Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-05
MOLINE MENTION

An effort is being made to interest
capital in the construction of n high
bridge from Moline to Gibertown, now
known as Bettendorf, the bridge to
be erected from the Illinois shore in
the vicinity of Twenty-fifth street
The matter is being very quietly
worked and thus far nothing has
been made public, though negoti-
ations have been proposed for the
purchase of land for the Illinois APP
proach.
In the face of competition by the
new telephone company. the Central
Union is preparing for rate war in
Moline by cutting the price of the ser
vice. Yesterday a new schedule went
into effect. which gives the kitchen or
outward service at one dollar for
full six months. this dollar to apply
at the end of that time on the cost of
the regular party line service, if the
subscriber decides to adopt this.
The new rate means the kitchen ser
vice and the regular service for So a
year.
August and Peter Thomble. Belgi-
ans from Kewanee, were arrested
at East Moline yesterday by Officers
Rose and DeJaeger at the request of
the chief of police at Kewanee. The
latter arrived here this noon and this
afternoon left with his prisoners.
Last Saturday night the two men set
on fellow Belgian at Kewanee and
gave him n terrible beating which
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temple if it had been an inch more to
the front would have undoubtedly re-
suited in death within a short time.
Justa NJ. Lindgren has returned
from Cornell college at Mt. Vernon,
Ia, where he occupied the position
of football coach during the season
just brought to n close. His team
wound up its schedule with a very
good record, holding Chicago univer-
sity to close score and defeating
many of the best teams of Iowa.
The Moline high school football
team has received set of jerseys in
which it was expected to play the
Davenport high school when the two
teams met on the gridiron last month.
Perhaps had the new clothes been
here at that time the result would
have been different and inspired by
the jerseys the --oline boys might
have won.
Planter council, No. 643. National
Union, held its election of officers
this week, the following being chosen
to serve during the ensuing year:
President. T. w. Johnson; vice presi-
dent, John Meeder; eX-president. A.
Werlich; secretary, o. F. Lundahl:
financial secretary, John Harm:
treasurer. y. Frceberg; speaker, AK
el Johnson; chaplain. Peter Bugge;
usher. +. Beagle; sergeant-at-arms. Il.
Hostoul; doorkeeper. George Bugge;
trustees, Sam Rosenfield, II. II. Ham
ilton and III. Ledehof.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Woodward enter
tanned Wednesday evening at progress
sive ciRque. The gentlemen's head
prize fell to Ivol \. Rife, and the la
dies to Mrs. Edmund Wehr The con-
ISOLATION was taken by Mr.. and Mrs.
Myers.
At the meeting of the Eastern Star
Monday evening the members elected
the following officers: Matron. Miss
Ella Harris; patron, Henry Rohwer;
associate matron, Mrs. Leroy Vim
ton; secretary, Mrs. Cora Wadsworth;
treasurer, Mrs. Anna Hall; conduc-
tress, Miss Margaret Atkinson; associ-
ate conductress, Miss Lizzie Klein.
The high school seniors will hold a
dance and supper at Watertown this
evening. They will leave at o'clock in
buses from the high school.
The new independent telephone
company will open its Moline eX-
change for regular service Jan. 1.
BY this time about $50 instruments
will be connected and ready for ser
vice. When all the subscribers are
given service the boards will show |
nearly 500 numbers.
Mrs. S. w. Odell and children, also |
her niece Miss Jennie Smith, of Hamp- |
ton, have departed for California to
spend the winter.