Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-22
MEET OF PRESS CLUB.
Moline Royalty Entertains Rock
Island and Davenport
Brethren.
GATHERING AT THE KEATOR HOUSE

Business Session Followed by a Banquet
at Which Papers Are Read by X.
w. Cram and w. A. Jones, and a
Musical Treat Is Furnished by Spencer
Robinson.
The Moline newspaper boys capped
the climax of tri-city entertainment
last night by rendering to their breth-
ern of Rock Island and Davenport 4
fine banquet in connection with the
monthly meeting of the Tri-city Press
club The gathering was held at the
Keator house, some thirty members of
the fraternity being in attendance.
The business session was held in the
guests parlor. President Walter
johnson occupied the chair. 1nciden-
tai to the dispatching of routine mat
tiers there was an interesting discus
sion of business methods. 1t
was led by Messrs. johnson, of
Rock Island; w. +. Eastman. Myron
Jordan and w. A. Jones, of Moline,
and L. j. Feency, of Davenport.
Messrs. Johnson and Jordan were Sc
lie. ted as n committee to investigate
certain features and report to
meeting of Rock Island and Moline
K. Davis of the Davenport Leader, and
Malcolm Mackinnon. of the Daven-
port Republican. were proposed and
unanimously elected to mem bership
in the club.
At the Festive Board.
Having disposed OF all matters of
business before the club, an invita-
ton was extended bv the Moline
members to accompany them to the
hotel dining hall. where long and
deliberately decorated table only
tended to sharpen the appetites ere
ated by the suggestion that something
had been prepared for the inner man.
AT each plate a pretty red rose had
been laid, while profuse boGuets had
been Hastily arranged on the festive
board. The banquet was nicely ar
ranged and cNquisitely carried out.
At the conclusion of the spread the
guests were treated to songs by Spen-
Ger Robinson, Rock Islands gifted
tenor who proved whole concert
company in himself, and two enter
tanning papers by X. w. Cram, of the
Davenport Democrat, and w. \.
Jones. of the Moline Mail. Mr.. Cram
took for his subject People We've
Known and Heard From" 1t was
brimful of characteristic drollery, and
rccited facts, incidents and expert
ences, some of which all were familiar
with and had encountered. He said
there were those who made the life of
the newsgatherer anything but pleas
ant. but then, too. the won Id was not
without people who knew how to
scatter roses in the thorny pathway
of the Information chaser. MIR. Jones |
told What Happened to Jones, and
he did ii in a manner that elected |
many hearty laughs. Getting serious
along toward the close Of his paper, |
Mr.. Jones gave few valuable |
pointers on newspaper circulation.
MIR. Robinson's Singing.
Mr.. Robinson's singing was the |
feature of the evenings enter
tainmcut. He was called upon
but was always in readi- |
ness, and gave n series of selections |
which proved indeed a feast for the |
ears of his auditors, his magnificent |
voice making the room ring with !
music. The numbers which he rem
dercd were IN der The Rose" The
Land of the Leal,' just Little
Annie Laurie" and |
Queen of the May" There were
also songs by quintet composed of
Mr. Robinson, IL. +. Downer. =. w. |
w. 4. Jones, and John NJ. !
Colligan.
The meeting, one of the happiest in
the history of club. came to an end at |
midnight. the Rock Island and Dav-
cnport delegations being transported |
home i'm a special car furnished bv the |