Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
The Weather.
CITY CHAT.


For tin work. H. I. Siemon.
For real estate and insurance, E.
J. Burns.
The city council holds a special
meeting this evening.
A big list of linen remnants very
cheap this week at McCabe's.
Art calendars for 1908 from 10 cents
to $3.50 each, prices cut in two, at
Champions.
Sample quotations in McCabe's ad
will demonstrate. how intensely ear
nest they are.
\ big lot of dressed turkeys, geese,
ducks and chickens for New Years
at Hess Bros.
500 remnants dress goods at just
half price prior to invoicing as noted
in McCabe's ad.
Ladies', you'll find it pays to get
your lunch at the MONDAY Rest, No.
1861 Third avenue.
The stage of water was 3.95 at Il.
M. and at noon it was 4.05. The tenn
perature at noon was 30.
Telephone coal orders to Rock ISL
uCHN-
cry. Telephone west 1000.
When purchasing cigars see that
the blue union label of the Cigar
makers union is on the box.
\ thousand yards Bengaline NOR
cen, silky MORE weave worth IS cents,
this week % cents at McCabe's.
Pecan Oil cures thrush in your
h., No ASl-
Joe Schroeder, the harnessman.
There will not be a Naval Reserve
dance Tuesday evening, Dec. 30, on
account of the death of James Bragg.
New Years dance by the Orma club,
Turner hall, Davenport, Thursday,
Jan. 1. Admission, 25 cents. Ladies
free.
McCabe's annual inventory comes
in one week and they are knocking
the prices hard to reduce stock this
week.
For the New Years greeting there
could be nothing nicer than the new
private mailing cards to be had at
Crampton's:
Mrs. Hoover. who has been confined
at St. Anthony's hospital, is now con-
vaIescent and has been taken to her
home, 1888 Fifth-and-a-half avenue.
Travel over the Rock Island bridge
yesterday was as follows: Foot,
south. 75S: north. 765. Teams, south,
223; north. 21s. Street cars, south,
131; north. 1872.
Heavy 10 cent bIeached Shaker fan
mel, 61% cents yard; heavy twiIIed
L. 81
dress prints, cents a yard, this week
if they last at McCabe's,
Members of Woman's Relief Corps,
No. &C. especially retiring and newly
elected officers, are requested to meet
at Memorial hall Wednesday after
noon at 2:3O. By order of the presi-
dent, Kate Quayle.
Carl Belshausen and Miss Mary
LiekefeIt were married Saturday ev
ening in this city, Rev. {. \. Mennicke
officiating. The bride is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick LiekefeIt,
of Black Hawk, and the groom is a
young farmer of the same locality.
Justice McFarIane yesterday at his
Office performed the ceremony unit
ing Richard Manuel. of Redwood
Falls, Mimi. and Mrs. Sarah Mitchell,
of this city. The couple will reside
here till spring when they will go to
Minnesota. The groom IS a bridge
builder.
\ number of local manufacturing
concerns are holding their annual
conference with their travelling rep
resentatives and outlining the work
for next season. Among these are
the Rock Island and George White
Buggy companies and the vehicle
manufactures of Moline. \ large
number of dealers who handle the
output of these nrms are also in the
city.
Complaint has been made to the po-
lice that boys of late have been put
ting rocks on the rails of the d., X. /.
q y. w. road between Forty-fourth
and Forty-siXth streets in this city.
The danger of this practice falls par
ticularly upon switching crews trav-
cling back and forth pushing cars
ahead of the engines and "a bad wreck
could very easily be caused The po-
lice are watching for the offenders.
Whence comes this mighty far
reaching power that enables Rocky
Mountain Tea to make such wonder
full cures? Try it and see. 7. III.
Thomas pharmacy.