Davenport News Briefs From Ottumwa to Local Courtroom
Davenport delegates returned from Ottumwa after landing the next meeting of the Retail Grocers association. In court, cashier B S McCully was found not guilty of false entries over a $1000 loan dispute, lifting a heavy burden from his wife. Other items note Navy recruiting station closures, bond issued for Henry Lussman for contempt after threat, and obituaries of John J Boldt and Julia M McCullough with life histories and survivor details.
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Ottumwa
Davenport
Retail Grocers’ Association
B. S. McCully
Princeton Savings Bank
Scott County
Judge House
Mr. McCully
William Gruenwald
Gruenwald
Henry Lussman
Hickory Grove
Henry Meints
Meints
Bollinger
Milan Memos Highlight Local Visits and Updates
Harold Brown returns from a two week visit to his uncle Melvin Reeser on Saturday. Miss Lina Lewis of Cable visits Mrs. A. P. Nelson Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wharton English of Davenport visit Milan relatives. Don Smith attends commencement in Cambridge to see grandparents. Mrs. M J Mullett of Chicago visits Milan parish. Milan teachers Miss Caldwell Miss McQuaid Miss Shellman wrap up a successful school year in Silvis then return home. Mrs. Rene Ruge and Ruth visit kin near Andalusia. Mrs. Mary Goben remains critically ill on Water Street. Postmaster Little hobbles with lumbago. Rev. and Mrs. Henry Cullen plan a trip to Viola. Dr Cullen to return for Sunday duties. James Pierce of Moline visits Milan. Helen Lafferty closes East Moline school and returns home. Mrs. R. McLaughlin celebrates 86th birthday. Tom and Hattie Crawford recover from typhoid and hope to be about soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Melvin Reeser
Lina Lewis
Cable
A. P. Nelson
Wharton English of
Davenport
Susanna Walker
Don Smith
Cambridge
M. J. Mullett
Chicago
Presbyterian Parsonage
L. M. Becker
Caldwell
McQuaid
Shellman
Silvis
Milan
Miss Caldwell
Rene Ruge
Ruth
James Pierce
Moline
Helen Lafferty
East Moline
R. McLaughlin
Tom
Hattie Crawford
Exercise for All: Balancing Muscles and Health
Charles H. Cochrane notes in Metropolitan Magazine that every person must perform physical work or exercise to avoid early death and disease. He contrasts hod carriers with office workers, factory operatives, and the wealthy, warning that some neglect muscles while athletes overdo training, leading to imbalance and harm.
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Charles H. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
Real Fire Engine Sparks Farm Blaze in Worcestershire
A Worcester Insurance Company’s move to motorize its fire engine led to a spectacular chain reaction. Sparks from an unprotected funnel ignited a straw wagon and nearby stacks on a Kempsey farm, forcing the engine to halt when its water tube burst before reaching the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcestershire
England
Worcester Insurance Comany
Kemptey
Boston Post
Moline Interurban Hits Wagon at Twenty sixth Street
Edward Wyman, a Cady quarry teamster, barely escaped injury when his wagon was struck by an eastbound interurban at Twenty sixth street and Fourth avenue at 7 20. A Rock Island man riding the front of the car suffered slight injuries. Wyman’s wagon wheel was smashed and the car modestly damaged. The man was taken to Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wyman
Cady Stone
Twenty-sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Rock Island
Wyman
Officer Arrests Peddler for Cruelty to Animals
An officer halted a fruit peddler after his horse collapsed from exhaustion. The man was fined 12.80 dollars for cruelty to animals and taken to the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Basuros
Davenport
Grell
Basuros
Sherrard Social Notes Move and Visits Highlight Week
Mr Gregg moved his furniture and family to Coal Valley to start a new business there. Mrs Fred Masters and daughter Clara and son Sylver visited Shefield. Emma Clark of Rock Island and Sadie Engles with her son Charles visited east of Sherrard. Sam stayed in Sherrard. Many young ladies attended the Orion ball game last Friday. Mrs John Anderson of Des Moines and baby came for Maggie Collingwood’s death and plan to return home after visits. Mr and Mrs George Lee visited in Orion. Mrs Charles Sass Nina Sass and Mrs William Bell with children went to Jamestown for a visit. The Sherrard baseball team defeated Wood Hall Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Fred Foster welcomed a baby girl born Tuesday May 26. Thomas Davis and daughter Sarah with niece Miss Allen visited Colfax last week. James Gray of Moline visited the Stevens family this week. Miss Bertha Stevens of Rock Island spent the day with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg
Coal Valley
Fred Masters
Clara
Sylver
Sheffield
Emma Clark
Rock Island
Sadie Engles
Charles East
Sherrard
Sam
Orion
John Anderson
Baby
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Foster
Thomas Davis
Sarah
Miss Allen
Colfax
James Gray
Moline
Stevens
Bertha Stevens
Rock Island J
Joseph Stevens
Zuma News Highlights Silent Decoration Day Plan
Rev Hull delivered a memorial sermon last Sabbath. Several residents visited relatives in Port Byron and Moline. Edna Mumma closed her Enterprise school with a program. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Heron. Decoration day exercises are canceled at Zuma with cemetery gatherings urged at 2 PM.
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Hull
Ellen McMurphy
Port Byron
Lizzie Walthers
Moline
Charles Walthers
Albert Bailey
Council Bluffs
James Sears
Oliver Eckstrom
John O'Hara
Frank
Homer Sells
Hillsdale
Zuma
George Oliver
Mamie Wainwright
Port Byron Wednessay
Edna Mumma
Enterprise
Fred Heron
Florence Whiteside
Margaret Allen
Goldie Wainwright
Memorial Day program at Foster schoolhouse detailed
Foster Baptist Sunday school plans a Memorial Day observance on Friday May 29 at the Foster schoolhouse under S L Jameson. The program features songs recitations and flag exercises by local children with multiple students named including Nola Gillett Sade A Kleist Louise Foster and Clara Foster among others.
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Lee Freise
Sweetland Center
Iowa
S. L. Jameson
Nola Gillett
Sade A. Kleist
Adelbert Foster
Illinois
Charlie “Pietsch
Jessie Beadle
Ida Yeater
Fern Kldst
Kate Kleist
Verna Stewart
Agnes Stewart
Mildred Vanatta
Grand Old Army
Clara Foster March
Rataplan
Edginton Notes Local Transactions and Storm Damage
Charles Bognar did business in Rock Island on Tuesday. Marshall Titterington nears completion of a new barn. Tom Gardner visited Rock Island on Sunday. Clyde Bursch hosted a small party with games and music Saturday night. The storm Monday night caused extensive damage including roof damage.
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Charles Bognar
Rock Island
Marshall Titterington
Tom Gardner
Clyde Bursch
Local notes and visits from Silvis to Red Island
Will Baker’s corn crib and large trees were removed. Mr and Mrs John Lowe of Silvis visit Mrs Gus Hintermeister. Fred Hofer visits his parents in Red Island. Ike Richardson of Davenport visits his mother Mrs Richardson.
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Will Baker
John Lowe
Silvis
Gus Hintermeister
Fred Hofer
Red Island
Ike Richardson
Davenport
Richardson
Eagles Elect Officers At State Convention
The Fraternal Order of Eagles state convention in Quincy Illinois elected officers including President Walter F. Gobeck of Alton and Vice President Grant Walker of Chicago Heights along with Chaplain N J Kenney of Peoria Conductor H B Woods of Herrin Secretary Jobo Fuelbier of Quincy and Treasurer A W Christopher of Moline May 29 report notes the meeting adjourned in Quincy.
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Rock’ Island
Quincy
Springfield
Ill
Order of Eagles
Walter F. Gobeck
Alton
Grant Walker
Chicago Heights
N. J. Kenney
Peoria
H. B. Woods
Herrin
Jobo Fuelbier
A. W. Christopher
Moline
Annual meeting set for May 1909 at Springfield
Outside guard S H Cooper of Bloomington and outside guard A B Benjamin of Danville noted. Trustee R O Deason of Murphysboro Springfield was chosen as the site for the next annual meeting in May 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Cooper
Bloomington
A. B. Benjamin
Danville
R. O. Deason
Murphysboro
Springfield
300d Words for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs Edward Phillips of Barclay Maryland testifies to Chamberlains Cough Remedy praising its benefits for her two year old daughter and herself after a recent dreadful cold The remedy is advertised as available at all druggists with no subscription required
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Edward Phillips
Barclay, Md
Catherine
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United States Naval Department
Naval
Whitaker Building
Third
Brady Streets
San Francisco
Navy
John J. Boldt
West Seventh Street
Mr. Boldt
Lunden
Otto
Rnold Boldt
Julia M. McCullough
Francis McCullough
Merry Street
McCullough
Julia Minor
Jacksonville
Fla
Milwaukee
L. Frank & Son Company
Strecker
Lewis
Second Avenue
S. S
S. S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Harper House Pharmacy
Harvard
Russell M
Story
Rey
W. M. Story
Monmouth College
Harvard University
Francis Parkham
Eastern School
America
O— Johnson Lund
Gust Mossburg
Hattie Sophia Land
Carl William Johnson
Mr. Nelson
Free Swedish Evangelical Church
Arndt Cigar Store
Fifteenth Street
Emerson Hough
Saturday Evening Post
Tar Curtis Pusiisuina Company
ILA Despna
Lutes
Foster
Edgington
Quaker Oats Company
New Rockford, North Dakota
Q Depot
Hunyadi
Janos
Gustav Blankenburg
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