Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-19
CITY CHAT.

American 4auuuEl-
BICYCLES at Wilcher's.
Buy q home of Reidy Bros
For insurance, Z. j. Burns.
Morning Light 5-cent cigar.
Homes for sale. A. Rush & Co.
List your property with Reidy Bros.
Gasoline stoves at cost az Wilcher's-
Vaudeville all week at 1915 Second
q enue.
The bargains at McCabe's are thick
these days.
A. Rush & Co., room 6, Buford
block-real estate.
All new performers this week at the
vaudeville theatre.
The city council has its regular
Sc ni-monthly meeting tonight
36-inch fine bleached muslin ~
cents a yard at McCabe's new store
Everything electrical. Estimates
furnished. Rock Island Electric COM
pany, phone 1880.
Summer goods going in earnest at
McCate's at prices in many cases cut
in half Read ad.
Manager William Healey has an en-
tire new bill to offer at his vaudeville
tneatre this week.
A travellers samples of colored
lirts at half price. Read what Nc
Cabe's say about is.
Some particularly fine values in
new fall dress goods are now on sale
at McCabe's. Read ad-
A lot of ladies' Accent fancy hose
are 25 cents at McCabe's clearing of
summer goods. Read ad.
The Rock Island Naval Reserves re-
armed home from their weeks drill
ON Lake Michigan yesterday.
1t is to your interest to lay in your
seasons supply of towels at the
prices McCabe7s quote. See ad.
The Henry county fair at Cam
bridge opened today and several per-
sons from this city went to attend it.
The sixth promenade concert OF
Strasser's band will take place Mon
day evening, Aug. 10, at Scheutzen
park.
Petersen's orchestra gives the fourth
in the series Of promenade concerts
Thursday evening at the Watch
Tower.
For real estate and reliable insur-
anoe call on Hull & Hemenway, room
Is, Mitchell & Lynde building. Tele-
phone 1904
$500 students attended Brown S
business college last year. An en-
rolIment of 5000 is confidently ex
Pected this year.
The fire department was called &c
Schaab's grocery on Fourth avenue
this afternoon by the explosion of Z
gasoline stove. There was no dam
age.
The people of Rock Island have al
ready evinced their determination Il
support a good business college
Browns. Yes, they know gooC
thing when they have 1t.
III YOU want a course of SHORTHAND
and touch typewriting which will en-
able you to fill first-class position
yol will do well to attend Brown
business college in the Rock ISLAM
National bank building.
Better service at less expense to tn
student is the motto of Browns bus
ness colleges This will do to tie tc
Add to this a written guaranty uPo
the completion of the full course, an
what more do you want?
Browns Business College compan
controls the famous Gregg system I
shorthand in 80 counties in Ilino
and in parts of Iowa and Indian!
This system can readily be learned
about half the time required TO ma
ter any Of the old styles.
Attorney L. NJ. Magill, of Molin
will depart next month for San Fra
cisco, where he is to be married
one of the fairest daughters Of Il
Golden Gate city. His sister, Mi
Minnie Msgill, is now in San Fra
cisco and will remain until after Il
wedding.
The Peoria road today began t
dumping of line crushed stone on t
Ievee between Nineteenth and I've
eth streets. With this as a L
dressing over the foundation OF lar
stone laid some time ago this part
the improved river front will
placed in fine shape.
Supt. j. E. Gustus is intimate
identified with the Browns busiDe
colleges of Rock Island, Davenpo
and Moline. He has educated soT
of the best accountants and steno
raphers in these cities, and his suP'
intendercy of the three schools
sufficient guaranty of their excelienC
The regular meeting of the Woman
Christian Temperance union will