Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-14
MOLINE

Refuses to Resign.-Rev. B. F. Mar
tin, pastor of the First Baptist church,
has refused to resign, the request be- |
| ing made, it is said, by some 80 OF |
the members of his congregation, who |
presented petition. No specific rea- |
sons are given out Mr.. Martin has |
been in charge of the local church |
three years and has made good show |
ing, better, in fact, than most of his |
predecessors did. The congregation |
seems oil the verge of split. Mr..
Martin refuses to discuss the alleged |
petition for his resignation.
Peterson Again Honored.-For the
lseventh consecutive time G. l.. Peter
son was Saturday evening elected
president of the Svea Male chorus. and
in recognition of his long continued
Service he was made the recipient of
two tokens, watch fob and silver
paper knife. The gifts were made by
the chorus through their spokesman,
Mayor Andrew Olson.
Water is Good.-Samples of water
sent by City Engineer Olson to Ed
ward Barlow at Champaign for analy
sis, have brought back two very good
reports. A sample of filtered and I'M
filtered water was sent, and in the re-
port it said that the comparative
analysis shows an improvement in the
water The filtered water is safe for
drinking purposes The filtered water
shows the following test Turbidity,
none; color, 1; odor, none. Total res
idue on evaporation, 1856; chlorine in
chlorides, 4; oxygen consumed SIS nit
rogen as free ammonia .0024, nitrogen
i as albuminoid ammonia 1873, nitrogen
:. as nitrites 900, nitrogen as nitrites %,
alkalinity 10S; bacteria, per c. c., 60;
colon bacillus, none.
Obituary Record.-William B. Ander-
son passed away at his home, 420
Eighth street, Sunday after an illness
! of month. He was born in Lynn
:, township, Henry county, April 6, 1881.
4 He had lived in Moline nine years.
>, He was married to Anna Olson Feb.
e 10, 1906, whom he leaves, as we'll as
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Ander-
e son of Galva, one brother, Fred, who
4 lives in Arizona.
/ Mary II. Lemon, mother of Miss
| Nina Lemon of this city. died Sunday
at the home of w. H. Cooper in Gle
burne, Texas. Mrs. Lemon had been
! with the Cooper family for a number
, of years, serving in the. capacity of
nurse. Mrs. Lemon was born in Maine
, Sept. u, 1885, and in August, 1852,
was married to Andrew Smith He
} died in 1861, and in 1871 she was uni
, ted in marriage to John Lemon in this
} state. He also died. She leaves one
. daughter, Miss Nina Lemon of this
D city, one brother, A. R. Stoddard of
: Hampton, and two sisters, Dora and
U Victerine.
Mrs. Katherine Wriedt died Sunday
, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hen
, ry Viereich, 399 Eleventh street Mrs.
y Wriedt came to Moline in 1881 shortly
after the death of her husband in Ger
, many. She was accompanied by her
five daughters, all of whom live to
- mourn her going. They are Mrs. John
~ H. Mueller, Mrs. Henry Viereich, at
whose house she died, Mrs c. F. Muel
y Ter and Mrs Theodore Tietgen of Mo
. line, and Mrs. c. F. Mordhorst of Rock
y Island. Katherine Schleuter was born
y in Holstein, Germany. June IL, 1922
- There she was married to William
y Wriedt, cabinet maker, who died in
;, his native land May Z, 1881 In the
20 same year she came to America. Sew
- enteen years ago Mrs. Wriedt chose
- those who were to act as her palbear
ers and the preference expressed Sc
long ago will be followed now. Those
chosen are from among her grandsons
- w. c. Mueller, Phil Viereich, Johr
Mordhorst and William Mordhorst o
=, Moline, and Dr. Carl Mueller and VIII
- liam Doose of Rock Island The flu
= neral will be held at $50 tomorrow
os afternoon from the home of ]. H. Muel
40 ler 400 Eleventh street, and will b.
=, private
II. Eli Theodore, aged II days, son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli DeReu, 1902 ST,
rs teenth street, died Sunday evening O
al commissions.