Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-08
MOLINE MENTION

Miss Nellie Ford has returned To
her home in Geneseo, accompanied
by Mrs. George Wood, with whom
she was visiting here.
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The Misses Lettie and Emma Hull,
of Cambridge, are visiting for few
days with friends in this city.
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Mr.. and Mrs William johnson ana
two children, of Sioux City, who have
been visiting for two weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. August Freed,
of 1923 Seventh avenue, departed yes
terday afternoon for their home.
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Frank banner and George Evans
left ON the midnight train yesterday
for their vacation at Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Moline lodge No 1873. I. o. O. F.,
elected the following officers Friday
evening: n. g., Henry Lau; V. g., c.
L. Nelson; II. S, Il. +. Crane; p. S.,
j. L. Processing; trustees, j. +. Mitch
ell and George Smith.
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Lightning struck the home of
Frank ID. Schofer, 1854 Nineteenth
avenue, Friday evening, the bolt en-
tering a room where the children
were asleep. No one was hurt but
the chimney was demolished and
part of the roof damaged. Two cows
standing in the pasture on the farm
of Lem skinner, east of the city,
were killed Friday evening about s
o'clock by a bolt of lightning.
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Next spring work will be commence
ed on new building for bowling
alley which will be built by C. IL.
Deere on his property adjoining the
Plambeck property, and the cost of
it will be upwards of $4,000.
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Misses Julia and Minnie Schlotfeldt
and Miss Minnie Grant, are in Chi
cago.
Miss Almida Burkland and Mrs
Charles Kneberg are visiting in Chi
cago.
Commencing today the Moline Wa
gon company. viii operate its plant
for - hours day. The men will go
to work at o'clock to u o'clock and
from 1890 to $3.50 o'clock. There
are at present 500 men employed
and the prospect is that the 12-hour
day will be kept for several weeks.
The factory is rushed with orders.
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Thomas j. Welch, Jr.. of 1871
I.
day morning for the university of
Notre Dame, Ind, to resume his
studies.
Miss Stella Vincent. formerly teach
er at the Ericsson school, has accept
ed the position of director of the nor
NAL department and practice school
of the John b. Stetson university of
DeLand, Fla. Miss Vincent has de-
voted most of her time during the
last four years to study in the special
line she has taken up. and during the
last year she has attended Chicago
university. The John b. Stetson uni
versity is one of the leading UNIVERSE
ties of the south. Its enterance re-
quirements are the same as the
and many students from Chicago go
to De Land for the winter quarter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. :. Hoffman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry War; have return
ed from delightful outing at the
lakes about Stoughton, Wis.
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John q. Hawkes., the first chief, is
laid up with an attack of typhoid fe-
YER.
Mrs. Charlie Goldstein and son leave
for the east on the 18th to spend
the winter, accompanied by her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Berry, who have
weeks.
Word was received Friday by Mrs.
Il. NJ. BenelI, of Sixth avenue, convey
ing information of the death of her
brother. Samuel Il. Peregoy. at his
home at Napoleon, Ohio. Death is
supposed to have been due to con-
sumption, from which he was report
ed some time ago to be suffering. Mr..
Peregoy was a resident of this city
some time ago and was Il miller by
profession.
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Friends in Moline will be pleased
to learn that DIR. w. o. Beam has
been discharged from the sanitarium
at Lake GGeneva, and is now at Rolfe,
Iowa, on visit to relatives and to
gain strength, after his confinement
in the hospital. He will return to Mo-
line shortly.
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a successful operation was per-
formed at the city hospital Satur-
day on Carl Lindahl. of Thirteenth
street and Seventh avenue, who has
been suffering for several years with
a number of tumors on both sides OF
his neck. The tumors, eleven in num-
Der. have caused the patient much
suffering, and the operation was ne