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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1901
Page
2
A veterinary surgeon and dentist offers treatment for all diseases of horses and cattle including surgical services. Located to serve farmers and ranches seeking professional animal care and surgical expertise.
A Chicago dated passionate letter promises reunion after exile. A young woman waits in a rose garden and learns her beloved Sydney has died at sea. Her father consoles her as she recovers from illness and faces an arranged marriage to Ralph before the truth of Sydney’s return breaks through. Her awakening ends in a dramatic bridal aisle moment and a second sight of his homecoming.
A fragment recalling a jesting exchange about unity in arms. The speaker urges the king to raise men and renew spears and pikes, proposing to wear shared garments and fight side by side with halberds and lances. The tone mirrors a dramatic, collaborative wartime sentiment.
Engineering Magazine reports that the Volga basin supports 8000 miles of navigable waterways and up to 15000 miles when connected streams are included. Annual traffic includes 50,000 rafts, 10,000,000 tons of produce, and a Caspian oil fleet feeding Nijni Novgorod’s great fair with goods worth over 200 million dollars.
A Boston Transcript reminiscence recalls Rev. Dr. Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell Me revealing a humorous mowing tale. Captain Griggs, a stout parishioner, pledges to cut Kellogg's corners but the parson, despite small stature, outworks him and proves the pacemaker in the field. The piece ends with a second item about Moscow as the worst paved city.
A Chambers' Journal snippet recalls an old pew opener joking about dry rot in pews and a retort about pulpit rot. Also noted is a Malay peninsula octopus with 12 to 17 foot feelers weighing 550 pounds and Palmyra residents harvesting salt by evaporating lake water.
The piece mocks travelers who boast about crossing the Atlantic, noting the fashionable decline of such bragging. It recalls a shipboard rumor of a man claiming 566 crossings, then reveals he had only visited two ports, while a separate tale recounts John McLeod amputating his wooden leg after a bear trap incident in Athabasca.
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