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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1909

Page

2

Davenport Seeks to Stop Maysville Saloon and Other notices

Civic federation through attorney H B Betty sues to enjoin Peter Wamser over mulci law violation at Maysville tavern hearing March 9. Injunctions filed against Tira Moorhead and John Shick for selling liquor and alleged misconduct at West Front street resort. William Kesnick fined $1 for speeding on motorcycle. Davenport firemen plan August tournament with $2000 purses at mile track. Elk No 2 sold at Petervary park to Ernst Wenzel and Paul Berndt. Dorothea Scheel dies at 18. survived by parents and many siblings.

Maysville Civic Federation H. B. Betty Peter Wamser Wamser Prohibition Tira Moorhead West Front Street Milwaukee John Shick Tira Gertrude Hoffman Salome Fetervary Park Emil Boehm Ernst Wenzel Paul Berndt

Community Notes and Local Movements in SHERRARD and HAMLET

SHERRARD notes show Mr and Mrs C A Samuelson returning from Chicago after a week away and Mrs John Bedford visiting from Rock Island with friends. Social items include Miss Lily Pritchard hosting the Philathea club with new member Florence O Mealia, a fine lunch, and a reported good time. Household moves, illness, travel, and small-town chatter fill the column with names of local residents, visitors, and neighbors across SHERRARD and nearby areas.

C. A. Samuelson Chicago John Bedford Rock Island Cable and Sherrard Lily Pritchard Philathea Club Florence O'Mealia Charles Farrow Clara Wilson Newton Township BE. L. Hanson Sellmer Moline C. L. Markee Newton Freddie Mary Sell Hillsdale Steve Hill Flora Fender Walter Hill Jessie Walker Missouri Frank Quade Erie Charlie George Quade Mrs. Green Sterling Ephriam Kempster

Moline Plans Spokane Branch and Other Local Developments

Deere interests move to acquire Spokane realty and may erect a John Deere Plow company branch with construction overseen by Oscar A. Eckerman. Other items note United Light and Power bond issue, Methodist minister meeting in Rock Island district, new First Christian church building in Moline, continued ministry of Rev. Floyd B. Hardin, and a defensive response to a Calumet Baking Powder controversy citing a 1907 World Exposition commission.

Spokane Deere Wash John Deere Plow Company Oscar A. Eckerman Washington State Portland United Light and Power Company of East Moline Silvis Edmund Burke Springfield Dave Downing Joliet W. H. Dowuning Ministerial Association of the Rock Island The Methodist Episcopal Church M. E Moline First Christian Church Nineteenth Avenue Fifteenth Street Sixteenth Street Eighteenth-and-wharf, Avenue Floyd B. Hardin First Unitarian Church of Hardin Coliseum Chicago Harvey W. Wiley Calumet Baking Powder Company Calumet Baking Powder

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Promises Kidney Relief

Local testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a safe cure for kidney disease. Herbert Hanson of Davenport Iowa reports relief from irregular secretions, back and shoulder pain, and fatigue after using the product. Ad urges readers to visit Harper House pharmacy and ask about customer reports. Price 59 cents, Foster Milburn Company agents in Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan's.

Feck Island Dean Herbert Hanson 417 Fourth Street Davenport Iowa Sympton Rock Island Harper House Foster-Milburn Company Buffalo United States Doan

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