Augustana Boys Lead Finishing Touches in Final Installation
College students complete preparations for the installation celebration with a grand procession led by the Augustana group.
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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
5
College students complete preparations for the installation celebration with a grand procession led by the Augustana group.
Dr Youngert was installed as professor at Augustana College in a Swedish language ceremony. Rev J Wikstrand led scripture and prayer, followed by a solo and remarks by Dr Novelius. Students praised the president elect and pledged support as the procession toured Rock Island and Moline before returning to campus for coffee and cake.
A reader describes catching a cold in a draught and is advised to drink hot water with a teaspoon of Davis Pain Killer at bedtime. The guidance frames folly and wisdom, urging a simple home remedy to break up the illness.
Officers raided a craps game in an alley on 19th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. F Duffy received $8 fine plus costs, John A Rohden paid $1180 after a $23 stack, Wilbur Dudley faced $3 and cage trimmings, while another man offered a poplar excuse and was cited. Jacobson disputes the location claiming his yard was involved.
F L Natt sells genuine Cable coal along with LaSalle and Dart coal at 1102 8th Avenue Moline. Phone 2009.
Mayer displays a stylish line of yoke overcoats for fashionable dressers emphasizing proper outerwear choice and refined tailoring.
The signal and air brake demonstration car is back at Hawthorn yards for a few days. Built to tour railroad centers, it educates railroad men with daily lectures led by W. W. White who oversees the program.
Messrs Chamberlin and Kindt, theatrical circuit managers, have purchased the bill posting business from Bleuer and Miller in Rock Island, gaining control of plants in three cities except those owned by Skinner C Company in Moline.
J B Oakleaf receives a telegram with news of his mother Mrs Mary Oakleaf’s death at Moundley Kansas. He plans to leave for that place this evening. The rest of the item promotes the Varsity Suits for the up to date young man and Mayer ex.
From census figures Rock Island and Moline are the most densely populated after Chicago with 3.93 inhabitants per town lot. Other cities listed include Quincy 6.16, Bloomington 4.05, Springfield 3.74, Peoria 3.61, Joliet 3.44, Decatur 3.21, Galesburg 3.17, Chicago 2.53, Alton 2.36, Rockford 2.30, East St Louis 2.13.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema skin diseases and blood disorders. It claims 30 years of testing thousands cured and offers 1000 free trial treatments with prepaid medical advice and $1 bottles from Atlanta Georgia.
High school football action set for tomorrow afternoon at Athletic park as Moline and Kewanee clash. Moline seeks to avoid a repeat of last Saturday’s Geneseo defeat while Kewanee brings a strong, fast lineup coached by a Princeton graduate. Geneseo warned Moline to expect a tough contest. lineups p. also noted. Additional items mention Mayer’s children’s suits and season ticket pricing, plus Prof Charles Zueblin lectures on Ruskin and Morris at First Baptist church.
B. F. Klugger was found guilty of receiving stolen property with a value of five dollars. The court ruling categorized the offense as petty larceny, allowing him to avoid penitentiary confinement.
The report notes Mrs. Thoms, injured in a recent fire, is gradually dying and has become unconscious as the end may come at any moment. The English Effect features Mayer's newest creation and Ole Olson performs at the Wagner tonight.
A brief notice lists prices for children from age infant to 18 years for a warm fleeced lined garment. All sizes available at stated rates.
A morning blaze from an ash pan at 5th Avenue barns owned by J B Oak Leaf and 8 S D Poole destroyed Poole’s barn and charred Hill’s, with a horse and buggy of E F Johnson saved. Firefighting lasted under an hour aided by a strong wind. A runaway team mounted by Emil Stanfle sent the chemical wagon careening toward the city dump before being corralled near 2d Avenue.
The rummage sale ended with a large pile of items sold and receipts between $600 and $700, with organizers aiming to clear at least $600 after expenses. A new remedy for biliousness, Chamberlin's Stomach and Liver Tablets, is on sale at F J Clendenin's and E Heimbeck's drug stores, priced 25 cents per box with a free sample.
A Manila dispatch reports four hundred Boleros attacked forty six men of the Ninth infantry on Bangagon island Samar killing ten and wounding six. The company arrived to rout the attackers and killed over a hundred of them.
New York reports a tunnel collapse on the Pacific Rapid Transit road trapping fifteen men. Rescue teams have recovered three bodies and continue efforts to reach those still entombed.
Indianapolis obituary reports ex Governor Pillsbury died at 238 this morning. The death was confirmed as a sudden end and notes his long career in public service.
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