Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-29
MOLINE

Ask Return of Pastoral request for
the reassignment Of Rev. j. w. Ed
wards to the pulpit of the First Meth
odist church will be made OF the cen
trail Illinois conference at Canton,
which convenes Sept 8. Action to this
effect was taken at the fourth quarter
ly conference of the First Methodist
church Monday evening, the member
ship thus voicing appreciation of the
, faithful and capable service of the
, present pastor. Mr. Edwards has serv-
ed the local church two years, and by
/ unanimous action the appeal to Bish-
| OPP Berry for his reassignment was
voted. Other business transacted at
| the quarterly meeting of church mem
bers was of routine nature.
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Merchants Plan Picnic.-All arrange
ments have been completed for the an
nual picnic of the retail merchants to
be held on Campbell's island Aug. IL.
There will be music by the Light
Guard band and trap shooting for pro-
lfessionals and amateurs. Lawn tennis
and croquet may be played all day,
and a grand program of sports has
been scheduled.
Duffy Will Recover.-George Patrick
Duffy of Cincinnati, who lost both legs
under the wheels of cars in Silvis
yards last week, will recover. No hope
was entertained for his recovery, for
two days by the doctors in attendance.
A deposition was even taken by Cor
oner Eckhart from j. S. Catlin, tran
silent and the only witness of the acct
dent, for use at a prospective inquest
Duffy, however, has displayed great
recuperative power. He has rallied
, from the shock and DR.. Arp is now
!, confident that the man will live. He
is still at the city hospital, where he
will be confined for several weeks.
Buy Freeport Plant.-A. c. Barber
trade manager of the Moline Pillow
: company, has closed a deal with the
trustees of the defunct Robinson Man
ufacturing company of Freeport fol-
the purchase of its complete plant and
equipment for a consideration of $50,
J 000 AS soon as the sale is approved
: by the referee in bankruptcy, worl
J will be started by the Moline Pillow
company and eventually 200 men will
be employed. The plant will be rur
in connection with the Henney Bugg!
company of FreepOrt, which is owned
2 by the Moline Pillow company. Heav!
2 vehicles will be manufactured This i:
: the contamination of deal which wa:
first definitely considered when a par
Y ty of officials of the Moline Plow com
+ pany visited Freeport week ago Sun
!, day. The factory has been shut dowr
S ever since its chief owner, J. L. Rob
t irson, succumbed to the money strin
!. gency of last fall. Up to the time o
! lhis bankruptcy Mr.. Robinson was =;
a stakeholder in and officer of the Mu
r tual Wheel company of Moline.
:, Go North In Boat.-Aboard thu
Deere houseboat which left port Mon
y day for St Paul were Mrs. Deere, MI
i and Mrs. Butterworth, w. d. Wiman
:. Dwight and Charles Wiman, with tw,
u school friends of the latter, Miss Nc
e Shane and Miss Daisy Taylor. The,
have accommodations aboard the con
voying steamer for both the electro
auto and their big touring car, SO tina
!, they are provided with ideal means O
getting about whenever they tie u
y to shore.
81 Back From Tour.-W. H. Van Del
Il WORT, president of the Moline Automo
q bile company, has returned from az
+ lcompanying the Moline company's ca
in the Glidden tour. He is great
a pleased over the success of the tou
as an event of national interest an
IS Importance in the world of the auto
h mobile, and with the performance c
v the Model X Moline car in particula
"Tha unfortunate accident" said h,
d ito one of the cylinders of our m;
k chine which occurred within five mile
e of Harrisburg, on the fourth day of th
run, necessitated the putting on of
y new pair of cylinders, which, accor,
er ing to the rules of the contest, di
g qualified the Moline car as a contes
lie ant. shifted core in one of the cy