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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
2
Medical notices list several doctors and hours on eye ear nose throat and women and children medicine with addresses in Rock Island and Moline. Rail notices describe schedules for Illinois Central and Davenport Rock Island North Western and Wabash lines with arrivals and departures and through sleeping cars between Chicago Davenport Peoria and St Louis.
Fire Commissioner Scannell describes Havana as clean and well built, noting two fire departments municipal and commercial with nine apparatus. He credits Colonel Waring for cleanup, calls Havana architecture exemplary, and says insurance should be low due to construction.
Colona Sand Stone Quarries 12 miles from Rock Island on the C B Q R R trains Nos 5 and 10 stop for visitors. Bridge stone corn crib blocks and foundation stone in any size. Samples and photos of buildings available at Room 12 Mitchell Lynde building. Address:
The writer compares Havana volunteers favorably with U S city forces while urging greater local funding. He notes three Havana firemen died at an exhibition collapse, speaks of charcoal cooking, and urges improvements through American capital, hotels, and transport. He reports courtesy from officials and mentions plans to share New York fire department organization documents.
Two Montana volunteers and another company arrived in San Francisco aboard the Zealandia with about 150000 in gold and Mexican silver from a Caloocan discovery. Earlier entries describe men plundering a mansion garden and collecting double-handed caches as they exited Luzon. The voyage included high stakes poker with $5 chips and no receipts for the treasure.
A long list of Sunday worship times across many churches in the city. Trinity Episcopal and St Joseph’s Catholic offer matins evensong and masses. Lutheran, Swedish, German and English congregations present services at multiple corners. Other churches include First Baptist, Second, Central and United Presbyterians, Swedish Baptist, Swedish and German Methodists, African Methodist, and many mission and chapel groups with Sunday schools, youth meetings, and evening programs.
An advertisement extols Morrow's Kid-ne-vids as a scientific kidney and nerve tonic claiming no side effects and the ability to work without stopping daily tasks. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Harriet Atkinson of 415 Ninth Street and notes a 50 cent box size, plus distribution at Bahosen's drug store and a descriptive booklet by John Morrow & Co.
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