Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-28
MOLINE MENTION

HOAANE MENTION
+. }. Hester and children have re-
turned to make their home in Moline,
after having spent year in farming
in Colorado. Mr. Hester expects to
go into business here.
Mrs. Gertrude Stephens Porter ar
rived Wednesday to spend Thanksgiv-
ing at home. She has been visiting at
Ottawa on her way west from Buff
faIo.
Gust Ed left for Chicago Wednes-
day to spend Thanksgiving with his
daughter at Augustana hospital. She
has improved to such an extent that
| it is expected she Will be able to re-
turn to her home in this city in about
three weeks.
The residence of George Loveioy.
Fifth avenue and 1wenty-fourth
street, was considerably damaged by
| fire yesterday.
The marriage of Max Rolf, of Peo-
v.
solemnized June 10 last at st. JOS
eph, Mich, was announced by the
couple at a reunion of the young
lady's family in this city yesterday.
1t was complete curprise.
Carolina SohIberg, wife of J. f.
Sohlberg, 1865 Thirteenth avenue,
died at $3.50 Tuesday evening after an
illness of four months with typhoid
fever. She was born in Sweden July %,
| 1861, and came to America in 1850.
She was married to j. f. SOhlberg in
1884, who survives with six children,
three sons and three daughters, the
oldest being 10 and the youngest s
years old.
Peter Coene died at his home, 17O6
| Fourteenth street, Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock after lingering
illness from dropsy, from which he
had suffered for the past thirteen
months. He was born at Maldghen,
Belgium, April 20, 1896, thus making
him GO years old. He came to Mo-
line from Belgium June 16, 1881. He
was employed at the j. S. Keator lum-
Der yard until it was destroyed in
1883, when he obtained work at the
Rock Island lumber yard, mill b. He
worked until six years ago, when this
plant was moved north, after which
he retired. He leaves besides his wife,
five children, who are: Miss Sophia,
Mrs. August Rogiers, CAMEL Coene,
August Coene and Theopriel, all of
whom live in this city.
Special Thanksgiving services were
held at a number of Moline churches.
y union service of the English-speak-
ing protestant churches was held at
the First Congregational church at
1890. The Swedish Lutherans held
services at their edifice while the 9th
err Scandinavian congregations met
for n union service at the Mission
Tabernacle. Rev. a. q. johnson of the
Swedish Methodist church preaching
At Christ Episcopal church services
were held at 10 and the full vested
choir sang special music. Leo Elm
stedt sang and the TIE Deum was sung
by Irving w. Read. DIR. Burrell preach
ed the Thanksgiving sermon. At the
| First Congregational church there
was special music appropriate to the
occasion. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Bryant, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Rev. a. Z. Ioder, pas
tor of the Second NJ. Z. church, read
the scripture lesson. Rev. c. II. Bur-
dick, of the Second Congregational
church read the Thanksgiving procla-
nations of President Roosevelt and
Gov. Yates. Prayer was offered by
Rev. NJ. V. Crumbaker, of the First
Methodist church. Rev. Bryant's sub
ject was ''Nyhither?" The collection
will be devoted to the Associated
Charities. The Christian Science So
ciety held Thanksgiving day services
at 10:45 in the Unitarian church.
Miss Grace and Julia Soule, of Iowa
Falls, Iowa, spent Thanksgiving day
with Miss Effie Lindgren, of this city.
Miss Helen Wilson spent Thanks
giving with Misses Eta Beal and
Henrietta Sohrbeck at Northwestern
university.
Miss Mary Jones and Miss Hattie
Skogh spent Thanksgiving with
Misses Luella Jones and Grace Tunni-
cliff, at Cornell college, Mt. Vernon,
Iowa.