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Brownie Dog Death At Rock Island Tracks In City
A dog named Brownie was fatally struck while crossing Fifth Street near Rock Island tracks. The Elmer hotel at Fifth and Jefferson streets is undergoing a $2,000 remodel to add eight two and three room apartments with private baths and mechanical refrigeration. J H Stebbins owns the hotel building at 928 Randolph street and reports new units will join existing furnished and unfurnished offerings for transient and regular hotel guests.
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Brownie
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Rock Island Tracks
John G. Miller Construction Company
Elmer Hotel
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Jefferson Streets
J. H. Stebbins
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Elmer
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Cropper