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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1903

Page

2

It's Quality That Counts Chicago Dental Company

A brief item notes Chicago Dental Company on Quality Street at Avenue I up and ID store presence.

Chicago Dental Company

Lumbermen meet to discuss logging methods across river region

Davenport reports a lumbermen gathering in the Kimball parlors with 20 plus attendees to discuss logging methods among sawmill owners from Keokuk to Stillwater. Gov. Van Sant and Cher Wilkinson led talks on upper river interests and Washington travel for representatives. A carbide gas explosion in McCausland injured J. A. Schwartz, with windows blown out and head injuries, but he is expected to recover. Davenport Masons joined Muscatine lodges for a joint meeting and banquet. Mrs. Reese, longtime Davenport resident and mother of Alden T. Reese, died at home after a long illness. funeral set for Saturday at St Joseph's. A Davenport streetcar collision injured 7-year-old Rudolph Keller while crossing Marquette Street.

Cher Wilkinson Burlington Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association City Gov van Sant Washington Wilkinson Bryson J. A. Schwartz McCausland Mr. Schwartz Maxwell A. Reese Alden T. Reese John Ceese Marquette Street Rudolph Keller John Keller West Seventh Streets St. Joseph's Parochial School

Local Robbery Suspect Falls in Store Incident

A boy suffered a fractured upper right leg after a fall on the pavement. He was treated at home by Drs. Neuman and Sauer and is expected to recover. In a separate incident a woman detained for shoplifting in a large store broke down and was released without prosecution after pleading that her husband’s status and family welfare would be ruined.

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Local Social Notes From Suburbs and Moline

Miss Olive Humphrey visiting Chicago during holidays. Mrs S F Cool in Rock Island Cordova. D ie Heany visiting friends in Moline. Mrs Mary Griswell visiting Will Guinn in Moline. Will Trent Brown's business college students home for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Richards of Moline visiting Richards' parents. Miss Hetle Vandeburgh home from Brown's Business College in Moline for holidays. Mrs Ed Cool in Rock Island last week. Albert J Drennen and Edna L Handell wed at the Handel home on Wednesday Dec 25.

Cordova Olive Humphrey Chicago S. F. Cool Rock Island Die Heany Moline Mary Griswell Will Guinn Will Trent Brown Richards Hetle Vandeburgh Brown's Business College Ed Cool Rock Tsland Wera Richards Julia Alban Albert J. Drennen Edna L. Handell C. C. Handel

Notable early 1900s items in brief outline

Louis A. Dent, register of the District of Columbia, to take effect April 1. Otto Spengier, banker of Mena sha Wis, dies by own hand. White Star steamer Teutonic sacks mail for Great Britain, over 700000 letters on outward trip. Iowa battleship placed in commission at Brooklyn yard. Frank Kanzie, Chicago, shoots himself over Christmas gifts. Wall collapse in Brooklyn kills three workers, injures seven. Day Gould, 11, injured knee by ball. Andrew Carnegie funds 4 million for injured workers at Carnegie steel plant. George Sykes, woolen manufacturer, dies at Rockville Conn. Paris food strike grows. Lake Shore rail dividend set at 4 percent semiannual.

Louis A. Dent District of Columbia Otto Spengier Menasha Wis White Star Line Teutonic Es Great Britain Iowa Heer Brooklyn Y Yard Frank Kanzie Chicago Brooklyn Day Gould Geo. Gould Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel George Sykes Rockville Conn Paris Lake Shore Railroad

Holiday rail travel rates offered within 200 miles

Travelers can buy round trip tickets on C and P railway within 200 miles with a return by January 4 at one and one third fare. C B and T Ky offers Christmas and New Year rates December 24 25 31 and January 1 at stations on the Burlington system within 200 miles of Rock Island with the same one and one third round trip fare final limit January 4.

Rock Island Mitchell & Lynde Allen M. Nye, T. P. A Burlington

Frightened Horse and Remedies Advertised in Local Drug Stores

An old advertisement features Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds and burns, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestive troubles with a testimonial from Gov. G. W. Atkinson, and Nellie’s beauty advice promising clearer skin via Rocky Mountain Tea from T. H. Thomas' Pharmacy.

Bucklen Hartz & Ullemeyer G. W. Atkinson West Virginia Nellie Rocky Mountain T. H. Thomas’ Pharmacy

Christmas plant shutdowns hit Moline factories

Moline and East Moline factories plan Christmas week closures from tonight to Monday. Deere & Co will close tomorrow noon. Velie Carriage and others close Friday with many departments resuming Monday. A mothers and fathers meeting urged the city to oppose Sunday bowling and billiards openings. Axel Dahlheim, 4, died of pneumonia. The Moline Trust & Savings bank boosted surplus after a strong year.

Moline Moline Wagon Company Moline Plow Company Deere & Co Moline Trust & Savings Bank

At the Hotels and Harms and Rock Island listings

A long list of hotel guests and residents at the Harper W B Stout Peari W W Newhall and the Harms and Rock Island hotels. Included are numerous names such as Geo Atwood A E Leed Miss Bertha Richards Bessie Packer John Blakely and Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as a remedy for coughs and colds. Several cities noted include Chicago Rock Island Omaha Galva and Peoria with multiple individuals and families named. The piece closes with a brief medical promotion for Foley's Honey and Tar.

the Harper W. B. Stout Peari W. Newhall Kansas City Geo. Atwood Stillwater A. E. Leed Chaago Ge Is. Haynes Chi. Smith Chicago Charles Freeport W. W. Cook Rock Island A.W. Giffard John Ward F. B. Mitchell St. Louis Nll Omaha John Wilkinson A. R.prumball Burlington B. FP. Black Dallas City H. Witelinson J.T. Giesler Maseline Iowa John Anderson Clearfield Hanover Muscatine W. Sherman Washington Mrs. Parmele Normal W. EF. Coleman F Houck H. A. Smith Sheldon H. A. Flower St. al George Wiinebach Peoria A. S. Stevens Saginay Mich N. D. Bradbury H. Whitmore Galva Miss Bertha Richards Bessie Packer Wilton Junction D. McCartney Beardstown C. Campbell Marshalltown Seyler New York W. D. McHugh W. D. Hall J. A. McNeil Rock Falls R.A. Metter Sioux Falls J. Blankfield Eugene Delano Yates City S. Harding Decatur J. B. Sturtevant Chico Sturgeon Farrelby Bloomington A. Liams L. Evar F. E Angerson Galesburg Mimnee White Harry Bow Davenport John Blakely R. C. Knox Reynolds T. J. O'Brien Robert Holmquist A. J. McNeil Re Falls H. Cole L.tiptoning C. V. Engston A. BR. Benson Charles Wagner J. L. Robertson T. Baker Dupont Minn O'Beile Hastings Arthur Mangerson A. H. Dorman T. E. van Sant Foley

Warning on substitute medicines from dishonest dealers

Warning about substitutes offered in place of Foley's Honey and Tar Foley's Kidney Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest dealers seek extra profit by selling worthless preparations that endanger lives. Ends with note that these medicines are for sale by all druggists.

Foley

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Gold Crown Third Avenue F Seventeenth Street Crissman Bros the Painless Dental Specialists Port Byron C. E. Smith Harper 19Th St 2Nd Ave Avings Bank Rock Island Rock Isi J. M. Buford John Crabaugh P. Greenawalt S.el Corner Hk. R. Cable H. P. Hull E. W. Hurst John Voik Vicctors Joe Phil Mitchell L. Simon Buforc Frazer Poona Speidel John Volk Eightth Street Colona Arthur Burrall Rock Island Or Colona, III Virginia South General Insurance DR. Fenner Penner W.H McGugin Newhro T. H. Thomas T. Ky W.C.T. A M. R. Metzgar J. W. Atkinson William Story Genet Axel Raymond Albin’ Dahlheim Fifth, Avenue Wiener Blatz Walsh J. E. Walsh Dr. Walsh McCullough West Third Street J. Alvin Horne, M. D Illinois H. B. Simmo Trusts ‘Savings Bank Trust Department General Financial Oe B. Winter Waukesha and Colfax
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