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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
2
A Rock city resident writes to Mayor H. M. Schriver protesting bill advertisements left on porches and lawns. She urges merchants to use their own papers and describes vandalism to flowers and plants as proof of the nuisance. The letter ends with a threat to stop her support if action isn’t taken.
Local merchants warned of a new counterfeit five dollar national note circulated near Plattsburg Missouri. The fake is printed from blue bond plates on ordinary paper lacking silk threads and imitates the 1902 to 1908 issue. Border numbers, bank and quarter numbers are misprinted with incorrect sizing and weight, and the Harrison portrait and back lathe work are poorly executed.
The Tri City Motorcycle club plans a dance at Zum Alten Dorf Davenport this evening with members anticipated to enjoy a lively gathering. A Sunday picnic is planned by two members at Lin.
Chicago reports C B Munday and William Lorimer pledge to rescue the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank after a collapse tied to the Brady scandal. The bank, long criticized as a “lame duck,” faced heavy bad paper and tied loans to Munday enterprises. Officials discuss a “kindergarten banking” pattern and the need to replace slow assets with viable ones.
A program of games and prizes will begin at Barr's motorcycle garage in Davenport at o'clock. An advertisement claims Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism gave fast relief to a Lebanon Indiana resident's wife after six weeks of bedridden pain and eight doctors, with local sellers Otto Grotjan Rock Island and Gust Schlegel & Son Davenport offering the product.
Four boys known as the Commercial Alley Gang were sentenced to the state training school at Labora after pleading guilty in district court. Names withheld. one admitted aiding auto theft. Burglary reports include Mueller and Ackley homes with $28 stolen. one suspect, a Davenport man, later released after repaying the iceman for bogus money. Local skating and relief corps news follow with upcoming Burlington convention and officer elections.
A mother in Davenport seeks temporary custody after two children vanished from their home. A letter from the father claims he placed them in an orphan asylum in St. Louis, but the mother doubts the claim and suspects the children are with the paternal grandmother in Indianapolis. A ticket to Indianapolis was sold to a man matching the father’s description before the disappearance.
John De Long and Lillian B Owens, both of Davenport, were killed in a marriage by Justice W R Maines on Monday. Another man, Otto Schmid, was arraigned in police court on charges of driving a smoky auto and fined $1 plus costs.
C R Chamberlin, in the State Bank building, promotes a $100 savings scheme offering 6 percent interest with real estate security. He represents a $1,500,000 Chicago state bank with 59 years of banking history. see investments in classifieds. Also notes clock- setting tip and obituary for T F Holaday of Mooreville Indiana, age 79, who practiced medicine over 50 years.
Poslam claims rapid improvement of red noses blemishes and discolorations with an overnight application. It says eczema acne and other diseases heal quickly with soothing effects and no harm. Free samples offered from Emergency Laboratories at 32 West Twenty-fifth Street New York. Possum Soap advertised as superior for skin beautification with prices 25 and 15 cents.
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