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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1905

Page

2

Davenport Business Men to Meet on Arsenal Reductions

Davenport association and Davenport Commercial club plan a Friday meeting at the Mason Temple to address government contract shifts cutting Rock Island arsenal forces. The People’s Construction Co has secured a large steam digging machine from Municipal Construction Co of Chicago to accelerate the North Davenport Sewer project despite frost.

Davenport Business Men's Association Davenport Commercial Club Masonic Temple Rock Island Arsenal People’s Construction Company North Davenport Municipal Construction Company of Chicago

Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Health and Strength

Mrs. Mary Gagner of Holyoke Massachusetts credits six boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after years of dizziness weakness and near inability to work. The pills allegedly build new blood and nerve energy and are sold by all druggists for further details contact the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady New York.

Mary Gagner South Summer Street Holyoke Mass

Suburban visits and local family travel notes

In the suburbs Hamlet and Dee, residents include J Charles Bopes and sister Miss Katherine visiting with Ward Candor and family of Seaton. Edith Reaber spent the end of the week with grandmother Mrs Mary Reaber in Aledo. Herman Cain and wife moved to Hollenbeck farm at Perryton last week.

Hamlet Dee Katherine Bopes Martha Nichols Rock Island George Taylor Sugar Grove Mary de Bord Nellie Cooper Robert Sproston Millersburg George Stevens Keithsburg Tom Sproston May Cain Herman Cain Joseph Qdell Perryton Jennie Gridley Lester Cain James Boultinghouse Chicago

Weekend Visits Reported Across Davenport Millersburg

Co B Halstead was a business visitor in Davenport Saturday. Hiram Cooper and daughter Miss Julie visited Clarence Cooper and family in Millersburg on Sunday.

Moline Theatre Changes Color Scheme and Local News

Moline theatre adopts Turkey red walls to replace Dutch pink enabling painting by electric light. Burlington promises a culvert on Sixth street East Moline after attorney Oakleaf secured the division superintendent’s support. Moline club football hosts a dance with unique club color decorations. Charles Carlstedt dies aged 75 after long illness. funeral planned. Peterson to resign Svea Male chorus presidency due to North Star duties. resignation to be acted on at December meeting. Licensed marriage notices: Melville A Shaw and Lena E Cornbrook in Chicago and Moline.

Moline Theatre Sixth Street East Moline Burlington Road J. B. Oakleaf Galesburg Peterson G. J. Peterson North Star Benefit Association Svea North Star

Local names list from Rock Island and surrounding areas

A fragmented OCR listing names connected to Rock Island Cedar Rapids Dubuque and nearby towns appears. Names include John Curtice Jennie E Mitchel Frank Nombalais Mattie L Beauchamp Edwin M Stanton Annabel Newton John F Burns Emma Moyle Carl Axel Johnson Minnie Anderson and others tied to Rock Island uttenberg Dubuque and Orion.

John Curtice Jennie E. Mitchel Frank Nombalais Mattie L. Beauchamp Edwin M. Stanton Annabel Newton Rock Island John F. Burns Uttenberg Iowa Emma Moyle Dubuque Carl Axel Johnson Minnie Anderson Orion Cedar Rapids

Hotels list includes many names and cities across states

The passage lists numerous travelers and hotels in Rock Island and other cities, followed by an advertisement for Hollister's Rock Mountain Tea promising relief for indigestion constipation liver and kidney troubles. The ad directs readers to T. H. Thomas' pharmacy.

Hollister’s Rock T. H. Thomas

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