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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1911

Page

2

Davenport Pastor resigns at Calvary Baptist Church service

The Rev H O Rowlands resignation was formally accepted at Sunday service and is effective January 1 with a one month extension under consideration. The congregation has yet to decide on a successor.

Calvary Baptist Church H. O. Rowlands Mr. Rowlands

Local woman remembered in obituary details

She is survived by her mother Mrs Mary L Fisher of Phillipsburg Kansas one sister four brothers and two children Burtis age 17 and Lillian age 13.

Warren Street Margaret Mohr Ireland Charles Mohr Rock Island Hard Street Mary L. Fisher Phillipsburg, Kan Burtis Lillian

Mercer county short course to be held in Aledo week of Dec 11 16

Mercer county hosts the first Fourteenth district short course in Illinois with classes in livestock soils and crops conducted by instructors from Urbana Pack Cod Iowa and other towns. The event runs alongside the Mercer county farmers institute corn and poultry shows in the opera house with free sessions and exhibits by 200 district youths expected.

C. Bateman Frances North Henderson E. J. Glancey Keithsburg E. Cabeen Mercer County Fourteenth Aledo Mercer County Farmers’ Institute N. P. Rush Urbana Lee Thornton Mil Stersburg Leon McWhorter W. V. Love Joy C. A. Clark Shertard A. T. Peters Leonard Heywater Ats W. A. Hook Packcod Iowa H.H. Duncan Alexis Walker Jones Seaton Willard Ruse J.H. McMurray State Agricultural Male Glee Club William and Vashti College Choral Union Opera House

Moline News Briefs Include Fines and Fast Moves

Henry Karstens Jr fined 12.05 in police court for motor speed law violation after arrest on Fourth Avenue Sunday while riding a motorcycle. Moline Liquor Dealers elect officers Jerome Kleyla president Oscar Carlson vice president Bert Brostrom secretary C A Tuttle recording secretary John Sandholm treasurer. Pastor installed Rev A F Bergstrom ordained in Swedish Lutheran church with 18 pastors and 1,000 laymen present. About 12,000 visited State Savings Bank and Trust Co new banking room with visitors from Rock Island Davenport and Moline praising the facilities. Burlington road seeks extra track across Sixteenth Street plus a crossover between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. mayor wary. Deere & Co inaugurates 10 hour day for 2,000 workers from 7 to 12 and 12:50 to 6 with Saturday 5 finish. Oklahoma mob hanged Bud Walker a negro near Manford after dragging him from deputy sheriff’s custody. over 100 bullets fired.

Mike Henry Karstens, Jr Fourth Avenue Moline Liquor Dealers’ Association Jerome Kleyla Oscar Carlson Bert Brostrom C. A. Tuttle John Sandholm State Savings Bank and Trust Company Rock Island Davenport Moline

Van Camp Cup Awarded to Honor High Grade Dairying

An advertisement celebrates a prize winning cow that supplies milk to neighbors and Van Camp's users. It boasts pasteurized free from germs and claims the milk is the finest from America’s best dairying regions, equal to Swiss milk.

America

Cream Evaporation Process Described at Dairy

The text explains concentrating cream by removing two thirds of the water. This is done in a copper vacuum using a clean method.

van Camp

Rich Milk Leads to Germ-Free Table Standard

A description extols milk produced by high bred cows as the finest and implies universal use without germs. The text emphasizes purity and table safety as a guiding principle for all milk uses.

Russia halts plan to admit U S Jews via treaty

Washington reports Russia will drop the 1832 treaty change to allow free entry for American Jews. Knox pressed for amendments but Russia insists on abrogation. Congress may push a denunciation, but the president and State Department favor delaying action to preserve trade and broader ties.

Washington Russia United States Knox HOUSE Congress House of Representatives Senate Russian Empire

Social News From Galesburg and Surrounding Areas

Orion Mrs Katheryn Johnson visited her daughter Mrs Sykes in Galesburg Judge R G Maupin and sons Byron and Robert from Shelbina Mo spent the week with their daughter and sister Mrs Arthur Lundin Miss Selma Hawkinson grammar school teacher spent Thanksgiving vacation with her parents in Galesburg Roy Kettering appointed rural mail carrier Miss Mary Dorman entertained the Shining Lights Friday evening at the

Katheryn Johnson Sykes Galesburg R. G. Maupin Byron and Robert Shelbina Arthur Lundin Selma Hawkinson Roy Kettering Tural Mary Dorman Shining Lights

One Way Of Saving A Baby Free To Try

Advertisement copy urges mothers to use Dr Caldwell's Lyrip Pepsin as a mild laxative for infants. It claims nine of ten infant illnesses stem from intestinal issues and warns against opiates. It offers free samples by sending address to Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello.

Cee Emingsville Red Croms Alanson Mich

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Clearing House Association William Sanders May Kershaw Bettendorf Andrew Schneider Main Street John M. Ragusin Schneider Elmer Randolph Merrie England Greater Davenport Taft Kelly Cleveland Anna Dora Galloway W. McGinnis G. A. Cooke J. W. Henry Swedish Lutheran Church A. F. Bergstrom Chicago Burlington Road Sixteenth Street Carlson Fifteenth Sixteenth Streets Deere & Co Oklahoma Manford Okla Bud” Walker D. H. Pouler van Camp’s van Camp Packing Indianapolis Ind Banonu. S John Sherley Vera Farnsworth Fairview A. F A. M Charles R. Hanna Fullerton W. M. H. L. Bothwell, 8. W. A. E. Fehlman, J. W. 8. H. Calloway F. G. Andreen J. D Cologne Ender Orion Iwder Klume Electric Construction & Machinery Co Second Avenue
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