Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
MOLINE MENTION


y. Il. Ziegler. the state organizer of
the Master Horseshoers' Protective as
ISOLATION. has returned from Ottawa.
where he has completed a local or
ganization.
The parochiaI schools of the Swedish
Lutheran church opened for the spring
term yesterday morning. One of the
schools is at the church and the other
is at the south chapel. The attendance
for the opening day was good and the
are that this will be in
creased by the end of the week. Com
pared to preceding terms the attend
ance is slightly better and the year
promises to be one cf the best that
the school has ever experienced.
Misses Esther Clementson and Isadore
Ostrom are in charge of the schools.
Miss Clementson has the classes at
the church. taking the place of Miss
Hannah Johnson. the illness of whose
mother makes it impossible for her to
continue teaching. Miss Ostrom has
the school at the south chapel. the
place which she occupied last year.
Mrs. Petronella Pherson. wife of
Z. l.. Larson. passed away at $50 yes
terday morning at her home at 1888
Seventh avenue. of heart disease. Mrs.
Larson was al years and months of
age. Deceased was born i'm Christian
stedlan. Sweden. Sept. 16. 1882, and
came to this state 10 years ago. She
was married to the now bereaved hus-
band July ~. 1855. One son and one
daughter, both at home, survive.
Fred Borkenstein. a molder. expired
at the home of his father at 1901 Sew
enth street. He was born in Germany
and was 81 years and months of age.
He had lived in this state SINCE 1868
His wife survives to mourn his untime-
ly death. The funeral was held this
afternoon from the place where Mr..
Borkenstine passed away. Rev. Men
nicke. of the German Lutheran church
officiating. Interment was at River
side.
Blanche ID. \. Miller. infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller,
residing at l412 Eighteenth street,
passed away Sunday. The remains
were taken to Barstow where inter
fment will be made.
Eliza, wife of Gust NurGstrom, of
1851 Seventh avenue, died Sunday ev-
ening at 6 o'clock after an illness of
four weeks with consumption. Mrs
Nordstrom had been ailing for several
mnntbS nacaaSad NUaS horn AuU 1 I
1878. at Skefvark. fOrssmling, Malmah
us Ian, Sweden, and came to this city
in 1900. The following year, Oct. 81
she was married to Mr. Nordstrom
who with baby four weeks old. sur
wives her. Two brothers. Andrew anC
John Thorsan, of Ottawa. also sur
viye. The funeral was held from the
bereaved home at 2:3O this afternoon
Rev Bruner officiating.
Miss Margaret Hill has arrived
from Cleburne. Texas, for visit %
a few days at Judge Gould's. Thel
she goes to Cincinnati and from Their,
to the east and will attend a class re
union at Vassar in May.
| MISS Marion Ailen Mdck- udu8Hte
of Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Mack, for
merly of Moline, will be married
"Wednesday evening at the home o
her parents, - South Fourth street
Aurora. to Charles \. Sheffield, o
Florence, Mass. The bride-to-be is ;
graduate of Smith college. Her brides
maids will he Miss Marjorie Allen, o
| Moline, and Miss Olive Beaupre, o
Aurora. The groom is advertising
manager of the Nonotuck Silk com
pany and is Il stakeholder in the con
Germ. The couple will make theil
home at Florence Miss Mack's faith
er is well known in educational cir
cles as western manager and secre
tary of the Prang Educational com
pany.
| Charles y. Peterson. of 1112 Tween
ty-fourth street, and Miss Matilda
| Hplmgren. formerly of Chicago, were
married at the parsonage of thu
Swedish Lutheran church Saturday
evening at o'clock, Rev. {. A. Hem
borg officiating. They were ATTENDED
by Mr.. and Mrs. Olof Anderson. Mr.
and Mrs. Peterson have begun house
keeping at the home of the groom Oh
| Twenty-fOurth street.