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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1901

Page

2

Travel Tips and Rail Fare Notices From The Rock Island Era

Beginning Monday April 1 passenger business at Mt 4St P will be handled through D RL and N W depot at seventeenth street. One fare round trip to Lincoln Nebraska good May 23 to May 37 with extension to June 30 for 50 cents. Homeseekers tickets to northern and southwestern points via CHTL I railway May 11 June 4 and 34. Freight train from Rock Island 7:45 pm to Clinton via Davenport D B N W railway. Burlington route sale May 7 1 home seekers excursion tickets round trip to southern western and northern points within 21 days.

Seventeenth Street Lincoln Nebvia C Bold& P Tallven C,htl & I Colorado Cy RL &P. Railway Rock Island Clinton Davenport Th .C N. W. Allway Burlington BB & Q Ania Puget Sound Pacific Coast

Quay retires from politics amid mixed public reaction

A muddled report outlines Sexsfoe Quay's early retirement and notes Penny Heath's nomination of Mark Hanna for president in London. It describes shifting trade, tariff talk by Ex-Coxswain J. Haw Lewis, and votes shaping a Virginia Supreme Court race. An anecdote closes about a fisherman misled by fog.

Penny Heath Mark Hanna London

Makers of Money and Wealth Distribution in the United States

A Peoria Star summary reports 3 828 people in the United States hold 87 percent of wealth within a generation. It notes 19 percent earned from manufacturing, 16 percent from merchandise, 12 percent in real estate, 7 percent in banking and 1 percent in wiping. Farms and cattle raise cost and other sectors are cited as contributors.

United States Peoria

Cleveland Mayor Demands Fair Railroad Tax Valuation

Mayor Johnson of Cleveland accuses county officials of under valuing railroad property for tax purposes and claims the system is unconstitutional. She asserts the railroad pays little tax, calls out perjury, and urges correction. Audience pressures lead to a 15 percent rise in railroad valuation.

Juensuss Way Johnson Cleveland Suditora Cirizana Dola

Smallpox Scare at Peoria Depot

Health officials failed to examine a woman arriving from Reynolds with smallpox like symptoms at Peoria depot on Twentieth Street. Dr. Ushai Baksh was hospitalized in Davenport after transfer. Exposed relatives include the Wevoiosky family. Health officials vaccinated 75 Grace Mann school pupils to curb spread.

Peoria Twentieth Street Ushai Baksh Reynolds de Sira Emily Wright Davenport St. Luke's Hospital We Voiosky Ens

SPEAKS TO THE GROCERS AT ROCK ISLAND MEETING

A meeting of the Retail Grocers Association in Rock Island featured A. K Bartlett deputy organizer who urged better methods to rid grocers of harassing evils. Bartlett spoke on improving fruitless practices and was given a rising vote of thanks.

A. BR Matlett Uetivers Andreas Rock Island Retal Grocers Mitchell & Syade Retal A. K Bartlett Bartlett Evila

Unclear town notes and probate dates in Davenport column

Fragmentary local items report the probated will of Lewis Wilson of Rural dated December 6 1499 with inheritance to his widow and later children James R Wilson and Catherine Stewart and the rest to all other heirs. Other notes mention Dr J B Hollowbush entertaining friends from the Iowa medical fraternity at the Hock Island Club and Davenport attendance at the Iowa State Medical Society convention with delegates riding the Winona steamer and Mason temple receptions expected for Mason City region events.

Charles McHiugh Mary Mac Mary James R. Wilson Catherine Stewart J.B. Hollowbush Hock Island Club Lows Medical Fraternity Davenport J. M Guthris Dabuyus Presid B. L. Treynar Council bin Olud van Haren Koott Sous City Donald McCrea Council Blais Inland Wayco Meorin State Medical Society Springfield Rock Island Meorla Hook Iowa State Medical Society Winona Masonis Temple

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