Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-20

gins the sale of all those wash goods
/ from an overloaded jobber at half and
/ less at McCabe's.
/ Lady Maccabees. No. 1870 Queen
I Bee hive. will give lawn social Thurs
/ day evening. July q, on the corner of
Eleventh street and Fourth avenue.
/ DIR. P. F. Purdue has moved his of
/ fee and residence to 411h Twentieth
street He viii be pleased to promptly
attend calls day or night Both
| phones.
Elery's band is to appear at the
watch Tower Sunday. Aug :, after
aool and evening. They will be at
/ Schuetzen park. Davenport. the week
preceding that date
Only a few left at the bargain price
/ Buy one and get another free. a hun
dred kinds of chronic disease remedies
20 select fromaat the Pru-ri-ta store
1919 Second avenue.
The buyers of the Cordes furniture
last week at McCabe's are returning
again and again for more of those big
bargains. A few days more and the
best will be picked over.
Miss Made Williams. who has just
completed the teachers course in VIC
lin at the Chicago Musical college. will
open q studio at her home, 9l2 Fourth
avenue. Old phone G17 west.
The steamer A J. Whitney will run
an excursion TO Muscatine Friday.
July -. leaving Rock Island AT las
p. III. Returning will leave Muscatine
at 2 p. IN. Round trip % cents.
Teros < Coliopulos will open anoth-
er first class shining parlor Saturday
morning at 1903 Second avenue. Bill
lizards. pool and cigars OF all kinds.
Shine. ladies and gentlemen, only five
cents. Give us a trial.
Nathaniel Baker. night operator at
the C.. NJ. & St =. depot for the past
TWO years. has been promoted TO the
Davenport station in similar capac-
ity. Patrick Farrell. of Marion. Iowa,
succeeds MI. Baker here
After weathering the elements for
- years. the Philip Simmon home
stead. between Nineteenth and Tween
ticth streets on Fourth avenue. one
story frame. is being torn down. It's
present owner. George Simmon. will
replace il with u modern structure.
Tho viii Of TIE late Nels W. Peter
son OF Moline. was probated in the
county court this morning. II was
drawn July &c. 1902. and provides that
all the property. real and personal,
goes to the widow of the testator. Mrs
Josephine Peterson. who is appointed
executriX
Charles McHugh. Warren II. RecK
Jonn Onlweilcr. Van Reeves and L.
-. Nudge have been appointed by G.
:. McDan.cis, chairman of the commit
tee on county fair. to act with him in
the prcliminaries Of that project. The
committee will have a meeting at the
Rock Island Club this evening
Burning SCOT in the chimney to
which the furnace in the laundry was
attached at the home of Col. C. w. |
DIrham on First ave" - set fire to the |
floor late yesterday afte noon. The |
blaze was extinguished by employees |
OF the Peoples Power company before |
the arrival of the department.
Rev. ]. 4. &yvall, pastor of the |
Swedish Lutheran church, conducted |
funeral services over the remains of |
O. F.. Osterman yesterday at the home |
and the church. The pallbearers were |
Magnus Peterson. August Peterson. |
Anton Foss. Gutsaf Olson. Nels swan |
son and Andrew Larson. Burial was |
in Chippiannurk
Mr. and Mrs. John O'NeiIl. Of Twen- |
tieth street. entertained a large num-
Der of friends last evening at an in |
formal housewarming. Mr.. and Mrs. |
O'Neill were former residents of this |
city. and had resided in aherrard |
where Mr.. 0'Noin is the general man
aser or the general store, until re-
Gently. when the family returned to |
the city.