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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
2
A freight headed passenger train No. 90 wrecked south of Wheatland Street at 5 pm Thursday. Six cars derailed, passengers shaken but unharmed. The cause is unclear with speculation of a spread rail. Line cleared by noon next day, but all services delayed.
Aledo residents and guests are listed in multiple brief notes. Miss Constance Bridgford visits Woodhull with Miss Sophia Taylor while families from New Boston, Keithsburg, and Galva travel for visits and homecomings. The Chrysanthemum club hosts a gathering, and several local residents depart for Davenport, Milan, Chicago, and other cities for weekends, business, or family events. Aged Millersburg resident Hiram Felton dies after a long illness. funeral held at Millersburg Presbyterian Church led by Rev. S. Baker. Police receive a new Mercer deputy, Clarence Gates, replacing E. O. McCreight. Various social visits, church events, and travel updates round out the community notices.
At a national suffrage convention in Washington Dr Anna Howard Shaw urged Wilson to back a federal woman suffrage measure as hundreds of prominent women attended. The event featured Mrs O H P Belmont and Inez Milholland Boissevain from New York, with Milholland once famed as Americas prettiest suffragist. Local notices report residents in Orion Davenport and Derby sharing personal news and medical events, while several others travel or visit relatives.
A report notes suffragists in Washington proclaim they no longer beg for the ballot but demand it. The item lists accompanying social notes from the region, including aunt and cousin visits, anniversaries, and local club activities.
Rock Island readers see renewed testimony from Mrs. A J Johnson who says Dean's Kidney Pills relieve back and kidney pain after years of use. She recounted quick relief from fatigue and lasting improvement after three boxes. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
A Nelson area social column lists visitors and travelers including Mrs. S F Williams returning from New Windsor, Dr J A Kleinsmidt visiting George Werts Jr, and Miss Elsie Graham heading to San Diego for winter. Other entries mention trips to Madison, Chicago, Rock Island, and Galesburg, with church talks by Dr A J Bowen on The New China and stockholders meeting notice for the Rock Island Pacific Railway proposing a 999 year lease extension.
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