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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
Neighborhood news reports a sudden disappearance at the city depot. Henry Mapel, his wife and daughter, visiting from Monmouth Illinois, vanished after arriving Tuesday to visit a brother, with police called to locate him and resolve the mystery.
Salvation Army in Moline will distribute 100 Christmas baskets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. aided by merchants and friends providing chickens beef vegetables and fruit. Other groups including Woman's club Sunday schools and private individuals also supply aid. Mrs. Earnhardt and Mrs. O Connor are gathering names and addresses for families in need.
Home recipe to make a pint cough remedy in five minutes using Pinex and granulated sugar syrup. Dosage is a teaspoonful every one to three hours. Claims relief for obstinate coughs, colds, chest pains, whooping cough, and bronchitis. Suggests honey as an alternative and notes Pinex is a concentrated Norway pine extract.
Eight or nine years of fine sleighing delight residents as bells ring. Edgar returns from Dakota and Canada. Parmenter family visits from Grinnell with relatives. Sorells move into town. Town hall play and fair draws $70 to $80 with low costs. River closes at this point. Young folks attend Taylor Ridge meetings at M E church. Christmas Eve event at town hall planned. Katherine Boney returns from Rock Island. Mrs. Hintermeister ill. Jenny’s birthday celebrated at Johnson home.
Zuma Ambrose Sears returned from Kansas City Friday with three carloads of cattle. Sheldon Walker likewise bought a carload in Chicago. Simon Butcher, long confined at Marine City hospital, was moved home last Saturday and shows improvement. The Friday Sunday school Christmas program will be aided by the choir. Mrs. Walter Manningi has shown improvement after a week of illness. Local residents attended the Fred Stewart sale last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Filbert Sr and Jr and family visited in the tri-cities last week. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wake and guests spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook.
Edgington Anna Harris at Mt Vernon school spends Christmas at home. Harry McLaughlin of Rock Island visits and attends the Wait Elliott wedding. Dr. and Mrs. Miller spend Tuesday in Rock Island. Anna Simpson teaches the Timber school. Vernie Bognar visits relatives in Rock Island. Mrs. John Bognar to Missouri to visit parents. Clara Carpenter of Rock Island visited Caleb and Fred. Nellie Elliott in Rock Island. Mrs. Floyd Reynolds of Aledo visited her parents. Mrs. Joe Gould visits Iowa mother Eliza Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. George Fleming of Morse Iowa visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Baker leave for Kansas. Pearl Titterington visits Rock Island friends Friday to Saturday. $100 Reward. Catarrh cure claims. Hall's Catarrh Cure offered for cure failures. Testimonials available. Address F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills advised for constipation. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised during influenza epidemics. No pneumonia cases reported when used timely. Sold by druggists.
Special sale on a wide range of candies including peanut brittle vanilla taffy strawberry taffy chocolate taffy mixed candy sauer kraut candy cocoanut candy chocolate drops dip caramels Mexican candy fudges caramels nougats chocolate chips and assorted cream dip. Also an elegant line of fancy boxes filled with the best candy for Christmas gifts priced from 25 cents up to 5 dollars.
Carlson Bros store in Moline installs a private five-station interior telephone exchange linking all five departments. The system will allow interdepartmental calls and access to Central Union lines via trunk lines. Fred Hemenway of the Central Union supervises the setup with five interior stations across two floors and the art gallery.
The forthcoming White Star Olympic and sister Titanic class ships will rival Cunards in size, each about 860 feet long and 92 feet beam, displacing about 3,000 tons more than earlier liners. They will carry 5,000 passengers, 600 crew, nine steel decks, and feature glass enclosed upper promenades, private luxury flats, sun parlors, and extensive dining and social spaces including a ballroom and a veranda cafe high above the sea.
Article describes safety systems for vessels with compartments and thermostats linked to a bridge bell and red chart light. Details include triple screw ships, 21 knot speed, four funnels, two ventilator masts, wireless gear and daily bulletins. Olympic slated for September, Titanic to follow weeks later. Also advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin issues.
A. G. Fider of Rock Island testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved his back pains and kidney discomfort after trying them at Harper House pharmacy. He endorses the remedy and notes it is sold by Foster Milburn Company as sale agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's and take no other. Lewis' single binder cigar promotion highlights a 9,000,000 annual sale.
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