Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-26
Rock Island friends will be pleased

Rock Island friends will be pleased
to learn.
An entire new stock Of the very
best mems and boys clothing at
lower prices than any other firm
dare make at Simon & Mosenfielder's
new store.
Attend the Standard band troll
ley party Friday evening. May
20. A delightful ride all over the
three cities for rs cents. Leave
Twentieth street at 7.S0 o'clock.
The Eighth grade boys of No 4
have organized base ball team and
will soon be ready to show their skill.
the battery being Lemburg and Mir
field pitchers, and Jahns catcher.
Simon & Mosenfelder's line Of $7.35
suits proved q great hit. It's extra
ordinary values people are looking
for nowadays. and at Simon & Mo-
senfelder's you are sure to find them.
Misses May o. Young and Louise
Dart returned home this morning
from Palo Alto, CAL, where they
have been attending Leland Stanford
university. to spend the summer va.
cation.
Choice Of trains on excursion to
Peoria Saturday. Leave Rock Island
4:40 q. M, sos a. m. Returning
leavr Peoria 1928 p. m. Saturday or
7:25 p. m. Sunday. No extra charge
for this privilege.
The steamers, Verne Swain and
Winona. will carry Decoration day
excursions to Clinton on their regu-
lar time Saturday, May 20, at 81 for
the round trip. good to return the
following Monday.
The rush at the NJ. & X. opening
at Davenport today was so great that
the doors had to be closed several
times to keep back the crowd. Evil
IDENTIFY the Davenport public appre-
cistes the NJ. & K.
Gottlieb Zimmerman, we'll known
in this city, and a saloon-keeper at
Geneseo for several years, dropped
dead there Monday. He was about
As years Of age. The funeral occurs
at 2:3O p. m. tomorrow.
The people of the African M. E.
church desire the public to know
that Rev. G. NJ. Jackson is their pas
tor and that anyone else who has
been soliciting funds for the church
is an impostor, and all association Of
any other than MIR. jackson with the
church as pastor has been severed.
Prof. w. N. Halsey, the talented
principal Of the Rock Island High
school. has rendered his resignation
to the board of education. Mr.. Hal
sey has many friends in Rock Island
and an effort is being made to insure
his retention. The matter is one
that the school board will pass upon
at its next meeting.
Ex.Chief Of Police Frank Kessler,
Of the Davenport police force. who
has been serving IS night desk SER
geant since his retirement from the
head Of the force, has now severed
his connection with the department
entirely. Things will seem decid-
eddy of about the Davenport police
station without seeing Kessler there
for o whole day.
In another column appears the ad-
vertisement of c. r. Cham berlin.
who represents line of strong. safe
and reliable insurance companies.
He now has the organizations for
merly connected with John Calls
agency and is prepared to write in
surance that will be absolutely re.
liable. The companies are all
strong and make q practice Of pay
ing losses promptly.
Funeral services for Mrs. G. A.
Schmidt were held at the b ONE on
Fourth avenue at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Rev. c. f. Taylor. Of the
First Baptist church, officiating.
The house was filed with friends.
Hymns were sung, and the remains
were laid at rest in Chippiannock
cemetery. The pallbearers we're
Ferdinand Davis, j. w. WEIGH, &. j.
Dempsey. W. B. Petit, Henry Brook
mann and F. Ludolph.