Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-13
DAVENPORT DOTS

ranged for a series of winter enter
ltainments. \ committee has been
lappointed to arrange the programs,
etc. The committee consists of Will
liam Dismer, Christian Koch and
Otto Sickels. The events will be three
or four in number, one of which will
be the annual .grand dance.
| James Metzger. farmer who lives
west of the Jacobsen or Mier tavern,
ON Locust street. was severely kicked
| by horse Thursday morning, and
suffered fractures of several ribs.
Mr.. Metzger was attempting TO lead
two horses out of the barn or stable,
wherein they had been confined for
about a week. One of the animals
was particularly fractions, and Yio-
fently kicked Mr.. Metzger in the side,
knocking him into ii rubbish heap
about ten feet away. The man was
picked up unconscious. and carried
into the house. \ doctor was sum
moned and it was found that several
ribs were fractured. MIR. Metzger
had ii very narrow escape, but is com
ing on toward recovery now.
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The annual meeting of the Baptist
Young Peoples union of the Daven-
potr association. the annual con-
vention of which terminated at Iowa
City Thursday, resulted in the election
of these officers for the year: Presi-
dent,J. +. Hardman. Davenport; vice
president. Miss Gertrude Howell. Iowa
City; secretary. Miss Bessie Porter,
Muscatine; corresponding secretary.
Nellie Thompson. Maquoketa; treas
urer. Alice Crozier. Downey.
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The ladies of the Woman's Relief
corps are making arrangements for
the holding of a bazaar at Armory
hall some time during the latter part
of October. The proceeds will swell
the relief fund of the corps.
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At the regular meeting of Tecum-
sch Tribe. No. -, of the Redmen
held ON Wednesday evening il was de
cided to hold an outing ut FlambO
park Sunday as also for game #
baseball. which will be played with
members of the Moline tribe.
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Carroll Kelly has gone to Chicago
where he has accepted a position.
Mrs. Lester Adams, of Cambridge,
Abram Curtis.
Calman Spelletich. of Thirteenth
street and Arlington avenue, left
Thursday for Princeton college.
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! Arthur Reading has returned to
Lafayette. Ind, where he will attend
Purdue university, resuming his
studies in the civil engineering and
electrical department.
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j. T. Temple of this city attended
the meeting of the National Florists
association at Ashe ville. y. C., in COM
pany with Secretary Wesley Greene,
of the Iowa State Horticultural So
ciety.
AT 6:15 o'clock yesterday morning
at the home of her father, y. Van
Tuyl. 1920 Brady street, occurred the
death of Sarah Eugenia Plummer,
wife of Charles G.. Plummer, one of
Davenport's old and most highly re-
Ispected citizens. The cause of death
was a general decline incident to
poor health from which she has suf-
fered for many years past. The de-
ceased was 62 years, 10 months ami
Is days of age.
The contract for the erection of the
new sisters residence of the Sacred
Heart school has been let TO the Fri
City Construction company. The new
building will be of brick, two stories
i'm height, and will cost in the neigh
borhood of S., 900. 1t will be located
directly east of the present school
building and will be a valuable addi-
ton to the church property.
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Shortly after , o'clock yesterday
afternoon at her home, 731 East
Fourteenth street, occurred the death
of Mrs. Amanda c. Wells, the lady
who last Wednesday was so severely
burned by the explosion of a bottle
of gasoline with which she was clean
ing some beds. Mrs. Wells thought
lessly struck match close to the UNI
corked bottle of gasoline and an eS-
plosion Immediately resulted which
set fire to her clothes. Becoming hys-
terical she leaped from the second
story window TO the ground below
and sustained a number Of fractures
of one arm. In addition to these in
iuries she suffered number of Sc
we're burns extending from head tp
foot. Her death came as relief to
intense suffering. She was the wife
of George C. Wells, the well known
machinist at Rock Island arsenal,
and in their bereavement the surviv-
ing members of the family have the
sympathy of the entire community.
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