Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
MOLINE MENTION

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tons for their forty-second annual
picnic to be held next Saturday at
Concordia park. There will be a
parade with band in the forenoon
over the following route, starting at
0 a. m: From Fourteenth street
and Fifth avenue west to Thirteenth
street, north to Fourth avenue, west
to Fifth street, north on Fifth TO
Third avenue, east on Third avenue
to Seventeenth street, counter march
on Third avenue TO Fifteenth street,
south on Fifteenth street to Five
Points and take cars to the grounds.
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Tuesday evening the members of
the Second Congregational church
gave reception for Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Burdick, who have just re-
turned from their wedding tour and
they were certainly given warm
welcome. The affair was of infor
NAL nature and most all the mem
bers were present to congratulate
the bride and groom, the evening
being delightfully."- spent in sociability,
and choice refreshments were served.
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Miss Carrie Lyford has returned
from her duties as instructor in do
nestle science at the Michigan Agri-
cultural college.
Among the celebrations for the
Fourth one which promises to be par
lticularly enjoyable is an old-fashioned
basket picnic TO be held by Emanuel
Lutheran church in Hunts grove,
| this side of Mineral Springs. There
will be speeches and singing and
plenty of coffee and ice cream to help
out the basket lunches of the crowd.
Hay racks will carry the people from
the end of the blue line between IL
and and > and ; o'clock.
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An all-day outing for the business
men of this city is what the Moline
Retail Merchants association will
endeavor to secure for some day dur
ing this summer, when all the stores
can be closed up and all business sus-
pended and trip be taken to seine
other city.
Nels Oberg of 2O3 Sixth avenue, lost
his footing at the head of the stairs
i'm his home and fell to the bottom.
He struck the point of HIS jaw upon
a step and fractured il in two places
and broke two ribs on the right side
and was unconscious for two hours.
Drs. Beam and Lamping attended him
and DIR. Allen Ziegler, the dentist, was
called in to wire his broken jaw.
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The 1O-year-oId daughter of Mr.. and |
Mrs. John Nelson of 1926 Seventeenth |
avenue, fell while carrying a glass in |
her hand and cut deep cash in her
forehead, which DIR. Beam scwcd up. |
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James Cavanaugh, arrested at the |
q station yesterday when he claimed |
valise, confessed to having stolen ii |
on train. II belonged to w. y.
WeatherwaN of Peoria. The man was
followed up by Roadmaster Soland |
and Special Officer Buckley and taken
to Viola to get the property from
hiding. 1t was good work by the |
officers and shows how the BurIing
ton protects the public.
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At a meeting of the library board |
il was decided that the exterior con
struction of the new Carnegie library |
should be of gray brick and the trim
mings of stone or terra Gotta. This |
combination will make handsome /
structure and will lend itself to the |
style of building to bring out fine /
edifce. The architects. Borgolte q
Wells. have the plans done and will |
submit them to the contractors at
once for bids.
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mo firecrackers and toy pistols with
in the limits of the city of Moline
on the Fourth of July, or any other
day, is hereby strictly prohibited"
says Mayor Z. II. Vessel.
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Tuition for the attendance of out
side pupils in the Moline schools was
raised Tuesday evening at the ses
sion of the board of education to
cover the cost per capita of the in
struction. The amount charged has
been less than the cost of the schools
based upon the number of pupils.
investigation will be made and the
tuition which is charged in at least
four other cities the size of Moline
will be taken into consideration in
the new price. Hereafter
the money will have to be paid in,
advance, and until such money is
paid the pupils will be excluded from
the classes. The salaries of :
j. II. He'll and of Prof. IL.
D. Thompson of the high school were ]
500 a year, and their du- II
les are to remain the same. n
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Lieut.. T. \. Nelie, of the Blees Mil '
tary academy at Macon, Mo-, is Ii
spending a few days of his vacation &
With his grandmother, Mrs. S. H.
I ellie.