Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
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The several lodges of the Modern
Woodmen of America in the city are
planning to entertain several distin-
guished craftsmen here next month.
Among them will be Head Clerk c: w.
Halves and Head Consul Northcott,
lieutenant governor of Illinois. The
meeting will be held at the Burtis
opera house at date to be announc-
ed later. a readjustment plan will
be discussed at the meeting. The To-
cal camps, Cedar, Clearwater, and
Mapledale, will have charge of the
session.
A brilliant reception was given to
about $50 invited guests out at the
old MandvilIe, now the Patterson
villa, five miles west of the city We'd
nesday Afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. j. {.
Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Will
EFT, and George Patterson did the
honors. Peterson's orchestra fur
nished the music for the occasion.
The Maquet," which is the name of
the Patterson villa, never attracted a
more appreciated party.
\ day or two ago a well known
resident of this city who has been
married only a short time was hidden
goodbye by his wife at the door as
he started to work on the arsenal.
Shortly after he left an express wa
gon drove up to the house and the eX-
pressman loaded up the furniture.
The neighbors were surprised as the
family had said nothing about NOV
ing. When the husband returned in
the evening he found the house lock-
ed up and empty. He quickly in
vestigated and found that his wife
had sold the furniture and disappear
ed. She has not been heard from
since. 1t is thought that she eloped
with another man who disappeared
at the same time. Meanwhile the
husband is out wife and furniture.
A wedding of much interest to
many residents of this city on &C
count of the prominence of the con-
tracing party, was that which oc
Cured yesterday at the Holy Family
church, in which the happy partici-
pants were Miss Anna Wagner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Wag-
ner, 1852 West Locust street, and
John G. Hinrichs, 729 Marquette
street.
Alleging cruel and inhuman treat
ment as the cause William j. Keller
has begun an action in the district
court to secure an absolute divorce
from his wife, f. b. Keller, to whom
he was married in Rock Island, June
10. 1901. He alleges in his petition
That the defendant unmindful of her
duties as wife shortly after being
married to the plaintiff commenced
"a course of cruel and inhuman treat
ment such as to endanger plaintiffs
life; that on or about the 9th day of
January. 1902, defendant deliberately
and without any cause, whatsoever,
shot at plaintiff with 3S calibre- re-
volver, and that since said time she
has made threats continually that
she would kill plaintiff; that during
the middle of July, 1902, defendant
assaulted plaintiff with a butcher
knife. threatening to take his life
All these the plaintiff thinks good
grounds for a divorce which he asks.
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w. III. Blancke. of st. Paul's Eng
fish Lutheran church, united in mar
riage at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Eckhardt. Ella. their daugh-
ter, and James Courtney. The cere-
mony. was performed at sos Harrison
street Wednesday. The couple will
reside at 300 Harrison.
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Frederick Holske died at , o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Deceased was
well-known here and lived at 1908
West Eighth street.
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Seven weeks ago Henry Stahmer a
man nearly so years of age wander
ed from the home of his son-in-law,
j. Frederick Schultz, COS West Ninth
street and was never seen again alive
so far as is known. He had been
melancholy at all times and subject
to fits of deep dependency ever since
the death two years ago of his wife.
Most people were morally certain
that the aged man had taken his own
life. All doubt was removed by the
discovery on fhe edoe of the Iowa