The Argus publication policy and rates
A brief notice from The Argus at Rock Island outlines daily and weekly publication terms. It bans anonymous political or argumentative pieces and requires real names for submissions, with pricing stated as 19 cents per week or 1.00 per year in advance, and mentions submission from Roe Inland county.
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Roe
Fortieth
Sclugger P Williamson
ANDI
Wilismane
Benand Eyeque
Neaure
Pele
Moline
Pebrus
Century transition notes and local tax tales
The piece muses on moving into a new century and the Boer conflict’s finish, naming Prien Sturgi of Lowell Indiana. It then reports La Salle county rules distinguishing pensioners from paupers, cites county taxes and pauper bills in Ottawa Bruce and other townships, highlighting uneven relief costs.
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la Salle County
Ome
Wille
Bruce Township
Ottawa
Relx
Blood, Emulsion and Vital Blood Health
Fragmented OCR text speaks of blood as life for Oni, linking strength to rich blood and nutrition. It urges maintaining blood by feeding, rest, and Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil to revive the body, including women and children, with disjointed garbled phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oni
Whit Bowed
Seote
Inak
County Board Rules Set for Aid Distribution
The board of supervisors will adopt rules governing aid cases and place fund distribution under the county committee. Aid will be extended only on supervisor reports, reflecting the liberal instinct of some supervisors to gain popularity and secure reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Midnight fire forecast signals year 1901 across world
A dramatic description predicts cities from Paris to London and New York will greet the new century with lights and dawns. It notes a massive fire on Palade city hall tower at midnight and traces the sun’s path from antipodes to table mountain as the 1901 dawn arrives.
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Pailade
Antartic Circle
Antipodes Island
Boonty Island
North Island
New Zealand
Vauua Levu
Fij Islands
Ellice
Calcutta
Table Mountain
Paris
Cleveland sermon urges push over pull for worthy living
Ex President Cleveland praised David Harum’s galien rule as the basis for life’s worth, urging graduates of Jivree College to seek purposeful effort over mere money. He warned against gambling, robbery, and wealth as sole aims, calling for practical rules for citizenship and urging the message as essential New Year reading for Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jivree College
Cleveland
David Harum
Atdresa
Real estate transfers and patent medicines ad mix in clipped notices
A garbled set of property transfers from Mapids City and nearby areas appears with several sale lines between individuals, followed by old time patent medicine ads. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet claims to cure a cold in one day, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup advertised for teething, and Foley's Money and Tar praised for pneumonia cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TY Temple
Kel
Sarah L. Tres
Pouw
Charles M. Johnson
William P. Dachelllehn
Ita M. Banker
Thomas J. Adams
M J Shepperd
Boulsiana
A. Williamson
Thomas Es Adan
Mapids City
Mes
Louisiana
G. Adame
Thomas J
Mr. Shepperd
Mapids
Willian Coyne
Dames Coyne
C. J. Bishop
Holiday Travel Rates From Multiple Rail Lines
Holiday rail fares offer one fare plus two dollars round trips to northern southern and western destinations from Burlington and other lines. Specials cover Christmas New Year Dec 22 23 24 25 31 and Jan 1 with return by Jan 2. Also discounts within 200 miles and student rates in effect.
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Burlington
Rock Island & Peoria Railway
Rock Island& Peoria Railway
M. A. Patterson
D., R. Sen
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Second Avenue
Twentieth Street
Local ad and testimonial reveals patent remedy claims
An old clipping features promotional text for tonics and cough syrups. It touts bitters for vitality and a stomach quieting effect, with a testimonial from W. Garner of Idaville Indiana and an ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar. Prices and store names are included.
Senator Fairbanks Honored In Washington Meeting
A delegation of the Dunglier of the American Tev etion waited on Mrs. Cornelia Fairbanks, wife of Senator Yorks, of Codiana, and urged her to run for president general of the society. Also notes civic and religious items, a fatality in Denver, and other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Fairbanks
John Marshall
United States Supreme Corr
Lins
Wankegan
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the Argus
Rock
J. W. Potter
Prien Sturgi
Lowell
Ind
Crowe
St. Louis Republic
South Africa
Great Britain
Allan Langdon McLerymott
Jersey City
Senator Depew
Joldes
Oor
Siarth
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Railrand
Exene
Lave
Philadelphia
Ali
Svat
Talenaing
W. Gariner
Idaville
Harte & Ullemeyer
Foley
Fageey OU Sod Implement Company
Wes Cook
Se Twentieth Street
Fourth Street
Nineteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
SP. Williamson
Telasi
Seventeenth
Trenis Uith
Angus
IL Moin
Seventh Avenue
Second Street
Rinald R Ledwell
C.S
Fleder
Gus
Ninth Ave
Pinder
Lange &Heiranns
W. L- Gorne
WA Eastman
W. Jones
Roselle
Vox
Chicago
Dext
H. Straub
Itartia
Omoe
Sixteenth Street
Firs
Second Avenues
Odienga
Mangasaron
York
Ortisiox
Cotateantons
Denver
Gale
Dee
S. W. Tun Hick
Gulden
Leeda, Inc
W. L. Douglass Shoes
Harper House
Tommie
Lele
ST Tito
Sisteenh
BENT
Pyirbanda Baltsy Firth Avenue
Kim Street
Sisib
Maurer
Psianees
Uy Ieee
Milan
F. Hinctier
Sinoet
Rosales
Colepe
Fourth Venus
Rairoad
Mull & Co
Mceniry
Iise
Ba. Hurns
Micebell & Lynde Burning
Twenby
Fifth Avenue
Elmek
Religile
G. Frazer
H. E. Guyer
Ramen Pa Fortiech Street
Bsistl
Forsai Seo UK
Rock Island
Thirteenth Avenue
Thirty-elebth Street
Iriyaith
Ninth Avenue
Lynde
J. Walse
Onioneo
Walsh
St. Anthony's Hospital
West
Third Street
M'Cullough
Davenport, Is
John Volk & Co
Eighteenth Street
Bock Island
Nated
J.P. Sexton
Jr. Sexton Co
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