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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
2
Davenport News item reports the oil house at the CG I P railway yards on East Fifth Street burned completely, with no calls to the paid fire department. The article also notes local visits and social updates including marriages and accidents involving Davenport residents and workers.
Variety of short items including a court receiver appointment for Cuil Qyster s company and a clergy transfer from St Joseph's to Mercy hospital with surgery planned for Rev A Niermann. Also reports of Frank Hamilton’s jail sentence and a bereaved family funeral near Argo, plus a classroom anecdote from the period.
In a bustling Haymarket scene readers recall a farcical stage incident where Paris rose from the dead to flee as Juliet lay unmoved, drawing roars from the audience. The piece then shifts to flowers and poisons noting color changes from improper treatment and the futility of endless bloom.
At a musteate a priest guested as the crowd enjoyed a robust soprano who sang German Italian French and English arias. She boasted of her training and responded to a clergyman’s compliment with humorous resolve to keep singing if the music endures.
A Geneva Ohio man C Haney reports DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured him of piles after four decades of torment. The advertisement claims it treats sores wounds and skin diseases with warnings to beware of counterfeits and noting availability from all druggists.
Moline item details a string of local visits and household movements. J C Kotvikin visits Geneva. Laura Elliott plans to move to Lex Migeles for winter. Quiek family in Athan stays with Mr and Mrs Quiek. J J Lippincott Orion visit their son C H Lippincott. A Backstrom Watt Eighteenth Avenue travels to Chicago. Miss Kon Stel visiting brother at 36 Fifteenth Street. CW Wright reports on a new company plan to build a textile or similar plant with $50,000 stock and a charter sought from Springfield. Directors discussed site at Fifth Street near rail tracks, with architect Cervig drawing plans for a two story brick building. A teachers meeting considered resignations and ballots. A wedding and other social events noted at St Marys and First Congregational Church, with members planning future arrangements and travel to the island for the couple’s future home.
A reader testimonial from Durham reports that a long stomach and liver tremble nearly ended life until Dr Kil’s New Life Pills restored health. The notice advertises the pills at 25 cents and available at Marte Leemeyer drug store along with Bolmeribe for Thy Vrzics.
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