Davenport News Briefs Spark Court Clash and Local News
Civic federation sues over liquor law at the Standard theater and bar with affidavits from three witnesses. case moved to June term. Divorce suit reveals three children placed in St Vincent's. husband accused of cruelty. Travel club delegates sail on Helen Blair to Keokuk for Iowa TPA convention. Davenport man files $50,000 damage suit against Civic federation members. Obituaries note several local deaths and acquaintances. Various notes cover busier island ferries, a vase caper, famous faces, and rail shop retrenchments in Silvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civic Federation
Standard Theater and Bar
Jorge Bollinger
Betty
Federation
W. B. Jones
Arthur Berry
Wayne Woodward
Standard
W. M. Chamberlin
Loy
Bollinger
J. C. Sadini
St. Vincent's
Agana Wolff
Hesband
Emil Wolff
Renson
Silvis
Rock Island Railway
Blue Island
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Horten
Valley Junction
Shawnee
Fire alarm prank and village notes from Silvis
Citizens of Silvis rushed to the fire bell scene at 10 30 last night. The fire department held a meeting electing George Pennell fire chief replacing Wiliam H Dewning. A dog license ordinance takes effect May 15 with fines or disposal for unlicensed dogs. Marie Walsh returned from Iowa City after attending a prom and weekend party hosted by Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mrs Gottsche of Cleveland, aged widow killed by a cyclone, was buried Wednesday and identified as related to the Korb family of Silvis bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Dewning
George Pennell
Mise Marie Walsh Hes
Iowa City
Iowa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Iowa University
Gottsche
Cleveland
Imly
Korb
Siavis Bluff
Hampton News Roundup Includes Local Meeting Notes
Mr and Mrs Morrie Heagy of Rock Island visited Hampton relatives. C 3 Lee and T J Young attended Rock Island Rock Island local option meeting to organize a county group. Next Sunday May 17 services at 11 at Methodist church and 2 30 pm table reading at Congregational. Mesdames Andrew Shank and John Shank of Whiteside county stayed with George Boyle family. Mrs Paul Guckert and family of Moline formerly resided here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Heagy
Rock Island
Lee
T. J. Young
Hampton
Young
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Andrew Shank
John Shank
Whiteside County
George Boyle
Paul Guckert
Moline
New Printing Plan Aims to Print News on Black Paper
Wisconsin paper manufacturers propose a method to print newspapers in white on black paper, claiming major savings in pulp wood and forests, reducing newspaper prices by about half. The plan uses recycled and fibrous stock, unlike white paper which needs spruce and hemlock, and seeks to coordinate with eastern mills and U S publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Newsptry
Appleton Dispatch
United States
Organs Presented to Atlantic Fleet by Chicago Professor
Professor P. P. Bilhorn of Chicago donated sixteen portable organs to the Atlantic fleet via the Los Angeles Y M C A. Local YMCA members fraternized with sailors during the fleet’s stay in Los Angeles as joint religious meetings were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Bilhorn
Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association of
Los Angeles
Cal
Albany claims oldest permanent settlement status in colonial era
Historical sketch covers Albany as oldest permanent settlement within the thirteen colonies, its Dutch and English transitions, and key milestones from 1609 Hudson voyage to Fort Nassau era and 1664 renaming after the Duke of York. Also mentions a prize painting offer and a medicinal tablet advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
America
Verrazzano
Hudson
Henry Hudson
Castle Island
Fort Nassau
New Netherlands
Duke of York and
James III
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Trayal's' Protective Association
Helen Blair
Keo Kuk
T. P. A. & Party of
L. W. McKown
Frank Rainbow
Medelesatee
Burlington
Brady Street
C.J. von Maur
G. W. Cable
T. G. Conant
W. H. Blancke
H. B. Betty
Nels Petersen
George M. Bechtel
Herman J. Euch
B. Lafferty
E. 8. Cresset
George 8. Johnson
Rev. C. A. Moore
Frank Betty
Glaude Harold Allen
William Allen
Main Street
Henry William Frink
Catherine Smith
William Bishop
Oklahoma
George McNeal
Mra L. Lowry
Lowry
Port Byron
Mra Solomon Mesder
East Moline
Emil Henline
Cordova
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Duc de Vendome
Iflies
Louis XIV
William III
Victor Emmanuel
London Spectator
B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King’s
Island
Trafic
Campbell's Island
Sixteenth Street
Watertown
Waterloo
Camppelle Island
Carlos Dimock
Noel van Ausdall
Fred Wooleszien
Wolleszien
Reynolds
Young Dimock
Womaan
van Ausdall
Moline Business Mews Association
Third Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Hostetter
James Strong&r
Marietta
Thomas H, Halloran
Newport
D. E
Chamberlain
G. Lohse
H. A. Lohse
Gus Lohse
Seventh Avenue
Bucklen
Charles F. Dudahn
Tracy, Cal
Crampton’s
CITY
Get
Ting
A. W. Crampion
Second Avenue
Jeremma Mullins
Odessa
W. Va
Cardus
Chattanooga Aeacne
Chattanooga, Tenn
Gardui
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