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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1900

Page

2

Rock Island Train Schedules and Ticket Info

The travelers guide lists Rock Island routes with depots at Fifth Avenue and details on trains to Denver Kansas City Omaha Chicago and Davenport. It notes agent Frank H Plummer at the depot and mentions daily and Saturday schedules with arrivals and departures and baggage handling.

Rockisland& Calanere Fifth Avenue Frank H Plummer The Romaba Denver K.C Beevee Ppesois Beniver Jakes Annese Mit Ft. Worth Rock Island Brooklyn Omaha Chicago Davenport Mls Rock Island & Peoria Railway First Avenue Twentieth Street M. A. Patterson Pee Fe Mo Ime Avenue E L. Goff St Louis Avenport Rock Island & Northwestern Railway Rocki & Peoria Tinton Sterling Clinton Icago Mabe Rockford Jville Madison Sioux City Utah Pacific Coast Cilpton, Sterling Dixon Rapids Cotter Anamosa Settee Ville Cedar Rapids Bock Island Stonsee Janesville Cintas Steriin Raj Cintas F. Berry George W. Wood

Odd Bank Visitors and Unusual Burials Seen in Reports

A New York Sun column recounts bank scams where tellers must spot disguises and cunning travelers who demand money using deceptive means. It also notes a London burial case where a bedstead becomes a coffin, after officials disassemble the four‑post frame to honor an elderly woman's last wish.

Ift Covnter Kansas New York Sun London Nero Atlanta Journal Eugenie Paris Cap Martin M. I. Baron Majeste

Electric Tower and Bank Tales Echo at Pan Am Exposition

A Pan Am Exposition piece recalls bank visits by anxious patrons and threats with a knife. A Calgary- or Tong-based miner story notes a coffin with a coal pillow. Jokes recount police and fines, as a London Express tidbit questions candy-pacing motives.

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Linda Larned Goes to Paris for Household Science Expo

Mrs Linda Hull Larned of Syracuse president of the National Household Economics Association sails to Paris to represent the group at the exposition and introduce household science to French visitors. New York state delegates attended the association meeting along with guests from Pennsylvania and Utah.

National Household Economic Association Linda Hull Larned Syracuse Paris Household Economic Association of New York State Pennsylvania Utah

Working Girls Hotel Opens In Chicago

Miss Ina Robertson launches a self supporting home for working girls offering board and room from 2 to 3 dollars weekly with 3 cent luncheons. The 25 capacity orphaned lodging is neatly furnished with two beds per room and no religious requirements. Management plans to quadruple capacity and expand branches citywide.

Ina Robertson Chicago

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