Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
MOLINE MENTION

The club organized by the republi-
cans of Moline will be known as the
RoOsevelt-Deneen club, and the mem
bership includes the republican
strength of the city, and all who desire
to cooperate with the republican party
are eligible to membership. 1t is one
of the regular republican clubs, such
as is formed every year presidential
election takes place.
Five hundred dollars was the amount
cleared by the floral festival given
recently by the Moline ladies of the
Union Mission, according to the Of
fetal report made by Mrs. w. c. Ben
nett, the chairman. The figures for
the event are as follows: Gross re-
ceipts, 5000; expenses, 800; net profit,
$500.
Alfred G. Peterson, of the Viola CID
Enterprise, and Miss Ida c. Wedien,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels We'd
len, of 2410 Fourth avenue, were mar
ried at o'clock Thursday evening al
the home of the brides parents, Rev.
II. W. w AllAAAe5r vi SiASecoO
in the presence of about so guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson will reside in
Viola for which place they departed
today. The bride is we'll known in
this city, having taught school for a
number of years at the Grant building.
She is a graduate of the high school
in the class of 1899.
Miss Frances F. Bergert, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos H. Bergert, 416
Eleventh street, and Benjamin H.
Weber, were married at the Baptist
parsonage by Rev. w. c. Spencer,
Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. They
were unattended and after the cere-
mony a reception was given them at
the brides home for the relatives. The
happy couple will reside with the
brides parents until fall, when they
will have a home of their own. The
bride has a great number of friends il
the city and the groom is well known.
At present he is proprietor of the A.
c. Stouffer bowling alleys.
Preparations are nearly completed
for the annual cruise of the local di
vision of the Naval Reserves. The Mo
line division will go on board the Dor
othea at Chicago July 2 and remain
until July 8. The roster of the di
vision is now full and the same boys
will go to the exposition in Septem
Der.
Austin Hussey was jogging down
when his horse stumbled and fell JUS
above Eighth avenue, catching his les
under his body in such a way that tho
bone was broken. The animal had tC
be shot by the police.
AS the Fourth of July comes on Mon
day this year an effort is being made
to have the local stores close all day
on the holiday and thus give clerks
and other employees a nice holiday,
from Saturday till Tuesday But this
very same length of idleness operates
TO defeat the project and merchants
are, undecided what to do. Members
of the Retail Clerks union are circu-
lating an agreement for signatures in
which the merchants bind themselves
to keep closed all day long and the
general closing depends upon their
success. The clothing merchants,
however. will remain open until noon.
Having been unable to agree with the
clerks as to the holiday the clothiers
met at the Merchants association
headquarters and decided to close for
the afternoon only.
That Molines pOstoffice is a paying
venture TO Uncle Sam goes without
a doubt, according to the prompt at
tention that Postmaster Mckinley al
ways receives when he asks for some
thing. Some time ago he asked the
postoffice department to provide Mo
line with another station to be sit
uated in or near the old Fairmount