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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
2
A dense directory page lists attorneys Connelly and Connelly Ludolph and Reynolds Sweeney and Walker Searle and Marshall Mitchell Lynde Murphy Scott and others, plus physicians Dr. Cora Emery Reed and Doctor Ostrom, dentists including Dr. C W Grafton. It notes offices in Rock Island and Davenport venues with addresses, hours, and services.
Rock Island Roofing Company Incorporated offers old roof repairs roof painting and gravel roofing by skilled mechanics. CHAS. HANSGEN president contact phone 1373 located at 221 Twentieth Street in the rear.
Henry Sievert and Bertha Nabstedt von Korff held a quiet wedding at the Nabstedt home on West Sixth Street with Rev Grief Jr presiding. Jobo Chase will visit Davenport to speak for a socialist meeting at the Turner building. Mueller Lumber yard in Davenport will be cleared for W. T. Alligen coal works, lease for five years. Cutter of the Davenport School Board tours modern school buildings seeking examples of good and bad practices. The will of Mrs Patience E Van Tuy was filed, leaving property to her daughter Cornelia. John T Marley learned of his sister Mrs Michie Dawson’s illness in Thomaston Ga but then word of her improvement arrived. Industrial Theme Association held a meeting outlining plans for Labor Day at Schuetzen Park with Debs as orator. rail excursions planned. committee includes RL Conklin, L Siegfried, Warren Conklin, Gus Wilson, and John Glissmann. Mrs A G Miller, 32, of 18 Division St, reported smallpox. three scarlet fever cases reported. The cremated ashes of Rev Judd buried at Pine Hill.
Republican leaders withdraw James O'Donnell from the aldermanic ticket after a caucus in the Second ward. A vacancy to be filled by the central committee. Marriage announcements for Carrie Francis Grape and John William King set for March 26. Hotel plans by Chris Neipp for a $250,000 six story Davenport building. Mechanics liens filed against First Presbyterian church contractor. City Republican convention nominations listed. Democratic ward caucus results and aldermanic selections noted. Concert review highlights Bart Theatre performances and J. S. Bart. Fire incident at Brady Street minimal damage. Local obituaries and legal notices. Health ads promote Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Brevity on nasal remedies for catarrh with Ely Cream Balm promotions.
Moline items report Selin sought by authorities in Hilbing Minnesota and brother Charte died there with body at morgue awaiting disposition. Also, Mrs Beugene Be ggren of 1415 Eleven-and-a-half Street Albuquerque dies. Deere Mansur workers toast Marshall Beck departing for Europe. Mex Lindgren rides a Mitchell motorcycle in town. Also reports of school clubs Naughty Four at Moline High and new Mpha Delta Tau society. Beulah Kerns dies after nine months illness. family notes include George, Simon, Anson, and Charles S. funeral set for tomorrow.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as preventing pneumonia after a cold, claiming it stops coughs, heals and strengthens lungs and offers security from attacks. It warns readers to refuse substitutes and notes druggists carry the product. The text ends with a garbled line about kidneys.
A practitioner claims a nonoperative cure for varicocele and related conditions, promising life-preserving treatment, private contracts, and free initial opinions. He asserts success for debility, strictures, ruptures, blood poisons, kidney diseases, reflexes, and female ailments, with home treatment possible and confidential history reviews.
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