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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
2
An advertisement offers dental work promising low prices and durable materials. It lists cement fillings at 25 cents, bone fillings at 25 cents, gold and platinum options, and sets of teeth starting at five dollars. Temporary location information notes Over Speidel's Drug Store near Speidel's.
Davenport panel selected for one of the era’s most remarkable trials. Jurors include Owen Boyle, William Brandt, E B Depp, Henry Grabemann, Fred Hees, Max Kuehl, Henry Meyer, and others. Injunction actions target saloon keepers. Palace hotel sale to Herman Rhode. Death of John Brophy noted. Father Roche recovery hoped after church stabbing.
The article explains the Military Tract in Illinois was a bounty to War of 1812 soldiers and details its borders, counties, and the process by which the land went from veterans to speculators and settlers. It notes the tract stretched north from the Wabash river and included 14 counties, with later sales shaping its settlement.
The text describes settlers securing farmland through parcels sold by real estate agents and speculators. It notes small government grants and the ease of quarry access, with profits of a dollar or two per acre and independence for life for landowners.
In Andalusia Mrs. Thomas Cole remains ill while Mrs. Samuel and sister Mrs. J J Walton visit. Mrs AW Smith returns from Minneapolis. Josephine Hetero slowly recovers from appendicitis. Bowling news notes a sale at Robert Miller’s and a skating party at Mr and Mrs William Cropper’s.
Charles Renack, 174 pounds, aged 7e, reportedly busked 201 bushels and 16 pounds in a single day at an event described as the world title. He began at noon and finished after weighing. the crowd watched as corn flew into the wagon amid rising pace and snowfall.
A clergyman’s attempt to begin the ceremony is interrupted as the groom argues it is too early to declare a marriage. The exchange touches on emotions and legal forms with a light note on sunshine and earthly rights.
An advertisement explains a daily struggle inside the human body between illness and wellness. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as delivering extra nourishment beyond ordinary diet and invites readers to try a sample.
The search for August Colberg, a Moline business man, ends with confirmation he is alive in Chicago. Relatives hint he may have traveled there in late November, while local meetings discuss railway franchise matters and upcoming fairs. Funeral details for a hunter who died near Griswold are noted, along with society officer elections in Moline.
An advertisement claims to cure piles fistula chronic constipation fissures and all rectal and intestinal diseases without pain or surgery. It asserts specialized methods addressing reflexes of the digestive tract and promises privacy and at home care with free medical consultations and remedies.
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