Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-19
DAVENPORT DOTS

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Miss Nellie Delairne left yesterday
morning to finish her course in Drake
university, Des Moipes.
DIR. {. I. Burt and ii. S. Mccartney
returned home Wednesday from Il
Denver visit.
f. Leonard, of Oak Park, ILL.,, stop
ped off at Davenport Wednesday en-
route to California. Il
Miss Jennie HOLSTER left Nednes-
day for Chicago, where she will en-
ter the Chicago university.
Miss Hattie Strathmann has gone
TO Sioux City for Il three weeks visit
with friends. .s.
Samuel Kaufman, of Cleveland, o.,
is here visiting friends and combining
business with pleasure.
Pastor L. c. Osthoff has returned
home from delivering II lecture in
Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. u. Best and Mrs.
Robert Krause have returned from 4
summer sojourn in the Adirondacks.
Ed Davis left Wednesday for Cen
tralia, Mo-. where he will visit his
sister for the next week.
DIR. and Mrs. j. p. Crawford en-
tertained a party of 20 at the Outing
club park Wednesday evening. Ping
pong and other games were INDUCED
in. ..
Mrs. Lillian Graham. of st. Louis, is.
visiting with Mrs. NJ. Bunker. l2'
West Thirteenth street Mrs. Gra-'
ham was n resident of Davenport ,
to about ten years ago, and has many
friends residing here.
At the annual meeting of the On
settlers association, held at Memoir
ial hall in the. court house yesterday,
Henry Karwath was elected preside IT
Matthews. For secretary. Mrs. Eva
Hyde Fintel was elected. Jesse Ar
NIL was elected treasurer. Addresses
and banquet were given.
Invitations have been issued by NJ.
and Mrs. Hiram Skunk announcing
the forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Miss Harriet Isabelle, to
John Evans. which is to take place
Tuesday evening, Sept. %, at their
home. SIP Kirkwood boulevard
o.
Misses Georgia and Sue Baker, 1914
Farnam street. charmingly entertain
ed 35 tri-city friends at progressive
cinch party yesterday afternoon,
complimentary to Miss Agnes Peter
sen. The hOstesses were assisted in
receiving by Misses Agnes Petersen,
Mary Griffith. Bessie Stewart, Fannie
Clifford and Ella Miller. The first
prize was won by Miss Ella Miller,
consolation by Agnes Petersen.
\ petition for divorce was filed
yesterday afternoon by Louis Pfeffer
against his wife. Mary Pfeffer. He
alleges desertion. The couple have
been married - years and the plain
! tiff asks the custody of the minor
children. Heinz & Fisher are attor-
neys for the plaintiff. t-
| At 8 o'clock last evening occurred
the death of Henry c. F. Paustian at
his home. five miles west of Walcott.
Death was due to fracture of the
spine contracted in bad fall which
deceased was subjected to short
time ago and from which he never
recovered. Henry c. +. Paustian was
born in Germany 80 years ago.
Republicans held their ward eau
cuses last evening TO select delegates
TO tomorrow's county convention.
The community was shocked yes
terday when the intelligence WAS
brought down town that S. =. Stack
house. Sr.. the well-known exc, II. |.
& p. claim adjuster. and lately adj
iuster of the Tri-City Railway com
pany. had passed away suddenly dur
ing the night. Samuel Scott Stack
house was one of the two sons of
James Searle and Elizabeth (ScoI,
IStaekhouse. He was born in Phila-
delphia county, Pa. Dec. ], 1884, and
would therefore be 6S years of age
had he lived until next December.
Mr.. Stackhouse accepted the posi-
tion of conductor on the first mail
train on the c.. Il. ]. & Il. road, i'm
July 1866, and for three years acted
in that capacity. He then went to
Kansas, 20 miles south of TOpek 3.
where he entered the coal mining
business. building the present town
of Carhnndale Kans where he oner-