Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-01
DAVENPORT DOTS

At O'Clock Wednesday evening at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Amann, Squire Louis
Roddewig, officiating, occurred the
marriage of Julius NJ. Bargholz and
Miss Bertha Amann, of 1885 West
Pleasant street. The bride is a popu-
lar young lady possessing many
friends. The groom was until recent
ly an employee at the Rock Island
arsenal and will open a grocery and
saloon at Washington and Union
streets. The best wishes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bergholz's many friends will fol-
low them throughout life.
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Wednesday evening at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
man Warnken, 317 Marquette street,
occurred the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Olga Warnken, to Albert
Balluff. The occasion was a very
pretty home wedding, with none but
relatives and very few intimate
friends present. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. \. Niermann at s
O'Clock.
Myers were married Wednesday even
ing at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Meyers, of 1O44
East Fourteenth street. Rev. c. {.
Davis officiated at the wedding and
the ring ceremony was used Mr.
Smith is an employ of the Washburn
& Halligan company, where he holds
good position. The bride is also
well known in the city and has host
of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will
live on College avenue.
4 horse hitched to one of Grocer
Ed Plath's delivery rigs came to grief
shortly after o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon. The animal took fright on
West Fifth street and ran westward
to Gaines and thence down the hill
to Fourth street. colliding with great
force with the slate house on the
southwest corner. formerly used as
a barber shop. The shafts We're splin-
tered. and the poor horse in the i'm
pact ripped off a yard of the slate
with which the building is shod.
The animals right leg was broken
square off near the shoulder and hui
manity called for its execution.
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Laura Beckman, an insane patient
at Mercy hospital, died Wednesday af
ternoon from an unusual cause. Be
coming possessed in some way of a
plate of several false teeth. Miss
Beckman attempted to wear them
in her mouth. and they slipped down
her throat choking her to death. The
Il,. ktYIt
ed a postmortem examination which
resulted in the finding of the partial
set of teeth in one of her lungs. in
to which it had worked with fatal re-
suit to the young woman. No rela-
tives of the young woman have been
found and the remains were placed in
charge of the Boies Undertaking com
pany.
The death of Florence. the 22-
months old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Knuth, saddened their home
yesterday.
Mrs. Maria Coos. for many years
lovingly known among the Germans
of the city as ''Mutter Coos" died at
o'clock Wednesday evening at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Henry Garstang, ST. West Third
street. The deceased had reached the
age of 90 years and months. and re-
tanned her mental clarity and physic-
al well being to the last. Until the
last six wears she rarely missed a
Turner concert or literary evening
function during her life, and she was
a frequenter of the German theatre.
in which she took great interest.
Maria Coos. nee Petersen, was born
in Eckernfoerde. Schleswig Holstein,
Germany, Nov. 30. 1912, where she was
married to her husband Carl Coos,
now deceased for 81 years. In 1851 the
couple came to this country, and i'm
mediately afterward to Davenport,
where Mr.. Coos operated a wagon
shop on the present site of the Boston
store. near the alley on the Harrison
street side. The shop was later moved
to the rear of 517 West Third street,
where the death of the venerable lady
occurred Wednesday night. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coos had four children, but of
their union which was terminated by
the death of Mr.. Coos in 1869, there
survive only two daughters, Mrs. Au-
gusta Thode of this city, and Mrs.
Gretchen Joehnck, of Grand Island,
Neb. Twenty-seyen grandchildren and
"a great-grandchildren survive her.
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Edward Boettger, the cigar manu-
facturer at 14Os South street, in
Northwest Davenport, who employs
ten workmen, is anxious to learn the
whereabouts of his salesman, Hans
ID. Thode. who has been missing for
several days, and with him at least
$3.50 to $500 in money due to the fac
tory. Mrs. Sophia Thode, who lives at
724 West Eighth street, is also anx-
ious to learn the whereabouts of her
husband, the same Hans ID. Thode.
Hans ID. Thode will be remembered
as the first ianitor of the government
building. He began his duties at the