Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
MOLINE

Resigns as Trade Manager-P. M.
Price, trade manager for the Moline
Plow company, has rendered his res
ignation to devote his attention to pri-
vate interests. However, he is, to con-
tinue his residence in Moline. Mr..
Price came to the Moline offices of the
Pillow company as trade manager Nov.
l, 1901. succeeding Theodore Starks,
Previously he was in the Omaha
branch house for eight years, two
years as assistant trade manager and
six years as trade manager
Will Wed in Moline.-Miss Persis
Hunt, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
D. Hunt of GIG Eighteenth street, is
to be married to Joseph Jenkin of
Lake Linden, Mich, Thursday even
ing at the home of the bride. Rev.
Henry Harris of East st. Louis, a
brother-in-law of the groom, will per-
form the ceremony.
Sell Controlling lnterest.-The con-
trolling interest in the Illinois Straw
Products company's plant at Sterling,
H.. has been sold for 100000 The
controlling stock in this plant was
held by B. r. Towndrow and Frank
Gould of Moline who sell to Charles
R. White and his associates of Mem
phis, Tenn. Mr.. Towndrow of Moline
has been president of the company
for years and Frank Gould has held
the position of vice president. Under
this management the plant has become
one of the greatest paper mill plants
| in the middle west.
Wolf Killed in .City.-Shooting vol
within the city limits was the unusua
Experience of Charles Henderson yes
terday, who killed one on his propert,
at Twenty-sixth avenue and wha
would be Twelfth street extended
The animal had been creating havoc
among the chickens of residents o
the south side and diligent search hal
been made for the marauder. MI
Henderson discovered the wolf on hi
place and put it to death with 81
calibre rifle. The animal was a *
male. 1t is supposed that the coyot
strayed in the city from the sout
side of Rock river, where wolve
labound in this locality.
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Christmas a Week Late.-The Re
Men will not hold their Christmas el
tertainment tomorrow, but on Ne
Years night. The committee in chare
found that Santa Claus was too bus
to stop at the present time, but will d
so On his return home, so he was el
Jagged for Jan. l.
Circuits Go Wrongful fire alarl
boxes were tested yesterday as r
lsult of a false alarm received abol
lilo o'clock Saturday night All the il
dicators showed an alarm from be
. 113, and there is no such number
the Moline alarm system. The fiji
ladies are of the opinion that the alarl
signal was caused by crossed ele
trio wire, though to make sure the
responded to the call, going to the plal
of the Peoples Power company, fo'
; of Fourth street, where box la
situated. Electric lights througho1
the business portion of the city al
e the down town residence district ia
ed about the same hour Saturday mig
}. and probably from the same cause TIL
/. resulted in the recording of the fiji
1 alarm. Imperfect insulation of wi
i. lat the transformer on Fifteenth sire
Z in front of the FitzGibbon & DeWo
;. store caused a short circuit and d
Iprived many places of electricity.
J. Obituary Record.-Mr. and Mrs. Sa
!. ford Peterson, 1140 Eleventh stree
mourn the death of their infant daug
ter, Jeanette Evelyn, which occurr,
Sunday evening. The baby was bo
Aug. 20 this year.