Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-26
MOLINE

w. Mixter, superintendent Of Deere e
Co. shops, is moving his household
goods into the imposing residence of
the late Frank w. Gould on the brow
of the bluff overlooking Seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-fourth street, as L
result of an arrangement effected with
Mrs. Gould and her daughter, Mrs
Joshua Hale. The residence formerly
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Gould and
four residence properties just below it
On Seventh avenue are part of the
Gould estate. They are heavily mort
gagged, the Peoples Savings Bank and
Trust company holding first mott
gage for $4,000, and Judge J NJ
Gould a second mortgage for $4,000.
The property of the Gould estate will
be sold through the probate court at a
public sale. probably during the April
term. If Mr. Mixter is able to secure
the residence at that time he will
move from Rock Island to this city to
reside.
Pastor Cannot Accept.-O. F. Lund,
clerk of the Swedish Baptist church,
has received a communication from
Rev. Carl Vengren of Cadillac, Mich,
in which he says that it will be impos-
sible for him to accept call to the
local church.
| Another to Retire.-Only a short
while ago, the retirement from bust
moss in Moline wac onpnupoad by w
A. Detroit who intends to locate in the
southwest. Yesterday Peter Kneberg,
another well known boss painter and
wallpaper man, announced that he
would retire from business if the
present plans developed as are ex.
pected.
Had Stolen cIothing.-Walter Brown
a stranger in-these parts. was arrested
on the charge of larceny by the Moline
police. Officer Leppert. the plain
clothes man. was in the pawn shop Oh
| Third avenue when Brown came in
and sold three pairs of trousers for
$3.50. Later he returned with four
pairs of trousers and disposed of them
/
was selling them for a friend The
officer allowed the man to take the
money and then arrested him a short
way from the store. He walked him
towards the police station and just
back of the SHndeen clothing store
broke away from the officer, who
caught him again and then a fight en-
sued. On being searched at the sta
| ton $42.l0 in cash was found on his
person, SO cheap rings and five pairs
of spectacles The clothing was iden-
titled as belonging to the Sundeen
Clothing company. -,-~-s
Saved by Fender.-George Spear
| who attends the Grant school, had a
narrow escape from death yesterday
noon when he was struck by a Fourth
avenue car, on Sixth avenue between
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets
The boy owes his life to the fender or
the car which was dropped by the
motorman and which picked him up.
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Third in Race for CIerk.-Anton E
FrOyd has announced that he VIII De
an Independent candidate for city
clerk at the spring election and that
his petition will be filed in ample time
to appear on the ballot. Mr. Froyd
was mentioned as a possible candidate
on the peoples ticket before the pri
maries for the nomination. but hi'
petition was not filed. His campaign
as an Independent comes as a SUI
prise.
Obituary Record.-Mildred Ander
son, infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Anderson, Forty-third street
died Wednesday of bronchial trouble
The little one was born March 90, 1908
and had always been delicate.