Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-14
MOLINE MENTION

MOLINE MENTION |
The annual picnic of the North
eastern Iowa and Northwestern LII
nois Woodmen Logrolling associa-
ton is in progress ut Prospect park,
several thousand strangers, mostly
Woodmen, being in the city. This af-
ternoon the drill teams are having
their contests and this evening there
is to be dancing, etc.
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Capt. Simons, of Quincy, who will
have command of the Second ships
crew during the training period on
board the Dorothea next week, was
in the city Tuesday and completed
arrangements with the local division.
The men leave this city for Chicago
next Saturday evening. where they
Will arrive about O'Clock Sunday
morning. They will board the Dor
othea Immediately upon arrival and
Will take breakfast aboard her, after
(which they will cruise to Manistee.
They will be gone six days on the
water and will return on Sunday
Aug. "a.
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Members of the First Methodist
church, to whom the matter was re-
ferred, decided last evening that the
Labor day excursion should be run
over the Rock Island road to Peoria,
starting at a. H., and returning
start back at 1870. The commit
tees in charge includes Rev. NJ. V.
Crumbaker, c. f. Smalley, +. y.
Burgston, l.. y. Vinton, w. y. Jones,
Il. b. McKeever and others to be
named. Mesdames Z. b. McKeever,
L. y. Ninton and Miss Jennie Wake
are to have charge of the sale of re-
| freshments.
The master in chancery's sale of
part of the Jacob Stewart estate was
held Tuesday afternoon in South
Moline. w. I'll. Christison secured
three of the largest lots for a total
of $3,77O. William Eckhart purchased
| two lots for $500. The following
purchased lot apiece: NJ. Simon
son, $3.50; Caroline Paul, $1,533.34;
John McGraw, $460; Il. +. ODER
lander, $500; +. ID. Kohn, S333.34
Emma Boenitz, $500; Henry Daebel-
liehn, $s25; y. o. johnson, $500; j. ID.
Aetzgar, S465.
For the second year the contract
for furnishing of coal during the
winter season at the various public
school houses was let to teamsters,
this time it being Henry Washburn,
Abe Johnson, +. s. Melin and NJ. Nib
ert, who are successful. They will
coll hatI1 an hn cnal nRp1aH fnt
50 ton during the season.
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Wood & Peek. the attorneys, today
received check for $1,000 from the
c., II. l. Il p. Railway company, being
the amount allowed as damages by
the court for the killing of Henry
Kelley in this city. 1t will be re-
membered that Kelley lost his life |
at the Thirteenth street railway
crossing in September, 1897. Suit |
was instituted against the company |
for $1,000 damages on behalf of the |
widow by Wood d Peek. Since that |
time it has been in court, was twice |
tried and at last appealed to the APP
pellate court by the defendants.
The appellate court reviewed the |
case and affirmed the verdict for So
600 granted by the circuit court.
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Miss Estella Mccarthy. who resign
ed her position in the grade school
corps of the city at the meeting of
the board of education last night,
will attend the University of Illinois
at Champaign in the fall.
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lightning struck the chimney of Fred |
Meyers house on Fourteenth avenue
and Twelfth street, completely de-
molishing the brick yard work and
alarming the occupants of the house.
When the brick began rolling down
the roof. Fred says he thought the
devil was playing marbles, until he
was finally convinced of the true
Fifteenth street work suf-
fered the usual washout from the
flood. Trees were broken in various
parts of the city, one large tree be-
tween the residences of George II.
Huntoon and John McEniry on Sixth
avenue being badly splintered.
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Miss Kathryn Leopold has returned
from a six weeks visit with friends
and relatives in st. Louis.
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Miss Grace Warrington has re-
turned from vacation trip to Chi
cago and st. Joe.
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Miss Fannie Entrikin, who submit
ted her resignation as high school Ii
brarian to the board of education,
will attend the state normal school