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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
2
A dated classified section lists lawyers, insurers, physicians, and professionals with partial names and addresses. Entries mention Jackson Huest, Searle Marshall, McEniry & McEknney, Mischell & Lynde, John K. Scott, Burkhart & Burkhart, T Foster, S H Miller, H Emmet Steen, M A Hollingsworth, and A Beyeho Magnetic Resler. Also includes medical and dental notices with specialties and locations in Davenport and nearby areas.
A Victorian style tonic ad argues modern slavery is indigestion. It contrasts physical servitude with stomach misery and promotes Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets as the sole method to end digestive distress and prevent buildup from undigested food. The copy emphasizes rapid digestion and relief from heartburn gas and catarrh.
A fragmented rail timetable lists routes and stations from Minneapolis to Peoria and Chicago. It mentions departures and arrivals on daily and holiday schedules, with notes on express and limited trains, and depot details for Rock Island and Peoria lines.
A story recounts how Abraham Lincoln shared a room with Professor Stevens in a Western state. Lincoln argued a mining case with depth, cross examining surveyors, and impressed all by his mastery of mining science. The professor noted Lincoln’s proficiency and the verdict favored Lincoln.
A wife of a cabinet officer visits a Fifth Avenue tailor and orders three suits for her husband, directing the tailor to ignore his choices. The ex-official complies, saying his wife selects his clothes and he will be measured and made as she dictates. The anecdote ends with the husband leaving quickly, letting his wife’s control speak for him.
A deputation from a village, hearing of the surveyor's skill, questioned why he believed a camel road would benefit their town in Prowecoe. inhabitants urged practical reasoning and local needs were discussed.
A long fragment recounts a surveyor visiting Cabecera and villagers pressing for a canal from there to a province two decades apart. Politics and a father’s death delayed government action, reigniting canal chatter when letters resurfaced. A separate tale notes a man’s costly nap after asking a Providence friend to call, ending with a debt to the telephone company.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a New Yorker ticket incident with overcharged fare and a private exchange about counting change. Mentions hospitality abroad, difficulties in service, boot cleaning, and a discussion on mother-in-law impressions. Includes stray lines from Ally Sloper and Mites Chetee of mW.
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