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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1900
Page
2
Advertisement claims that dyspepsia causes failure in life and that taking one or two tablets after meals cures indigestion bile and sour stomach. It touts a strong digestion as key to vigor and ambition and cites Dr A B Strong from New York City praising the remedy as highly efficacious.
A garbled note from The Travelers' Guide mentions a train or streetcar route through Rock Bland and PeortA, with a fire department or general paneer reference and a Passover event. The text is unclear, but hints timing changes 5 minutes earlier than scheduled.
A reminiscence from a senator describes a perilous hike near Minmiton Nevada. He recounts rolling a massive boulder down Mount Tom, its near miss with a wagon team, and the startling escape after the rock leaped into the air and narrowly avoided catastrophe. The tale ends with the driver Jerry Sitapeot’s wary reaction and the senator’s quiet departure from danger.
A Memphis Scimitar account recounts how two nickers meaning two women arose from printer slang. An old printer links it to early type with two notches and later shifts in typemaking and women workers, noting the term fell out of favor yet persisted in shops.
A historical sketch traces caricature from the 18th century Law schemes in France to Hogarth’s rise in London. It notes the public frenzy, noble patrons, and rapid wealth claims, plus how caricature became a tool to check public figures and schemes. An Irish anecdote about hearing bishops mocks repeated sermons and “truth” in preaching.
Manasseh Cutler of Massachusetts in 1787 boomed the Ohio Muskingum venture and predicted the river traffic would be no more crowded than other streams once the settlement grew. This forecast preceded Fulton's Clermont steamboat launch and the era of successful steam navigation in the Works.
Illusive notes and remarks circulate about counterfeit twenties described as Indian designs. The chatter references a banquet and various papers, but details remain fragmentary and unclear.
A New York Mail and Express report details how the Treasury Department limits who may board arriving liners via revenue cutter passes. It describes strict controls, counter-signatures, and penalties to prevent unauthorized access and theft of valuables, citing an incident where a pass holder refused to accept a package delivery but flagged a passenger, prompting a seizure.
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