Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
MOLINE MENTION

/ MOLINE MENTION
Yesterday forenoon Rev. L. G.. Saun-
derson, assistant superintendent of the
Illinois Anti-Saloon league, addressed
the Ministerial union. He is visiting
fifty of the cities of the state to get
church people to take vigorous hold and
secure the passage of a comprehensive
local option bill which shall establish
the principle of popular control of the
saloon by mandatory direct vote.
Wellington Wood camp. S. of V, will
be mustered this evening at Masonic
hall and the Rock Island camp, and all
old soldiers, Will be guests. 1t had been
planned to invite the ladies', but it has
been impossible to arrange for their en-
| tertainment.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Jennie Coon of Coal Valley and
SAM L. Stewart. of l4l7 Fourteenth
street, Christmas day. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart will live at 1892 Fifteenth ave
nue., until in the spring.
While feeding a folding machine We'd
nesday afternoon, Miss Lulu Grimes had
the index finger of her right hand caught
in cog wheel A little later Miss Ada
Hansen had the third finger of her left
hand caught in the stitcher. Both
young ladies are emproyed at J. w.
Wars bindery.
The T. H. F. club. well-known "a
sponsor of some of the prettiest dane
/ ing parties in tri-city society circles.
has issued invitations to its second
dancing party of this season, to be held
at X F. hall. Monday evening, Dec. 30.
The Club Manhattan will give a ball
at Industrial Home nall Christmas eve.
Gratifying indeed was the state OF al
fairs brought out at the annual meet
ing of the First Congregational church,
when the annual reports were read IL
developed that the new church-wlth
glass and all the items in its construc-
ton figured in. with its $1,000 organ and
the church fmnishings-ha cost IN
round figures $4,000 And the building
fund contains at present almost enough
money to pay all the open accounts.
Enough will have been collected from
pledges before the close of the present
month to wipe out all these open ac-
counts. This means that $4,000 out OF
the total cost of $4,000 will have been
maid and the church will begin the new
wear with only $4,000 due on building
account.
MYRTLE Rebekah lodge held its annual
meeting and election of officers, which
resulted:
Noble Grand-NIrs Emma Oakley
Vice Grand-AIrs Lizzie Daebelhehn
Recording Secretary-Ars. Viola Crls-
Ter.
Financial Secretary - Miss BERTHE
ChristiansOn.
1>reasurer-AIrs. Anna Newton.
Trustees-AIrs. a. :. Evans, Mrs. Kate
Stearns. Mrs. Hettie Gibson, Mrs. Mag
gle Owens, Frank Dillon
Deputy-NIrs. Mary Duffin.
Mayor Vessel declared yesterday that
he proposes to see that every petition
for having that is presented next year
shall be taken care of and carried out,
no matter how much is called for He
is ambitious that when he retlres from
office Moline shall have made vast strides
in this line of city Improvement even II
it is impossible to raise all the money
necessary for pure water system
The high school boys have organized
a debating society with David Nelson
as president. They expect to have some
interesting debates in the near future
and perhaps have friendly discussions be-
tween themselves and the schools OF the
other two cities.
Ben Dahlberg, of 23l9 Fifth avenue
reouired DIR. Whiteside's services Wed
nesday evening to put three stitches IN
his scalp to close a wound just above
the left eye, made by a missile that had
been thrown at him.
. Miss Hepburn, who has been living
in Rock Island for the last few months,
is visiting her grandfather, c. p Nit
chelI, in this city before leaving for
Webb City. Mo-, to make her home with
her sister, Mrs. Grace Hepburn-Croif.
Local ice dealers will begin their har-
vest this year fully a week earlier than
the earliest work for several years. The
Moline Ice company and the Channel Ice
o~-,Daot 70 oive pmDlOVment to L