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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1906

Page

2

Davenport Licenses Ciruses Amid County Debate

Davenport boards discuss licensing circuses under state law, deciding the license must be imposed but still negotiating the tax amount. Separate items note the Crockery Company reorganizing with new control, and officer Benegar's arrest with a settlement offer. Additional notices cover in-bound trade excursion rates, stolen goods, obituary, and extensive railroad excursion promotions and timetables.

Board of Supervisws Tate Board of Supervisors A. ®. Harms G. F. Cornelison W. H. Laverenz C. H. Wagner F. T

Railway tips for summer trips to Chicago Milwaukee and Colorado

Rail lines advertise through trains and round trip fares from the tri cities to Chicago Milwaukee and Kansas City with through sleeping cars and return limits in August. Rock Island offers eight dollar round trips to Chicago August 4 5 6 and 11 12 13 with varied return deadlines and Milwaukee options, plus Colorado via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul for summer travel.

Minneapolis St. Paul Rock Island Moline City Ticket Office Second Avenue Chicago New England Nickel Plate Road John Y. Calahan Adams Street Chudgo LaSalle Street New Jersey Long Island Lake Shore Ashbury Park Atlantic City Long Branch Sag Harbor Newport Block Island New York Philadelphia Niagara Falls M. S. Coles W. J. Lynch Kansas City Tri-Cities Milwaukee Colorado Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Rocky Mountains

Moline sale final as E Mayer buys McKinnie block

Final negotiations closed with E Mayer purchasing the McKinnie block at Fifteenth street and Fourth avenue for 65000. Mayer gains shelving transfer and July rent, about 700, with McKinnie accepting terms and a higher bid delaying closing. The change marks a complete consummation of the deal.

E. Mayer McKinnie Fifteenth Street Fourth Avenue P. L.mckinnie Evanston Mr. Mayer MecKinnie Mayer

Maltalist breakfast cereal Malta-Vita ad claims health boost

An old adage about saving money extends to nutrition as the ad promotes Malta-Vita cereal as a nourishing ready to eat breakfast. It emphasizes easy assimilation, no cooking, and convenience with a price of 10 cents, urging readers to buy from grocers.

Nis St. Marta-Vita Malta-Vita

Doctors Up In A Balloon For Physiological Research

A Philadelphia balloon ascent by Dr. Samuel Jottinger and Dr. T Chalmers Fulton aimed at physiological research. They flew about five hours reaching over three miles, gathering data on nerves eyes blood flow and respiration while atmospheric instruments operated. The balloon, 55000 cubic feet, used pure coal gas water gas mix and was led by Professor Charles King with instruments from medical societies and the Weather Bureau. William R Scullin a Missouri candidate for Congress runs despite missing feet from a railway wreck.

Philadelphia Samuel Jottinger T. Chalmers Fulton Jefferson Medical College New York Media The Aero Club of New York Charles King Aeronautics United States Weather Bureau

A Mechanical Hired Man Solves Farmhand Shortage

B. B. Moore of near Winsted Connecticut reports a milking machine powered by gasoline and electric motor handles farm tasks from milking to butter making. The ad claims reduced labor and expense, then promotes Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for swift relief and Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a non opiate cough cure in leading druggists.

B. B. Moore Winsted Conn New York World Moore's Chamberlain Kennedy Davenport Walsh Chicago Medical Institute West Third Street Main Street Iowa

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