Rounding Up Island Disturbers In Davenport
Davenport police arrest three young men after a Saturday night fracas on Suburban Island. Harry Thomas Albert Siems and John Thomas are held for investigation. more arrests expected as detectives collect witness testimonies. Meanwhile marriage notices list several couples including Harry E. B. Hardall and Della Kehoe and others from Davenport and Chicago. Rev. J. A. Burchit resigns as pastor of St. John’s M. E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Harry Thomas
Albert Siems
John Thomas
Sanford and Kinney
Jessen
Meyer
Siems
Lillian Jane , Olson
Emil Olson
West
Sixteenth Street
Montgomery County
Iowa
B. Franklin Bishop
Caroline Bishop
Franklin County
Stanton
Davenport
G. A. Jencke
Rock Island
Ivah Bishop
B. F. Bishop
Arthur Bishop
Sarah Anne Rowley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bath
Somersetshire
England
Samuel Rowley
Edward S
Chicago
R. A
United States Express
Peoria
Philip Heden
German Business Training From A Student’s Eyes
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts German business education via a Hamburg program. The writer starts as an office boy and, through instruction and hands on tasks, rises to director, learning geography, commerce law, bookkeeping, and practical trade operations. The lesson emphasizes doing tasks promptly and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
German Empire
Detroit Free Press
Velie plants close for inventory and delays
In Moline the Velie Motor Vehicle plant will shut from July 1 to July 18 for a full stock inventory, with little work during the period. Velie Carriage will pause inventory Aug 1 for a week as production of 1911 models begins after completion. Union news and a cottage fire headline other Moliline items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velje
Velie
Velie Carriage Company
Weice
Iaan
Marvelous Discoveries and Dr King’s New Discovery Ad
Marvelous Discoveries celebrate progress with air flights telegrams and war inventions while Dr King’s New Discovery claims to instantly relieve and cure coughs colds and lung troubles. A Asheville reader reports cure of obstinate cough after other remedies failed. Fifty cents to one dollar with trial bottle free guaranteed by druggists. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised to brace nerves banish headaches and invigorate the system sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
James M. Black
Asheville
N. C
Chamberlain
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Sore Feet
An advertising claim touts TIZ as a universal foot cure for tired achy swollen feet sweaty odors corns callouses and bunions. It cites a testimonial by A F Drentzer and notes price 25 cents per box with mail order from Walter Luther Bedly Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Drentzer
Walter Luther Bedly& Co
Dodge Building
Chicago
Bert reports lost luggage as train departs Davenport
Bert discovers his bag missing while boarding a departing Davenport train. Police in Davenport, Rock Island, and Moline are alerted but nothing concrete has surfaced. An unrelated clue notes a stranger left a suitcase at Beardsley Bailey wholesale liquor house, suggesting the thief may have fled by the same method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Davenport
Mr. McKeever
Moline
Rock Island
Beardsley & Bailey
Poosepatuck Indians Hold 938th June Day on Long Island
The Poosepatuck Indian Tribe met on their reservation near Mastic New York for the 938th annual reunion despite a heavy rainstorm that reduced attendance. Chief Jacob Ward noted rain’s rarity on June day in twenty five years. The gathering preserved long standing ceremonies while noting the historical land lease and the former annual rent of two ears of corn which has since ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mastic
N. Y
Jacob Ward
Poosepatuck Reservation
Mastic Point
Forge
Poosepatuck
Long Island
Mentakes
Richard Woodhull
Woodhull
William Smith
Prices in Cincinnati Markets in 1823
A Cincinnati market note from 1823 records beef at 2 to 4 cents per pound and pork at 1½ to 2½ cents, with butter 12¾ to 18½ cents, cheese 6 to 8 cents, eggs 4 to 6 cents per dozen, flour $1.25 to $1.75 per hundredweight, corn 18 to 25 cents per bushel, wheat 45 to 50 cents, chickens 10 to 25 cents per pair, and potatoes 25 to 37 cents per bushel, among other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Moses Guest
Kansas Supreme Court rules lockers cannot hold alcohol in clubrooms
The Topeka social club of business and professional men loses its ouster suit over the locker system. The Kansas Supreme Court holds the locker arrangement violates corporate rights and privileges by allowing members to store intoxicating liquors for personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Topeka Club
Kansas Supreme Court
Women Solve Customs Nuisance Victory Abroad
Chicago women devise a method to bypass New York customs restrictions and carry jewels lingerie and other items overseas while avoiding detection, highlighting wit and ingenuity in circumventing enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Custom House
Chamberlains Colic Diarrhoea Remedy Urges Trust
A historic notice extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a life saver for children, praising its curing power. The piece notes society photographers and a registering bureau photographing affidavits to show the remedy is free of duty. It claims universal approval and calls it sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
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Harry EB. Hardall
Della Kehoe
Elmer Cridge
Edith Clement
Carl E. Hill
Nickerson, Kan
Gladys E. Strickland
Henry J. Hunt
Josephine M. Petersen
J. A. Burchit
St. John’s
M. E
The
Union
Dean
C. Pfanmiller
Third Street
Ill
Doan
Saepy
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
United States
gRemember
Dean’s
Topeka
Kan
Enid
Okla
Fineshriber
W. H. Fineshriber
Temple Emanuel
Charlevoix
Mich
National Conference of American Rabbis
Mohasson
West Fifteenth Street
Pine Hill
Germany
A. Carrington
Nineteenth Street
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Thirtieth Avenue
Carrington
Coaltown Road
Walker
Journeymen Barbers’ Union
Moling
Zook
Gus Peacock
Mr. Peacock
McKeever
Bert McKeever
Aberdeen
William Bartlett
Emily McKeever
New Perfection
We Manet Es
Standard Oil
Craeeny
Fou
Mutual Loan Company
Peoples National Bank Building
Phone West 122
Tiz
Old Long Island
Kansas
Locker
Toos
V. B. Bennage
Court House Record
M. B. Ginsburg
NATO Satin
George L. Davenport
Second Avenue
H. E. Casteel
Pres
M.S. Heagy, V. P. H. B. Simmon, Cash
Central Trust & Savings Bank
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