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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
1
Davenport and surrounding towns report court suits for debts, property deeds, and municipal matters. Local businesses, churches, and individuals are noted in brief items, including real estate transfers, changes of meeting places, and public sale announcements with dates and locations.
A Sunday program at Turner Grand offers a mix of music and film selections. Performances feature local artists and curated screenings creating an afternoon of entertainment. The event emphasizes accessible culture and community engagement with a varied lineup.
Nebraska supreme court blocks the sugar beet bounty law of 3893, ruling it unconstitutional. Legislation failed to fund payments, and disputes arose with Ox ford Beer Stipa and Norfolk company over $40,000. Also notes a move to 222 Harrigon Street by Grand Central Tea Co.
Nat Blossom, comedian, headlines a March program featuring an overture by Orpheus, Welte grand selections, and pieces by Dikade Suiliyan, Paloma, Nappy Lee, and Archiist. The event, billed as a notable recital, invites attendees to an evening of varied musical acts and descriptive scenes.
An amendment to the articles of incorporation of the Reliable Gas Machine Mfg. Co. was filed, changing articles two three and five. The firm will engage in manufacturing gas machines and appliances and may transmute into related lines. Capital stock set at 25 000 dollars, 257 shares of 100 each. Managed by a board of five directors. Amendment passed unanimously by stockholders at a Davenport meeting.
Two services of special interest at Edward's Congregational church tomorrow. Dr. Moore's morning sermon at 10 10 will be Great Privileges the Measurement of Great Responsibilities. At 7 20 the subject is Essentials or Secondary Things, Which? Special music accompanies both services. Prof Ernest Homer Beach leads the singing school and the pastor conducts Bible class inviting all to join.
The Cumberland Gun Club will hold a supper shoot at the new Grand Island range on Sunday February 12 at 2 p.m. If the range is not ready, the date remains subject to no change. Club officers are advancing the range construction and expect readiness soon. The club will meet next Tuesday evening to conduct routine business and transfers.
A warrant was issued in Justice Hall’s court against Peter Jurgensen by G F Ostrand charging him with threatening Ostrand’s life. Both men work for William Helmon at a Rockingham hotel. The court will hear the case at 10 o’clock Monday morning.
Funeral for Mrs Title Wable wife of Loule Wable will be at home 421 West Third Street at 2 o clock Monday January 8. Mrs Alice Powers died at 115 this morning. funeral services will be at St Marys Church and interment at Moly Family cemetery. she is survived by mother sisters and brothers from Davenport and Denver.
St. Petersburg July 7 A special dispatch notes that Admiral Prin Duktomibkey and Admiral Dochinsky of the Russian Navy have escaped Port Arthur in disguise. The reports describe their departure amid confusion and cloak and dagger rumors.
In Fort Wayne on January 7 three, Bil Wood and E. G. Ungerer of the city died after being struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near the tracks. The accident occurred when they were crossing or working near the rails. Further details were unavailable.
A blaze at No 223 Brady Street damaged the Star Photo Novelty studio and the adjacent S M Reynolds hardware shop. Losses include camera stock and clothing valued at 400 to 500 dollars, plus 1200 to 1800 dollars for hardware stock damaged by water. The fire started in Mrs Davis’s sleeping room, likely from a lamp or an unextinguished match. Insurance covers the building and hardware stock. Davis’s property was not insured. The Turner Grand concert followed the incident.
Bishop John Le Spalding of Peoria suffered a severe paralytic stroke at his North Madison Avenue home. His left side is affected, he was initially unable to speak, but later regained word flow. At 85 he is under careful observation amid fear of a second attack. housekeeper heard a fall before 4 o'clock prompting aid and medical care.
In Pana Illinois a young widow Mrs John Hardy waits for Alex Petros who planned to marry her. Petros, recently from Alabama, arrived with wedding plans but disappeared the night before the ceremony leaving his whereabouts unknown.
Judge Loch ten in the United States circuit court finalizes the winding up of the United States Flour Mill Company known as the flour trust. The court accepts the receivers’ report and orders their discharge.
A resolution passed at the Wisconsin cheesemakers convention urges the legislature to enact a law requiring common carriers to grant equal rates to all shippers. The measure was approved during the closing session in Milwaukee on January T.
A Cambridge man named H. O. Barger was sentenced to prison for embezzling funds from a bank. The court reported he received a half-penalty and the case involved a wrecked financial incident.
Winnipeg reports several Americans were captured attempting to smuggle tobacco into Canada near Rainy Lake. The tobacco and figures were seized, and prosecutions are expected to follow.
Chicago markets report mixed openings with wheat trading around 0.20 up and hogs steady to firm. Cattle and sheep prices opened steady while futures and commodity quotes show varied movement across wheat corn and livestock at multiple exchanges. Primary data include Omaha Kansas City and Minneapolis receipts, with notable price points for beef and hog varieties and regional market tone.
S N Wilkins promoted to conductor in Creston Indiana replacing C T Leonard as superintendent. Be Bioware transfers to Ottumwa. Wilkins, an old railroad man, has served with the Q for about thirty years.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a woman taking her own life near Yellowstone Nation park waters. The exact names and locations are unclear in the readable text but indicate a suicide event at a named local site associated with a boat company in the region.
Today Oho state university and the University of Illinois reached a compact to establish a new interstate debating league. The arrangement was announced as a step toward organized intercollegiate discussions beginning this term, with teams likely to compete on a regular schedule.
A printed statement says the L road commission predicts extensive subway expansion is needed. Proposals include a belt line around Manhattan with underground routes on the east and west sides, a Fort Hamilton to East River bridge corridor, and a Brooklyn line from Prospect Park to Brownsville. Bids will set routes, aimed at vigorous competition and long term city returns.
In Washington January 7, Admiral Dewey urged Secretary Morton to form a reserve list for the navy. He recommended promoting younger officers to command and flag ranks to extend their tenure of responsibility. The board proposed placing captains 66 and older on the reserve list, lowering the age to 50, and shortening Annapolis training.
Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago returned from two months in Mexico with an ancient manuscript dating to 1771 and 175 volumes on Mexican history in Spanish. The manuscript, undeciphered, is among relics including tablature craft studies.
London readers learn of a fatal stage accident at the Coliseum when jockey Dent rode a horse on a revolving platform during a Becky's production rehearsal. The horse stumbled near the platform edge, Dent was thrown, and he died in hospital. A prior rehearsal also saw a fatal incident on the same stage.
The weekly church notices list services at multiple houses of worship. Church of Kitt at Sixth and Perry features Sunday school at noon and a Wednesday meeting at 1 45. Preststevini church at Kirkwond boulevard has Sunday school at 10 and 3, with preaching at 2 and 7 30. Howards Congregational at Tenth and Perry reports morning and evening services with a sermon on Great Privileges and Great Regions. Calvary Baptist Church announces evening services at 7 and morning at 10 30 with a focus on Mina. The notices detail times, pastors, and topics across the listed churches.
A promotional blurb touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as a thirty year tested remedy with a money back offer and free dollar shipment. It argues the product targets nerves to improve digestion kidneys and heart, promising immediate relief and urging readers to demand proof by trying the program.
A promotional missive urges readers to try a medicine at their own expense in their home, promising a $2 full book set on ailments and remedies. It claims success with a money back or free order approach, listing books on digestion, heart, women and men, and a sale through many dry goods stores.
Washington January 7 Senate confirmed the nomination of W. D. Gram a Negro to be collector of customs for the port of Charleston by a 33 to 17 vote in executive session. Gram had been nominated thrice by the president and received three recess appointments, with opposition from Senator Tolman based on disagreement with a Negro appointment. The speech centered on constitutional recess appointment rights, while race factors appeared minimal in the broader debate.
Hmil Nebe a member of Nebe Aros shoe firm died at his home in Atlantic from lung congestion. A popular local figure he was active in the K of P lodge and served as secretary of the Merchants' association. He leaves a wife a brother two sisters and a father M Nebs of Glenwood.
A $5 check on a claim shell dated December 28 was presented at Marine Trust Bank in Atlantic City. It was paid to Leonard D. Alger of the department store. The bank marked it paid and then perforated it for filing as required. Cashier McManee had it photographed.
Cleveland officials report Capt Murphy of the Secret Service will bring J P Ottinger and J Zimmermann of the Meland Wooster National Bank to Cleveland after Vancouver arrests on charges of fugitive pursuit. Both men headed the bank board. the institution closed weeks ago amid shortages. Obliger, former congressman and inland revenue collector, identified with the case.
A freight train of forty cars ran away near Sand Patch tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio line killing five men including a substitute fireman named Jerky and four tramps. The air hose coupling burned and the engine fouled the track at Glencon, causing the wreck and fatalities.
Fred Bal, 24, of Terre Haute, visiting relatives in Oetershiing, Indiana, was killed when a firearm discharged while he set it down during a hunting trip. He died a few hours after the accident, the probable cause being a accidental discharge near his face.
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