Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-11
LINCOLN BORN
100 YEARS AGO
Centennial Anniversary Will be Fit
tin9Iy Observed in Rock Is.
land Tomorrow.
MANY PROGRAMS CT
GIVEN
Annual Banquet of Club is Feature o
Days observances-Lesso for
school Children.

Tomorrow, the centenary anniver-
sary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,
will be fittingly observed in Rock Is
land as holiday, and during the day
and tomorrow evening programs will
be held in various places in the city to
commemorate the great work of Lin
coin. Programs will be held in the
city schools tomorrow, and tomorrow
afternoon Lincoln day program will
be held at the high school and exer-
cises will also be held at Augustana
college. Judge c. ]. Searle will be the
speaker at the high school, and at Au-
gustana college the address is to. be
delivered by J. b. Oakleaf of Moline.
At Rock Island Club.
Tomorrow evening the Rock Island
Clubs annual Lincoln day banquet will
be held, and the speakers will, be
Judge E. o. Brown of Chicago, and
John E. Northrup, assistant states at
torney of Cook county, will be the
principal speakers at the banquet.
Judge Brown will speak on 1.-The Plain
Man of the Plain People," and Mr..
Northrup's subject will be Lincoln.
the Statesman" Among other num-
bers Robert Rexdale will read two
original poems, one couplet, "Abra-
ham Lincoln" and the other when
the Mississippi Was Great Highway"
Lnboring Men Celebrate.
One of the features of the days OBJ.
lservances will be the banquet of mem.
bers of labor unions of the three cities
at the Industrial home building The
laffair will be open to union members
only, and in order to secure 4 ticket
the union card must be shown. Prom
linent men in the national labor organ
izations are to be the speakers.
Program by G. A. II.
The members of the G. A. R. and w
r. G. have arranged a program to be
/, given at the circuit court room at the
court house, in celebration of the an
niversary. Old war songs will be
sung, B. D. Connolly will read the
: Gettysburg address, and the principal
i
, Stafford.
This evening Lincoln program i!
: to be given by members of the Siboney
Bay camp of the United Spanish Wa
Veteran and the auxiliary.
/ The day is to be legal holiday, an(
; the banks and public offices will b,
, closed, and the usual holidays hours
, will prevail at the postoffice. There will
be but one delivery of mail and the OF
flee will be closed after 10 o'clock.
VIII Have Tent and Campfire.
The Young Peoples society @
D Broadway Presbyterian church will b.
2 in charge of Lincoln memorial exer
a cises in the Sunday school rooms O
) the church tomorrow evening. The prir
cipal address of the evening will b.
5 given by Major C. w. Halves, VIII
y will speak on war "reminiscences
f There will be tent and camp fire ant
y seated about this members of the CON
S pany will tell stories of Lincolns life
S quotations will be given and wa
g songs sung. There will be specie
l. music including vocal solos by Mrs
n Harriet Chopper Johnston; piano sol
q by Miss Gertrude Schmidt, Waite
Taylor; piano and violin duet by l.,
Il man and Willis Weld, and Miss Bessi
n Montgomery will give reading. COTE
+. and bareback will be served, and the ev
@ ning's entertainment will be mad
!. most enjoyable and profitable.
II Service ut Church
Special Lincoln services will b
held tomorrow evening at the Frs
Church of Christ. Scientists, beginnin
at 7:45. Judge R. w. Olmsted will d
r. liver the principal address and Mis-
May Esther Plumb will sing sever;
re solos. The public will be welcome i
IS the exercises.
RI The Association Helpers of the Y. \
d c. A. have planned little celebrate
in honor of Lincoln, and this evenin
2, they will enjoy a banquet at the ass
citation parlors. Following the ba
n quet a number of the ladies will 81,
short talks on Lincoln and his lif
z, Mrs. Frank Corcoran will act as toas
mistress for the evening.
EXERCISES IN THE SCHOOLS.