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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1902
Page
2
The piece argues that saving money by staying home and using cheaper products can be penny wise but pound foolish. It cautions that avoiding Ivory Soap for free alkali risks damage, including ruin to kitchen floor oil cloth during a Monday washing.
Friends regret his reassignment from the local government post to Washington D C and welcome Captain Burr in his stead. At a casual Saturday island gathering, Capt. Dickson was given a handsome diamond ring as a token from tri city friends with Nath French making the presentation in his characteristic cheerful manner.
Daily market listings show open, high, low, and close prices for July contracts in Chicago including pork, grains, and provisions, alongside Rock Island wholesale quotations for provisions, live stock, and forage. Ad notices promote Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and a warning about substitutes in medicines.
In the matter of the estate of Miltos J Sims deceased the administratrix Louise Babcock and Margaret Porter are named. By decree of the court a sale is ordered and to be conducted under the authority of the Seventh District, with proceeds to be handled for the heirs.
On July 4 at Third and Brady a woman identified as Mrs Noble fell from a car and injured her hip. she was treated at home and valuables noted. Earlier, an old man named Willboest had a similar mishap at Third and Warren and was taken home with slight injuries. At 2 AM a west ender, Joseph H Wolters of 155 West Sixth, was crushed by a passing train near Davenport Malt and Grain, losing a foot and taken to St Luke's. he works at the Davenport foundry and will be maimed for life. Disciples of Father John convene in Davenport for a North American Turner bond biennial meeting. Davenport hosts one of the largest Turner organizations in the country. Schuetzen park stages four weeks of summer opera starting July 14 with a 35-member company and a temporary stage. Ike Deutsch returns from Minneapolis with Ellery's Royal Italian band slated for August 19–20 if attendance warrants a $1200 four-performance guarantee. Funeral services for William J Hayward take place at his residence. born 1813 in Willsboro, NY, he settled in Davenport in 1876. Charles Knowlen and Sarah C Wilson, both of Davenport, were licensed to wed Saturday. the groom was divorced on the same day.
apa gre being srange to Pe On Offerman's island will be formally opened to the public July 20 with a monster picnic and folksfest under the auspices of independent Workmen of America lodges in the city. John T P Holm, Brunswick saloon proprietor, died suddenly at 2 43 Saturday morning after suffering 11 strokes since July 4.
Travelers learn fastest routes to Chattanooga Birmingham and New Orleans on Queen and Crescent lines, plus through cars to Asheville and connections to Cincinnati Atlanta and Jacksonville. Grand Trunk promotes scenic trips to Muskoka Kawartha lakes St Lawrence and White Mountains. From June 23 Chicago will offer daily Pullman sleeping cars to Portland and Boston via multiple cities. Rock Island Route lists Providence round trips at one fare with return by July 20 and extension option through August 15.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a top remedy for teething children. It claims to soothe, soften gums, reduce pain, cure wind colic, and ease diarrhoea, selling at 25 cents per bottle.
The Moline No. 153 encampment held a large evening meeting to install recently elected officers led by Thomas E. Caverly. The issue also notes weddings, illness, labor speeches, shop wage raises at Deere & Co, school census results, a serious accident injuring Carl Peterson, a wedding of John Swanson and Nellie Nordstrom, a death of Rudyard son of Anderson, and a burglary at Freeman and Johnson grocery, with assorted social notes from Moline.
A Colorado Springs meeting of Socialist activists announced support for an international revolutionary movement to overthrow the capitalist system and establish a cooperative commonwealth. The report notes Susie Frazier, aged ten from Paducah, Kentucky, is charged with killing her uncle after he beat his wife.
A Verona Missouri man, L W Spalding, credits his 76 year old mother’s recovery to Kodol for indigestion. He says she improves quickly, now eats freely and keeps a bottle ready. The advertisement claims Kodol rests the stomach, strengthens the body by digesting food, and serves as nature’s tonic with broad availability through druggists.
Advertisement warns against medical claims for Foley's Honey and Tar while noting its promotion as a cure for consumption in early stages. It claims relief in worst cases and urges against substitutes, with druggists selling the product.
Morton L Hill of Lebanon Ind reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint, swollen body and face, bedridden six weeks with eight physicians, but Mystic Cure for Rheumatism gave immediate relief and she walked in three days, supposedly saving her life. Sold by Otto Grotjan Rock Island and Gust Schlegel & Son Davenport.
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