Description
This download contains abstracts from the newspapers The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, July-December 1877, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; 233 pages.
Included in this volume are abstracts of all vital records, visits from out-of-town relatives and former residents of Rock Island County, probate and circuit court listings, real estate transfers, local police court cases and even road work.
From The Rock Island Daily Argus, October 10, 1877
Two sons and a daughter of W.F. Winship living on John Deere’s farm, were involved in a wagon accident today near the residence of Peter Reed.
Henry Siemon’s butcher shop on 6th Avenue was robbed today.
Archibald Morton who was formerly in the coal business in Hampton but who now lives in Andalusia has opened a coal vein 2 miles south of Andalusia. His farm is next to that of Samuel Goode.
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