Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-23
MOLINE MENTION


business that he bought of the credi-
tors of Devore q Fisher to IgIehart
d Co, of Rock Island. de gave
possession yesterday morning.
Word from York Beach, Maine, is
to the effect that c. o. Nason's con-
dition is improving. and that he is
now able to sit up. The doctors,
however, do not express hope that
he will recover his health perma-
nently.
Miss Flora WILDER, former train
ing school teacher and principal of
the Washington school, reached Mo-
! line Monday evening on her return
from a year spent in Germany in
study. Miss WILDER is entertaining
an offer to go to the Fort Wayne,
Ind, schools at higher salary than
she would have been paid here as
teacher of mathematics to succeed
Mr.. Drake, but has made no decision
AS yet. The matter is not yet settled.
Miss WILDER will spend much of her
vacation here.
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The Myrtle Rebekahs at a recent
meeting elected the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: Noble
grand, Lizzie DaebelIiehn; vice grand,
Tille Brown; financial secretary,
Gertie Omissions; recording secre-
tary, Eva Swim; chaplain, Matilda
Lindgren; conductor, Mrs. Jones;
warden, Mrs. Stuhr; r. S. y. e., Abe
| Williams; L. s. Y. e.. Mrs. Rousher;
r. S. V. g.. Hulda Arnberg; l.. S. v.
e., Oma Meckling; inside guard, Mrs.
Williams; outside guard, Godfrey
Rosenquist; p. V. e., Emma Oakley.
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r. b. Laurie, who has held the i'm
portant poNtion of trade manager at
Deere d Mansur company's for three
years, during. which time the bust
ness of the company has doubled, has
resigned and will take up implement
manufacturing for himself. he will
become secretary and treasurer of
the DOwden Manufacturing company
of Prairie City, Iowa, and will assume
the management of that company.
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Wallace Rogerson of this city, who
has been living in Chicago for sew
eral months, came near to death
Sunday while out on the Calumet
river in a gasoline yacht. Two of the
party were drowned. In passing
under a bridge a pipe from the gaso-
line tank overhead was broken on
and some of the liquid spilled upon
the engine, where it took fire. Three
of the boys, fearing disastrous CON
| sequences, leaped into the river and
two were unable to reach the rope
which was Immediately thrown to
them. The fire was smothered with
out serious consequences.
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Having made a promise to get out
of the city for year within a few
hours afterward "Blacky Sale" tried
his luck at the light finger game, sue
ceeding in touching f. \. Anderson
for a gold watch. while he was tell
ing him pitiful story of his hard
luck. Yesterday Anderson came into
Ed Van Daele's saloon on the corner
of Fourth avenue and Eighth street
and there Sale came over to him and
started to tell his story and trans
ferred the watch in Anderson's poe
ket to his own. Sale went out but
| it was only few moments before
the loss was discovered by Anderson.
Officer Wigers saw Sale and as he
was acting suspiciously he approach
ed him and he was locked up and his
hearing came off yesterday after
noon. Sale has served one term in
Joliet for burglary and as there is
another charge which was dismissed,
he stands good chance to go for
several years this time.
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Charles Anderson, who has been a
resident of this city for nearly fifty
years, being one of the oldest and
most respected of citizens, died at
10: Is Monday evening at 1921 Seventh
| avenue after a twenty-one day ILL
ness, probably due mainly to intirm-
tiles of age. He was born in Sweden
Jan. %, 1914, and came to America
in 1854, coming direct to Moline,
which he has made his home ever
since. He was n cabinet maker by
trade and was employed for thirty
one years in the wood department. of
Barnard q Leas Manufacturing COM
pany's. He was married twice and
his last wife died March Q, 1891. He
leaves six children, Mrs. Sophia
Schustrom, by his first wife, and five
children by his second wife, who are
Mrs. John Creutz. Mrs. Charles Cron-
ander' Miss Minnie Anderson, Albin
and Alfred Anderson, all of this city.
The funeral was held from the home
at 80 o'clock this afternoon.
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Architect Cervin is completing
plans for new residence which H.
\. Barnard is to erect on Elm hill,
the site of his former palatial brick
residence which was Quilted by fire
in the winter of 1900 and ruined.
Since the fire Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard