Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-30
MOLINE MENTION

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The Swedish Lutheran congregation
at Ophiem. near Orion. has outgrown
the proportions of its old place of wor-
ship and is now engaged in building
Ia handsome new church The build
ing. which will cost about $4,000.
will be of brick and the foundation is
already laid. Rev. c. A. Hamborg.
president of the Illinois conference,
goes to Ophiem next Saturday morn
ing to officiate at the services attend
ant upon the laying of the corner stone
of the new building. A Sunday school
fest will also celebrate the day and
the services which will begin in the
morning will not be concluded until
evening. Rev. Hemborg will return
Saturday night in order to fill the pull
pit at his church the following day.
Mrs. F. z. Leavens gave a very de-
lightful musicale Sunday evening in
the parlors of Manufacturers hotel. at
which 50 or 40 guests enjoyed the de-
lightful hospitality of SO charming a
hostess. The rooms were beautifully
decorated in autumn flowers, golden
glow predominating. During the even
ing Mrs. Leavens gave harp solo, she
being a talented player upon that in
strument and there were vocal solos
by Mrs. R. G. Bingham, a brilliant
singer from Rockford, who is a guest
of Mrs. Leavens. Elias Day, who has
so many friends in Moline. and Miss
Truitt his fiancee, arrived in Moline
last evening to be guests of the host
ess for a few days, and they, too. took
part in the informal program, repeat
ing the former triumphs they have
made. here by their readings.
The parOchial schools of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church opened yesterday
morning with the public schools of the
city. The schools are located in the
church and in the south chapel and
the attendance this year is larger than
Hannah Johnson, who was teacher
there last year, is in charge. The
schools have the same hours as the
public schools, opening at 9 o'clock
in the morning. closing at noon, re-
Stunning at l o'clock and letting out at
5 80 in the afternoon.
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International Union of Blacksmiths,
No 4G1. was organized with GO mem
berS in Industrial hall Sunday after
noon. This is Molines first black
smith union since the Deere & Co.
strike. The members are all from the
Moline ShnnC Of Jclo nd
road and they include both black
smiths and helpers. President John
Slocum was in the city from Chicago
to organize the union, and he has now
returned to the Windy City.
A porch climber attempted to enter
the home of A. P Dunderberg, 1910
| Eighth avenue. Saturday night. Mrs
Dunderberg, who happened to be in
the kitchen about 1920. heard a noise
on the porch roof and went up stairs
in time to see a man in the act OF
entering one of the rooms. The win
dow was open. The house is under
going some repairs, which accounts fol
the ladder standing ready for the
climb TO the porch. When the man
saw that he was discovered he made
quick work in getting down the lad
der and away. Mrs. Dunderberg re
turned down stars as quickly as pos
sible to see what direction was taken
and to give an alarm, but she was
too late.
Judge Olson gave the white boy!
laccused by John Garnett. colored, O
stealing chickens a hearing in police
court yesterday afternoon and had t
let them go. They proved accomplish
ed liars. One of them, - years old
who said Saturday when arrested tina
Re had killed three pullets, yesterda!
denied the charge and said that he die
not remember saying he had killed
chickens, and that if he had mad,
such a statement he must have beef
lying.
A lamp exploded in the basemen
of the d. ]. Webb residence, corner 0
!, Eighteenth street and Fifteenth ave
lnue, Sunday evening at about o'clock
and the running blaze of kerosene Sc
fire to a mattress, some clothing ant
books and office supplies stored there
How the lamp exploded is a mystery
1t was left standing on a table in tn,
basement. The women folks were up
stairs. and the first inkling they hat
of the fire was from the smoke tina
came up in a great volume from tn,
basement Mr.. Webb was not at HON,
at the time of the fire. He was out a
the Watch Tower with his boys. In
cluded in the books that were destroy
ed were all the books of the Plow Cit,
Building & Loan association, of which
Mr. Webb was secretary. An abstrac
of the condition of the association
however, had luckily been made on