Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-10
DAVENPORT DOTS.

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Since Scott county employed the
tax Investigators, ID. b. Davidson e
Co. the sum of $4,000 has been re
ported in omitted taxes. Out of this
sum the tax ferrets were paid $12,-
Oso "a in commissions upon $S1, 596.4s.
which the county treasurer has col
Iected out of the $4,000 returned.
Hence Scott county is $69,515.64 -
the good by the employment of the
tax investigators.
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Edmund WalZ, lad in the en-
ploy of Hugo Wesenberg, the Har-
rison street printer, had his hand
caught in a Gordon job press and
pretty badly squeezed the other day.
He is still at work, but is carrying
the. manned hand in a sling. Walz
tried to emulate Reinhard Wagner,
who in a similar manner, put his hand
out of commission on the day previ-
Gus to the Turner athletic contests in
which he had hoped to win the
medal.
\ 1-hoss shay, loosely hitched to
post near the John Schuett gro
moorings yesterday forenoon short
ly after IL o'clock. The horse ran up
Ripley and turned west on Fourth.
The firemen stopped it before much
damage was done. y new set of har-
ness will be necessary.
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The Lend-a-Hand club held its regU-
lar annual meeting Monday evening
and chose the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, DIR.
Jennie McCowen; secretary, Miss f.
Grobe; treasurer, Miss Emma Hetlen.
Dr. Jennie McCowen was elected fo:
the thirteenth time. Miss Grobe sue
ceeds Miss Hetzel in the secretary
ship.
At her home in Fishertown, at 10
o'clock Monday night, in the 10th
year of her age, after several years of
illness, occurred the death of Mrs.
Anna Moves, wife of Henry Moves.
The deceased was born in Bergen
hansen, Schleswig-Hol in 1858,
and 81 years ago came TO this state.
Besides her husband there survive her
six children: Mrs. Kate Catteral,
George Moves. Mrs. Anna Thomas,
William Moves, Emma Moves, and Del
la Moves, with four brothers, Peter
Benedixen, of Gladbrook, Iowa, Henry
Benedixen, of Davenport, Christian
BenediXen of California, and Juergen
BenediXen of Germany. \ father
resident in Germany also survives.
The funeral will be held from this
late residence in Fishertown Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock, with in
terment at Paramount cemetery.
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The death of George Russell occur
red at the Mercy hospital yesterday.
He was ~ years of age and came to
this city in the year 1910. He was 4
native of Ireland and came from
Clare county. The survivors are 4
family in Chicago, brother, John
Russell, in Pocahontas county, this
state, and his nephew, George Rus
sell, residing in this city.
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! The death of Mrs. Carolina Maisack,
widow of the late Gottlieb Maisacl,
the baker, took place last night at
1O47 West Third street, where she
had continued the business of her
husband since the death of the latter
Mrs. Maisack was SO years of age and
| long resident of Davenport. She
leaves seven children. The funeral
will be held next Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock with interment at City cem-
etery.
| The First National bank has receiv-
ed $4,000 from the government in
r 4 4 Ii
direct from the government printery.
President \. Burdick and Cashier
A. Mast are now engaged in signing
their names to the bills. They Will
have to write their signatures $500
times. The bank increased its capt.
tai to 100000 only a short time ago.
When it placed its order for the new
bills at the government printing Of
flee that place was so rushed that the
bills could not be secured until after
four months delay. The new rev.
enue issue was the cause of this.
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| \ handkerchief bazar will be given
this evening at the Spring street
chapel in East Davenport by the La
dies Aid society. There will be
booths for sale of fancy articles ana
refreshments, but the most promi-
nent booth will be the handkerchief
booth, at which will be displayed a
collection of handkerchiefs gathered
from all over the country. One of
| these handkerchiefs was sent by the
first lady in the land, Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, and another by Mrs. Lucy