Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-12


Island factory line
| Agon Won Koeckritz has resigned
his position as prescription clerk at
the Fifth avenue pharmacy.
A fine line of ladies writing desks
! Just received at Clemann Il SalZ-
mann's. Call and see them.
Rock Island factory kid shoes for
1925 pair this week. Made by union
labor. The wear is guaranteed.
Mrs. NJ. W. Dsvis. of Beardstown.
is visiting at the home of Thomas
Campbell, in South Rock Island.
Seventeen styles in mems $3.50 and
81 shoes for $3.50 at the clearing sale.
Hurst, agent Rock Island factory line.
The stage of water at the Rock Isl
and bridge at 6 a. IN. was $40 and
stationary; the temperature at noon,
%.
| The social which was to have been
held at Aiken street chapel Thursday
evening has been indefinitely post
Poned.
The reserving of seats for St. Jo-
seph's school concert opens at Bleuer's
jewelry store Thursday morning at 9
O'Clock.
The stores of the Boston and T.
Richter were visited by shoplifters
Saturday. A $3.50 cloak was stolen
from the latter.
Charles S. Wing is able to be around,
after an operation which was per-
formed on him four weeks ago by Drs.
S. &. Plummer and j. De Silva.
Ladies' solid silver chatelaine
watches, fine jeweled movement.
guaranteed in every way, at only 81 at
Brookman's, the Twentieth street
jeweler.
j. w. Ferris, chaplain of the 9th
regiment, will deliver an address on
The American Soldier at the First
Methodist church, in Moline. this
evening.
Make the home cheerful by giving
a Christmas present from Clemann &
Salzmann's. See the list of few in
their ad. Hundreds of others in the
large store.
At the clearing sale of Rock Island
factory shoes. for 81. 50 you can have
your choice of any pair in the store.
This week $3.50 buys the factory's
finest grades.
Rev. DIR. /. y. Morrison, of Chica-
go, Saturday evening telegraphed j.
j. Richardson. of Davenport. signify
ing his purpose to accept the election
to the Episcopate of Iowa.
The next lecture of the Augustana
Lyceum course will be given next
Wednesday evening in the college
chapel. DIR. Eugene May, of Wash
ington, ID. G.. will lecture.
A gasoline stove at the Allars res
taurant. 1908 Second avenue, ex-
ploded Friday night, and so fright
ened two of the female employees that
they tainted. No one was hurt and
there was no damage.
Fast and furious jacket selling at
McCabe's; prices cut to pieces So,
81 and IS Jackets 1913; up to so
jackets 50; SO. $12. $3.50 and S15
jackets $50. Biggest and best bar
gains of the season.
w. f. Stephens, of Moline. has eff
fected. through his bondsmen. a set
Element with the different insurance
companies with which he was in ar
rears. thereby preventing threatened
criminal prosecution.
Mrs. Sidney Anderson, of 430 Forty
second street. in justice to f. Vein
roth, wishing to clear his name of all
suspicion, desires to state that the
pocketbook which he was accused of
taking has been found.
A boys gold filled watch. guaran-
teed for 10 years and a fancy en-
graved case with American works,
only 81, and other watches at prices
to correspond. at Brookman's, the
Twentieth street jeweler.
S. ID. Cook retired from the editor
ship and management of the Daven-
port Republican Yesterday. For the
present Ralph Lindsay will represent
the endorsers of the company's paper
in the conduct of the plant.
The funeral of Mrs. Rachel Cordts
was held from her late home, 1923
Sixth avenue. at 10 O'Clock this MORN
ing. Rev. ID. l.. McNary, of the
United Presbyterian church, officiated.
Interment was made at ChiPPian-
mock.
Burglars attempted to crack a safe
in the office of the wholesale liquor
house of Harvey Bros, at Davenport,
early yesterday morning, but were
frightened away before succeeding.
There was $500 in the safe which they
did not get into.
Absent Man Was Not Dead.