Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-07
MOLINE MENTION

Farmer Burns and Hiding ArGahl
have signed articles TO meet at Svea
hall in Rockford the evening of Jan.
Is, at which time Burns will endeavor
to put the Moliner down three times
in the course Of an hour. Burns holds
the middleweight championship of the
world. and makes no idle claim when
he says he can throw the big fellow
in the hours time.
If anybody wants 10 start a Sunday
theatre in the city he can do so. in so
far a. the city ordinances will affect
him. Indeed there are those who be-
iieve that this il the next step in the
progress of Moline toward metropoIi-
tan life. along with open bowling al
leES and pool halls. 1t i not likely
that this step viii be taken as long as
the Wagner remains under is present
management because Moline already
sends Il large delegation to the Rock
Island and Davenport houses for Sun
day night attractions, and the attrac-
tiveness of the local playhouse i not
such that it would draw.
The underwriters of the city have
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent. {. =. skinner: vice president,
Mrs. Kate NJ. Gleason: >ccretary-treas-
urer. l.. O. Jahu-.
~ soon a. the necessary arrange
meust can he made. the savings bank
system i'm the public schools-recom-
mcnded by SUpt. Smith-wiII he adopt
ed. The committee which was APP
pointed to investigate the matter has
reported favorably to the board If
education. and the report was unani-
mouSly accepted.
Niibert Steiner. aged = wears and !
months. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Steiner. of 81 Eighteenth avenue. died
Tuesday afternoon at 1870. The funer-
al was held from the residence this af-
ternoon at > o'clock. with interment
in Riverside cemetery.
Mrs. Oscar LundahI was elected
president of the Augustana Mcchani-
cal Engineer Endowment Fund So
ciety Tuesday evening at a meeting
held at the home of Prof. V. o. Peter
son. y committee was appointed to
draw mp resolutions on the death of
Prof. Berscl.
Members of the Retail Merchants
association have decided that at the
next meeting they will repeal that sec
sion i'm their bylaws which prohibits
members from giving premiums. This
action il brought about by Il change
i'm sentiment among the members a.
some of the members had declared
that If they could not he permitted
to give premiums they would with
draw. They felt that they needed the
privilege of meeting competition which
gives premiums and they brought the
matter to issue i'm the association 50
that il was decided To make the regu-
lation the same for all
The following message received by !
!. W. War; from the Commercial
Teachers Federation. in session at
Cincinnati under date of Dc. 81. |
speaks for itself:"J. W. War;. Moline. /
III. The Commercial Teachers Fed |
Grafton by vote sends greeting of the |
season. We still have confidence in !
your integrity and honesty. You have
our sympathy and we will ever con-
slider il pleasure and duty Ia help /
YOU. !. {. Walker. Sec.
Arrangements have been perfected |
for union temperance meeting To be
held next sunday evening at the First
Baptist church. ut which Rev. Il. r.
Williams. of Rock Island. will address
the meeting and local speakers viii
talk upon the sunday opening feature.
BY Sunday night they will have OPP
portunity TO see how the law Will
work.
John Wesley Rogers. well known
colored citizen. died at 1880 o'clock
yesterday at his home. 1920 Fifteenth
street. after a months illness with
lung trouble. Mr.. Rogers was a slave
in his younger days and served for
several years with the union army