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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1902
Page
2
A Friday night theft at Joe Asmus Schmidt’s Rockingham road barn yields a missing $20 harness and dairy cream after a broken window entry. Police have only buggy tracks as a lead while unrelated rail work near Davenport continues and local notices reflect community affairs and obituaries.
The will cuts off the son Michael Hef eron for bad habits and allocates $300 to John Hefferon while the rest goes to Michael Hef f eron of Pennsylvania. The daughter receives nothing. Henry C. Struck Jr is relieved as guardian, executor named for the estate. Nine days of Western Union messengers strike over wages as pay shifts from piecework to a flat $13 monthly.
A collage of travel ads announces the Queen & Crescent fast line to Birmingham and New Orleans with through cars to Asheville, plus connections Cincinnati to Atlanta and Jacksonville. Also offers student rail arrangements via Michigan Central and Niagara Falls route, with ticket offices in Chicago and Boston. Separate notices promote $19 Boston return via Nickel Plate with schedules, $5 Des Moines return via Rock Island, and health ads for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve with rider testimonials.
Chronic mucumation. Cured, Dr. H. B. Hettinger, Indianapolis, Ind. says: For several months after spraining my ankle I was severely afflicted with rheumatism. I finally tried Detchon's Mystic Cure for rheumatism, and in 4 days could walk without my cane, two bottles cured me sound and well. I take great pleasure in recommending the Mystic Cure to all who are afflicted with rheumatism. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1501 Second avenue, Rock Island. Gust Schlegel & Son, 20 West Second street, Davenport.
Dr J C Bishop of Agnew Mich endorses Foley and Tar for severe pneumonia with good results. Refuse substitutes. Madison Medicine Company offers 35 cent remedy branded Thomas' pharmacy.
Max D Rosenfield sails to Mudlavia Ind Ed Crumbaker leaves for Hedding college Abingdon to resume studies Frank Reynolds heads to Champaign to enter the state university Ed Windstrand of Cambridge UL visiting city J D Louirie Eastern Moline Plow Co assistant manager arrives from Indianapolis Katherine S Willard of Boston arrives to visit with her brother Rev W W Willard Willard to enter Yale Richard Willard to study at Phillips Exeter Mrs Clara Ellen Else dies in Moline at 1:30 after heart trouble born 1868 in Black Hawk County funeral at Riverside cemetery Stephen Velie leaves for Kansas City then Tom Velie goes to Andover others travel east to resume studies Mary E Waterman and Mrs Blakemore and Mrs Walker host DAR event with Mrs Florence Kelly to lecture December 8 work resumes on Rock Island line switch tracks project altering local waterway Musical program planned by high school students aims for an opera Bonnie Bell to be staged at Wagner Opera House around Christmas Mildred Thompson fractures left leg stair fall at 1410 Fourth Avenue doctor treats fracture Largest apple in county owned by L J Bengston nearly 6 inches diameter weighs over a pound Dramatic company set to premiere Old New Hampshire October 2 under Lady Maccabees banner Swinson bankruptcy action begun in Peoria court with assets shown as SLASTUM and limits
Scores of Rock Island residents testify to the merit of Dean's Kidney Pills with Mrs. Clement of 520 Fourth Street sharing a back sore ails and relief after a course of the medicine. The ad claims the pills cure kidney and bladder troubles and lists other remedies with prices and local druggists as distributors.
Tickets can be purchased at City Ticket Office 1818 Second Avenue or C R I P depot Fifth Avenue foot of Thirty Peoria branch depot foot of Street Plumner C P A 6 00 pm 12 10 40 am.
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