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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution to indigestion stomach issues and related ailments. It claims taking one or two tablets after meals ensures perfect digestion, energy, and a clear mind, with endorsements from Dr. R B Strong and a claim of backing by leading physicians.
The page lists train times and routes for Island and Peoria depots with several daily trains marked. Details include connections to El Caple, Sherrard, and local stops, noting some services are daily while others skip Sundays.
A jumble of old jokes and sketches mimics a late night paper page. Dialogues about money in marriage, light insults, satirical banter, and brief comic exchanges reveal a portrait of ordinary life with punchlines and local flavor. Names and exact origins remain fragmentary.
Cash Sloan sails for England as turf news notes 175 horse shoes at Paris exposition. Pred Pabst buys 2150 acre farm near Milwaukee for breeding and training trotters. Frank Colby trains 15 horses at Grosse Pointe track Detroit including Wight 2 19 and Spar Sle 210. Ambulator 2 10 to be raced by Belle Mead stock farm. Hendrickson predicts 2 05. Roommate by Burglar 2 20 trotter leading 2 16 heat at Baltimore. Naxhville yearling, full brother to Boreal 2 15, May Overton owns him as Bow Bells get. Charles C Lloyd drives Malzour 215 and Richard B 221 for crack speedway team Elyria. Detroit grand circuit purses mostly mile heats. each purse about 1500. N W Hubinger filly Grace Hastings 2 05 grows strong, Graceful by Hardwick 2 05% named.
Baden-Powell is described as an amateur actor and Alice Neilsen is to premiere a new opera from the French. A liquid air device cools the New York theater, while Turley, a Tennessee senator, is Sol Smith Russell’s double in the senate. References to D'Annunzio and Duse highlight upcoming operatic and dramatic news with Bernhardt and Coquelin touring America next season. The legal ban on intoxicants in New York theaters is noted, and the Barnum-Bailey circus paid Hamburg streetcars to halt during a parade. Robert Marshall has drafted new plays for Nat Goodwin and George Alexander. Ben-Hur’s run in New York produced 194 performances earning £490,000, averaging over $2,000 per show. During one week of its ten-week run it grossed $19,000.
Dust and ashes tone guides on transplanting berries in moist earth with a cloudy day. Lime fights strawberry blight. burning helps rust on blackberries. Deep loam with hardpan suits strawberries. deep plowing requires thorough soil prep. Quince needs manure, gooseberry pruning prevents mildew. half shade favored. Matted row straw berry system praised if plants are not too thick.
A Georgia railroad locomotive picked up a pig on its cowcatcher and carried it six miles without harm. The quirky report notes the pig survived the ride as diesel and steam legends mingle with a curious claim about heat and color restoration.
A wide array of sports notes features Edwin Hedley of the Vesper Boat Club, his regatta comeback, and expectations for singles racing this season. The piece also includes anecdotes about boxing superstitions surrounding Corbett and Jeffries, plus a golf guide noting club counts by state and colonial trivia from the era.
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