Davenport Notes Reported Crime Contests and Local News
Frank Swordes sentenced to one year for attempted break in at Mrs. Naven’s home after prior outburst. Hans Brandt’s children contest his will alleging incapacity and undue influence. Davenport Retail Butchers elect officers at Turner hall. Militia march plans include 54th regiment from Muscatine to Davenport July 16 to 25. Young wife 18 is held for adultery after leaving Oskaloosa. awaiting trial. Obituary items for Emmet E. Hearn and Walter R. F. Walthers. Local society notes cover storms, telephones damaged, church meetings and various visits across Davenport and nearby towns.
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Frank Swordes
Elizabeth Naven
Naven
Grand Jury
Judge House
Grand
Muscatine
Davenport
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Bessie Stringfellow
Donnelly
Main Street
Fifth
East Third Street
Mundt
In the Suburbs. Zuma Delivers Local Updates
Zuma reports a series of social visits in the tri-cities with Mr and Mrs Oliver Ekstrom and Mrs Albert Gunther visiting relatives. Cassius Wake and Edward Schafer were seen calling on friends while a general cold spell sweeps the area. Last Tuesday evening an event interrupted by illness is noted.
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Zuma
Oliver Ekstrom
Tri-Cities
Albert Gunther
South Dakota
Haller
Cassius
Moline
Edward Schafer
Taylor Ridge News Highlights and Local Visitors
Miss Snider spoke to a large crowd at the M E church in Taylor Ridge. Several residents, including Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Walton, travelled to Rock Island. L. D. Chambers and wife also visited there. A carriage party attended Evangelist Biederwolf. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Little’s home. Local illnesses and travel notes precede an ad for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy noting its pneumonia-preventing reputation and availability through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Lor Ridge
Miss Snider
M. E. Chrch
Robert Miller
Charles Walton
Rock Island
L. D. Chambers
Hannah Miller
Friinds
Moline
Evangelist Biederwolf
Ladie Aid Society
D. T. Little
Ellis Ronse
Dr. Eckhart
Detroit
Court of Honor
Joe Kell
Rock Aland
Roy Kell
W. F. Crawford
Peoria
Banks Open Evenings Urged by Moline Merchants
Moline merchants on Fifteenth street circulate a petition urging three local banks to reopen on Wednesday evenings, amid notable dissatisfaction since their closures. The Yale Munson prize debate saw Moline’s Thomas J. Welch among winners before a large crowd at Yale University auditorium. Jordan Read wed Lulu Read at the First Methodist Parsonage with attendants Lillie Read and Fred Schleuter. Socialists nominate Charles Hintz for alderman in First ward by acclamation. City Engineer Olson proposes larger water reserves and a new tower tank to raise pressure at an estimated 36,000 cost, citing 2,487,366 gallons daily use. A Peoria father searches for runaway son Don Emans, last seen last June, with possible sightings in the tri-cities. East Moline Street project to open Fifth Street at the railroad crossing and deepen the water course between Eighth and Ninth streets. Kennedy’s Laxative offers relief for coughs.
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Moline
Fifteenth Street
E. H. Emans
Peoria
Don
Emans
Deering
Starofsky
Big Nelse
Rock River
Tri-Cities
East Moline
O. BR. Grant
Davenport
Fifth Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
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QYS
the Saturday Evening Post
Curtis Publishing Company
John Koch
St. Paul
Minneapolis
F.H. Plummer, C.pa
Colona
Mitchell Lynde
Arthur Burrall
Rock Island Or
Colona, III
Siegel’s Loan Office
Illinois Central
Homeseekers
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Southeast
Co. A. Smith
Peoria, Il
Marcus Brandt
Mary Wittmack
Louise Fisher
Hans Brandt
Detrict Court
Scott County
Brandt
Davenport Retail Butchers’ Association
Nic Albrecht
W. Bein
Arnold Schlosser
E. C. Goethe
Emmet E. Hearn
John W. Hearn
Clausen Street
Fritz Witt
Warjren Street
Walter R. F
Ella Wake
John Donahoo
Harry Long
Coal Valley
David Swank
Alf Hofstetter
Barstow
James Donahoo
Zuma Church
Ed Wainwright
George Fouver
Erie
Rose Hill Church
Edwards
Rose Hill
Andalusia
George Britton
J. W. Brookman
J. P. Walters
Jesse West
Alden Burkett
Gertrude Simmons
M. B. Myers
Hazel
Elmira
T. E. Cole
Illinois City
Josephine Strohmeier
Cora Bateman
Kansas
Davis
Mike Simmons
West
Samuel Kennedy
S. A. Leman
Harry
Edgar Glazier
Edgington
Hancock County
Ulinois
Rock Island County
Louis Glazier
Charles
Emma
Edgar
Janette
Lyman Brown
Mr. Brown
Edith Reader
Hamlet
Amy Cutler
Mae Cutler
Patterson
H. B. Carpenter
W. W. Elliott
Kansas City
Mary Schriver
Bloomington
Frank Maberry
John Hovey
Ira Roberts
D. L. Parmenters
Neuralgyline Co
Wheeling
We Va
Danderine
Frances Marie Knowlton
Garfield Boulevard
Chicago
Dorothy Clare
Grenshaw St
Lucy Max
Forestville Ave
Frances
Danherine
Es Ny
Das
Knowlton Daudeline Co
Cage
Harper House Pharmacy
Or E. Roberts
Spiller
L. Parmenter
Anna Harris
Milan
Yale
C. la Rue Munson
Yale University
Thomas J. Welch
Jordan Read
Charles Fred Jordan
Lulu Read
First Methodist Church
M. V
Crumbaker
Lillie Read
Pride
Fred R. Schleuter
First Ward
Charles Hintz
Mr. Hintz
Olson
Kennedy
Made In
New York
New York City
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Ari
Benjamin
Broadw
Fifth Avenue
Correct Clothe
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