Looking Back

1 years ago

An elderly man sleeping in the farmers’ elevator at Irby was believed to have perished in a fire that destroyed the building.

A number of Morgan Street business owners appeared before city council to protest against paving the downtown Davenport street.

The unnamed county sheriff poured out 18 cases of gin and whiskey that had been seized on Peach-Creston Road three weeks prior into an ash pile behind the county courthouse, with a crowd of interested spectators hoping a fire alarm would go off to distract the sheriff and leave the stash unprotected.

75 years ago

Two prominent bus...