Have Greek Wedding in Davenport on Brady Street
Neighbors report the Davenport Greek community celebrated a Greek-language wedding at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon for Gus Kagin, owner of Brady street shining parlors, and Miss Hariso Speropoulou of Greece. About 40 guests attended, mostly Greek with five American women. Speropoulou arrived from Greece with her father, who will return soon.
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Gus Kagin
Davenport
Greece
Kagin
Miss Speropoulou
Kodol digestion aid promises quick stomach relief
A vintage ad extols Kodol as a pleasant liquid that kicks digestion into gear. It claims to mimic normal stomach juices to stop indigestion pain quickly, warns against dieting, and guarantees a full refund if customers are not satisfied after using a bottle.
Cost of living rise cited in salary increases
The article notes a 9.49 percent rise in living costs and reports Frank W. Hitchcock proposing a $5 million bump in letter carrier pay while senators and representatives gain a 50 percent raise, framing the steps as essential amid higher living costs.
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Waros Daesse
Frank W. Hitchcock
National Republican
Congress
Graft on Postal Weighing of Mails Exposed
Representative James T. Lloyd charges the postal department with stealing public funds through unfair mail weighing rules. He outlines differing interpretations from 1873 through 1907 and explains how changes in divisor calculation could shift millions in railway compensation, alleging over 70 million dollars improperly kept from the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Cortelyou
Moline News Briefs Include Fine For Vicious Dog
Moline residents read of Lars Dahlstrom fined two dollars for harboring a vicious dog that allegedly bitten several people. Also noted is Gust Gustafson, longtime local, possibly from Norway, who died after union-card work and a family without known relatives here. Publicity hire and Tampico Redmen activities are included, plus a North Dakota accident where Laura Beckwith Wahlstrand lost two fingers while chopping wood. Moline Plow adds grain drills via Monitor Drill Co. acquisition in Minneapolis with Minneapolis plant to stay open.
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Lars Dahlstrom
Forty-third Street
H. N. Williams
R. A Puller
Dahlstrom
F. F. Roberts
Wells Street
Chingoe
Gust Gustafson
Moline
Carpenters and Joiners
Gustafson
Chicago
Silvis
Norway
Laura Beckwith Wahlstrand
Herman Wahlstrand
Ashley, N. D
Wahlstrand
Moline Plow Company
Monitor Drill Company
Minneapolis
Milan
Mandt Wagon
Stoughton
Wis
Henney
Therapeutic claim for Zemo and Zemotone remedy sample
An advertisement sample claims the products Zemo and Zemotone cure a skin disease by destroying the germ-causing arts. The copy credits EB W Rose Medical Company of St. Louis and notes sale at Harper House pharmacy.
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EB. W. Rose Medical Company
St. Louis
Harper House Pharmacy
Simple Home Prescription For Catarrh And Rheumatism
Eminent authority warns of much suffering from catarrh and offers a simple home remedy. Fluid Extract Dendellan half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces shaken and taken in tea spoons after meals and at bedtime. Targets kidneys to filter poisons, with relief often after early doses and potential yearly protection.
Buggy Company and Freeport Car Niage In Freeport Ill
Obituary record notes the death of Alice Margaret six months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Six of 507 Eighteenth Avenue. She died at home in Freeport after a two week illness this afternoon.
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Alice Margaret
Ernest
Eighteenth Avenue
Home Sentra
Drink Cure Orrine Promises Money Back Guarantee
An advertisement extols Orrine as a cure for alcoholism, claiming it destroys liquor craving and restores health. It offers two forms, No 1 and No 2, priced at $1, with a refund guarantee if no cure. The Washington DC based Orrine Company promotes discreet use and mailed delivery through Harper House Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrine
Orrine Company
Washington, D. C
Harper House Pharmacy
Taft urges extending justice to Chinese in trade context
Taft argues against excluding Chinese, urging Congress and the President to extend justice and courtesy to a people from whom the nation benefits in international trade, countering Bryan's call to keep the Chinese out.
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Bryan
Mr. Taft
Congress
Executive
Far West
Taft
Bryan and Cannon Wealth Challenge in Danville Speech
In Danville Illinois Mr Bryan shows a ledger proving about 159000 in wealth from salary lectures and The Commoner profits. He challenges Speaker Cannon to reveal how he acquired his wealth and suggests his brother bankers in Danville may possess over a million.
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Speaker Cannon
Bryan
Danville
Mr. Cannon
Fess
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Mr. Bryan
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Scott County
Lena Kniegge
Rudolph Kriegge
H. E. Miles
National Association of Manufacturers
Senator Foraker
Republican Party
Oe Lp
E.C. DeWitt & Co
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el Paso
New Mexico
Colorado
Southern
Rina Seu
F. Boyd
F. H. Plummer
C.P.A
Second Ave
Lloyd
Frank Lowry
Indianapolis
East
Middle West
Moline Automobile Company
East Moline
Lowry
Tampico Redmen
Redmen
Tampico, al
Will H. Bluehorn
Illinois
Colby
Freeport Carniage Company
Freeport, Illand
Joe
Detchon
Otto Grotjan
Second Avenue
Gust Schlegel & Son
West Second Street
H. R. Battles & CO
Fred J. Hodges
National Oyster Carrier Company
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lynde
Telephone West
New Telephone
W.C. Maucker
Fire Insurance Agency
Maucker
Insurance Commissioner of Illinois
Aachen
Munich
Ins. Co
Germany
Commercial Union Assurance Co
England
Franklin Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Fire Association
German American Insurance Co
New York
Hanover Insurance Co
Hartford Fire Ins. Co
Connecticut
Insurance Co
North America
Niagara Fire Insurance Co
North British and Mercantile In Co
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Phenix Insurance Co
Phoenix Insurance Co
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Connecticut Mutual Life
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McDaniel, Wullenwaber & Brown
Safety Building
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