Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
DAVENPORT

May Make Cans Here.-President
Belford of the American Corn Products
company, otherwise known as the glu-
cose trust, says that his company will
build can making plant in Davenport
of a capacity of 10000 cans daily. The
statement is taken as indicating the
intention of the glucose company toi
make the cans it uses at its plant here.
AT present it obtains them from the
local plant of the American Can COM
pany, which turns out an average of
100000 daily.
Says He Threatened to kilI.-Mrs.
Theresa Hass is suing her husband,
Fritz Hass. for divorce, and in her pc
tition, which Attorney b. T. O'Neil
filed in the office of County Clerk Har
ry Mcfarland yesterday. she charges
him with threatening to kill her daugh-
ter by a former husband, brandishing
curtain pole over her head as the
threat was made. She says he beat the
daughter without the slightest provo
cation. She charges him with drunken
ness. and asks for divorce. alimony
of $40 per week. and a restraining or
der to prevent him from drawing his
money from the bank. They were mar
ried Aug. ,, 1900.
Nurse Falls Down Stairs Mrs.
Meier 513 West Thirteenth street,
while nursing at the home of A A.
Westlund. ga West Eleventh street
met with very painful accident yes
terday. At curve in the stairway
Mrs. Meier slipped and lost her bal
ance She fell forward and sustained
a severe fracture of the right leg.
Buys Valuable corner.-The most
noteworthy real estate transaction of
the past week is the sale of the Doyle
Munro drug store corner, formerly the
Nader store. at Fourth and Brady
streets. 1t has been owned by the
PendletOH estate since the days of the
extensive PendletOn-GaylOrd interests
here, which included the Davenport
Gas works and electric lighting plant
of 10 to 20 years ago. Joseph Ochs is
the purchaser of the corner, for $780,
$50 and is understood to represent out
Of-town parties to whom the invest
ment looked attractive.
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Motorman Sues Thomas L. Stew
art, the motorman whose car was crush
ed near the Sixth and Warren street
switch March %, has begun action
against the Tri-City Railway company,
asking judgment for $4,000 for per
sOnal injuries received. The action is
brought through the firm of Ely &
Bush. The car which Stewart was op.
Grating was run into by another car
the motorman of which was blinded by
the sunlight Stewart was caught in
the vestibule and crushed. his hip be.
ing hurt and his body being badly
bruised. The pain, the mental anguish
the loss of time, and medical services
the injured man declares are worth
$4,000.
Obituary Record.-Henry Edzards q
saloon keeper, dropped suddenly dead
yesterday at his home in the fiat above
his place of business at 707 West Sec
o'clock, and was dressing himself wher
the stroke came, and he fell without
warning to the floor. He expired al
most Immediately. A wife and an in
FAINT daughter. Leonora aged weeks
survive Mr. EdZards' death. He was
born in Reepsholt, Germany, and came
to America when IS years old. He hat
resided in Davenport for four years
and was about 81 years of age.
Ernest NJ. Lamer died Thursday af
ternoon at 205 West Second street
from tuberculosis. He was born Nov
Il, 1880. His wife and mother ,wer,
with him at the time. and are his soil
survivors. The body was shipped t,
Eldora, Iowa, for interment