Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-25
MOLINE MENTION

III IAOASAANA% A'AAS4S
DR.. o. d. Doran. OF the Davenport
Dental parlOrs. has been called TO VIII
ton by the death of his sister, Miss
Mamie Doran, daughter of Mr.. and Mr..
Mrs. p. Doran OF Wilton, Iowa, which
occurred at her home in that city Fri
day night.
Mrs. Belle Bradshaw, a cOlOred wO-
man residing at 1902 Grand avenue,
passed away at her home at o'clock
Friday night. She was IS years OF age
and had lived in the city five weeks
She came to this city from Palmyra,
and her birthplace was Missouri.
John Busch. one OF the Oldest set
tiers il Davenport. and a member of
the famous Gutenberg colony eXpedi-
ton of 1851. passed away at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. L. J. Mittel-
buscher, 1876 Clay street, Saturday
afternoon at l O'Clock. Mr. Busch was
a native of Mecklenburg-S chwerin. and
was born there Sept. %, 1919. In 1851
he joined a party of $50 Germans. VINO
had set out with the project of found
ing a new town in Iowa and calling it
Gutenberg. The colony diSbanded in
side of two years, and its population
shifted TO other towns throughout the
state Mr.. Busch resided continually
in Davenport since 1851. the year he
arrived here. In the distant past he
purchased what is now known as
Busch's island. Three children were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Busch. They are
still living, and are Mrs. Z. J. Mittel-
buscher wife of the principal of school
40. 6; Theodore Busch, formerly en-
gagged in the drug business in Daven-
port, and now a prominent real estate
man, and William Busch, residing at
Muscatine. For the past Il years Mr..
Busch made his home at the home OF
his daughter. where he passed away
Saturday after a lingering illness. He
was paralyzed four years ago, and has
spent the last six months in bed.
II. J. Neuman has filed a suit in the
district court against his wife, Edith
Neuman, asking that he be freed from
The bonds of matrimony. Neuman
claims cruel and inhuman treatment
vorce. Another suit for divorce was
begun Saturday by Anna S. Rudisill
against Anus II. Rudisill. Adultery
is given as the grounds for the di-
vorce.
r. H. Harmed. of the Boston store,
left Saturday night TO meet Mrs. Har-
ned and daughter on the Atlantic
coast where they will spend a part OF
he heated season
Petersen's band has been engaged
by the Carnival company to play at
the big event in the Mile track
grounds in the week during which the
carnival is here. There will be con-
certs every afternoon and evening and
special musical numbers all over the
grounds.
Ralph Cram of the Davenport Dem
ocrat. the city's official reporter, will
take a rest from his arduous duties
this week and float down the river
with Charles Long in a skiff to the
ST. Louis fair and spend a few weeks.
II. J. Wulf has presented a claim
of SOS against the city, for the firm
Of Wulff & Franz, the livery firm at
i27 Brady street. The claim was
made through Attorney Ira J. Tabor.
The claim sets forth that on June %.
1904. at o'clock in the evening, a
horse and buggy driven by Ed Barnes
fell into a hole that Caved in under
the horses feet at Brady and Four
teenth streets Two front teeth of
the horse were knocked out and it be
came lame. The charges incurred
were $3.50 for surgeon. $3.50 for re
pairs. and $50 for damages. The to-
tai was SIS.
Walter Bloom. the Muscatine boy
who was latelv arrested being CHARGED