By 1932 thousands of Davenport residents were on public relief due to the Great Depression.

Charlotte Valley Central School is the only public school in Davenport, New York.

The parade formed at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, moved to Davenport, countermarched to Gaylord and thence to the high school where the exercises were held ... “ The progress of the public school ” was the subject of an eloquent address by J. Q. Creveling, who began by comparing the present school system with that of years gone by when Plymouth and all its institutions were in their infancy.

He attended Davenport public schools.

Details regarding the departures of Knapp and Davenport have been kept quiet for sometime, and neither camp has appeared interested in fueling any public debate or ill-will.

* Ed J. Davenport, handled public relations for Frank Knox, 1929 – 32

* Davenport CitiBus, public transit in Davenport, Iowa

The unselfish and heroic deeds of Miriam Davenport during World War II received almost no public recognition of any kind until 1980 when her friend Mary Jayne Gold published a book titled Crossroads Marseilles, 1940 that recounted the events.

" Davenport is also noted for his " Bonfires of the Vanities ", the public burnings he organized in New London.

She attended public schools in Davenport, and went on to graduate from Drake University in Des Moines with a Bachelor's degree in 1899.

The daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining, she was born in London, England, but was brought to America when a child and educated in the Boston public schools.

This turned into a public disagreement with the mayor of Davenport, Iowa, one of the affected cities, and brought up policy issues that would arise again under Allbaugh's successor after Hurricane Katrina.

With federal funds from the Works Progress Administration, the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, a single-span, two-lane highway bridge built for automotive traffic, was concluded between Moline and Davenport in 1935 and quickly became the preferred method for interstate transit.

However, soon thereafter Sophie overheard her parents arguing about Sally's affair with her boss, Ian Davenport ( Philip Bretherton ), whose daughter Gemma is friends with Rosie.

However, soon thereafter Sophie overheard her parents arguing about Sally's affair with her boss, Ian Davenport ( Philip Bretherton ), whose daughter Gemma is friends with Rosie.

Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.

Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk War stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong.

Davenport has 27 parks and over of recreational paths for biking or walking.

The Davenport City Hall was built in 1895 for the meager price of $ 100, 000 ($ in dollars ).

The situation would soon change, as many citizens went to work for the Works Progress Administration and Davenport experienced a boom after World War II.

Davenport prefers the open access to the river for parks and vistas over having access cut off by dikes and levees.

Lindsay Park, in The Village of East Davenport, was used as parade grounds for Civil War soldiers from Camp McClellan.

The old Civil War parade grounds, in The Village of East Davenport (" The Village " for short ), have been turned into Lindsay Park, which is surrounded by small specialty shops.

She is most famous for her cover version of the Little Willie John hit " Fever " written by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport, to which she added her own, uncopyrighted lyrics (" Romeo loved Juliet ," " Captain Smith and Pocahontas ") and her rendition of Leiber and Stoller's " Is That All There Is ?".

** James Davenport, U. S. Representative for Connecticut ( d. 1797 )

He gigged around Chicago until the fall of 1923, at times returning to Davenport to work for his father.

Indeed, Beiderbecke had met Hardy and the clarinetist Leon Roppolo in Davenport in 1921 when the two joined a local band and played in town for three months.

According to the findings of Dr. Christian Davenport of the University of Notre Dame, Professor William Moore of Florida State University, and David Armstrong of Oxford University during their torture research, evidence suggests that non-governmental organizations have played the most determinant factor for stopping torture once it gets started.

During the summer, Davenport won the tournament in Los Angeles, defeating Graf for the first time in her career in the semifinals, before defeating Anke Huber in the final.

In the quarterfinals of that tournament, Davenport defeated Venus Williams for the fourth consecutive time.

Davenport bypassed the European clay-court season and went to the French Open without having played a professional competitive match for weeks.

Davenport led most of the way, as she served for the match at 6 – 5 in the second set, and had a match point at 5 – 4 in the third set.

After the loss at the US Open, Davenport captured the title in Bali without dropping a set, and subsequently qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.

In the final, Davenport defeated sixth seeded Patty Schnyder for her fourth title in Zürich and her sixth title of 2005, second only to Clijsters's nine.

World Team Tennis announced that Davenport would not be able to compete for the season because she was pregnant with her third child.

John Davenport arranged for these " Regicides " to hide in the West Rock hills northwest of the town.

This suggestion is usually shunned by residents of the other cities, for the simple reason that " Quad-Cities " doesn't sound as good ( as well as the fact that West Richland has a much smaller presence compared to the three major cities ) as well as the fact that there is already a Quad Cities on the Mississippi River with Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, Rock Island and Moline in Illinois.

At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Davenport and Zvereva beat Hingis and Jana Novotná, to whom they had lost in three of the four 1998 Grand Slam doubles finals.

It was also the first time Davenport had saved match points en route to a victory since the 1999 U. S. Open.

Davenport had re-hired Adam Peterson as her coach, with whom she worked during her 2004 – 05 resurgence.

This was the first time that Davenport had lost to Sharapova in straight sets.

It was announced on June 30, 2009 that Davenport had given birth to a baby girl.

Delegate Bill Howell ( now Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates ) introduced HB1322, which had been suggested to him by conservationists Charles Davenport and Phil Hocker.

Ultimately the Duc takes poison to prevent himself confessing the truth to the authorities, but lives long enough to reveal it to another of his servants Pierre ( Harry Davenport ), a kindly old man who had earlier warned Henriette to escape from the de Praslin household.

In 2010 Davenport had a population of 2, 888.

By the spring of 1926, the school had been renamed Ward P. Davenport High School, and the stone tablet over the front door with the inscription " Plymouth High School " was replaced with one inscribed with Davenport's name.

It had been located on the stage line between Davenport and the Mines in northern Washington and with the speculation of the railroad arriving soon seemed a likely place for a town.

The claim that Mary Davenport Engberg had previously appeared as " a featured soloist for several years with the Seattle Symphony " contrasts with her being listed as a soloist only twice in a three-week period in news articles and surviving Seattle Symphony programs: a Sunday afternoon pops concert in the Moore Theatre on December 13, 1908 and a benefit concert on January 3, 1909 for victims of an earthquake in Italy.

As the play neared its premiere, Bernhardt discovered to her fury that Sardou had sold the rights for the first American production of the play to the actress Fanny Davenport and threatened to walk out.

She then won three very close matches against Petra Mandula, Shikha Uberoi and Chanda Rubin to make the fourth round of the US Open where she lost to Davenport, the first time she had ever lost at the US Open prior to the semifinals.

Important visiting scholars included Joseph Henry, who had previously studied under Amos Eaton, and Thomas Davenport, who sold the world's first working electric motor to the institute.

It was designed by John Fritz with the assistance of Russell Wheeler Davenport, who had entered Bethlehem's employ in 1888.

The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N ' Dea Davenport ( who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl ) joined the group.

While under management by Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildlife Entertainment, The Brand New Heavies released Brother Sister ( 1994 ) which was the last album for a while with N ' Dea Davenport, who had left to complete her solo album ( which she had put on hold to join the Heavies ).

Arthur Hill, with his brothers Rowland Hill, the postal reformer and Matthew Davenport Hill, afterwards recorder of Birmingham had worked out a system of education which was to exclude compulsion of any kind.

They were soon joined by Robert's much younger adoptive brother Jude Davenport, openly despised by Ginny, Cameron and Lewis, after he had romantically pursued Jessica.

Robert Davenport had a one-night stand with Geri, after which, she accused him of rape.

At the US Open, Maria Sharapova defeated Henin in the final after Henin had defeated Lindsey Davenport in the quarterfinals and Jelena Janković in the semifinals 4 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 0.