 150 feet of lots 1 2 in block 4 LeClaire's reserve at 1800 dollars and T E Lundell to J A Pope for lot 26 block 222 New Shops center addition East Moline at 1 dollar. Balley to Hannah M. pending completion.
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George H. Chase
William C. Neff
LeClaire
T. E. Lundell
J. A. Pope
East Moline
William EB. Balley
Hannah M
Land transfers and deeds in East Moline and Rock Island
DeGroot transfers lots 4 and 5 in block 1 Rodman subdivision Hales addition Rock Island to E H Guyer for 1. Alfred Bonald conveys NW quarter section 16 31 6 to Willis E Terry et al for 1. Louis Sonneville sells lot 8 block 2 Blackman's addition Mo Line to Emiel Lava for 1 800.
Logical eczema remedy mild soothing wash
An advertisement touts D. D. D prescription as a mild soothing liquid for eczema and skin troubles. It claims instant relief from itching and blotchy skin with a 25 cent trial, available at The Harper House Pharmacy.
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Harper House Pharmacy
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Michigan City
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Joseph F. Ernst
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Virgie C Rose
D. S. McCown
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Verda Eicher
Lee Schmidt
Geneseo
F. E. Thompson
Art Roseen
Warl
LeRoy Ausborn
Galesburg
Charles By
Kankakee
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A. B. Johnson
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Verna
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Frijaar
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Earle Safstrom
S. A. Cartwright
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Court House Record
State Bank
Ducledsor Ee
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Ye Olde Banke
State Bank OF
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Phil Mitchell
I. 8. White
K. T. Anderson
F. Channon
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Fourth Avenue
Eeley
Keeley Owignt
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