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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
2
Dr J Alvin Horne and Associate Physicians cure permanently the cases he undertakes and send the incurable home without taking a fee. This is why he continues his practice year after year while other doctors have stayed only briefly in the city.
News from Davenport notes the death in St Louis of John Stroh aged 42, native of Davenport. A suspected smallpox case near Locust street road west of the city is quarantined though said to be slight and outside local health jurisdiction. A separate incident describes intoxicated men attempting to rob a passerby on Rock Island street, leading to the arrest of the intoxicated man. A Greek railway worker on the Chicago, Omaha and Colorado Limited suffered a crushed left foot after being jostled on a Davenport platform. he was taken to St Luke’s hospital and identified as Chicago-bound but unable to speak English.
An advertisement urges pale women to use Scott's Emulsion as blood food to improve red blood color appetite and appearance. It claims daily doses brighten health and mood and offers a free sample from Scott and Bowne chemists at 409 Pearl Street North.
A chancery decree lists Ian Caxon Samuel Kres F G Cald well James Clow E R Godtre Herman Rogert Davie Tidle Burk bot Paul Gilmore W Mauocker and Hada Burkhart as parties involved in a Rock Island County case. The filing cites an entry in the eleventh degree and notes the matter is before Recentant's Solfaltors M Switerer Det Solleivor.
Davenport news notes a notable change in a local jobbing house as John P. Van Patten and M. L. Marks end their 1867 partnership on Jan 1 1903. The Morton L. Marks company will carry the business, capitalized at 150000, with a February transfer and a March start. The Van Patten firm will become John P. Van Patten Ry Company in the same block. Also reported is the death of Frank P. McClarren near Reynoldsville Pa from typhoid fever. he leaves a widow and three children, marking the second brother lost in three years.
Travel notes advertise Queen & Crescent routes to Chattanooga Birmingham and New Orleans with two daily fast trains and through cars to Asheville North Carolina. It lists low one way and round trip rates via Rock Island and Chicago tickets for $6.55 valid through early December plus jokes and light anecdotes from the Brooklyn Eagle and San Francisco Chronicle.
Homer Hall of West Point Iowa credits Dr King's New Discovery for curing his severe cough and consumption after physicians said doom. He now weighs 227 pounds and urges trials at Hartz and Ullemeyer's drug store with bottles priced at 90 cents and one dollar.
Moline milkmen raise price to six cents a quart amid milk scarcity. John Fisher and Miss Jennie Hill admit marriage in Joliet after initial public congratulations and denial. Also notes on Methodist church chautauqua committee setup, a proposed Prospect Park building, and various local incidents including horse team break and ambulance calls.
A crowded market report lists receipts for wheat corn oats and cattle with figures for prices and quantities, noting rough heavy cattle markets and a generally steady to weak tone. It cites Tuesday receipts and closing prices on New York stock and local provisions quotes including dairy produce and vegetables.
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