Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-31
STORY OF 1906 IN AND NEAR ROCK ISLAND

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Wood at Hillsdale few days pre-
vious.
-. Death of Charles Eldred Kyle, age
&C.
IA. Death of Mrs. Jennie Warren, age
67.
1G. Death of David Johnson, age 10
10. Emil Koehler, age 81. committed
suicide by shooting himself
Death of Colonel ElhanOn J. Searle.
age 20.
Miss Sophia Hemmings dies in out
building at home of Charles
Schroeder
20. E. c. Truckemiller. age AZ, switch
man of Rock Island road, killed by
being run down by train in Silvis
yards
%. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Roehrs,
age So
%. Death of Carl Kruth. age &c.
Death of John F. McKibben, former
local agent of American Express
company, at Muscatine, age 20.
"a. Warehouses on east side of Morris
e Lewis junk yards, totally de
stroyed by fire; loss of $4,000.
2G. Death of Mrs. Sophia Eberhart
Young, age &c.
Death of Mrs. Matte F. Glockhoff
age 80.
%. Death of Charles ]. ArenschiId. old
resident of county, at Watertown.
age &c years.
SEPTEMBER.
4. Death of William Y. Morris. age
II years
Ida Chrin. age years, dies of burns
received when clothing catches
fire while playing with matches
Z. Death of Mrs. Patrick d. Burns
age 50 years.
10. First annual convention of mayors
of the state held on call of Mayor
McCaskrin.
Death of Mrs. w c. Pearsall resi-
dent of county for IS years. age
SO years
Death of H. B. Potter at Buffalo
Prairie, age so years.
Is. Andrew Parks. aged So instantly
killed by being struck Oh the mead
by Henry Terry. cOlorcd. VINO is
indicted for murder.
1G. Death of Patrick McQuaid. age II
years
10. Death of Mrs. Margaret Betgel,
age GA years.
20. Robert Earl, son of Mr. AMI Mrs
Frank Earl. drowned while fishing
in Weyerhaeuser & Denkmam's
boat yard.
%. Little daughter of DR. AID Mrs
Gustav Andreen. burned to death
while playing with matches
%. Death of Mrs. Allie Trenaman, age
40 years.
OCTOBER.
/. Death of DR.. Andrew Williamson
formerly professor of astronomy
and mathematics at Augustana
college, at Portland. Ore, age GS
years.
4. Death of George J. Dempsey, agel
Ga years.
6. William G. Brindle crushed toI
death by St. Paul passenger train.
Z. Death of Mrs. Catherine McArdle, F!
sister of Dean Thomas Mackin. |
age 65 years.
s. National Farmers congress opens
weeks session in city
9. Death of Timothy Kennedy.
12. Death of Mrs. Honora Brinn.
IA. Death of Mrs Elizabeth Mulligan, |
age GO years.
Is. Death of Thomas Brown at Bowl |
ing. age Ga years
1G. John Hanson of Moline. commit |
ted suicide by jumping off Sylvan |
bridge, age 80 years.
II. Death of Miss Mary Murphy att
Coal Valley ACE 81 Vparc
20. Death of Mrs. Mary Jane Weiser,
age 81 years.
Death of John H. Beinky, age &c
years.
%. William H. Caldwell. aged SIS,
dropped dead while running to
catch train.
25. Joseph Hayes, one of oldest resi-
dents in Rock Island county, foun
dead in bed at hotel in Muscatine
&c. Thomas Quinn killed at Kellogg.
Iowa. while switching cars, age %
years
2S. Sudden death of Mrs. E w
Thompson, age 81 years, at Spen-
Ger Memorial church.
Joseph S. McKinstry died suddenly
of heart failure. age 81 years.
20. Rock Island commandery. Knights
Templar, celebrated 50th anniver-
sary.
Death of Mrs. Martha Rebecca Gault.
widow of DR. Thomas Gault, at
Kansas City.
20. Death of Sister Mary Bernadine,
former principal assistant of the
late Mother Mary Michael of st.
Anthony's hospital, at Kewanee.
NOVEMBER.
Edward itfio nf naypnnoTf killed