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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
2
A Davenport district court decree grants Mrs Rose Gleadall a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds, the husband’s petition denied. writs and injunctions marked the extended dispute over property including the family laundry.
Mary A. Dow president of the Potomac corps lauds the Woman's Relief corps as a quiet but vast relief force. Since 1883 it has grown to over 136,000 members and spent millions aiding veterans, families, schools, and patriotic services while maintaining Andersonville prison grounds as a park of remembrance.
Gertrude Wynn of Rock Island Illinois is noted in the Woman's Relief Corps 66 chapter records. The notice highlights her membership and the group’s ongoing community service.
Captain the Hon. Charles Stuart Rolls famed English aviator and founder of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom. He carried a record in 1908 with Wilbur Wright at Le Mans and later attempted a Dover to Sangatte cross channel flight in a Wright biplane before engine failure aborted the attempt.
Naturalist John Burroughs responds to C. W. Edgar of Middletown urging a public stance on English sparrows. He calls sparrows a nuisance and says towns should curb them, even by destroying nests, with police responsibility in cities.
The speaker urges destroying sparrows during winter as they pose no harm then, but from April to December they become pests and must be controlled.
Missouri statesman Champ Clark, House minority leader, says he will likely retire around 75. He cites Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina as the only public figure to set and keep an age limit. Also noted is a tale of a young Cossack woman riding 5420 miles from Harbin to St Petersburg with a St Bernard, armed with knife and revolver.
Antonio Fuentes, renowned bull fighter, signs a four performance contract in the City of Mexico for September. He will earn $10,000 per show, the highest price ever paid to a matador.
A nationwide call will summon chief rail surgeons, state health chiefs, and U S health officers to convene a meeting. They will devise sanitary rules for passenger trains and railroad stations nationwide to curb the spread of disease.
Dr. W A Applegate chief surgeon of the Southern railway leads a conference idea on tuberculosis and the bookworm disease. Surgeon General Wyman of the United States public health and marine hospital service will issue the summons for the meeting.
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