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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
2
Davenport neighbors report Henry O West, the forger sentenced to 15 years, was moved from Davenport to Fort Madison. He balked at train 13 and a street car with the same number amid superstitions about the number 18.
Plans drawn by Hanssen and Harfst for a six story hotel on ground adjoining Moses Ross building in Davenport with backing from local capitalists including Silberstein Bros. The lot measures 40 by 150 feet with an option on an adjacent 20 foot strip. The building footprint would be 60 by 150 feet. Nearly 100 Moline Furniture Works workers will receive year end earnings as a Christmas bonus, distributed according to service length and earning capacity. Edward Bartow of Urbana’s state water survey to send assistant Bachman to Moline to assist in improving water quality at the plant. Police permit coastng on four Moline hills Third Twelfth Sixteenth and Twenty fifth during winter. other hills prohibited. Helen Nason receives tragic telegram from Honolulu of Miss Harriet Smith of Boston killed in automobile crash. Helen and companions sail home aboard the Corea.
An excerpt introduces Jack Orde and his family dwelling in a historic home as Newmark arrives seeking Jack Orde. The exchange highlights Newmark’s river background and Orde’s measured, dignified response amid the era’s rough frontier imagery.
Orde invites Newmark to dine with him and Amanda and others. Newmark declines the immediate meal but agrees to come tomorrow night at 6:30. The exchange hints at ongoing arrangements and a broader discussion about church freedom and inclusion.
In a lively session, Mr Mann and Mr Clark spar over resolutions and reporting. Nebraska's Gilbert Hitchcock defends his inquiry into the Ballinger Pinchot scandal, noting a prior million dollar public land protection appropriation may have been misused.
A fragment cites claims of purchasing expensive furniture costing tens of thousands of dollars and hiring more than 59 clerks at the land office. It also alleges doubling salaries for employees willing to cooperate with a ring allegedly dominating the land office.
A humorous tale where a bachelor boarder plans marriage to Luella. She hangs a Christmas stocking with a trap, fears an intruder, and the man pursues a splashy misadventure finding a real burglar was the stocking’s mouse. He claims the present was love and a kiss.
In Paris the Sorbonne hails Scheele, Sweden’s Scheele, as a brilliant chemist. The king, ignorant of his fame, orders Scheele made a count. A courier delivers the edict, while officials quiz the man about this notable subject, discovering he is a capable lieutenant and billiards expert. The next day the rank is conferred.
A historical note records the king returning home to find a simple burgher blamed for an error. His majesty declares the fault and angrily asks who Scheele is, calling the others fools. The note then shifts to a patent medicine ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets selling at 25 cents with a refund guarantee.
Real estate transfers listed include EB Roberts to LeRoy Kell for land in sections 3 and 10 with east 14 northeast and west northwest parcels totaling 24004 dollars. Nels Eklund to Thos W Maher for Lot 1 Block C Griffiths and Co.s addition Moline at 4200 dollars.
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