Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-24
MOLINE

Henry Jacobs Dies Suddenly
Henry Jacobs died suddenly yesterday
at the city hospital. Jacobs was Ill
and was taken to the police station
at noon Monday. A physician was
summoned and pronounced his illness
to be pneumonia. AS the hospital was
| filled to its capacity, he remained at
| the police station till Tuesday after
noon, when accommodations at the
| hospital were available. Jacobs ap-
parently was improved and talked to
! the nurses AS the morning waned
| he suddenly grew worse and quickly
| passed away. A postmortem examina-
ton was held to determine what
caused his death. Jacobs was 45 years
of age and came here from Belgium
He has no relatives in this country.
He had been working for the H. w.
| Cooper Saddlery & Hardware COM
pany.
Bluff Home Damaged by Fire.
Heat from a furnace register in an up
stairs room of the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. H Paul, 1929 Fifteenth ave
nue., started a blaze yesterday that
thu eatened to destroy the house and
caused a loss Of $500. The fact that
the roof is covered with a heavy coat
ing of snow saved the building from
destruction.
Made Woodman Deputy. John
Swim, for II years an employee of the
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing COM
pany, has resigned his position to be-
come associated with the field work
of the Modern Woodman society. He
has been appointed assistant deputy
for five counties in Illinois. Mr.. Swim
is no stranger in this work, having
been more or less actively engaged in
it in Rock Island county during the
last four or five years.
Arrested for BootieggIng. John
Henry was arrested here yesterday
for United States Marshal Trip of
Peoria and will be taken before the
federal grand jury. Henry will face
q charge of bootlegging said to have
been committed some time last year
in Champaign. Henry came here with
his family last June and has been
working for Deere & Co. He quit
work Tuesday evening. Henry has a
wife and two small children.
Death of chlId.-Margaret, S-days-
old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
J. Sorensen, died Tuesday afternoon.
The funeRal was held at 10 o'clock
this morning and interment was in
Riverside cemetery.
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New Construction Company.-A new
construction company has been organ
ized-Gust Ed & Son and Robert Ed
combining interests, the new concern
to be known as the Gust Ed Construc-
ton company. 1t was under this title |
that the Eds presented their bid Mon |
day evening to the city council for |
construction of the No. 4 fire station |
Boom Reaches Seventh Avenue
Realty at Seventh avenue and Fiji |
teenth street is also sought in the mad |
speculation that is going on in the |
downtown district. The property of c. |
Oscar Hanson, 1913 Seventh avenue, |
who owns the corner property on FIT |
teenth street, has received offers from |
three Moline and three Rock Island !
bidders. The figures have not met |
with Mr. Hanson's approval and no
sale was effected. Mr.. Hanson did |
not learn what plans the bidders had |
in mind regarding the property de
sired. The lot is occupied by three
houses and a small two-story frame
building The lot is in the shape of a
with 40 feet facing Fifteenth
street, 106 feet on Seventh avenue and
50 feet on the alley Mr.. Hanson says
that he has not given any of the bid
ders an option. He will sell the prop
erty for $21.O00 This is at the rate
of $3.50 a front foot on the Fifteenth
street side.
Ordered to Vacate.-Not1ce to vacate
has been served by the Moline Pillow
company on tenants occupying houses
along the west side of Seventeenth
street from the railroad tracks north
TO the alley These tenants will move
INTO houses in other parts of the city
within few days, just as soon as they
are able to secure new rental leases.
rhe dilapidated structure viii then
be razed Ultimate plans of the COM
1any undoubtedly will be to utilize the
ground for building purposes, though
plans for the immediate future pro-
ride for the use of the ground only
or storing raw material. which it Is
lot necessary to protect from the
weather. Consequently. no building
will be necessary.