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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1908

Page

2

Opium Den Raid Leads to Pair's Arrest in Davenport

Police arrested a colored man and woman alleged to run an opium den on East Fifth Street. Detectives seized pipes dope stove and other gear as evidence. The man claimed Tennessee origin and carried a loaded revolver. Also reported: railroad officials reshuffle Davenport positions. A bogus check swindler passed a small note to grocer Fred W. Brooks before fleeing.

Davenport East Fifth Street Lee Shanley Smith & Wesson Tennessee St. Louis Nels Pearson Fred W. Brooks Peter N. Jacobsen Nels Pearsson Iowa National Bank Citizens’ Trust Savings Bank

Churches Announce Tomorrow Services Across Several Congregations

churches in Rock Island list morning and afternoon services with multiple congregations across Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Evangelical and Presbyterian denominations. Key details include Trinity Episcopal at 7:30 and 10:45 a.m., Trinity Chapel 7 a.m. Bible school, First Baptist 10:45 a.m. with a "What Means to Vote No" theme, and Union meeting at the rink in the evening, with numerous Sunday schools and youth activities in various locales.

Trinity Episcopal Church Nineteenth Street Sixth Avenue Granville H. Sherwood Trinity Chapel Seventh Street Fourth Avenue First Baptist Commer Third Avenue Fifteenth Street H. W. Reed Rink Twenty First Street Fifth Avenue Second Baptist Tenth Street R. A. Broyles Edgewood Baptist Church Forty-fourth Street J. H. Saulgmser Sun“Tay School Twentieth Street C. A. Mennicke E. D. Mennicke Ninth Street Fifth Sixth Avenues E. Klimpke Zion Swedish Lutheran Forty-fifth Street Seventh Avenue E. K. Jonson S. G. Hagglund Children of God Grace English Lutheran Fority Fourth Street Ira O. Nothstein Swedish Lutheran Fourteenth Street Emil Bergren Unio

Manufacturing Pulse and Local Civic Notes in Watertown and Moline

Moline manufacturers express cautious optimism about the closing season and foresee 1908-09 posting record goods volume with crops strong and market turnover improving. A launch club meeting at Moline club yielded little progress toward permanent organization. United Presbyterian members elect officers including R J Montgomery and S A Thompson. Watertown citizens party caucus nominates candidates for spring election with Allsbrow for president, Norton for village trustees, and others for clerk and treasurer. saloon caucuses scheduled tonight.

Watertown Citizens Party of Woodmen Hall H. A. Newton George Norton Weeting George Allsbrow Dan B. H. Rah Edward Axelson J. W. Dawson Samuel P. Cosner

Sunday religious services and schools listed by church

A compilation of worship times and Sunday schools across multiple churches including Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Methodist, Spencer Memorial Methodist, German Methodist, Free Methodists, A M E Mission, St Joseph's, and Sacred Heart. Activities span 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. services, 2:30 p.m. junior leagues, 6:30 p.m. Epworth leagues, with Sunday schools noted at various times and locations on Elm Street to Fifteenth Avenue, Second and Fourteenth streets.

Memorial Christian Third Avenue Fifteenth Street W. K. Clemmer the Christian Citizen Cats Rink Second Christian Comer Sixth Street Thirteenth Avenue George H. Hull Central Presbyterian Second Avenue Fourteenth Fifteenth Streets Marion Humphreys Gregory Bethel Presbyterian Twelfth Street Eleventh Avenue J. C. Thomson Christian Endeavor Aiken Street Union Chapel South Rock Island J. H. Cleland Broadway Presbyterian Twenty-third Street Seventh Avenue W. S.marquis W. G. Oglevee People South Park Chapel Presbyterian Elm Street Fifteenth Avenue Broadway Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Fourteenth Street J. L. Vance Young People’s Society First Church of Christ, Scientist Seventh Ninth Avenues First Methodist Fifth Avenue Nineteenth Street R. B. Williams Epworth Spencer Memorial Methodist Church Forty-third Street Sixth Avenue W C. Schultze Ninth Avenue Fifteenth ‘Street John Harvey Wyman A. M. E. Mission Thirteenth Street R. Cottrell St. Joseph's J. J. Quing Sacred Heart Twenty-eighth Street J. F. Lockney

Election Notice for Rock Island City Officers 1908

Public notice sets April seventh 1908 election in Rock Island Illinois for city officers ward aldermen two year terms town officers and public policy questions including anti saloon territory and territorial annexation. Precinct addresses listed for registration and voting with polling open from 7 am to 5 pm. M T Rudgren city clerk urges vote for territorial annexation as essential to Rock Island growth.

Rock Island Illinois Ill South Rock Island Fourth Avenue Seventh Avenue Third Avenue Sixth Avenue County Han Fourteenth Street Allemeyer’s Eleventh Avenue Fifteenth Street Frick's Livery Fourth Ward M. Levy Nineteenth Street Sixth Seventh Avenues Fifth Ward Hose Schmidt Twentieth Street Sixth Ward A. J. Reiss Twenty-seventh Street Seventh Ward Fifth Avenue

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