Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21
MOLINE MENTION

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Miss Vanja Rundquist is at home
from Chicago to spend the Easter va
cation.
Nels Holmberg, contractor and
builder, has returned from a sixteen
months visit with friends and rela-
tives in Sweden.
Miss Anna Brown, who has been Wis
ting her cousin, Mrs. W. c. Sand
strom, departed yesterday for her
home in Kansas City.
Miss Laura b. Perrin, who has been
for six weeks, left Thursday for ST.
Louis. ~ short visit will be made
there and then Miss Perrin will re-
turn to her home in Washington.
Mrs. y. Ninton accompanied her.
Miss Clara Stenger, who is winning
honor on the stage, has sent to her
father, Theodore Stenger, unique
vase. 1t is entirely covered with CT
gar bands in gold and colors, ar
ranged in a decorative scheme which
is of much beauty. 1t was sent from
Sacramento, Calf.
The third annual military ball of
Canton Moline, No. 60. Patriarch Mill
tant, |. o. 0. F., will be held at the
Skinner annex Thursday evening.
April o. The committee are as fol-
lows: Reception, Col. T. +. CaverIy,
Maj. r. c. j. Meyer, Maj. l.. P. Mel
son, Capt. n. f. Munson, Lieut. Oscar
Houngren, Ensign Alex Johnson; ar
engagements, Chevillers Otto &. Nell
son, George NJ. Miles, William Hedin.
Hugh Carlin, &. c. Anderson; floor,
Lieut.. Oscar Youngren, Chevaliers
Otto q. Nelson, Charles Dahlberg.
Robert Alexander.
Fire originating from crossed cleo
trio wires broke out at the dry goods
store of Howe & BurgSton shortly
after O'Clock yesterday morning.
The blaze was quickly extinguished
and an inventory of the damaged
stock, already taken, shows S46.07.
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The interurban railway people have
from East Moline by way of the pro-
Jected Rock Island railway shops. or
at all events by way of point on the
south line of the land recently ac-
quired for the shop purposes. This
point is probably within a quarter of
a mile of the probable shop location.
From this point the line will be cx-
tended to and through Carbon Cliff.
thence by way of the Colona road to
Rock river. \ spur from the shop
site will run to Watertown by way of
| the Watertown road. In accordance
with this decision the company will.
as shown by official notice published.
petition the board of supervisors the
last Monday in the present month
for permission to construct its track
Ion the Bluff road from Thirteenth
street in the village of East Moline
east to the Warner crossing and on
the highway from the Warner cross
ing southeast to Carbon Cliff, thence
east through Carbon Cliff. thence
south to the Colona road. thence
east on the Colona road to Rock
river; also from said Warner crossing
north on the Watertown road to the
Mississippi river" or Watertown.
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News has been received in Moline
of the marriage of +. NJ Sneed. the
well known Moline printer, to Miss
Frances Jacobs, which occurred March
1. at Denver, Col. The happy couple
will make their home at Central City,
Colo, where they are now located.
Mr.. SneeC was formerly president of
the Tri-City Typographical Union.
and at one time was foreman of the
mechanical department. of the Moline
Dispatch.
With the end of this school term
SUpt. w. j. NJ. Cox will leave Moline
flor new fields, it having been decided
by him and teachers committee of
the board of education not to renew
his contract for next year. His sue
cessor has not been chosen. nor is
there any one in sight as yet who
could fill the position in the manner
that is necessary for so important a
field and one that is growing SO rapid
lly. Not the slightest dissatisfaction
with Mr.. CoX's work up to the present
time exists either among the mem
bers of the board of education or
among the teachers. but it is under
stood that there are other reasons,
both on the part of Supt. Cox and the
board, which make the change desir-
able. Mr.. Cox during his term of ser
vice in Moline, both as teacher, prin-