Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
MOLINE

Blakemore in Business.-Herbert =.
Blakemore. former circuit court re-
porter in Rock Island county, intends
to open an abstracting Office in Moline.
A company will be incorporated
shortly.
In Peculiar Accident.-John A. Fors-
berg, living at 314 Sixth street and
janitor of the Erickson school, had his
hand badly smashed Saturday after
noon. While riding along Fourth ave
nue. near Fourteenth street on his BIZ
cycle, where the street is torn PIP in
passing a wagon he got between the
street car track and the wagon. He
rode SO near to the wagon that it
struck him, knocking him off his
bicycle. AS he fell he reached out his
hand to save himself and got it under
wheel The two middle fingers If
the right hand were badly mashed and
the palm of the hand split open.
Get Negro as Peeper.-Chester Kelso
a tall 17-year old nego. was arrested
Sunday on information filed by some
girls residing on the bluff in this city,
and who claim to have been annoyed
by him for over a year. Last Friday
evening the fellow was discovered be-
hind fence near the young ladies'
window. and couple of young men
with whom the girls had just arrived
home gave chase but were unable to
catch the fellow A good description
was gained of him, however, and he
was arrested
Merchants on Outing.-This morning
the steamer w. w. took the local mer-
chants and their families to Clinton,
the occasion being the annual excur-
sion of the Retail Merchants associa-
ton The boat left Moline at O'Clock
arriving in Clinton at IL o'clock. At
stay of three and one-half hours will
be made in Clinton. during which time
the Moliners will be the guests of the
arriving in Clinton at IL o'clock A
will start on the homeward trip, arriv-
ing in Moline at $50 About 600 made
the trip.
Burglars Take Part of Stock.-Burs-
lars broke into the store of John Ull
marks on bridge lane near the Rock
river bridge Saturday night and stole
| $40 worth of cigars from the place
Even though they were burglars, Mr..
Ullmarks says they were really con-
siderate to him. leaving him little
stock for his usual Sunday business
They left a box of 100 cigars which
was in open sight and they could just
as well have taken that but did not
for some reason.
Obituary Record. - News of the
death of Jonn VanLuvanee, which &C
CURED July aS at the home of his son
John w, at Greenville Cal, has ju st
been received here by relatives and
/ friends Mr.. VanLuvanee was for
years resident of Moline, and was
| well known here Intirmities of age
caused death. Mr.. VanLuvanee was
born in Pennsylvania Feb 9, 1929. and
settled in Moline in 1868, immediately
entering the employ of John Deere as
foreman in the wood department He
resided here till 1883, when he went tc
| California. He remained in Califpr
mia but a short time, then returning
as far as Omaha. where his wife and
son joined him They lived in Omaha
three years and then returned to Cali
fornia, where father and son engaged
in the oyster business. Four years age
Mr.. and Mrs VanLuvanee returned &c
| Moline to visit their two daughters
and they remained till year ago last
April, when Mr. VanLuvanee's health
again failed him and he returned e
California. Beside his aged widow h5
is survived by four children: Mrs
Charles Hunt of this city, Mrs. Franz
Beatty of East Moline, Mrs John Far
rand of San Francisco and John w
lat Greenville. Fifteen grandchildren
and 10 great grandchildren also sur
vive.
Morris Ludwig, 6-weeks-old son G
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Nyquist, 1S4I
Twelfth avenue, died Sunday Afternoon
after an illness of several weeks witt
yellow jaundice
When knowledge Is Valuable.