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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1908

Page

2

Fire damages Poelti Furniture store on Brady Street

Two fires strike Davenport in one evening. John Poelti’s furniture and upholstery shop at Brady Street sustained heavy loss from a blaze shortly after 11 PM, origin uncertain but possibly gasoline explosion or spontaneous combustion. No one on premises. smoke spotted by passersby, firemen battled flames. Separately, a riverfront blaze near Myrtle Street involved oil refuse and hot cinders igniting surface oil, causing a spectacular but nonstructural blaze.

John Poelti Brady Street Myrtle Street Mississippi McCarthy Improvement Company

Christmas vacation closes and school moves ahead

Public schools in the city will close for Christmas on Friday December 18 and reopen Monday January 4. It is noted that about 50 eighth grade pupils may move from Washington building to the high school when the second semester begins. registration has concluded.

Tis Washington

Silvis R N A Elects Officers for Next Year

The Silvis lodge of the R N A elected officers for the coming year with Ball as vice oracle and Hill as chancellor. New members E L Scott and George Klein were admitted. A public installation is set for the second Tuesday in January. Also noted were overturned condemned box cars burned in the C R I & P yards and sewer work at Station No 70 west of the stock yards.

Silvs Lodge Ball Oracle A. B. Cox H. H. Hill Rhoda Crossley Herbert Love E. L. Scott Inner Sentinel Nellie McGuire Outer Sentinel A. W. Flynn

Vaccinated the Rifles in Damaraland Guns

German West African officials ordered stamping and registration of firearms held by natives, causing discontent. Lieutenant Eggers, who had inoculated cattle against rinderpest, offered to vaccinate rifles to ensure accuracy and safety, drawing crowd response from the Damaras.

Eggers Damaraland

Parlor clock misreads as siblings spar over timing

In the Cleveland Leader and Pathfinder snippets a parlor clock from Sultor to Johnony is an hour fast. The Kid Brother knows but hides it from sister who assumes the clock is correct, sparking playful dialogue about knowledge and perception.

Johnony Cleveland

Universal accounting machine promises efficiency gains in business

A sales letter touts the Universal accounting machine as reducing errors and listing time, boosting bookkeeper efficiency, and ensuring prompt statements and trial balances. It notes features like red totals, a paper roll, and in view counters, with an offer to demonstrate at the reader’s office by Forest H. Montgomery, district sales agent in Chicago.

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