Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-27

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Clare Meanor is having q hearing
before Justice Schroeder ON a charge
of assault and battery preferred by
Jacob Cohn, q peddler.
The basketball team of the business
department of Augustana college de-
feated the Moline high school, So to
8, in a game at the college gym
nasium.
Look into our east window for
some great shirt bargains. Ninety
eight cents for 81 so and 81 colored
shirts. Special sale just started. :"
Simon & Mosenfelder.
For real estate and reliable insur-
ance call on Hull & Hemenway, room
Is. Mitchell & Eynde building. Tele-
phone 1904.
The Y. P. S. c. E. of the Memorial
Christian church will give a young
mems social Thursday evening. A
literary and musical program will be
rendered. All are invited.
Company AS dance committee has
changed the program for Monday
evening, and will call it an inaugural
dance. Extra music and dancing from
8 to 2. Admission 80 cents.
"All of our 81. so and 81 stiff bosom
colored shirts we offer at SO cents.
We carry high grade shirts only, such
as the Manhattan, Eagle and Calu-
met" Simon & Mosenfelder.
The Consolidated Ice company,
which has been cutting second crop
ice for shipment on Rock river. has
finished operations, the employees re-
turning to this city yesterday.
Across the platform of the room in
which was held the meeting of the
Tri-City Luther league in Moline Mon
day evening was painted the Nation
slogan: Smash, Smash Smash!
The Empire theatre at Quincy has
been taken into the Chamberlin,
Kindt e. Co. syndicate, which also
controls the Burtis at Davenport, as
well as theatres in a number of other
towns.
The Moline democrats at meeting
last night decided to put municipal
ticket in the field. This will be the
first time in years the party has en-
tered the municipal race under its
own name.
Supt. c. l.. Nichols, of the Rock
Island road, was in the city yester'
day. He announced that the com
pany will occupy the new yards east
of Moline between the 10Th and 2Otf
Of March.
George w. Aster & Co. and the
Rock Island, Broom company, whose
quarters on First avenue were de
stroyed by fire, are to resume bust
ness as soon as they can get settled
in new locations.
Lawrence Anderson was surprised
by Is couples of his young friends a
his home, 726 Fourteenth-and-a-h
street, last evening, in honor of hi:
21st birthday. He was presented
handsome gold wa-ch.
The light in the Tri-City route de
pot tower failed to operate last night
and left the clock in darkness. The
trou BILE, it is explained, was defec
tive electric wire. The light will b.
burning again tonight.
Prof. Graham, of Davenport, wishe
to announce that he has opeued ;
dancing school at Turner hall, Rocl
Island, every Wednesday. Ladies
class from to 5 p. m. Gents from
to ii p. m. Prices reasonable.
Tonight at Turner hall occurs tn
limitation of members and installation
of officers of Rock Island lodge
Knights of the Royal Arch. Capt. II
III. Meagher, state organizer, vii
have charge of the ceremonies.
The disgraceful shell permitted a
a fruit depot on one of the mos
prominent thoroughfares of the cit
has been deprived of its armor plat
and vacated. But the shanty still re
mains as a monument to the McCon
ochie administration.
Industrial fair program tonight wi
be as follows: Miss Minee Chinlund
elocutionist; Johnson and Brandt
meyer, hand balancers; Dan MOI
moyle, German comedian; Hare an
Leonard. burlesque magic; conclud
ing with funny shadowgraphs.
The Deere & Mansur compan
awarded the contract for GOVERN
their new building with asphalt roo
ing to the Lewis Roofing company
The surface covers 81, 600 square fee
The w. W. Whitehead company, {
Davenport. also placed an order fc
40, 00C square feet on their new fat
tory in West Davenport.
Notice.