Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-04
MOLINE MENTION

rived Saturday on the 12:35 Rock Is
land train from Chicago. The burial
took place in the afternoon at the
Riverside cemetery.
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The funeral of the late Charles J.
Weander was held from the home, Ala
Railroad avenue. at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, Rev. Hemborg Of
floating.
Grant Peterson and wife have re-
turned from their wedding trip to St.
Paul and Minneapolis. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G.. Creedon, who went with them,
returned at the same time. The
trip was made by steamer and all re.
port a pleasant time.
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When DIR. l.. W. Skidmore reached
his Office from Davenport late Sat
urday afternoon he found an unwel-
come visitor there who was in the
act of filing his pockets with dental
tools when interrupted. Seeing that
he was detected the stranger offered
the doctor a sum of money to let him
go. When the doctor indignantly de-
clined the proposition and started for
the telephone the intruder bolted
through the door and made his escape
down. the stairs before the police
could be communicated with.
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Victor Phillipson, son of Edward
PhilIipson of 500 Eighteenth avenue.
while with a crowd of boys trying to
steal apples on the premises of Mr..
Billing of 727 Sixteenth avenue, was
caught in the act. Mr.. Billing in an
ger threw tack hammer as young
Phillipson which struck the boy in
the hand, infiicting severe wound,
the hammer sticking in his hand.
Inc boy will have to carry his hand
in sling for some time. Mr.. Billing
settled with the boy by agreeing to
pay the doctor bill.
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Rev. II. o. Lindeblad, for many
years the pastor of the Swedish Luth-
present position as chaplain and
housefaIner of Augustana hospital in
Chicago. Since his removal from this
city, Rev. hIndeblad has been pastor
at Grand Crossing and Pullman, ILL.,,
and few years ago was called to
the position of chaplain at the hos
pital. His plans for the future are
not known. Rev. NJ. c. Ranseen, ID.
d., has been chosen business manager
of the hospital, but has not yet ac-
cepted the position.
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Miss Alice Westberg, clerk at the
Union Store, over whom her mother
and friends who have been greatly
ried at not hearing from her from
Chicago, telegraphed Saturday to in
form the parents that she is all right,
having merely overstayed the time
originally intended.
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Captain Eugene Il. Cox, the genial
representative of the Barber Asphalt
company, we'll known to Moline peo-
pie, has just been elected president
of the asphalt trust. succeeding Fred
4. Nash. The election took place in
Omaha Thursday.
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\ movement is now on foot to Sc
cure the Healy property in the east
end of the city as an addition to the
proposed park to be made of the
cemetery ground. The Healy tract
joins the cemetery property on the
south and comprises eight and half
acres of as pretty bluff scenery as is
found hereabout. The bluff rises pre-
cipitously and from its top glorious
view of the river valley is obtained.
The ground lies between Twenty
seventh and Twenty-ninth streets and
as far south as Eighth avenue.
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lie establishment of a bath room
in factory in this city will be an
altogether untried as well as use
full innovation. This is the plan
Williams. White & Co. are about to
adopt in addition to all the other i'm
provements which they have been
constructing this summer. BY intro
ducing electricity as an agent of pow
er they will not need as many boilers
as they are using now, thus leaving
some spare room. Last week they
were approached by a committee of
holders who asked the company to
put in the oath rooms, the need of
which the company readily admitted.
The southeast corner of the boiler
room will be used for the purpose,
after the boilers have been removed.
4 cement floor will be constructed
and then several shower baths Will be
put in. No bath tubs will be used.
Plans are being drawn for a dressing
room, also.
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William l.. Britton, the horse train
er, is lying at home with his right
thigh broken, the result of being
kicked by a horse which he was
breaking.
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Mrs. Julia Mills Dunn has been in