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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1900

Page

2

Good, Sweet and Wholesome Bread Statement

Our bread is made from the best products and includes BRAIN BREAD. It is nourFimshing and health giving due to whole wheat, and designed to be the staff of life that customers will like.

Life Furth

For Your Picnic and Party Ice Cream Ad Teaser

There is nothing so tempting as our ice cream for picnics and parties. Enjoy rich flavors and creamy texture perfect for warm days and gatherings. Indulge in a treat that elevates outdoor occasions with family and friends.

Math and Brautigam Go to Second Ave Listing

Math and Brautigam go to 1736 1718 Second Ave based on phone booking 1166 for an appointment or inquiry. Property details not fully shown in fragment.

Spartacus Title Emerges From Author's Interview

The Lewiston Journal recalls writer Ryan Kellogg discussing Spartacus and related works. He reveals an unpublished tortoise and explains why the famous epic caused critical debates among professors and readers in college circles.

Lewiston Ryan Kellogg Spartacus Gladiators Regulus Carthaerpheny Virginius Tomma Aremms Pericles Thy Wien Welllirk Pullity Parke Tap

The Grand Schemer Major Crofoot Creates a New Trust

Major Crofoot originator of the M. W. B. Company schemes a grand plan centering on a mass market washerboard music box. Lawyer Thompson arrives with debt claims but is enticed to join as secretary with promises of high pay and stock. The ruse hinges on selling shares and patents, while Crofoot downplays debts and plots incorporation to push a music powered washboard business.

Oriontmeene Nainé Thompson Soney Crofoot Bia Sun Webrek Megust Selime Musical Washboard Company Nest House Garret Maggie Murphy Thorpson Goodby Gooby Stirs M. Qvap

Crowing Matches Highlight a Curious Divided Sport

A Belgian event in Liege features crowing contests where roosters are judged by crown counts within an hour. Markers record results as birds compete, with fears of heavy bets on outcomes widespread. The piece notes traditional cures in China and outdated radish tastings, reflecting broader rural practices.

Liege Rome Meus Martius Servius Tullus Jugurtha Comand Cicer Seja Twris Chureli Traditionas Y St. Peper Nero Dusarthin Sallest Cleere Sanitarium Instituti

Jury Room Gem in Missouri Records Seeks Address by Wallace

A cryptic item from Missouri court records mentions Hon William H Wallace and a judgeable address. The fragmentary lunacy case verdict asserts a jury, sworn and charged to inquire into a triangulation of Hirstias Totes with unclear wording and errors.

Missouri Coor Wiliam H. Wallace Hirstias Totes

Fragmentary quip on danger and slander in terse dialogue

A garbled excerpt presents a dialog about what bite is most dangerous. The speaker contrasts slander with tame deceit and hints at a traveler seeking satisfaction elsewhere, but the text is heavily corrupted and lacks clear names or events.

Table and Kitchen Practical Suggectiume

A practical guide by Ida Ames Wiis on frugal home cooking. It urges using every scrap, reheating properly, and making new dishes from leftovers to save labor and money. It stresses careful kitchen management, reliable storage, and sanitary practices for healthy, economical meals.

Ida Ames Wiis Chamber of Commerce, Building Benning

Fragmented text on personal matters and opinion

The readable portion mentions a confrontational style and a focus on character and happiness. It references personal interaction and a measure of alternate control or influence, without clear names, dates, or concrete events. The fragmentary nature limits precise reporting of events or outcomes.

Parental force and Philadelp hia housewives in brief

A fragmented Philadelphia era column discusses parental influence on a son named Johnny, contrasts it with Jim Gray, and notes Mrs Gray’s outside observer role. It highlights the Housekeepers' Alliance plan to expand cooking classes for young women, move a depository, and start a fall program building on a successful winter pilot. It also recites antiquarian prison lore at the Mamertine and lampoons domestic humor and jokes from that period.

Johnny Jim Gray Jim Gray's Seems Cold Enough. To Have Mrs. Gray Jitm Mrs. Gray Falnaciolle Schou Sonsekerp Philadelphia Rena Twelfth Samson Streets Penrtth Lythie Depository Philadelphia Exchange

Pure Food Standards Highlighted By Chemical Analysis

Community health notes emphasize only pure and healthful foods backed by actual chemical analysis, underscoring reliability for readers and advertisers alike.

Parachute Ideas Traced From Oliver of Malmesbury to Leonardo

A survey traces early parachute and flight ideas from an eleventh century English monk Oliver of Malmesbury to Leonardo da Vinci. It notes attempts to fly with attached wings, Leonardo’s parachute concept, and his screw propeller speculation. Anecdotes about George Ticknor and Appletons’ end writing appear as a separate aside.

Oliver Malines- Dury Tie Leonante da Vinci Leonardo Malmesbury Leonardo da Vinci Appletons Popular Rob Choate George Ticknor Tutus Choate Manuel the Great Tortugal Gonsalvo de Cordova Puknor Mr. Choate Choate Caroline Pleknor Ruth

Sweet and Low Wedding Tale in Michigan

A young man named Sweet plans a wedding with Lowe and attends Sunday services just before the ceremony. As they walk the aisle the choir starts to sing Sweet and Low, with unintended irony noted by the choir journal and a newspaper quip about a secretary and the five pointed flag.

Sweet Low Garry Lowe Michigan

Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods Foiled by Trade Listing

A terse note from Battle Creek records shows Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods and related entities listed in a trade directory. The entry names Battle Creek Sanitarium Food Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and mirrors the era’s firm naming conventions.

Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods Battle Cheek

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