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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
2
A dated dispatch describes proposed concrete flooring for a school, with details on a new department scheme, special features like fresh air rooms, and a planned assembly hall. It notes the project scope, anticipated renovations, and payment and contractor procedures, including submission deadlines and public works oversight.
Federal and state dairy inspectors visited Davenport area milk dealers warning several offenders. They outlined violations of watering and skimming milk and urged cleanliness to ensure fresh milk for customers. Officers outlined penalties and announced follow up tests later this summer.
A double quartet from Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington will perform a sacred concert at Broadway Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening. Admission is free with a collected offering for the school. The group will travel to the University of Wisconsin for extension courses and will make a single tri city concert. The piece notes their rising popularity as they tour north.
Taylor Ridge residents visit and visitations reflected with Sherrard Reynolda and Rock Island. Sunday School held a Children’s Day program featuring multiple songs recitations and solos. M E church Ladies Aid to meet Thursday. Illinois graduation stats show 674 of 964 graduates from Urbana and Chicago departments, with others from other states, insular possessions, and foreign countries.
Storms and thunderstorms tracked through the Missouri and Mississippi valleys with Kansas City recording the heaviest rainfall at 1.22 inches. The eastern Rockies low moved southeastward while another low affected Utah, and a Northwestern high neared, bringing partly cloudy skies ahead of the pattern shift. Diphtheria caused 11,920 U.S. deaths in 1913, with measles killing over 8,000 in the same region.
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