Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-05


Edmunds, of Chicago, were down and
there were four generations about
the Thanksgiving dinner table. If
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ. Sechler are well
enough they viii come to Moline for
the holidays and on Christmas day
another family reunion is to be held.
Miss Florence Gould is visiting in
Detroit.
Miss Jennie Cox, who has been con-
fined in the city hospital for the past
six weeks with typhoid fever, was
taken to her home yesterday.
President Gustave Andreen, OF Au-
gustana college, has been invited to
address the students of the high
school at chapel exercises Friday
morning.
Il. b. Kerr, secretary of the Black
smiths International Brotherhood,
is in Scranton, Pa, attending the
national convention of the y. F. of
l..
Miss Hilda Benson. daughter of Mr..
| anu MIS-. 1dul lbthSOi. VI olAlCCAlth
avenue. left for Greensburg. Pa, ac-
companying her uncle, Rev. y. p. An
seen, to spend the winter with him.
Realizing that the city property at
the corner of Fourteenth street and
Fifth avenue is too small and in 9TH
er ways inadequate for library site
if better one can be secured, the
lN.r II L,
scription to raise $4,000 or $4,000 to
purchase the Nelie lot at the south
east corner of Seventeenth street
and Fifth avenue.
\ holiday ball will he given at
| SINNERS hall Thursday evening,
Dec. 10. The committee is composed
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Deere, Mr.. and
Mrs. q. Arthur Stephens, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. W. Gould. Major and Mrs.
=. L. Blunt, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Butterworth, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Lip
pincott, Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Skinner.
w. +. McCrea, Il. X. Swan, Mai. +. +.
Morgan, George Huntoon. Jr.. Carl
| Nye and William Ball. Refreshments
will be served by the ladies of the
hospital board or those of Christ
Guild. This ball will be the society
event of the season, and 300 invita-
tions will be issued.
Fret lodge No. Is, !. o. s., has
elected officers as follows:
President-A. G. Swanson.
Vice observation-disclosures Duvare.
Secretary-Eric Rehnberg.
Financial Secretary-F. w. Uhrus.
Treasurer-A. V. Estertahl.
Doctor-E. \. Eden.
Delegates to Grand Lodge-A. G. |
Swanson. Ernest Duvare; alternates, /
\. V. ESterdahl and f. w. Uhrus.
The officers will be installed at the |
first meeting in January. Nine new
members were initiated last evening. |
Moline products are following the |
flag. Barnard & Leas Manufactur-
ing company has received an order |
from the Philippines for one of the |
iseparators and plantation rice /
huller The money. too, accom- |
panied the order and the mills will |
be rushed out as soon as possible. |
The machinery is particularly de-
signed for the handling of rice, and |
the hulIer is being built for the pur-
pose of satisfying just such trade as
this and that i'm the southern state. !
where great rice fields are grown.
Because of the competitive COM
panv which is to enter the local field |
under the franchise granted to the !
Illinois Independent Telephone com
panv. i'm the twin-cities. the Central /
Union is not going to abandon work
here. Manager Roberts said yeSter-
dav that the Central Union was go |
ing to keep on in it's own sweet way /
giving the best service it knows how |
to render to the subscribers. The /
switchboards here are now being |
improved and the capacity OF the |
central exchange here doubled for a |
big increase in the list which is an |
ticipated. He does not anticipate |
anv cut in rates to meet the new
schedule of the competing company. |
ST. Mary's Guild of Christ church |
met with the Misses First and elect
ed the following officers:
President-Helen Morehead.
Secretary-Belle Hotch<iss.
Treasurer-Aimee Lyford.
Press Correspondent-Ma Hep |
burn.
This society has just closed its
first year, and has been very success
full. The work has been directed
toward raising funds To purchase
furniture for the rectory, and be
sides many other things purchased
throughout the year the girls have
placed an order for some handsome
bookcases to be built into the Ii
brary, and yesterday sent beautiful
buffet for the dining room.
LeoIa council, No. s, Degree of Po-
cahontas, at its last meeting elected
the following officers for the ensu-