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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1910

Page

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Xr 96 at range 2 Issis- Du

Fragments indicate a brief mention of a firearm or range event titled Xr 96 at range 2 with names partially read as Issis and Du. Details are unclear but suggest a sports or equipment item note in a local column.

Ambiguous OCR Read Sparks Unclear Summary

Fragmentary text yields little context with many garbled words. cannot determine event, people, or location from the readable portion.

Local items amid fragmented city notes and names

A fragmentary OCR snippet shows scattered names and places, with indecipherable phrases. The readable bits mention city, Le mo, Jama, and others, but lack a coherent event or outcome to summarize into a clear news item.

Fire ravages Waters-Pierce Oil campus storehouse

Fire in St Louis destroyed part of the Waters-Pierce Oil campus storehouse. Captain Lyons of the fire department was killed and three firemen and a worker were injured. Loss stated as substantial with many details unclear in the report. Nearby towns report roads blocked and residents cut off by fires.

Miscampbell St. Louts St. Louis Lyons Waters-Pierce Oil

Elgin auto race Aug. 26 27 schedule announced

Chicago July 2 announcement declares Elgin automobile race set for August 26 and 27 with three heat distances on day one 144 180 and 216 miles and a 306 mile race on Saturday A nine mile circuit near Chicago will be used watch duties blamed on primary law changes with candidates including Representative John O Hruby Jr and around 30 others from the Fifteenth District. Heat waves bring multiple heat related deaths prostrations across several cities.

Chicago Elgin Automobile Reoerse John O. Hruby, Jr Hruby

Indictment in Northfield case linked to furniture firm collapse

A Ned indictment targets a person connected to a furniture company in Northfield amid an ed related to a firm’s collapse. Officials allege financial misconduct and misappropriation as investigators pursue charges.

Canadian Northern Railway suffers massive bush fire losses

Winnipeg reports that bush fires in the Rainy River district destroyed 125 box cars 30 depots stations houses and freight sheds and caused about half a million dollars in damages as thirty stations and other buildings were taken with two villages surrounded during the week.

Winnipeg Canadian Northern Railway Rainy River

Browne Again a Candidate Faces Vigil At Polls

Springfield dispatch reports three observers, described as a shoe shiner, a collector, and a driver from Chicago, stationed near the state office as scrutiny grows. They claim employment for a Fifteenth Senate representative, aiming to watch the primary ballots. The vigil spans 24 hours daily beginning July 2.

Springfield Security On State Chicago

Heat wave grips the east with deaths and prostrations

New York reports four deaths and many prostrations as a brutal heat wave continues to grip the eastern United States. Chicago and other cities in the north lake region also endure high temperatures with no relief in sight.

Chicago North Lake Region New York

Fight Bulletins at The Argus

The Associated Press bulletins of the fight will arrive Monday at The Argus office and be made public there via the newspaper's private wire. Full news service and facilities for delivering the updates to the waiting crowd will be provided at The Argus.

Associated Press Rock Island Argus

Quick on Trigger Held Without Bail in Assault Case

Ewing Watterson, son of Louisville editor Colonel Henry Watterson, was arraigned at Saugerties on first degree assault after shooting saloonkeeper Michael Martin. Bail denied as two loaded revolvers were found. Watterson, 40, reportedly suffers from religious mania. another son died in 1908 after falling from a New York City building.

Kingston N. Y Ewing Watterson Henry Watterson Louisville Saugerties Waiterson Michael Martin Martin Watterson Ewing New York City

African reptile poisons Ragman in Ohio wagon incident

Lebanon Ohio July 2 Ike Lerner a junk dealer had both eyes swollen shut after a snake crawled from rags in his wagon and sprayed venom. The dead snake turned over to university professors was a species known only in Africa and the south seas. It has a second mouth between its eyes emitting poison.

Lebanon Ohio Ike Lerner Africa South Sea Islands

Armour says new crop will determine food price changes

J Ogden Armour and his wife arrived from France and advised farm and ranch conditions will decide if food prices change in the near term. He said he does not expect material price changes until the new corn crop and livestock are harvested, and dismissed reports of large storage holdings as ridiculous and untrue.

J. Ogden Armour New York France Armour

How Information Was Bottled Up From Members Of Congress

Special correspondence reports Mississippi representative Thomas A. Sisson urging tariff shifts and taxing luxuries before necessities. The piece notes his opposition to cotton gambling and Taft’s gag order restricting information to Congress, linking Ballinger letters to presidential communications. Continued on Page Four.

The Argus Washington Thomas A. Sisson Mississippi 2Nd Congress Congress Mississippian Ballinger Taft

Mainz Zeppelin party sails to Spitzbergen for polar balloon flight

Kiel Germany July 2 The Mainz bearing Prince Henry and all Zeppelin party members left for Spitzbergen to arrange preliminaries for a north polar balloon expedition.

Germany North Pole Kiel Mainz Prince Henry Zeppelin Spitzbergen

Col Mann Loses Again in Libel Suit over Town Topics

The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed a $20,000 judgment against Colonel William D'Alton Mann and Town Topics Publishing Co for libelous statements about Samuel Dempster of Pittsburg. Also reported: eminent scholar Frederick Furnivall dies at 85 in London and Tennessee Congressman Brownlow reported dying in Johnson City.

Town Topics Publishing Co Pittsburger New York United States Circuit Court of Appeals Samuel Dempster William D’alton Mann Town Topics Publishing Company Town Topics Dempster Tennessee Knoxville Tenn Brownlow Johnson City

Beverly Shields Taft from Public Eyes for Ten Days

Beverly July 2 reports after the Fourth of July celebration a ten day silence will fall on Beverly. No one may see President Taft during this period for any reason. He will call and motor as planned, but the city to observe the order.

Beverly Taft

Roosevelt as native oyster to be more active this summer

Oyster Bay July 2 Roosevelt described as a native oyster will be more active this summer. An important conference with three western insurgents is expected, names withheld. Three Kan sas figures Bristow Madison and Murdock arrived for a noon conference.

Oyster Bay Roosevelt Bristow Madison Murdock Kansas

Educators Open Meeting in Boston For NAEs 48th Convention

Boston July 2 The first words at the 48th annual convention of the National Education Association were spoken this forenoon by President Joseph Swain of Swarthmore College at the opening session of the national section in the New Old South church.

Boston National Educational Association New Old South Church Joseph Swain Swarthmore College

Start for Postal Bank Board First Meeting

The first meeting of the postal savings bank board of trustees was held yesterday in Washington. The board, comprising the postmaster general secretary of the treasury and attorney general, named a commission to develop a system and report back promptly.

Washington Board of Trustees Secretary of the Treasury Attorney General Postal Savings Bank

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