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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
2
Davenport sporting men push a program to improve hunting and fishing by planting wild rice and celery seed in favored haunts and cutting trees to create ponds and sloughs to protect spawn. Community meeting planned to finalize actions and organize support.
Chicago and New York markets show mixed grain prices with May wheat at 857, 965, and 9556 bids while July and September futures drift. Hog and cattle markets open steady, hogs slow, noted receipts of 39,000 hogs and 15,000 sheep locally. western areas report 11,000 hogs in Omaha and 14,000 in Kansas City. New York stocks list includes U P, U S Steel, Reading, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, and Copper among others with mixed gains and losses.
Captain W F Purdy inspected the Moline Illinois Naval Reserves division in the Skinner annex praising officers for the showing. A steel mill accident at Sylvan plant left worker Hurt with a crushed left foot and toe fracture. J E Ellis proposed electric bell alarms to safeguard the Twenty third Street crossing to avoid train stops. Thirteenth Street in Moline may open south to Colona road with East Moline plans revived by the local business men's association. Police report on Thomas Hill’s death remains inconclusive with alcohol involvement and no immediate funeral plans. Hill’s body lies at BE B Knox morgue.
A Nashville Banner correspondent observed crowds at Cooper's headquarters during L T Cooper's visit. Interviewed callers praised relief from stomach, rheumatic, bladder, and kidney troubles after taking his preparations, with testimonials from B B Lasater and Mrs T J Smith. The agency for Cooper's medicines is active with Harper House Pharmacy.
Wholesale market today lists provisions produce eggs fresh 23c live poultry spring chickens 9c per lb hens 7c per lb ducks 8 to 9c per lb turkeys 14c geese 8c butter 26 to 27c lard 10c vegetables potatoes 60c onions 1.00 live stock hogs 3.75 to 4.15 sheep yearlings 4.00 to 5.00 lambs 4.50 to 6.75 cattle steers 3.50 to 5.50 cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 calves 4.00 to 5.50 feed grain corn 60c oats 48 to 50c forage Timothy hay 11 to 13 Prairie 9 to 11 clover 10 to 11 straw 6.00
The item lists movements and visits around East Moline and Rock Island. Van Hoe family moved to Rock Island. Mrs. Sensibaugh returns from Moody Institute in Chicago to visit her parents, the James Howards. Albert Berkholtz left for western Kansas. Mrs. Roy Milner from Trenton, Missouri, arrives to visit sister Mrs. C. E. Williams. Mrs. Scott Evans did a Davenport business call. Lyons and daughter Edith visited with the Howards. Jessie’s birthday party hosted by friends. Myrtle Gustafson of Rock Island spent Sunday with Margaret Willey. M. Sherwood rents the Burke property at Sixth Street and Third Avenue and will move in after interior repairs. Miss Lillie Williams of Cleveland visits her sister Anna. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dunn returned from Iowa Wednesday night.
The Ladies' Union will meet weekly for a while due to the serious illness of Mr. Dunn's mother. Mrs. C. E. Williams will host this week's gathering, and Charles Myers is in Cambridge for the time being.
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