Jury Rules for McCarthy in Damages Suit
Local court hands down a verdict for the McCarthy Improvement Company in the Patrick Hassett vs. McCarthy case, finding no $50 damages for injuries from an unprotected hole near their cinder path by Front and Gaines streets. The long column also notes adoption of new ward boundaries, saloon closures, obituaries, and other Davenport area items.
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Patrick Hassett
McCarthy Improvement Company
The
Mr. Hassett
Gaines
Personal Liberty Plank at Denver
May 7 Denver reports the dry vs wet fight during the Democratic National Convention. Brewers and temperance forces set up headquarters in Denver to push opposing planks. The Democratic National Committee meets May 9 to outline policy ahead of July's convention, with key influence seen on temporary chairmanship and the resolutions committee.
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Denver
Colo
Ieo
National Committee
Resolutions Committee
South
Wright Brothers Test Flight At Kill Devil Hill
Manteo awaits as the Wright Brothers conducted a successful first flight of their new aeroplane yesterday afternoon at Kill Devil Hill. The test covered 1000 feet with the aircraft under steady control and a smooth landing. Endurance trials are planned over the next few days followed by a potential 75 mile round trip to Captain Henry.
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Denver
New York
Bertham Ackermann
Zevenport
Rock Island
Davenport
Ackermann
West Second Street
Mr. Hoyt
Chicago
Hoyt
Colorado
Manteo
N. C
Wright Brothers
Aeronauts
Kill Devil Hill
Henry
Incendiary Fire Kills Four in New York Tenement
Four killed and twelve injured in a five story Orchard Street tenement fire early today officials believe incendiary origin. Victims named Eva Berg 53 Sam Sach 10 Katie Hoplemann 2% and an unidentified man. Firefighters evacuated more than a hundred people via ladders amid the blaze.
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New York
Orchardsstreet
Eva Berg
Sam Sach
Kattie Hoplemann
Princes and Emperor In Diamond Jubilee Congratulation
In Vienna on May 7 the heads of Germanys princely houses led by Emperor William gathered to offer congratulations to Emperor Francis Joseph on the diamond jubilee of his reign as ruler of Austria Hungary. Rail shops reopen in Kansas City and Springfield after short shutdowns. Frisco shops in Springfield employ 2,000 workers who were laid off recently are restored to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Vienna
William
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Kansas City
Frisco Railroad
Springfield
Frisco
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Rock Island Reader
Rock Island readers report Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backaches and kidney pain after years of suffering. Mrs. J. F. Sanberg of Moline credits the remedy with complete relief and urges others to try it, noting continued protection with a home supply. Also promotes Electric Bitters and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as cures, with Harper House Pharmacy selling them.
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Dean
J. F. Sanberg
Eleventh Avenue
Moline
Ill
Doan
Rock Island
Harper House Pharmacy
Foster-Milburn Comperny
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Hollister
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Ditzen
Harry J. McFarland
Myrtle Schurr
Butler Township
Juvenile Department of Use District Court
L. C
Alma Martens
Myrtle Lillian Martens
Board of Supervisors
Gabul
Otto Kahl
McCausland
Harry G. Goering
Davenport Township
William Giese
Washington Street
George B. Hoyt
Des Moines
Davenport Ball Park
Fwoidt Killing
Killing” Molding Machine Company
Iowa Brewers
Iowa Brewers Association
A. J F. Heehseere W. Kemmertle
Iowa City
Zollman
St. Paul
Elizabeth Mueller
John Mueller
Ripley Street
Elizabeth Korne
Marburg
Kur-Hessen
Hessen-Nassau
America
Dovenport
John
Willie
Lina
Louis
Karl
George
Frita
Otto Mueller
Henry Korn
George Niebert
George Korn
Cincinnati
John Korn
Mercy Hospital
Joseph C. Strasser
Silvis
Rock River
H. G. Paddock
Thompson
Waller
Red Men
Peoria
Ilinois
Great Council of the United
Mamie Smith
Jackson
Kate M. Gleason
Nutting
Emma Melin
Fannie K. Entrikin
Elsie L. Meyer
Marie Gustafson
Nels Gustafson
Fourth Avenue
Gustafson
Varmland
Sweden
George Rehnberg
August Anderson
Gustaf
Alfred Gustafson
C. A. Torsell
Elsie Ohline
Adaline Ohline
City Hospital
Bethany Home
Edward Ohline
Rockford
Alice Otis
la Crosse
Alpha Ohline
Elmer
Axel
Clinton
Alex
Bethany
Moline High School
First Congregational Church
G. E. Vincent
Chicago University
la Scope
van Camp
van Camp’s
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Borrie
Rock Islands Ill
Carolina Aeronauts
Madame Yate
Mme, Yate
Mme Yale
McCabe & CO
Toa
B. Zimmer G Son
Elks Building
Eightenth St
Dakotas
Montana
Pacific Coast
Reeder
North Dakota
Ismay
Haynes
Scranton
Milwaukee & St.Paul
Lemmon
Hettinger
Bowman
F. A. Miller
C. A. Padley
Milwaukee
Knabe
D'Albert
Totten
Second Avenue
Walsh
Fred
Uae
Chi
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