Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-17
CITY CHAT.

Foreground watermeIons at Hor-
toms.
Plenty of Michigan peaches at
Longs.
For reliable fire insurance call on
E J. Burns
Plenty of basket peaches 25 cents
at Passig's.
Hammocks, one-third off price to
close out at John +. Noftsker's.
Our August clearing sale without
rival, all this week. at McCabe Bros.
crate? John T. Noftsker has lots of
them.
Sweet milk, cream, buttermilk and
ice cream at III and 113 Nineteenth
street.
Pictures of the battleships only 10
cents at The Flemming Furniture
Company.
The Poddy Ross testimonial occurs
at Davenport Saengerfest auditorium
this evening.
Ten gross of those 2-quart tin pals
with covers at l cent each at Nc
Cabe's busy annex.
Business property, residence prop
ertv and lots for sale in all parts of
the city by f. J. Burns.
The big, the best, the busy store
is McCabe's, where the great August
clearing sale is now at flood tide.
$3.50. Rock Island to Milwaukee
and return Saturday evening, Aug.
20 via the C., NJ. & St. p. railway.
The Young Ladies Society of the
Swedish Lutheran church of Moline,
will give trolley party tomorrow
evening.
On page two of this evenings issue
will be found an announcement of the
Boston store. Davenport. that will be
of great value TO shrewd buyers.
Read il.
Sweeps everything before it, sub
merges all attempts at competition,
and is a clearing sale which will be
remembered for years to come. See
McCabe's adj.
If. where attractions are so numer-
Gus, you can find department ut
McCabe's where they're not rushed,
pitch in and make your selections or
you may have to wait for others.
There will be n sleeping car at |
tached to the special excursion train |
for Milwaukee Saturday evening. |
Aug. 20. Parties who desire to use |
this car should make their reserva-
tions early.
We shall soon usher in our new |
fall stock. Determined not to carry |
over any light weights, we are making |
quite n stir with the mems suits we |
have placed on sale at $3.50 aud |
$3.50. NJ. Il X.
Save your money and take in the
cheap excursion to Milwaukee. Train |
leaves Rock Island Saturday evening,
Aug 20. Returning train will leave |
Milwaukee Sunday evening. Aug. p. |
Only $3.50 for the round trip:
Tickets for the excursion In Mil |
waukee Saturday. Aug. 20. are on sale |
al HART X Ullemever's Marshall N |
Fishers Louis GlOckh"fT's BIeuer : |
iewelrv store and G.. NJ. X ~ =.
depot $50 for the round trip.
People are wondering how We can
afford to sell such qualities in mems
suits at $3.50 and $500. They are
irresistible trade winners and demon
strate in the most convincing manner
NJ. & KS. method of forcing business.
Hon. W. +. Cody (..BufTalo Bin'O.
was well entertained during his re-
cent 2-day's stay in Davenport. as he
is an old Scott county boy. While /
driving on the island with Col. Nut
ting Sunday afternoon. Col. Cody |
recognized in Capt. Mitcham an old /
friend of the frontier. and pleasant
renewal of acquaintance was the re-
suit.
III Nj. pall nnar. .,,nranv 1Vas
prevented bv rain from presenting
The Mascot last night at the
Watch Tower theatre. The roper
toire of the closing week includes:
Tonight. Chimes of Normandy"
Thursday. .Mikodo;" Friday. oil
vette;'' Saturday ..Pinafore," and
..Cavalleria Rusticana;" Sunday, mat
ines and night. .'Mascotte'.
Jonas Bear has letter from Mrs.
Baer of Appleton, Wis. the mother
of the boy brought from Porto Rico 10
Virginia suffering from illness con-
tracted on the battlefield. and who he
first thought. owing to the similarity
of names. was his son Alfred. of Com
pany 4. Mrs. Baer thanks Mr.. Bear
for his expressions of sympathy and
states that she will keep him posted
from time To time as to the condition
of her son.
On Saturday evening. Aug. 20. the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
will run special excursion train to
Milwaukee. Tickets for this excur-
sion will be sold at rate of $3.50 for
the round trip Train viii start from
Rock Island at about $50 p. m, reach
ing Milwaukee at 8 a. m. Returning
train leaves Milwaukee IL p. IN. Sun
day. Aug. n. arriving at Rock Island /
a m. The number of tickets on
sale for this train is limited aud il win |
be well for those who contemplated
making the trip to purchase their