Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-11
MOLINE MENTION


luckily escaped serious injury. occur
red on Fifteenth street near Coneor-
dla avenue Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Watt. Miss Margaret Guy and
Herbert Copp were driving in the
watt surrey toward Prospect park
when the wheel of another buggy go-
ing in the opposite direction locked
with one of theirs, upsetting the sur
rey and throwing its occupants to the
| paving with considerable force. Miss
Guy was rendered unconscious
and il was feared for time that she
had been seriously injured. Yester-
day she was better and nothing more
serious than the damage to the We
hicle is the result.
License of incorporation was grant
ed last week by the secretary of state
at Springfield to the Moline Printing
company, of Moline, for the purpose
of doing Il general printing. binding
and publishing business. The incorDor-
ators are Myron Jordan. Eugene J..
Bronson and Charles o. Stinnort. The
new company with paid up capital
of $4,000 takes over the business and
plants of the Bronson-J ordan Print
ing company, the journal job depart
ment and the DEBORAH Printing com
pany, of DEBORAH, Iowa, and unites
them in the building owned bv Mr..
Jordan at 1604-16OS Fourth avenue.
The Moline Wagon company has
opened a suggestion department for
employees and notices have been post
ed about the shop calling attention
to the prizes to be offered and inform
ing the men on what Lines the sug-
gestions are wanted. The department
is open with the hope of giving the
wagon company a display at the St.
fair which will be unique and cut of
the run of ''Cut-and-dried" exhibits.
Mrs. Rudolph SorenSon, wife of the
coach cleaner at the Milwaukee sta
ton in this city. is missing from
home. and there is a weIl-founded sus-
picion that she has eloped with
George Shrie. a former penitentiarv
prisoner in Iowa. Mrs Sorenson left
her husband and four children rang
ing from p to 6 years of age.
Four other children reside away
from home. The Sorenson family
came to Moline from Davenport and
they have been residing at 1106 Tween
ty-siNth street The husband is en-
ployed at night in the d.. r. |. d y.
W. yards. The man suspected of be
ing Mrs. Sorenson's companion be
came acquainted with the family sew
eral years ago. and was sent to the
penitentiary for the theft of a Bicy-
Gle and other misdeeds. Shrie is said
TO have possessed an evil influence
over the woman. and when he was re
leased from the penitentiary followed
her here. SorensCu happened to he
in Rock Island Thursday. saw his wife
in company with Shrie. and the same
evening he did not go to work until
She returned home. He upbraided> the
woman for keeping company with the
man. and she resented the Feprimand
and left the house, later sending for
her pocketbOok Neighbors saw her
leave the house with Shire. John
Herman, a guest of the family. has
disappeared simultaneously with the
woman and Shrie. and it is possible he
may be the woman's paramount, as he
wls seen on the streets of Davenport
with her since her leaving her home.
Patrick Dunavan. of New Shops.
came to Moline Saturday night and
mixed up with the tanglefoOt. When
he awoke at the police station he was
greatly surprised to find himself min
us the head of hair which he had
brought to town with him. He evil
IDENTIFY wandered into barber shop
and ordered a haircut and had the
clippers put on him. The Squire al
lowed that 81 and costs, $3.O5 in all.
was enough for Patsy.
{. Z. White, manager of the Sylvan
steel works. the Moline plant of the
Republic Iron & Steel company, will
sever his connection with the com
pany and Sept. enter on the duties
of superintendent of the Deere &
Mansur company's factory. His sue
cessor at the steel mill has not been
Charles Wilson was taken i'm tow by
the police yesterday as his actions
for the past few days have been decid- |
eddy suspicious and he is wanted in
custody till an investigation of his |
character can be made. Wilson has |
but one arm and he has been circulat
ing Il subscription paper among the
men during the last few