Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-23

| tunltIeS for those VINO would select
handsome present.
Useful home Christmas gifts. A
frst-class sewing machine. We have
every kind made. Prices $50 up, at
Richters' fur store, Davenport.
Rock Island PLAYED Muscatine once
before The score was Is to II in favor
of Rock Island. They will contest
again Tuesday evening. Dec. %, at
Y. NJ. G. A.
Fine leather goods, pocketbooks,
card cases. bill books, pocket crib
bage sets, drawing cases. cigar cases.
etc. large new stock of best grades,
at Champions.
The $4,000 presents which McCabe
Bros. promised to give away this
week are disappearing with marvel
Gus rapidity More will be provided
when the first lot is gone.
Gents fine slippers in velvet and
leather. sizes 81. 8, 81 and Z, worth
$1.25, $50 and $l.75. Saturday
they 20 at one price, 80 cents pair.
Fourth avenue shoe store.
Hundreds have taken advantage of
the rug sale at Clemann & Salzmann's.
There are still many pretty patterns
but they are going fast. Come
quickly if you want to be in on the
sacrifice sale.
Two Crown pianos sold for imme..
date delivery shows that the public
takes quickly to things that are good.
John Flanagan handles this instru
ment that is pleasing music lovers
everywhere.
Violinists are invited to call and ex-
anime the superior quality of Moline
violins made by j. n. Hardy, art gal
lery, 512 Sixteenth street, Moline.
Repairing of violins and rehairing of
bows a speciality.
Crockery. McCabe's crockery store
is perfect mecca for holiday shop
pers. Never before have they been
able TO show such myriads of choice
novelties suited to the tastes and
pockets of all classes.
Miss Minnie Muennecke. of Daven-
port, has begun suit in the district
court across the river TO recover $10,-
900 damages for alleged breach of
promise from Charles Walker. Wal
ker is reputed to be wealthy. He was
recently married.
There is no doubt about 1.-THE
largest and best assortment of cigars
packed IN exquisite holiday packages,
the best assortment of pipes, smoking
tobaccos, pouches, cigar cases, snuff
boxes and smokers supplies is at the
Palace cigar store, Bengston block.
Postmaster John NJ. Bowen, foun-
der and only incumbent of the South
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to discontinue his station Dec. 81.
Likewise Postmaster Mckinley has
orders from the department at Wash
irgton to assume the delivery of mail
TO South Moline,
No shoe store in Rock Island ever
sold as good line of mems shoes for
the money as you find in the window
of the corner shoe store opposite the
Harper house While this clearing
sale lasts you get mems $3.50 and 81
shoes for So so. Hurst, agent for the
Rock Island factory line.
We have about fifty smoking jack
cts and house coats left for Friday and
Saturday. We will make great re-
auctions in order not to carry any
over. Call and see what you can buy
a first-class Christmas present for in
this sale. If you are interested in
smoking jackets and house coats, call
and see them. The London.
The ARGUS has received n letter
from Santa Claus in which he states
that he came down town last night
and had his whiskers trimmed, bought
a pair of new fur mittens and sup
piled himself with wraps to keep
warm while he makes that long trip
in the chill of tomorrow night. Tell
the children that I'll go to see them
all, -" he says. Il have enough pres
ents to 90 around, and there are some
beauties. | fear the weather condi-
tons are going to be such that l will
be unable to bring ont out my sleigh.
But tell the little ones / have a great
big wagon that will carry the toys,
and that I'll have the bells on my
horses anyway, and they can hear the
merry ring when | drive up to their
houses.