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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1911

Page

2

Davenport Marriages and Local News In Davenport Iowa

A list includes marriages of Heinman and Wylie and Morey and Hileman in LeClaire and nearby, with Oliver Wendal l Garbage as a licensed match. The mayor received John W Alvord report on Davenport garbage disposal. Lightning destroys St James Catholic church in Washington Iowa. Obituary notes for Jacob Lohse and George S Pebbles. Jewelry store window broken during thunder storm. about 250 rings valued at $700 stolen. Police seek thief.

Heinman Muscatine Clyde Almeda Wylie Buffalo Iowa Harvey Lyle Morey Grace Jane Hileman LeClaire Oliver Wendall Alvord Davenport John W. Alvord Chicago Mueller St. James Catholic Church Washington J. M. Walsh Edwin Pape Harrison Street Pape Dash i

Aledo hires Prof J H Lioyd for next year agriculture dept

Aledo announces the appointment of Prof J H Lioyd of Girard Illinois as instructor in the agriculture department at William and Vashti college for the coming year. Lioyd is a graduate of Illinois State University agricultural college and deemed competent for the post.

Aledo J. H. Lioyd Girard Ill Department of Agriculture William and Vashti College Lioyd I Ilinois State University Agricultural College William McHard George Rodgers Pond Creek Okla A. M. Lemon Creston Iowa Baumgardner J. F. Kennedy Rock Island Elver Barcroft C. K. Howe Galesburg

Health and Beauty Answers by Mrs Mae Martyn

Mrs Mae Martyn offers homemade tonics and preparations for skin hair and complexion. Suggested remedies include kardene tonic with alcohol and sugar, a hair tonic with quinsoin, a canthrox shampoo, a spurmax lotion for pores and freckles, and a delatone paste for facial hair. Also promotes glycerine aqua preparations and parnotis for slim figures.

Health and Beauty Mrs. Mae Martyn Clara

Orion Northwall Returns Home After Visit

Orion T. G. Northwall returns to Omaha after a brief visit with his father. The old baseball ground is being repaired for the Geneseo vs Sherrard game on July 4. Local residents and visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson of Rock Island with Dr. and Mrs. P. Brodine, Mrs. B. L. Streed from Cambridge, Miss Jennie Wyning of Rock Island visiting Mrs. Milt Wade, and Edgar Love’s family in Chicago.

T. G. Northwall Omaha Neb Geneseo Sherrard Elmer Anderson Rock Island P. Brodine B. L. Streed Cambridge Martha Smith Ed Frost Jennie Wyning Milt Wade Edgar Love Chicago Eleanor Love Westfall Galesburg Carl Schneider Bridget O'Donnell Carbon Cliff Ellen Kelleher Sanford Lawson Ophiem P. J. Brodine Signa St. Paul J. N. Rosenstone Burke 8. D Orion

Peg Tankards and the St Dunstan Pegs

The peg system of marking drinking cups was devised by St Dunstan to curb intemperance among the Ames by limiting each man to a prescribed draft. The device backfired as even the most abstemious were forced to drink to a peg whether they could soberly handle the amount or not.

St. Dunstan

Reading the Bank Desk Roles in A Baltimore American

A brief piece contrasts two bank workers: one man at a desk checks cash while another reclines and cashes checks. The dialogue highlights plain duties inside a banking environment and reflects bureau informality from the Baltimore American.

Baltimore American

An Exception on Happiness Declared by The Philosopher

The philosopher proclaims happiness as the pursuit of something not its capture. A plain citizen interrupts asking if anyone has chased the last car on a rainy night, a line echoed in the Toledo Blade.

Plain Citizen Toledo Blade

Sensitiveness in Words and Minds from Lew Wallace

A compact remark echoes Lew Wallace on sensitivity, noting that even tiny beings and modest words can affect a distant Aber mind, illustrating how slight signals provoke notable reactions across minds and scenes.

Lew Wallace Beo-Bour

Prostration at Worship and Local Incidents

Pierr of Pierr & Co. fainted during Sunday services at St Marys church and recovered enough to work today. Waukesha cream ale, claimed non intoxicating, may undergo chemical testing to reveal alcohol percentage. a bottle was seized by the city. Hotel Manufacturers loss of 100 dollars from a closet fire, quickly contained by staff. Obituary: Henry Pletscher, noted musician and cornet player, died at home after a paralytic stroke. born in 1848 in Freidelsheim Germany, moved to Keokuk as a child.

Jacob Lohse Davenport Dubuque Street Lohse Germany Kampfgenossen Society Zion Lutheran Church Pauline Lohse E. A. Pierr Pierr & Co St. Mary’s Church M. S. Dondanville Pierz Eastman Waukesha Manufacturers Louis Marks Marks Bell Henry Pletscher Twenty-fifth Street Freidelsheim America Keokuk Iowa

Burli ng ton musician remembered. funeral held

The Burlington area musician who led the Light Guard band for years was remembered by old collaborators. He retired to Moline seven years ago and leaves a widow and five children, with a funeral held this afternoon at 3 from the residence and interment in Riverside cemetery.

Anna Matthes Montana Bertha Schenerdtfeger Harry Lohse Davenport George S. Pebbles New Hampshire Clinton Iowa Mercy Hospital East Burlington Old Light Guard Moline Henry Pletscher Des Moines William Beckman Mollie William Bertha Jacob John Keokuk Riverside Cemetery

East Moline Residents and Visitors Listed in Local Notes

East Moline Mre Charles Marlin and children return from visiting relatives in Marseilles. Roy Stroube and Agnes McHalany back in Chicago after a week here. Miss Marjorie Anderson of Lincoln Neb arrives for a visit with Rev. F. H. Anderson. Mona and Elizabeth Dorey return from Galesburg. Mrs. J. O'Brien and children go to Tiskilwa for three weeks. Mrs. Erickson and daughter Mabel return to Kewanee after a week with the Carlson home. D. B. Hoffman leaves for Lafayette Ind for vacation. Ed Straushaugh of Rushville visits John Sandidge. Mrs. Peter Van Bezi returns to Chicago after two weeks with her sister Mrs. Jack Stroube. Miss Mayme Murphy of St. Albans visits Mrs. Jack Ed Murray. Murray returns to Sheffield after two days here. Mrs. Ernest Fox of Peoria visits James Fox. Miss Ethel Tigit resumes duties at St. Anthony's after three weeks with her brother Dr. G. F. Johnson. $100 Reward offered for Hall's Catarrh Cure. testimonials available. Hall's Cure claims to cure catarrh by constitutional treatment. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, sell it. 50 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Freeport Mich H. C. Haverfield Jot Reynolds J. G. Haverfield Joy Aledo Central Park C. J. Camp Rock Island Tri-Cities A. Ji. Cronin Salt Lake City Chicago A. M. Bliss Loxley Ala H. E. Maxwell Peoria St. Louis Julia Merryman Oberlin Ohio J. Bolton Alpha Springfield John McAdams Reynolds Mary Gorman T. J. Beverlin Hamlet Monument Park Iue Florence Beaugess New Boston J. Adams Galesburg H. C. Bassett Kansas I. N. Bassett Arthur Weed Millersburg Warren Stormont Kirkwood Alders Dubuque Iowa East Moline Mre Charles Marlin Marseilles Roy Stroube Agnes McHalany Marjorie Anderson Lincoln, Neb F. H. Anderson Mona Elizabeth Dorey J. O'Brien Tiskilwa Erickson Mabel Kewanee Carlson D. B. Hoffman Lafayette Ind Ed Straushaugh Rushville John Sandidge St. Anthony's Hospital, Rock Island G. F. Johnson

Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured Three Days by Relief for Rheumatism

Morton L. Hill of Lebanon Indiana testifies his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint, had been bedridden six weeks with eight physicians no benefit until using Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism, which gave immediate relief and allowed walking in three days. Sold by Otto Grotjan Rock Island Gust Schlegel Davenport.

Morton L. Hill Lebanon Ind Detchon Otto Grotjan Second Avenue Rockleland Gust Schlegel Second Street Davenport

Free sample cure for constipation from Dr Caldwell

Readers ask how to cure constipation and Dr Caldwell offers free medical advice on stomach liver and bowels. His Syrup Pepsin trains the stomach and bowel muscles to work naturally with tonic ingredients. Free samples and advice are available by writing Dr Caldwell at Cauldwell building Monticello Illinois.

Caldwell Cphwen Rae John Graveline Kwaukee Ave Detroit Mich J. A Oklahoma City W. B. Caldwell Cauldwell Building Monticello Ill

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