Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-09

specialist, will be at a. j. Reiss' drug
store, 2700 Seventh avenue, for free
consultation all day Wednesday, Feb
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The quarterly conference of the of
fetal board of the First Methodist
church will be held this evening at
1880 in the study of Poster r. b. Will
liams.
No trouble to explain our method
of loaning money on personal pro-
perty. We are glad to do it. Fidelity
Loan company, Mitchell & Lynde
building.
Wilson b. Wheeler, of Fulton. Iowa,
and Miss Birdie Borden, of Victor,
Iowa, were married this morning at
the court house, Judge Parmenter
performing the ceremony.
Ruth's Mission band will have a
curio social with music and buffet
luncheon at the home of Mrs. L. B.
Davis, COS Twenty-sixth street, Tues
day, Feb. 10, from to and to 10
p. m.
I'll. y. Altz, who a couple of months
ago stole an overcoat belonging to
Edward Kautz, Saturday afternoon
pleaded guilty to larceny in the coun-
ty court and was sentenced to one
day in the county Jail and to work
out on the rock pile a fine of $45.
Yesterday afternoon the good
sleighing and the fine weather tempt
ed a number of owners of good horses
to try the animals out on Twelfth
street near the city limits A fair
sized crowd assembled to see the
sport.
w. F. Hartman, formerly of this
city, has formed a partnership with
H. Neubert, of Des Moines, Iowa, to
embark in the wholesale sash and
door business at Des Moines. Mr..
Hartman for several years travelled
for the Rock Island Sash & Door
works.
Willie F. Labarge, the phenomenal
boy soprano who will take part in the
Woodmen minstrel performance at
the Illinois tomorrow evening. has ar
rived in the city. He is but 10 years
of age, but his appearances before
the public have made him renowned
in four states.
At a special meeting of the library
board Saturday evening it was decid-
ed to make the furniture uniform in
color throughout the building. The
woodwork and all wooden furniture
will be of oak and the metal work
will be finished a dark green bronze.
The walls will be tinted in green.
Rev. Merrill will deliver a free illus
trated lecture at Trinity church Tues
day evening upon the Oneida Indians,
with whom he is engaged in mission
airy work. He comes under the aus
pieces of the general missionary board.
The lecture, which will be of especial
interest to school children, begins at
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The patrol wagon was called post
haste to Seventh avenue and Twelfth
street yes terday on the representa-
ton that someone was being killed.
Arriving at the place indicated the
officers found Albert BOehme and
Fred Horn engaged in rough and
tumble fight. Both were arrested and
this morning Magistrate johnson fin
ed them S. each for disturbing the
peace.
TON IOdu Is SntllIed 10
the thanks of the community for the
equipping of the evening trains from
this city to ST. Louis with two of the
finest and most complete sIeepers
that run on the roads centering here.
They are named the Norwich and the
Fryeburg. The cars that have been
in use in the past have been the sub
iect of some complaint and Traffic
Manager Eustis some time ago prom
ised that a change would be made as
soon as possible. The public cannot
fail to appreciate the new accommo-
da tons
1.-THE Prince of PiIsen," as she sang
and acted into the favor of the big
audience at the Illinois last Friday
night, appeared to be enjoying the
best of health. but she was not, her
left cheek having swollen to twice it's
natural size as the result of an alb
scess caused by diseased tooth. 1t
was necessary to make up her right
check SO that the abnormal develop
ment on the other side would not
show. Miss Morton. who was guest
at the Hotel Harms, was under treat
ment of DR.. r. NJ. Pearce during her
stay, and be says she must certainly
be a plucky woman to have gone
through her part with such a tortur-
ing handicap.
Elsewhere is published the 57th an
nual statement of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance company. The
story it tells OF the success of CON
se1'vatism in the management of mu-
tual insurance is worth the reading.
1t shows assets of sos, 634 sos, and
net surplus of $6,379, 1892, after paying
out in the past year in dividends to
policy holders $1,314,S50. It's 69,752
policy holders carry total insurance
of $165, ,225, and have shared for -
conservative years in larger and more
regular dividends than have been re-
turned to the policy holders of any
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