Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-01
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MOLINE


~, secretary of the National Lamp as
ISOLATION, which recently acquired a
majority of the stock of the Moline
Incandescent Lamp company, is in the
city from New York for an inspection
of the local plant. Accompanying him
are B. G. Tremain of Cleveland and ].
A. Landar of New York, also connect
ed with the association. 1.-THE Moline
plant will be continued in operation in
this city, said Mr.. Terry. While we
have acquired stock in the company
| here we may never take it over. We
will not take any active part in direct
| ing operations of the Moline plant
! Present Moline officers will direct the
! business of the concern independently
as they see fit, without consideration
of the association as stakeholder"
| Playhouse Destroyed-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Peterson's little girl and boy
are heartbroken as result of the de-
struction by fire of their playhouse.
The girls dolls and their clothes were
al consumed as well as all of the boys
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sides at 718 Nineteenth street. About
Z p. m. the playhouse was discovered
to be on fire. The fire department
was summoned, but the fire had Sc
cured good start and the little home
was entirely consumed. The play
house was 12x18 feet and was fitted
with as much style as any home.
Boys are suspected of starting the
blaze. Once before some boys threw
rocks and broke all of the windows in
the building. The loss is at least $50
but is small in comparison with the
chidren's grief.
Carrier Held Up. - A diminutive
newspaper carrier boy outwitted
burly highwayman at Nineteenth ave-
nue. and Seventh street last Friday
evening. The highwayman was rugged
out with all the appurtenances of a
desperate, wearing a mask over his
face and brandishing a revolver to
brighten mite of boy. All the plum
der secured was the boys bundle of
papers, which was taken to prevent
him from giving the alarm at the
houses which the boy had not yet
visited. No arrests.
Judge Sader to Speak. - Frank P.
of Chicago, has been secured to speak
before the After-Dinner club at the
next meeting, to be held in the Moline
club hall Monday, Nov. 8. Judge Sad
Ter will take as his subject, The Grim
inal in the Making" He gave Rev. R.
! S. Haney assurance over long-distance
telephone that he would be here. The
local speaker will be DR.. A. L. Hage-
! boeck of Davenport, who has travelled
extensively on the continent, and
whose subject will be, Social Condi-
tions in Europe" The Criterion or
chestra will furnish music and the
usual fine supper will be served.
OVercoat Jack in Cemetery. - Two
women were insulted by one of the
many "Overcoat Jacks" which are in
Testing Moline while walking in River
side cemetery the other evening. One
of the women is married and resides
southeast of the cemetery. and the
other lives in East Moline. They met
in the cemetery intent on spending
the afternoon out. The woman who
! first reached the meeting place noticed
a man following her, and when her
! companion Joined her the man made
| himself obnoxious The women fed
but the man did not venture to pur-
! sue.
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Big Foundry in East Moline. An
immense foundry will be erected in
East Moline by Deere & Co. next
spring, according to rumors current on
the streets. The report is that the
present foundry on the south side of
Third avenue between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets in this city will be
RACED and that all castings will be
manufactured in the new and larger
| foundry in the suburb. A new Office
structure will be erected in this city
on ground where the present foundry
stands, according to the same report.
| Members of the advisory board of
Deere & Co. held a meeting during
the week at which several important
matters were under discussion Wheth-
er this solution of the company's foun-
dry problem was decided on cannot be