Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-10

George F. Townsend and George A.
Ford; trustees. A B. Williams. J. E
Mitchell, c. L. Nelson. and Ross Rich
ards.
Charles Vandeman, residing on the
Colona road, in Hampton township.
died Saturday morning OF stomach
trouble at the age of 46 years He
had lived in America u years. A wife |
and five children survive. The funeral |
was held at $3.50 today from St. Mary's |
church. Interment in East Moline.
Members of the Svea chorus are |
tired of the Deere & Co. hose house as
meeting place and are casting abut |
for a permanent home. The hose
house has served a good purpose while |
the chorus have not been in financial
shape to incur the expense of renting
quarters. But as the chorus has grown
in membership and advanced in age, 1t
| has become stronger financially and a
step toward the rental of a hall will be
taken at once Notice 10 all members
| of a meeting TO be held Tuesday Tues
| day evening has been issued and tbs
advisability of renting hall in the
| Rosenstein block on the corner of Fifth
avenue and Fifteenth street will be dis
| cussed Chances are that the hall will
| be rented as a permanent home. and
| that il will not only be used for the
| usual practice. but that it will be fur
nished as club for members as Wen
| +. W. GOuld'S new residence TO be
built on the brow of the bluff between
! Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth streets
will command one of the finest views
in the three cities and possibly the
country. The site is now being graded
and five hundred yards of spacious
grounds will surround the new home.
| There will be a rolled terrace extend
ing to the northeast and the home viii
face in that direction, giving command
of the Mississippi river, the broad en-
panse of Iowa territory on the opposite
side. Watertown, East Moline, Rock
Island and Davenport in the distance.
At the Woman's club meeting Satur-
I day afternoon at the First Baptist
church, 62 names were voted upon
making the total membership now 49,.
The club has announced its program
for the year showing the dates and the
general subjects as follows: Oct. s.
Our Public Schools: Nov. u. Thanks
giving: Dec. >, Open meeting-The
Preventability and Durability of Pull
monary tuberculosis and the Duty of
the State and the Individual Citizen
in Relation Thereto. DR.. William E.
Quine. president Illinois State Medi
cal society; Dec 10. Philanthropy; ian
nary. open meeting. Civil Service; Jan.
II. Art: Feb. II. Music; March II. Civil
3 Betterment: April s. Domestic Science;
May, Annual meeting.
Republicans of East Moline will hold
their first fiag-raising campaign rally
this evening and the Moline clubs
, will participate. The East Moline
marching club participated DIN the
Deneen rally here the other evening
; with a representation of some 90
strong for the parade, one of the lar8~
) est bodies of men in the great pageant.
The East Moliners will unfurl their
flag on the corner of Fifth avenue
and Ninth street and l.. NJ. Magill OF
this city. and J. X. Scott and R. B.
Olmstead of Rock Island. will be the
speakers. The Watertown band will
be on hand to furnish the music; the
Watertown marching club, the First
Voters club and one or two of the
ward clubs of this city.
O.
Deere & Co.'S large plant is now
fully equipped with a fire alarm sys-
TEN. The work of installing this sys-
tenn has been going on for some time
!. and was completed Friday evening.
The wires are strung from the factory
to the Central fire station. where there
is a private alarm box. With this sys
I, TEN installed Deere & Co. has perhaps
the most complete one in the tri-cities.
In the plant is to be found "a alarm
: boxes placed in every conspicuous
place. When an alarm is turned in it
will sound five times before caasing.
making it impossible for the depart
ment TO make mistake. The alarm
ais designates in what part of the shop
! the fire is. on what floor and what
; gate for the department to enter. If an
} alarm sounded No. II the department
would know Immediately that the fire
was in the wood shop on the third
| floor and that they were to enter
| through gate No. ;.