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The Evening Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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Hon. O. O. Washburn and daughter departed Harper House in Rock Island for home via steamer Lake Superior. Arrivals include Mayor W. A. Steel of Joliet, Capt. J. Throckmorton of St. Louis, and various guests from Wisconsin, Chicago, and elsewhere.
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Hon. W. A. Steel, Mayor of Joliet is in the city, stopping at the Harper House. Mayor Steel has many personal friends and admirers in this city.
Capt. J. Throckmorton of St. Louis, one of the old time captains on the river is in the city for the first time in twenty five years. Time has worked changes with Rock Island and the Captain finds but few of the old landmarks of his early visits left standing.
The following are the arrivals at the Harper House, to-day:
Wm O'Bryan, Fond du Lac, Wis.; D J Morey, A H Foster, Racine, Wis; G S Diron, Hadley, Mass.; E M Ericksen, E M Merrill, J H Smith, James Caswell, C S Mott, G S Baretow, O Kramer, C Goodwin, Chicago; Hon W A Steel, Mrs M Steel, Joliet; J A Wait, Michigan; H A Aldrich, Boston; C T Stanton, St Louis; Hon O C Washburn, Miss Washburn, Miss Tower, Wisconsin; J Davidge, New York; E Jameson, Peoria; G Mendel, Geo D Strong, Cincinnati, Ohio; N O Eaton, Iowa City; Thomas H Carter, Beardstown; Joseph Nichols and wife, San Francisco; Capt J Throckmorton, St Louis; JJ Johnson, WD Webster, Cordova; M Woolley, Philadelphia.
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Hon. O. O. Washburn, La Crosse from Wisconsin, and daughter left the Harper House to-day for home, on the steamer Lake Superior. Hon. W. A. Steel, Mayor of Joliet is in the city, stopping at the Harper House. Mayor Steel has many personal friends and admirers in this city. Capt. J. Throckmorton of St. Louis, one of the old time captains on the river is in the city for the first time in twenty five years. Time has worked changes with Rock Island and the Captain finds but few of the old landmarks of his early visits left standing. The following are the arrivals at the Harper House, to-day: Wm O'Bryan, Fond du Lac, Wis.; D J Morey, A H Foster, Racine, Wis; G S Diron, Hadley, Mass.; E M Ericksen, E M Merrill, J H Smith, James Caswell, C S Mott, G S Baretow, O Kramer, C Goodwin, Chicago; Hon W A Steel, Mrs M Steel, Joliet; J A Wait, Michigan; H A Aldrich, Boston; C T Stanton, St Louis; Hon O C Washburn, Miss Washburn, Miss Tower, Wisconsin; J Davidge, New York; E Jameson, Peoria; G Mendel, Geo D Strong, Cincinnati, Ohio; N O Eaton, Iowa City; Thomas H Carter, Beardstown; Joseph Nichols and wife, San Francisco; Capt J Throckmorton, St Louis; JJ Johnson, WD Webster, Cordova; M Woolley, Philadelphia.