Bettendorf seeks water works and sewer plan franchise
Bettendorf council hears applications for a water works and electric light plant franchise and a town sewer system. Bettendorf Improvement Co. seeks the water and light rights. County appointments include Henry Fk. Ronge as county superintendent, James Hickey as county poor overseer, Dr EO Ficke as county physician, and janitors at the courthouse. An accident injures Hlmer Rayon in Moline. playgrounds planned in Davenport. multiple obituaries and local official changes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettendorf
Scott County Board of Supervisors
Henry Fk. Ronge
Belle Avenue
Ronge
Walcott Schools
T. J. Evans
James Hickey
East Thirteenth Street
Hickey
J. 5. Wille
East River Street
EO. Ficke
Herman Bahns
Court House
Andrew Werthmann
Rosenbaum
GOLD DUST: the greatest dishwashing cleanser
A vintage advertisement touts GOLD DUST as superior to soap for washing dishes. It claims it leaves no greasy film, sterilizes, and dries to a sweet, sanitary finish. The ad stresses faster cleaning, notes the GOLD DUST TWINS work without help, and urges readers to buy from grocers.
Tribute to Petroling Italian Detective in Sicily Death
A solemn tribute recalls the famous Italian detective known as the terror of criminals who was killed in Sicily. The poem honors his courage and sacrifice, noting his death occurred far from home among Italy’s flowers, as readers reflect on his quiet battle and enduring spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston and
McCarthy
Isabella Winkless
Thomas Winkless
Gaines Street
Berwick On Tweed
Scotland
Isabella Winlaw
Monroe Phillips
Davenport
Bettendorf
Phillips
Geneva
Ontario County
N. Y
Senaca Castle
Sicily
Chester Firkins
New York American
Radium Cure Attempt Sewed In Woman at Pasteur Institute
Paris report details Dr. Roux placing a tiny radium tube worth 25000 francs inside a cancer patient. The tube was inserted in the stomach and the wound sewn closed, with 48 hours of observation and a month timeline for signs of healing. Authorities deem a cure possible, pending outcomes.
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Institute Pasteur
Roux
Pasteur
Marquis de Castellane
Paris
New York
Hadley Honors Angel of Hadley Legend in Town Anniversary
Hadley Massachusetts prepares a summer celebration for its 250th anniversary recalling the 1675 Indian attack saved by William Goffe the regicide judge nicknamed the angel of Hadley. Goffe and General Whalley hid with Reverend John Russell in Hadley until their deaths leaving a lasting local legend.
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Massachusetts
Goffe
New England
Hadley
Mass
William Goffe
Charles I
England
General Whalley
Charles
Cromwell
John Russell
Whalley
Father John's Medicine Nourishes Body and Organs
A historical advert claims Father John's Medicine provides food and nourishment to strengthen each organ, drives impurities from the body, and builds up health with a guaranteed effect.
Tribute to Swinburne By Meredith Celebrated Poet’s Genius
George Meredith, in a characteristic tribute, recalls Swinburne as England’s most spontaneous singer and improvisatore. He narrates a vivid meeting at Meredith’s cottage, where Swinburne recited Fitzgeralds Omar Khayyam and quickly penned thirteen stanzas of Tans Venus, praising Swinburne as a peer among England’s noblest writers.
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England
George Meredith
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Mace
Isle of Wight
Meredith
Mr. Meredith
Horace
Swinburne
Fitzgerald
Omar Khaysara
Swinborne
Witzgerald
Inburne
Seroplane claims vertical rise like a lark in flight
Galveston dispatch reports James W. Oman testing a seroplane that rises straight up without incline or external power. In San Antonio three models reached 50 to 150 feet with little effort as army officers and federal agents observed. Oman, a longtime aerial navigation figure, plans Fort Sam Houston exhibit within two months.
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James W. Oman
Galveston
Tex
Army
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Oman
Wright
Rheumatism Cured in a Day Claims Dr Detchon Remedy
An advertisement touts Detchons Relief for Rheumatism and Neuralgia promising radical cures in one to three days. It claims the system benefits from the first dose and immediate disappearance of the disease. Sold for 75 cents and $1 by Otto Grotjan in Rock Island and Gust Schlegel & Son in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
Davenport
Tre Man with Dancruff in Muddled Ad
An unclear discount ad touts a product named Zemo claimed to stop itching and cure dandruff instantly. It promotes buying a bottle at Harper House Pharmacy and asserts Zemo destroys a disease causing germ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper House
Humors in the Blood and Skin Disease Cures
Article discusses how skin eruptions arise from unhealthy humors in the blood caused by poor waste elimination. It argues salves do not cure, only purify blood. It promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleanser made from root extracts claiming to remove acrid humors and heal pimples boils and rheum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
S.O.S
All Drugs
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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Hlmer Rayon
Moline
East Sixth Street
Davenport Play Grounds Association
John J. Layden
College Avenue
Mabel
Sacred Heart School
Will Whiteside
Carbon Cliff
A. B. Johnson
East Moline
William Mardis
Fourth Avenue
River Front
Business Men’s Association
Retail Merchants’ Association
Moline Club and Manufacturers’ Association
Olson
Clinton
Lewis Evers
Olaf Hansen
Third Street
Mr. Hansen
Miss Hansen
Ed Jones
Andrew Olson
C. V. Johnson
W. Johnson
H. J. Gripp
California
Effie Duden
John H Duden
San Diego
Herrother-In-Aw
Bruce Scheffler
Elmer A. Drury
Rock Island County
Ninth Avenue
Drury
Morgan County
Ohio
Fred Youngberg
Bertha Julia Ann Lindgren
John McEniry
M. J. MeeEniry
William McEniry
Atlantic
Iowa
Michael McEniry
Elizabeth McEniry
Ireland
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
N. K. Fairbank Company
United States
Illinois and Mississippi Canal
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Superior
Wis
Cargill
Duluth
New LaSalle
Chicago
Qofice
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co
Chicago City Hall
Corn Products Mfg ‘Company
Argo
U.S. Reclamation Service
U.S. Navy Department
North Chicago
Hennepin Canal
Mississippi
Minnehaha
Minn
Mississippi River
Iown Central
Keithsburg
Ill
DePue Bridge
St. P
RL & PL
Illinois Central R. R. C
N. W. Ry
Marquette
Marquette Cement Mfg. Co
Marquette Building
la Salle, Til
Rock Island Sand & Gravel CO
Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island Distributors
Italy
Angel OF
John
Rhett
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Texan
G.C. Reck
Freedom St
Alliance, O
People’s National Bank
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