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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1904
Page
1
Davenport Davenport County notes highlight individuals visiting Davenport from Princeton LeClaire and nearby towns. City council debates 1905 appropriations. theatre companies and entertainers tour through town. Public figures and residents converse on business, travel, and social events in a busy Saturday through Sunday slate.
Roseville New Mexico December 5 Emma L Geseert of Columbus Ohio bookkeeper at the sanitarium at his Mace strangled herself using a necktie. The cause of the act is unknown. A droplet ad follows for a pile cure with a patent medicine paste.
The asphalt paving on Perry street between Seventh and Ninth was completed Sunday evening and appears to be an excellent piece of work.
The final report is issued by the referee in the case Putin Donahue versus Kate Sanford and others. Disbursements total $14, with property secpints described as webs. The document summarizes the concluded proceedings and allocations.
The Chicago Woman's Club has adopted a calendar for the coming year. Compiled by Drs Elizabeth P Hall it features quotations poetry and conduct rules on each page. Aimed at uplifting homemaking and social conduct the calendar includes phrases about discretion and emphasis on comfort over material things.
Derby, December 3. Lawrence Tete, 25, survived 33,000 grita of electricity at the Cheshire powerhouse last spring. He must relearn walking but has recovered sufficiently, with physicians crediting the extreme voltage for saving his life. He has been under specialist care and now shows able progress.
Cleveland reports a runaway horse sprinting toward Jefferson and Fairland streets. Willie Rock and other schoolchildren froze then acted, pulling several pupils from danger before the horse struck Willie. He was crushed by a wagon but survived, aided by bystanders and Dr. Buffet after brief collapse. The incident ends with a quip about choosing literature as a profession.
Prof Laenas G Weld of the University of town will present The Life History of a Star at Science Hall tonight as the Davenport Academy of Sciences concludes its six lecture series. He will discuss celestial evolution, planet disappearance, meteors, and the origins of suns and stars with lantern slides, promising an instructive evening.
The Unitarian fair, a major society event of the week, runs Thursday afternoon to Friday evening with a supper each night. It features numerous helper tables including Apron, Fancy, Ramona, Handlereflel, Doll, Stocks and Belts, Ching, California, Pape gnats, Frustabie, Candy, ice cream, and Country store managed by a long list of community members.
Mr Charles Call resigns from Rock Island Railway after years in local freight and takes charge of the railroad department at Fel Lumber in Rockford Illinois. Rockford Fuel Lumber Co is a large Illinois lumber firm. Call’s mother will not accompany him.
On Saturday evening at 7 o clock Mr Fred McGrelnas and Miss Goldie Petersen, both of Davenport, were united in marriage at the parsonage of Second Presbyterian church. Rev Mott Re Sawyers officiated. Attendants were Mr John McGrethias and Miss Lillie Peterson. The newlyweds will reside with friends at 193 Body Bliset Davenport.
Mr Lee, manager, has arranged for 1 number of specialties to be given during the evening. The complete program will be published in tomorrow night's Star.
In New York a hyena in Central Park caused laughter among visitors, disturbing a mother who smacked her son amid the din. The boy’s mother later learned the hyena’s continued noise could affect her own voice, a doctor noting temporary vocal impact.
A notice states the Garrick Dramatic Club meeting is postponed to Tuesday December 33 1904. A Second Presbyterian Church event details an evening gathering with Miss Sala at 1702 Brady for The Beacon Lights of the Calvary Baptist church. Church board and elders plan a meeting later this week at the church in Davenport.
Superintendent Crofts of the railroad visited the city to discuss the Bettendorf terminal matter and seek a conclusion. Officials and Eastern stockholders are in consults, with views being gathered to reach a practical adjustment.
Tri-City Construction Co has secured the contract to erect Sieg Iron Co building at Fifth and Iowa streets Davenport. The firm plans to invest about 28,000 dollars for the grounds and the three story pressed brick warehouse will stand 22 feet high and enhance the business blocks of Davenport.
Washington reports Senators and Representatives from the West discuss the El Paso irrigation congress. They back a policy of homebuilding and public-domain preservation, oppose land speculation, and urge repeal of timber and stone laws while supporting reforestation and delayed desert-land requirements.
Market summaries show wheat and corn receipts in thousands of bushels with Chicago and Duluth totals. Cattle and hog markets opened weak to steady with mixed ranges. sheep steady. Liverpool and U.S. yards report price movements and primary receipts. cash wheat prices listed for No 2 red through spring varieties. A short obituary-like item titled The Manag at Her Marriage describes a gown and a fleeting incident.
Dr John Mulvey who runs a school and hospital for dogs and cats appeared before Magistrate Ommen in a west side court over a claim by Florence Scott of 219 West Sixty eighth Street that Mulvey illegally retained her dog. Scott says the dog was to be trained for nine dollars per week and that after a week she was told the dog would take longer. she was asked to pay three dollars more to continue lessons. The court heard Mulvey deny the allegations and note the doctor’s long acquaintance with the dog, with a probation officer having previously visited Mulvey’s place. Mulvey left court promising to comply.
Topeka Kansas state accountant Raye has not settled Rowett's state expense bill. The auditor wants a $112 amount repaid from the voucher indicating an illegal draw. Rowett prefers to return the money directly to the treasury and obtain a receipt. A public record of the transaction would be created. The dispute delays final approval of the August expense bill.
Dallas report notes McKinney appears poised to win the Texas Presbyterian University project valued above $500000. The Ideal committee indicates strong support for McKinney, with Kone donating about $73000 in money and other benefits.
A fragmentary verse item notes a playful contrast between glamorous promise and sparse reward, mentioning hot Atlanta and a wealthy bachelor. It hints at offers that look tempting while the speaker only earns air, preserving the period voice in a compact card teaser.
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