City League Opens Season With Strong Start
The City Bowling League opened last night at Davenport with four of eight teams in action. The Hingies swept the Pirates in three games for 2,679 pins, while the Bankers took one of three from the Bismarks. Next Thursday features Colts with Fullers and others as Townsends and surts compete. the season is expected to attract strong crowds.
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City Bowling League
Aendon
Davenport Muleus
Prea
Hingies
Pirates
Bankers
Barkers
Fullers
Infant dies in mother’s arms at photo gallery
Macon Missouri October 11 a mother Mrs Anton Tandio entered a photograph gallery with her infant in her arms and sat for a picture. She learned the image had been taken as she discovered her child had died in her arms.
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Macon
Anton Tandio
Interadt 3
America
Kandio Miie
Two fires alarmed at once in Moline shops and barn
Troilus Monday detachment rushed to Deere & Co shops where a fire damaged a motor in a rest-collecting box. Minutes later Five Points firefighters battled a blaze in W H Lagerblade's barn with suspected arson, minor losses.
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Troilus
Moline
Deere & Co
Deere & Co’s
Accountant Grabbe Obtains Attachment Against Ridings
J Grabbe swore out an attachment against F M Ridings. Plaintiff says in 1902 he audited books and earned 275 for five and a half weeks, unpaid. In 1903 he earned 225 more, also unpaid. He seeks attachment of Ridings property. Pinger and Lets attorneys for plaintiff.
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J. ©. Grabbe
F. M. Ridings
Pinger & Lelts
Beveridge Pays Tribute to Roosevelt in Lebanon
In Lebanon Indiana on October 11 an immense crowd welcomed Senator Albert J Beveridge despite a heavy rain. About two thousand attended the opera house, with hundreds turned away. Beveridge spoke nearly five hours praising President Roosevelt and received generous applause, especially from Civil War veterans seated on the stage.
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Lebanon
Ind
Albert J. Beverlige
Opera
Beveridge
Roosevelt
Apoplexy Strikes Priest As Family Prays
In Hibbart Indiana on October 11 White Abra ham Dis prepared to invoke a blessing. His family sat with bowed heads at dinner and found him unconscious in his chair. His condition is reported serious.
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Hibbart
Ind
Abraham Dis
The Bad Boy 45 Told by Uncle Muses
A narrator recounts the tale of a defiant boy named Gawge and a bearlike spirit Gu-Gu who hunts bad youths. After era of mischief, Gawge suffers a dramatic comeuppance and returns changed. The story cautions that bad acts invite consequences and warns children to mend their ways.
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Abad Boy
Uncle Muses
School Board Considers Reopening Old No 7 and Sheldon Hall Plans
Davenport school board meets with four members present to discuss reopening Old No 7 for Southwest district pupils in grades below five. A remodeling plan for Sheldon hall on Main and Twelfth aims to create a district office with a vault. Architect Hammett draws up plans as the old building on Sixth Street is deemed unsuitable.
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Davenport
Messrs
Cutter
Berger Aid Preston
Yeung Keiths
Twelfth
Sixth Street
Hammett
Sheldon Hall
Griswold College
Out of the Fold at the Burtis Opera House
Langéen McCormick presents the play Out of the Fold at Burtis Opera House on Thursday and Friday nights. The production blends drama and comedy to convey a moral tale with novel scenery including a rustic bridge and a church street scene. Performances run October 13 14 with prices 5c 25c and $1.00.
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Langéen McOrmick
Burtis Opera House
Dimatist
Thoraday
Prives
Police seize ugly sand bag in Moline alley
Officers recover a dusty sand bag described as a dangerous weapon found in the alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets in Moline rear of the Stouffer Weber alleys. It is a garden-base length of about fifteen inches filled with tar and gravel and studded with iron. Police presume the owner dropped it to avoid discovery.
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Moline
Walcott declares Malden mayoral bid
Boston newspaper report says Joe Walcott the colored pugilist announces candidacy for mayor of Malden twelve miles from Boston. He has been a Malden resident for some time and pays $100 taxes.
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Boston
Mass
Joe Walecott
Malden
Whitney Buys Hamburg Stallion Havaburg for 70000
New York Oct 11 The stallion Havaburg from the late Willig Whitney stud sold for 70000 to Harry Peyne Whitney. A noted mechanic, he is rumored to have offered improvements to French autos. King Oscar's eldest son, heir, known for studious youth, is said to be cultivated and married to a royal cousin of the German emperor.
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New York
Havaburg
Willig, C. Whitney
Harry Peyne Whitney
Stockholm
Oscar
Owen
Undeveloped Power and Franco Waterfall Proposal
A fragment notes a waterfall project by Franco promising 5,000,000 horsepower and savings of 20,000,000 tons of coal for Vehe country, implying large energy and resource gains from an undeveloped waterpower site.
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Franco
Letter of thanks from Capt and Mrs Follet Salvation Army
Capt and Mrs Follet thank Davenport for Harvest Festival support. Donations exceeded 24.07 with a tote of 123.07. funds aid social work and local causes. Appreciation extends to auctioneer F D Van Pelt and to the W CT UL of Atkinson for children's clothing.
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Davenport
F. D. van Pelt
Eer
Atkinson
Belzing
Men Fear Leaving Homes Over Railway Work Train
Davenport officials heard a plea from Mr White of Davenport labor unions to pressure Rock Island officials visiting Davenport next Thursday to run a free work train for the East Moline bound employees. He warned many workers own homes here and relocation would cause financial hardship. He urged Davenport to prevent loss of workers by reinstating the old free work train.
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Telly
Rock Island Road
Moline
Davenport
Tia Fack
White
City Council
East Moline
Fined five and costs for injuries from fall
In Grand Junction Ohio Frank Burl Sanders Nora Williams Van Freet and two colored youths were fined five dollars and costs after injuries from a fall from a balcony. A judge noted the case involved immoral news and the young woman hoped to pay, while the young man doubted the amount could be recovered. Davenport Malting Co Pale Export Bottled Beer advertised.
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Grand Junction
Goi
Frank Burl Sanders
Nora Williams
van Freet
Judeejoon
Amiraut
Davenport Malting Co
Taylor Streets
Warm Weather Arrives as Rivers Rise in Midwest
The region expects warm weather with a slow river rise tomorrow. Heavy rains fell in Oregon and Iowa areas, with 1.78 and 1.58 inches at Roseburg and Portland. Cooler in eastern valleys tonight, then warmer by Wednesday. rivers along the Mississippi remain buoyant and forecast to rise between Dubuque and Muscatine over the next 48 hours.
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Micouri
Minousala
Mississippi Valley
Roseburg
Portland
Lake
Davenport
Dubuque
Muscatine
Blississippi
George McCaskrin Heads to Milan Rally Tonight
George W McCaskrin travels to Milan for a rally to be held this evening at Seventeenth Street corner Bluer's band to perform O W Carlsham of Aledo will give an address. On Thursday night McCaskrin goes to Milan for a flag raising celebration on the 2nd of July.
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George W. McCaskrin
Seventeenth Strove Bluer
O. W. Carlsham
Aledo
McCaskin
Goee
Milan
New Trinkets for Smokers Den
A home decor trend turns gifting toward tobacconist accessories. The article surveys tobacco jars, humidors, and pipe sets aimed at male smokers, noting squat jars with wide mouths, pocket humidors, and elaborate designs from pewter tops to glazed tiling. It warns against gifting style to a man’s preferences and urges men to choose their own pipes.
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Ininidors
Missing farmer Frank Wilson feared to have killed himself
Fail to find any trace of Frank Wilson a Bowling township farmer missing since Saturday neighbors and authorities aid wife in search. Last sighting has him riding toward Milan on a horse taken from the farm the horse returned later. Wilson in poor health for a year and may have contemplated surgery this fall.
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Frank Wilson
Bowling Township
L Wilson
Hutchinson
Tindal Grove
Neizbhors
Wilson
Frank Hokenberg
Sherrard
Knoxville
Milan
Maroons Vanquish Company A Handily
The Rock Island Maroons defeated Company A 29 to 28 at Armory Hall on Monday in a close game. Lineups included Williams, McGinty, Ed Strate, Clondus, Cook, Zwicker for the Maroons and Johns, Schiffer, Snyder, Gherry, Bonilz for Company A with Brutier as official. An unrelated sequence of jokes and a shipboard scene appear in the text as garbled content.
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Rock Island Maroons
Company A
Tle Armory
Gams
Maroons
Williams
McGinty
Ed Strate
R Clondus
M. Cook
Zwicker
Johns
H. Schiffer
Snyder
Ghere
Bon Lz
Brutier
Retree
Bergster
The Only Way War Correspondent Seeks Glasses for Sighted Story
A war correspondent pleads for two pairs of flat glasses that carry 800 miles to monitor distant armies. He asks for immediate dispatch to cover the front, implying the need to observe operations and send a strong report. He returns to his pipe afterward.
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Seth
Great Catch of Whales on the West Coast of Shiland
A report from the west coast of Shiland notes unusually rich whaling, with steam whalers reapimg harvests. A recent drive slaughtered many whales including a sperm whale and a rare aymphac.
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Shiland
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