Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05

Miss Clara Sloan has returned from
Etkhart, Ind, after a four weeks
visit with relatives.
Mrs. Ella Hyde and son, Walter, are
off for u short visit in Belvidere.
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Miss Ethel Huey has returned to
Aurora to take up her kindergarten
duties in that city.
E. p. Dixon is in the city from Chi
cage.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Stevens are
here from Hartford, Conn, and are
registered at the Manufacturers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George King were
pleasantly surprised by a number of
their friends of the neighbornood
Wednesday evening. Mrs. King re-
turned that evening from Peoria.
where she had been on an extended
visit and the surprise was a doubIy
agreeable one. \ fine supper was
served and the time was pleasantly
passed till midnight. Mr.. King is the
Fifth avenue photographer.
The Home Study club programs for
the year have been issued, and they
provide n pleasant years work for
this 9-year old club. The subject is
American Authors, and 10000 will be
the first time an entire year has been
devoted to them, though the Ameri-
can authors have been studied by the.
club during previous years in connec-
ton with American history. At least
two years will be given to this work.
and this year the program committee
has planned work on Washington Ir-
wing, William Cullen Bryant. Nathan
iel Hawthorne and Longfellow. The
officers of the club are: President,
Mrs. y. s. Wright who has held the
office during the life of the club; vice
president. Mrs. j. w. Atkinson; sec
rotary, Mrs. L. NJ Bingham; treasur-
er. Mrs. H. o. Sleight; program com
mittee. Mrs. c. w. Foss, Mrs. c. L.
Desaulniers and Mrs. II. l.. Hemen-
way. Twelve of the twenty-five mem
bers are charter members.
Wood & Peek, the well known Mo-
line law firm, has dissolved partner
ship, and each will continue business
in Moline separately. Mr.. Wood has
secured offices in the Rosenstein
building on Fifteenth street, and Mr.
Peek viii continue the offices he now
occupies in the postoffice block. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Peek, who was
some time ago appointed assistant
United States district attorney, with
headquarters in Chicago, will resign
and will resume his practice here,
though this does not come officially
from Mr.. Peek being a rumor in CON
nection with the change in the firm.
Henry MahOn. who recently gave up
the restaurant business in the Skin
iner block on Third avenue. has decid-
ed to again embark in business. and
has secured aElease on the building
now occupied by Ben Swanson in the
Paulsen block on Fourth avenue, near
Thirteenth street.
Miss Seland aged 16 years, who re-
sides with her mother at 1114 Twenty
fourth avenue, met with an accident
yesterday noon at the corner of Fifth
avenue and Twentieth street while
riding her bicycle. She was carrying
package of cakes while riding her
wheel. and the bundle slipped just
when the car approached, she sacri-
feed the cakes and bent her efforts
to stop the wheel, which was headed
straight for the moving car. She
found, however, that her dress was
caught in the sprocket wheel, and as
the bicycle reached the track. she was
thrown to the pavement with con-
siderable force. Luckily, the car stop
ped before the cycle reached the
track. The young lady was render
ed unconscious by the fall and was
| removed to her home in the ambul-
ance. DR.. Arp was called and found
She was suffering considerably from
shock and that she was somewhat
bruised
Mrs. Jerry Busey, who was struck
by an engine Thursday morning. has
suffered internal injuries so it now
develops. The injured woman, how
ever, passed a fairly comfortable
night, but this morning she expert
enced considerably more pain and
and throughout the day has been in a
rather serious condition.
In less than week. Hamler &
Larson. proprietors of the fish mark
ct on Fourth avenue have suffered the
loss of two valuable horses. One died
of collie before a veterinarian could
give the animal aid. The other got
out of the stable last evening and fell