Jo, thank you, even though I already had this information--in fact, this and the census is all the information I've been able to come up with so far! I really appreciate these genealogy websites, and all you people on the lists that are so helpful! Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:28 AM Subject: [IASCOTT] Re: Catterall > Hi Shirley, > Found the 4 references on the celticcousins site. Hope this helps. > Jo Westendorf Banks

Hi Shirley, Found the 4 references on the celticcousins site. Hope this helps. Jo Westendorf Banks http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Search sponsorsadd search to your site Lawyers.com - Elizabeth R. Catterall, Bellingham, WA Learn more about this Bellingham, WA, lawyer who specializes in commercial litigation and construction litigation. Webmasters - Add a search engine to your site Advanced search and navigation technology can be added to your web site in minutes. Get high speed, high availability, hosted search technology from th... Search for "Catterall" on Findia.net Quickly find what you are looking for using the Findia.net search engine. Search Results powered by FreeFind.com Found 4 items, now showing 1 - 4 search tips site map << Prev | Next >> NewRefine 1. Buffalo "Town Gossip" Clyde Bowers, Maggie Catterall, Wilma Zuercher, Anna Waspi, Bertha ... Minnie Walters, Mabel Catterall, Ursula Zuercher, Helen Frank, ... Fidlar, Paul Catterall, Eugene Westendorf and http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/buffalogossip.htm 2. Oakdale City Cemetery - Part 7 Scott Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project Oakdale Cemetery Part 7 LDS film 973091 Transcribed by Bill Gertz Benson, Bendickta, 1859-1939 Shaw, Edward A., 1857-1921 Shaw, Emma H., 1852-1936 http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/oakdale7.htm 3. 1900 Directory- Scott Co, IA "C" Ryan blk. Cattell, Archibald, wife Elizabeth, r 415 Kirkwood boul. Catterall, Albert B, wife Eleanor, mngr A & P Tea Co r 229 e Locust Caulfield, Miss Rose, nurse Mercy Hospital http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1900cdir.htm 4. 1900 Directory- Scott Co, IA "G" Scott Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 14, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1900gdir.htm

Thomas Catterall came from England, lived in Rock Island, IL in 1880, in Buffalo, Scott Co., 1895 and Davenport in 1910. He married Katherine Becker from Germany in 1893 in Scott Co., and they had 4 children, Mary, Margaret, Paul and Mabel. Thomas and Katherine are buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Buffalo. Paul is my friend's grandfather and I'm researching his family for her. I was unable to find the family in either Iowa or Illinois in 1900 or 1920. I'm hoping to find more information about this family and/or connect with other family members. Thank you, Shirley

Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 20, 1924 OLD GLUCOSE PLANT PRIDE OF DAVENPORT Employed 600 Men and 50 Girls When at Heighth in Operation. From a manufacturing enterprise that was Davenport's largest in its day to a pile of junk that is being cleared away for salvage, is the history of the old Glucose form the time it was constructed to the present day. In Davenport's manufacturing circles its history is a yarn chock full of interesting incidents. At one time during the last administration of Theodore Roosevelt, it was the target of the anti-trust interest in politics. It was that, probably, that caused the "trust" to leave the great factory slowly decay away, to become the victim of time and devastating fires. A great many of the early Davenporters watched with interest the construction of the factory, its rapid growth-and with sorrow they watched its slow destruction in which time played a prominent part. The history of the old Glucose, could it be told in whole, would be one of vast interest; in which, small capital thru clever manipulation turned out as its finished product a city's finest manufacturing enterprise. Its story, too, deals with the big interests of the east, Wall Street, and of John D. himself. The earliest history of the Glucose is a story of civic unity in which the people of Davenport were the builders-the capital furnishers. As the story is told, it was a sort of socialistic plan in which all of the workers owned a part of the company they were working for. Even when the Glucose was bought over by the "trust" in 1904, some of the employes had stock. Old Plant Heads. When the plant became the property of the Corn Produce Refining company in 1904, Mr. L.P. Best was said to be the chief stock holder. A rather young man in the starch and syrup game by the name of A.W.H. Lenders came here and took charge in 1900, Prior to its coming, the Glucose was a mecca for workers. It was considered one of the best places in the city to work-that is, the workmen were allowed to have one of their companions go to a neighboring saloon and bring them a pail of "suds". This practice, wit heating a lunch nine or ten times a day, was thought to be the usual thing. With the coming of Lenders also came a change in the manner in which the plant was managed. It was only when they could put something over on the new superintendent that it was possible to smuggle in the pail of "suds." Lenders proved to be a success. He stayed at the plant two years and then went to the Roby street plant in Chicago, where he was made superintendent. At the present time MR. Lenders is a vice president of the Penick and Ford interests of Cedar Rapids and New Orleans, one of he largest concerns of its kind in the world. Such reads the biographies of many of the superintendents of the Glucose. It was P.R. King who became the manager of the plant after Lenders left. He was in charge one year and then entered in the printing business in Davenport. Henry Siegle was the chief superintendent of the Glucose under the supervision of the Corn Products interests. He stayed at the plant about two years and then went to Pekin, Ill. as superintendent. Pekin is the plant that had the terrible explosion some 12 months ago. Mr. Siegle has been dead for eight years. In 1905 after Mr. Siegle left, Clarence Soverign was superintendent for about three months. After he left Mr. Harrison, acting manager of the Corn Products interests, came here for a time as superintendent. Ground 14,000 Bu. Day In those early days the ubiquitous reporter had a hard time in worming a story out of the Glucose officials. Many of the members of the Fourth Estate who had the Glucose on their "beat" and who are with us today, remember with what secrecy the news was guarded. But such was the habit over the entire United States, and with all other kinds of businesses. It wasn't until a later date that news from the largest manufacturing plants were given for publication. The Glucose when it was running full capacity ground from 12,000 o 14,000 bushels of corn every 24 hours. The last seven years that it was operated it turned all of its raw starch into table syrup-Karo. It was also during the later years that the hull and fiber of the corn was utilized by turning it into one of the most expensive feeds on the market today. Prior to this the wet hulls and fibers were hauled to the river bank and dumped-some was sold in the wet state to local farmers. Excellent corn oils, too, were an unthought of thing when the plant was in its infancy. Even when it was shut down in 1913, the manufacturing of corn oils was not regarded as a success. During the last years of the plant the oil was used for soap making. It is true that Davenport lost one of its finest interests when it lost the Glucose. It proved to be a fine place of employment for 600 men and about 50 girls. Altho the wages were not of the highest, as untrained labor was able to do the bulk of the work, it was only on the harder and more disagreeable jobs that the foremen were at times seeking new help. Tom Lund. One of the best superintendents in the corn products game today, Charles Ebert, was here from 1906 to '09. While here, he rebuilt the entire plant into one of the most modern in the country. He is now one of the officials of the Corn Products company, the inventor of several new methods in the way of manufacturing starches, syrups and oils. After Mr. Ebert left in 1909, H.B. Lawton took charge until the plant was shut down in 1913. Mr. Lawton is still in the game. A factory superintendent who started at the Glucose in 1903 and stayed until 1911, serving under the superintendents who were here from one to three years, was T.M. Lund, known to the factory men as "Tom." He served in nearly every capacity from a starch shoveler to foreman of various departments. It was during the time when Lenders came to the plant that Mr. Lund started and when Mr. Lawton, the last superintendent was in charge that he left. At the present time he is with the Corn Products interests at Argo, Ill. And such writes one of the old time employes of the Glucose: "The old time gang of roremen that used to work at the plant are scattered over the entire earth. Some are dead, some in another kind of business, some are unable to leave the 'game.' Among the old time foremen is T.B. Willhoft, once grain elevator foreman and now night superintendent of the Argo plant, the largest in the world. A well known Davenporter, who is with us today and who at one time was in charge of the pipe fitters, is Mike Lamb. In a starch and syrup plant a pipe fitter is about as essential as powder to an army. Other Old Timers. Others that will be remembered are Jim Dudicker, who had charge of the syrup refinery for many years; John Clare, syrup mixer; Herman Wiese, chief miller; James McConwell, chief millwright; and Carson Jacobs, wet starch foreman. Old timers will remember that Clare was the oldest employe of the Glucose-not in years. How surprised some of the old Glucose men would be could they step into a modern corn products manufacturing plant. The methods have changed from manual labor to machines that do the work much more rapidly with a great savings of money. One of the most talked of jobs at the Glucose was starch shoveling. It took men of real strength to man the shovels and hoist the wet starch from the tables into the carts. Now, however, the starch is either shoveled from the tables by machines, they resembled snow plows, or is flushed and put thru presses. The method of syrup making has changed till now it is one of the most sanitary food products on the market. Not so, in the early days, if all the stories we hear are to be believed. The manufacturing of by-products has made the manufacturing of corn products a dividend payer. Starches, sugars, syrups, oils, soaps, rubber, grease, acids, feeds, flours and even gun powder are some of the products made from corn today. [Transcriber note: According to 1900 Federal Census my husband's great grandfather, James H. Petersen was a laborer at the Davenport Glucose Factory.] Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

In a message dated 6/4/2004 3:11:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > That it was no easy task for these girls to secure honest employment after > leading the lives they did, was well illustrated in the case of Laura > Stoner, an > inmate of Mabel Rink's resort at Second and Rock Island streets. > The Stoner girl was what is know as one of the better class of girls in > the > east end, if a classification of them is possible. In other words, she came > of a > good family, was neat in appearance, and had been an inmate but a short time. > Previous to her life of shame, she was employed at one of the Davenport > hospitals. Her mother was dead. > This is very strange ... I did a check of the 1910 census & found a Laura Stoner, aged 30, single, born in Iowa living in Battle Creek, MI. She was listed as a "Lodger" at a Sanitarium. Her occupation was that of Physician. ????? The D'port Democrat states she had been employed in a D'port hospital, but do you think a Dr. would become a prostitute? It would be interesting to learn more about Laura Stoner. Lynnea

...continued... Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 16, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the Names Appear in The Times, Including Removals, Must be Reported to the Office or the Directory Manager in The Times Building Within 48 Hours From This Evening, as These Names Will go in Book Form Then Hovey, Mrs. Josie r 320 e Front Hovey, Wm. W., wife Naomi J, saloon. Howard, Albert A clk Ry M.S. rms 810 Perry. Howard, Albert M wife Nellie A barber r 11 Linden flats. Howard, Miss Clarice L stenog, r 818 e 15th. Howard, Edward (col) lab r 412 e 13th Howard, Miss Luetta, matron Soldiers' and Orphans' home, r same. Howard, Malrena, wid J W r 818 e 15th Howard, Milton (col) wife Lena lab r 413 e 13th Howard, Owen wks Roddewig S bds 228 e 5th Howard, Russell M elect r 818 e 15th Howard, Warren C (col) cook Mrs. M Partner r 413 e 13th Howe, Frank cigmkr Raphael & Co bds 410 Main. Howe, James C adv 35 McCullough bldg r 424 e 6th Howe, James M wife Emma W clk H & St Cage & Co r 424 e 6th Howe, Miss Mary W r 424 e 6th Howell, Miss Belle r 416 e 2d Howell, Harriet wid Morris r Center av e Grand av Howell, John D wife Ida, dairy 2733 Brady r same Howell, Joseph A r Center av e Grand av Hoyer, Arthur r 1601 w Locust Hoyer, Richard O clk Wahle Bros r 418 w 3d Hoyt, Miss Carrie B r 1202 Arlington av Hoyt, John pianos 111 w 3d r 19 Petersen blk Hoyt, Robert T wife Mary E optician 1317 3d av r same Hoyt, Miss Ruth A r 1202 Arlington av Hoyt, Rev Samuel R J wife Mary E r 1202 Arlington av Hromatko, Miss Emma tchr Sch No 12 r 1919Eddy Hromatko, Katherine wid John r 1919 Eddy Hub The, Sol Moritz propr, clothing, 121 w 2d Hubbard, Albert G wife Mary E, lab r 913 w 14th Hubbard, Miss Emma D clk Petersen's Sons, r 913 w 14th Hubbard, Frank clk Silberstein Bros, r 913 w 14th Hubbard, Miss Jennie M clk r 913 w 14th Hubbard, Margaret V wid J W r 714 Main Hubbard, Richard W wife Minnie plumber Corry & W r 120 1/2 w 16th Hubbell, Charles H wife Emilie M police magistrate, ground fl City Hall and lawyer 128 Main r 721 w 7th Hubbell, George E wife Mary C lawyer 118 w 3d r 619 Iowa Hubbell, George E jr painter r 619 Iowa Huber, Albert clk W Hoersch r Rock Island Ill. Huber, Frank wife Mary police r 1101 w 5th Huber, John wife Alvine r 327 Brown Huber, Miss Josephine r 1101 w 5th Huber, Louis wife Christina, butcher, r 1735 w 3d Hubers, Henry W r 624 Scott Hubers, Otto C r 624 Scott Hubers, Wm wife Clara sec R I Fuel Co 800 e Front r 624 Scott Hubly, Charles C r 118 w 15th Hubly, Miss Eleanor A tchr r 118 w 15th Hubly, Worden A painter r 118 w 15th Huckstaedt, Miss Emma A tchr r 118 w 15th Huckstaedt, Ernst M wife Catherine, grocer 1354 Leonard r same Huckstaedt, George M clk Falk & Bolte r 1354 Leonard Hudson, Lemuel wife Kate r 108 LeClaire Hudson, Mrs .Magnolia (col) r rear 124 e 5th Hudson, Samuel L wife Helen D butcher r 1820 Summit av Hudson, Wm mach opr Metal Wheel Co bds 750 e 6th Huebinger, Miss Anne K r 324 w 8th Huebinger, Henry H clk M Huebinger r 324 w 8th Huebinger, Melchoir map pub 321 w 3d r 324 w 8th Huebotter, Henry L wife Kate pres Dav Furn & Cpt Co 329 Brady r 907 Perry ..to be continued... Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 20, 1924 DRASTIC MOVING DAY HERE IN WAKE OF COSSON LAW Cleanup "Moving Day" Sad One for Denizens of the Old Underworld. When the tap of the law was heard on the doors of Davenport's notorious vice resorts of the East End, back in 1909, "respectable citizens' who had boasted that they were eager to give the fallen girl a chance changed color, threw their vaunted altruism to the winds, and barred their homes to the refugees. Mayor G.W. Scott did not wait for Cosson's red-light law, passed by the legislature to become effective on July 4, 1909. The reformers were threatening him, and one evening in June he gave orders to the night police to close every resort in the city. Like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, the order struck the vice element. That night eighty women and fifty men were turned out into the street. For years the city of Davenport had tacitly countenanced gambling and prostitution. a monthly fine was exacted and the women were segregated. This plan was adopted by each succeeding administration and brought to the coffers of the city approximately $20,000 annually. A Sad Spectacle. One of the saddest spectacles ever witnessed in the city of Davenport was the exodus of the women from the redlight district. Coming as it did without warning, it found the keepers and inmates of these resorts unprepared to move. Thrown out into the streets destitute, homeless and in many cases without sufficient clothing, they were a sight to enlist the sympathy of the hardest hearted citizen who witnessed it. Many of the girls had known no other home for years. When they fell from grace they were ostracized by their family and friends. Therefore, in their hour of trouble they had no one to call upon for assistance. There were no good Samaritans to receive them. The oft-repeated assertion of the moral element of the city that there was no necessity for these girls to remain in the redlight district, that all could secure honorable employment should they so desire, and that the philanthropically inclined people of the city were not only willing but eager to lend them a helping hand while sounding well in theory, did not work out in reality when put to a practical test by the new state of affairs. "Cleanup" Too Hurried. The general sentiment, or at least the sentiment of the majority of the citizens of Davenport was that the denizens of the redlight district should have been given sufficient time in which to find other employment and new homes, to adopt themselves to a different mode of living, before being turned adrift in a cold and unsympathetic world. That it was no easy task for these girls to secure honest employment after leading the lives they did, was well illustrated in the case of Laura Stoner, an inmate of Mabel Rink's resort at Second and Rock Island streets. The Stoner girl was what is know as one of the better class of girls in the east end, if a classification of them is possible. In other words, she came of a good family, was neat in appearance, and had been an inmate but a short time. Previous to her life of shame, she was employed at one of the Davenport hospitals. Her mother was dead. Minister Backs Down. When the edict to move out was served on her, she knew not where to go. She had repented of her life of shame, and was desirous of a better life. She therefore decided to endeavor to secure employment in some household. She heard the pastor of one of the fashionable churches of the hill district was in need of a servant. She applied to him and was engaged. She then secured an expressman to move her belongings to what she supposed was her new home. She called at the pastor's residence ready to go to work. He asked her for her references and she told him that she had none. She further admitted to him that she had come from the east end, that she was desirous of leading a better life. He told her that he could not keep her, and that she would have to find employment elsewhere. When the expressman reached the pastors' residence with the girl's belongings he was told not to take them from the wagon. With no alternative left, the expressman hauled the effects to a downtown livery stable, where they remained all day. The experience of the Stoner girl was similar to that of many others. Wherever they applied for work or for lodgings, they were denied them. A Feast for Shylocks. Many of the girls, when forced out of the resorts, did not possess street clothes. They appeared on the street in the frail gowns worn by them inside, and were to be observed scurrying all over the east end endeavoring to borrow some suitable clothes. Unscrupulous money lenders who feasted on the ill-gotten earnings of the keepers and inmates were very conspicuous in the district, some of them as a last resort settling their loans by taking the personal of the Shylocks demanded the last pound of flesh and the last drop of blood. He charged the women exorbitant rates of interest and became rich on his nefarious methods of doing business with them. Many of the women, when the moving order reached them, crossed the river to Rock Island in the hope of locating there. But the gates of that city were locked to them. The entire police force of that city was on the lookout for them and as fast as they detected them marched them back to Davenport. Not one, as far as is known, was allowed to stay in that city. one girl, with an oil stove under one arm and all the clothing she possessed in the world tied in a bundle under the other arm, headed for Rock Island expecting to make her home with a friend there. She walked across the government bridge and had reached Second avenue when she encountered a policeman who marched her to the bridge and sent her back to Davenport. The second-hand dealers also feasted on the misfortune of the women. They camped in the district, buying the furniture and other belongings at their own price. One dealer bought out the entire contents of four houses for the paltry sum of $150. It is stated that the total furnishings of these four houses had when new cost not less than $2,500. These were but a few of the many sad features of moving day in the red-light district. There were hundreds of others, equally as pathetic, that would record several volumes if published in full. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

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Daily Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa Friday, Mar 1, 1907 JAMESTOWN MAN DIES SUDDENLY Andrew Murray While Purchasing Pair of Shoes Falls Over Dead. Was in a Good Humor and Joking a Few Minutes Before With His Friends at the Store. Quite a commotion was caused Thursday afternoon at Jamestown at about 3 o'clock when Andrew Murray, one of the oldest citizens of that place dropped over dead in E.G. Langwith's general store. Heart trouble is thought to have been the cause. Coroner Lambach of Davenport has been notified and will investigate the case. Until then no funeral arrangements will be made. Early in the afternoon Mr. Murray was attending a sale and was enjoying the best of health and laughing and joking with his friends. On his way home he had stopped in a store to look at a pair of shoes and it was while looking at these that he suddenly exclaimed, "Oh," and sank in the floor. Ernst Buergel was standing by and caught the man as he was falling. A few minutes later he expired. He was a man about 65 years of age and had been a resident of Jamestown all his life. His family consists of two sons and three daughters. YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK FOR MISSIONS The girls of Mrs. M.S. Like's Sunday school class of the First Presbyterian church, will give a Home Cooking sale at the home of Mrs. Like, 615 East Fifteenth street, Saturday afternoon, and the proceeds will to into their gift to missions. They have been busy during the week, accumulating a stock of cakes, rolls, jellies, and other good things which will be ready for their friends Saturday afternoon. PROPOSED MATCH IS CALLED OFF. The proposed boxing contest between Joe Galligan of Chicago and Jack Purtell of Kansas City, has been called off by William Ehlers of the Davenport Athletic club. Mr. Ehlers is now endeavoring to secure another opponent for Galligan and has his eye on Packy McFarland. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

Davenport Democrat and Leader Davenport, Scott, Iowa April 1, 1910 OBITUARY Miner. The protracted illness of Andrew S. Miner, a well-known Davenporter for many years, ended at 9:15 this morning when he expired at his home, 705 Ripley street. Mr. Miner was born in Stockton, then Fulton, Scott county, Aug. 2, 1869, the family removing to Davenport in his boyhood. His home has been here since, and he had many friends who will sympathize with the wife and little daughter in their bereavement. Mr. Miner's period of ill health extends back for some time, and he spent some six months in the state sanitorium at Iowa City in the hope of finding relief, but in vain. Besides the wife and three-year-old daughter, his death is a bereavement to two brothers and a sister, L. Bayliss Miner of Del Rio, Tex., John A. Miner of Davenport, and Miss Flora B. Minor of Des Moines, who was here Monday and Tuesday and returned to Des Moines when her brother showed some gain in his condition. The funeral will be held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with services at the home and burial at Oakdale. Rev. H.O. Rowlands will officiate. The services will be private. Davis. At the family residence, 204 East Eighteenth street, occurred the death of Mrs. Marian Davis, widow of the late R.S. Davis, the pioneer grocer, who for many years was located at Locust and Iowa streets. Mrs. Davis was a well-known and highly respected resident of Davenport and was greatly loved by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. She was 65 years of age, having been born in Enniscorthy, Ireland. Coming to this country in early childhood, she has for many years made her home in Davenport. The fatal ailment was paralysis of two years' duration. Mrs. Davis is survived by three children, two sons and one daughter. These are Fred G. Davis, Harry Davis, and Anna Davis. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon from the late home with services conducted at 1:30 o'clock by Dean Hare of Trinity cathedral and burial in Oakdale cemetery. Lange. Emil Lange, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lange, 1533 West Fourth street, passed away last night at the family home after a short illness. The baby was one month old and 11 days of age, having been born in this city Feb. 19, 1910. His parents and one sister, Viola, survive. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the late residence, 1533 West Fourth street. Burial will be made in Fairmount cemetery. Kraft Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Minnie Kraft was held yesterday afternoon from the late residence, 1328 Fulton avenue. Rev. Mott R. Sawyers officiated at the service both at the home and at the grave. There was a large attendance of friends and neighbors and many flowers were sent as a tribute to her memory. The pallbearers were William Heick, Herman Papenbrock, Louis Ockershausen, A.F. Nelson, Henry Smith and Joe Kibler. Burial was made in Oakdale cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. To the many kind friends and neighbors who kindly assisted us in our late bereavement in the loss of my wife and our mother and sister, Mrs. Minnie Kraft, we extend our sincere thanks and appreciation. We wish to thank the A. Wood Creamery Co., J.F. Kelly Co., Morton L. Marks Co., H.T. Proestler Co., H.A. Morrow Co., Martin Woods Co., J.J. Buzzard Tri-City Fruit Co., P.N. Jacobsen Cigar Co., Crescent Macaroni Co., and the Retail Merchants for their many floral offerings and the Mt. Ida Merchants who showed their respect by closing their places of business at the time of the funeral. Also the ladies who sang at the services and Rev. Mott Sawyers for his consoling words at the home and the grave. AUGUST KRAFT AND FAMILY. CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. Jennie Topp and family desire to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to sympathizing friends who so kindly assisted by cheering words, beautiful flowers and helpful assistance during my husband's recent illness and death. MRS. JENNIE TOPP. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

Davenport Democrat and Leader Davenport, Scott, Iowa Friday, March 31, 1910 BUFFALO Miss Clyota Wylie, after spending a pleasant visit with relatives in Muscatine, has returned to her home in Buffalo. F. Bald, who has been busily engaged this past few weeks painting the new residence of Dr. G. Frank of Sunbury, has returned to Buffalo. Banner lodge No. 16, K. of P., will hold their regular meeting Saturday night at their hall on Third street. G.W. Bailey, Jr., has returned from Letts, Iowa, where he has been spending a few days visiting relatives. Alpha circle of King's Daughters held their regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at the M.E. church. Routine business was transacted and reports read. A social hour was also enjoyed. The next meeting will be held April 19, with Mrs. A.J. Rostenbach. Mrs. H. Laschansky of Durant came to Buffalo Wednesday evening and will spend a time here visiting relatives. Mrs. M. Hoffbauer entertained the Ladies' Aid society at her home Thursday afternoon. About 24 ladies were present, including several visitors. Routine business was transacted and final plans were made for the free public library which will be installed back of the Crawford drug store. After the sewing was laid aside a time was spent socially. Dainty refreshments were served. Next meeting will be with Mrs. J.F. Hiersemann, when election of officers will be held. L.E. Kautz of Davenport spent Thursday here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Kautz. Mesdames J.D. Dutcher and H.R. Meyer of Linwood were Thursday callers in Buffalo attending the Ladies' Aid society meeting. LE CLAIRE Miss Lucy Schardler, who has taught school the past winter at Buchanan, Iowa, is at home for her Easter vacation. Mrs. Fred Averill entered St. Luke's hospital at Davenport Saturday and on Monday she submitted to an operation for the removal of a tumor, from when she is recovering. Mr. and Ms. Ed Davis who have resided at Des Moines the past winter, returned to LeClaire this week. Mr. Davis will leave shortly for Canada. Mr. St. Ores of Thompson, Ill., is spending a few days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.A. Teeter. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Lambach and Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sweeney were present at a family reunion of the Albright family in the celebration of the birthday of Mrs. Emma Straw, at her home at Moline, Ill., last Sunday. The population of the town has been lessened this week by the number of men that have gone to their work on government works and many will leave next week. Mrs. W. Rathmann entertained the Dorcas ladies in a charming manner at her home Tuesday. It was a decided Easter party. In the contest the favor went to Mrs. Grace Meyer, A dainty lunch was served by the hostess. J.V. Pollock Jr., left Thursday to take the position of engineer on the steamer Keokuk, of the Blair packet line. The spirit of improvement struck at the home of Captain W.A. Shirk who is having his home painted. Mrs. R.P. Lancaster's residence is receiving a new roof, paint and concrete walks, while Misses Alice and Fannie Davisson have workmen busy grading their lawn and laying concrete steps and walks. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

...continued... Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 20, 1924 LONG SERIES OF VICTORIES MARKS LOCAL FIGHT AGAINST THE BLUE RIBBON "MENACE" The Mulct Law. Now let us skip a period during which, it may be supposed, residents of Davenport and Scott counties suffered no dearth of intoxicating beverages and turn to the mulct law of 1884. The essentials of this law may be summed up briefly. It provided that a tax of $600 should be levied against all persons, except registered pharmacists holding permits, engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors and against the owner of the property where such business was carried on. The tax was to constitute " a perpetual lien upon all property both personal and real, used in or connected with the business." It was stipulated that nothing in the act "should in any way be construed to mean that the business of the sale of intoxicating liquors is in any way legalized, nor is the same to be construed in any manner or form as a license." It simply provided that in cities of 5,000 or more inhabitants the payment of the tax should provide a bar to the proceedings under the prohibitory law in case there should be filed with the county auditor "a written statement of consent signed by a majority of voters residing in said city who voted at the general election" and in case the person paying the tax should conform with certain other conditions. Nuts for Davenport. This was nuts for the residents of Davenport and Scott county. So overwhelming was the sentiment in favor of wetness that, many times, the petition was never even circulated. The "State of Scott" didn't have to circulate petitions to know where it stood! Ninety per cent of the voters were willing to sign for the saloons. It was a state of blissful, albeit defiant, booziness which continued on until 1900. At that time two big Davenport breweries, the Independent Malting company and the Davenport Malting company, representing an investment of three quarters of a million dollars, were running full blast. They had no right to exist under the law; literally, they didn't have a leg to stand on. But in the "State of Scott" they didn't have any difficulty in putting their wares on the market. First Tap of Law Then came the first tap of the law on the door. An injunction suit was started against the Downs hotel bar, Davenport, which used to occupy the site now held by the Black Hawk hotel. Local attorneys were thunderstruck. They couldn't understand. For years there had been no prohibition; there were more than 200 saloons in the city and now some busybody was stirring up trouble! This suit was compromised, but was followed by more injunctions in an ever-increasing tide. Every saloon in Davenport and Scott county was enjoined at one time or another. The instigators of the suits, "Captain" C.W. Neal and his client co-worker, T.H. Kemmerer. Judge J.W. Bollinger, of the Scott County District Court, issued compromise decrees for all the suits. When the Moon law, which limited the number of saloons to one for every thousand inhabitants came into effect, Davenport was "sitting pretty". The city had a special charter from the state, and the Moon lawmakers had neglected to stipulate that their restrictions applied to special charter cities. So, having gotten rid of Neal and Kemmerer, who had been branded as mercenaries working for money, and money alone, the good people of Davenport sat back and had a delicious chuckle. Sidesteps Moon Law. But the farmers of the Moon law, observing their tremendous mistake, hasted to put the words "special charter city" on the statute books. It helped them out, but not at once, for thru the work of local attorneys, Davenport was granted more than a year to get rid of its surplus saloons, while the other non-charter cities had to cut down as soon as the law went into effect. In 1915 the state legislature repealed the mulct law, leaving unqualified prohibition on the statute books and passed a resolution submitting another state constitutional amendment to the vote of the people. This amendment was submitted in 1916. And then an unusual thing happened. There was no campaign, no agitation, before the special election. But a monstrous vote was polled, and, when the ballots were counted, it was found that the prohibitory amendment had been defeated by a vote of five thousand. The people of the "State of Scott" hadn't turned a hand-they just voted. The reason for the disapproval of the amendment, altho unqualified prohibition was in effect, was that the latter could be repealed with comparative ease, while it would take a lot of work to repeal a state constitutional amendment. The liquor events up to the present are too well known and too much discussed to need much mention here. The bootlegger, sly and sneaking, has taken the place of those old saloon keepers, who had the courage of their convictions and were not afraid to fight in the open. Whether the conditions are better is left for the Drys to say. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 20, 1924 LONG SERIES OF VICTORIES MARKS LOCAL FIGHT AGAINST THE BLUE RIBBON "MENACE" The state of Scott; a capital, Davenport. If this designation didn't get into the geographies it was no fault of those thousands of personal liberty adherents who sent Attorney C.W. Neal, self-styled battler of King Alcohol, out of town to the strains of Chopin's funeral march; who applauded the beating of W.W. Lunger, another of the breed; who held gigantic mass meetings to advance the cause of wetness; and who swarmed to the polls to defeat any measure which might deprive them of or restrict, their saloons. The history of Davenport's and Scott county's fight against the Dry menace has furnished Iowa annals with many vivid political incidents. State prohibitory action of course, was the impelling motion and for this reason it is necessary to examine the workings of the legislature in order to understand the local attitude. It would be difficult to determine at just what time the idea of a state constitution began to take shape in the minds of its advocates. But it is evident that the first public announcement of such an idea was made at the annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance union at Burlington in 1878 by Mrs. J. Ellyn Foster, chairman of the committee on legislation. Mrs. Foster wanted to issue a petition to the legislature to pass a bill submitting to the votes of the people an amendment to the constitution forever prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, including wine, beer, ale and cider. This started the ball rolling. The Blue Ribbon clubs all over the state embraced hundreds of earnest workers and they were especially efficient in creating local sentiment in favor of the movement. And so, it was under auspicious circumstances that the Amendment idea was launched on its four years' campaign. Amendment Passed. Great was the wailing and gnashing of teeth in Davenport and Scott county when the state constitutional amendment was adopted by a majority of 29,759 on Tuesday, June 27, 1882. Probably never in the history of Iowa has there been another election attended by so many demonstrations. The friends of the amendment were far more active than their opponents. In many places men, women and children, clergymen and laymen alike, were present at the voting places, distributing ballots and soliciting votes for the amendment. Free lunches were served near the booths by the W.C.T.U.; children paraded the streets carrying temperance banners; and all-day prayer meetings were held in the churches. In some cases the church bells were rung every hour during the day, and when in the evening it was learned that the amendment was probably victorious the air was filled with their peals. The saloons all over the state were closed during the day and good order generally prevailed. Why did the amendment pass? The victory has been accounted for in various ways. It has been asserted that thousands of Republicans voted for the measure simply because its submission had been favored by their party and that many Democrats had cast an affirmative vote in the hope that if the amendment was adopted it would prove the downfall of the Republican party. Davenport Kills It. It was Davenport which had the honor of killing the distasteful amendment. A friendly case to test the point was instituted by two local brewers, Koehler and Lange and John Hill, a saloon keeper. The case was brought up for hearing at the October (1882) term of the Scott County District Court, over which Judge Walter I. Hayes was presiding. It was an action to recover one hundred dollars for a quantity of beer sold and delivered by Koehler and Lange, the plaintiffs, to John Hill, the defendant. Hill held that he could not lawfully be forced to pay for beer sold in violation of the constitution. The plaintiffs replied that the amendment had not been passed in accordance with the manner provided in the constitution and pronounced judgment upon the defendant. An appeal was taken to the supreme court of the state. The case thus appealed came before the supreme court at its December term in 1882, and was argued on both sides by some of the most prominent lawyers in the state. Among the counsel for the appellant were Smith McPherson, then Attorney-General. William Miller, J.A. Harvey, James F. Wilson, C.C. Nourse and John F. Duncombe. Representing the appellees were such men as John C. Lillis and George C. Wright. The opinion of the court, declaring the amendment invalid, was delivered on January 18, 1883, by Judge William H. Seevers. Hurrah for "State of Scott!" The "State of Scott" had won a big victory! It was a great disappointment to the prohibitionists and a source of elation to their opponents. The Davenport Democrat said that while the decision was received, with considerable satisfaction here, there was no general demonstration. Then came statutory prohibition and mob violence. There were countless violations of the dry law. On August 13, 1884, a mob of 200 men broke up a trial for violation of the liquor law near Iowa City, tarred and feathered one of the prosecuting attorneys and stoned the house in which he took refuge. The life of a constable, who attempted to resist the fury of the mob, was threatened and but for the timely assistance of the deputy sheriff, the threat might have been executed. When the prohibitory law had been in operation one year, a Davenport newspaper editor issued a circular letter to the mayors of the principal cities of the state, inquiring to the extent of the enforcement of the law. A summary of the facts thus gained showed that in some places prohibition was entirely successful, in others the number of saloons was the same as before the law was enacted. It is notable that in a census of saloons in the 99 counties of the state in 1887, there is no number opposite Scott county, but instead the words, "Do Not Know." Nobody was telling anything. ...to be continued... Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2666 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on noted architect James P. Hubbell, who was born in Davenport Iowa in 1866, and moved to Dallas at the turn of the century. He had a successful architectural practice with Herbert M. Greene there. Evidently he was not long married, nor did he seem to have children. He was still living in Dallas in the 1920s. Any information on his life or a death date would be appreciated. I am working on an historic landmark designation, and want to give Mr. Hubbell recognition. Thanks very much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2665 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on noted architect James P. Hubbell, who was born in Davenport Iowa in 1866, and moved to Dallas at the turn of the century. He had a successful architectural practice with Herbert M. Greene there. Evidently he was not long married, nor did he seem to have children. He was still living in Dallas in the 1920s. Any information on his life or a death date would be appreciated. I am working on an historic landmark designation, and want to give Mr. Hubbell recognition. Thanks very much.

Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 20, 1924 HOW AN EARLY TRAVELER IN EARLY DAYS SAW DAVENPORT Easterner Describes Journey Over Plains to the Infant Town How a traveler of 1855, a resident of that acedon of the country which used to be known as the "Effete East", saw Davenport is shown by an old letter now in the possession of George M. Bechtel. The letter was written to James Simmons, esquire, firmly ensconced in the "land of culture" by his friend, Andrew Shannon, who made an adventurous journey to Iowa. Following is the letter: I made one kind of promise before I left old Sadsury to you when I should arrive in the great West. I set down to fulfill that promise. I have little talent for and no practice in correspondence of this kind and therefore you will please excuse all omissions and deficiencies- for Israel's pioneer I am not endorsed with fluency of speech; therefore you will pardon my brevity. I have been in this state for 10 days traveling most of the time. I landed here on the 23d of June and happened to make the acquaintance of three middle aged gentlemen who meditated a journey to the interior of the state. We hired a carriage and two horses and struck out for Iowa City, capital of the state, distant 60 miles. Our party was to have counted 6 but one gave out before we started and another at Iowa City. We left Davenport at noon and arrived at Iowa City on the next evening. Wood of the company wished to located land-that is to buy of Government at $1.25 per acre and supposed he could fine in the neighborhood of the capital without any difficulty but were disappointed. Next morning we assembled in council to decide whether we should proceed or return now. The weather was cold and chilly and our horses showed signs of giving out. I voted for sending them back or returning with them, but the majority decided to proceed. An Unexplored Region. According I took a draft of the road, turned our horses headed toward the setting sun, cracked our ship and boldly plunged into what to us was an unexplored region. Our destination a little town lying about 85 miles in a northwesterly direction where we arrived on Monday about noon (not traveling on Sunday). We found the country about as it had been represented to us, beautiful, grand and rich beyond description, but upon inquiry we discovered that there was no government land in the neighborhood but what was occupied or already taken up. I found after examining some of the plots several tracts lying about six miles south of the village. We procured a guide and proceeded to the spot but no one seemed inclined to fancy the bargain. It was too far from civilization, there was no house, and scarcely a shrub in sight, nothing but the green prairie, and that rough and rolling. A dampness seemed to come over the feelings of the party and we returned to town in moody spirits. I saw that most of the party were getting homesick and that by next morning they would be anxious to return. Morning came and we put it to vote. I was anxious to proceed, but the majority decided to return. Accordingly return we did and after traveling for 3 1/2 days and leaving one of our party on the road, three of us arrived safe in the port from which we started. Our horses were just able to draw us into town and that was all. It was a joint stock company, I was Secretary, Treasurer, Postillion, Hostler, and waiting man in general and particular; our gross expenses $76.55 of the four that continued faithful to the end. Each paid $17.06. The company have dissolved and most are on their way home, and I feel almost lonely, but that will soon wear off. It was a pleasant trip and rather a jovial company. We had Temperance, Anti-Slavery and Progression personated in the form of a liberal minded Doctor of medicine. We had old Hunkerism refined and concentrated and most truthfully presented in the person of a grey-haired, hide bound, hard hearted old line Democrat. Wise Saws and sharp saying in a New York Yankee and Genuine Know Nothingism in Myself. I shall look back on the trip in after time with feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. We certainly have traveled over some of the road that is East of "Jourdan" and is designated by the somewhat un-euphonius cognomen of "Hard" and it may be that we have been just within sight of the promised land but was not permitted to enter. Saw "the Elephant" One thing is certain we HAVE SEEN the "Elephant" all except the tails! (It was a large rock covered with moss not unlike that giant quadruped. Several companies had turned at this point and we supposed that was the occasion-they were satisfied). Seriously, this is a great country. I cannot begin to do it anything like justice. One who has lived all his life in hill of old Pennsylvania can scarcely conceive of the richness of the soil and grandure [sic] of the prospects out on the broad prairies. II will try to give you a faint idea of the village of Martha, the terminus of our journey, as it struck me the most forcibly of any place I have yet seen in this country. It is situate on a high point of land surrounded by slightly rolling prairie. The Iowa river lined with timber runs one mile north, a large stream about one mile south, the village of LeGrand nine miles east visible to the naked eye, another small village to the northeast, groves of timber to the west and southwest, and unbroken prairie all around. Land sells at this price 140 miles from the Mississippi for form four to six dollars per acre according to the nearness to the village; town lots from 50 to 120 dollars. They raise potatoes about as big as your dog's head-I forget his name.- Onions large round as our ice cream plate from the seeds, watermelons, sweet potatoes in abundance; burn all their straw, make no manure, buy no grain at 50 dollars per ton nor anything of the kind; they sow nothing but spring wheat out here and that often without ploughing the ground, and get 20 & 25 bushels to the acre. What is worth about 150 at this time, corn about 50, flour 9 and 10 dollars barrel. The country has disadvantages, fencing timber is scarce and inconvenient, mills far apart. Log cabins very plenty-not much room inside but almost any amount out. I will not be able to say all I want and therefore had better draw to a close. I am at the house of Richard Hoode in this place, staying for a few days. He is Martha Fulton's husband. They live on the brow of a bluff back of the town. They have a grand view of the town, river and Rock Island on the Illinois side, a place just opening out and destined to be one of the most important on the Mississippi. I have just had my dinner and think the best thing I can do is to shut right down as my paper is growing scarce. I have enjoyed abundant health and a saw mill appetite. Am burned as black as an Indian. By the way, we fell in with a caravan of wandering Indians in our journey west but I have no room to tell you about them. To an Anglo Saxon they seem to live a miserable idle and dirty life. I'll tell you more when I have more leisure. Till then farewell. Give my respect to all who enquire and believe me Yours truly, AND. SHANNON. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FLICK, JEWELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2663 Message Board Post: There is an oral tradition in my family that states my Grandparents Roy V. Flick and Minnie Jewell met at a rooming house at Davenport, Iowa and were later married in Quincy, Illinois. Is there a city directory for 1918-1920? Any Flick marriages between 1920-1930? Roy may have worked there several years. He also may have changed his first name. I am interested in any Flick's in Davenport. Thanks, Eddy A. Flick

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lynes, Hanson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2656.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Alisa, Thanks so much for your help! My great-grandparents marriage date & location is one the last missing pieces of information I need. I was told by a relative that they were married in Davenport, Iowa in 1902 but read in her obituary that it was August of 1904 with no lacation given. They are from Grundy County, Ilinois but weren't married there either. Someday I'll find it. Thanks again for looking for me!!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2656.1 Message Board Post: I have looked at the the marriage indexes for 1903-1905 to no avail. I also looked in the local newspaper index for that time frame, but still nothing. I would love to help if I can. Please email me directly at [email protected] with more information and I will see what I could find.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2662 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Ethel Seymour who married George Cameron in 1956 Iowa. George was born November 8, 1894 MN. Died February 10, 1979 Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa. Any information on Ethel Seymour will be appreciated. Thank you.