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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1904
Page
7
A Clark Jewel gas stove or range is presented as a durable essential usable year round. It heats meals quickly, with breakfast ready in under ten minutes when prepared with a Clark Jewel unit. For sale by local dealers.
This ad promises enamel for bedstead and furniture to refresh worn pieces. It claims a can of enamel yields striking improvements and suggests even shabby items will look new, promising quick home results.
Dixon Iowa October 2 heavy frosts damaged ripened corn and worsening potato crops. Mrs William Flenker discharged from hospital after sad blow to family. Rev Percy delivered sermon and is hired for next year at three places. Citizens travel to Davenport as cattle theft witnesses. Ewerts returns home from visit with sister. Clara Petersen back from Des Moines. Within Kuehl learns of mother’s death. Mrs Curler of Laverne Minnesota visiting. Democratic rally draws large crowd. parade. Trustees plan new front fence around church.
Statesboro Georgia net 20 the Bulloch county grand jury adjourned without indictments for the riot of August 18. The panel cited insufficient evidence to warrant charges and judge Daley criticized the failure to return bills. Cato and Reed are named in the proceedings as among those affected.
Bettendorf items report numerous social events and changes. Charles Koll hosts a Saturday birthday party with music by Messrs Banks and Woltz, while Froumk Divehi takes an overseer post at the uw Fejervare bark. Farewell parties are planned for Mr. and Mrs. Ridirk Shannen as they head west. Emil Borneman to return from Washington via St Louis after three years in service. Harmonie Card Club prizes awarded. A crew works on tracks near the depot. Mrs. Messer and son plan bars with relatives in Barstow.
A vintage ad offers a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure catarrh, claiming a constitutional treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen the body. Cheney & Co of Toledo guarantee the remedy with a money-back promise.
A large Dixon Illinois crowd packed the streets for a Republican rally with about twelve thousand participants observed in the parade. Col Frimak Lowden addressed a large audience at the armory and immigration commissioner Frank P Sargent spoke to about five hundred at the same venue.
The steamer Mainlander was lost after colliding with the tug Ben Lion off Seattle. The tug rescued all hands, with no lives lost. The steamer and cargo were valued at about $100,000.
A dense list of sermons and services from multiple churches including Trinity Episcopal Bethlehem Congregational First Church of Christ Scientist and others. Notable topics include Forgiveness The Second Article of the Apostles Creed and Adam and Fallen Man with varied service times and Sunday schools across locations such as Seventh and Brady streets and Twelfth Street Eleventh Avenue.
A Salvation Army adjutant general, S. H. Kelsey, was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was discharged yesterday after the arresting officer and court records were reconciled with Kelsey.
Public library shelves host works on botany and explorers. The Davenport Academy course opens Monday at Science Hall with Prof. Rachride from the University of Iowa discussing responsive phrasing. President S. P. Verner of Salmen Institute speaks November 7 on Adel Inres and studies of Pygmies, with related readings in Harper’s Weekly and a curated list of plant life works and explorations from various authors.
An old newspaper fragment touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It claims W W Brown of Teesville narrowly avoided death, credits immediate relief and cure to the remedy, and cites cures of asthma bronchitis pneumonia and grip. It notes price one dollar and a guarantee by Frank Nadler with three trial bottles offered.
The Nicaragua minister Don Luis F. Corea and Mrs. Jordan of Macon Georgia deny reports of a broken engagement. Corea remains in Washington arranging his new legation and expects to wed. Poe, the Nicaraguan president, has sanctioned the match, and Mrs. Jordan is a widow heiress.
Le Claire notes from Oct 29 record typhoid confinement of Harry Lancaster and a flurry of Davenport trips. Numerous residents, including Miss Grace Fowler and Mrs. J.A. Meyers, visit Davenport shops or relatives. several travelers return from trips to Minneapolis, Dubuque, and Winona. A marriage unites Miss Grace Fowler and Waltimore Ratlun at Springville with Rev. Bunee officiating.
Thirty thousand people gathered for a Republican rally and burgoo in Pern Indiana with large delegations from Converse Logansport Wabash Rochester Huntington Indianapolis Marion Zionsville and Lafayette A three mile parade drew 2000 people in line Speeches were given by Senator Beveridge Governor Durbin Frank Posey Chaplain D R Lucas and Congressman Landis The event passed without incident Nearly twenty thousand tasted the burgoo feast prepared by Col Gus Yagert Lexington, Ey.
Puebla October 29 The district attorney files charges against Mrs N E Browne and Mrs H P Ham for illegal registration Democratic candidate John A Mertin testified he saw them register at multiple precincts. They have not been arrested and reportedly fled the city.
Kansas City reports three distinct earthquake shocks felt at Mantle and Dodge City in southwestern Kansas. People awakened as windows and dishes rattled. no damage reported.
The Supreme Court today affirmed the Willer will, allowing a trust or corporation to manage the late Mrs. Fannie Wilder's estate of about $3,000,000 for the Door of St. Paul charity, ensuring the funds are used for the church's needs.
A fragment lists comments from Commodore Nicholson and other prominent United States figures praising Perini for catarrh. Letters claim cures and urge readers to try the remedy, with addresses for further contact in Columbus Ohio and Washington.
Myrtle Sipith, 25, died after a Knockout drone incident during a hotel dance. Jennie Leaver, amid questionable condition, and two well-known local men were with the two waitresses when the event occurred. Police investigation underway as of October 29.
Batthy Creek Mich Oct 29 effort to locate Neil S. Phelps missing family man continues with no results. Each new clue, including a Chicago business engagement claim, has proven fruitless. A registered letter from the price in question denies the fact.
Official notice states Davenport intends to appropriate described parcel for street purposes in Davenport Iowa. The description begins at the south line of South Street and west line of Division Street, follows lines including Fejervary Park, and ends at the place of beginning. Howard Collins, Davenport Iowa, October.
A pedestrian found a spike driven between the rails in Coshacinn Ohio on March 29 preventing damage to a passenger car on the Wheeling and Lake Erie line. The train was flagged in time.
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