Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
MOLINE MENTION

Mrs. Albert Swanson, of 1920 Fourth
avenue entertained lady friends in
honor of Mrs. Russer, of Sacramento,
Cal, who is here on visit.
Mrs. w. C. Bennett is visiting in
Chicago.
Harold Taylor, little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. II. Taylor, entertained a COM
pany of little folks in celebration of
of his 4th birthday anniversary.
Good news has been received by
Myrtle lodge of the progress of Henry
Swim towards recovery since his mis-
fortune in the south while employed
in the mill of Mr.. Shields in Arkansas.
Mrs. Swim has written a Letter to the
lodge and il contains the most favor
able word of her husbands condition.
He suffered a severe bruise above the
hip in a fall from a scaffold some 20
feet to the ground.
Harvey Mckinley, Bert Thomas and
Harvey Huntoon are home from the
University of Illinois for the Christ
mas vacation.
Miss Louise Eastman is home from
the University of Nebraska for the
holiday vacation.
Miss Emily Anderson, who has been
employed in Chicago for some time
past has returned to Moline.
o
Miss Bertha Willis has returned
from Waterloo. Ia, where she visited
her aunt, Mrs. J. T. Coolidge.
Henning Holland, who is attending
business college at Oelwein. Iowa. is
spending his vacation with relatives in
this city.
Moline Bartenders' union, No. $50
elected the following officers at its
last meeting: President, c. s. Carl
ton: vice president. \. l.. Olson; sec
rotary and treasurer, j. Hackermann;
financial secretary. Charles Lind
strom; chaplain, Victor Lind.
The Picketsi union of the First. Bap7
fist church elected the following Of
ficers at the regular weekly meeting:
President, Oscar Wilson; vice presi-
dent, Clara Spurbeck; secretary, Mrs.
Oscar Wilson; treasurer, May Fields.
Thor lodge, No. 9, Independent Order
of Vikings. elected the followin Of
ficers: Chief. SEVERN Seaborg; vice
chief, Olof Engman; recording secre-
tary, Godfrey Peterson; financial sec
rotary, Victor Lind; treasurer, John
Peterson. The lodge has made elab-
crate preparations for its third annual
Christmas entertainment to be held
next Saturday evening (Annandag
JuD at Turner hall.
Two young thugs attempted to imi |
tate the Chicago bandits the other
evening and had it not been for the
merest accident or oversight on the |
part of the young outlaws, their ac
tiOn might have cost the life of George |
Gibbs. Mr.. Gibbs was walking along
Third avenue about $3.50, and when at
the intersection of Twelfth street. |
two young men stepped in front of
him and thrust revolver into his |
face. The weapon was so close to
Mr.. Gibbs that he became frightened |
and grabbed the gun and a tussle |
followed in which Mr.. Gibbs got the |
best of his assailant. He succeeded |
in getting the gun away from the
young man after it had been snapped |
twice. 1t seems only one of the hold |
up men had a revolver. If more than |
one gun was in possession, they did |
not attempt to use it. After Gibbs had |
the gun in his possession, the young |
men who had assailed him. fed, and |
SO far no clue as to their identity has |
been found. From what can be learn |
ed. the fellows who attempted the |
hold-up were amateurs and did not |
know much about revolyers. The gun |
which they attempted to use is an |
rim-fire, and to this cir