Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-01
MOLINE

Locates Sister.-After a search for
relatives of II. r. Mckee, who died at
the home of Mrs. Mary Peterson two
weeks ago, Fogelstrom & Danielson
have at last been successful in locating
his sister, who resides at Greenville,
Mo. They have written a number of
! letters and were referred from one
town to another, and finally the sister
in Missouri learned of the death ana
called the undertakers over the long
distance telephone. She stated that
she was not able to come to the fu-
neral, as she is widow and has chill
dren to support, and Mr.. Danielson Of
fered to pay all her expenses. While
she was talking, however, she learned
that her son was seriously ill and was
being brought home which made it
necessary for her to give up the trip.
| Performs Double Wedding-A dou
BILE wedding was solemnized Thursday
evening at st. Mary's Catholic church
by Rev. Father ]. S. Kelly. Miss EliZ-
abeth Turner of Hampton, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Turner, AMI
Frank Freshman of Washington, D. c.,
were first united in marriage, and i'm
mediately following Miss Mildred Tur
ner and Henry w. Harder were made
one. Mr. Ward and Miss Harder act
ed as groomsman and bridesmaid for
| the first couple and then the compli
ment was returned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Freshman, who acted as groomsman
and matron of honor in the second GER
emory.
WidhoIm- Olson.-Gust Widholm and
Miss Anna Olson were married at the
parsonage of the Swedish Lutheran
church of Moline at $50 Thursday ev-
ening. Dr. Johnston of that church of
| ficiated.
Obituary Record Mildred Nelson
died at the home of her parents, CAS-
| Eleventh-and-a-half street, Thursday,
after a several weeks illness of heart
| trouble and complications.
Wilmar Kinsman, the 19-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Kinsman of
East Moline, died yesterday after n
short illness of diphtheria.
Oscar Peterson of this city died at
| the Moline public hospital Thursday
afternoon after a siege of five weeks
with dropsy. He was born in Oster
gotlan, Sweden, April 8, 1862, and came
to America and direct to Moline when
but IS years of age. He followed farm
ing for several years. then went to
work at the Moline P1ow company,
where he was employed u years. He
then went into the saloon business
with J. a. Carlson on Third avenue,
and was still in business when he
died.
Peter Pearson, a well known resi-
dent of this city, passed away at his
home Thursday evening. He was bora
in Sweden Oct. %, 1S43, and came to
Moline in 1882. Three children sur
vive, and they are: Mrs. H. w Carl
son, Mrs. Elmer Kneberg, and Albert
Pearson. all of this city.
DR.. V. A. Peterson, formerly of this
city, died very suddenly last Sunday
on a train at Rhyolite, New, while on
his way to San Francisco. Dr. Peter
son left Moline about a year and half
ago. and went west in quest of better
health. He located at Colby, Col, AMI
had been making a success His
health seemed to improve, and he de-
cided to locate in the Golden Gate city.
and was on his way there when death
came. He was 33 years old and was
born in Henry county, near Cambridge. |
He leaves brother, NJ. j. Peterson, in
that town, and sister, Mrs. Harry
Dana, in Kewanee He also leaves 4 |
wife and child in Geneseo.