Rock Island Argus., 1903-12-31
'ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
\ DURING THE VAR 1908
rogress and Absence of Serioss Calanities
Charactcrif ific---ChroniC1e of iEvents of
More Than Ordinary Inerest

The year we are leav e behind has
cen marked by an abs.hce of serious
alamities locally speIking There
eve been no great crihes brought to
light and there were few catastro-
phies resulting in the fath or maim-
ing of number of per:tns.
During the year III conquests of
peace have been fru Jul throughout
the county. Prog Ess has been
made in all lines of eIl leavor. Clearly |
the most notable oS the county's
acquisitions has gen that @
the enormous leOmotiye <and
ear building pd repairing
plant which the, Icck Island road
has establishZ' IN Pleasant Valley
and which vi oegin operations IN the
next e,v-,.yseks. This means the build
inn ~sTan new city of at least $4,000
.Juls with influx of thousands of
Undesirable citizens. In a strictly local
sense the year has witnessed the COM
fafng of several new factories and the
irenlargement of older ones, while in
1.-THE way of transportation advantages |
nthe event has been the opening
through this city of the Chicago-Kan-
a Isas City short line of the C.. NJ. & St |
J.. railroad.
to Below are recorded the chief hap
ifpenings in Rock Island county during
loi1903 When the location is omitted
g Rock Island is meant:
re JANUARY.
OF l. Death Mrs Mary Ann Green
COZ wood Buford, IS. at Chicago
be I, Death William Il. Moore, GA,
ar Zuma.
% /. Death Richard MansilI. man of
I |
j history collection which was Sc
ho cured by high school and Angus ]
tht tana college
it's Death NrI Sarah F Ruford
So. l
en- s. Death Rudolph Guyer, &c.
ha O. George Meyer fatally hurt and
six other young people injured
in coasting. accident on Twenty
second street hill. l
Death Simon McAfahon. Sr., S3
Death Mrs. Angeline Marquart, 81.
u. Shortage Of coal causes local
roads to take off trains.
, 3. Death of Mrs. Thomas NJ. Ellis.
H. rs.
~ 4. NJ. H. Sexton reelected president
e of the Three-Eye baseball league L
4 Annual -c0upty farmers institute
u opens at Edginton.
q Death D. \. Gilman, Sr., rs.
Y Hampton.
og Enoch T. Wilson, 81, dies in Rural
eV. from the result of a fall. 2C
10. Edward T. Malone dies in an hour
after being welded to Mrs. Nora
Address. 3
II. Death w. L. Nichols, 20.
Death Mrs. Arthur Withrow, 43.
IS. Death William H. Thompson, Sc.
Death Mrs. Ruamy c. Stoddard, GA. 26
49, Burglars get $500 worth of jew 29
elry at residence of Mrs. Julia
Rosenfeld. 81
20. State Association of Master
Plumbers open two days session
in Rock Island. 1
J. F. Darby resigns as principal of
- Rock Island high school; H. F. 4
2. s Brown named as his successor.
le Death Oscar IOsty, 45.
e (. Death Mrs. Daniel Haines, 81,
II Coal TGgn. 5
t 2. Death Mrs. Amanda Benson, "A.
T Peter Garrity, Black Hawk, killed in G
lt runaway on Twelfth street :
! Herman Johnson killed while switch
ing in Rock Island yards.
4. Maj. c. Med. Townsend, engineer 12
SC in charge of upper Mississippi, or 13
a dered to report for duty at Ma
0 Mia, p l., April 1; Col. J. L. Lusl
n appointed his successor.
rs Death Charles Engel, SO.
II Death Mrs. Hiram Stocum, AS
s January grand jury reports 81
II indictments for gambling and vio- Is.
lation of saloon laws; marks be-
ginning of reform era. 16.
Death Mrs. Bridget German, 20.
FEBRUARY. IL
,. Death Mrs. John P. Dolly, 2s.
Death Joseph Robbins, 81.
Death Hugh L. Thompson, 80.
,. Worst storm of season RACES.
). Death John G. Mannheim, rs.
Rock Island Improvement company
organized to build engine and car IS.
: shops at Pleasant Valley.
6.-Rock Island Bar association reor- 10.
ganizes.
Southeastern Iowa lumber dealers
meet in Rock Island. Il
IL. Fire destroys storehouse A at g.
Rock Island arsenal, causing a "a
total loss of $2,OOo,000; origin un-d
known.
2. Death Mrs. Martha Beardslee, S. 1
Y. Death Charles A. Stoddard, Az 26.
Is. Village of Sears wins victory in
Illinois supreme court over Tri-l
City Railway company, invali-l
dating latter's franchise
Death John Marshall, S4, Cordova. I
-. Charles Callahan, As, killed by L
Rock Island train while working I
on the Fortieth street viaduct. S27.
70. Death Bernard J. McCabe, Al. e
4. Death Mrs. Harry p Simpson
2. Rev. o. w. Lawrence called to /
pastorate of Memorial Christian Rs.
church.
3. City council passes ordinance for
the paving of Fifteenth street.
Joseph Frew, 10, fatally hurt while 10