Recover Her Diamonds and Local Notices From Davenport News
Mrs. Shackelton’s claim to diamonds may be based on rhinestone jewelry in a recovered grip at Davenport’s Perry street depot. Also covered are Emancipation Day planning, Harugari officers, obituaries, local moves, court actions, and interurban car overhauls in a dense Davenport-Dillon area update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shackelton
Chicago
Davenport
Milwaukee Road
Hutchens
Burlington Road
Ed McCannon
West Sixth Street
Beatrice
Bernice
P. M. Bracelin
East Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Clinton
Susan Tiernan
College of Medicine
State University of
Iowa
Bracelin
Susan
John
Frank
Helen Bracelin
Augusta Hanna
Pleasant Valley
Hanna
New Haslebend
Mayburg
Germany
America
Henry Hanna
Emma Ganson
Lena
Rosa
John Hummel
James Tonkins
Sherrard
Mr. Kelly
August
Viola
Louis Rosenburg
Cable
C. A. Samuelson
Rock Island
Ed Grady
William Wilson
Reynolds
Frank Lawson
Gust Samuelson
Rural
Dés Moines
George Collingwood
John Mearling
Gladys Brehme
Gilbert Swanson
Orion
George Lawson, Sr
Henry Wilson
Taylor Ridge
Martin
Mabel
John Simmons
Allen
A. E. Allely
Milan
William Ash
Toulon
Ill
Here
Watertown
Silvis
Moline Board of
Eighteenth Avenue
Fifth
Seventh Streets
Thirteenth Avenue
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Streets
Fourteenth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Avenues
Eighteenth Street
Crab Caught Off Florida Yields Spanish Doubloon
Greenwich resident J R Chard spent time near New Smyrna Florida and after landing a large crab found a corroded round metal piece identified as a Spanish doubloon dated 1608. He studies local legends that buccaneers used the area as a base and has extended his vacation to pursue a full search for treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
J. R. Chard
Greenwich
Conn
New Smyrna
Fla
Mammoth Zoo Project Planned for Kansas City
Kansas City advances a half million dollar zoo project to create a premier facility in Swope Park. The lion house will span 120 by 300 feet with room for about seventy big cats and a ten acre jungle area will let animals roam behind a 14 foot fence. The plan aims for completion in five years. Also noted is a dispatch on elephant training in Api Africa and its potential impact on transport in roadless regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
Swope Park
Paving an Arcadian Road in Fort Scott at Night
In Fort Scott Kansas a street is being macadamized and workers discontinued daytime toil due to heat. Paving proceeds by moonlight, with crews completing the task after sundown as the city center news update from The Argus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Neilson
Sunbury
Ohio
E. L. Allen
Moline
Are
Fort Scott
Kan
Laughing Gas History Early Experiments and Fame
The article recounts early nitrous oxide use by Sir Humphry Davy, noting his initial experiments, pleasurable effects, and the belief it might spark poetic inspiration. It mentions public fascination, 1802 remarks labeling inhalation as a national vice in England, and the spread of the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir
Hinaphry Davy
Davy
Humphry Davy
Bngland
Visiting Card Fad Shows Residence Plans on Back
An item notes a new visiting card fad featuring a small map on the back depicting the resident's address and surrounding streets. The exchange includes a brief joke about parrots and a comic aside on remarks overheard from an older couple. The piece aims to amuse with a topical social fashion trend.
Dr King's New Discovery Proves Best Cough Remedy
John White of 3S Highland avenue Houston Maine recounts a winter cough that vanished after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He notes similar success last season and this season with a few doses. Sold with guarantee at drug stores 59 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Highland Avenue
Houston
Maine
Dr. King
Dr. Kin
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Iowa State Christian Endeavor Union
C. F. Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Zerilda Black
L. L. Akin
Glidden
E. L. Condon
LaGrand
R. K. Atkinson
G. M. Orvis
Dubuque
Hattie Hospers
Orange City
Harugari
Mich
Bard Heerde
L. Schoenhardt
Providence
R.L
Louis Grupe
Burlington
Louis Moeller
Paul Risska
Lisbon Falls
Ewald Dollhoff
Pittsburg
National Organization
Boston
Mass
Ann Arbor
Julius Robbin
Muscatine
Busch
William, Ry and
Charles
Fred Silferlsparre
G. A. Shallberg
W. A. Meese
Dixon
Reitz-Aswege
Rock Island County
Reitz
Meese and
Shaltberg
Englind
Chile
Pica
Matila
Great
Atacama
Rathness
Atacama Desert
Europe
Kingsford
Kingsford’s
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
Kingsford & Son
Gsneco
N.Y
National Starch Company
Successens
S.S.S
S.S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Ave
London
Lucien Memminger
Department of Labor and Commerce
API
THE
ARGUS
Ataama
Zion
O. S
O. L
Polly
O. T
Lippincott's
Franklin O. Carter, M. D
Carter
Dr. Carter
Patter
Franklin O. Carter
M.D
State Street
FURNI
Ture
Second Ave
W.C. Maucker
Fire Insurance Agency
Maucker
Insurance Commissioner of
Mingin
Aachen
Munich
Ins. Co
Commercial Union Assurance Co
England
Franklin Insurance Co
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
Fourth Avenue
Noch Uslarid
ILM
Towneee Tri-City Loan Co
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