Would-Be Actress Belle Frankel Arrested in Davenport
Belle Frankel an 18 year old Chicago girl using the name Lola Desmond has been found in Davenport after running away with an actor she met at Luna Park. She was located at the Palestine hotel, placed with Matron Hill, and later released on instruction from her brother pending the father’s explanation letter. Also reported: August Schurr’s will filed. Other items include a fall injury to Thomas Wagner, Lulu Bennett’s murder trial arraignment, and a Paris restaurant shooting involving Kosmos with several suspects.
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Belle Frankel
Chicago
Luna Park
Belle
Washington Street
Davenport
Lola Desmond
Lillian Russell
Palestine Hotel
East Second Street
The Woman of the West and Other Coming Attractions at Illinois Theater
A long list of Oct attractions at the Illinois theater and nearby venues includes The Woman of the West matinee on Oct 10, Human Hearts Oct 11, The Lieutenant and the Cowboy and The Denver Express Oct 12 and 16, Zeke Oct 11, The Stubborn Cinderella Oct 25, My Hoy Jack matinee Oct 26, The Girl and the Stampede Oct 31, and On the Frontier. Vaudeville shows at The Elite and The Family run 3, 8, and 9:15 p.m. Two Western dramas star Theodore Lorh and Holden Bros, with The Lieutenant and the Cowboy praised as a top modern western drama. The Denver Express is highlighted as a novel melodrama with advanced scenic effects. Human Hearts is noted for its author’s experience and stagecraft. A Woman of the West is billed as original western life drama. Also mentions Salubrin for hair ailments and hygiene notes for barber’s itch.
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Sixteenth Street
Second Avenue
Denver Express
Zeke
Jack
Matinee
Theodore Lorch
Illinois Theater
Loreh
R. H. Taylor
Holden Bros
Illinois
Moline Activates Flags and Industrial Updates
In Moline Clarence Trevor of Glenn and Trevor raised a Bryan and Kern banner on Fifteenth Street with consent from telephone companies to use their poles. The article also notes power bulkhead repairs at the Rock Island arsenal, a 28,000 dollar congressionally funded project, and cofferdams for barcracks as debris prevention. Obituary for longtime Moline resident Mrs Cecelia Swanson details her Sweden birth in 1823 and 37 years in Moline.
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Clarence Trevor
Glenn & Trevor
South Side
Bryan and Kern
Fifteenth Street
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-fifth Avenues
Rock Island Arsenal
Congress
Moline
Cecelia Swanson
P. N. Nelson
Eleventh Street
Swedish Lutheran Church
Swanson
Father John’s Medicine Credited With Restoring Health
A $25,090 reward pledge to any charity proves the truth of Father John O’Brien of Lowell Massachusetts and the medicine he endorsed half a century ago. The remedy was said to restore health and strength, and to cure colds and throat and lung troubles as part of its claimed power.
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Father John
Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mars
One Cleaner Replaces Many Special Preparations
The text proclaims Gold Dust as a universal cleaner that can substitute for borax ammonia kerosene and naphtha. It emphasizes its impressive range and cost effectiveness by claiming it handles washing cleaning scrubbing and scouring tasks without needing other chemicals.
The Tender Moonlight Briefly Mentioned in Letter
A fragment mentions a Tender Moonlight reflecting on tender sentiments and a quip that most any girl looks well by moonlight, attributed to a line about son and Mrs Andrew Bauer.
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Andrew Bauer
Sleeping Sickness and a Sleep Restore
An excerpt describes sleeping sickness in Africa caused by the tsetse fly, contrasting sickness with healthy sleep. It cites a Union City man who recovered after taking Vind, attributing his regained sleep and appetite to the product. HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY.
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Africa
Congo
Mr. George Hayes
Union City
Vinci
Mr. Hayes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schurr
LeClaire Township
Third
Perry Streets
Henry Vollmer
Rosa Schurr
Fritz Schurr
August Schurr
George Schurr
Charley Schurr
Frank Schurr
Carrie Schurr
Thomas Wagner
Schick Bros. Transfer Company
Front Street
Ripley and
Harrison
Wagner
St. Luke’s Hospital
Express Company
Lulu Bennett
Mary Mason
Jackson
W. G. Mott
George Kosmos
Paris
St Luke's Hospital
Kosmos
Buck Timothy
Timothy
Teddy White
Fred Coats
Henry Kirkman
John McGee
Frank, Ammerman
Sam Papas
Young Men's Christian Association
C. B. Turner
Springfield
Ill
Turner
Eighteenth Street
Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Vaughan
Annie Mack Berlein
Joe Jefferson
Sheffield
F. O. Corlbin
Carbon Cliff
Argillo’ Works
Silvis
East Moline
Rock Island Railroad Company
Dr. Myers
Thor
Safety Building
Rock Island, Il
Rock Island Safety Deposit Company
Rock Island Safety Deposit Co
Bennett
Rock Island
Williamson
Seventeenth Street
J. P. Williamson
Home, Sweet Home
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
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