Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-17
CITY CHAT.

Clear Havana Z. T. ID.
The Knox hat at LIoyd's.
For insurance, f. J. Burns.
Steel ranges at Wilcher's.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Homes for sale. y. Rush & Co.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
February clearing sale. Dolly Bros.
DR.. II. G. Trent, dentist, 1924 Sec
ond avenue.
All the. pretty new prints and per-
Gales now in at McCabe's.
The prettiest of hats-the Knox.
Opening at Lloyd's Wednesday,.
The semi-monthly meeting OF the
city council occurs this evening.
Prices in McCabe's print depart
ment that will crowd it with buy ers.
RemeAber Simon Lewis when buy
ing wines and liquors for family use.
The opening of the Knox, Stetson
and Longley hats at Lloyd's Wednes-
day.
The Purest liquors at the lowest
prices. Simon Lewis retail liquor
store.
The Retail MERCHANTS association
meets tonight. Officers for the year
will be elected.
Lots of little bargains in McCabe's
cloak department. Closing out win
ter things cheap.
a February sale of hosiery at Nc
Cabe's that makes buying now worth
while: Read ad on page ).
Mrs. George Hetter was removed
from her home. 1923 Fifteenth street,
TO st. Anthony's hospital in the am
bulance Saturday evening.
w. J. Pugh, of Davenport, today
started gang of men at work put
ting in the steel I-beams to replace
the rotten wooden ones on the first
bridge south of the toll gate at Milan.
The golf club expects to have its
schedule prepared by the first of
March. and as soon as the weather
permits the links VIII be in use, al
though some minor improvements
viii be necessary.
The Peoria road has made change
in the Sunday rates of a fare and Il
third, reducing the minimum fare
from 70 cents to 80 cents. so that
shorter trips may be made with the
advantage OF the reduction.
The monthly meeting of the w. {. |
T. L. viii be held at 2:3O tomorrow
afternoon at the Y. NJ. c. \. chapel. |
The subject for discussion will he |
'''The Canteen and Other Social Evils |
in the Philippines and other Islands,
Mr.. Dubois VIII speak.
Henry Deisenroth was overcome
with an attack of heart failure while
al work on Il sewer at the corner of
Second avenue and Fifteenth street
late this afternoon and was removed
to his home at Fifth street and
Eighth avenue in the ambulance.
County Clerk Hubbard desires to
call attention to the fact that next
Saturday being a legal holiday, she
county Offices will be closed and all
bills TO be allowed at the meeting of
the board OF supervisors next week
must be in by Friday evening.
, Andrew Forsberg. chief stay OF the
Augustana synod work in Douglas Is
land, Alaska, was accidentally killed
in the TreadweI mine Feb. y. \ wife,
son and daughter are left. Mr.. Fors
berg was young man as yet. only IS |
years old, and graduate of August
ana college.
Fire working through the back of
a CRATE at the home of George NJ.
Kerns, on Twenty-third street, yes
terday caught in the woodwork in
the wall and necessitated the calling
out of the fire department. The
blaze was eXtinguished with a chem
zeal and the damage was slight.
y number of Rock Island gentle
men are interesting themselves in the
establishment here of new manu-
featuring enterprise for which this
city * especially well provided with
the materials needed. If sufficient
capital Is subscribed an industry of
considerable Importance will prob
ably be developed.
Eugene Spofford, at present bust
ness manager of ID. +. Lester & com
pany's colonial drama, AT Valley
Forge has been engaged by Charles
B. Goes, president of the Goes Lith-
ographing company of Chicago and
New York, as general manager of
Goes theatrical enterprises for the
coming season, most of which viii be
seen at the Illinois theatre early in
the fall Prominent among Mr.. Goes
attractions are the new sensational
melo drama, "A Hidden Crime" The
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