Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-17

The NJ. & X. shoe department is
busv as bees Mems fine hand sewed
shoes at $50 that sold for Sc is doing
the work.
Choice of any child's REFER vestee
suits in the house for $2.99. Can you
match this? Suit worth up to Sc. The
London.
Plenty of nice, fresh dressed tur-
keys, chickens. ducks and geese at
Hess Bros for your Sunday dinner.
Phone 1881.
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 stage of the water at the Rock
Island bridge ut g n. m. was 2.15
and stationary. The temperature at
noon was 40 above.
The annual fair of the Rock Island
Industrial Home association will open
next Monday night at the roller rink
on Sixteenth street.
The Flick & johnson Construction
company has begun making the ill
for the Terminal company between
Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets.
You can borrow money on any kind
of personal property without Publici-
ty or removal. Eastman, 17l2 Sec
ond avenue. Office open till p. m.
Spring styles are arriving daily at
Stewards haberdashery, so you may
expect to see some very pretty effects
in spring styles soon. The spring
hats are very pretty. Call and see
them. Stewart. the halter.
Mrs. i. Smith. 600 Ninth street, is
going to close out her entire stock of
notions, tin ware and crOckery ut
cost and greatly reduced prices. Call
and save money
The jolly Five Social club gives Il
grand ball at Turner hall Saturday
evening, Feb. Is. Bleuer's orchestra
will furnish music and there will be
n hot time for all.
+. +. Robbins. superintendent of the
Rock Island bridge, the other day had
hole cut in the ice in the channel
of the river. The ice was found to
be % inches thick.
Children's suits worth up to S. for
S2.S5; all sizes. s to ID years. This
is the greatest unloading sale of child
ren's suits ever offered before. All
sizes. The London.
The Halleluiah club will give n
mask ball at Roche's hall Saturday
evening, Feb. IS, 1899. Gents tickets,
80 cents; ladies ID ceEts. Two prizes
given away. Union music.
When NJ. e X. decide upon reduc-
ing stock cost is not considered. This |
is being demonstrated light now in
their shoe department. Mems Sc |
shoes for $50. Get in on this.
Cut flowers for Saturday. 1000 |
roses including American Beauties, |
% cents, 80 cents and 80 cents a doZ-
en-; Z. 900 choice carnations, IA cents |
and 8 cents 4 dozen. McCabe Bros.
The canvass for funds for the Rock |
Island baseball club is progressing. |
The officers are anxious to get the !
money together Immediately. as the
guarantee will soon be called for, and |
finances are necessary to employ and
bring PLAYERS here.
Spencer Robinson has made arrange
ments to give 4 concert here early in |
March. 1t will undoubtedly be rare
treat. Mr.. Robinson having
secured S. Hamilton Nussbaum, pi-
anist. and Miss f. May Plumb. con-
traltO, to assist him.
Davenport is making a determined
endeavor to have her levee improve
ment put through the coming season.
The view of the new Rock Island
river front has awakene the feeling
across the river that it is time to do
there. too.
AXel Carlson. 11-year-old son of +.
D. Carlson. of Fifth avenue and Fifth
street, Moline. was run over by west
bound G. Il. Il q. freight No. ID,
between Six and Seventh streets.
in Moline, at $3.50 yesterday afternoon.
His left leg was almost completely
severed n few inches above the knee.
The grass on vacant lots in the
Black Hawk addition, on Tenth ave
nue. between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets, took fire at 10 O'Clock last
night. The three companies of the
fire department turned out and ex-
the flames. which for Il
time threatened contiguous property,
before any damage ensucd.
Three distinguishing features will
characterize the Greater American en-
position of 1899 at Omaha: CD Com
prehensive colonial exhibits. or
Live exhibits showing every couceiva-
bic piece of machinery in the opera
ton of manufacture, and (3) great
spectacular attractions, includ-
ing n variety of special midway fea-
lures for the entertainment of visitors
from day to day.
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