Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
DAVENPORT DOINGS

Chris. Schroeder, a farmer living
four or five miles from the city, on
the Lost Grove road, committed sui
eide by hanging in his barn Saturday.
No cause that seems sufficient can
be assigned for the act. Schroeder
leaves u wife, a daughter of the we'll
known farmer, Hans Mundt, and sew
en- children, the eldest about Is years
of age, the youngest 4.
There will be a change in owner
ship of the Helbig meat market on
Jan. L George w. Helbig. who has
had charge of the market the past
year for his mother, will take Fred
w. Ehlers as his partner.
The Curtis & Gartside company has
been Incorporated in Clinton. the in
Icorporators being eX-Congressman
George NJ. Curtis and Charles +. Cur
tbs, of Clinton, and 4. l.. Gartside, of
this city. The company expects to go
into the sash, door and blind business
on a large scale at Oklahoma city.
Marriage licenses have been issued
by Clerk Check to Garlic Lundberg and
Mary Josephine johnson. of Clark
field, Mimi; Adolph c. Jacobs, of st.
Paul and Minnie Hoeppner, of Dav-
export.
The Eastern Iowa Poultry and Pet
Stock association is going to hold its
9th annual exhibition in this city. at
Claus Groth hall as usual, Jan. 40.
The death of John O'Dea, at Mercy
hospital, at 2:3O Saturday afternoon,
made the fifth death in the O'Dea
family within year. Within the
past week the mother and aunt of the
deceased had found last resting
place in the cemetery here. John was
A years of age, unmarried. and had
liver here since he was one wear old.
George and James O'Dea are cousins
of the deceased.
The death of Elsie Bendixen, the
| eight-monts-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter BendiXen, occurred at
their home at 2244 West Second
street. Saturday. Mr. Bendixen is
foreman at the Betendorf Axle works.
and another child is left to comfort
him and his wife.
Mrs. Amelia T. Gratncr died at the
home of b. +. Negus on South avenue
at 2:3O o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was So years old and
had lived in the city and state for -
years, having been born in New York.
At Il meeting of the bodies of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Free-NlasonTy, the following Off
GERS were elected: Adorian Lodge of
observation-disclosures master, Louis
Block: senior warden. William O.
Schmidt; Junior warden. James c.
Duncan: orator. Charles T.. Orchard;
aImoner. Wilber +. Fidlar: secretary.
Cornelius J. Brown; treasurer. Claus
Stoltenberg. st. Johns Chapter of
Rose roiX.-Wisc master. George VI.
Barrette; senior warden. Alois II.
Ruebsam; junior warden, William j.
Orchard; orator. ]. Smith Conner;
almoner. WILDER +. Fidlar; secretary.
Cornelius j. Brown; treasurer. Claus
Stoltenberg. Cour-de-LeOn Precep-
tory of knights Kadosh.-Preceptor
Frederick l.. Bills: first sub-precep-
tor. George NJ. Barrette; second sub
preceptor, William c. Haywood; chan
cellor. James c. Duncan; orator. j.
Smith Conner; almOner, WILDER +.
Fidlar; recorder, Cornelius j. Brown;
treasurer. Claus Stoltenberg. Iare-
hath Consistory.-Mas of kadosh,
William s. Underdonk; prior. Arthur
:. Lawrence; preceptor, Louis Block;
chancellor, William ii. Forrest; ora
tor. Charles +. Orchard; hospitaller.
WILDER +. Fidlar; registrar, Cornelius
j. Brown; treasurer, Claus Stolten-
berg. -jV ~
I l. Hebert secretary of the DaV-