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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
2
A chaotic report details a wife fleeing residence then having her husband jailed. The narrative, rich with distorted names and garbled phrases, reveals a messy domestic dispute affecting family members and local officials amid a courtroom confrontation and press coverage.
The Serbian countess and her writer husband were detained for 12 days in Sydney after being questioned by authorities for suspected espionage. They traveled aboard the steamer Niagara, returning toward Belgrade, with the countess preparing a Belgrade newspaper account of the Panama-Pacific expost item before resuming their journey back to Serbia.
At a Saturday meeting members mourned the death of E H Buck a former member and past commander. Resolutions of respect were adopted praising Buck’s service and detailing the tribute from the organization.
A fragmented note honors a fallen comrade once seen as a leader who gave time and talent to the group. The passage mentions Jinks Kee and hints at traits learned and the impact of the loss, with references to Richmond and the Times Dispatch.
Driving west on Seventh between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, a fire call led to a collision. Dr. G. G. Craig’s car and a G. L. Schmidt grocery delivery wagon collided. Chief Newberry tried to avoid both but damaged his patrol car.
Davenport area reports the death of Mra W W McConnell after months of illness with post mortem confirming tuberculosis. Born April 12 1863 in Elvira Iowa she married William McConnell in 1595 and he died in 1903. Funeral service held at United Presbyterian Church after a 2:30 pm home service. Also: Walter Van Geist of Rockford arrested in Davenport for wife desertion extradition back to Rockford. Davenport man W F Carlson sues Fulton County Coal Mining for 20000 citing 14 surgeries and a disabling accident at Matherville Illinois in 1913. Dr J G Smith resigns from Mt Ida Presbyterian church to pursue future plans. Walter Sparbel injured in a runaway car incident on Harrison Street. Orien E Ross and Mabel Reed obtain a marriage license. Partial note on July exonerations and operations.
Report on the Nellie Cruson death case notes the coroner's jury found no personal responsibility for the young men involved. Other items cover divorce actions in district court, alimony awarded, and various local social notices and obituaries.
Special summer classes in stenography and typewriting are offered by Brown's Business College of Rock Island. Enroll now to save 15 dollars. Ask for particulars. C. A. Miller, principal. Adv. All the news all the time The Argus.
Moderately low pressures prevail over southern plateau states Texas Missouri and Manitoba with showers and thunderstorms along eastern Rocky Mountain slope and into the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. At St Louis rainfall reached 3.86 inches Keokuk 1.64 inches. High pressures and cool temperatures extend from the north Pacific coast to Nebraska and western Iowa with barometers above normal east of the Mississippi. Showers are indicated for this vicinity this afternoon and tonight followed by partly cloudy conditions Tuesday.
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