Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-10
MOLINE MENTION


Edward Oldefest. who has held the
position of collection clerk with the
First National bank for several
months, has resigned and will next
Sunday leave for Champaign, where
he will enter the state university.
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In line with their policy of coneen-
tration with that inaugurated sew
eral months ago, Deere & Co. have
taken over the ownership of their
ST. Louis branch house and made 1T
part of the parent company IN
this city. This was accomplished
some time ago and is now signalized
by the retirement of L. Ii. Tebbetts,
who has been manager and part own
err since the time the house was es-
tablished.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Hoffman and Mr..
and Mrs. Percy War; have returned
from several weeks at Stoughton,
Wis, and lake resorts in that neigh
borhood.
Mrs. Peter Smith and daughter, Mrs.
Anna Newman, of Monmouth, are
visiting relatives and friends in this
city.
ii. ID. Hatch, principal of the Fries
son school fifteen years ago, is in
trouble in Chicago, where he is now
principal on the Chicago Lawn school.
Monday charges of indiscreet con-
duct were preferred against him
before a subcommittee of the school
management committee of the board
of education. Residents of Chicago
Lawn are incensed against him and
demand his transfer on the grounds
that his conduct has caused much
i'll comment. There has been much
talk connecting Mr.. Hatch's name
with that of Mrs. Eberhart. one of
the teachers in the building. Mr..
Hatch boarded with the Eberhart
family after he had been divorced
from his wife. He asked time to
get his witnesses together and the
hearing was continued.
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The Western Union Telegraph
company is introducing its metropoli-
tan burglar alarm system and watch
man check in Moline and is meeting
with success at the hands of the
factories and storekeepers.
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Mr.. and Mrs Charles Taylor. who
visited for week with friends in
Galesburg. have returned to their
home in this city.
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Mrs. F. Armstrong. of GaIesburg,
visited here Monday with her mother,
Mrs. II. Wright.
Bert Hall returned to Champaign
yesterday to resume his studies at
the university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Blackwell, CT
POS First street, are the happy pa~-
ents of a 12-pound girl born this af-
tcrnoon.
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Misses Edan Wood and Emily
Ainsworth departed yesterday on a
trip up the river on the raft boat
Musser. and will probably be gone
two weeks.
Chester Sloan departed Monday to
resume his studies at the University
of Pennsylvania and to enter the pre-
liminary practice of the football
squad.
Grading was commenced yester-
day by the Moline, East Moline &
WATERFOWL railway at the Watertown
end of the new road. Work on track
LAYING between Moline and East Mo-
-, an RN
tent that the company will soon be
ready to push this work between
East Moline and WATERFOWL. The
work was commenced at East Mo-
line and will be pushed toward Water
town. The non-arrival of the feed
wire to transmit power from the pow
er house to the line viii now necessi-
tate the postponement of the trial
trip and the opening of the line for
business. When this arrives the
opening can be determined to a cer-
tainty. The company has yet to put
in place the c., II. 1. q p. crossing at
Twenty-third street, as the railroad
company has so far made no move TO
lower its tracks at that point.
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At the meeting of the members If
the &C. Turnverein Monday it was
decided to hold the society's annual
fair the week beginning Dec. l and
ending Dec. 6. >I1very effort will be
made to arrange one of the largest
Turner fairs in the history of the So
ciety No canvas for donations will
be made, and everything that is 10
be sold will be purchased. The pur-
chasing of the articles used at the
fair is to be one of the features.
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Deere & Co stockholders held meet
ing Thursday of last week and voted
to increase the capital stock of the