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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
2
A Davenport jury returned a verdict for plaintiff D. Kot tong in a 1000 damage suit against Topp-Parker company claiming three fractured ribs from a fall off a rear alley step ladder. The awarded amount was 168 dollars, with the trial concluded yesterday afternoon.
Royal dispute over Princess Infanta Eulalia’s new book The Thread of Life ends with a jury verdict in another case while obituaries and notices fill the page. Unlicensed doctors face state crackdown as Illinois boards prepare warrants.
The Moline Poultry association announces its first annual show at Turner hall from December 13 to 17. Entries have come in from Illinois cities, some in Ohio and Elmira New York. Officials expect over 1,000 birds exhibited and strong competition.
James Warwick dies at his home north of Aledo after typhoid fever. Funeral held at United Presbyterian church. Aledo residents and visitors noted include Mrs. A H Woodworth returning from Chicago, several departures for Muscatine Springfield and Indianapolis, and attendance at stock exposition in Chicago.
Captain E B David of Aledo recovers the blood stained flag of the Thirtieth Illinois Regiment carried from Springfield in 1861 and captured at Atlanta in 1864. The flag was presented to Adjutant General Frank S Dickson and will be placed among state relics in Springfield after a Chicago Confederate Camp handover.
An advertisement promotes Hyomei as a penetrating antiseptic air treatment for catarrh and related ailments. It claims to kill germs in the nasal and respiratory membranes and offers a complete outfit for one dollar with extra bottles at fifty cents. It notes no morphine or cocaine and uses a money back plan through Harper House pharmacy.
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