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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
2
Miss Virginia Granes recounts hospital physicians reliance on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, noting continuous service in leading hospitals and private homes has given her varied experience with diseases of women and patient care.
Davenport reports record a mix of obituaries marriages lawsuits and civic items. Mrs Margaret K Rook died near Princeton after 55 years in the vicinity. several injuries illnesses and child welfare cases are noted. Legal actions include damages against Davenport Gas Company and a divorce suit from Mary Benedict. A double wedding at May and Nettie Collins’s home and a county veterans tournament also appear among the items.
The mayor and aldermen deemed the course desirable as the petition from Farnham Street property owners and residents urged granting the Nexport & Suburban Railway a right of way along Farnham Street from Thirteenth Street to the city limits. It requests paving costs for the track area and for sections lacking paving where right of way is needed.
Congressional district lecturers of the Modern Woodmen gathered at the head office for a week long session to learn and teach about proposed rate changes. About 25 lecturers were selected to attend as the board of directors met with leaders Murphy Smith Northeat and J G Johnson to oversee the briefing.
Rabbi W. WH. Fineschriber, pastor of Temple Emmanuel, spoke at the Rock Island Club last evening in a review of Christian religion from its birth to the present from a Jewish perspective. The event drew a substantial crowd and evolved into a lively Q&A session, praised as an intellectual treat by attendees. Meanwhile Rock Island river men debated the appointment of St. Cary of Lyons as steam boat boiler inspector, a temporary post pending exam results and the outcome of recent tests at Puente.
Travelers learn about fares and sale dates for multiple rail routes engaging the C R J Sway, B and Q, Rock Island and Peoria systems with one fare plus two dollars for some round trips, plus cheap colonists tickets to northern and western points and daily March April sales. Ads promote Dr King s New Life Pills and Dr Thomas Electric Oil as household remedies.
Moline items report a third dancing party at K P hall on Friday evening March 14 with Ogden's orchestra. Owen Murphy drug store to reopen under Charles W Pool of Charage. Emmanuel church to consider excursion to Molin for a synod gathering. Play The Great Most Office Robbery by Miss Clara Dunn set for March 30. Local merchants discuss cash payment ratings and state book pledge. Swedish church planning St Ansgaries with officers, and Lutheran events. Lodge and social notices include Swedish I O O P jubilees and officer elections.
Mrs Charles Applegate of Alexandria Indiana credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and consumption after other medicines failed, claiming a 58 pound gain. The ad touts the remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles at 50 cents to 1 dollar with trial bottles free. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a yearly health aid for children and adults at 35 to 55 cents.
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