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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
2
A fragmented listing shows medical doctors and law firms including SEARLE & MARSHALL, McENIRY & McENNEY, Mitchell & Lynde bankers, and physicians such as JOHN K. SCOTT and DR. CORA EMERY BEED. Office hours, addresses on Sixteenth Street, and night call notes appear amid partial names and contact details.
Veterinary surgeon advertises treatment for horses including bone care and chronic diseases. Listings show offices at multiple locations with hours, night calls, and contact numbers. Includes names C W Grafton J T Taylor Henry Gaetje and medical and nursery design services.
Napoleon discusses prison restrictions and escape prospects in St. Helena diaries and asserts only death would stop European powers from pursuing him. He compares Elba to St. Helena and doubts any escape route exists, blaming the governor's vigilant administration and public scrutiny in England.
A collection of short items quotes a man on women misidentifying directions at a theater, Russell Sage recounts a saved loan tale, notes on Montana sapphires and their colors, a humorous exchange about a bonnet, and an audience reaction about aging fashion in Chicago.
A collection of antiquated vignettes and anecdotes from far corners, describing Bushmen and Hottentots banking by communal depositors, etiquette lessons in playful dialogue, a Boston clergyman wedding, Albanian domestic rules, and other brief curiosities. It notes the German war prep and humorous exchanges on arithmetic and aging rites.
Chamberlain signals decisive move to fold Boer republics under British rule and deny independence while urging public opinion to back incorporation under the British flag. London reports praise from press though American readers warned against Boer proposals against Britain. Whisky crime in Michigan led to a three year sentence. Ads promote Electric Bitters and Foley medicines.
Notice states an especial stockholders meeting in Chicago on July 2 1900 at 11 am to vote on name change to Davenport Rock Island & Northwest Railway, capital increase to four million, bond issues of four million secured by mortgage, merger and purchase options involving Davenport Rock Island Northwestern and Davenport Clinton Eastern railways. Dated April 19 1900.
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