Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-03
MOLINE MENTION

The annual business session of the
Swedish Methodist Sunday school
was held New Years morning. when
excellent reports were heard on the
financial standing of the school. The
following official board was elected:
Superintendent, Swan Olson; assist
ant superintendent. August Larson;
secretary, George Nelson; treasurer,
Miss Lydia Dahlhem; librarians. Al
bert johnson and Lineus Elstam;
organist, Miss Olga Nyquist; choris-
ter, Peter Anderson.
+. j. Hester and Mrs Isabelle And
erson were married at the parsonage
of the First Baptist church at 2:3O
o'clock Thursday afternoon, Rev. II. c.
Bryant performing the ceremony
which made them man and wife. The
high contracting parties were uuat-
tended. Mr.. Hester is one of MoliEe's
well known citizens, who recently re-
sumed his residence in this city after
a season i'm Colorado, and has opened
tailoring establishment at 422 Six
teenth street.
The Sunday school board and teach
ers of the First Methodist church
have elected the following officers for
1903: superintendent, =. {. Simmon;
assistant superintendent, j. {. Tunni-
cliff; treasurer. Miss Sadie Chadwick;
secretary. Miss Emily McKeever; as
sistant secretary. Homer Tilson; Ii
brarian, W. +. Miller: assistant libra
Jones; organist, Il. III. Wilson.
\ meeting of the employees of Deere
& Mansur company was held yester-
day and a committee appointed to act
in concert with other shopmen of the
city TO defeat the proposed raise in
the fee bill of the twin-city physi-
clans. 1t is reported that the men of
Deere d Co., the Moline Plow com
pany and Barnard d Leas are also in
terested in the matter. The commit
tee from Deere & Mansur company
is: Bert Reesler. :. RasSon, j. Nc
Caffrev. John Eitman, S. Wirather.
James hurry, Lebin Lindeblad, Fred
McCarty.
The Misses Conley and Bloom, who
have been visiting Miss Goldie Mowry,
have returned to their home in lis
kilwa.
Alva Carpenter. % years old, died
at st. Anthony's hospital last We'd
nesday evening at s o'clock after an
illness of four weeks with typhoid
fever. He was born in Belgium Dee.
10 1, =,
1895. He was employed on Charles
Kings farm near Rock river. He
leaves a father and two sisters in Bel
gium and three brothers and one sis
ter in this city. The funeral was
held from his brothers home, Henry
Carpenter, 1922 Seventh avenue, and
then from st. Mary's church at .
o'clock this morning.
Miss Stella Krone suffered a serious
break of the femur bone of her left
leg close to the hip in an accident at
Turner hall Wednesday evening while
practiciug in an entertainment. She
stepped down off the platform rather
than descend by way of the steps,
when her foot caught and she was
thrown heavily. She is Il patient at
the city hospital.
Miss Bertha Rosene, who has been
visiting here, returned yesterday to
her home in Chicago.
Miss Esther Ed left yesterday noon
for Chicago to visit her sick sister.
who is in the Augustana hospital.
Two fires broke out Thursday, but
neither of them did any damage to
speak of. The one call was to the
home of Mrs. Lizzie Hazelhurst, Fifth
avenue and Third street. and the 9th
err to the saloon of Peter DeSmet.
corner of Seventeenth avenue and
Seventh street. What caused the
blaze is a mystery.
Officers elected at the annual meet
ing of Moline Court of Honor. No.
100, held Thursday evening, Dec. !,
were installed with appropriate cere-
monies Thursday evening, the install
ing officer being Past Chancellor Mrs.
Long. The officers: Chancellor. Ben
ton Davis: vice chancellor, Andrew
ellison; recorder, Mrs. Margaret Cox;
treasurer. H. NJ. Anderson; chaplain,
Mrs. Jennie McKelvie: conductor,
William Butter; guard, Mrs. Sylvia
Hall; sentinel, Mrs. Maggie Wood;
musician, Miss Mary Long; directress,
Mrs. Anna Long.
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