Mothers gives up children to find good homes in Davenport
News of the neighbors reports a mother relinquishing her two children, a girl two years and a boy ten months, to Mrs. G W Hill. Supervisor Julius Sander arranged care at Morb onia hospital while plans for adoption are formed. Also two Davenport saloons on East Fourth and East Second streets were closed for selling liquor on Sundays, with notices revoking licenses and warning arrest for continued operation. The Kennedy Buck Grocery firm closed doors amid a possible sale of its assets and debt concerns. Obituaries note deaths of Maria Bauer and Mrs. Franka Fecker with details of their families and origins.
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G. W. Hill
Milan Notes and Community Terms Across Local Week
Milan social roundup reports Miss Martha Baker and Nellie Liphardt visiting Mrs. Rebekah McLaughlin, John Montgomery en route to the Presbyterian general assembly in Kansas City, and various Milan and Rock Island residents visiting relatives. Memorial services were held, illnesses noted, and local infrastructure work updates given along with a closing promotion for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Baker
Nellie Liphardt
Rock Island
Moline Board Orders Full Rebuild of Defective Asphalt
City Attorney G A Shallberg says the Fifteenth street paving laid by Berber Asphalt is defectively constructed and demands full reconstruction not mere patching. The firm promises repairs, but the city insists on complete replacement. No reply has been received. Veterans to Talk to Students. Civil war vets will address school pupils next week at Lincoln Ericsson Washington Grant and the high school. Talks cover Shiloh and Atlanta battles and Sherman’s March to the Sea among others if enthusiasm grows. Eagle Delegates Go to Quincy for State Convention. Five Moline Eagles delegates attend the Illinois Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in Quincy today through Thursday. Rebekah Lodges Plan June Meeting. Myrtle Rebekah lodge hosts the ninth annual Tenth district assembly June 17 with about 300 delegates expected at Metropolitan hall. Obituary Record. Mr and Mrs C F Kerns of 1930 Sixth avenue announce the death of their daughter Elizabeth aged 2 years 6 months from whooping cough leading to pneumonia.
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Board of Local Improvements
G. A. Shallberg
Barber Asphalt Company
Fifteenth Street
Shallberg
Graham Post
W. C. Bennett
Lincoln
Ericsson
Washington
Mississippi
E. B. Knox
Grant
Fort Morgan
Montgomery
Ala
D. O. Reid
Shiloh
John Gamble
Atlanta
Andersonville
EB. B. McKeever
Rosseau
Sherman
Eagle
Moline Aerie of Eagles
Quincy
Illinois
Order of Eagles
Moline Lodge
Axel Christopher
C. E. Brown
Joseph Ullman
Frank Schaffer
Emil Johnson
Rebekahs
Myrtle Rebekah Lodge
LO. O. F
Tenth District Assembly
Rebekah
Tenth District
Metropolitan Hall
C.F. Kerns
Sixth Avenue
Elizabeth
Wheat and corn futures quoted in Chicago market
Chicago May 26 money and commodity prices show Wheat May 162% 106 10214 104% with July 90% 92 90 92 and September 87% 0 87 89. Sores May 7544 78% 7344 78 and July 66 68% 66 68 September 6444 66% 645% 6654 Oats May 54% 55 54 55 July 4744 47% 47 4756 September 37% 38 37 38 Park May 13.52 13.70.
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Chicago
Wheax
Soren
Park
Doan's Kidney Pills Heralded By Rock Island Citizen
A Rock Island resident urges reliance on Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. Mrs. Isaac Shiffer cites her husband’s two year battle with kidney pain and backache, saying Doan's relieved symptoms after use. Sold everywhere 50 cents by Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Isaac Shiffer
Fifth Avenue
Rock Island
Ill
Doan
Harper House
Paing
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
United States
Lake No Other
Hogs and Cattle Markets Open Steady then Weaken
Daily market report from Omaha and Kansas City notes hogs and cattle opening steady with early gains. Hog prices range five to five fifty per hundred weight, later slipping five to ten cents. Sheep and cattle show steady openings. export and grain receipts listed, with regional stockyard totals and New York stock quotes included.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Eczema Cure Revealed by St Louis Chemist
A St Louis chemist reports a simple remedy named Zemo cures eczema once deemed incurable. By targeting skin germs with active vegetable compounds, initial use relieves itching and burning and persistent use clears germs from the skin. Harper House Pharmacy endorses Zemo as an honest medicine delivering claimed skin relief.
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St. Louis
Zemo
Harper House Pharmacy
Agricultural price list and elixir advertisement
A vintage price list shows livestock and feed costs with lambs at 5.00 and cattle steers from 3.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.00, calves 4.00 to 5.50, forage prices, and coal. The ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents from Harper House Pharmacy, claiming it revitalizes the body.
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Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Harper House Pharmacy
Hollister
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J. Q. Paddock
Henry Dart
Scott County Mercantor Company
Thomas F. Halligan
Halligan Coffee Company
Buck
California
Maria Bauer
Carl Bauer
Mercy Hospital
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Germany
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Franklin Street
Franka Fecker
John W. Fecker
West Radersehn
America
Mary Speiss
Henry Fecker
Emma Wulff
Clara Fecker
van Camp
Michigan
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Zain Bore
Jeerd
Rock Island, IL
Strecker
Lewis
Second Avenue
Milan
James McQuaid
Denver
Harold Lovell
Lovell
Arthur Criswell
Stephen Mitton
Dick Mitton
Carbon Cliff
Water Street
George McMichael
Addie
Detroit
Mich
Presbyterian Church
Henry Cullen
Anta Modtania
J. Conway
St. Anthony's Hospital
William Buschart
Clinton
Iowa
Charles Thompson
Third Street
Squire
Thorpe
Ed Kvans
Drury
Sam Wetzler
Peoria
Albert MccGreer
New Boston
Ilinois
Muscatine
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
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Senate
Pinkerton
Dean
Uly
Lara
New York
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Reading
Southern Pacific
N. ¥. Central
Missouri Pacific
Smelters
Canadian Pacific
Illinois Central
Penna
Erie
Atchison
Locomotive
Sugar
St. Paul
Copper
Republic Steel
Southern Ry
Price
Fryer Qa Co
Fourth Avenue
Beye
ILL & Ehler
Third Avenue
Ctly
Roca Island
Ile
York
Sieghartner
Boetje
The
Strictly Cash Grocers
People's National Bank
Room
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Tri-City Loan CO
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