Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS
MOLINE

MOLINE
Decided Wrong Lott. d. Metzgar.
rustee, has started suit in an attem 1t /,
o secure to the creditors OF the bank. !
upt II. j. Nelson g. Co. house and
OF situated near Twelfth street ana
Sixth avenue. Some time before the !
Nelson bankruptcy occurred, Mrs. Nell i
son, in whose name the business was
undertook to transfer this
TO her brother II is alleged
hat by clerical or other error, the de-
scription of another piece of property
was inserted in the deed. On this basis
the trustee will contend that the title
and the property is therefore available
for satisfactions of creditors.
O.
Hears from Warr-CitiZens Interest
ed i'm the defunct building and loan
association and people in general will
has received long letter from j. w.
War;, who is now serving time in Jol-
let penitentiary. Mr. War; reiterates
his former assertions that lie was an
innocent man and that when he haf
finished his term at Joliet that he
would spend the rest of his life en-
deavoring TO pay back to his creditors
what money he had taken. In the let
ter he asserts that he could probably
prove himself innocent. should be i'm
plicate others who were greatly 10
blame.
Teamster Overcome.-WalterA nder-
son, living at Twenty-fifth avenue and
Fifteenth street, suffered over heating
Friday. He is employed by the city
as a teamster. and returned at the
usual time to his home. AS he walked
into the house he fell TO the floor IN
an unconscious condition and remained
so for several hours
Search for Mrs. Britt.-The local
police have received communication
from Grand Island, Neb, asking them
to aid relatives there in a search for
a Mrs. j. Britt, who resided in this
city some five years ago. Mrs. Britt
was widow woman with two child
rem, two girls and boy.
Boy Breaks Wrist.-Edgar Skoglund,
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Melchoir G
Skoglund of 1714 Eleventh street, met
with painful accident Saturday He
and several companions were climbing
among the branches of big maple
tree in the yard in front of the Skog
| lund home. Edgar, who was about IA
feet above the ground. suddenly lost
his balance and fell to the ground
He struck the ground on his left arm
and the arm was broken at the wrist
| Want Washington to Come.-Tht
African Methodist Episcopal churches
of four states, Illinois, Iowa. Sou;l
Dakota and Minnesota. will hold THEN
annual conference at Prospect parl
from Sept. % to 2S inclusive. An efforl
is being made to get Booker T. Wash
inaton to attend the conference WorC
has not been received from him ye
! but if he does not come TO the confer
ence some of the best speakers il
the race have assured the officer:
that they will attend and be glad Z
give addresses.
| Obituary Record.-Isaac Corners, /;
long time resident of WATERFOWL. dice
suddenly at his home in that place
Friday afternoon after a short Hines.
with cancer He was ~ years old
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Armand;
Russell and Mrs. Della Goodrich, boil
of WatertOwn, two sons, Clayton Goa
ners of Watertown and Lou Conner!
of Rock Island. His wife preceded hin
to the grave four years ago.
Mrs. Eliza Simpson Dodge died q
the home of her daughter, Mrs. ]. w
Good of ITO Ninth avenue, Frida.
evening after a weeks Illness will
paralysis, during most of that time be
ing unconscious. She was born il
& COUNTY, d., otpi.
1S43, coming to Illinois in 1856 witt
her parents and settling in Moline
She was married to Frank Dunnell oi
Oct. IS, 1858, in Denver, Colo. Sh
lived with her husband in Black Hawk
Colo. till the fall of 1864. when sh
returned to, Moline. Mr.. Dunnell die
Dec. 8, 1884 In 1892 Mrs. Dunnell wa
married TO Ephriam Dodge while ):
Philadelphia. After her husband
death she returned to Moline and ker
house in the old Dunnell residence ii
July, 1907. when she went to live wit
her sister, Mrs. Halle Welch. in Rave
Den Springs, Ark A short time late
she was taken sick and returned
Moline and since has lived with he
daughter, Mrs. Good A week ago FIR
day she was stricken with paralys
while going up stairs and since tn
time remained in an unconscious stai
until her death.