Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-17
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Leaf lard at Gilmore's.

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The best broom-Lee's Little Gem
Carpenters and Joiners' ball to-
night.
n. & K. announce . special sale Of
mems shoes.
Mrs. Mary E. Wheelan, 22l7 Fifth
avenue, is i'll.
7. C. Wakefield, TAP Twenty-third.
10 severely i'll.
Carl Aldrich, of Peoria, was in the
city yesterday.
Andrew Donaldson, Of Rural, was
in the city today.
Mandolins from $3.50 up at Tot
tens music house.
Glance at Eckhart's ad for
pointers, this page.
Have your pianos and organs
tuned by w. c. Totten.
Carpenters and Joiners' union
ball at Industrial hall tonight.
The Arsenal City club give a mas
querade at armory hall, Jan. IA.
1.-The Pirate Ten," new serial by
W. Clark Russell. Watch for it.
Handkerchiefs, never 80 cheap,
rever so nice as this year at Nc
Cabe's.
The ball of Carpenters and join
ers' union 166 occurs at Indu strial
hall tonight.
Last word of the holiday book con-
test quotation will be printed Satur-
day evening.
Fred Restau was hned IS and costs
by Magistrate Schroeder for disor-
DERBY conduct.
w. c. Totten handles the Merrill
and Mason-Hamlin pianos and Mason
Hamlin organs.
Miss Bertha johnson is home from
Hedding college to spend Christmas
with her parents.
No need 10 wearing torn shoes
special sale Of mems and boys foot
wear at M. & KS.
The stage of the water at the Rock
Island bridge at noon was 40 and
falling; the temperature "a.
Robert Ashbury, a cripple, was
sent on his way to Pekin. Ill, yester-
day by Poormaster Lidders.
Tonight at.McCabe's, red toy chairs
cents and 9 cents; usually 10 and
rs eeats. They won't last long.
A fine Christmas present is a piano
with mandolin attachment, cold at
STEMS. 3O7 Brady street, Davenport.
The book department at McCabe
Bros. is where you'll find your
friends tonight. Everybody invited
For full particulars regarding the
sEec al sale Of mems and boys shoes
cali at the M. & K.-sale opens to-
day.
A musical recital is to be given
this evening by the Augustana con-
servatory OF music at the college
chapel.
A cart load of snow shovels Just
received at McCabe Bros. Bows
size cents; mems size 10 cents, all
good ones.
The biggest bargains in ha1dker-
chiefs in the west are now on sale at
McCabe Bros. and they are going
like the wind.
How would a beautiful sewing ma
chine do for Xmas present? All
prices. 7. Richter & Sons, PIG West
Second street, Davenport.
Answers are coming in to the holt
day book contest. Don't be afraid
to try. It's an easy way to get a
handsome lot of holiday books.
Call. hear and be pleased with tt q
great electrical piano, playing with
out the aid of human hands, at
STEMS, 3o7 Brady street, Davenport.
The break in the Twenty.fourth
street storm drain on Ninth avenue
is being repaired by William N.
Nevin, who superintended the Job
Candy carnival tonight at Nc
Cabe Bros. High grade butter crp
IA cents pound. Lots of other
candies at prices not attempted by
others.
Dolly Bros. are calling attention
TO the approaching close OF their
shoe ballot contest, which has at
tracted considerable attention. SEE
first page.
Mrs. Ed Hill left this morning for
Muscatine to attend q convention OF
the Kathbone Sisters. Mrs. Hill goes
as delegate from Lily Temple 81,
Of Davenport.
George Herbst, the Moline, sho,
dealer, yesterday afternoon filed
bill OF sale in the circuit court which
turns over his business to his son
Frank Herbst.
Useful as we'll as ornamental Xma
gifts are furs. capes, cloaks, muffs
boas, etc. Full line and low price
Ut T. Richter L. Sons, 219 West Sec
ond street. Davenport.
A January shoe sale in December
N. 4 K. propose reducing their stoc
Of meas and boys shoes reduc
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