Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-07
DAVENPORT DOINGS

At 10 o'clock the night of July 4. a
lady fell from a car on Third and
Brady streets and sustained an in
jury to her hip. She had attempted
to dismOunt backwards and was pre-
cipitated to the pavement. The am
bulance was called and took her to
her home. She is Mrs. Noble and
resides on West Seventeenth street.
Her injuries are slight. Earlier in
the evening an old man named Will
hoeft met with a similar accident on
Third and Warren streets. The am
bulance was summoned. but when it
reached the scene found that the
old man had been taken To his home
nearby. at 1913 West Third street.
His injuries also are slight.
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At o'clock Saturday morning
there occurred a Second accident in
the yards near the Davenport Malt
q Grain company, in which "A west
ender was manned by a passing
train. At that hour Joseph II. VOL
tiers, who resides at 1873 West Sixth
street, was run over by train and
his foot so badly crushed that he
had TO be taken to St. Luke's hos
pital. Mr.. Wolters is a molder by
trade and works at the Davenport
foundry on Fourth and Division
streets. lie was celebrating the glo-
rious Fourth and was on his way
home when he met with the acct
dent, which Will MAIN him for life.
While passing through the yards he
became puzzled by an approaching
train. and before he could save him
self was knocked down and run over.
The injured man was picked up by
the train crew and carried in the ca
boose up to the patrol station,
he was lifted into the ambu-
lance and taken to St. Luke's hos
pital. He Will lose his foot by rea-
son of the unfortunate accident.
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Disciples of Father jain from all
parts of the country are gathered. i'm
Davenport for the biennial tagsat-
zung or business meeting of the
North American Turner bund. 1t is
a gathering of leaders of the society
which eXerts its influence wherever
there are enough German-American
citizens resident to form a nucleus
Of Turner organiza ION. They
come to city that has one of the
largest Turner organizations in the
country, with its more than 700
members, and they Will hold their
in the next to the largest
Turner building in the country.
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Chamberlin q Kindt announce "A
week of summer opera at Schuetzen
park, beginning Monday, July IA. |
They have secured fine company of |
'5 people for the week beginning |
July IL, and the old and new
iavOrites will be put on. 4 contract |
has been let for the erection of |
stage in front of the mu-
'ic pavilion on which will be placed |
he Burtis scenery and special seen
Try carried by the company. An or
.hestra of 20 pieces will help make
he event the best balanced and most
elaborate in its line that has been
here. The return of Ike
)eutsch from Minneapolis, where he
Ieard Ellery's Royal Italian band
lay for $500 people, is accompanied
" the announcement that the band
will be here August 10 and 20, if there
5 indication of an attendance that
will Justify a $1,000 guarantee for
our performances - two matinees
nd two evenings.
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The funeral of William J. Hayward
occurred this afternoon from the
esidenee, where his death occurred
aturday. Deceased was born at
Vilisboro, y. ", Dec. 8. 1913. He
ettled in Davenport in 1876.
Charles +. ROwlen and Sarah c.
of this city, were licensed to
red Saturday. The groom was di-
orced from his wife on the same day,