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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
Reports on S A McNeely burial plans and Arlington versus Rock Island burial options. Knights of Columbus initiation plans. school suspension upheld for Principal Stone. a wrongful burial mix up at Fairmount Cemetery. multiple obituaries including John F Falk G B Horne and Herman T Henkel. Mrs James Brennan obituary with four children noted.
W E Howell allegedly drove his wife and children into the street. police subdued him and he was fined 75 dollars for dis orderly conduct after pleading guilty. He was jailed for nonpayment. Trainmen across the Iowa division received November wages totaling 11 334 90 with yard payroll of 202. Interurban service tries faster schedule to cut round trip to Water town or Silvis to one hour. Monmouth Baseball association seeks Western Illinois league with six to eight cities including Moline. Athletic field awaiting site. Kunkle tract rejected due to 300 yearly rent. two sites remain: near Twenty third avenue and Davenport pasture riverfront.
Chicago December decisions by the Illinois supreme court strike down the state ban on theater ticket speculation. The court also reinterprets the anti cigarette law as inapplicable to pure tobacco cigarets, limiting its reach to deleterious substances and keeping the sale allowed to adults. The Anti Ticket Speculating association may push a new bill.
Milwaukee Brewers unite with state body to close low dive saloons and raise morals. Local association passes resolutions offering cooperation with public officials. Proposes closing saloons from 1 to 5 or 6 a m.
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the remedy for hair loss and dandruff. It promotes samples for 10 cents and offers shampoo services and home hairdressing by Mrs. Scholl and daughter at 18217 Second Avenue. Special holiday offer runs Dec 18 to Jan 1 with a puff hairdress in each 50 or 75 cent shampoo.
Wheat and corn futures quoted with December May July options while oats show varied bids. Hog market opens weak then closes generally lower. cattle and sheep open steady with bees and cows priced. Receipts today include 46 000 hogs 5 000 cattle and 18 000 sheep. regional bids listed for Omaha and Kansas City markets.
A Rock Island resident urges kidney pain sufferers to try Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Isaac Shiffer testifies her husband found relief after chronic kidney trouble and back pain, and she confirms personal use. The ad notes 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents.
The report lists commodity prices and stock quotations including Wheat and corn declines at Liverpool with wheat lowering 4 to %, and New York stock quotes such as U S Steel preferred at 8733 and U S Steel common at 25%. It also provides daily receipts for Northwestern in Minneapolis and Duluth figures for today, last week, and last year, with several numeric totals.
Market brief lists equity and commodity figures with rail stocks such as Southern Pacific 72 percent and Illinois Central 120 percent, plus Missouri Pacific 473 percent and local utilities. Livestock prices show sheep and lambs from 4.00 to 6.75 dollars and cattle ranges from 2.00 to 5.50 for cows, steers up to 5.50, calves to 6.50.
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