Clinton Riot Ties to Bridge Firm Sparks City Visit
Wisconsin Bridge Company representatives searched Davenport on Saturday for about a quarter of men who beat workers in Clinton Friday. The firm, not aligned with unions, suspects a link to the dynamite explosion that damaged property. Police report window breaking and car vandalism as other Friday night mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Wisconsin Bridge Company
Cliizon
May Wilson
East End
Associated Press
Chicago
George Harris
John E. Cavanaugh
New Orleans
Harris
Davenport Mulci Law Hurts Davenport Merchants
The Iowa mulci law, an offshoot of prohibition, is criticized by the Democrat as damaging Davenport’s mercantile interests. It is said to cripple business, cut hours, reduce wages, and throw workers out of employment, with real estate and retail trade suffering. critics blame attorney profits and saloon prosecutions, noting plant closures and rising taxation.
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Iowa
Rock Island Brewing Company
Democrat
Davenport
W. Neal
Scott County
Neal
P. N. Jacobsen, Jr
Rock Island Post Office Mails Uncalled Letters List
Advertised letters remaining uncalled for in the Rock Island post office for the week ending March 28, 1908 include Miss Miska Baltescharr and many others. Names shown range from Misses and Mrs. to J. F. Willard and Louis Wardlow with several business and military entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Miska Baltescharr
Samuel R. Braden
Bessie Cumming
F. J. Cook
E. Cook
Charles A. Cooper
Joe Denney
Margaret J. Franklin
R. G. Flynn
M. Hirzeler
Maud Severin
Electric Bitters Endorsed by San Francisco Architect
Prominent architect Norman R. Coulter in the Delbert building San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic for stomach liver and kidney disorders. The advertisement touts it as the best spring medicine and a superior blood purifier available at druggists for 50 cents.
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Norman R. Coulter
Delbert
San Francisco
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Henry Warnke
Mr. Bricks
Bricks
Warnke
St. Luke’s
Martha Griffith
Muscatine
Egypt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dubuque Hospital
Hawkeye Insurance Company
Fly & Bush
D., RL & N. W. Railway Company
C. B. & Q. Railway Company
LeClaire
F. H. Kitchen
Henry Reep
Reep
Quincey
Mr. Reep
Julia Juergensen
West Second Street
Christian Juergensen
Phoenix Milling Company
Ella Koenig
Zella Juergensen
Edward Juergensen
Morton L. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Gust Schlegel
Chester Saxby
Moline
Champaign
University of Illinois
Washington
Roy McElwain
Ford Peterson
Eleventh Street
Jover
South Moline
East Moline
George Hasberg
Colona Road
J. M. Gould
S. M. Hill
Cleburne
Texas
Hills
Gould Hill
Edward Frysinger
Fred Gould
Coopers and Hill Houses
Hunyadi
Janos
Knabe
Hambourg
Totten
Rock Island, Il
Borme
Gher
Arts Il
NLL
Mulci
Sone
Scott
Civic Federation
American Surety Company of
New York
Ludelph Reynolds
Attys
Buford
Johnn A. Goodmanson
Fifth Ave
J. BH
J. T. Oakleaf
Til
Catarah
Nenancen
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Mr. Workingman
Tricity Loan CO
Brady Street
Walsh
Dr. Walsh
Metical Institute
West Third Reet
Main Street
Dalowe
Ours
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