Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
MOLINE MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Il. Murray, of Wis
lila. Cal. are visiting DR.. and Mrs. W.
+. Taylor at Watertown.
Fred Lindstrom, Moline boy who
has been travelling over old Mexico
and southern California for an east
ern firm, spent Christmas in the city.
Mrs. Wilbur Shallenberger. who for
month has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. susanna Johnston. of 1876 Elev-
enth avenue, returned to her home in
Mackinaw Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.. Mason de-
parted for their home at Huntington,
Ind, Saturday after spending the
Christmas holiday with Mrs. Mason's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ Banner.
Mr.. Mason is the freight claims agent
for the Erie railroad at Huntington.
Horace Anderson. of the PIow com
pany, left Sunday for Salt Lake CITY
to superintend the erection of con
siderable addition to the company's
warehouse at that point. The new
addition is 75NS2 feet in dimensions
and two stories high.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. j. Proper enter
tanned company of young people at
their pleasant home on Seventh ave
nue. Friday evening in honor of Miss
Alice and Frank Proper. of Grand
Rapids, Mich. Among those present
were the Misses Belle and Louis
..IA. IL -
Davenport.
Stockholders of the Daley Medicine
company have decided to increase the
capital stock from $25.O 900 10 100000,
it being the intention to establish a
larger working capital on which to
widen and extend the business. \
proposition has been made to sub
scribe $1,000 in single sum if So. 900
more is underwritten in this city. w
y. Jones, who has been manager. re-
tires from the active arrangements
and the duties of that office will be di-
vided between DIR. Daley and j. l..
Peterson. This arrangement will be
effective until the regular election in
April.
The Plattdeutsche verein held an in
teresting meeting Friday evening.
and in addition to clecting officers de-
cided TO buy Il new flag. Several new
members were elected. and the vcrein
now finds that it has in good stand
ing 50 members. and the society is in
highly satisfactory condition. Under
the leadership OF the new president.
I,I,
ball at Turner hall Feb. II. to raise
money to buy the flag. The officers
elected are: President. John ID.
Knaack; vice president, August
Horstmann: recording secretary.
Theodore WeIgandt: financial secre-
tary. Carl Lemburg; treasurer, Mich
olas Peters; janitor. John Bohn; trus-
tees. Julius Colson, Henry Sass, Fred
Daebelliehn; finance committee,
Charles Hintz, Rudolph Weichert.
Herman Lage; entertainment COM
mittee, John Bohn. uenry Knaack. OF
to Efflandt, Peter PauIsen, Julius
Colson; committee to buy flag. John
Jensen, Nicholas Peters. August Pc
tcrs.
Fire broke out Saturday morning
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hoover at Twenty-second street and
Fourth avenue, and it proved to he a
very narrow escape for their two
children, who were sleeping in the
room upstairs, Mr.. Hoover Just had
time To run up the steps after them
and out before the fire enveIoped the
room. 1t was nearly Z o'clock and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover were eating their
breakfast when cracking noise was
heard and the smoke burst into the
room. 1t was but a moment before
the fierce flames broke out and envel-
oped the whole ceiling of the kitchen.
The children, who are > to years ola.
were taken out one at a time, and Mr..
Hoover saved the last child with diff
Guilty, sustaining a few minor burns.
As much of the furniture as was pos
sible was saved, but the house is al
most total loss. 1t is the property |
of Il. w Davis, and is insured.
J. f. Mousley, of Brooklyn. Iowa. |
aged 67 years, died suddenly of heart |
disease at 1910 last night at the |
home of his son, w. V. Mousley, fore |
man at the Natick yards, whom he
had come to pay visit. The remains |
were shipped to Brooklyn this after
noon for burial. Deceased is survived |
by wife and family.
To improve the appetite and |
strengthen the digestion, try few
doses of Chamberlain Stomach and |
Liver Tablets j. III. Seitz, of Detroit,
Mich, says: 'They restored by APP
petite when impaired, relieved me of
a bloated feeling and caused pleas
ant and satisfactory movement of the |
bowels" There are people in this
who need lust such med |