This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
2
A historical advertisement extols Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham’s vegetable compound as a trusted healer for female diseases. It stresses confidentiality, vast patient experience, and letters from women guiding others to seek advice from a woman with proven success. The text invites sick women to write for free, expert guidance.
In Walcott Iowa Pauli Roddewig administrator of the Bernhard Schwarting estate seeks guidance on a clause that leaves Herman Clausen a $5000 bequest if he proves a saving habit by depositing 1250 monthly or 25 every two months between 1904 and 1906 with a judge William Schwarting final. Since William is dead Roddewig asks if the provision is legal and what becomes of the money.
Kang Yu Wei, the Chinese reformer exiled in America, is portrayed as the dowager Empresss bitterest foe. The article recalls earlier plots to assassinate him, backed by 300000 taels, and his escapes aided by British Shanghai authorities. Born Cantonese, educated in Hong Kong, he influenced Peking politics in 1905, shaping reforms under a Peter the Great model while exiles abroad organize a new movement.
John J. Patton of Patton Alabama says a violent diarrheal attack nearly killed him until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave relief after three doses. He bought a 25 cent bottle and was cured, praising it as the best bowel complaint remedy. Also promoted is Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for looseness of the bowels.
Moline notes Dietz will not coach the maroon and white football squad this fall due to time and business commitments. Also reported is a no-injury arm break for 8-year-old daughter of Charles Laman after a fall from a wall. Graham Relief corps to celebrate 20th anniversary next Friday. Deere & Co employees present C. H. Deere with a loving cup. City Attorney Shaliberg plans several improvement ordinances for paving sewers and water mains. George Ryan and Ed Anderson bound over for larceny after a liquor-store theft. a dog was killed by a gun during pursuit. Hopkins Patent Company changes location to Moline. Moline Automobile Co to add a new 406 by 150 foot factory building for blacksmith and testing departments.
Prominent Burlington men meet and back a plan to extend the Muscatine North and South line to Burlington and then to Dubuque. They propose raising 25000 dollars as a bonus to secure the south rend extension. A second note urges readers to try Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia caused by food poisons, priced at 25 cents.
Peter Christian Hersleb Michelsen emerged as the leading figure in Norway's secession movement from the Swedish Norwegian union. As head of the provisional government, he directs policy while King Oscar declines to name a Bernadotte prince as king. Michelsen, Bergen born, trained lawyer, later maritime head, parliamentarian, championed separate consular services and dissolution of the union.
The C M S T P offers first class service to Chicago and Kansas City from the tri cities with sleeping car reservations. Excursion and home seekers tickets go on sale Tuesdays through Nov 1 1905 to Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. Summer tourist rates are available May 15 to Sept 30 1905 with final return Oct 31 1905. All the news all the time THE ARGUS.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.