Pickpockets at Work at Davenport Carnival Night
News of the neighbors reports a wave of pickpockets in carnival crowds despite police presence. Notable incidents include Thomas Johnson losing a gold watch and Gus Boeckelmann losing $22, with no descriptions of the thieves. Other items cover a runaway wagon injuring E L Gerdts, a second crop of strawberries, a new cashier at Home Savings bank, a bicycle and motorcycle collision, an obituary record for Nicholas Reuter and deaths of Mrs Fretta Metzger and Adolph Petersen.
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Thomas Johnson
Gus Boeckelmann
Union Street
Nicholas Reuter
West Fifth Street
Fretta Metzger
James Metzger
Davenport
Lombard Avenue
Adolph Petersen
West Fourteenth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Petersen
Scott County
Margaretha Petersen
Emma Sage
Elsa Schroeder
Alvina Plagman
Local notes from Moline and surrounding towns mixed family news
Foster and others visit relatives in Wrayville while Miss Kleist recovers from a knee injury and poison. many Iowa and Illinois visits to Muscatine Grandview Joy and Aledo Fair. illness, funerals, and social events. Mrs Olson dies in Moline after cancer. obituary and local incidents include a runaway wagon and a disputed Corns funds in South Molino schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meyer
Muscatine
Iowa
Wrayville
Kate Kleist
J. H. Bendler
GOLD DUST Cleanser Promises Sparkling Pots and Pans
An advertisement touts GOLD DUST as a superior cleaner for kitchens. It claims the powder makes pots and pans spotless quickly and thoroughly, offering a fast alternative to soap and other cleansers.
Hampton Church Holds Sunday Service and Visits
Hampton Methodist church held services at 11 a m Sunday led by Rev W R Wiley presiding elder for the district. Visitors include Mrs Augustus Butterfield from Colorado and Joseph Adams from Mason City Iowa staying with his mother Mrs Anna Adams. Mr and Mrs William Bishop of Moline called on Hampton relatives. G W Turner plans improvements on Broad street home. Carl Guekert visits Springfield Illinois friends during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Methodist Church
W. R. Wiley
Augustus Butterfield
Hampton
Colorado
Joseph Adams
Mason City
Iowa
Anna Adams
William Bishop
Moline
Local residents note health, travel, and farewells
Farmers are busy hulling clover. John Rocker improves slowly with Mr. Johnson of Albany visiting. Mrs. Rose LaRue of Rock Falls visits her sister Mrs. Robert Pearsall. A number from the locality attended Mr. Johnsons funeral in Cordova last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rocker
Mr. Johnson
Albany
Rose LaRue
Rock Falls
Robert Pearsall
Johnson
Cordova
Hazel Dell Evening Honoring Muscatine Guests
Miss Della Barrett hosted about 50 friends Saturday at her father's home. The event honored Minnie Bruner and Helen Dealing of Muscatine. Guests enjoyed games and music with refreshments of ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Barrett
Minnie Bruner
Helen Dealing
Muscatine
Charles Mewes Sr
Anna Kleist
Copper Creek
Christ Ruthenburg
William Ruthenburg
William Piesch
Foster
Ed Barrett
Mary Yates
Rock Island
John Powell
Mr. Richardson
Tlinois City
Sherrard Man Sustains Broken Collarbone At Quitting Time
Robert Gibson was injured when a mule kicked as he sat down in a car after leaving the mines last Monday evening. Dr. Martin treated the fracture. Other items note relocation of furniture, births, visits, and travel between Cuba, Davenport, Coal Valley, and Idaho Springs, with several residents visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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Robert Gibson
Martin
John Clark
Cuba
George Bell
Fred Gregg
Elwood
Arnold
Coal Valley
John Meurling
Davenport
Meurling
George Lee
Ralph
Kenneth
Idaho Springs
Col
Mr. Lee
Mary McFarlane
Oscar Tando
Chicago
Mike Grady
Implace
Elizabeth Beers
Cable
Nina Dodds
Moline
Aledo
John Beveridge
Galva
Rock Island
Vance Sherrard
Bert
Zuma Woman’s Christian Temperance elect officers
The Zuma WCTU held its annual election naming officers for the coming year. President Mrs. Julia Dow. Vice President Mrs. Oliver Eckstrom. Corresponding Secretary Mrs. D. W. Mumma. Recording Secretary Mrs. Goldie Walthers. Treasurer Mrs. Lulu Wainwright. Also notes visiting relatives and travel plans of several residents and a night blooming sociable at Mrs. Predy Schafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuma Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Presdent
Julia Dow
Peesdeat
Oliver Eckstrom
D. W. Mumma
Goldie Walthers
Lulu Wainwright
A. R. Beal
Ghter
Samuel Wainwright
Texas
Nan Fearter
Erie
Lizzie Daily
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Sdavenport
Harned & von Maur
Jersey Ridge
E. L. Gerdts
Christie Street
Philip Baker
West Second Street
Jack Frost
The
Home Savings Bank
J. F. Rochau
Joe J. Brus
Mr. Brus
Union Savings Bank
West Davenport Bank
Rochau
First National Bank
Fairfax, Okla
William H. Beenk
Warren
Second Streets
Second Street
Harrison Street
H. D. Sould
West Fifteenth Street
Beenk
Kistenmacher
Florence Ripley
Grandview
D. L. Riply
W. F. Kettlecamp
Arthur
Alma
Pearl
Goldie
Hazel
Gracie
Joy
Til
Ferdinand Mewes
Ben Zollner
Aledo Fair
Edward Feldman
Mary Alschlager
George Freyermuth
Charles Foster
West Liberty
Isaac Foster
John Bowser
Frank Thomas
Illlinois City
M. McNall
Charles France
W. France
Isabel
Eleanor, Sade
Emma
Bessie Anderson
Ella
Gladys Foster
Albert Workman
Carrie Freyermuth
Arizona Watson
Port Byron
Thomas Watson
Ill
Dr. Bendle
Dr. Twigg
McIntyre
Lee Morse
J. H. Foster
John Morse
Edward Mewes, Jr
Nacomis
Springfield
William Ripley
Nola Gillett
Roe Stewart
H. Gifford
South Moline Township
Louis Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
John Corns
Corns
Peoria
Air
James Marks
L. M. McNurlin
Marks
Silvis
Markas
Magistra
Frank Gustafson
J. P. Johnson
Little
Colona
Fifteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Anna Maria Olson
Eleventh Street
Sweden
John
Inga Anderson
Carlson
Theodore Wahlberg
C. L. T. Carlson
H. W. Carlson
This City
Oscar T. Carlson
Nettie
George Wilson
Oakdale Cemetery
N. K. Fairbank
the Tri-cities
Second Avenue
G. W. Turner
Broad Street
Carl Guekert
Springfield, Il
Franklin O. Carter
M. D
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Carter
Food For
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Hazel Dell
Sherrard
Vinall
Flower Society
Zuma
Charles Hurlburt
Hurlburt
Dakota
Frank Knowles
California
Leverett Knowles
Mojine
Clarence
Leslie Hannah
Daniel Harry Wallenwaber
H. R. Brown
Life Insurance
Connecticut Mutual Life
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