Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
MOLINE

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/ Wyland Track Captain.-At meet
ing of the point winners of the recent
high school class track meet, Guido
Wyland, the al. around star athlete of
the high school, was elected captain
over Will Hull.
Y. M. c. A. in Wall Dispute.-Con-
tractor c. E. Heaps and two of his
! employees, E. B. Cowdery and Nels
Christisen, are charged with malic-
ious mischief, the same being prefer
red by General Secretary John S.
. Freeman of the Y. M. c. A., alleging
| that the men had no legal right to
cut holes in the north side of the wall
of the association building. Contrac-
tor Heaps has the contract for erect
ing A. R. Lockhart's new building ad.
joining the Y. NJ. C. A. The Y. M. G..
A. building, it is alleged by Mr.. Lock
hart, extends eight inches upon Mr..
lLockharts property. For that reason
Mr.. Lockhart insisted on building op-
erations and gave the contractor or
ders to cut holes in the Y. NJ c. A.
building in which to insert the joistS,
and that is what the workmen were
doing when arrested. Mr.. Lockhart
asserts there is nothing due the Y. NJ.
c. A. for the use of the wall as the
building is on his property. The asso
citation wants $1,000 for the wall.
Go to Nebraska to Wed.-Friends o.
Miss Edith Johnson of this city were
surprised yesterday when they learn
of her marriage to Harry e. Perlick
: of East Moline. The relatives of the
young lady were aware of the ap
preaching wedding, but the friends
were kept in the dark. The ceremony
was performed in Germantown, Neb
last Tuesday evening by. Rev. Mr.
, Brakmyer of the Congregations
9 church. The minister is an uncle o
, the groom and had expressed wisl
to officiate at his wedding AS the
h minister found it impossible to come
V here, the contracting parties went tC
his home. The bride and groom re
, turned home yesterday, and will re
>, side ON Forty-second street, Moline
a He is machinist employed at th'
: Siivis shops. The bride is well known
| on the bluff, where she has clerked fo
). several years in s. F. Larsons ant
Karstens grocery stores.
Il Plan for Athletic FieId.-A commit
Q tee of three-Charles S. Kerns, Dr. J
M. Wyland and C. r. Grantz-wc
named at public meeting held Thurs
day evening at the Moline club, t.
a take steps to provide an athletic fell
l. to supplant the field which has bee
n abandoned in Riverside, cemeter
e grounds 1t is practically agreed tina
d the new field shall be established o.
Y the Moline Ice company tract on h
10 river front at Twenty sixth, street. Ii
IA ,vestigation developed that the Cad
4 tract on Thirty-Sixth street. which wa
u also offered for park purposes, is to
:! small, and the use of this ground wa
~ not considered 1t is hoped the ne,
~ park may be finished by May Is, an
to this end the committee will pre-
- coed at once with plans. The idea
=. to lay out the ground according
=, plans drawn some time ago by H. {
- Paddock, the design being similar t
70 Marshall field in Chicago, thong
N smaller. There will be quarter-mil
track enclosing baseball damon
10 and a football gridiron.
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I'd Colored Boy Dies.-Fred Sidne
Foy tcolored). aged 10 years, died /;
the home of his grandmother, Mr.
Dunn, 1917 Twelfth avenue, Thursda
h, night. He had been i'll for a Ion
I" time with dropsy
10 Obituary Record.-Marshall J. Ba
mister of 1912 Twenty-third ayenu
N died Thursday afternoon at his hon
from gangrene and other compile
- tons. Gangrene set in as the resu
of pairing a corn which Mr.. Bannistt
"a was bothered with considerably. H