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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1905

Page

2

Boys Bound Over In Rape Case Of 7 Year Old

Preliminary hearing for Ed Lindblom aged 18 and Alden Bennett aged 16 on rape charges involving Isabelle Benson, seven, led to both being bound over to the grand jury. Bonds set at $1,000. Lindblom posted bail and was freed, Bennett unable to meet bail and returned to jail. The witness and main accuser was the victim, Isabella Benson. Attorney W. W. Longer represented Bennett. Finger & ...

Ed Lindblom Alden Bennett Isabelle Benson A. S. Benson Justice Hall Young Lindblom Bennet W. W. Longer Bennerr Lad Finger

Vital Magnetism Demonstrations Offer Free Stage Treatments

Ladies and gents invited to demonstrations on the power of vital magnetism as a healing agency. A short dissertation precedes wire-core performances designed to astonish skeptics and prove cures are possible for curable diseases. Private appointments available at the Harms hotel during December with discounted rates. cases found incurable will not be treated. Office hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday, and Monday/Wednesday evenings.

Harms Hotel

Old Sawmill Man Goes to Shaw Lumber Company

Letts appears for young Lindblom. Swingle, veteran saw mill engineer, leaves Davenport for Shaw Lumber near Norfolk Va to head erection of a new band mill. Nearby, a Sacred Heart statue is installed at St Ambrose college as a Guinan memorial. Daw nport razes the Frahm brewery. An engine mishap near the cemetery endangers a train and claims a child’s life from diphtheria. Art B Lindsley dies at 36 after acute jaundice. Turner hall fair ends in East Davenport. a banquet is planned in the new De Jaeger building. East Moline reports civic notes and local visits. Lick Observatory claims a seventh Jupiter satellite.

N. Swingle Shaw Lumber Company Norfolk Chopel St. Ambrose College William Guinan Albia Iowa Thomas Gulnan Christ Kimball House Doc Welch Charles Becker M. E. Lucas Lindsley

Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Save Health In Emergencies

A stout man suffers acute indigestion after a heavy meal and fears heart trouble. A Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets dose is claimed to relieve pain quickly, with a promise of cure or money back. The ad urges readers to stock the tablets for emergencies and mentions a local store sale.

Chautauqua Plans Falter in 1906 at Moline

A Moline Chautauqua program for 1906 appears abandoned as directors fear insufficient support to cover expenses. Deficits from 1994 and 1995 prompted membership assessments and personal notes from directors, with hopes for renewed influence to revive the summer assemblies at Prospect Park.

Prospect Park Oclation

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Tonight Illinois Theatre Niiners Theater Victor Rock Island Everbody Victor Talking Machine Tottens Second Avenue Rock Island, Il Letts Dawnport Frahm Brewery Sixth and Harrison Street West Davenport Helen Marie Cof Turner Hall East End de Jaeger East Moline E. H. Loomis American School of Correspondence Johnson Moline Celie Juergens Coal Valley C. M. Grandjean Myrtle Nelson F. Brown Third Avenue Plymouth Circle First Congregational Church Lick Observatory Jupiter No. 14 Kronmiller Ed Tobin Scott Kenndy Carbon Cliff Twenty-fifth Street Fourth Avenue S.10 Boost Historical Society Rock Island County Historical Society Assembly Hall Rock Island County W. A. Meese Sleight E. H Sleight Moline Woman's Club Methodist Church Uneeda Uneeda Biscuit National.biscuit Company Graham Crackers VAL Blatz Brewing CO Milwaukee Beardsley & Bailey 18Th St Vays Blatz Fred Bleuer Rock Island, III J. W. Jones 2D Ave Rock Island, Hl
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