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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
The $5,000 damage suit of Mary Manion against Davenport was withdrawn from the jury and verdict entered for the city after Judge Bollinger sustained the city’s motion claiming the location in the complaint was incorrect. Manion claimed injury at Ninth and Ripley. the correct location cited was the southeast corner.
A Washington satire on tariff revision portrays Chairman Payne and allies as actors in a five act farce. The piece skewers House Ways and Means hearings and lobby influence, foreshadowing a volatile bid for tariff reform as Taft signals vetoes and the senate scene looms.
A noon fire in the People's Power Company window at the Chase building on Fifth Avenue yesterday burned the holiday decorations. A technician, C. Holdorf, doused the flames. smoke filled the office. Other notices include mill operations changes in East Moline and a unique T room house build by Scott Owings. The Silvis sewer and water plan costs are set at 31 109, with approvals pending.
Hillsdale residents share Sunday visits across Moline and nearby towns. A county stock sale is planned Saturday while Hillsdale Aid Society netted near one hundred dollars from a sale and supper. News covers travels, arrivals, a runaway buggy crash with injuries, fraternal elections, farewells, a funeral, and a spinal injury from a barbed wire mishap.
Forest H. Montgomery district sales agent for Universal Adding Machine Company lists Chicago suite addresses 1824 to 1836 in the Commercial National Bank Building and mentions branch offices in all principal cities via St Louis unit.
A roundup of visits and civic duties includes Clyde Trowbridge on jury duty in Rock Island and Joshua Palmer serving as Canoe Creek township supervisor. Miss Eva Mercer visited her sister Clara in Erie. Mrs. Underwood dies in Peoria at 69, funeral in Muscatine with service by Rev. Osborne. Sledding accident injures 12 year old Gertrude Walker. several local residents host visitors and attend weddings and family gatherings in Muscatine and surrounding towns.
Edgington residents visit relatives in Joy Rock Island and Muscatine. Mary Gould spends a day in Rock Island. Mrs Kul suffers a fall. John Bognar visits Rock Island. Mrs Roberts and Mrs Lloyd visit Laflin in Muscatine. Frances Marston boards with E S Kindley and attends school. Lester Holliday moves to Sweden. Chamberlains Salve praised for skin diseases and available from local druggists.
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