Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-09
MOLINE MENTION

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City Attorney y. II. Kohler depart
ed yesterday afternoon on a bust
ness trip to Los Angeles, Cal. En-
route he will stop at Salt Lake City
to attend the Elks' national conven-
ton with George Reimers, who goes
as delegate for the local lodge.
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The old Wagner opera house is to
be put in ship shape for the theatre
cal season which opens Aug. 30, and
everything possible will be done to
make it serve the purpose of thea
tire for this season. Manager Taylor
has let the contract to William
Hare, the scenic artist, to repaint
all the scenery and touch up the
fresco work in the interior of the
theatre and it will be made coy for
the winter. The entire inside Will be
renovated, but no changes of any inn
portance will be made in the build
ing, owing to the fact that it may
be abandoned for the purpose after
this season. \ canvass has been
made of the city and it is found that
the demand for a new theatre is un-
abated. The Business Mems associa-
ton has not yet given up hope that
new play house will be erected
next year to be in readiness for the
season of theatricals.
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The TeXas-Moline Plow company,
Dallas, Texas, branch of the Moline
Plow company, has obtained Il per-
NIT for the erection of an eight
story brick and stone building in
Dallas. The new building will be
located on the northeast corner of
Market street and Pacific avenue and
will cost $4,000.
Mrs. William Whiteside Thursday
closed negotiations for the purchase
of the house and lot owned by Sam
uel f. Light in Edgewood park, the
purchase price being $500 This is
a modern house and it is understood
the purchase was made for Mrs.
Whiteside's daughter-in-law, who
will occupy the property. Towndrow
&5 Nutter made the deal. They re-
port a large amount of business in
their line during the. past month.
the transfers of property in Moline
and vicinity being unprecedented
for this time of year.
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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Heffernan.
on Sixth avenue, a daughter. Mr.. Heff-
ernan is an engineer on the G., Il. /.
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Among the Baptist young people
who are camping along the river are
the Misses Hattie Poole, Evelyn
Poole. Musetta Payton, Alice Aram,
Edith Aram and Messrs. Henry Mat
teson, Guy Harold. Albert Bonynge,
Harry Aram, Walter Aram and Louis
LorenZ.
Theophile Calsyn was fined so
and costs for raising "A disturbance
in the neighborhood of Eleventh
street and Nineteenth avenue.
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Greatly relieved were Mr.. and Mrs.
S. \. Hummer, who are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. \. Golden of SIS Nine
teenth street, when the police re-
ported that their 5-year-old son had
been found on Fifteenth street early
Thursday evening. The child was
III the NdTt III the
and about 9 o'clock he was nowhere
to be found. The police were no.
titled and a thorough search was
made for him. which was finally re-
warded. Mrs. Hummer was formerly
Miss Daisy Golden.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Albert Bar
nard gave a dancing party at Black
Hawk inn Thursday for their daugh-
ter. Elizabeth, and the members of
jolly house party of young folks
being held at Elsinore, the handsome
Barnard home on the west bluffs.
The guests are: Miss Heineman of
New York, Miss Stearns and Miss
Hagans of Chicago, Miss Gillette and
Messrs. George and Ralph Gillette of
Minneapolis.
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The final act in the series brought
| about by the trouble on Campbelfs
island Sunday was enacted in the
court of Justice Ingelson yesterday.
Charles johnson, who was fined
Thursday at Hampton, was the COM
planning witness, and Pete Munson
and Andrew Nelson were each assess
ed So, having pleaded guilty to as
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