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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1909

Page

2

Davenport Impersonator Sentenced and Local Murders

J R Green jailed ten days for impersonating an officer on Harrison Street. Separate report notes two armed robberies within ten minutes in Davenport, with victims Phillip E Heyden and William Dismer losing an overcoat and cash plus a gold watch. Also reports the Union of Trinity and Cathedral parishes being studied, and a wedding death in 16 hours.

J. R.green Scott County Green Harrison Street Mabel Millard Miss Millard Davenport Trinity North Dakota G. DeWitt Dowling Trinity Parish Fargo Morrison Frederick Howell West Eighth Street Howell Emma Lubeck A. D. Greif Nissen & Hartwig Rudolf England America Walter William Howell Long Grove John George Edward James John Perkins William Gooedeere Nitaya Phillip E. Heyden West Fifteenth Street Fourteenth Street Perry Rock Island Brady Street William Dismer Sixteenth Ripley

Amundsen Touts American Football Appeal in Chicago

Captain Roald Amundsen, observer at Yale Harvard game in Cambridge, praised American college football over Norway’s version. The page also details local notices: fatal accident in Newark, workforce at Williams White Co, pensioner John Linstedt death, property purchase at 1204 Seventeenth Street, and a corn judging update with Indiana wins.

Amundsen Roald Amundsen Harvard Cambridge Chicago Norway

Veteran Reserve Formed as Third Line of Defense

Washington hosts the Veteran Reserve Corps organized to serve as a third line of defense behind regulars and militia. Led by General Andrew Burt as president and Colonel B F Chase as vice president, the group plans company units nationwide with regiments brigades and divisions. Eligibility includes any who served in U S wars or in the regular army or national guard. Permanent headquarters are in Washington.

Veteran Reserve Corps of United States Washington Andrew 8. Burt U.S. A B. F. Chase George 8. Livingston Thacker EB. Lee Veteran Reserve Corps National Defense of Frontiers Men’s League England Regular Army National Guard

Amundsen Eyes American Rules To Boost Norway Teams

Captain Amundsen praises American college rules for greater action and skill, plans to urge Norwegian universities to adopt them after his Arctic expedition stops in Chicago to arrange pemmican and supplies. The piece also notes a $100 reward and advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and 75 cent family pills.

Amundsen Norway Chicago Arctic Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo T Hall

Best Corn in Indiana Wins at Omaha Show

Fred C. Palin of Newton Indiana won best single ear of corn at the Omaha show with the world’s top quality. Another Indianian, J. R. Oter, also featured among prize contenders in Omaha Nebraska on December 7.

Overstreet Indiana Corn Growers’ Association Omaha Neb Fred C. Palin Newton Ind J. R. Oter

One Way to Retain Health Says Cooper

L. T. Cooper argues a deranged stomach causes illness and that health rests on rebuilding digestion. He cites Mrs. Anna Maring of Dennison Illinois, who reports rapid improvement after using Cooper's New Discovery, claiming restored appetite sleep and strength and noting berry picking last summer.

Cooper L. T. Cooper Anna Maring Dennison Clark County Illinois Ana

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