Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
MOLINE

Pedestrian; Icy Walk; Hospital
Axel w. Kjellstrom, residing at 1905
Eighteenth street, slipped on an icy
walk on Fifteenth street between
Fourth and Fifth avenues at IL O'Clock
Tuesday night, seriously injuring him
self. DR.. F. o. Ringnell was summon I'd
and he ordered the man removed 10
st. Anthony's hospital, where he will
be confined for at least a fortnight.
Mr.. Kjellstrom is suffering from a Sc
we're confusion of the head and back.
Fire in Stockroom. An explosion
caused by the overturning of lighted
lantern in the stockroom of the d. NJ
Sechler Carriage company started a
small blaze yesterday afternoon The
burning oil set fire to the wall paper
and generated sufficient heat to SET
off one of the automatic sprinklers
An employee of the carriage company
was repairing a gas pipe, the light
being furnished by a lantern The Ian
tern rested on pile of carpet, and in
some manner fell to the floor. an ex-
plosion following None of the burn
ing oil struck the workman The loss
is between $50 and SIS and was caused
chiefly by water.
10000 Pieces Of Mail in Day.-GO. 900
pieces of mail were handled at the
Moline postoffice on the Thursday pre-
ceding Christmas, according to rough
estimates just made of the volume of
holiday business The record of the
cancellation machine for the one day
shows that between $4,000 and 10000
letters and postcards were handled IN
outgoing mail, and the volume of in
coming matter of this class was equal
| ly as large. These figures do not take
| into account any packages. Acting
under special orders from the Office
of the postmaster general none of the
offices throughout the country stamped
incoming mail during holiday week
/ 1t is estimated $1,000 postal cards
! bearing Christmas greetings were
| sent out during the week by Moline
/ people. The heaviest day was Thurs
day. when $4,000 cards were sent out
The next heaviest day recorded 10000
cards, the next 5000. In two days
during the week $4,000 1-cent stamps
were sold.
To Keep Up FisFt-Moline is to
have another local option fight next
spring. Win or Iose-the opponents
of the liquor traffic are determined 70
keep the issue before the voters and
wage unrelenting warfare on the liquor
business. This much was decided on
at an enthusiastic mass meeting held
Tuesday night at the First Congrega-
tional church. 1t was the unanimous
sentiment that the fight on the liquor
traffic should not be permitted to be-
come lax in the event of either win
ming or losing, and for this reason a
permanent organization was perfected.
''The Local Option Law and Order
League" is the name of the new or
ganization. The officers elected to
lead the movement are: President,
Rev. W. M Story; vice president, c.
S. Trevor; secretary, Rev. c. A. Lin
coin; treasurer, Harry Ainsworth;
finance committee. John Swanson, G.
NJ. Loosely, Harry Ainsworth; press
committee, Rev. Thomas Doney, J. s.
Freeman. A. E. Montgomery; speakers
committee. Rev. Carl Vengren, Rev.
J. A. Hurley, DR.. L. A. Johnston; petit
ton committee, Rev. r. E. Henry, NJ.
Olson, A. E. Montgomery.
Death OF Mrs. Mary o. Hail.-Mrs. |
Mary o. Hall, widow of the late Jo-
seph Nj. Hall and one of Moline's well |
known residents. died Tuesday at her |
home at 1916 Sixth avenue Mrs. |
Halls death followed an illness of |
three weeks with pneumonia When |
she was first taken i'll her daughter, |
Mrs. A. J. Brousseau. came from her |
home in Albion, Mich. and remained !
with her mother until a week ago. |
The prospect of Mrs. Halls recovery |
then seemed SO favorable that Mrs.
Brousseau returned home. Mrs. Hail
was born in Shapleigh, Maine, Oct. IL,
1882 She grew to womanhood there
and was married Dec. 10, 1856, to j. NJ.
Hall whoalso was native OF Snap
leigh. Together they came west In
1866 and settled in Aledo. They re-
sided there six years when they re-
moved to Rock Island. Mr.. Hall came
here in 1873, but his wife spent two
years visiting in the east and joined
him in 1880. They celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in 1906.
Mr. Halls death occurred Oct. %,
1907. having been fastened as a result
of injuries sustained in fall. Mrs.
Hall is survived by two children,
Frank P. Hall of this city and Mrs.
Grace Hall Brousseau. The latter
reached the city last night. The fu-
neral was at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon from the home. Rev. c. A. LIN
coin. pastor of the First Congregational
church. officiating. Interment was IN
Riverside cemetery.
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