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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1906
Page
2
Mayor Waldo Becker orders police to monitor venues with slot machines and declares minors will not be allowed to play or be supplied with intoxicants in Davenport. Any violators will have machines confiscated.
The noted American prima donna will appear soon in Davenport at large expense for the May Festival by the Apollo Club. It will interest Kimball piano buyers to know the artist uses and prefers for personal use in her home the piano model referenced in the notice.
The piece notes the Panama Isthmus order to abolish rain gutters to curb mosquitoes. Colonel Gorgas argues gutters breed malaria vectors and rain should run off roofs toward open windows and doors. Residents resist health measures clashing with long standing habits.
A Kansas man reports a 35 year battle with psoriasis ending in 30 days after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He describes red circular patches, silvery scales, itching and bleeding when scales are removed, and says he would not endure such suffering again. Signed W M Chichester Hutchinson Kan April 20 1905.
An American observer describes Panama under U.S. influence noting hotels poor dining limited and refrigeration needed for meat. He praises sleeping rooms and contrasts the president Amador’s palace, lottery presence, and colonial cemeteries with transit yards and rail stations indicating ongoing growth and public use of resources.
Guaranteed by H. O. Rolfs, Hyomei cleanses catarrh by killing germs in the nose throat and lungs. The kit includes a hard rubber inhaler a dropper and a bottle of Hyomei costing one dollar with refills available. Customer money back guarantee if directions are not followed. Also notes Doan's Ointment for skin itching at drug stores.
Milk test planned at the Moline library with J W Trueman from the University of Illinois to precede a public meeting. Naval Reserve plans include Dorothea’s summer lakes cruise, with Ensign George Darling likely to lead the local unit. A 45-voice oratorio of The Creation directed by Mrs Edla Lund awaits at First Congregational Church. An attempt to derail an eastbound interurban near Sixth Street is foiled by alert motorman Al Geven. Woman's club flower sale nets over 100 dollars. Five Moline youths sail to Sweden for a three month stay visiting homes and sights. Obituaries note the death of Gertie Amanda Jolson at 19 and Arthur Johnson of the Westhind Home in Chicago. An ad promotes Kodol for dyspnea and digestion.
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