Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-30
MOLINE MENTION

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yesterday.
Il. +. Towndrow is on a business
trip to Chicago.
Mrs. Fred Wheelock is visiting the
Engle family in Orion.
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Mrs. ~ L. Dimock is visiting in
Cleveland. Ohio.
Bert Skinner has returned from a
few days visit in Iowa City.
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f. II. Skinner, of Cleveland, Ohio,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Dewend-
Earl Tarbox is in Des Moines at
tending the state fair.
Mrs. Henry Wehrend has returned
from a vacation which she spent at
Denver.
Mrs. Parker Lewis, who has been
visiting Mrs. Frank Stofft, returned
Thursday afternoon to her home in
Peoria.
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Mrs. Catherine Reese and Mrs. Her
bert Altz and daughter Lyla returned
from Il months visit spent in va
rious points in Iowa.
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Misses Merle and leila Mctcalf. of
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, are here visiting
at the home of Rev. NJ. V. Crum-
baker. They are sisters of Frank
Metcalf.
Gust Ed departed Friday for the
Augustana hospital at Chicago to
remain there at least week with
his daughter, who has had an opera
ton performed on her foot.
Miss Edith Broomhall. who has
spent the summer in England. arrived
last evening She will be at the
home of w. II. Richards this winter.
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Miss Genevieve Lyford departed last
evening for Hawarden, Iowa, near
Sioux City. where she is to have
supervision of the kindergarten work
in the Rublic schools this year.
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After not sleeping wink for
seven days and nights and laboring
under the thought that he was not in
his home. Swan Anderson. 1911
Fourth avenue. jumped ont of his
bed at noon yesterday and fled out
on the railroad tracks almost nude.
Luckily it was just at noon when
the hoarders were at home so that
he was quickly caught Two weeks
ago he was taken i'll with typhoid
fever. Since then he has been
1 STEADILY growing worse and for sew
en- nights Mrs. Swanson has been
compelled to have two men in his
room to hold him as he has been de-
lirious most of the time. He was
taken TO the hospital.
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William johnson, of Eighteenth
street and Seventh avenue. yesterday
while Mt work at Sechler's. caught
his right hand in a palmer, badly
cutting it and amputating one finger
at the first joint. Thirteen stitches
were taken in it, When asked if the
operation panied him he nonehalent-
! " remarked. ''Oh. ii hurt n little"
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Stacey Albert, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs.A. II. Sellmer. of 1919 Fourth
street. died at 100 o'clock Thursday
evening after a brief illness with dys-
EMERY resulting in Spasms. The boy
was born in this city Jan. %. 1901.
On account of the Illness of Mrs. Sell
mer, the funeral was held privately
at o'clock this afternoon. Rev. DIR.
Burrell officiating.
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Bert Roberts. who lives near Naticll
had a close call Thursday evening He
was riding down the railroad tracks
on his bicycle when a Rock Island
passenger train approached from be-
hind and he could not get out of the
way in time to prevent the rear wheel
of the bicycle from being struck by
the engine and demolished. He him
self was unhurt.
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The kindergarten association has
made arrangements to open the free
schools for children in connection
with the public schools next Monday
rthe only change being that one
Ischool will be moved. The class in
the Methodist chapel in Daebelliehn's
addition will be transferred to Olivet
chapel on Twenty-siXth street. The
association again assumes the bur-
den of their maintenance. though
President Mrs. il. y. Ainsworth says
THAT their plans for raising the mon
ey are not yet formulated. The
schools will be in the following loca'
tons; Congregational church, Miss
Nellie Anthony; Willard school, Miss
Frances Reid; Garfield school, Miss
irene Wilson; OIivet chapel, Miss
Mary Wilson.
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With ,the success of the proposition
to transfer the membership of the