Iowa Old Press
Davenport Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
January 8, 1901
LE CLAIRE
LeClaire, Ia., Jan 8- J.J. Fedderson, formerly editor of the
Wheatland
Gazette, has severed his connections with that paper and will
devote his
entire time to the publication of the LeClaire Advance in the
future. He
will move his family into the Theleman property in the north part
of town
some time during the week...Clark Johnson made a business trip to
Davenport
yesterday...Mrs. Jennie Goodloe has just returned from a several
weeks'
visit among relatives in Cincinnati, O., to which place she had
the sad
mission of accompanying the remains of her husband some few weeks
ago to its
final resting place...Thomas Kennedy made a special trip to
Clinton
yesterday for the purpose of securing the music for the Knights
of Pythias
dance, which is to be given in the town hall on the evening of
Jan.
18...Mrs. Malvin Arlingdah is visiting with relatives today in
Moline,
Ill...Prof. F.L. Clendenen of Davenport is here this week for the
purpose of
organizing a dancing class in our city, and anyone wishing to
learn more in
that direction will have opportunity to do so at this
time...Orvie Cole has
purchased a life scholarship at the Davenport Business college
and his name
was entered as a student on Monday of this week...Captain George
Tromley,
Jr., and Lee Gardner were Davenport visitors on Monday...Miss
Hilda Rathman
reopened her school at Sycamore again on Monday after a two
week's
vacation...Grandma Cassiley is very low at the present
writing...Al Dawley
and wife left on the afternoon train yesterday for their home in
St. Louis
after spending the holidays with relatives and friends in Le
Claire...Captain Lancaster has 250 up to date chairs on the way
to be placed
in the Rink auditorium, which he recently purchased from Smith
& Long
BIG ROCK
...Henry Moore and Henry Roch, also William Lang shipped three
cars of stock
from here last week to Chicago, also accompanied same to
Chicago...Edgar
Loomis has brought home a wedded wife that he went to Wisconsin
and wedded.
He will run the farm of Frank Blackman the coming season west of
town...Jacob Kelding was in Davenport Friday...Our sports have
laid up their
shot guns for the season as the game law has run out for
shooting...Mrs.
Grace Figley of Toronto, came down here to spend the New
Year's with her
grandmother...Mrs. Mary Wood has returned home from her western
trip during
the holidays. She visited with her daughter at Shelby, Ia...Joe
Hickson was
a passenger for Davenport recently. .. Farmer Burns, the
wrestler, is at
home for a few days...May of our people gave the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James
White, one mile south of town, Friday evening, a surprise party
with music.
All had a good time...Louis Nagel has been in Minnesota looking
up grain of
the Bushnell mill...Many of our Woodmen went to Wheatland lodge
Saturday.
LONG GROVE
Long Grove, Ia., Jan 5- C.F. Jacobsen
has started to remodel the Clapp
& Doty building, as he intends to have a lodge hall on the
second floor,
Clapp & Doty doing the work...W.T. Brownlie has gone to
Eureka, Ill. for
several days...Schools are all going again after the holiday
vacation...Monday evening a number of young people gathered at
the home of
Miss Rilla Wertz to watch the arrival of a new book, as it were,
and on
whose cover is written "The Twentieth Century," whose
leaves we must turn
one at a time. All report a happy evening spent together, and
after New
Year's greetings were exchanged they departed, wishing Miss Wertz
many happy
"turns" of the leaves...Quite a number from here
attended Morgan May's sale
on the 2d.
ELDRIDGE
Eldridge, Ia., Jan 7, Mr. Andrews, of Davenport was here on
business
Friday...Charles Berkham, formerly of this place, but now of
Brooklyn, Ia.,
was renewing old acquaintances here last week...Vogt & Co
paid $4.65 per
hundredweight for hogs here last Friday...Hans Denker made a trip
to
Davenport Saturday...The dance at Turner hall New Year's night
was not very
well attended...William Schwartz and Charles Bell were at San
Francisco when
last heard from...Farming land in this vicinity is becoming very
valuable.
Two farms east of town were sold recently at fancy prices one
bringing $106
per acre, and the other $100 per acre...Peter Schwartz and Henry
Swencke are
not justices of the peace for this township. They are both good
loyal
Republicans... A Democrat for Clinton started the other day to
convert the
town to Democracy. But after a severe lecturing by several
Republicans he
moved on, and was glad he was living...James Morrison of Wilton
is visiting
relatives here at present...Henry Wiese attended the retail
hardware
merchants' convention at Des Moines last week.
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Davenport Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Monday, January 28, 1901
TWO NEW CASES
ALTOGETHER THERE ARE THREE CASES AT SCHOOL NO 1.
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS
City Physician Believes That Epidemic Is Due to Some Unreported
Case That
Infected the School.
Four cases of smallpox in the city-that
is the inventory today. Of
these one is so convalescent that he will get out of the pest
house on
Thursday of this week. But there are three new cases, two of
which have not
previously been reported and they are all from school No. 1. The
new cases
are Alma Thuenen, 12-year-old, daughter of George Thuenen, 510
Spring
street. The other new case and the one reported this morning, is
Albert
Causby, son of T.W. Causby, of 1221 East Locust street. As a
result of the
apparent spread of the disease a board of health meeting was held
in the
city hall at 3 o'clock this forenoon. The purpose of the board of
health
meeting was to arrange for the care of those who have been
afflicted with
the disease.
The New Cases.
The story of Helen Pauli was told in the
Times of Saturday. The case at
the residence of George Thuenen was discovered Saturday evening.
The family
physician was called to treat Alma Thuenen, the 12-year-old
daughter of
George Thuenen, on account of a high fever. He at once saw that
it was a
clear case of small pox and called the city physician. Dr.
Preston confirmed
the diagnosis and at once made arrangements to have the residence
quarantined. It was ascertained that she had broken out with the
disease on
Jan. 26, and that prior to that time she had been going to school
when she
was still feeling well, which was up to last Tuesday. She had
been attending
school No. 1 and was in the sixth grade in room 7.
In the family are five other and younger
children, who have now been
vaccinated. The servant, who left the house as soon as she found
there was
smallpox there, has been required to return to the house and
remain in
quarantine with the other members of the family. Mr. Thuenen not
having been
greatly exposed was allowed to go to the home of his parents to
live, so
that he could continue his work, but not until he had taken every
precaution
against the spread of the disease. The house is guarded.
Albert Causby.
This morning another physician reported
to Dr. Preston that Albert
Causby, the 15-year-old son of T.W. Causby, of 1221 East Locust
street, had
the smallpox. Investigation proved that the statement was
correct.
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Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
January 26, 1901
AN A.O.H. ENTERTAINMENT
Second in a series at Hibernian Hall Sunday Evening.
The A.O.H. will give the second of a
series of musical and literary
entertainments at the Hibernian hall tomorrow evening, when this
program
will be rendered:
Instrumental Selection....Miss Effie Smith
Recitation......................Miss Anna McLain
Vocal Solo....................Mrs. G.L. Wynes
Address........................"Fraternal
Societies"....J.J. O'Donnell of
Kansas City
Instrumental Selection....Carroll Kelly
Debate-Resolved, That the United States
govenment should intervene in
behalf of the Boers in the South African war.
The affirmative will be supported by
George W. Scott and O.G. Murray
and the negative by A.P. McGurik and W.R. Maines.
Instrumental Selection...Carroll Kelly
There will be no charge for admission
and the public is invited.
WHEREABOUTS OF RELATIVES
Auditor Jarchow Tries to Learn Without Success.
County Auditor H.F. Jarchow telephoned
the police station this morning
for some information concerning John Bobb, the unfortunate, who
as the Times
has already twice stated, was crushed between the depot platform
and train
No. 51, at Homestead and sustained a fracture of his backbone,
which
necessitated his removal to Iowa City.
He now lies moribund in a hospital of
that place, whence he may never
emerge.
The authorities desire some information
concerning his relatives.
The police of this city can give no
information. They have been
scouring the city for the past week.
Joe Traeger, a saloonkeeper, has
received a letter asking for some
intelligence as to his whereabouts, which he has been unable to
give.
Auditor Jarchow thought that he had been
in the employ of of some
farmer living in the immediate vicinity of this, Davenport
township.
As to this the local police cannot
discover any facts which might lead
to the faintest clue.
Nice Warm Carriages
Why shiver in a cold carriage when by
ordering from Wiese's Livery your
carriage will be warm and comfortable in every respect. Our
carriages are
heated by Lohman's Carriage heaters, are rubber-tired, and
finsished in the
most approved style. The next time you need a carriage for a ball
or party
order it from Weise's and get the benefit of this up-to-date
service.
113-5 Harrison Street. Tel. 145
Harald W. Petersen-Wall paper, window shades and paints. Now open
for
business at 221 West Third street.
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Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Monday, January 28, 1901
McCullough
Stephen Vankansiller McCullough, son of
Francis Marion and Phoebe
McCullough, who live one mile north of Jamestown, was born
February 2, 1900
and died Jan. 23, 1901, aged 11 months and 21 days. The funeral
was held at
the Jamestown, M.E. Church at 2 p.m. Jan. 25, conducted by Rev.
C.E.
Fitzsimmons. The remains were interred in the Buffalo cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs.
McCullough have the sympathy of their many friends and neighbors
in this
hour of bereavement.
Ott.
At 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at St.
Luke's hospital, whither she had
been taken for the performance of an operation, occurred the
death of Miss
Emelia Ott, in the 30th year, 5th month and 28th day of her life.
Death resulted from weakness subsequent
to the operation.
The deceased was born and reared in this
city and had a host of friends
who will mourn her untimely demise.
The deceased is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Ott, of
1023 West Third street, two brothers, John and Frank Ott; and one
sister,
Mrs. Anna Baurose, all of this city.
The funeral was held from the parents's
residence at 1023 West Third
street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The floral tributes were
many and
beautiful and the attendance at the obsequies was large.
Interment was made
at the Fairmount cemetery.
Paulsen.
At her home, 514 Gaines street, at 9:30
o'clock yesterday morning
occurred the death of Mrs. Maria Paulsen, nee Gertz, an old
resident of this
city, in the 70th year, 8th month and 4th day of her life.
The deceased was a native of Germany,
where she was born May 23, 1830.
For 35 years she resided in this city, wherein she was widely
acquainted and
universally respected.
The deceased is survived by the
following children:
Mrs. Anna Frickel, nee Edens, Mrs. Emma
Loving, nee Edens; Herman J.
Edens, Claudius Edens, and Mrs. Amanda Robbins, nee Edens, all of
them by a
former marriage.
F. Frickel, William Loving, and F.M.
Robbins, sons-in-law and Mrs. Lou
Edens, nee Schadle, a daughter-in-law, also survive.
The funeral will be held tomorrow....
Tomorrow evening the members of Company B will receive two
quarters pay.
Mrs. Edwin Balluff, of Clinton, is in this city visiting with her
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Balluff.
Miss Amanda Cowdery of Maquoketa is spending the week with her
sister, Mrs.
Meckel, of 507 Ainsworth street.
The meeting at Swedish Baptist church, corner of Sixth and Grand
avenue,
will be continued this coming week. Mary E. Parkhurst will preach
this
evening and there will be preaching each evening except on
Saturday.
The local Davenport lodge, No. 2, of the Knights of the Royal
Arch, will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Woodman hall.
Commander Otto H.
Lahrman has called the lodge together. There will be a round one
hundred
members when adjournment takes place.
John W. Buck, Julius Sander, Louis Wiese and Henry Schroeder have
gone to
Chicago to attend the carriage and buggy exposition, which is now
being held
in that city. Mr. Sander and Mr. Schroeder left this noon and the
other two
gentlemen departed on the D.R.I. & N.W. road this afternoon.
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Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Jan. 29, 1901
ELDRIDGE
Eldridge, Ia., Jan. 28- Everybody was sleight riding Sunday...the
ice men
are getting nervous...The Long Grove orchestra will play at the
Farmers'
Institute on Friday...Dr. Baker, of Davenport, was here on a
professional
visit Thursday evening...Henry Ruck and wife, of Rock Rapids,
Ia., spent
last week in this vicinity...Two of the schools west of town have
been
closed until the smallpox scare blows over...The George Steffe
farm, four
miles east of town was sold Jan. 18 to Peter Schneckloth for
$112.50 per
acre. That is the highest price ever paid for farming land in
this
vicinity...Dr. Kemmerer has sold his farm north of town also his
farm
southwest of town...Several hoboes were here several days last
week, but
when the thermometer began to register zero they started for a
warmer
climate...Mayor Henry Gertz will deliver the address of welcome
at the
Farmers' Institute Thursday morning...Hugh Bryson has sold the
house and lot
now occupied by Henry Bruhn...Hogs are still $500 per hundred
here...Henry
Wiese has sold almost two carloads of corn grinders this
winter...Herman
Ewalt has completed the building of R.K. Brownlie's house in Long
Grove...Henry Wiese has erected a large addition to his hardware
and
implement store. Henry's business is expanding.
LONG GROVE
Long Grove, Ia., Jan. 28.- The last snowfall was taken advantage
of last
Sunday evening by a sleighing and surprise party given at the
home of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Mier at Long Grove and all had a good time. After
a sumptuous
supper was served and dancing was indulged in until a late hour
in the
morning. Those present were: Miss Clara and Nora Boecken, Miss
Lena Zabel,
Miss E. Schmidt, Miss M. Mier, Miss A. Vogt, Fritz Kroeger and
wife, Henry
Petersen, Hy Gotsch, E. Boecken, T. Skelly, W. Priester, Wm.
Reimers and
wife, Herman Oetzman, Henry Greves and wife and Casper Knippe.
The music was
furnished by C. Knippe and E. Skelly.
BIG ROCK
Big Rock, Ia., Jan 28- Frank Blackman it is reported, will soon
move with
his family to Tipton, where he can give his children a better
school
education...G. Horstman was home for Sunday from his studies at
Davenport...It is reported that we have a new postal clerk at the
home of
Postmaster Frank Follett and family. Mother and child are
progressing
nicely...James Goddard was a passenger for Davenport last week to
see his
family...Mrs. Ollie Nisbet, of Little Rock, Ia., is home to visit
with her
people and also to see her many friends of years gone by...Many
of our
people have the grip...Charles Hickson went to Dixon to call on
relatives...Icemen are looking for colder weather...Mrs. Kate
Gisher, of
Chicago, came home a few days to visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary
Burns...Many of our people attended the funeral of Mrs. Bridget
Keane who
died four miles northwest of town at the home of her son-in-law
last Monday
night. The funeral occurred her Wednesday morning. The remains
were taken to
Davenport and interred in St. Mary's cemetery...Mrs. White has
been sick
with the grip for some time...John Madison went to Dixon last
week to call
upon friends...Farmer Burns is home for a few days...Elder George
Bullock
moved to Detroit, Ill. where he and his family will reside for
the coming
year.