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The Weekly Outlook: French, Terpsichore, and Night Blooms
THE WEEKLY OUTLOOK – DEVOTED TO HOME & OUTING LIFE, LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC & THE DRAMAc (Volume 1 Number 6 – August 15, 1896) NOTABLES: The cover of today’s edition is graced with an image of local novelist Alice French. … Continue reading
A Moment to Remember: Armistice Day, 1925
The ghosts and goblins were gone and local turkeys were still being fattened up in preparation for Thanksgiving dinner. But Davenporters, and most of the world, were about to pause in their holiday preparations on to remember those who fought … Continue reading
What’s in a Name?
It’s really fun to find your ancestors in old newspaper columns, vital records and census listings. But what happens if you cannot recognize the name of the town they lived in? If it doesn’t exist now, how can you find … Continue reading
A Cemetery by Any Other Name
In July of 1900, the West Davenport Cemetery Association was looking for a new name for the cemetery. They were worried that it was too easily confused with Davenport’s City Cemetery, which was also located on the west part of … Continue reading
We’re Cooking Now!
Although it’s well known—or should be—that our Special Collections Center archives the works of local authors, it appears that few of our patrons realize that this collection policy includes cookbooks produced by local organizations, schools, and businesses. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cookbooks, Margaret Pillion, Recipes, Trinity Cathedral
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The Weekly Outlook: Poetry and Politics
The People…are reading what? The people are reading THE WEEKLY OUTLOOK why? …Because it is a cheerful prophet, and they are weary of gloom. Because it chronicles the good rather than the bad. Because it is one of the handsomest, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles August Ficke, Henry Vollmer, Poetry, The Weekly Outlook
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Many Scores to Settle
Among our collections of genealogies and local histories, death records and newspaper abstracts hides a different kind of historical resource: Musical scores. In Special Collections, we have several catalogued scores, most of which have local connections, from Davenport by Alfred … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Petersen, Alfred E. Petrow, Bix Beiderbecke, Composers, Erwin Swindell, Herman Schmidt, Kent Gannett, Local History, Music, Musicians, Scores
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The Weekly Outlook: H. H. Andresen and a Timely Announcement
THE WEEKLY OUTLOOK – DEVOTED TO HOME & OUTING LIFE, LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC & THE DRAMA (Volume 1 Number 4 —August 1, 1896) Featured in the portraits of notable Davenport men and women in this issue is H. H. Andresen, President of the German Savings … Continue reading
The Weekly Outlook: featuring Miss Susie Glaspell
The July 25, 1896 issue begins to get more titillating as Banks’ POINTS OF VIEW segment berates the condition of the Scott County Jail, calling it an “abomination”, and stating it is “alive with vermin, many of these large enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Local History, newspapers, Susan Glaspell, The Weekly Outlook
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The Weekly Outlook: Charles Eugene Banks
The second issue of The Weekly Outlook newspaper, dated Saturday July 18, 1896, highlighted a large bird’s-eye view of Davenport’s Tri-city Packing and Provision Company’s plant and grounds along with information on the company’s growth since its inception in 1893. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrie Wyatt Banks, Charles Eugene Banks, Local History, newspapers, Weekly Outlook
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