Used Name Of Another To Defraud In Davenport
A letter mix up led to a swindle attempt by John Humes who loaned 2100 dollars to George Sharp and faced a bogus mortgage payoff. Detectives arrested Humes on a forgery charge after a post office sting. Also: Deutsch sues Ferry company for 4153.96 over dock and boat advertising, Shaw indicted on multiple counts of swindling, a car collision injures three women, and several obituaries including Mrs. Wilhelmina Finger and Henry Nagel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Humes
West Second Street
Humes
George Sharp
Grundy Center
Iowa
Sharp
Ficke & Ficke
Ravenport
Humnes
Shaw
James G. Shaw
Professor Shaw
William Stutzel
McCausland
Christianson
Davenport
Torrence
Geneseo
E. S. Johnson
Eva Dow
Omaha
Charles T. Kindt
Eclock
Wilhelmina Finger
Scott County
Co. F. Finger
West Fifth Street
Lutjenburg
Holstein
Germany
Henry Techentin
Nagel
Annie Meier
August
Kansas City
Otto Krumbholz
Cedar Rapids
Henry
Henry Engelbach
Julius
Frank
Sam T. White
Fredika Studebaker
West Fifteenth Street
F. Edson
West Third Street
Studebaker
Berg Fehmann
Grand Mound
Matthias Studebaker
New Postal Substation Opens on Fifteenth Street
Moline residents gain closer postal service as the new postal station No. 7 opens on Fifteenth Street and Fifth Avenue. Merchants had long urged improved post office access for stamps money orders registered letters and supplies previously routed to Sixteenth Street and Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Lindwall
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Third Avenue
Dowager Empress Death Sparks Imperial Turmoil Rumors
Reports on the death of the dowager empress trigger mystery and rumors across China. Troops were held in readiness for days to quell potential disorders as two divisions and gendarmes were deployed to guard legations amid a tense capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
Kuang Hsu
Legations
Legation
Letter to a Blacksmith from Devoe Co
A dated sales letter argues for buy ready-made horseshoes and paint rather than handcrafting. It compares a painter mixing linseed oil and white lead to efficient machinery and urges adopting modern production. The note closes with a PS naming Paridon Wall Paper Decorating Co. as a paint seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
V. W. Devoe & CO
New York
Chicago
P. S
Paridon Wall Paper & Decorating Company
Mourning Rules Deepen as Yuan Emperor Dies
Prince Chin orders 100 days of mourning and continuation of provincial administration as the empire enters a three year mourning period. Beijing reshapes during the royal deaths with red objects removed for blue, edicts flood the capital, and the dowager empress is reported lucidly approving Prince Pu Yi as heir and Prince Chun as regent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Chin
Peking
Prince Ching
Pu-Yi
Prince Chun
Ban On Costly Dress At Women's College
The head of a renowned western women's college in Milwaukee warns rich students to quit wide brimmed Merry Widow hats and other extravagant garments. A college uniform of gingham or cheap material is to be imposed to prevent shame among poorer and wealthier students, an order that already began at the State University for hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's College
Sabin
Downer College
Milwaukee
Wis
State University
Digestive Health and Pape's Diapepsin Claim
An urgent health note extols the stomach takes three pints capacity yet bears 2 500 pounds yearly of food. It warns against indigestion from heavy meals and promises rapid relief by using Pape's Diapepsin with a one triangular tablet that aids digestion in five minutes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock Island Railroad
Silvis
Moline Club
Navy
S Club
Edwin A. Krauthoff
Krauther
Karnes New & Krauthoff
L. C. Krauthoff
Armour Packing Company of Chicago
Wingdom
United States
Bassett
Burlington Depot
F. A. Riddell
Agt
Ovid
Jones
Second Avenue, Rock Island
Rock Island, Ill
S.S.S
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
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