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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
2
A physician advertises electric therapy as a natural cure for female weaknesses and nervous disorders in men. He promises gradual recovery, confidentiality, and free initial consultation, asserting no knives or scalpel use and discretion about patient names. The ad notes hours and location details for J Alvin Horne M D.
In Davenport at Warren and Fourth streets two young McCarthy cousins about 20 to 22 were injured when their buggy and a speeding trolley collided. One man escaped with a facial abrasion while the other suffered a severe eye injury. Both are stone masons for the McCarthy Stone company.
Notice to stockholders of Davenport Rock Island Northwestern Railway Company of Illinois. Annual meeting to elect a board of directors and transact lawful business. Held at company office in Rock Island on Monday June 16 1902 at 11 am. Secretary D W R Monaisox signs the notice.
Purely vegetable remedy for tobacco and drunkenness claimed to have cured thousands with no injuries. Advertisement notes Willow Bark Co. aims to treat tobacco habits under laws of Illinois and to write for literature from Danvers Illinois.
The fur nace men strike began yesterday affecting independent and Republic Trap and Steel furnaces in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. At 7 am today the United Mine Workers order went into effect, causing apprehension over a week seen as crucial. Millions in damages are feared if pumps stop or coal mines are blocked, with union claims that pumpmen and trement will quit and engineers may refuse to work. A house to house canvass is planned to recruit quitters.
Disorder in coal regions as strikers resist hiring of nonunion workers. About 3,000 armed policemen guard mining areas while 1,000 others work secretly for companies. In Chicago, teamsters threaten to withhold boxes for packers if strike persists, lifting strain on meat and hotel supplies. Arbitration talks proceed among unions, packers, and department stores. A patient reports ten years of kidney illness relieved by Al Foley's Kidney Cure.
Hugh Shaw fined 50 dollars and costs by Magistrate Olson for assault and battery related to a prior incident with Wade Messick that broke the jaw. Robert Y. Lafferty Rudolph Swanson and Charles Carlson received 30 days in county jail for vagrancy. Mrs. Paul Keller visiting relatives. Drake to Macomb to teach at the normal school. Burglary at FP W Swanson residence. jewelry missing. no money taken. Powder explosion harms 7 year old DeWisple. possible total blindness. Kindergarten Association reports strong turnout and progress. five schools funded with salaries totaling 157.4 dollars. leaders named.
Mrs. John Hicks of Williamsport Pa reports shooting pains in the sides and bsex with nerve breaks and daziness cleared after three months on Kid No Olds. She credits the discovery for her recovery, praising the tablets as always curing, sold by T H Thomas, leading druggist, at a price of We.
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