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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
2
A meeting of the German printers in Davenport has been called for tomorrow to organize a local union. Henry Olsen told police he was conscience stricken and admitted he was wanted in Duluth Minnesota for forging and cashing checks.
A self confession led to vagrancy charges against Olsen who claimed the crime occurred two years ago and prompted police to await Duluth authorities on forgery warrants dated November 18, 1904. Meanwhile Mrs. Seiffers is sought for kidnapping her son Frankie aged 3 from the state orphans home after prior cruelty accusations. An obituary notes Samuel Lewis of Davenport, age 74, with Swedish birth and Civil War service.
Mrs. Dahl, born in Germany on May 17 1826, married Claus Dahl in 1856. He died in 1864. She moved to Davenport and has lived here 16 years with her son John Dahl.
An importer explains tea chemistry and brewing, arguing that tannic acid harms digestion and caffeine provides the stimulative effect. He advocates selecting low tannin leaves and short infusions, noting most flavor and caffeine extract in the first minutes and praising Chinese tea for aroma and potency.
A Boston woman seeking a summer board option read an advertisement describing a farm stay. She inquired by letter and received terms: five dollars weekly for men, four fifty for ladies, and four for children old enough to eat, with higher charges for difficult cases.
Reports from Moline cover Rosanna Ford's illness after castor bean ingestion and rapid recovery with a stomach pump. Council plans a $35,000 building by Thirteenth Street and Fifth Avenue instead of $50,000. Fred Woodyatt to captain the Moline High basketball team as preparations begin. George E. Carlson reelected worshipful master of Doric lodge, with Dr F H Burrell named. J S Gilmore remains treasurer. Junior Y M C A membership drive targets eighty members. banquet planned for January. Justin Rice sent to county jail after failing a grace period.
The piece argues Oriental society values club life over individual liberty, with family as the social unit and punishments extending to relatives. It notes clubs excite self esteem, enabling any person to become “somebody,” and imagines street activism could spark a mushroom society in Seoul within a day and a long membership list.
The Toothpick, a slender hotel under construction in San Francisco, was being built when the earthquake struck. the steel skeleton remained intact and future walls will use boiler iron plates for armor like battleships, offering a smooth surface for painting. Governor Elect Charles E. Hughes jokes about his election odds with a Broadway bootblack, who quips about Hearst and Hughes.
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