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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1909

Page

2

Run Down Thieves in Auto Nab Davenport Crooks

Davenport residents recount a nighttime pursuit as police in an auto, led by Night Captain Phelan and Detectives Quinn, Shanley, and Sehrama, chase and capture two young Chicago thieves, William Buckley and Newton Benton, after they snatch a purse on Telegraph road and Sharon street.

P. C. Petersen Phelan Quinn, Shanley Sehrama Chicago Oakdale Cemetery Duck Creek William Buckley Newton Benton

Moline Streetcar Petition and Weekend Island Service

Residents of Healy's addition push for streetcar service with Tri-City Railway. J F Porter to inspect territory with eastern engineer as roads allow. a trial may occur next week. Beginning yesterday, special Sunday cars to Campbell's Island cater to campers. regular service starts Decoration Day. Deputy Tax Collector Vierich extends personal tax deadline. two thirds unpaid. Republic Iron and Steel reportedly cuts wages 10 percent, but local officials deny notice. Lindstedt sustains serious leg fractures at Deere & Co. may need amputation. Moline Wagon company to display its famous wagon on four concrete piers near main office. Milk prices unlikely to rise. Dairymen's Protective Association reelects officers. Members selling 15 Lewis' Single Binder five-cent tickets.

Tri-City Railway Company Healy’s Addition Bluff J. F. Porter Campbell's Island Moline Dairymen’s Protective Association Charles Wehrend Olof Christopher Henry Kroeger

Willimanne Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Health Return

Mrs Ezra Donovan of Willimantic Connecticut recounts five years of female troubles and failing doctors before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the medicine with restoring her health and urges other women to try the standard remedy for displacements irregularities backache and nervous prostration.

Ezra Donovan Willimantic Conn Lydia E. Pinkham

Cham berlain's Salve for Skin Diseases

A vintage product note touts Cham berlain's Salve for Tetter Salt Rheum and Eczema with quick relief from itching and smarting and claims a cure. Priced at 25 cents and sold by all druggists.

Chamberlain

Salubrin touted as cold preventer and cure

An English advertisement extols Salubrin as an antiseptic that prevents and cures colds and coughs. It cites Prof. Thikansson from Lund and claims wide scientific support, noting the product can be used internally or externally and is sold at drugstores for home use.

Aubria Tam Esloft M. ’. Thikansson University of Lund

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Davenport Enpert Ed Cooper J. C. Waddell Bettendorf Bettendorf Steel Car Jackson Company of Walter E. Rigby Bettendorf Improvement Company Anton Niermann St. Joseph's Sixth Marquette Streets Pius X Vatican Rome James Davis Father Niermann Holy Father Cedar Thomas Haskinson Perry Street Haskinson Harkinson Court House White Pope & Guyer Henry Nelson East Moline John H. Clark James B. Clark Northwest Quarter Moline Trust & Savings Bank White, Pope & Guyer People’s National Bank Robert Fraser Barth & Babcock’s Twentieth Street Rock Island Cora M. Cook S. S. Cushman Daniel Bopes Theodore A. Herzog Raymond J. Allen L. Mosenfelder Mary Theus Chri George H. Keys W. E. Bailey Christian Theus Margaret Theus Edmund Wehr Charles Ostergrant Edwards Moline Lydia A. Ropes Lettis L. Lloyd Kirk K. Parmenter Thomas E. Bopes Lloyd, Hyde Bopes Lafflin Istian Theus Hjalmar Johnson Oscar E. Hallen Third Wheelock Fifteenth Street A. F. Dean Theophiel Claeys Smith Alice C. Walker Carroll S. Bristol O. Child Orletta. McMann B. D. Connelly William A. Taylor William Taylor, Jr South Rock Island Louis W. Zollner J. A. August S Krueger James W. McElhatton James H. McElhatton Read & Ryder’s Charles Sundell Theodore J. Berge Edward C. Berge Merline Young & McCombs J. M. Fotch Fetch Rock I City Knox TriCity Railway Company Vierich Youngstown Ohio Republic Iron and Steel Company Sylvan Steel Republic Company C Lindstedt Deere & Co.s Moline Wagon Company Third Avenue Lewis Lydia E.pinkham S.S S.8 Swift Specific CO Atlanta Agency Racycle Iver-Johnson Cyrus Clipper Crawford Cornell, Banner Thor Motor Cycles John Koch Seventeenth Street Miles Uecgold Medal Washburn-Crosby- CO Central Trust & Savings Bank Rock Island, Ill Simmon Cashier Singer Rock Island Hardware ‘Company David Don Ehleb The Bankers’ Life Association Des Moines Iowa Bankers’ Life Lowa C. A. Reed Fifteenth St Pacific Northwest St. Louis Union Pacific Southern Pacific Sale Road W. C. Neimyer, G. A Jackson Blvd Chicago, Ta Mutual Loan CO People's National Bank
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