Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa January 1, 1907 NOTABLE EVENTS IN DAVENPORT DURING THE YEAR 1906 SEPTEMBER 1. Marie Halligan, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Halligan, run over and killed by street car. Death of contractor John Kelly. 2. Harry Drenter shot Grace Reed and killed himself near Argo. 3. Joe Gans walloped "Battling" Nelson at Goldfield. Frank Casey "quit" in championship fight with Abe Attell at Davenport. 4. Inbound excursion rates in effect brought many visiting merchants to town. 5. Geo. W. Bell nominated for congress at Democratic convention at Clinton. 6. Supreme lodge Modern Brotherhood decided to hold national meeting here in 1908, and Order of Harugari selects Davenport as national meeting place in 1907. 7. Miss Elizabeth Nott of Davenport won golf championship cup. 8. Harvard alumni were pulling for their rowing crew, but it lost to Cambridge in the international boat race. 9. Autoboat races, first ever held here, a success- Muscatine and Clinton boats winners. 10. H.G. Henkle fell to his death down elevator shaft at St. James Hotel. 11. Harry Pohlman shot himself through windpipe with a rifle. 12. Walter Thomas Mills lectured here for Davenport Socialists. 13. Special train with low rate took many Davenporters to DeWitt fair. 14. New Jewish synagogue at Eleventh and Brady streets was dedicated. 15. Twenty thousand dollar fire at Davenport Malting company's plant. 16. Plute club votes to disband and turn over $2,000 in cash to Davenport Commercial club. 17. Bruce T. Seaman's stinging retort to roast of Perkins Republicans by the Davenport Times was one of the features of the early campaign. 18. Joe Galligan given decision over Steve Kinney in 15-round bout; fans declared it a draw. 19. Outing club annual meeting starts membership boom. 20. Jewish New Year; special service performed by both reformed and orthodox congregations. 21. Margaret, 3-year-old daughter of President Andreen of Augustana college, burned to death. $25,000 against Street Railway company on account of accidental killing of his daughter. 23. Annual festival of Daddy Davis Clam Chowder club. 24. County Engineer Tom Murray decided not to run for the office again- exclusively announced in The Democrat. 25. Frank W. Downs badly injured by ditching automobile on Colorado mountain road. 26. Republicans of Fifth ward held caucus in basement of Edwards Congregational church. 27. German-American Central association resolved for repeal of mulct law. 28. Glucose company bought Davenport Soap company's property in order to erect big addition. 29. Henry Olsen of Dixon dropped from apoplexy and died within a few hours after acting as temporary chairman of the Republican county committee. 30. Otto Mueller of Wausau, Wis. wins honors at rifleman's championship match here. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/