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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
2
A late season solicitation touts the little store packed with domestic items and personal adornments. The ad promises exquisite taste and judgment as proof of capacity to offer products from productive skill and artistic genius, urging shoppers during the holiday period.
The store presents itself as a small yet complete jewelry shop that serves both high class exclusive trade and the masses. It stresses honesty about goods and prices, arguing that business lies are real lies and claiming superior command of truthful communication.
Davenport public lights committee leaders Aldermen Harrison Ogden and Schnack report progress toward cheaper city lighting gas and electric rates after securing concessions from merger group. Proposed: all night lighting 65 cents, gas 1.10 with 10 percent prompt pay, commercial electricity 12 cents. Also details on a local fraud case and several city incidents.
A historical overview explains that earthquakes occur daily somewhere and often result from volcanic activity within two major belts. The Mediterranean Alpine Caucasus Himalayan belt accounts for 53 percent of tremors, while the circum Pacific Andes Japan Malayan belt holds about 41 percent. Other regions see far fewer shocks.
A Velie Carriage plant night fireman Fred North lay for hours with boilers empty and red hot before help arrived. In nearby changes a cafe closure was approved, and Will Smith suffered a 40 foot fall at Silvis shops, breaking his left arm and possibly internal injuries. Sign collapse injured John Ceino near East Moline bank. Obituaries note Louise Christine Ekstrom and Jessie Quick, both from Moline, with funeral details.
Danish explorers observed the birth of large icebergs on Greenland's east coast. Glaciers extend from inland ice to the sea. water buoyancy causes breakage with a thunderous crash. The turning ice causes waves felt far along the coast as natives fear evil spirits and death from viewing the process.
Nathan M Morse questioned the mental state of testator before Judge McKim with a 20 000 word hypothetical. Dr Jelley, an insanity expert, testified as a witness. The interrogation was the longest ever in court with three words from the witness: I do not.
The Argus promotes Hostetter’s 1907 Almanac available at druggists and general dealers for free distribution. It promises entertaining reading for all ages, includes illustrated jokes, statistics, and household notes, and features testimonials about curing stomach and liver ailments with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Use it for nausea, indigestion, and related illnesses, and secure a copy of the health guide before supply runs out.
A London Standard excerpt surveys legends and folk beliefs about mice. It cites Bohemian, Bali and Greek lore showing mice as powerful omens or pests. Stories describe mice guarded in Bali, white mice bringing luck, and charms to avert rodent harm to crops.
A professor who is notoriously absentminded fills a bath with scalding water after his wife forgets to turn off the hot water. He leaps into the tub in a panic, shouting that he is being scalded, and she suggests turning on cold water or getting out.
Sir Walter Scott questions Banquo and Fleance as real figures, noting no Gaelic or Scottish chronicles confirm them. Malone links Fleance to a Welsh marriage and Walter Steward, while Boswell-Stone suggests Boece invented Banquo and Fleance. Shakespeare drew on Holinshed and a Boece romance for Macbeth.
The article explains the heart’s daily labor and energy output. It cites calculations by Dr Richardson estimating heartbeats at 69 per minute and blood travel of about seven miles per hour, totaling roughly 170 miles per day and over 5 million miles in a lifetime, with over 8 billion heartbeats to move that blood.
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