Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
MOLINE MENTION

n manager for the new Manufac-
turers' hotel has been engaged in the
person of +. L. Leavens. an expert
enced hotel man, who comes here
from Marshalltown, Iowa. to take
the position. Mr.. LeavenS was in the
city yesterday and went over the new
building, which is rapidly nearing
completion. He expressed himself
that the hotel is arranged. in capital
shape, and that it should prove one
of the cosiest and best hotels in this
section.
Wednesday at noon John F. John
son, of Moline, and Mrs. j. j. John
son, or Hampton, were married at the
parsonage of the Swedish Lutheran'I
church, Rev. c. a. Hemborg perform
ing the ceremony. The attendants
were Miss Anna Olson and Mrs. c. \.
Hemborg. The bride is well known in
Hampton and the groom was one of
the grocery firm of Freeman d John
son, but he recently sold out his in
terest to Albert Freeman.
Mrs. y. II. Ebi is enjoying trip
through Old Mexico in the private car
of a friend, having joined the party
| after the recent Implement mems con-
vention in Kansas City, which She
and her husband attended.
Mrs. George ii. Mckinley, wife of
the postmaster, yesterday remember
ed all postOtfice clerks and employees
with carnations, her thought being in
keeping with the ''Carnation League
of America which has been organ
lied all over the country out of re-
spect and III memory of our martyred
president.
Rev. Bennett Erickson, the retiring
pastor of the Swedish Baptist church,
who expected to leave with his fam
lily for their new location at Grove
City, Mimi, was taken i'll Wednesday
night and is feeling so miSerably that
he has deferred his departure till
next Monday.
y manufacturing plant capitalized
at S3,000,00O wants to come to Moline.
If it materializes its promoters say
it will rival in magnitude almost any
other industry in the state. The con-
Germ expects to employ 500 men, and
as soon as Il few minor details are
arranged the company wants to ar
range for the erection of a factory.
The product of the proposed factory
is new invention used on steam
boilers and does work which has long
been sought by mechanics to be done
! by machinery. The company *
known as the American Gibson Heat
er company. Ii has propositions from
! Chicago. Muscatine, burlington and
Fort Madison.
Present possibilities point to Il new
manufacturing concern for East Mo-
line. \ representative of the Kemp
& Burkee Manufacturing company. of
Syracuse. y. Y. is now looking over
the ground with a view of locating Il
branch factory to their Syracuse
plant here. The Kemp & Burkee
| Manufacturing company confine
themselves to the manufacture of but
one implement. fertilizing distribu-
ter. The machine needs no introduce
tion to the agricultural world. and
as now built at Syracuse has long
been handled by the John Deere Plow
company job houses throughout the
country.
The Christ Church guild rummage
sale has opened in the Industrial
Home hall building and the rush for
bargains there still goes merrily on.
1t does not often happen in the mer-
camille world that customers are
waiting at places of business for the
clerks to come and open up, vet when
the ladies arrived yesterday morning
they found some twenty prospective
customers waiting i'm the corridors
for the doors to be unlocked and their
chance to buy goods.
Henry Il. johnson and Miss Hannah
Il. Hallquist were married at the
home of the brides parents, 800
Fourth avenue. Wednesday evening, in
the presence of some sixty invited
guests. relatives and immediate
friends of the contracting parties.
Rev. Bonnet Erickson performing the
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