Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-21
PORT BYRON POINTERS.
Lyford Post and Relief Corps Have
Joint Installation.

lfOh 6fkON F0iN EMO
Lyford Post and Relief Corps Have
| Joint Installation.
Port Byron, Jan. 19.-Mrs. NJ. b
Denlinger is convalescing from hel
recent illness.
DIR. H. q. Trent, of Milan, is II
town today.
! Walter Black. J. F. McNabney and
Steve Odell. of Hampton, were visi.
tors in Port Byron Wednesday.
Mrs. f. E. Rogers went to Moline
Tuesday to visit her son, Harry.
One day this week a man presented
a pension check for $50 az the cash
Ter desk in one of our banks, and
the cashier handed him over the
amount of the check in bills and sill
yer, which the man refused to take.
demanding gold. He was informed
that the safe was locked and all the
gold was in the safe, but that didn t
make any difference to him. He
wanted gold, and gold he was going
to have. The oblIging cashier I'M
locked the safe and handed over $50
in bright yellow gold. The man then
told the banker he wanted to pay
$50 draft. and handed back $50 of
the gold, and finally be decided he
would deposit $50, and handed $50
more of the gold over to the banker,
which left him with only SO, and
finally, before leaving the bank, he
asked the banker if he wouldn't please
give him change for $40, handing the
banker the last SO gold piece, for
which he received 50 bill and five
silver dollars. He was a genuine gold
bug.
Port Byron, Jan. 16.-G. A. Metz
gar, of Chicago, was here on business
last week.
John Moore departed for his home
in Mansen, Iowa, today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Reeves, of
Cordova. were in town today.
Miss Mollie McEniry, of Moline,
was Port Byron visitor Saturday.
Miss Ina Stone came up from Rock
Island Saturday to call on old friends
Mrs. A. X. Simonson, of Iowa City,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. Daley and
other friends.
Twenty-three tons of shells were
shipped to New York from the button
factory here Friday.
Mrs. John Zollinger left for Chicago |
Thursday for a visit with her daugh- |
ter, Mrs. II. L. Hays.
w. III. Ashdown went to Chicago |
Wednesday to attend a meeting of the |
Durac Swine Breeders association. |
Over three thousand bushels of
grain were handled by our buyers
Friday and Saturday, the most of it
coming from Scott county, Iowa.
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export and spent Saturday and Sun
day with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
F. +. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colt ieb Halter, of |
Windside, Neb.. are here making an
visit with relatives and old
1eighbors. Mr.. Halter was formerly
one of Zuma's prosperous farmers.
r. l.. Curry sold his house and lot
% William Nicholson, ST., today; com
,ideration $4,000. Mr.. Nicholson
axes possession March 1. that being
he date his lease expires on the
lotel.
Charlie johnson is hostler for DR..
Block no more. The fact that the
,oys were making from 81 to 81
lay claiming was an inducement
which Charlie couldn't hold out
gainst any longer. So he got an out
it and started after the CLAIMS today.
The Galley Slave" which will be
presented Wednesday evening Jan.
IS, in the rink at LIE Claire, by the
3ath bone Sisters, is an assured sue
ess financially, as all the reserved
eats are sold.
George ID. Moore was able to come
own town today. His tussle with
rip has weakened him, considerably,
nd it is quite natural that his hearty .
augh which could be heard most any !
Iour of the day is missing.
Saturday there was joint installa-
ion of officers of Eugene Lyford post
I'd corps. Following the, consolidation
upper was served in the hall. The
Ulcers installed were: Post COM
handler, Ii. G. Trent; senior vice ,
Thomas Newton; junior ,
ice commander. A. b. E. Adams; ,
job. McCauley; chap ,
ain, j. w. Simonson; officer of the 6
sy, William Tilbrook. Women's Re- 1
ef corps, president, Mrs George s
paid; senior vice president, Mrs. e. q
>. Hobart; junior vice president, Mrs. s
William Nicholson; chaplain, Mrs. II. !
:. Trent; treasurer, Mrs. William Til
rook; conductor, Mrs. w. F. Gar
EFT; guard, Mrs. Thomas Newton; {
roan;st, Miss NJ. Hobart; assistant :
onductor. Miss L. Cox; assistant 7
uard, Mrs. J. tSwisher. Il