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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1906

Page

2

Davenport boxer Kid Farmer arrives for May 31 bout

The Davenport dots report Kid Farmer, aka Harry Tibbets of Peoria, has arrived in Davenport to train for a 15 round match with Paddy Nee at Saengerfest hall on May 31. He will box nightly at the Standard theatre for a week leading up to the contest. Other items note bond release for Frank Ruefer, interurban route discussions, Natatorium management change, a smoke house fire at Kohrs Packing, and obituaries.

Harry Tibbetts Peoria Kid Farmer Paddy Nee Saengerfest Hall Davenport Standard Theatre Kohrs Packing Company

Moline News: nurses to graduate and new building plans

The Moline Training School for Nurses will hold commencement at the Unitarian church with Miss Idora Rose of Chicago delivering the principal address. A new five story business block near Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street, costing 40 000 to 45 000 dollars, is under construction by George Chase with contract to C. C. North and subcontracts to Gust Ed & Son, to be completed before snow. Also notes on a Texas wedding of Richard E. McMann and Erin Durham, and local civic matters including memorial day plans, street and sewer improvements, and waterworks matters.

Moline George Chase Fifth Avenue Fifteenth Street C. C. North Gust Ed & Son Moline Trust & Savings Bank Texas Richard E. McMann Erin Durham B. Ll. Durham Cleburne Tex McMann Sixth Avenue Mr. McMann E. E. Mangold Rock Island Eastman Photographic Supply House Chicago Des Moines Davenport John Buford Alderman Anderson A. N. McNeil Ward & McMahon Sewer Committee Rock Island Buggy Campu Committee On Fire and Light Anderson T. J. Peter Company M. Marblestone T. van Hecke Board of Local Improvements Forty-second Street Ninth Fourteenth Avenue Alderman Brooks Peoples Power Company Aldreman Brooks Forty-fourth Street Raisek Block 21 Lower Addition Benson Alderman Wilson Waterworks Committee Ninth Avenue Water Works Department Wilson Thirteenth Avenue Bridge Blochlinger Sewor South Rock Island Committee On Seventh Avenue Thirtieth Thirty-fifth Street Island View Addition Dauber Forty-sixth Streets Thirty-eighth Street Fifth Lawler Twenty-first Twenty-second Street Eleventh Street Eleventh Avenue Eighteenth Avenue Trenkenschuh Sixteenth Eighteenth Avenues

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Frank Ruefer August Zschiesche Ruefer Davenport-Muscatine Interurban Blue Grass Tipton William G. Donald Michael Duggleby Natatorium Davenport Natatorium Company Duggleby & Donald Mr. Donald Europe England Iowa Street Rebecca Townsend Burdock Julia Filbridge West Cornwell, Conn Herve Neuralgyline Neuralgyline Co Wheeling W.va Wheeler Mueller Lumber CO Galesburg G. A. R. Committee Burlington VII EF. A. Riddell Jake Wigers Jake Wigers Robbins Smith Union Jtabor No. 2 Brooks No. 2 Fire Company Cralle Romeo O'Connor Bismarck Lcense and Markets Committee T. R. Aten Jose Nineteenth Street Second Avenue Firemen’s Relief Association Talbot Sherwood Twenty-fourth Street H. C. Schaffer Lucia Wilke Caroline Wis Hartz & Ullemeyer J Myers P Peterson Geo Anderson J Lynch W Brasher J Frew Chas Gilie We John Haey Brian Roy Reed H Bresnahan Frank Emil Cc L Carpenter Chas Greims Wm. Morris J T Guinane John Nelson Nels Peterson D Rooks Thos Carey Frank Newcomb Zibe Gipson Municipal Matters City Council Rock Islad S P. i McCaskrin Ase Alderme Sherwood Fin Manuel J Anthony Deisenroth O'Brien Ran Ose Ad M Pender Fred Schoel Witherspoon Bee Andrew Foster W D Barnes Wens Carl Evers Fred Gest J J Fox George Pettit Ed Fuller Fa Morg McDonald Beecaam's Beecham Walsh DR. Walsh J. E. Walsh St. Anthony's Hospital Tri-Cities West Third Street McCullough
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