Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-12
CITY CHAT.

For real estate, T. y. Burns.
The city council meets tonight.
Patee Crest bicycles ct SLencer's.
Telephone ABB. E. f. Mangold.
List your property with Reidy Bros.
Reidy Bros. will sell your property.
Another cold wave is predicted for
tonight.
Valentines, valentines, Young &
McCom bs.
Lace valentines l cent up. Young
McCombs.
All kinds, all prices and all sizes OF
valentines at Trefz & Co.
Now for baby buggy or a go-cart
at Clemann & Salzmann's.
The Tri-City Press club meets at
the Harper tomorrow evening.
A good dairy farm can be rented on
reasonable terms by applying to E. j.
Burns.
Buy YOUR sweetheart one of those
lovable valentines. Young & Me
The regular monthly meeting of the
Rock Island Club will be held tOmOr-
row evening.
Merchants dinner at Harms res
taurant. Quick service. Private sup
pers a speciality.
See Trefz II Cos line of valentines
before you purchase. Largest assort-
ment, lowest prices.
Peter Orn, of Moline was rendered
unconscious by fall from a building
ia Moline yesterday. He may die.
The largest and best line of baby
huggies and go-carts ever shown
in the three cities just received al
Clemann & Salzmann's.
The 4-year-old daughter OF Louis
IIaitman, the smallpox patient, has
been taken with a mild attack Of
varioloid, but is doing nicely.
A team of horses belonging to the
Twin-City Ice company broke through
the ice in Sylvan waters yesterday
and was drowned. The team was
valued at 5000.
Tri-city fathers met again vester-
day at the Industrial home. but the
charter having failed to arrive, the
election of permanent officers was
postponed until Wednesday night |
next.
The Postal Telegraph and Cable |
company has decided TO make n num- |
Der of improvements in its local Office |
in the Harper house building by re-
its quarters and putting in
a call bell circuit.
The Davenport. Rock Island II |
Northwestern railway will sell tickets |
to Chicago at one and one-third fare
for the round tr p to those attending
the National Antitrust conference to
be held Feb. u TO II.
The reservoir was tested yesterday
1t worked satisfactorily, except that
one of the pumps was out of killer.
The plan is To start the plant again
Wednesday. after which il will he run
steadily, barring mishaps.
Clemann & Salzmann's stock of csr
pets and rugs this season is one of the
largest ever shown by this firm. You
can buy carpet or rug almost as
cheap as other dealers pay for them,
rs they buy direct from the MILLS in
car load lots.
Davenport. Rock Island Il North
western railway homeseekers' ex-
cursions. Feb. and 20, March
+ and 20. April 3 and Il. One fare
plus 81 for the round trip. For fur
Their information call on or write TO
w. r. Jaffray, &. Il. N p. agent, 1903
Second avenue. Rock Island. Tele-
phone 1910.
The Tri-City Sheet Metal Workers
unien at meeting at the Industrial
Home Saturday night passed resolu-
tions making the minimum scale of
wages 25 cents per hour. nine hours
to constitute days work. The reg
ular meeting nights will be the
second and fourth Saturday of each
month hereafter.
Davenport, Rock Island & North
western railway homeSeekers' excur-
sions: Feb. and 20, March b and 20.
April ) and Il. One fare plus g for
he round trip. For further informa-
lion call on or write to W. T. Jaffrav.
2. +. N i. agent. 1908 Second avenue.
Rock Island. Telephone 1910.
Gustav Don AID, Of this city, took
ne leading part in German comedy
given last night At Turner Grand
,pera house, Davenport, and received
, warm reception At the ha ndS of the
large audience
The Washes, who control the public
lighting contracts in DavenIsrt,
threaten to put the city of Burlington,
where they also control the situation.
in much the same embarrassment
that recently overlook the city of 81.
Louis. TO precipitate a situation OF
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