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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text notes security concerns near Sixicenih street Rowe and a schedule with hours and two firms DEACK KERNS and McENNRY McENNRY. Details are garbled but indicate diseme of women and a time based disemen of nose and Siren.
In a backwoods house scene a wounded convict is sheltered by Miss Marsh and a police officer. The pair discuss law, morality, and justice as the convict plans to move on, while Miss Marsh supplies clothes and food and reflects on rightful conduct and law. The incident ends with a quiet farewell and the convict leaving into the night.
An old war era anecdote recalls James A Herne and fellow actors John T Raymond and Owen Fawcett playing a brutal joke in a Baltimore saloon. They posed as US officials to seize an arsenal, provoking the German saloon keeper who fired a blunderbuss. All three fled as Raymond was wounded. Raymond swore off practical jokes afterward.
German government representatives in Arizona are scouring the territory for horses for army use. A deal with northern and central ranchers seeks several hundred head with more planned. The horses are hardy, wiry and fast bred from Kentucky stock and Oregon mares. Army buyers favor Arizona horses for endurance and lung power, paying 25 to 55 dollars for 3 to 5 year olds as demand and prices rise.
Chicago parents of 206000 public school children will be asked to indicate support for free textbooks for the four lower grades. A six thousand teachers’ circular will solicit signatures, aiming to show popular sentiment to the school board. A geographic teaching bureau will gather state materials and publish a monthly journal with exhibits and teaching aids, funded by the Academy of Sciences for three months.
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