Rock Island Argus., 1903-01-15
MOLINE MENTION

The ladies of the G.. \. Il. installed
officers Tuesday afternoon at Mason
ic hall, Mrs. Bernice Noss, of Geneseo,
acting as deputy. Mrs. Amelia Sher-
man, of Des Moines, national secre-
tary for Iowa. entertained the MEM
bers with an interesting talk on the
order. Mrs. y. l.. Kittilsen was pre-
sented a silver cake dish by the socie-
ty in token of appreciation of her
services during the last year as pres
ident.
At the annual meeting of the Mo-
line y. NJ. {. y. Tuesday evening the
formality of transferring the old as
socfation to the newly Incorporated
society was taken up, the 30 members
attending voting for the change. The
directors later held a meeting and
after voting to accept the transfer
proceeded with the election of Off
GERS. the old officers being chosen:
President, y. Z. Montgomery; vice
president. w. l.. STANCE; secretary. j.
ID. Metzgar; treasurer. W. G. Hav.
o
At the meeting of tEe stockholders
of the Moline Furniture works, held
Tuesday evening. the old board was
reelected. The officers will continue
to be: President and treasurer. &. W.
johnson; vice president, F. \. Ian
dee; secretary and manager, f. ~
johnson.
Harmony camp. Il. y. ~. enioyed a
masquerade ball at *. p. hall Tues
day evening. Seyenty-five couples
were present and the music was fur
nished by Freed's orchestra. Mrs
Robert CLANCY won ladies' first prize
and Mrs. Bert Gould the prize for the
best acting character among the la
dies. Dave Engmark was awarded
gentlemen's first prize and Clarence
Freed the prize for best acting char
acter.
The fire alarm from box 53 Tuesday
night called the department to the
home of /. \. Freeberg. at 1905 Elev-
enth street. Some clothes had been
left near the stove. and the fire. being
very hot, had set them ablaze. No
great damage was done.
At Natick yards over 200 tons of
coal are taken out on the tenders for
freight runs every "a hours. The bus
mess at the present time is twice as
great as was ever done at the yards
before. Last year at this time about
fifteen freight trains day were sent
out, but at the present from 81 to 40
freight trains every 24 hours leave
the yards with as many returning
trains.
Word has been received in the city |
of the death of David Keator. a for |
mer resident of this city, at Santa |
Anna, Cal, Jan. ,. at the age of 20 |
years. Mr.. Keator. while in Moline, |
practiced the trade of carpentry and |
left here about 1887 for the west He |
was a cousin of ]. :. Keator His |
daughter, Mrs. Anderson, was with |
him at the time of his death. Mr.. |
Keator had many friends among the |
older residents of Moline who will be |
grieved to hear of his death.
DR.. y. Il. Hart, of Hampton. and |
DR.. :. w. Burson. of Chicago. physi- |
clans of 16 years practice. will open |
an office in the Kimball block.
\. +. PaSSmure. formerly of Moline. |
has accepted the position of secretary |
of the Oakland Carriage Implement
company, of Oakland. Cal. and will |
assist Mr.. Stein, the manager. in TAX
ing care of their trade. The company
is a branch of the California Moline
Plow company. and does Il large re-
tail business in Oakland. 1t has laid
i'm Il large stock for the coming sea-
son.
Members of the board of education
Tuesday evening instructed the fl