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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes list doctors and clinics including Burkhart and Buekhart Tramann block offering surgical and medical care for women. References mention hours 10 to 12 and 6 to 8, a Davenport infirmary, and a nurse guide. Includes phone line, specialty in nervous and privace ailments, and local transit details.
The article details the Chicago Sanitary Canal project describing its purpose to protect the water supply and link to future deep water routes. It cites planned flow, dimensions, and cross sections, cost totals around 53 million, and notes extensive excavation, rock removal, and machinery performance.
An Special New York Journal correspondent recounts a perilous night trek across barbed wire fences and rough terrain toward Ladysmith. After hours of exhausting riding and disorienting silence, the party threads a treacherous path, halting at a deep chasm and rescuing an injured English medical officer before two reach Ladysmith by nightfall.
A Kansas prairie dig by J W Dive reveals fossils of ancient animals including buffalo skeletons found 20 to 25 feet below ground with a walnut tree 4 feet in diameter nearby. Remarkably, human artifacts appear as concrete like pieces, suggesting artistic workmanship. Fossils and potential age studies promise scientific interest.
General George W. Davis imposes municipal ordinances for Puerto Rico towns to handle offenses under local laws. Prohibitions include appearing in public unclothed, making outcries after 6 pm, and limits on streetcar conduct, throwing stones, damaging trees or statues, and unsafe cart handling with fines up to 15 dollars or hard labor for repeat offenders. The report also contrasts local rules with military propriety and features observant notes from the New York Press and the New York Sun.
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