Davenport Notices and Local Events in Neighbors Page
Davenport held after companion's death as C L Concannon is jailed in Iowa City amid investigation into Howard Keveney's death near Oxford. Also details a LeClaire Old Home Week appeal, a Davenport bankers' river outing, a garage fire injuring Pert Brown, and Frank Pierce facing charges and attachments in a Davenport case. Obituary notes William Dunlap's death at 2104 Scott Street.
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C. L. Concannon
Davenport
Iowa City
Howard Keveney
Chicago
Oxford
Concannon
Keveney
Linwood
Columbia
Rock Island
Moline
William Dunlap
Scott Street
Pinkham Cures Highlight Women’s Health Testimonials
Camden New Jersey and Gardiner Maine testimonials praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for headaches back pain fatigue and nervous weakness. Patients claim restoration to health easing inflammations irregularities fibroid concerns and digestive issues after prescribed use.
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Camden, N.J
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Avenue
Camden
N. J
Todd's Mars Plans Project in Balloon Tank Signal
Professor David N. Todd of Amherst College announced a plan to intercept messages from Mars using wireless instruments carried aloft in a balloon. Accompanied by aeronaut Leo Stevens, Todd aims for ten miles height this September, with a budget near five thousand dollars.
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David N. Todd
Amherst College Observatory
Mars
Earth
Boston Dispatch
Todd
Professor Todd
Leo Stevens
New York
Discovery by Chance Makes Reproductive Engraving Possible
Finiguerra, famed early engraver, saves a washerwoman from a needle injury and discovers that impressions transfer from a damp cloth resting on an engraving. He realizes an original plate can yield multiple pictures, enabling affordable art for homes and expanding access beyond the wealthy.
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Finiguerra
Diamond found in cigar at Milford factory
Levi J. Satterfield of Milford Delaware found a 2 carat diamond worth $300 embedded in the cigar filler he was smoking. He suspects it was dropped into the tobacco by a packer before the cigar was made making the find a rare accident.
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Levi J. Satterfield
Milford
Del
Satterfield
The Most Common Cause of Suffering Rheumatism Pain Relief
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Ointment as the main relief for rheumatism, noting temporary to permanent pain relief in many cases and that chronic sufferers may not gain a cure but will benefit from relief. It promotes 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by druggists.
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Mars
Mr. Stewers
Myself
Drs. Walsh
Chamberlain
Moline Vaudeville House Closes On Orders From Chicago
The Elite theater in Moline shut its doors after the evening show on orders from the Western Vaudeville Managers Association Chicago offices. A quo warranto action tests the legality of a saloon license issued for Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street with F Q Johnson representing local residents against W J Helmele, M D Rosenfield, agent for United Breweries, and former officer Henry Vandegerichte. George Gould and other delegates return from Elgin with new National Association of Stationary Engineers officers elected J L Randles of Peoria president W L Parker of Elgin vice president W E Hill of Moline secretary-treasurer. A tramp tailo r steals $11.75 from the Smith Panitorium cash drawer as the cashier briefly steps away. Odd Fellows plan union memorial services Sunday with over 1,200 members in Moline and surrounding branches expected to participate.
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James Lynch
Elite
Chicago
Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association
Moline Playhouse
Fourth Avenue
Seventh Street
F. Q. Johnson
Moline
W. J. Helmele
M. D. Rosenfield
United Breweries Company
Henry Vandegerichte
George Gould
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Elgin
J. L. Randles
Peoria
W. L.parker
W. E. Hill
Monument to Adam at Hickory Grounds
Baltimore builder Joan I Brady sets a monument at his Gardenville Md country house for Adam the first man. A plain square concrete shaft with a sundial marks the memory and a masculine dedication, with Eve excluded.
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Joan I. Brady
Baltimore
Hickory Grounds
Gardenville
Adam
Brady
Eve
Adams First Man Memorial Shaft Dedicates in America
A circular sundial surround bears Sic transit gloria mundi as the inscription. Mr Brady notes the theme of Adam in memorials and says Adam’s arrival set mankind on its path, acknowledging both blame and gratitude for early humanity.
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Adam
Brady
Think Hard It Pays to Think About Food
A Fond du Lac Wisconsin woman shares how four years of indigestion and heart palpitations improved after switching to Grape-Nuts and Postum. Within a month she aura regained energy and health, gained weight, and praised the products as the cause of her recovery.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Postum
Wellville
Oranges Ripening in California Heralds Fine Crop
Special Correspondent reports favorable climatic conditions for the California navel orange crop. Weather has been perfect, growers expect a harvest that surpasses previous seasons in quality and flavor. The Sunkist fruit shows exceptional succulence due to careful cultivation and ideal ripening conditions.
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California
No clear headline in this fragmentary quotation
The passage ponders homages to pioneers across fields and questions the value of monuments. It mentions Adam and Eve and reflections on heroism, framing a discourse on legacy and recognition. The text lacks a concrete event, date, or identifiable figures beyond biblical names.
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Adam
Eve
An Exception and Caviare Style Dialogue Highlight
The passage contrasts a playful exchange about history repeating itself with a quip on learning history. It notes the rarity of caviare by sturgeon as Shakespeare’s Hamlet mentions it, framing a dialogue that blends humor with literary reference.
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Little Joe
Joe
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Dysentery Treated With Chamberlains Remedy Cited
An honored citizen of Wolcott Vermont recovered from a severe dysentery attack after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Drugstore owner M J Leach says he stocked it and the patient was promptly cured. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
M. J. Leach
Wolcott
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A. D. Summers
LeClaire
Old Home Week Association
Pert Brown
Pete Petersen
Main Street
Fifth Street
Pierce
Frank Lpierce
Western Union
Second
Brady Streets
Minnie Moenck
Grand
Galesburg
Moench
Scott County
Isaac Petersberger
Robert Smythe
J. P. van Patten & Sons
Pinkham
de. T. M. Walsh
Chicago Medical Institute
DRS
Smith Panitorium
Seventeenth Street
Henry Robbs
Big Lodge
Odd Fellow Lodges
Odd Fellows
America
Man
Gold Dust Twins
N. K. Fairbank Company
People’s National Bank
Thez
L. Kramer & Son
Ninth Street
L. C. Pfoh
Third Avenue
E. H. Clement
20Th St
Boulevard Grocery
A. W. Diedrich
L. W. Gibler
7Th Ave
Sittig & Stahmer
17Th St
Lange & Heitman
Sieghartner & Boetje
Sieghartner & Boetje Company
3Rd Ave
Apple Bros
Eighth Street
Larson & Larson
15Th St
Chansky
Twelfth Street
C . Blades
Peterson Seros
J. Silverman
Chas. Holmgren
5Th Ave
G. S. Johnson
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