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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
Notice of Final SettIemeDt-

Estate of Magdalena Hoffman, de-
ceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, l.. F. Baker. executor
OF the last will and testament of Mag
final report and settlement as such in
the county court of Rock Island county,
and hearing on said report has been
set for Sept %, 1908, at 8 o'clock a. m,
at which time persons interested may
appear and make objections thereto,
and if no objections are filed. said re-
port will be approved at that time. and
the undersigned will ask for an order
of distribution. and Will also ask to be
discharged
Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept. 2, 1908.
l.. F. BAKER, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE

Six-room modern cottage, 2sth ST.,
make an offer.
Five-room house on 18th Ave, $500.
Seven-room house on 1415 ST. $3.50.
SeVen-room house, 9Th St. $3,lG0.
Fourteen room house, 10th St, s4.70O.
Seven-room house, 43rd St, $4,000.
Seven-room house, 44th St, $4,000.
Seven-roOm modern house, 18th ST,
$270O.
Five-room cottage, 9Th Ave, 1890.
Five to eight room houses on 14th
St; bargains.
Four-room cottage, 9k St, $1,000.
Nine-room modern house, below cost
If taken in 80 days.
Seven-room house, Goth St; bargain.
Nine-room house, goth St; bargain.
Four-room house, ,21st St, $1,000
Five-room house, 22nd St, $3.50.
$4,000.
16O-acre farm, Buffalo Prairie TWP;
bargain.
S0-acre farm in Andalusia Twp.
Dakota farms at a bargain; crop pay
ment plan.
Lots in Rock Island, from SITS each
and up.
Have cash buyers for one double
house. If you have one to sell, call
Lots choice location, 1855.
67-acre choice farm. one mile from
city limits of Muscatine, $500.
40-acre farm, St James, MO, $1,000.
We will furnish you the lot, build
your house. write your insurance and
loan you the money at cost which
you cannot get elsewhere.
Call on us for choice lots at greatly
reduced prices.
We write insurance in substantial
companies.
We loan money at lowest possible
rates.
Open Saturday evenings.
Office hours, 10 to IL a. m. to
p. m.
BLANkENBURG & RlANkENBURG
Room 210, Safety Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR Neutrality-suspicious. large airy
rooms, nicely furnished, in good loca-
ton; all modern conveniences. Call
at 905 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
COnserYator.s SnIe.

state of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty-SS:
BY virtue of a decretal order of the
county court of said county, entered at
the August term of said court, A ID.
1908 on the application of Mary A Nc
Glniey, conservator of John Mckinley
an insane and distracted person; to sell
the following described real estate be-
longing To said ward, situate in the
county of Rock Island and state of I'LL
nols, to-wit: Lot two CD. in block two
70, In William Z. Brooks Second addi-
ton TO the city of Rock Island, / shall,
on the Sth day of September, A u. 1908,
at the hour of o'clock p. m, sell ali
me interest of said ward i'm and to said
real estate, at the east door of the court
mouse in the city of Rock Island, In
SAID county. Terms of sale as follows:
Cash in hand at time of sale.
MARY A MCKINLEY,
ConserVator of John McGinley
Murphy & Larson, solicitors for con-
Servator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Five-room cottage at $50
TWenty-Second street: has water,
sewer and gas. Inquire at 5S2 Twen-
ty-second street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Real Estate For Sale

$1,000 buys 7-room house, 3rd avenue.
$4,000 buys 8-room house. Bird avenue
$4,000 buys houses, 18th street.
$4,000 buys Groom modern house, on
18th street.
$4,000 buys 7-room modern house,
18th street.
$4,000 buys Groom house. 3rd avenue
$1,000 buys Groom cottage, 5th ave-
nue.
$1,000 buys Groom house and 3 lots.
$1,000 buys Groom house, 9Th avenue.
$4,000 buys houses, End avenue.
$3.50 buys 3-room house, 9Th avenue.
$1,000 bugs Groom house. 9Th street.
$3.50 buys broom cottage. 18th street.
$1,000 buys 5-room cottage, 9th ave-
s2.75O buys 7-room house and bath,
18th street
$500 buys 5-room cottage, on 18th
street.
$4,000 buys Groom cottage. on 14th
street.
$1,000 buys Groom cottage, on 14th
$500 buys Groom cottage on 14th
street.
s2,5OO buys 8-room house, End avenue.
,.s2,659 buys 7-room modern house, on
14th street.
$4,000 buys Groom modern house. on
14k street.
$1,75O buys 7-room house, 14h street.
$4,000 buys Groom modern house, on
18th street.
$4,000 buys S-room modern house, on
22nd street.
$4,000 buys S-room house, 18th street.
$4,000 buys Groom house, 18th street.
$4,000 buys S-room modern house, on
18th street.
$4,000 buys S-room modern house. on
18th street.
$500 buys 3-room house on End street.
$1,000 buys Groom modern house. on
23rd street.
$500 buys fine lot, 18th street.
WE LOAN MONEY ON REAL ESTATE.
Lilnimger & Meyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE = Automobiles; here is a
killing. Every new car on our floor.
irrespective of cost or value will be
sacrificed at $l.109 each; first come.
first served. This includes Dolsons,
Queens Dragons, Waynes, Orients.
and others. All these are $4,000 and
$4,000 cars. The second hand depart
ment Will also furnish wonderful. at
tractive bargains. Look at the fol-
lowing: Ford, 6-cylinder, 1907, tour
ing, like new, perfect condition, top
and all extras, cost $4,000, price 1915;
Stearns, 40-horse power 4-cylinder.
1-passenger, perfect condition, fully
equipped, nothing like it ever offered.
cost $1,000, price $3.50; Wayne. '0S =
passenger. 50-horse power. 4-cylinder,
shaft drive, elegant family car, cost
$500, price $500; Mitchell. 4-cylin-
der. 5-passenger. 30-horse power, cost
$4,000, price $500; Mitchell runabout,
4-cylinder, 2O-horse power '0l, cost
$1,000, price .$575; Duryea '07. like
new, powerful runabout, cost $4,000,
price S625: Maxwell roadster, 2-cylin-
der. 20-horse power, sliding gear,
shaft drive, cost $1.425. price $500;
lective transmission. 1907. slightly
used. cost $4,000. price $500; Stevens
Duryea. 2-cylinder runabout, 16-horse
power. cost $1,000, price $500; Gilmore.
4-cylinder. 5-passenger, cost $500,
price $3.50. We could continue indefi-
nitely. but space does not permit.
Come and see us: it will save you
hundreds of dollars. Don't forget We
are in the supply business: everything
at cut prices. Our tire bargains in
clude new 2SX3 Queen castings. $l2;
new 30X3 Queen castings, $3.50; new
30X3la Queen castings, $16.50: rev 81
X3h Queen castings, SIS; new 30x4
Queen castings, $40; new 32x4 Queen
castings. $2l. Times Square Automo-
bile Company. 1882 Michigan avenue,
Chicago. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT - A nicely furnished bay
room, with lavatory in room; electric
light, and all modern conveniences,
with use of phone, at 933 Seventeenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

IF YOU WANT to buy, sell. trade or
rent anything. engage help OF secure
a situation. the Mail and Journal is
the one paper in Moline that can do
it for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular, and Mail and Journal
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price to all alike.
cash in advance; two-cent stamps will
do Evening and Saturday Mail and
Journal, Moline, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED - solicitor and collector at
80 Twentieth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-"Reliable" gas stove for IS
ut lll6 Eleventh avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
EDUCATIONAL.

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VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation Rudimentary and nigh
err branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
PATENTS.

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PATENT AND TRADE MARK.-Office,
room Ia. Mitchell & Lynde building,
Rock Island James f. Murphy, as
sociate, branch of Moore & Co, pat
ent attorneys, Washington. d. c., and
Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
FIRE INSURANCE.
Charles e. lH@dgs@m
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.
FIRE INSURANCE.
ESTABLISHED 1874.

American ms. CO. $500. Newark, N j.
Continental ms. Co... $3.50. New York
Agricultural ms Co. New York
Farmers ms. Co.. York, Pa.
williamsburg ms. Co. New York
New Hampshire ms. Co.. N. Hampshire
Northern ms. Co. New York
Security ms. Co... New Haven, Conn.
ms Co. State of Illinois -. Rockford, Ill.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. :. Connecticut
ONCE, 1878 Third avenue Rates as
low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
LOST AND FOUND.

pipe; keepsake; re-
ward at Island TailorS, Math build
ing, Second avenue.
LOST-An oval carved turquoise pin of
no value except to owner. Lost at
Tower or on car. Return to Argus
Office and be rewarded.
LOST = One medium size gold watch:
initials engraved on front and 1899
on back Finder will be rewarded by
returning to this office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT - Two nicely furnished
rooms for light housekeeping lat SGT
Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT - One five-room cottage;
water, sewer and gas; 1881 Eighth
avenue. Inquire Mrs Call, next door
west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Good five-room cottage at
1889 Thirty-ninth street. Inquire at
81 Forty-second street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

II the one you want isn't here, tele-
phone the office either phone. These
are just few samples-we've got a lot
more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED-At once, a young man for
general work at Adams Wall Paper
company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-At a sacrifice; / will sell
for cash or payments one upright
handsome Singer piano, one nearly
new Fox typewriter, one National
cash register 5000 pieces of old
coins, six or seven old violins two
Washburn guitars, six clarinets, six
fiat horns, also a lot of unredeem-
ed watches and diamonds; 25 pieces
of old mahogany furniture, four bar
Der chairs, one jewelers. lathe with
bench and tools, Is fine hard coal
stoves and 100 soft coal heaters also
a fine line of steel ranges. Will sell
cheap or exchange same. Loans on
diamonds at per cent. We make
speciality on trunks and suit, cases.
Get my prices and if j can't undersell
anybody in the three cities l will quit
the business. The meanest man in
town. Don't forget my money never
runs out. Find this number and put
the rest of your money in the bank.
1909 Second avenue. Jones, Jones.
Jones, Secondhand Jones. Jones, the
largest secondhand dealer and loan
agent in the whole state of Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
FLORISTS.
osTEopATHY.

E. L. DENNISTON,> d. 5O.--Graduate of
the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo- Office hours, s to Il
a. m. and 1 to 6 and 7 to s p. m. Of
flee in Safety building, rooms EOS and
200. Consultation and examination
free Office phones, new 5263, old 997.
Residence phone 72S-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots ASK
125, corner Twenty-seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or
trade, one acre lot, with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of Z. Thonn, Clio
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

MRS. f. w. MILLER, Masseuse 1906
Fifth avenue; electric vibrator and
vapor baths, body and facial massage
hair and scalp treatment, shampooing
and manicuring; body massage a spe-
cialty. New phone $3.50. Hours, 10
a. IN. to 10 d. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

- Partner; l thoroughly un-
derstand the man ufacturing end and
own one one-quarter interest in stock
company controlling a growing and
very profitable manufacturing bust
ness which has an unlimited future.
/ want reliable man, no experience
necehhary, who will buy the three
quarters interest and be satisfied with
a drawing account of Sk5 per week To
start with. to look after the Office and
financial part of the business, and
move the plant to Il smaller town
where labor and rent are cheaper
than in Chicago. Capital required.
$4,000. Do not answer unless you
have that amount in cash to put in
the business. Address r. Riley, room
POI, No. 203 South Canal street, Chi
cago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-One acre of land just out
Cside of city. Has four-room house,
large chicken house. well, cistern, and
bearing fruit of all kinds. The whole
acre fenced with chicken wire. Lo-
Gated at 1919 Twenty-siXth street in
Campbelfs addition. Inquire on prem
Uses,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; if you are ambi-
tiouS and want to earn good salary,
our free catalogue, "A Knight of the
Grip will show you how to do il.
Travelling statesmen earn from S., 900
to $4,000 a year and expenses. Hun
dreds of positions open; you can cas-
lily secure one of them. We place
our graduates with the best firms in
the United States. Write Cor caliD for
particulars today. Address Dept 1856
National Salesman'S Training AsSo-
citation, Monadnock block, Chicago,
Ill; Scarritt building, Kansas. City;
Lumber Exchange, Mimi eapolis. MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED-A strong salesman who is
capable of developing an agency
force. l have a proposition that is
making good money for all live men
employed, and can advance a good
man rapidly. Applicant must be will
ing to begin at the bottom and dem
onstrate selling ability. The K-R
Company, 81 Wabash avenue, Chica-
go: room 403.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
ExpREss. STORAGE, nus AND CAB
cLAIRyoYANTs.

MRS. w. HARTMAN. card reading and
palmistry. 25 cents reading. at APO
Forty-seconds street. Old phone ASH.
MRS. MARY YATES-Business medium;
hours. / to 10 p. m. Residence 105
Fourth avenue. Take the Blue line
west Phone west 724X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate secur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion L. Swee-
ney, attorney, rooms 80 and So. Mitch
ell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE = Fine new modern double
concrete block house; slate roof two
baths. concrete basement, fine porch,
hot water heat; rents $40 to $50 per
month; investigate this; price $1,000
$4,000 cash, balance till September
1910 at per cent; house, Forty fifth
street and Ninth avenue, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-Lots in Beecher &c Walsh
addition on Twenty-fifth and TWEEN
ty-siXth streets, between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth avenues; city water,
and convenient to car line. These
lots are high and level: nice shade
trees. VIII sell for small payment
down; balance to suit purchaser. VIII
assist those desiring to build homes
Beecher Bros, 15131a Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED-Household goods to move,
store, pack or ship at reduced rates
to Pacific coast and other points. For
the best service at lowest rates write
or call on Ewert G. Richter Express &
Storage company, 322-326 East Fourth
street Davenport, Iowa. Tel. SOS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
LODGE prnEcTonI.
Masonic.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE. No. 81, A. F. & A. M
n Meets in stated communication
IN on the first Thursday of each
A% william B. Petit, secretary
" month. j. w. Houder, w. NJ
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 30, r. &
5. M-Meets in stated communication
on the third Wednesday of each
month. NJ. NJ. Briggs, T. I. NJ; l.. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY NO. IS,
Is. T.-Meets in stated conclave on
the second Monday of each month
Fl. A. j. Mcdonald, f. c.; r. c. VIII
lerton, recorder.
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROI-H
ID. Mack, president; F. Il. Myers, sec
Rotary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
MASSAGE AND ELECTROLYsIs.

given at the homes Super
fluouS hairs permanently removed
with electric needle. Treatment Civ
en- at homes unless otherwise desired
Address Miss A. NJ. Kittridge, 1919
Perry street, Davenport, Iowa. Old
phone 3136.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

MONEY LOANED to salaried people and
others, without security; easy payr
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and method of doing business
Office hours, a. m. to p. m. Tele-
phone north 2411. Victor Finance
company. room 26. McManus build
ing. Second and Main streets, Daven-
port
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED-Men to learn barber trade:
few weeks completes; best paying
work within the reach of poor man:
can have shop with small capital;
wages from $12 to $50 weekly; won
derful demand for BARRIERS; catalogue
free. Moler Barber college, Chicago,
Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED = Able-bodied men between
ages 10 and 30 for L. 5. Marine Corps;
must be native born or have first pa
pers; excellent opportunity TO see the
world; good pay; clothing, rations
quarters, medical attendance free
Apply to DR.. A. L. Williams, 322 Nine
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
LAUNDRIES.

HOME LAUNDRY - Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
- Miss A. Couch, prop. 1919 Twelfth
street; old phone west 652-L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

LOANS ON FURNITURE, pianos, horses.
wagons. etc; quickly, privately, at
the lowest rates. Mutual Loan COM
pany (uninc.), room All, Peoples Ma
tional bank building, new phone 5109.
Phone old west 122.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-A neat. clean, up to- date
high grade grocery and delicatessen
store; clean stock, good fixtures, with
three good agencies; reason for sell
Ing, death OF owner; no reasonable
offer refused. Apply to Oswald Beck
er, lOt East Second street. Davenport,
Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers. Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Fl. J. TOHER & C0.-Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provisions. cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street. Tel
ephone A07.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at Il private Ger
man boarding house; first class meals,
home cooking, nice rooms with steam
heat; bath and gas; price reasonable;
laos Fourth avenue ;oM phone S24-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
FOR Observation-Disclosures

O't HHf14s observation-disclosures %
FOR RENT l Store building at 631
Thirty-eighth street. Inquire at 1910
Thirty-eighth street.
FOR RENT-Ofice room over the Ameri-
can Express company; newly fitted up.
Inquire of E. H. Krell Watch Tower
park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms foi
light housekeeping at 3251a Tween
tieth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED - Your old bicycle in trade
for a new one. John Koch, on the
(MarkeD square.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-RoomS suitable for ngh
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE-A farm bargain; 10 acres,
no improvements. 10 acres of timber
IeVel, two miles east of Cordova, Rock
Island county, Illinois; make offer
Address w. j. LAGRANGE, 1912 Blais-
dell street, Rockford, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT - SiX-room cottage, some
conveniences, faces river near boat
club, two blocks from court house;
1920.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT - Good seven-room house,
two acres of ground. with barn, good
well. and cellar. Inquire Mrs. w.
Wagner, Hendricks street South Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-A large front room, with
all modern conveniences, at 1903
Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT = four-room fiat with
conveniences, at 1509k Second ave-
nue.. Apply to Beecher Bros, 1889
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-A five-room cottage. with
sewer and city water, at GA Fiji
teenth street Inquire at 1903 Sew
enth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-A seven-room cottage; has
water, sewer and gas: large lot; rent
reasonable. Inquire at 1921 Thirty
seventh street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Two cottages on Thirty
fifth street. opposite car barns. In
Quire on premises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR SALE = 1G0-acre farm, fine i'm
provements, good land, seven miles
from Milan; easy terms. Eckhart &
Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms In mod
ern house, three blocks from business
center; board if desired. Inquire at
625 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

WANTED-A lady roomer; room rent
very reasonable; all modern convent
enceS; 523 Thirty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05

FOR RENT-Furnished room, with all
modern convenienees. at 322 Tween
tieth street Old phone west 772-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
FOR SALE-LANDS,

FOR SALE-A section of land in South
Dakota, at bargain. Apply to Reidy
BROS, room 4, State Bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
wANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED - Bell boys at the Harner
| house.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-17
HIS BRONZE IMAGE
GREW TOO EXACTING

NEW YOBK.-Special.- a
West Indian negro who has been do
ing duty as a bronze image at the
home Of DIR. ID. c. White, No. 253 West
Forty-fourth street. has flung up the
job and vanished. and now the Doctor
Is wondering where he can get a piece
OF real statuary cheap to take the
place of the evaneScent young man
from Barbados.
Sometime ago DIR. White, while on
cruise in the Caribbean. saw Sivera.
and was struck by his remarka BILE
similarity i'm figure and skin &c ia
nous bronze image in the Metropoli-
tan Museum. II struck the physician
il would be a novel idea to import the
darkCy as a work Of art and pose him
i'm the hallway OF his house.
The plan worked we'll for n while.
and the doctors visitors passed many
compliments on the gracefully dressed
statue. The image. when me- on show.
brushed his masters clothes. shined
his shoes and waited on the table.
Fy and by the image took to smok-
ing cigarettes and fell into other in
artistic ways. There was howl Of
diSmay from the whole assem- blage Of
whites when the bronze image used
the family bath tub. Finally forbear-
ance ceased To be a virtue when the
bronze image asked DR.. White for the
loan &c his dress suit to get married
I'm. So the image was set outside the
premises, and told TO stay there.