Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-19

ne hOluS position with the Texas
Moline Plow company.
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Work on the new athletic park at
Fourth aveune and Twenty-seventh
street was commenced today and
| the plat will soon be ready for the
practice work of the high school ball
team, The city will put a force of
men at work clearing the field of its
growth of weeds, and the old fenc.,
will be torn down. The ground Will
then be graded and the fence will be
built, work which will not permit
the use of the park for the alumni
game week from Saturday. The
high school team expects To use tn,
| park two or three times week, for
practice.
| \ stranger protesting to he dumb
and carrying a card inquiring Are
your electric lights broken?" entered
the residence of George II. Edwards
on Sixth avenue without knocking
Monday and presented his card \
Mrs. Edwards, who was led to believe
the man had been authorized to in
spect the electric lighting apparatus.
The stranger proceeded through the
house under the espionage of Mrs.
Edwards, and made a very minute in
spection without word. Mr.. Ed
wards suspected he might be fra Id
and his inquiry at the local electric al
offices failed to establish his identit =
The police made an investigation,
but could find no other place where
the man had presented his card. i
is suspected that he employed this
method to make a raid in residences
where he would not be so carefully
watched.
James Duke. of Galesburg, is in tn
Lefty for Il few days business visit.
\ baby boy arrived Wednesday
morning at the home of Jerry Kelly.
I.-e mail carrier.
Rev. O. L. Swanson, missionary
from India. who has been spending
the greater part of the summer here
with his brother, John Swanson, left
with his family Wednesday after
noon for Morgan Park, near Chi
cago. where they will make their
home through the winter. He will
not return to India this winter.
| Friends of John Schultz, who has
been working here during the summer
| for the interurDan road. cannot ac-
count for his sudden disappearance
from Moline some time Wednesday
night. As he does not owe bills about
town. and has committed no crime,
his friends think it quite strange tina
he should leave in the middle of the
night and witho saying good bye.
He was working as usual Wednesday
and that night about 1880 when his
room-mate was asleep, he packed his
clothes and he has not been seen here
since. The superstition is that he
left on a late train for his old home
in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Thomas Modem left Tuesday
evening for Goodwin, 5. d., to visit
her son Will Modem.
Gail Porter left yesterday morning
for Rockford. ILL.,. where she will re-
sumo her studies in Rockford college
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelse Anderson ceIe-
brated their 25th wedding anniver-
sary with thirty of their friends at
their home. PA Second street. Man,
beautiful presents in silverware were
given them. An elaborate supper
was served by the host and hostess.
John Q. Hawk. chief of the fire d =
partment, is out again after having
been laid up at his home for several
weeks with sickness.
Oscar Grant, of New Windsor. is
visiting relatives in the city. and n
few days he will depart for Chicag
to resume his studies in the p. ~ S.
Medical college.
Fred Williams. who was arrested
Wednesday evening for being drunk
and disorderly, no doubt thinks more
of $3.50 than serving eight days ia
the city Jail. Yesterday he was trie j
| by Magistrate Olson, who fined him
81 and costs, making $3.50. When ar
rested S4.6O was found on his person,
hut when asked if he would pay his
fine he said he would rather board it
out in the Jail than add $3.50 to the
city's Golfers.
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