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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1900

Page

2

Medical professionals and offices listed in Rock Island directory

A compilation of local physician and veterinary listings includes McEniry and McEniry with offices on Twentieth Street and hours from 10 to 11 AM and 2 to 4 PM, Burkhart and Burkhart physicians with office on Tremann Block, Foster MD on West Ninth Street with day and night calls, Miller Veterinary Surgeon on Fifth Avenue, and a nervous system specialist at Harmon and Second streets.

Ofice Ence Ieza Fifth Avenue Fourth Avenue Maueker's Notre House Otto Grotjan Second Avenue Rock Island Gustave Schlegel & Son West Second Street Davenport

Local Service Directory Fragment with Trains and Contacts

Fragmentary historic listing shows veterinary, dental, florist and freight services. Mentions Otterle Harper House Pharmacy night calls, C. W. Grafton dentists in Mitchell and Eames, Skinner Block superintendent, Henry Gaetje florist on Second floor, and Peoria Springfield Cincinnati rapid freight and accommodation trains with morning and evening times. Also notes depot at Moline avenue with five minute early arrivals daily except Sundays.

Provisioning an Army How Tommy Atkins Will Be Fed

A Times correspondent details four months of army food stocks for 116000 troops, 51000 animals, and native transport aids in South Africa. Jam, condensed milk, biscuits, canned meat and vegetables, coffee, tea, lime juice, and alcohol form large portions, with tobacco, disinfectants, candles, hay, oats, and wagons arranged for steady supply. The army service corps prepped transport hubs and mule/wagon fleets, purchasing 18000–20000 mules and chartering ships to move them to the theatre of war.

War Office South Africa London Times Iit Sudan Iss Ashanti OO Berties McDougall Army Service Corps North America South America Spain Italy

San Francisco Sailor Jim Hickey and Manila Bay Battle

Orderly Hickey, a San Francisco lad who served on the Olympia under Admiral Dewey, corrects misstatements about the Manila Bay fight. He recalls the firing order actually given by Dewey and notes his four year voyage diary, photos, and a Japanese eyewitness painting of the battle.

Hickey St. William A. Hickey San Francisco Admiral Dewey Manila Bay Charlestown Bary Yard Thomas J. McBride Olympia San Francisco Examiner United States New York Jim Hickey Manila Gridley Dew

Boers Will Leave Nothing for British to Capture Says Expert

Albert Holder, mining engineer and Reuters correspondent, arrives in Ottawa from Dawson City and predicts a two year Transvaal war. He says Boers will raze Johannesburg and Pretoria, destroy mining property worth 3 billion dollars, blow up mines and ruin machinery to punish capitalists. Holder notes extensive fortifications and a mix of German, French, and Russian officers among Boer forces.

Albert Holder Albert H. Holder Reuter Telegraph Company Repubic Ottawa Ont Dawson City Chicago Times-Iverall Transvaal Johannesburg Holder Pretoria Metz

No More Nitroglycerin Powder Adopted by Army

The army ordnance department will abandon nitroglycerin powder and switch to a pure soluble cotton powder like that used by the navy. The Army and Navy Journal cites an accident at Sandy Hook during 6 inch gun testing with smokeless powder cut in half, where pressures exceeded 80 000 pounds and damaged breech mechanisms.

Army Army Ordnance Department Navy Army and Navy Journal Sandy Hook Zun

Automobile Tours Planned London To Edinburgh

A 1100 mile stand tour of motor vehicles will travel from London to Edinburgh next March. The zigzag route aims to spark public interest with nine one day exhibitions at key provincial towns. Cold silver and bronze medals will be awarded as prizes. Of interest to the convivial readers of war news is the proximity of lawyers to news in the Transvaal.

London Edinburgh Anys Buffalo Transvaal Indianapolis Journal

London Dinner Dinner with American Duck and Terrapin Delights

An American culinary import plan unfolds as Sir Arthur Guest of London arranges a 40 cover dinner in January featuring canvasback duck and diamondback terrapin from Philadelphia. Chef and luxury costs are outlined, with 20 ducks and 20 terrapin, chef wages, round trip tickets, and plus 100 for beverages, totaling about 800 dollars before profit.

London Philadelphia America Arthur Guest England Lawrence McCormick Bellevue Sir Arthur Guest Mr. McCormick Marland

Lord Lansdowne Visits Turner In Queen Anne Street

The article recounts Lord Lansdowne visiting Turner at Turner's house in Queen Anne Street, noting only invited guests were admitted and describing the iron grille at the door. It mentions Turner's connection with art and a brief anecdote about the visit and the keeper peering through the grate.

Lord Lansdowne Turner Queen Anne Street

Stillman’s Foreign Correspondent Career Highlighted

The Atlantic Monthly reviews Mr. Stillman’s six month tenure as artist editor and newspaper correspondent in foreign lands. It notes encounters with notable figures such as Ruskin Turner Oswath Emerson Holmes Lowell Agassiz and members of the Adirondack Club, shaping portraits for a new series.

Mr. Stillman Dr. Not Union College of Ruskin Turner Oswath Emerson, Holmes, Lowell, Agassiz Adirondack Chub

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