City is Enjoined in Davenport Land Case
In Davenport Judge Bollinger issued a temporary injunction barring the city from leasing or granting rights to land between Gaines and Ripley streets and south of Front street to Mueller Lumber company or any party. The action is brought by A. Riepe and Frank Peto against the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Riepe
Frank Peto
City of
Davenport
Bollinger
Mueller Lumber Company
Gaines and
Ripley Streets
Front Street
Newbro's Herpicide Claims Cure for Dandruff
Claiming to kill the dandruff parasite, the ad promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a cure for dandruff and greasy hair. A testimonial from Charles Klein of Laramie, Wyoming, says it relieves itching and hair loss, with samples available for 10 cents and bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. Special agent T. H. Thomas handles distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R. Coulter
Delbert
San Francisco
Iit
Newbro
Charles Klein
Laramie
Wyo
Herpicide Company
Detroit
Mich
T. H. Thomas
Watertown Notes On Local Visits And Death
Mrs M Hayes visits in Peoria with her son and family while Mrs Ellis entertains her brother and sister Mart and Miss Shella Barger of Letts Iowa. Frank Kelley called on business in Cordova. Short funeral services were held for W H Ellis who died by his own hand in Moline. The remains were shipped to Letts for burial accompanied by family. The Maronic lodge attended the funeral in Letts. A schoolhouse box sociable Tuesday evening was a success both socially and financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. ©. Hayes
Peoria
Ellis
Mart
Letts
Iowa
Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured in Three Days Testimony
Morton L. Hill of Lebanon Ind reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint, swollen and bedridden for six weeks after eight doctors. After Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism she walked in three days and recovered, sold by Otto Grotjan Rock Island and Gust Schlegel Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton L. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Gust Schlegel
West Second Street
Davenport
Uncle Joe’s Story About Wood Uses and Whittling
A rural reminiscence where Uncle Joe whittles a windmill from a pin and shares stories of childhood. He recalls his grandfather a carpenter and wheelwright, and explains wood’s many uses from mouth plates for teeth to everyday items like cork nose rests, pipes, toothpicks, matches, knife handles, and newspaper pulp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCLE
Joe
Jim
John
Jennie
Uncle Joe
Uncle
Jon
Kentucky
Tog
From wood to paper the ground truth of printing
The passage explains papermaking from pulp to inkable sheets and notes that early types were wooden. It discusses wood as pristine material, woody fibre in plants, and how light exposure affects wood formation. It then recalls a China riverside scene with native carpentry, highlighting natural timber in rafters and long lived structures, and ends noting woody fibre in ropes muslin and lace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pristina
Gaw Moon
China
Europe
America
Wood Wisdom and Embalmed Trees feature in Uncle Joe talk
The passage describes wood as a universal material from clocks and furniture to engraving and varnish. It notes dwarf fruit trees saving space and bearing early, then explains embalmed trees with creosote and coal tar acid. It ends with a child’s sigh over a simple knife.
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Samuel Clouse
Buffalo
W. R. Cox
Chicago
McClellan Heights United Presbyterian Church
Cuyler Avenue Church
Arnold Otto
Arnel B. Otto
Ernst Otto
Thes
W. M. Chamberlin
Bettendorf Axle Company
Arnold
Bettendorf
Harrison Street
Rock Island Depot
Oe Island Road
Sybilla Regennitter
W. H. Regennitter
West Sixth Street
Sybilla Krack
Prussia
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Dietrich Regennitter
William H. Regennitter
J. D. Regennitter
J. E. Rankin
St. Louis
Rankin
Ross Wainwright
Dan McNeal
Agnes Zahel
Milwaukee
Charles Bensenberg
Herbert
John Rose
Fourth Avenue
A. J. Ostlund
Rose
Silvis
Board of Trustees
Gustafson
Everett & Co
Norman Friedenwild
Third Avenue
G. A. Shallberg
Magis
Trate Gustafson
Friedenwald
Andrew Olson
Shallberg
Roelsland
Campbell
Clinton Baxter
Charlotte Nelson
R. W. Nelson
Albert Scott
Twelfth Street
Moline
Watertown
Ashe
Woodruff
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
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