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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1905
Page
4
Readers are urged to buy letter paper in advance from a major supplier due to expected shortages. A local store advertises a special incentive offering hot beverages with purchases, urging early shopping before lines break and stock runs low.
Des Moines Iowa January 16 Monona County earns the Tippecanoe banner as the top republican county in the state for gains in the Republican vote Polk County takes the Trpecanoe flag for the largest gross plurality The banner and flag will be presented at the February 22 club banquet The awards date back to 1889 with counties named for repeated wins across years
Wenona Jan 16 Fred Kala, superintendent of the Weponz Zinc company, was horribly mangled when caught in the cog wheels of a crusher. His recovery is doubtful.
Ten room house near Second and Marquette with sewer and water paid. near Sixteenth and Gaines a modern six room home on Gaines. Grand Avenue near Locust a six room modern home with hot water heat and paving paid. near Thirteenth and Rock Island a seven room with parking sewer bath and water. six room house facing Central Park with electric lights and sewerage. list your property for sale with us.
The county court house records show warranty deeds including Robert Bretscher and wife to Maria Moriez dated June 14 1305 for 1400 describing parts of Clifton Hill addition. Doris Groman widow to Jas Britt dated Dec 24 1904 for 16190 describing multiple quarters of sections in township 78 range 3 east with 10 acres less right of way. William Schirass and others to Alex Naeckel and others for 2900 describing part of the northeast quarter of section 83 township 78 north range 3 east. Annd Soudan and husband to Chris Drummond for 3000 describing part of northwest quarter of section 18 township 78 north range Sveast of the Sth p.m.
Weather Bureau reports warm weather ahead for Iowa and Illinois with rising temperatures tonight into Tuesday. Cold snaps persist in Missouri valley and upper plains with subzero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota. Snow in lower Great Lakes and northern New England. light rain over the Pacific slope. generally clear elsewhere with no heavy precipitation.
A large crowd greeted the popular military drama Arizona at the Burtis Opera House last evening. The performance by an avie company drew high praise, with Robert Dethon as Pony and Misa Marto Quilin as Bonita charming the audience. The play’s engaging story delighted the local theatergoers.
Louis Bromlee, a Burlington fireman injured in a collision in the Burlington yards last Wednesday, was reported slightly better this morning. An amputation was performed yesterday above the knee on the injured leg. the operation was successful and he is progressing as well as could be expected. Hope is placed on his eventual recovery as yet serious injuries have not appeared.
Perry is sentenced by Judge Green to ten years in Fort Madison penitentiary after conviction for incest. County Attorney Chentry is named temporary guardian for Sadie placed under A. W. Lanninghall of the Des Moines home finding organization. A. W. Lanninghall will oversee care at an Omaha hospital. Also sentenced: George Booter five years for horse stealing and George Hal one year six months for burglary. Sheriff Kent to escort prisoners to the pen. Banga divorce case adjourned after a late session.
Cedar Rapids city records show City Recorder Mentzer, last heard Nov. 25, is a defaulter by over $600. An expert auditor has spent a week examining the books and uncovered the shortages. The band company W will be required to replace the deficient goods and efforts will be made to locate Mentzer.
A young man, Ole Thompson, killed himself after a violent quarrel with his sweetheart. He drank two ounces of carbolic acid and died. The report notes the couple and the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
The regular annual meeting of the People's Union Mission at First Presbyterian Church drew a good attendance as reports show substantial year end work. Finance and services details were given, with numerous charitable activities and a generous Christmas tree and New Year event noted.
Owners offer a ten room house near Brady Street with barn shed and paved street at a fraction of replacement cost. Property rents 30 dollars monthly and can be bought now for 5 dollars. Also advertises 360 acre farm at five dollars per acre with wood buildings, well improved, four miles from Mesity.
An office contact notice appears for ET Langwith with a Bretscher Shoe Store location and phone numbers 1681 X and 1193 7 listed for inquiries.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes catarrh as a systemic disease curable only by systemic treatment. Peruna is claimed to invigorate nerve centers and mucous membranes, wiping out catarrh permanently. It invites readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for guidance.
The seventh teenth annual meeting of the Town Engineering Society closes with officer elections: President J D Wardle Cedar Rapids. Vice President L B Ashbaugh Amos. Secretary Treasurer Lambert Town City. Directors Cox Jews City and W H Jackson Des Moines. Talks on Concrete Dams and cement paving share the final hours.
Professor Fish of the State University of Ohio has been elected by the board of trustees to succeed the late Prof. B Lanphear as head of the electrical engineering department at Imvy State College. He will arrive today to assume duties. Fish was educated at Ohio and Wisconsin and has long engaged in electrical work. He denies being the coauthor with Prof. Caldwell of a textbook on laboratory methods. He comes highly recommended and is expected to strengthen the department.
Charles Al Ven Lox appealed through United States Marshal Charles Hitch on behalf of his son R. W. Allen, writing from a levee contractor camp near Vicksburg Mississippi, stating he was held in peonage and that the matter was turned over to the federal district attorney for investigation in Paris Illinois and Tan 15 authorities.
Dramatic melodrama Shadows of a Great Chip will be shown at the Bay of Opera last Friday and Saturday January 20 and 21. The play promises to surpass former efforts with Lelia Best of New York City delivering an engaging performance and Sidle Connolly leading the company as Biddy Ronen in a lively, wholesome production.
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