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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1903

Page

2

Travelers' Guide Rail Schedule Details

Rail schedule notes for Rock Island and Peoria divisions show trains from Twentieth Street station and Fifth Avenue depots. Include West division timing, marine trains from main depot, and daily departures with Sunday exceptions. Contact West numbers for schedules and freight options.

Cago Rook Island Seeoaa Avenue L &P Fifth Avenue Myreet Peoria Frank H. Plummer Mast Semnee i Denver Mnneapol T Omans Omaha Des Moines Pedar Rapids Tipton Rock Island Twentieth Street Station Main Depot Rvs

Chicago Dental Company For You

A vintage promotional notice offers dental services in Rock Island at Speidel's Drug Store location. It lists cleaning free and various fillings priced from 25 cents to a dollar, gold crowns, and full sets of teeth from five dollars, claiming guaranteed first class work with minimal prices. Office address 1607 Second Ave.

Second Ave Rock Island Speidel’s Drug Store

Have You a Friend in Chicago or Denver of Texas

An offer to connect buyers with friends in several cities for ticket procurement. The ad asks readers to call the office, deposit sufficient funds to cover transportation and incidental journey costs, and promises to arrange the rest.

Chicago Denver Texas

Davenport News Briefs: Marriages And Local Accidents

Wednesday events report multiple Davenport marriages at home of brides and relatives officiated by local ministers. Also an accident injuring a grocer’s delivery horse, a hospital death from choking teeth, and notes on Goos family and missing salesman Hans Thode with missing funds.

Laura Beckman Mercy Hospital Miss Beckman Kulp Boies Undertaking Company

Milan Boat Yard Captain Takes Drill Boats Toward LeClaire

In Milan on May 1 Captain Jack Jordan, head of the canal boat yard, moved the steam drill boat and the quarter boat up toward the LeClaire area. Reports mention presence of pirates and confusion over militia actions amid tense local conditions.

Milan Jack Jordan LeClaire Pyates Armen William CoPee

Hampton notes on church social and local visits

Bee today to move lumber for his new house six miles south of the village. The town hall hosted a show last evening. Ladies of the Presbyterian church plan a social at Mrs J C Johnston's this evening. Farmers west of town consider tiling the bottom road and seek railway aid. Rev T J Wood returns from Lafayette ministers’ convention. Mrs William Chambers of Rock Island visits relatives. J Maginnis and family return for the summer. Miss Jennie Smith of Watertown visits. Mrs H Heagy returns for the summer from Rock Island. Frank Odell visiting relatives after Keokuk college term. Charles Campbell returns to LaHarpe after visiting here. Clarence Topping of Chicago visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Vogel. Martha Thompson of Watertown visits mother.

Hampton T. J. Wood Lafayette William Chambers Rock Island J. Maginnis Jennie Smith Watertown H. Heagy Morris Heagy

Local Citizen Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills

F J Wivill of 1511 Seventh Avenue testifies he suffered severe back pain and kidney weakness until using Doan's Kidney Pills from Harper House drug store. He claims complete and permanent relief. Doan's, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.

Rock Island F. J. Wivill Seventh Avenue Carpenter Dean S Harper House Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States Doan

Property transfers and a medical cue in a brief listing

The page records multiple land transfers in Moline and Rock Island areas including Amanda J. Wilson to W W Wilson and George M Loosely to John W Stewart with various lot descriptions and prices. Marguerite F Ingelson transfers part of a lot in East Moline for 250 dollars. A probate style line shows Desperately ill Mrs Parke questioned by another about her husband’s health as a separate, personal exchange.

Amanda J. Wilson John Milner Wilson William W. Son George M John W. Stewart J. W. Spencer Rock Island Marguerite F. Ingelson Maas Voas Sadie N. Chapman A. Shurtleff H. R. Edwards Add Moline California Colorado Frank A. Hart Chicago Los Angeles Rock Island, Ill

Bottled Sunshine from Scott's Emulsion

Advertises Scott's Emulsion as bottled sunshine for the consumptive system. Explains how sunlight stores in plant and animal tissues, claiming cod liver oil nourishment aids life and fat stores energy. Offers free sample by mailing to Scott & Bowne, 40 Pearl Street, New York.

Scott Scott & Bowne Pearl Street New York

Moline Highlights Plague Fears and Local Rail Changes

Bert Young of 321 Twenty third street contends with a virulent sinalipos outbreak. Quarantine began after a funeral attended by Young family members. Meanwhile Stuart W Wise of Boston takes charge of the Moline East Moline and Watertown railway operation, pushing the Water town extension and new shop site at Pleasant Valley.

Bert Young Twentythird Street Young Mathias Halmar Young Saloon Young Pool Twenty-third Street Bert Moline East Moline Watertown Stuart W. Wise Boston Wise Blake A. Mapledoram Campbell's Island Pleasant Valley

Found a Difference. The Irrepressible Child Ma Head

The dialogue contrasts level and flat in a playful exchange about a child named I C and perceptions by Mr Jones and Mr Smith. The mother denies a distinction while the comic voice urges attention to phrasing, ending with a question about head types.

I. C

Mistress and Maid Exchange Hasty Plea in Humble Dialogue

A brief stage drawing shows Mistress calling for attention and a maid apologizing for not fully hearing the ring. The maid asks for the benefit of the doubt as the exchange ends with a courteous, resigned tone.

Puck

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