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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
Circulated reports say the Glucose plant idle since May will run day and night shifts boosting employment by nearly 400 men. The Tin Can company plans to resume full operation, adding about 260 more jobs. Many workers laid off last winter may return as plants run at capacity.
Local notes recount visitors from Watertown and Iowa, oyster suppers at Zuma church parlors, and a New Year’s event raising 14 dollars. Residents return from Moline and Iowa City, a shooting match at Dert Wells’ attracted attendees, and Miss Echo Allsbrow resumes teaching after a holiday visit. Quarterly Zuma meeting featured Rev W R Wiley. Joslin Fair stockholders elected officers led by William Filbert Sr. Rose Hill creamery annual meeting noted.
The Moline school will hold its first ever high school graduation at the close of the first semester Friday January 17. Graduates will not receive diplomas that day but the class will be advanced to make room for the next year group at the opening of the second semester on June 20.
Misses Lillie Bessie and Mary Marsh return home after visiting friends on Rock Island. Other residents visited relatives, with several trips to Champaign and Chicago for study and family. The Hamlet Presbyterian church plans Sunday services, while a New Year’s Eve Christian Endeavor social was well attended. Local notices include medical remedies and products advertised by area merchants.
An healthful overview of kidney function notes that all blood passes through the kidneys every three minutes and they filter night and day. Healthy kidneys remove about 500 grams of impure matter daily while illness can leave impurities in the blood causing back pain headaches nervousness and other symptoms. Endorsed remedies include Dean's Kidney Pills and De Witt's Kidney and Bladder pills, with claims of relief and widespread availability through dealers and Foster Milburn Buffalo as agents.
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