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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
2
Davenport Dots East Moline plans Independence Day festivities the first in the village with firemen in charge. A local speaker or guest, band concerts, and fireworks are planned funded by merchant subscriptions. Band concerts begin soon, though city council did not fund the 6th Infantry Band association. Includes local weddings and club activities.
Deceased, born in Holstein Germany on July 10 1825, served five years in the emperors army and three years during the 1847 1852 Denmark conflict. He came to America in 1857 settled in this city and spent 31 years in Deere and Co wood department. Ten years ago he retired, and his aged widow is his sole relative in the country.
The Hagenbeck troupe features seven polar bears in a Rock Island program on Saturday June 17. Acts include the Aurora Borealis seesaw the Iceberg Living Pyramid and Balky Bruin with a wagon scene and Muffee the star comedian. Also billed is the Patriotic Pyramid with silk flags and a safety notice for mothers about a remedy.
In Moline a Turner athlete Leander Keim was injured during practice for the national Turnfest in Indianapolis starting June 20. He fractured the left tibia and fibula after crossing his feet on the parallel bars and striking the floor. The injury sidelines him for six weeks.
Discovery by J A Hanley Dr Lam bach and County Clerk William Gruen during a visit to the Mt Pleasant state insane asylum reveals that expenses may be mismanaged and patients inadequately cared for Scott County officials disclose further insanities and a patient Walter Oldshausen is recommitted after prior discharge Estate appraisal places Col Thomas Scott property at 21577 11 with 14000 in Davenport Savings bank stock Swans for Park Haase Bros receive a pure white swan from Minnesota for the Central Park zoo Horse killed in a runaway near Fifteenth street and Mrs Cecelia Samuels Irwin dies in Los Gatos Calif
Miss Anna Dean of Tama City Iowa and Walter D Shadle formerly of Moline now Sioux City Iowa planned an afternoon elopement. The marriage took place at 4 o clock with Shadle arriving earlier to arrange details. The groom is a former lieutenant in Company F.
Miss Sarah Crabs returns for summer in Hamlet as Harley Candor and Sylvan Candor visit A. Kendal from Coggeswell North Dakota. Local travel, picnics, funerals, and a near-accident with a frightened horse feature in a roundup of people visiting farms, shops, and relatives around Aledo, Reynolds, Perryton, and Black Oak.
A vintage ad touts gas as ideal for baking bread, claiming uniform heat, consistent results, and independence from drafts or coal variations. It asserts you can bake as fine bread as your neighbor by following the gas baking method.
A Peoria paper reports grand jury indictment of Archie Oliver who was arrested weeks ago after striking Mitchell Mc Williams of East Galesburg over the head with a full beer bottle in Bradley and Jones saloon. All the news all the time.
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