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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
2
A railroad plan outlines a daily service from Milwaukee to Savannah with a connection at Savannah for points north and west. Trains will depart Milwaukee at 7 8 9 30 am and offer connections from Savannah to further destinations.
Chicago Dental Company advertises affordable dental services with promises of first class work and guaranteed fit. It states savings on materials, free cleaning, and a five dollar set of teeth, with a permanent location at Office 1607 Second Ave Rock Island near Speidel's Drug Store.
ACME PACKEE CO. daily service to Clinton and all points between. Steamer CITY OF WINONA sails daily at 3:16 PM. Agents HOPKINS and LAMONT announce summer routes to Muscatine Burlington Quincy Dubuque and St Louis with specific sail days and times. Office: 115 Seventeenth Street. Old 1108 New 6105.
During carnival week the museum of the Academy of Science in Davenport will be open to the public from 4 to 6 and from 8 to 3. The museum holds over 600 mounted birds and relics from an ancient builder, rivaling the National Museum in Washington. George M. Parrette, Milwaukee Road freight agent, is out on nervous prostration after years of overwork. A work accident injured Way in at his home on Marquette Street. Lawrence the racing horse owned by Doc Pinkney was sold for 410 dollars to a Davenport buyer. Miss Agnessa Sebramek, a Polish native, died at 1t Street home aged 45, after 25 years in the city. Ida Institute graduation dramatization at Unity Ball drew large crowds. The Veteran Volunteers Regiment met at Linden Hall. delegates named for the Sioux City affair. Davenport Public Library trustees opened bids for the new building. lowest bidder A Steckle & Son Co at 11,500. Bankruptcy papers filed by Sais Havens & Brockmann on Harrison Street.
The passage outlines a corporate transfer of zeal and personal property to Jahm Brockmann. It notes liabilities of 2,048.18 and assets listed on paper at 26,500, with over 10,000 of the amount potentially uncollectible, indicating a risk to recoverability on the books.
A long list of guests and visitors appears, naming numerous individuals and cities. Names include J. Buel from Cedar Rapids, Charles Lathe from Erie, John Allen from Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. de Salley of Des Moines, and many others in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Denver, and beyond. The fragment reads as a social register of attendees at various hotels, with scattered affiliations and origins.
A garbled list of land transfers and deeds from numerous properties in Rivervinw and nearby towns. Names include Murphy, McNeal, Maghund, Ziert, Barber, Opdecke, and Lindholm. Valuations range up to about 1500 dollars with various lots and blocks described, many with metes and bounds and street references.
Robert Rt Watts of Salem Missouri reports a five year illness with kidney trouble causing weight loss and poor health. After trying doctors and remedies he used Foley's Kidney Cure and Teas water and two bottles cured him completely. All druggists.
Constipation or diarrhoea when your bowels are out of order. Cas earets Candy Cathartic will make them act naturally. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists roc.
A Moline notice details Tenry Monson, formerly in the Rock Island freight house, missing since Sunday after a family gathering. It notes marital relations, a clothing dealer in Dubuque, a planned Chicago wedding trip, and upcoming home. other items report a new Denver bonded plow company, illumination plans, and a shut down of the Sylvan steel mill for summer tuning.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a factory, company, and individuals linked to Freeport and Moline. The text references an expiration event, a group called Misline, and several unclear names with scattered roles. Overall, details are too damaged to identify a clear event or outcome.
An advertisement offers a written guarantee to refund money if Kid-Ne-Dids fail to cure backache or kidney diseases. It claims experience shows Kid-Ne-Dids always cure, and lists a price of 50 cents. Signed by T. H. Thomas, leading druggist.
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