News of the Neighbors in Davenport
Paralysis strikes J l Manker of T W McClelland company leaving him in critical condition Sunday afternoon. Attachments on carnival tents are released as United States Tent and Awn ing Co claims ownership and plans shipment back to Chicago. The Cary carnival’s finances remain unclear as bills await audit and assets are stripped. Civic Federation sues over Pohlmanns saloon near Mt Ida Rockingham road seeking injunction. Obituaries report the deaths of Joseph Elmer Port and Marie Sophia Ivers, widow of Julius Ivers, a German-born Davenport resident since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. l. Manker
T. W. McClelland Company
Mr. Manker
United States Tent & Awning Company of
Chicago
F. A. Cooper
Eckhardt
Carnival Company
H. B. Marks
Meyer & Block
Civic Federation of
Scott County
Nels Petersen
H. B. Betty
J. H. Pohlmann
Emma Jansen
Pohlmann
Rockingham Road
Mt. Ida
Rockingham
Joseph Elmer Port
Glenn Port
Marie Sophia Ivers
William Wunder
West Fifth Street
Julius Ivers
Germany
Davenport
Linen and Handkerchief Showers for Miss Fraser and Miss Winter
Social affairs note Miss Grace Wright hosted a linen shower for Ethyl Fraser at 1515 Eighth avenue with about 15 guests, a decorative bell gift moment, and a green white wedding color theme. A separate handkerchief shower for Miss Cora Winter proceeded at 725 Twenty-third street with embroidery and a table setting in green and white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fraser
Grace Wright
Eighth Avenue
Ethyl Fraser
Ethyl. Fraser
Catherine Donaldson
Elsie Schocker
Miss Winter
Cora Winter
Anna
May Streckfus
Twenty-third Street
Mary Paul
1127
Twentieth Street
Schwecke
Moline News Highlights A Mix Of Local Incidents And Markets
Fall injures Mrs Charles Swim at 1503 Seventeenth street as she broke her left leg below the knee. Midland car finishes fourth in a 24 hour race despite tire troubles and controlled speeds. Police recover four stray bicycles and seek owners. Co R Wood leaves Moline Incandescent Lamp for Westinghouse. Rev Floyd B Hardin accepts Unitarian church pastorate. will return soon. Obituary notes Scheuna Spiiet and Gust Palmquist. Palmquist long time Moline resident dies. Stock quotes list major market names and prices in New York trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Swim
Seventeenth Street
Midland Motor Car Company
Milwaukee Automobile Company
John E. Miller
Earl Lathan
Scheuna
Adolph Spiiet
River Road
Gust Palmquist
Moline
Hishi Fourth Avenue
Mr. Palmquist
Sweden
Deere & Co
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company
Palmquist
Conrad
Arthur Palmquist
William Lindquist
Geneseo
C. O. Peterson
Markets Report Chicago Sept 29 Quotations and Receipts
Chicago market notes show wheat and corn futures with September and December bids, hogs and cattle prices, and receipts. Hog market opened strong, later weak to ten cents lower. cattle steady, sheep weak. Northwest and Duluth receipts listed. Bradstreet reports grain supply up by 11.41 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kansas City
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Bradstreet
Local Market Conditions and Prices in Rock Island
Wholesale prices in Rock Island dated Sept 29 show provisions and produce with fresh eggs at 20 cents per dozen, live poultry hens at 8 cents per pound, springs 12 to 14 cents, butter 22 cents, lard at 11 cents, vegetables with potatoes 6 to 65 cents, onions 45 cents, beets 40 cents, turnips 40 cents. Grain includes corn 82 cents, oats 47 to 50 cents, wheat 85 to 90 cents. forage prices for Timothy hay 6.50 to 9, prairie 7.50 to 9, clover 10 to 11, straw 6.50. Coal lump 14 cents per bushel, slack 7 to 8 cents. Also a testimonial for Dr King’s New Life Pills credited to N H Brown of Pittsfield VT, praised for stomach, liver and bowels relief, 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Brilliant Aurora For Exposition Opening
Members of the Rock Island Exposition company disclaim responsibility for the aurora borealis display last evening. Some credited it to Exposition park or Davenport as a counter attraction, but both theories are unfounded. The northern lights were brilliantly visible though clouds obscured parts of the view, with occasional two rings and shafts of light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Exposition Company
Exposition Park
Davenport
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Jackson
Society
the Argus
Joseph Scherrer
Helen Hodgson
Charles E. Hodgson
Sixth Avenue
Helen
Cornelia Comegys
Anie Comegys
Francis Medill
Anna Truesdale
Irene Zimmerman
Eleanor Huntley
Russel Huntley
Spencer Memorial Methodist Church
F. E. Shult
Mr. Shult
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mary Strohbehn
Watch Tower Inn
Cathryn Hampson
Cathryn Boney
Jane Finnegan
Poliice
Westinghouse People— Co
R. Wood
Moline Incandescent Lamp Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Floyd B. Hardin
Unitarian Church
New York
U. P
U.S. Steel
U. S. Steel
Reading
Southern Pacific
N. Y. Central
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Smelters
Canadian Pacific
Witneis Central
Penna
Erie
Lead
Atchison
Locomotive
Sugar
St. Paul
Copper
Southern Ry
Illinois Theater Building
Williamson
J. P. Williamson
Weogat
Dr. King
N. H. Brown
Pit‘sfield
Aurora
THE
ARGUS
Ieeengs Bitters
B. Zimmer & Son Gailors
Elks Building
Eightenth St
Chicago Medical Institute
Walsh
Drs. Walsh, Walsh & Walsh
W. Third St
Main St
McCullough
Ludolph & Reynolds
Mitchell & Lynde Building
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
Kingsford
Kingsford & Son
Gsweso
W.Y
Rational Starch Company
Succersons
the Tri-cities
Second Avenue
Mutual Loan Company
People’s National Bank
Rock Island, Ill
C. S. M’7daniel
Harry Wallen
Waber, H. R. Brown
Life Insurance
Connecticut Mutual Life
Best In
America
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
McDaniel, Wullenwaber & Brown
Safety Building
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