Davenport News Briefs From Damaged Ledger Case and Local Happenings
The report recounts a Tower court affirmation in a damages case involving C. D. Martin as administrator, plus an insurance dispute over a $4,000 policy and a beneficiary. It covers hospital training, a fall at a trestle causing injuries, a forgery hearing delay, probate of Hannah Jacke’s estate, railway staff travel, social visits, and a health testimonial for Electric Bitters and Rocky Mountain Tea advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Tower Court
C.D. Martin
Staty
A. F. Klannigan
Ce Ellant
Sim
Lannigan
Bollinger
Wilson & Grill
W. M. Chamberlin
District Court
Tower
Anil In
Louie Adams
Robert B. Adams
Anil
Wismathe
A True Hero of The Kind That Wets Little Recognition
The piece praises a humble old bachelor who works in a shop and has stayed loyal to family duties. He walked a back yard path daily to care for his brothers and widowed mother, sacrificing ambition for them while enduring quiet hardship without complaint. The essay also notes an artist's depiction of Moses with horns in a classical painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belo
Downstalra
Oll
Sol
Earth
Sewell Ford
Branday Magazin
Soil as Living Organism in Agriculture
Soil is described as a living organism essential to crop production. The piece contrasts mineral plant nutrition with animals’ organic diets and notes soil sterility if its life is destroyed. A local anecdote follows about a man cheated of twenty dollars and a neighbor lamenting a horse accident, from the Chicago Record-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pahaw
Chicago Record- Herald
His Revenge Legacy Sparks Paris Rouen Feud
M Colombles a Paris merchant left a former Rouen sweetheart a 6000 dollar legacy after she refused to marry him twenty years earlier. The will states his motive and the couple’s distant past, framing the bequest as revenge for the spurned marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Colombles
Paris
Rouen
Strangers Now and a Newlywed Exchange
A brief quip from a bride of a month about her husband’s letters sparks a witty reply from a friend. The exchange hints that action brings wisdom and happiness, while action itself stirs further effort and hope.
Moline Notice of a Family Death and Maritime Toil
A fragmented report recalls David Ay the tether of 1 AL and AW AW times, a deathly incident at a family residence on Seventieth Street, and a long seafaring life near Cape Horn. It notes marriage to Miss Savile Davie and mentions voyages along the west coast of Central America, with glimpses of community ties in Moline and sympathy offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jriesril
Liverpool
Ana Cuimbertredl
Mointe
Ehippeners
Central
Amerivi
Ermal
Nurriagy
Miss Savile Davie
North
Digidon
Manis
Murriage
Cape Horn
Micke
Enminion
Cotter
Aenty Laker
Tervali
Unclear text on civil service exam and personal notices
Fragmented OCR narrative mentions a civil service examination, social introductions in Wetann, names like Mr and Mrs Tnituas Kearney, and various unrelated musings. The passage appears as disjointed commentary with poor coherence and numerous transcription errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetann
Tnituas Kearney
Tiwetiay
Keon Crekien
Woasrkearays
Willow Bark Cure Ad for Tobacco Habits Treatment
An advertisement for a vegetable remedy branded Willow Bark Co proposes a treatment for drinking and tobacco habits. It claims twelve years of establishment and invites readers to request literature from Danvers Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Bark CO
Danvers. LL
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Doe Wah Jack
Poe
Boron
Simneke
Beckwith
Dowsgiac, Mich
The
Lani
Tohn'f Nodtsker
John E. Bergstrom
CUS Eractor
ASD Hullder
Colfax
William Frey
Grand Hotel
Colfax Town
Insurance
J. M. Buford General Insurance Agent
Charles E. Hodgson
American Ins. Co
Newark
N. J
Continental
York Agricultural York Traders’ Ins. Co
Icago
Union Ins
Rockford
Buford Block
California
Im. D. Mack
Eighth St
John Volk & CO
Eighteenth Street
Rock Island
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
VIA
Warren J. Lynch
Viekot
St. Luke’ Hospital
Tt Clas
Ant Ted
Charlotte Pulley
Emily Towers
Nellie Mae Long
Martha Gakor
Nar
Tuvacay
Sas
Heck
Alan Laden
Antone Tiene
Ray i Walig
Mra George Wahligg
West Firth Street
Aml
Davinette
Yoang Raymond
Wwe
Bix Fen
Alfred Gorton
Dex Moines
Hannah Fredericka Louise
J. A. Conwell
N. W
St. Paul
RR. Hiennett
McManus Building
Charles Gartland
Deadwood
Alfred Bee
Welfare
Texas
Hartz & Ullemeyer
T. H. Thomas’ Pharmacy
Ewete
Rocky Mountain
Moses
Haris
Michael Auzelo
Jerome
Angelo
Moline
Strath
Secuk
Prion
Fergelits
Prien Desire
Srrererd
Helles
Osea Wilson Weil
Sam
Aiyther
Diriy
Foncia
Anii
Aline Naletresn
Lotastel
Stsrhon
uMuils Reps
Klan Elbewsthy
Anenily
Willie
Bay York
Atexagoras
Loma
U.S
Dee Wirder
New York
Chancery
Muah
Willporgy Saree
Msegtewleemure
Miny Bievekner
Charles Streeekner
Imgneenar
Deen
Bill Grance
Wook Island
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