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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1902
Page
2
A historical ad touts electric treatment by J. Alvin Horne M D and associates for female weakness and nervous disorders. It claims instant relief and eventual recovery through nature and electricity, offering free N Ray examination and confidential care with patient names not published.
Louis Langtimm of Hose 1 sent his resignation to Chief Jack Pien ing after objecting to a withheld week of pay while off duty. The chief requested a doctor’s certificate which Langtimm could not provide. upon receiving the withheld funds he resigned and his resignation was accepted.
Notice to stockholders of Davenport Rock Island Northwestern Railway Company of Illinois that the annual meeting will be held at company offices in Rock Island on Monday June 17 1902 at 11 am for election of directors and to transact such business as may legally come before the meeting. May 12 1902. Wm R McKinnon secretary
The brass Maria Therese cannon, 17 feet 5 inches long with a 6 inch bore, is being repaired for presentation to a city or cemetery. It bears the inscription Maria Therese 18 and reflects the war’s destruction as it sits visited by sightseers on Rock Island.
The notice promotes Queen and Crescent routes with fast through cars to Birmingham New Orleans Asheville and Cincinnati Atlanta plus trips to Boston and northwest destinations via C R I P railway. It advertises summer fares in June and mid June with city ticket offices in Chicago and St Paul and offers brochures from Northern Pacific and Grand Trunk railway systems.
William McKeever, once a Moline grocer on Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street with his son Elmer, is gravely ill in Los Angeles. Secretary Boman begins a city school census, Fred Lewis assisting, predicting a rise in school age children. Architect Corvin plans a brick two story building on Dr. L F Kern’s corner lot, with two storefronts and apartments upstairs, to be built this summer. George Edmund Hobson and Jennie Cox wed at 5 pm Tuesday at the bride’s home. Rev. M W Crombaker officiates. Tragedies claim two children in Champaign and Carben Cliff. Eight hundred season tickets sold for Moline Chautauqua at Prospect Park with growth expected. Babington Booth canceled, replaced by Dr John W Cook and Laurent the musician. the Maline Marine band to perform. Mrs. W S Block of Port Byron visited relatives in Moline.
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