Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06
MOLINE

received that the capstone for the |
CampbelPs island monument was ship |
ped from Mt. Airy, \. c., July 80. The |
completion and dedication of the monu- |
ment now awaits its arrival. Plans |
for the gun carriages on which the |
four howitZers of the war of 1872, pre- |
scented by the United States govern,
ment, are to be mounted, are being
drafted in Chicago. They will be built
by the street car company after the
completion of the monument.
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On Way to Japan.-Miss Florence
Wells, daughter of Henry Wells, early
resident of Moline and at one time
postmaster of the city is in the city from
Geneva, n. Y, and is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. d. w. Hunt, and other rell-
| tives. Miss Wells is on her way to the
/ Pacific coast. where she will sail short
4, ly for Yokohama Japan, to take charge
; of a girls boarding school. She looks
forward to six years constant work
without furlough.
Brother of Demented Woman Found.
Carl Swanson, a brother of Miss Jen.
ME Swanson, who has been under the
city missionary's care, has been locaI-
ed. Miss Swanson is the young lady
who was found i'll serious mental
condition and has been at St. An
thongs hospital. Her trunk was taken
from the Burlington station and opene
with hopes of finding the address If
some relative and the officers efforts
were rewarded Carl Swanson has
been residing with John Hemminson,
1906 Fifth avenue and he was imm,-
diately Informed of his sisters condi-
ton. He went to the hospital and hal
her removed to his quarters.
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Will Improve LeVee.-City Engineer
Clark Anderson announces that work
will soon be commenced on the CoA-
struction of river leyee at which
boats can land when the new Moline
harbor lock is in operation. Mr.. An
derson states that plans are almost
completed and that the work will be
finished by Oct 10. 1t is planned II
rip-rap the whole shore line, running
from Eighteenth to Twentieth streets
and place ii in such condition that
boats may land at any place between
these two points. The city will bear
the expense.
Chile; Placed in Oavenport.-Public-
ity to the fact that Mrs. O'Connor. the
city missionary, was in charge of I
seven weeks CID baby aud that she
was desirious of placing it in a good
home brought many applications 20
that department. OF the large num-
Der of applications two were desirable.
The one came from Mr.. West of An
dalusia. Mr.. West came to Moline and
was very anxious to get the child as h >
and his wife are middle aged and have
lnO children. In company with the mis-
sionary they visited the father, an
E then discovered that he had already
given the baby to Fred Clemmens OF
1921 Bowditch street, Davenport.
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Finds His Mues-Emil BOgacrt's trip
to Iowa and search for Maud" AM
her partner, the two mules, did not
| prove futile At Ely small place thi.
= side of Cedar Rapids the Moline man
j, located the two ships of Missouri il
the barn of Henry Oppenheimer, .
young farmer Hank ROadhaveu
who had been sent to Iowa to worf
y, the team had approached the farme
and offered trade. For the team o
mules Hank received four head o
: horses and $50 to boot. Before Ieav
ing, however, he sold one team baci
" to Oppenheimer for 1925. Then Open
heimer traded an old surrey and So
=, to boot for the wagon and harnes
. With the team and surrey and $305 il
= his pocket Roadhaven drove to Ceda
:" Rapids, placed the team i'll a barn an
disappeared. BOgacrt found the tear
-, at Cedar Rapids and paid for the
- keeping He returned them to tn
owner, and secured his mules an
wagon. The farmer is now out $50,
Roadhaven has not been located.
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- Obituary Reeord.-Word was recci
ed by Dr. c. ". Peterson that hi
mother, Mrs. Ida Peterson, wife of tn
80 late J. NJ. Peterson had died very su
:, denly at the home of her daughte
~ Mrs. w. A Cox at Portland, Orc
IN Saturday afternoon. No details of tn
-. cause of her death are known. ID
- Peterson and his brother Edward lie
= for the west to attend the funeral, i,
,s terment to take place at Portlanr
Mrs. Peterson was born in Swedc
and was "a years of age. having live
in Moline for many years at 1916 SiXt
avenue. April % she left Moline ;
al make her home with her daugl
*, ter. formerly Miss Berdina Peterson
and now the wife of DR.. W. A. Cox,
81 former dentist Of Moline. Only Satu
If day, DR.. Peterson received a lette
from his mother, in which she told
&C her good health and how she was G
- joying the fine climate of the wester
:, coast, so the death message was all til
more shocking. She leaves to mour
Dr. c. w. Peterson, Edward and Tan
-, the two latter intending to make the
III homo with CT Ars Va