Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-16
MOLINE MENTION

"OAO was rICCCiNGu
ing by Moline relatives of the death |
at Prophetstown of Mrs. II. b. Gle
land, formerly Miss Lizzie Kerns, of
Moline. Death which called her at
1880 o'clock Saturday morning was
due to heart disease. Lizzie Kerns-
Cleland was born in Geneseo, but
came tOthis city with her parents at
an early date: She was a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Kerns, old resi-
dents of Moline. Two sisters live in
this city to mourn her death-Mrs. L.
G. McCurdy and Mrs. T. \. Merriman
Another sister, Mrs. j. B. Richmond.
of Prophetstown, also survives. The
funeral was held at 1880 O'Clock this
afternoon at Prophetstown.
: Several changes have gone into eff
feet i'll the c. II. l. g. u. freight Office
q. ii. Hull, assistant bill clerk, has
resigned, TO Ike the position of as
sistant cashier in the Davenport of
: fee Fred Lind has been appointed
to succeed him at the Moline office
Victor Il. Pelee, car accountant in
the Office here, has resigned to go to
J Hot Springs. l.. \. Rundquist has
been appointed to take his place. to
go into effect Feb. 16. Curly Viii
son, the football enthusiast has been
given an office position.
l.. +. Cralle has sold his fast PAGER,
Eddie G.. to Frank Smalley, of Mus
catine, who will probably track him
next season. The horse brought
good figure, and is worth it. He is S
years. old, and last summer made
mile in ,: 14A. His performance in
race attracted the attention of Mr.
Smalley, and the deal resulted. The
PAGER won its first mark, 2:26. in
Muscatine. He is son of Ed Ray
mOnd. by Game Onward. Mr.. Small
Hey also owns Alice W., another Mo
line horse, formerly owned by Ed
Ward.
Mrs. Fannie Davis Spencer is in the
twin cities from Chicago for Il
months visit with her mother in
Rock Island and her sister, Mrs. Al
Kneberg, in Moline.
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Miss Emily Ainsworth entertained
Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss
Mills, who is visiting her aunt, Mrs
II. w. Cooper. Miss Mills starts to-
morrow for her home at Rochester,
Mimi, going by way of Chicago and
Beloit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w Weaver
leave tomorrow for a trip to st. Louis
land Arkansas, Ark. Mrs. Weaver will |
also visit friends and relatives in De
Quoin and st. Louis. .as
j. l.. Oakleaf is on his way home |
from Cornell college at Ithaca. y. Y, |
to remain till the close of the ty-
phoid epidemic there. There are hun |
dreds of cases in the city and the in
tstitution. and considerable anxiety
! prevails among the students and |
their friends. j. l.. has been i'll re-
Gently, having barely escaped case
of appendicitis. He is we'll now. but
comes home for time as precau-
tionary measure.
T. NJ. Sechler of d. NJ. SechIer Car
riage company. Saturday announced
that his company would hereafter
give up the manufacture of buggy
bodies, and that most of the wood
shop would be discontinued, as all of
their buggy bodies will be manufae-
/ 'NiNN ~ ihC W Ndl A1bua
works, in which company the stock
holders of the Sechler Carriage com
pany are interested. c. W. Wright, of
the new company, has purchased a
great deal of the machinery which
has been used, and it is stated that
the firm would commence manufacture
ing its products in two weeks if the
water mains were laid, but as they
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month, it is not probable that work !
will commence until the middle of
March. Wednesday gang of men
will be put to work in removing the |
machinery from the Sechler Carriage
company's wood shop into the new
factory.
Directors of the Moline Chautauqua |
association met Friday evening at At |
torney S. w. Odelrs office and made |
arrangements for the perfection of
plans for the years assembly. The |
superintendent of the various de-
partments will in each case serve as
chairman of the committee on ar
rangement in that respective depart |
ment. with power to name the mem |
bers whom he wishes to serve with |
him. his appointments to be. however.
subject to the approval of the board |
of directors. The chairmen are now |
at work securing their committee
men, and all will. i'm the course of a |
few days. be in proper order for push |
ing the work. The president Of the |
association. 5. W. Odell. was made an
eX-officio member of all committees.
The association is now chartered UNI |
der Illinois state laws, the document |
having been properly recorded at
Springfield and returned by Secretary |
of State Rose.
\. Il. Fisk has bought the millinery