Jumps His Bond and Vanishes From Troy Restaurant
C W Smith once held on larceny by embezzlement charges for stealing meal tickets from Al Reubsam at the Merchants lunch room. He posted a $25 bond, was to stand trial last Tuesday, but disappeared, and is presumed to have fled the city. He recently married a performer from the Orpheon theater. his bond may be forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Smith
al Reubsam
Smith
Kincaid
Troy
Perry Street
Orpheon Theater
Turbulent voyage tale ends amid stormy bravado
The article recounts a daring plan by unprincipled financiers to blow a ship’s coal bunkers with dynamite to sink her amid the Straits of Magellan. It claims the conspirators anticipated a gale and engine failure would leave the vessel unable to weather the storm, though it remains unclear if Neptune favored them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropean
Straits of Magellan
Neptune
Desolation Island Explosion Tests Captain Courtenay
On the second day out near Desolation Island an explosion stopped the engines. The disabled ship faced mutinous crew, a fierce sea, and casualties among stokers while Captain Courtenay’s seamanship was tested. Elsie Maxwell emerges as a heroine with courage and compassion aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desolation Island
Courtenay
Elsie Maxwell
Hillsdale town notes and marriages this week
Hillsdale residents keep busy with hunting visits and travel. Miss Flossie Hill wed Clyde George in Dixon, while others visit relatives in Rock Island Clinton Lyndon and Savanna. A death from paralysis and local injuries are noted, plus duck hunting reports as water falls. An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments with trial bottle offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Waters
Woodahills
Rollin Dillon
Meriden
Herman “Iphardt, Jr
Hillsdale
Herman Bracker
Rock Island
Joseph Benson
Thomas Enright
Sands of
Sterling
Rachel Kempster
Intha Walker
Marvin Mumma
Waterown
William Orr
Robert Hill
Clyde George
Dixon
Erie
Herman Sands
William Conrad
James Mill
Arthur Cole
Savanna
Jake Dillin
Rock Isand
Miss Jensen
Clinton
John Kuehl
Charles Stanbro
Colona
George
John Liphardt
Alice
Hazel Orr
Lyndon
Huston
Baby
Roseville
Ill
Hospital Board Plans Visiting Nurse Addition
Butterworth of that board is shaping affairs for adding a visiting nurse to the hospital staff. Once he learns the exact tax money available, final arrangements will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
King’s Daughters’ Union
Hospital Board
Butterworth
Fat as offense and a Parisian beauty ideal
An art lecturer denounces fat as unuplifting to artistry and urges Americans to imitate Parisian models. He cites a supposed fat-reducing remedy sold in drugstores, claiming it can remove a pound of fat daily and praising its harmlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Newbro's Herpicide Promoted As Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as a safe, grease free dandruff treatment that destroys scalp parasites to stop itching and hair loss. It claims a satisfied user from Laramie, Wyoming and urges purchase from leading druggists with sample offers and two bottle sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Charles Klein
Laramie
Wyo
Herpicide Company
Detroit
Mich
T. H. Thomas
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Sdavenport
Locomotive Works
Davenport Locomotive Works
E. 8. Johnson
A. L. Hageboeck
J. E. Burmeister
Jacob Kastlin
A. E. Rosenthal
B. S. Johnson
A. Ll. Hageboeck
Charles Pasche
P. T. Walsh
W. G. Besier
Bettendorf Axle Company
Bettendorf
Burlington
Bebendorf
Florida
Springs
New Orleans
Jamestown
Scott “County
Court House
Quinn
District
B. J. Messer
Wells
Lydia Ann Lorton
Winchester Lorton
East Third Street
Muskingum County
Ohio
Rock Island County
B. F. Taylor
H. M. Yager
Davenport
Tony Biehl
Baltimore
Edward Smith
Minneapolis
Carrie Lorton
Ichabod
Isaac Kirkpatrick
St.Louis
Blanche
Uckdale Cemetery
Emmeline Dopp
Ella Goodwin
Tremont Avenue
Dopp
Ericsson
Burlington Railroad
Silvis
T. W. Fogelstrom
Omaha Neb
Charles Burgston
Bethany Hospital
Board of Local Improvements
Kansas
Valparaiso
London
The
Louis Tracy
Berneker
Elsie
Brooklyn Eagle
Dewits
Ling Ot
DeWitt’s
American Surety Company of
New York
Reynolds
Attys
Buford Block
John A. Goodmanson
Fifth Ave
Moline
J. B
J. T. Oakleaf
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
ARGUS
D. E. Scholl
Harper House
Srn
KNABE
Totten
Second Avenue
Rock Island, Ill
Nabe
Lincrusta
Harmon
Strecker & Lewis
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