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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1911

Page

2

Davenport Notices and Obituaries Summary

Davenport licensed marriage records report Louis Behrens and Agnes Jungjohann of Davenport. Divorce news notes Mrs. Aupa Moore of Mt Carroll granted custody of Ruth V. Moore after divorce from H. J. Moore. Drowning victims James and Raymond Wilson buried at Sacred Heart cathedral. Bettendorf to honor W. P. Bettendorf with town hall ceremony. Obituary notices for Earl E. Webster infant and John F. Kerrigan, long-time Davenport salesman, with details of survivors and funeral arrangements.

Louis Behrens Agnes Jungjohann Davenport Moore Mt Carroll Ill Aupa Moore H. J. Moore Ruth V. Moore James Raymond Wilson G. A. Wilson Leroy McDonald Woodward's Grove Sacred Heart Cathedral

Local Whispers and Farm Moves From Canton to Sherrard

Sherrard Albert Rowe and family visited Canton Illinois at Alfred Pascoe home. Farmers shipped six carloads of hogs and cattle to Chicago on Tuesday. John O. Mealin returned from Brereton Missouri to visit ill nephew William O’Neil. Mrs William Ash and nephew left to see her very sick mother in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Lizzie Davidson returned after a three day visit with sister Mrs Frank Lindquist of Moline. Fred Budlow and Maggie Lipton wed at John Lipton’s home. Le Roy Hughes became parents to a baby girl arriving June 19. Thomas Davis and daughter Saran visited Mathersville. Mabel Pritchard went to Rock Island for two weeks with sister Mrs Clarence Wilmarcon. Mrs William Haddick and others from Anaconda Mont revisiting Rock Island area.

Albert Rowe Frank Pascoe Canton Ill Alfred Pascoe Chicago John O. Mealin Brereton William O’neil William Ash Cedar Rapids Iowa Lizzie Davidson Frank Lindquist Moline Fred Budlow Sherrard Maggie Lipton John Lipton le Roy Hughes Thomas Davis Saran Mathersville Mabel Pritchard Rock Island Clarence Wilmarcon William Haddick Hargraves Hinddick Thomas Murphy Anaconda Mont Coal*Valley Sherrard and Cable

Local Social News Andelusia Muscatine Visitors

Foster Miss Alpha Cole of Andalusia visits Mrs Ben Zollner. Miss Anna Zollner entertains Miss Beck of Muscatine. Marland Hayes returns to Illinois City after two weeks with grandparents Isaac and Mrs Foster. Misses Alice and Nola Gillett narrowly escape injury when horse ran away into barb wire fence. Alice cut face Nola bruised. Rev J R Spiller of Andalusia, former pastor, spoke at Baptist church. Rev H Norton of Muscatine to preach at Baptist church Sunday.

Alpha Cole Andalusia Ben Zollner Anna Zollner Beck Muscatine Iowa Marland Hayes Illinois City Isaac Foster Alice Nola Gillett Nola J. R. Spiller Baptist Church H. Norton

Prenuptial Shower Notes at Aledo and Local Visits

Local social notes record a prenuptial shower for Miss Lillian Parr of Aledo hosted by Hamlet Mrs. Harvey Ramsey and the Misses Barbara Hartman and Lillie Marsh. Additional brief items mention Miss Bessie Cooper’s return from DeKalb and visits by Nora Whitman, Myra Taylor, and Miss Margaret Duncan with relatives near Aledo. Includes ad copy for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy with testimonials.

Harvey Ramsey Barbara Hartman Lillie Marsh Lillian Parr Aiedo Bessie Cooper DeKalb Nora Whitman Myra Taylor Aledo Mary de Borde George Taylor Atedo George Steelman Rock Island C. B. Halstead Margaret Duncan C. B. Halsead

Moline Stores to Close on Fourth of July

Secretary Carstens of the Retail Merchants association announces all Moline stores will close for the Fourth of July. Dry goods shops furniture clothiers and grocery stores along with meat markets will shut down to join the city celebration. In past years some kept open but this year every merchant will close for the holiday.

Carstens Retail Merchants’ Association

Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy Promises Relief for Female Ills

A fragment from an old promotional letter highlights long term female illness struggles. It mentions a seven year sufferer in Waurika Oklahoma who finds relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and credits improved sleep and health. The piece also references testimonials from Huntington Massachusetts praising the remedy.

Okla Lydia Eham Pinkham Stevens RB. F. D Waurika Huntington Mass Lydia Yost Watts Janette Bates Boxuntington Maas

Taft Nominates Evan E Young South Dakota Minister to Ecuador

Aledo and nearby towns report various moves including Rev A E Moody attending a presbytery meeting in Rock Island and Mrs Moody and two children visiting Oelwein Iowa. Other items note deaths, arrivals, reunions, and travels of local residents, with several families sending remains for burial and others returning from trips in the west and midwest.

Taft Evan E. Young South Dakota Ecuador

Dr Detchnon Relief for Rheumatism Featured

George W Koons of Lawton Michigan reports his wife suffered severe rheumatism until using Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism. She could not lift limbs for two months then rapidly improved and by Wednesday could rise dress herself and walk to breakfast. Sold by Otto Gratjan Rock Island and Gust Schlegel Davenport.

George W. Koons Lawton Mich Detchon Otto, Gratjan Second Avenue Rock, Island Gust Schlegel West Second Street Davenport

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