Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-22
END OF THE FAIR.
Closing Night Of the Events at
Armory Hall.
THE rRIzFs AND THE WINNERS

Gel. GIsger Rewarded for Hls Encrrses In
Helssif Of Busora Post Tho Ore.s,s..
tsoa 60 Realize Nicely From the Eater.
tsinneats-A Number Of Gifts not Drawn
Co be Dlsposed Of 1t Asctloa.
The fair conducted at Armory hall
under the auspices Of Buford post,
PAS. q. A. r., concluded last night.
In view Of the fact chat the drawing
Of prizes. to . chance in which each
purchaser Of ticket held coupon,
was to take place. the largest num-
her Of people ever contained in the
hall. assembled. There were fully
1900 gathered there. and so crowded
was the floor that one cxpc rienccd
difficulty in moving about.
A Presentation. go
Prior to proceeding with the order
Of the evening, ex-Post Commander
+. II. Buck made a short address
from the PlrtfOrm, expressing the
thanks Of the post to the public for
the liberal patronage extended. and
to the manufacturers and merchants
for the generosity and good will
shown in the donations, con-
tributing so handsomely to
the success Of the undertaking.
In conclusion he addressed him
self to Col. Lew Ginger who has di-
rected the events, which have been
attended with results OF SO gr:t.fying
u nature, and in well chosen words
presented him with beautiful silver
water service. in token Of the appre-
citation felt by the post for his work
in its behalf. The colonel was
greatly surprised. but expressed his
gratitude for the splendid manifcs-
tation.
Awarding the I',ize~.
A committee to conduct the method
Of awarding the prizes had been Sc
lected. composed Of Messrs. X. A.
Donaldson. /. ID. Burg and David
Donaldson, and Miss Carrie Schmitt
was chosen to draw the ticket cou.
pons. and Miss Grace Jobe to draw
the slips containing the prize num-
hers. The distribution demonstrated
the fact that there was no coupon
corresponding to the number that
called for the leading prize, while
there were n number Of others tina,
were not claimed because the mum.
bcrs calling for them were undoubt.
cdly among the blank tickets not
sold, and which rs per previous
agreement were returned to the post
10 he disposed Of mt auction. which
mode will apply to all goods no;
taken. 1t was thought the numbc,
emitting the Posscssor to the piano
might he out last night, but up t.
the present time it has not been pre-.
scented.
Some of the coupons did not con.
tain the holders names because they
were either sold at the theatre or a,
the Armory hall door. and time VA.
not taken to fill them ont. Among
the most important articles and tho
mum bcrs winning the same may bt
mentioned:
Piano given by Kimball music
house, 1896, blank.
Farm wagon, Moline Wagon com
pany. 1857. blank.
Shaving set. Hartz & Ullemeycr
Cos. Charles Ohgc.
Scales, Moline Scale company, $50
II. O'IIavcr.
Ovcrcoat. Simon & Mosenfeldcr
IVA. blank.
Overcoat, the London, 3.0iS. blank
Canopy top surrey. Wilson Buggy
company. Moline, 70S, Emil Hanson
Said dish. II. ID. Folsom, 2,735
George Strochle.
Silver nut dish. 1870. blank.
Gents suit, NJ. Il n, 500, Fiji
Wells.
Set of dishes, F. G. Young, 1889
blank.
Hay loader, Rock Island Plow com
pany, 1859. Otto Hcrkcrt.
Giant stick Of candy, George +
: Bailey, 3ls. L. Il. Davis.
Smoking set. Hariz & Bahnscs
T company. 516. Mrs. BOstOck.
Pants pattern. j. L. Dixon, 1907
Will Donaldson.
Riding pillow. Deere Il Co., 2,3Oa
r blank.
Toilet case, Huckstacdt, 1858
. blank.
Riverside Oak, Rock Island Stow
company. 1861. blank.
Desk, Clcmann & Salzmann, 1,301
blank. ~ -
, Oil stove. j. W. Stewart, 2,ie4
blank. -
Boys suit, Jonas Bear & Co.. 1852:
blank.
There were in all 30S ar ticlcs di.
posed Of, but the list is too cAtendc
to admit Of publication in full.
what the Post Gets.
BufOrd post and Relief cor ps wi
receive between $1,000 and 900
from the entertainment and fair. Co
Gingsr who has .scoomplised thcs
results Il epscral In skis Zine. an
the post fe.ls. very gr-tsrn, 40 hin hin
ll>.~>. a., s,he &C., ~. l,Srsaa ~ (nls