Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-08

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mission IL and Is cents.
.'One-fourth, one-third and one.
half of" are the reductions Simon &
Mosenfelder are making.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Burns have
welcomed . son into their homo.
and Eugene is Just able te stand up
under his load Of joy. and that 10 all.
Miss Marie Herman, of Springfield,
10 visiting ct the home Of B. Stock
house on Fifth avenue, where her
sister, Miss Theresa Herman, has
been visiting for some time.
C. j. Searle, C. B. Marshall. John
ny Rinck, Harry Simmon ADD
Charlie sBlsdel viii be the judges Of
the calk walk tonight. Admission
Is and Is cents. Benefit Of Second
Baptist church.
Wednesday at ESQ p. m. at the 7.
N. c. A. building Mrs. 8. E. Con-
well. graduate of Mrs. Rorer's
Phil adelphia cooking school, will de-
liver practical lecture to Rock ISL
and ladies on the culinary art.
Hon. William McEniry and Father
Thomas Mackin have returned from
Denver. Mr.. McEniry brings gleam-
ing reports Of the condition Of the
Banty mine in which Rock Island
capital is interested, and which he
inspected.
Get the best and chenpest. Lerch
& Greve are in position to save you
money on wall paper and mixed
paints, 40 they have none but the
most skillful workmen employed.
Don't forget the place. Lerch &
Greve. S09 Eighteenth street. Call
telephone.
Tho thunderstorm Of last night
carried the impression that winter
did not propose to linger in the lap
Of spring, but to leap into the arms Of
summer without even stopping for
the customary cyclones. But you
can't tell about these things. It's
liable to be 40 below in the morning.
The McIntyre-Reck stock is being
pushed forward Is rapidly Is possi-
BILE. All the reserve stock and dupli-
Gates in unbroken packages from
their warerooms as well as the goods
on outstanding contracts of the firm
made before their failure are now
being brought out and marked down
on the same basis to close them out
quick.
Wall paper is moving now. Call
and look over Lerch & Greve's stock
and you will be pleased. They take
the lead in artistic colorings from
top to bottom in wall paper and
room mouldings, paints, etc. Lerch
& Greve, the painters. 800 Eigh-
tsenth street. Call telephone.
Secure . supply for the coming
season Of absolutely pure ice. made
from distilled water, at reasonable
rates, and with good service guar
anteed. by ordering now from
the Crystal Ice and Cold Storage
company, Of Davenport. Telephone
POI. Orders can also be left with
H. Won Koeckritz, Fifth avenue
pharmacy.
The slaughter of really high class
dry goods such as has been going on
at the McIntyre-Reck store for the
past few days, is of such rare occur
renee as to bring out almost the
whole town, to say nothing Of the
surrounding cities and country. No
wonder that all could not be waited
on for the first few days. Still 1OO
clerks ready 10 serve you.
Mrs. Alexendra, the introducing
agent. is kept busy at G. E. Bailey
& Co.'S store serving the people
dishes Of cream Of wheat. the finest
and most delicious breakfast cereal
and summer dish in the market. II
is made of North Dakota hard spring
wheat, sacrificed, thus extracting
all the weavel and starch. making II
absolutely pure and healthy. Come
and try it. You will be served in
your turn. Don't forget the place,
Bailey's store.