Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
TOWN TALK.


| Dolly Bros. shoes for wear.
Dolly Bros. shoes for style.
Dolly Bros. for lowest prices.
Dolly Bros. shoes for quality.
Dolly Bros shoes for comfort.
Cheapest place, repairs. Lloyd.
Good investments in real estate.
Reidy Bros.
New spring styles at the Fourth av-
enue shoe store.
Green onions. lettuce, radishes, pie
plant and celery at Longs.
Mrs. Dimock's millinery opening.
Moline, Monday, March % and %.
The contract has been let for the
lock and lock house on mile % of the
Hennepin canal near Sheffield.
If those parties do not pay. see
Eastman, 1712 Second avenue Office
open till 9 p. M. Phone 1892.
Our new line of kilt suits, tuxedo
suits and vestee suits are now in and
await your inspection. NJ. & X.
The Augustana sextet will assist in
! the program at the Central church
this evening, and will render several
| selections.
For a limited time the Peoples
Power company will sell lump coke at
81 per ton, and crushed coke at $40,
at the works.
The South Rock Island township
collector will be at Hiltinger's harness
shop tomorrow from II to 7:S0 p. m.
The last day.
The stage of water at the Rock Isl
and bridge at a. m was $50; at
noon it was 4.65. The temperature
at noon was 80.
Travel over the Rock Island bridge
yesterday amounted to: Foot, north
757, sOuth.744; teams, north GOO, south
sos; street cars Sc each way.
Reservation of seats for George
Riddle and the Beethoven Orchestral
club in the Y. Nj. G. A. course will
occur tomorrow morning at O'Clock
in the usual manner.
l can place money in amounts of
500, 5000, $500, $500. 81, 900 and up
in an investment that will pay to s
per cent. Apply to L. j.. Burns, |
room y, Mitchell & Lynde building.
II. n. Pillsbury, champion chess
Stuben, secretary of the Davenport
Chess club, that he will pay visit to
the three cities about the 10th of |
April, and play a series of games.
The articles of incorporation of the
firm of l.. S. McCabe IL Co. have been |
filed for record at the circuit clerks |
office. The incorporators and direc-
tors are l.. S. McCabe, William NJ. |
Reck, Warren II. Reck, and G. NJ.
Loosely. The capital stock is
800, 600.
Fire, the supposed work of an in
cendiary. destroyed naptha launch
and house in which it was enclosed |
on the Davenport levee last night.
The launch was valued. at $1,000. 1t |
was owned by Julius Emeis. w. ID. |
Petersen's launch was badly damaged |
by the flames.
The damage suit of Startzman VS..
Halves, i'll which the jury in the trial
of the case in Carroll county, dis
agreed, has through the attorneys in
the case-Messrs. Jackson, Johnson
and Mcmahon, appearing for Maj.
Hawes-been compromised, each side
paying its own costs.
1t is just possible that Anti-Wash-
board soap may not suit YOU; don't
condemn home manufactured soaps
on that account. Try the Imperial or
any other brand of Rock Island soap.
The wrappers from any brand are
valuable for premiums. We make
all grades of soap, but Anti-Wash
board is the best.
The recital for the benefit of the
Rock Island free kindergarten post
poned from last Saturday will be given
this coming Saturday at 8 p. IN. at
Carse's hall, Second avenue. An in
teresting program has been arranged.
Miss Ada Quincy Pitcher will give
readings from Joel Chandler Harris
and with violin, piano and vocal
music, q fine entertainment NAV be
assured. Old and young will be cor
daily welcome, and it is hoped that
a handsome sum for the free kinder
garten will be realized.
The Rock Island road, through it's
general ticket and passenger agent,
John Sebastian. has sent out a
circular descriptive of it's new
union station, and
advantages afforded through it of
transferring passengers direct from
The east or south without being
obliged to go into Chicago, via any of ,
he lines associated with it and using
{. Thus is afforded six miles from
he business center of Chicagoa union
station. entered by the Rock Island,
he Lake Shore. the New York, Chi
ago & st. Louis, the Pittsburg, and !
he Fort Wayne railways.
HfiIIions Given -,