Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-28
MOLINE

Huff and Ross Club Speakers.-
Plans have been completed for the
next meeting of the After-Dinner club,
to be held at the Moline club Monday,
Feb. II. There will be the usual ban
quet at $50 p. N. with a musical pro
gram, followed by two excellent speak
ers. George Huff, director of athletics
at the University of Illinois, for sew
eral years scout for big league bali
clubs, and for a brief period manager
OF George Dovey's Boston Doves, VIII
talk on university athletics. The
other speaker is w. l.. Ross of Chi
cago, vice president OF the Chicago &
Alton railway. who will tell how rail
roads are operated.
Sudden Death of Mrs. Sara Nelson
Mrs. Sara Nelson, wife of Andrew Mel
son, former member of the city coun-
Gil from the Fifth ward, passed away
at 1915 Wednesday evening. Mrs
Nelson had been i'll for some time
from diabetes, but it was not thought
that she was neSr death. Sara Peter
son was born July II, 1852, in Sweden.
She came to America in 1873 and was
married a year later to Mr.. Nelson.
He survives with the following chill
dren: Mrs. Carl Blomgren of this
city. Elmer, Malcolm, Menser at home.
She also leaves five sisters and three
brothers. Two sisters and two broth
ers are in Sweden and those IN this
city are: Mrs. Alfred Shallene. Mrs
Gus Nelson, Mrs. Henry Nelson, John
Peterson: The funeral service will be |
held at 2;3O Sunday from the family /
residence, and Rev. L. A Johnston |
VIII ofticiate. Interment will be in |
Riverside cemetery.
New Quarters for Silvis Masons.-
Sllvis lodge of NIasons in special meet
ing Wednesday evening completed ar
rangements for commodious quarters
in the pOstOfiice building and the new
adjoining which is to be
erected this year. The second floor of
The building already in use will De
devoted to club rooms which will be
At the service Of not only the members
IF Silvis lodge of Masons but of Ma
sons of other lodges who may be resi-
tents of Silvis and of railroad men
"
IF the new building will be utilized
exclusively for lodge rooms for Silvis
odge and will be occupied as soon
IS the building is completed The
wo buildings will be Joined and the
'ntire second floor of both will be con-
rolled by the Masons. The rental COR
he club rooms viii be $40 Il month
nd Of the lodge rooms $25 a month
\ five-year lease has been taken.
Physicians Fee Schedule. - Physi-
ians of East Moline, Watertown and
Ivis met Wednesday evening in the
last Moline city hall and adopted a
inform schedule of fees. The new
chedule is effective Feb. 1, and of
hief interest are the fees for profes-
ional calls, which have been agreed
n as follows: Minimum charge for
ay calls in town, $3.50; minimum
barge for calls in towns outside the
ne in which the physician summoned
esides. So; minimum charge for night
alls. 50. The charges agreed on are
OF entirely new in the three towns :
D which they will apply, though no ,.
inform schedule was ever drafted be- =
ore this time. The fees are in accord =
18th those prevailing in neighboring
1wns~in this part of the state The
disability is that an organization of
hysicians of the east end will be the
nit of this first get together gather .
lg. the benefit of cooperation and :
difference or mutual interests berg -
Emphasized at the meeting. There
no fr~h+
the three towns-three in East Mo- -