Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-05
MOLINE

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Paid Fine for kissins.-W. II. Swim
paid $3.50 to Police Magistrate Gus
tafson yesterday for kissing girl last
Saturday night at Central park. Not
that the girl raised any objections to
| the osculatory salutes of her male
| friend, but the interference of other
people so aroused Swim's anger that
he swore at a policemena.
| Rev. j. r. Miller to Leave.-Rev. j. |
F. Miller, pastor of the Swedish Meth !
odist church, will request change in
assignment at the conference meeting !
this fall Mr. Miller has been an earn
est worker, not alone in the church.
but in many fields of public endeavor.
and his untiring activity and wise
counsels have been greatly apprecia-
ted.
Vetoes Although the city
council of East Moline had unanimous
.ly passed the ordinance providing for
a crossing to be constructed across the
railroads at Seventeenth street, Mayor
Johnson Monday evening vetoed the
ordinance, claiming it was invalid and
had no effect on account of an injunc-
ton which had been issued against
opening the crossing.
Busy Month for Police.-More ar
: rests were made during lilly than any
other month since the end of the fiscal
: year, the exact number being 10.
Olson is Trustee.-The creditors of
) the Moline Famous Clothing company,
who have had such strenuous time
: to protect their rights in the stock of
! goods held by this company, met at
the Office of Referee Pleasant yester-
day and selected trustee. When the
: bankruptcy proceedings were started
the court named Mayor Olson as re-
t ceiver for the firm, and then came the
2 entanglements one after another. Now
: that bankruptcy proceedings have been
established, the creditors met and Sc
lected Mayor Olson to act as trustee
1 for them.
Repairing Paving.-Yesterday a gang
: of men went to work on Fifteenth
! street to repair the asphalt paving on
t that street which has been a bane to
r teamsters and in fact drivers of all
: vehicles for many months. The Nc
Carthy Improvement company is do
ing the job for the Barber Asphalt
: company, which company laid the paw
ing several years ago.
!, Will Get Fire Protection.-Fire pro-
6 Election for the east end and the new
n TERRITORY recently annexed to the city
A lis assured. At the meeting of the
n icouncil Monday evening the buildings
O land grounds committee was instructed
o to. investigate how much of the GENE
i ltery ground is needed for the station
d and report at the next meeting of the
;. council.
e Pastors Return Asked-Rev. d. S
n AQdrewartna, who has been successful
e as pastor of the Second Methodist
g church for the last four years, has beer
IS asked to accept the pastorate of thai
s, church for another term.
c. Is Dangerous Crossing. - Yesterday
I. Henry c. Quade and his two small
r children were crossing the railroad il
an automobile at Thirty-second stree
and passing box car grazed the enc
a. of the machine. This crossing is prob
e ably one of the most dangerous one!
1t in the city.
ID Obituary Record. - Helen Charlott,
lie Lindvall, the only child of Mr.. ant
~ Mrs. Alfred Lindvall 1907 Fourteenth
ID street, passed away Monday evening o
e brain fever. She was born April 29
~ 1892, and had just completed her sec
ond year in high school.
Word has been received here of tn
= death of Sigfred Lindell which occur
~ red at Helsingborg July of diabetes
III Deceased was Al years of age, and 1
ie years ago came to America with hi
III wife and settled at Galva. One daugf
ID ter, Hulda, was born TO them Hi
ie wife died at the birth of this daugf
ter. A few years ago they came t
Moline, his mother taking care of tn
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