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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1907

Page

2

Desperate Desparenet Victim Kills Self in Des Moines Home

News of the neighbors reports Christinsen, an insurance solicitor, shot himself at his Liberty Street home after family troubles and illness. His wife lies near death at Mercy Hospital, a daughter is gravely ill, and neighbors describe mounting strain before the fatal act.

Christinteen H. W. Teehentin Mthe Liberty Street Christiansen Mercy Hospital Anni M. Petersen West Fourth Street Germany Qourn Amelia Matthes Julius Petersen Anna Dittmer Johan, Claus Peter Nickolas Behrens Charles H. Baldwin West Ninth Street Ruth Baldwin Isis Dixwell Janes Myers

Municipal Matters and Local Anecdotes From Moline

Stricken with paralysis William Hedeen foreman at D M Secuiry Carriage company collapsed at 2 30 Sunday near Moline lodge hall. Dr C E Whiteside sent him to hospital. Grand musical concerts tent for Swedish Singers convention to seat 5000 in athletic field with 1200 chairs and 1000 singers housed locally. Burglars smashed fruit stand window at Thiel street and Fourth avenue and carried off candy cigars and merchandise. A machine ran over lime and sand, causing a whitewash accident near Davenport. Death reported of Otto Bheline a Moline bricklayer who died in Masdebours Germany after illness. former injuries from a rooftop fall recalled.

William Hedeen D. M. Secuiry Carriage Company Sis Third Street Moline Lodge No. 1 Hall Metropolitan Hall Svea Olive Western 1 Vision Moline Minneapolis Germany Waorl Otio Bheline Masdebours German Ebeling Lincoln School Ed Buker

No better tonic sold at Harper House Pharmacy

There is a claim that no tonic is better, advertised as sold at fifty cents a bottle at the Harper House Pharmacy. The note presents a sales claim likely from a local advertisement or notice.

Harper House

Backache or Kidney Disease Once Told by Rock Island Citizen

Otto Brown of Rock Island recounts a chronic backache that worsened until he used Deans Kidney Pills. After trying many remedies, a box bought at Harper House Pharmacy alleviated the pain and restored work ability. Dean’s Kidney Pills are sold by Foster Milburn Co. and advertised nationwide.

Rock Island Otto Brown 1121 Eleventh Avenue Irnck Island Dean Harper House Tom Price Con Foster-Milburn Company Buffalo N. Y United States Bright Edwards Schenck Chemical Co Franklin St New York

Blue Clay on Toll Road in Drury Sparks Transport Opposition

Squire Thomas Thorpe of Drury with William Hudson and Albert Seiver of Drury and Join Seives of Des Moines oppose Drury Toll Road company which plans top dressing near the Muscatine bridge instead of gravel, citing franchise limits. Highway issues linger despite $4,000 yearly bridge spend. Soon no. 3 drainage gets $500. No. 1 levee progress noted. Notices announce bids for paving 38th street and Seventh Avenue, bids due June 10 1907, with bond payments and bid conditions. Also contractor notice for 1997 work and a DeWitts salve ad ending.

Squire Thorpe Drury Squire Thomas Thorpe Chronis Hicker William Hudson Albert Seiver Seives Des Moines Daucob Seiver Squire Chief Sewanee Drury Toll Road Company Muscatine Bridge Jones’ Lake Stevens Manors of & Mn Thirty Eighth Fifth Hyow Sen Street Rock Island Board of Local Improvement Board of Local Improvements H. C. Schaffer W. Treichler

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