Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
DAVENPORT DOTS

DAVENPORT DOTS
The rural mail carriers of Scott
county took advantage of the vaca-
ton afforded them by Thanksgiving
day by meeting in the government
building for the purpose of perfect
ing an organization of the rural car
riers of the county to act as part of
and in conjunction with the state or
ganization. There were eight of the
13 carriers present at the meeting.
But little work was done during the
morning, the time being spent in dis
cussing the plans of the organiza
ton. At noon the carriers adjourn
ed to the Kimball house, where they
were the guests of the Davenport
publishers at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Miss Eta L. Ruser. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ruser. of Ripley
street, who has been touring Europe
during the summer, is expected home
for the holiday season. During her
sojourn on the continent a professor
of the Berlin college in which she
was studying fell in love with her, and
the wedding is now announced to oc-
cur here during next March. The
bride-to-be is a graduate of the local
high school and "A young lady of many
accomplishments.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Asmus Moldenschiedt,
at 325 Fillmore street, at o'clock
Wednesday evening, occurred the
marriage of Frank August Stroh-
karck, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
| Strohkarck, of Warren street, and
Miss Amanda Moldenscheidt :. Rev
Herman Grief performed the cere-
monx.
Charles G.. HipwelI has decided to
bring suit against the city of Daven-
port and the board of library trus-
| tees, as also the Northern Building
company, to recover the sum of 49,
| 900, which he says is due him for the
Stating of the roof of the Davenport
public library. Mr.. Hipwell has not
yet filed his suit, but he has caused
notice of it to be served upon the city
officials, the library trustees and the
defunct Northern BUILDING company.
Frederick Stoterau, a pioneer farm
er. aged 20 years, who died suddenly
Tuesday evening at the home of his
sOn-in-law, Henry Claussen, two miles
north of Sunbury, was well known in
Scott county, particularly about the
Walcott neighborhood, where his
death is sincerely mourned.
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81 L.,
Cured yesterday morning at ST.
Luke's hospital after an illness of a
considerable duration of time De
ceased was "a years Of age and had
been Il resident OF Davenport for the
past 80 years. BY occupation he was
laborer. He is survived by large
family of sons and daughters.
Wednesday evening at the Ficke
fats occurred the marriage of Will
liam II. Sparr and Miss Blanche c.
Greene, both of this city. Rev Fay
cite L. Thompson performed the cere-
mOny. The couple will reside on
upper Rock Island street.
The Boston store has been annoyed
by appeals made to it by children
who have been sent out by someone
to dispose of cheap stick pins at 10
cents each, with a promise of a prize
for making the sales. The children
have been victimized by fakirs for
whom the police are searching. If
| caught they will not work the graft
for some time to come.
The fire department was called out
at 1870 o'clock Wednesday evening to
SIS Brady street. where a gasoline
stove had exploded in one of the
dwellings in the old Fleming brick
row just above the Eldridge block
Hose No. , made the run with its new
red wagon. The fire was extinguished
without any damage.
DR.. James McCortney, next to DR..
j. W. H. Baker our oldest practicing
physician, has decided to retire from
the profession. With that end in view
he has disposed of his residence at 81
Brady street to j. c. Tilton, the gold
ring man, and expects to remove to
Chicago at the instance of his daugh-
ter Ella, now Mrs. Quinn O'Brien, of
Chicago, and her husband, brilliant
young attorney of that city.
At the meeting of the executive
board of the Tri-City Federation of
Music which was held Wednesday at
the home of Mrs William Drummond
Middleton, it was decided to engage
two prominent Chicago artists to
render the ''Enoch Arden Song Cycle"
here in Davenport under federation
auspices. The date has not been an
nounced, but it will be held during
the week of Dec. Is. The artistes
who will render this new song cycle,
which is Strauss musical interpreta-
ton of Alfred Tennyson's poem, are
Mademoiselle Adele Buss, dramatic
snnra M and Mig Mauda ArnnId nj