Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

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Another extraordinary lace curtain
lopportunity this week at McCabe's.
A big curtain deal to which you will
be admitted if you desire. See ad.
For that sweet little baby get one of
their pretty buggies at Clemann &
Salzmann's. They have lots of them
and are selling at such low price.
Parties desiring amusement privi-
leges at the Watch Tower for the sea-
son of 1899 can arrange for the same
by addressing or calling George w.
Boswell. Harper house.
Sutcliffe has decided to give his pat
rons the benefi: of a carload of wall
paper that has just arrived. He will
save you money. Call and see for
| yourselves.
Attend the popcorn carnival at the
| Christian church Tuesday. evening
Popcorn in various forms, home
made candy and ice cream will be
served. A good program will be
given Admission free
r. Champion & Co. give much
thought and study to the decoration
of rooms with wall paper, and are
pleased to give their customers sug-
gestions which prove very acceptable
at this season of the year.
Miss Edna Gilman had an exciting
runaway in Davenport today, her
horse indulging in q mad dash down
BIa1y street. Miss Gilman chung
heroically to the reins and finally
mastered the fractions animal.
The Adams Wall Paper company
store has been packed with customers
nearly all week. New wall papers
coming in every day. Those who
possibly can are requested to call in
the mornings and avoid the afternoon
crowd.
The Liiiputian bazaar TO be given by
the ladies of Trinity church, which
was postponed last week, will be held
Wednesday afternoon, April rs,
from to ) o'clock. at the residence
of Mrs. L. j. Buford. Light refresh
meuts.
Be sure and buy your wall papers
at the right place. The Adams Wall
Paper company has the largest and
best stock to select from and are now
quoting prices that are drawing the
people to them in crowds. Do not
fail to see their papers.
You are going to clean your house
this spring, and of course you can't
clean without putting on some nice
new wall paper, and the best place to
get this paper is from firm which
has the best paper hangers to do the
work aud where you can save about
one-third, and that is at SATELLITES.
On account of the growing interest
in the game the Rock Island Chess
club is to start a class for beginners.
The proposed plan is to devote half
hour each Monday evening to teach
ing those who are DESTROYS of learning.
Those who are TO join the class are to
meet at So'clock tonight over HartZ &
Ullemeyer's drug store.
The Mothers club will meet in the
Lincoln school at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. The topic for discussion
will be Work and Recreation in the
Home" Papers will be read by Mrs.
Paul Hamilton, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs.
West and Mrs. j. G.. Junge. A plan
will be preached for the formation of
q manual training school for boys to be
conducted during the summer vaca-
ton.
Fifteen-minute service was inaugu-
rated on the Elm street. Paramount and
Prospect park lines of the Tri-City
railway system yesterday and is giving
much satisfaction. Temporarily some
of the ears are not intelligently desig-
mated. but this will be remedied as
soon as the properly colored and let
tered transom signs, which have been
ordered and are daily expected, are
received.
Strasser's orchestra has been en-
gagged to assist the Handel chorus in
the presentation of The Messiah. "
Mrs. Genevieve Clark Wilson, the
noted soprano of Chicago, will sing
the soprano solos. Mrs. James Raw
son Kimball, well known in local mu-
steal circles, will sing the alto solos.
Wallace +. Moody, the tenor, of
Davenport. and G. Rawson Wade.
basso, of Chicago, will also sing. Re
mem Der the date, Thursday evening.
the 9th. at the First Methodist
church. Tickets at all music stores
in the three cities.
Stones new directory for Rock ISL
and, Moline and Rock Island county
will contain many new features,
among which there will be at the be-
ginning of Rock Island a new and
uP-to- date map of the city, and the
Moline side will be treated in like
manner. The publishers are also ne
gotiating for a fine new map of the
county, which. they hope to put in the
county part of their book. In addi-
ton to these they will designate
whether the occupants own or rent
the property in which they live.