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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text lists routes and times around Peoria and Rock Island with inconsistent names and places. Key elements include Peoria and Spring locations, a series of times from early morning to evening, and scattered references to agents and hotels, though many words are garbled. The readable items suggest a transit or schedule note without a clear events or entities to anchor.
A narrator recalls attending Mrs Cheswick s ball in October in a white muslin dress. She plans to refuse but ends up charmed by Major Cheswick who confesses love and proposes. Ned’s absence and a letter frame the happy romance as the story closes with engagement. Two playful vignettes about married life follow.
The article passages describe cirrus and stratus clouds, their altitudes and temperatures, and imagine ascending a snow capped peak by balloon. It then surveys long oceanic routes and precise distances to distant lands, followed by a humorous wordplay exchange from Mother Goose repartee in New York Sun.
An anecdote recalls a quarrel over academy coverage with Morace Tireoley and Clarence Cook. Greeley replies that Cook’s widely read pieces will persist in The Tribune. Other vignettes reference Lord Cardwell’s prayers, a valet’s woes, and Rubinstein’s Spanish joke about talking to Spaniards via the piano.
A fragment from Crick 810 recounts Dr. W G Grace delivering a brilliant batting display at the oval. A spectator notes his precise placement of shots and another quips that Grace’s practice leaves him with no time for family prayers.
Testimony from a typhoid survivor recounts a heel ulcer healed after one month by Dr J Alvin Horne of the Illinois Laboratory and School of Natural Healing. The patient says amputation was once advised but recovery came swiftly and fully, with willingness to substantiate the statement. Rock Island, Illinois resident Fowawa Roserva signs the testimonial.
An advertisement asserts that curing a primary ailment eliminates related disorders such as Varicocele, strictures with prostatic or urinary impacts, syphilis sequelae, and impotence. It vows complete, permanent restoration of health, energy, and vitality, rendering reflex complications and associated diseases obsolete.
Dr J Alvin Horne lists office in Mitchell Lynde Building Mock Island room 49 to 55 with hours 9 to 12 and Sundays from toll. Two ladies visit by elevator to the fourth floor. Sand stamp for his tree book.
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