Davenport News Briefs Touch On Local Trials And Business
Davenport reports mention a larceny case at a Boston store with two women ordered to leave town, plus notes on town leases and property purchases. The Davenport and Manchester Railway directors discuss a 93 mile line with strong local interest, and an obituary for Henry Koehler details his Davenport brewer career and surviving family.
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Tria
Hans
Ehtert
Nellie Coy
Lucy Staneger
Boston
Davenpirt
Aus
Staneger
Clinton Wil Ste
Len Sitet
Nelle
Henry Koehler
Germany
Ollie Schlapp
America
Burlington
Iowa
Koehler
New Yor
Ft Madison
Miss Schlapp
Fort Madison
St Leuis
Isto
R Koehler
Davenport
Lange
Arsenal
Henry Koeller
St. Louis
Adolph Priester
Hugo Koehler
St. Jaouis
Carl Vollmer
Max Koehler
Carl Schlapp
George
Herman
Australia
August Lereh
Carl Lange
Busy Ag Reflects on Modern Strain and Connections
A fragmented anecdote shows Noma noting the era’s rush and fading time for deep ties. The speaker recalls daily proofs of busyness, contrasting letters and reality, and hints at shared unease in keeping pace with modern demands.
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Noma
Noahs Ravens A Knotty Question In Blacksmith Preacher Tale
In a Tennessee mountain county a respected blacksmith and Sunday exhorter clashes with skeptic Tom Bradley. Bradley prods him with biblical doubts, prompting a humorous retelling of Noahs raven question and the arc of faith amid local camp meeting life. Turkeys behavior is briefly described in a separate note on their gobbling and warlike posture when defending a hat, illustrating animal conduct in calm to tense situations.
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Tennessee
Tom Bradley
Tom
Billy Hite
Ton Bradley
Kiver
Noah
Ark
Satan
Criminals In New South Wales Habitual Offenders System
New South Wales applies a paired sentence for habitual criminals: a definite term plus an indeterminate period graded by behavior. Upon completion of the term and good conduct, wages may be earned, sent home, or saved toward release after eight years probation under supervised restraint.
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New South Wales
Curious early wedding rings and improvised materials
Curios in wedding rings include rings made from rushes in early days. Emergency rings were cut from a glove finger and from a visiting card. Brass and iron rings, curtain rings, and even door keys were used in urgent wedding situations.
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Weddome
Moline to lay sidewalks across seven wards this year
The city will lay about 40 blocks of concrete sidewalks in each of seven wards. The street and alley committee drafted an ordinance for the next council meeting after a long committee of the Whole session. Alderman Fogelstrom urged condemning Rufus Walker & Co sheds on Eleventh street as a public nuisance. No auction occurred. further council findings awaited.
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Rufus Walker & Co
Eleventh Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Fogelstrom
Nervousness Among Women Alarms New York Doctors
A New York department reports seven girls sent home in one day due to nervousness and neurasthenia. Three show anemia from irregularities and exhaustion, with hot flashes and nerve storms. Treatments include Fluid Extract Black Haw and Alpen Seal, praised as a quick tonic with no alcohol, prompting return to work and improved demeanor.
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New York
Adili Hom
Markets Report Chicago March 21 with Wheat and Hog Data
Chicago market quotations show May corn at 657% and 669%? July at 62% 684. September 624 629. Park wheat May 12.40 July 12.87. Hog receipts today 11 000 cattle ITM sheep 13 000. Hog market opened strong and closed steady. Northwest receipts Minneapolis six week 1268 last year 200. Duluth today hogs.
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Arket
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Market Quotations and Provisions From Liverpool to Rock Island
Liverpool quotations show mixed gains and losses across gas, steel, copper, and rail shares with readings like Gas 38, Steel preferred 98, Copper 114, and Southern Pacific around TI. Wholesale market data from Rock Island lists live poultry, eggs, butter, and vegetables with prices, plus hogs at 4.25 to 4.60 and cattle ranges. An additional column notes 4 a.m. reflections on sleep and life, highlighting the eerie aura of that hour and its influence on health myths.
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New York
LU. S. Steel
Steet
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Central
Missouri Pacific Bee
Canadian Pacific
Penna
Erie
Locomotive x
Sugar Pan
Copper ST
Steel
Republic Steel Common
Southern Ry
Not Likely to Enlist in Rettish Regiment
A young man asked to join a Scottish regiment declines, saying he’d rather go to a lunatic asylum. The recruiting sergeant replies with a local dialect quip about feeling more at home there.
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Edward K. Potoas
Elizabeth D. Pau
John C Sodini
East Second Street
Van
Sodinihe
Daveenpor
Patna
Mice Pattie
Fiores
Tottendinsie Hollee
Howpurchase
aid @ commission
Temple, Harons & Mebane
Wlyek
Parnosees
Western Hlinois
Ue New Kintall Fiatel
Miensters
Wilfers
D. Thompson
Canion
Seary
Sears-Frizzell Company
Te Davenport and Manchester Railway
Commercial Club
Manchester
Monticelm and
Daven
WH. Kimball
New York Press
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San Diego
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver
Pacific Coast States
Maho
Nevada
Arizona
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Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Burlington Route
Staons
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Ist
F. A. Riddell
C. B. & Telephone
Old 680
Q. Railway
South
F. Amiel
South Moline
People’s Caucus
John Weekel
People’s Party of
Charles King
L. O. Johns
Fred Hoesli
John Wee
Emil Lundahl
Augusta
George Ard
Fred
Fred There Was Contest On Two of of Highway Commissione
Thomas Oldfield
George Bustard
Bjorn
W. C. Wilson
Mr.Scott
Ridgeview
A. Larson
William Odendahl
Eete
M. H.lyons
Greene
United States Army
Me Lois National Guards
Andrew Carlson
Thirteenth Avenue
Sweden
Moline
Charles Hillington
Rock- Tord
A. Anderson
Munson
Amanda Anderson
Foxs. Dutton
Cal Banister
Moline Plow Company
Chicago
Concord
Nhw
Harvard Avenue
Paola
Kaw
Dutton
Wreat
Liverpool
Fis
KNABE
Hambourg
von Bulow
D'Albert
Totten
Second Avenue
Rock Island, Ill
Knare
Dr. Martin
Walsh
Dr. Walsh
Chicago Medical Institute
West Third Street
Main Street
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