Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-13
MOLINE

Gets Better Position.-C. III. Rost,
who came from the Chicago Offices
some years ago to take the position of
| chief clerk to F. d. Reed, storekeeper
at the Silvis shops of the Rock Island
road, has been made storekeeper at the
c. & E. |. shops at Danville and will
leave tomorrow to take up his new du-
ties. Harry bIurrin, employe in the
store department at Silvis, is to &C
company him as his chief clerk.
| Molders Wanted Elsewhere. - The
continued absence of street car facili-
ties to East Moline promises to bring
Iscrious results to the labor market in
that city, especially so far as the Union
Malleable Iron company is concerned
There. have been received by the vari-
lous molders and other mechanics, who
have been thrown out of employment
by the closing of the Union MalleabIe
lplant, letters from a firm in Canton
n ILL.,, which operates a malleable iron
factory of considerable size. These let
ters set forth that work for all of these
men can be found in Canton. and that
any of them who care to leave East
Moline and go to Canton will be taken
Icare of by this firm.
Singers Coming.-The advance guard
of delegates to the meeting of the west
ern division of Swedish-AmeriCan union
of singers will arrive in Moline tomor-
row and the following day. The first
body of delegates to arrive in the city
will be the Chicago union of singers,
which has notified G. l.. Peterson, pres
ident of the union. that a special train
carrying at least $50 singers will leave
Chicago at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, and will arrive at Moline between
II and l O'Clock in the afternoon. This
is one of the largest unions in the
Country, consisting of eight or nine
ChoruSes. On Wednesday evening, JOIN
r. Ortengren, the director-in-chief Of
the union, will also be in the city anC
he will direct the choruses in rehear
sal on Wednesday evening.
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To Island by Boat.-Captain Jane
p. Pearson of the good ship Pearso,
has risen to the relief of the maroone,
Isummer resort, which has been alon,
in its majestic grandeur since Mayo
johnson called off street car service
Though East Moline Captain Pearson
announces that his busy little steame
and commodious barge will make regu
lar trips to Campbelrs island all da
Sunday and well into the evening",
Accident is PecuIiar-J. A. Jones
employe of the Rock Island road a t tn
Silvis transfer platform. suffered De
culiar accident Thursday. He spraine
one ankle Slightly about a. m. wne
he twisted his foot, but after putin
on a tight bandage, experienced N
pain, so continued at his work. Late
in the day he collapsed, and it j
thought one of the blood vessels of tn
leg broke.
Dewey Hero Herc.-John De Bates
who fought with Dewey in the battl
u of Manila, has returned to Moline fo
a visit with friends and relatives Nj
DC Ddlto 10 al lOl llltl MULTI bOS, d1l
iu has served the last Is years in tn
II United States navy Nine of thos
10 years have been spent in the tropic!
y and he was on the flagship Olympi
with Dewey when he won his sigma
le victory over the Spaniards at Manila.
Il Obituary Record.-Mr and Mrs. Ca
Brodine of 1921 Eighth avenue, ar
W grief-stricken over the loss of their 81
IT, year-old daughter. Ethel Gerneld Linz
IL who passed away Thursday evenin!
It The little girl had only been ill a shol
time with pneumonia
IN The infant son of Mr. and Mrs D
pt sire Cameelus, 522 Seventeenth av
~ nue., died yesterday.
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