Promotion for Shep Greenough to Choctaw Texas road
H P Greenough promoted to superintendent of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Texas road with headquarters at Armadillo Texas. He leaves Rock Island where he has lived 22 years after resigning as Rock Island and Peoria division superintendent. The independent line may join the Gulf road and Rock Island system via connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Rock Island
Armadillo
Texas
R H Hudson
Greenough
Summer School Opens at Browne Business College
Browne Business College will open an eight week summer program starting Monday July 7. It offers bookkeeping arithmetic commercial law penmanship correspondence banking shorthand touch typewriting and more with individual instruction and well equipped rooms. For details call 8871 or visit Cor 2d and Brady at Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne Business College
Brown's
Business College
Cor 2d and
Brady
Davenport
Pain Balm Restores Absent Relief for Back Pain
George Sthaub, a German citizen from New Lebanon Ohio and Dayton Volk zeitung reader, buys Chamberlains Pain Balm for his wife’s eight week back pains. After days of use she reports near relief and can resume housework, praising the product and urging others to hear of the recovery. Distributed through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sthaub
New Lebano
Ohio
Dayton Volkzeitung
Ita
Chamberlains Paln
Unclear fragmentary notes on rates and scores
Fragmentary OCR text mentions cheap rates, St Baa Mora, 37 points, and multiple place names. The readable items are insufficient to identify a coherent event, person, or organization.
Chamberlain's Colic Remedy Ad in 19th Century Ad
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin sores and Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. It urges readers to purchase 26 cents worth at Clendenins for family use, claiming high efficacy and reliability for both children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noe Palmer
Kirkman
Clendenins
Postal Telegraph Co Wins Exclusive Telegraph Rights East of Erie
Two Postal Telegraph Company managers announced the deal making Postal the exclusive telegraph operator east of Erie and Pittsburgh on Pennsylvania Railroad trackage after July. The agreement adds 4745 miles of lines from Western Union and grants use of the railroad right of way for telegraph work, signaling a major swing in the battle against Western Union’s monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Company
Erie
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Western Union
Struggl
Electric Road Work Progress Between Galesburg and Monmouth
Baldwin engineer leads crew in placing four miles of stakes for a new electric line along lands adjoining the highway from Galesburg toward Monmouth. Surveys will extend east to Cameron and then to Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Baldwin
Monmouth
Cameron
Wheat harvest prospects in central regions improve
Reports indicate fair to good wheat conditions with straw yield thin in some areas. Harvesting starts next week in central states while southern regions see wheat dug out this week. Farmers caution against predicting final yields as conditions vary across fields.
Poddie Ross to Perform in Davenport Concert
Miss Poddie Ross, a tri city favorite, will give a concert at Schuetzenpark Davenport on Monday evening with a 35 piece orchestra under Prof Rud Reese. Tickets go on sale at Fluke's Davenport Saturday morning. The program features operatic arias and concert pieces highlighting Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheutzen Park
Davenport
Ross
Peoria
Schuetzenpark
Rud Reese
Boabeth Mostrowski
Rosamunde
Schubert
Atti
Cost of Hensel trial to Bureau County
The Hensel murder trial cost Bureau County about 8700 dollars with 1000 paid to Attorney Olson. Jury costs including board ran to 1680 dollars. The state’s attorney received 70 dollars by law. If a new trial is granted, arguments will be before Judge Stough on July 11. Hensel is penniless and cannot appeal to the supreme court if a new trial is refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensel
Coat Bureau
Olson
Rugby match results and standings noted
A fragmentary item lists rugby teams including Eldridge, Westminster and Columbia. The text hints at both ladies and gents games, with unclear chalmless results and locations, providing an outline rather than a full recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridgene
Westminster
Columbia Chalmless
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Shep. Greenough
Texas Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Texas Road
H. P Greenough
Chicago
Sult
Mr Greenough
C,m & St P
THE
Electric Road
Mary
Wow Bes
Presenti
Mow
Petia
Athe
Mnost Farm
Pete
Thes U
Ath S Andoon
Ams
Vith Webb
Poddie Ross
Tri-City
Miss Poddle Ross
Mozart
Proch Poddie Ross
Weis Waltz
New Vienna
Strauss Attia
Lucia di Lammermor
Emperoror Wilhiam II Friedrichsen
Donizetti
Perry Davis
the Washington
Washington
H. T. Moss
Third Ave
Moline
Lindwall
Eos
John Lindwall
Fifteenth Street
Reni
Owrk
Atari
Pietts
Davenport Berda
W. S. Holbrook
Tri-Cities
E. Second St
Iowa
Fifth Avenue
Peoples Furniture and Carpet House
Ture
Opty
W. A. Dieroff
W.a.dierolf
Third Avenue
Hotel Sommers
Crana
Woodyatt’s
Chase Bros. Piano Co
Woodyatt
Agae
W. L. Douglas
Ma Tesla
Menke
Rydback
Eee
Wer
15Th Street
Square Deal Shoe
Aaa
Hammond’s
P. G. Stange
Third'avenue
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