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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1904
Page
6
Davenport market reports steady arrivals of potatoes and broad listings for poultry and produce. Dealers warn turkeys may be scarce before Thanksgiving without cold weather, while Christmas markets are expected to see better turkey demand. prices for eggs, butter, vegetables, and fruit vary across wholesale and retail levels.
In Austin Winchester, a thoughtful man recalls his wife’s stomach and liver distress. Physicians offered no help before she was cured by Dr King’s Life Pills. The remedy brought immediate relief and final recovery after visiting Frank Nadler drug store.
October afternoon inquiry led Officer Braeonemer to a brush where a man named Joe Portunita sat smoking a cob pipe. He claimed to be waiting for a son promised by a girl, and said he lived in South Des Moines. No arrest was made as he was not intoxicated.
Boston October 26 The Episcopal General Convention concurred in amendments to the canon on divorce and remarriage making remarriage after divorce a church law though many churchmen doubt it will occur often. An accompanying note mentions an approach to challenge remarriage under any conditions. A physician asserts nausea has no brain basis and relief comes from treating the brain stem.
Kokotwo Indiana October 28 A young man identified as Verne Krail who killed almeel with polaon at Lake Erie Western station is said to have belonged to Dowie’s church. A letter found on him claims the church took his savings this summer and left him ruined. He held a trust position in a Dowie industry but irregularities were alleged and an embezzlement charge cited. The letter asks for his photograph so his family can locate him.
Police nationwide searched for $25,000 worth of jewelry lost by Mrs. B. F. Guvit of Albany wife of Municipal Gas secretary and Anthony N. Brady daughter. She left the gems in a small satchel on a Grand Central seat Friday afternoon and did not realize the loss until her NYC to Albany train was well underway.
The National Association of Baseball Leagues opened in New York with representatives from twenty three leagues and 1168 clubs. The national board met in executive session to discuss thirteen disputes and questions including the Tri State league membership.
John Oliver recalls a startling recovery after illness left him pale with weakness and pain. He credits Electric Bitters after three physicians gave up, noting marked improvement in three weeks and claiming the remedy saved him from death. Available at Frank Nadler's drug store for 50 cents.
Norfolk Virginia October 26 mobs of fifty masked men seized George W. Blount a negro shop owner from the police station beat him to death and shot him in Hardy's field after he refused entry to a police visit. The mob alarmed authorities led to mayoral appeal and National Guard deployment. Blount had been arrested after striking a white man and had long been a Republican supporter.
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