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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
2
Illness grips Il-Thomas Keefe the Davenport railroad engineer as he battles a severe typhoid fever in bed. His parents in Clinton lie bedridden with illness, preventing them from visiting his side in this troubled time.
Local notes report visits and illnesses in Taylor Ridge with Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Wandhner, plus Ruth Buffum visiting Champaign. City officials discuss plans for a garbage disposal plant to be built next spring with The Standard Construction Company proposing an eight thousand dollar test plant and financing terms, and a local option petition drive aims to place a anti license ticket next spring amid aldermanic campaigns.
Pierre Olker and family moved in with Oscar Arenschield and family from Moline. Several locals visited relatives in Davenport Rockford and Chicago. Thomas Caverly plans to move to Atkinson to work in a printing office. A village council meeting was held in the hall. The K P and Modern Woodmen held gatherings. The Ellis store sale benefited Baptist Aid Society by ten dollars. Henry Hillbere won prizes in Davenport chicken show. Leah and Ross Trout are hosting a visit from a relative.
A death is reported as apoplexy after the individual died before hitting the floor. Officials note the cause as sudden stroke-related rupture of a blood vessel. No further identifying details are provided in the fragment.
The report lists attendees of the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago including Will Cook John Nichols Charles Bopes and O Phillips and son Barr. It notes Cass Halstead visiting Bradford and Emily Boyle returning from California. Several locals travel to Montana California and Rock Island to visit family or ship cattle.
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