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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
2
Neighbors report Captain C W Neal and his son Frank plan a business in Davenport and Tacoma sharing the Neal & Neal name. The item covers local moves, social notes, a gun accident, court terms, school vacation changes, burglaries, and community notices with multiple names and addresses.
City council meets with Mayor Schaffer presiding. An ordinance approved pays labor for the week ending Dec 14. Report on Riverside park odor from fertilizer steps up with lime. Red Men lodge to Orion. new theater The Elite to open on Third avenue. Also discussion of Sunday closing and various petitions. Diphtheria prevention noted.
Fred Chidister was here Wednesday and Thursday of last week visiting in Watertown.
Aldermen adopted a resolution to authorize purchasing five Hershey meters at eight dollars each. They also adopted a request for Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway to clean a ditch on Thirteenth Avenue. A motion to meet in committees of the whole to consider the electrical ordinance failed 4 to 10. The council adjournment to next Monday was defeated and local improvements board proceedings for sewer districts were started. Rows patrols granted sewer connections. report adopted. City Clerk M. T. Rudgren.
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