Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19
MOLINE
Turner's Abandon Fair.-Moline will

Turner'S Abandon Fair.-Moline will |
pass through another winter without |
a fair given under the auspices of thu |
Concordia-Germania Turner society. |
Last winter the society did not hold a |
fair, and now the announcement is |
made that there will be no fair this |
winter. A fair was held last winter
by the boys active class, but owing
to the financial depression it was not
as big success as was expected.
To Have Auto Sales Asency.-The
secretary of state yesterday issued a
license to incorporate to the Velie
Motor Vehicle Sales agency of Mo-
line, with capital stock of $25 900
The object, is sale of automobiles, sup
plies and parts. The incorporators
are: w. l.. Velie, Harry w. Moore
and o. E. Mansur.
Will Celebrate Alone.-Grand army
veterans of Moline must plan its own
Lincoln centennial anniversary cele-
bration. Plans for joint observance
with August WentZ post of Davenport
and John Buford post of Rock Island
failed to materialize, and arrange
ments are already under way in each
| of the sister cities for separate cele-
brations.
Peek Operated Upon.-Burton F.
Peek, treasurer of Deere & Co., and
one of the trustees of the estate of the
late c. H. Deere, was suddenly strick-
en- with appendicitis while in Chicago
Sunday morning. He was taken to the
Hahnemann hospital, where a neces-
sary operation was performed. Word
from Chicago is that he is resting very
, comfortably, and that the operation
was in every way successful. Mr.
Peek went to Chicago last Friday on
business trip and at the time was ap-
parently in the best of health.
Transfer Pupils to Make Room
All the fourth and fifth grade pupils
have been removed from the Washing
ton building and distributed in three
other buildings to make room for lis
pupils who were advanced at the be-
ginning of the second school semester
yesterday to eighth grade work at the
Washington building. AS result of
this change. it is possible to devote the
entire second and third floors of the
Washington building to eighth grade
classes. Heretofore only the third
floor and two rooms on the second
floor were utilized by this grade
Ninety-eight fourth and fifth grade
y pupils are transferred-5S of them
to the Grant school, so to the Irving
and 10 to the Willard.
! Obituary Record.-John F. Sohlberg
, died Sunday at the home of his daugh
J ter. Mrs. M. A. Thompson, GA Forty
! sixth street. Rock Island. He had been
, suffering for some time with heart
J trouble. Mr.. Sohlberg was a veteran
, employe of Deere & Co., having been
in the blacksmith department for &c
years. He came to Moline 80 years
ago from Sweden, where he was born
} August 4. 1S47. The deceased is sur
vived by six children, Mrs Thompson
of Rock Island. Anna, Julia. Axel, Os
car and Charles, all of Moline; fou,
J brothers, Charles and Axel of this city
and Otto and Alfred of Chicago The
funeral was held from the home OF
Mrs. Thompson at 80 this afternoon
Rev. ]. P. Miller of the Swedish Meth
0 odist church officiated. Burial tool
place in Riverside.
) News has been received of the death
of Albin Dahlstrom Wednesday. Dec
D 16, in Askeryds, Kyrhby, Jonkopins
Ian, Sweden, of tuberculosis, wit.
o which he suffered for two years. Mr.
8 Dalstrom resided for number of years
@ in Moline, and had many friends here
0 who will grieve over his death. He wa;
= lemployed in the wood department a
0 Deere & Co.'S until June. 1907. wher
g The departed for Sweden, hoping tina
J. change might benefit his health, blu
d since going there his condition grad
s lually grew worse until his death. HI
/: was born in Sweden March %, 1885,
N and came to this country when quit
n young.
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