Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-30

davenport hon1e, and The sufferer II
Mrs. Nicholas Razen. who resides at
1918 Main street The accident was
not in the form of the old fashioned
gasoline explosion, but was rather
novel; Mrs. Razen was doing the
family washing and had poured a
quantity of gasoline into the water
to assist in cutting the dirt Then
she placed the lid on the boiler and
added fuel to the fire. The result
was automatic. The wash Boiler ex-
ploded and Mrs. Razen's hair caught
fire. The wood work in the room al
so caught fire. and after succeeding
in putting out the flames on her head
the brave woman went to work on
the copfiagration in the room up-
mindful of the painful nature of her
injuries. She succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames and eliminating
the danger and then turned her at
tention to herself She was badly
burned about the head and shoulders
DIR. y. IL. Hender was called and gave
her medical attention. 1t is not be-
lieved that the burns will he serious
Saturday was the opening day of
w. 5. Holbrook's new furniture store.
109-111 East Second street and not
withstanding the fact that the rain
fell IN an uncomfortable drizzle most
OF the day the big new store was
packed all the afternoon and evening.
thousands visited the establishment
and were greatly pleased with the
new building and the large, beautiful
stock of furniture il contained. Mr..
Holbrook- tired from the strain of
moving, hut happy in it's accomplish
ment, proudly directed the guests
about the establishment. for the
opening marks an epoch in the car
eer of one of the most successful
furniture dealers i'm the tri-cities.
The new store is situated just two
doors east of his old store, which he
entered % years ago last January. or
nearly PA years. The reason he has
moved into a magnificent and modern
building is that his business could no
longer be accommodated i'm the old
one. 1t had Increased until new quar-
ters were absolutely necessary, and
so the building was practically re-
built for the accommodation of the
vast business that Mr.. Holbrook has
built up. Mere words will not tell
of the beauty and magnificence of the
new building and its stock. But a
few facts might be stated that will
be interesting. The new store affords
"a floor space of $4,000 square feet all
of which is devoted to the exclusive
furniture and carpet business. The
building itself is 5OX15O feet in dimen-
sions, and contains four floors and a
full basement The first floor is de
voted entirely to dining room. kitch-
en- and library furniture. On the sec
ond floor may be found the carpet
room, 75X50 feet, the drapery room,
20N25 feet, and the parlor goods de-
partment, 75X50 feet. The entire
third floor is given up to bed room
furniture, and the fourth floor to re-
served stock. Next spring the fourth
floor will be converted into sales
room. The basement is also given
over to reserve stock. Ii is 50X16O in
size. extending ont under the side
walk. The store has its own heating
plant and is lighted with 400 electric
lights. There are two well tested ele-
vators, one for passenger traffic and
the other for freight. In fact, the
store and stock are models of mag
nificence and excellence.