Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-09
MOLINE

More Room for Foundry.-The Root
& VanDervoort Engineering company
has just closed a deal with the East
Moline Land company for the purchase
of an entire block OF land lying fmme-
diately north of it's foundry and ma
chine shop in East Moline. The pur-
chase has been made in order to safe
guard any future developments the
company may undertake in meeting
the exigencis of a growing BUSINESS.
TIL land already owned by this COM
pany amounts to little more than
five acres, which together with this
new purchase, makes it's present hold
ing approximately 10 acres. This does
not include the holdings of the auto
mobile company.
To Handle GrocerIes.-Through
deal closed Monday the Fisk & Loos-
ley company acquires possession OF
the w. w. Emmons grocery on Third
avenue. AS soon as the necessary
changes can be made in the Fifteenth
street department store, the purchas-
ers will operate grocery that will be
second to none in. the three cities.
The new line will be carried in the
basement of the original Fisk & Loos-
ley store, and Charles Holmgren-
formerly in the grocery business ut
the Five Points-will be in charge Of
the department.
New Parsonage Also. - Swedish
Methodist official board met at the
church and discussed building plans
for the new church to be erected on
the bluff and other matters pertaining
to the changes to be made in the
church location. ]. p. Hammer, ]. e.
Anderson and Rev. N. P. Glemaker
were appointed a nominating commit
tee, and before a meeting called for
next Monday night will have nomi-
mated building committee to be rec
commended to the board. Building
will be started as soon as possible
after plans and specifications have
been received. The board decided at
the meeting to recommend to the con-
gregation that a parsonage be built at
the same time as the new church on
ground adjoining the church building
The new mission in the east end has
already been started, Union Congre-
gational church having been rented
for Sunday afternoon services, the
first of which was held last Sunday.
Arsenal Soldier Takes Poison.-A
serious echo OF the two alleged mutt
MES of this winter among the members
of the saddlery school for u. S. A.
cavalrymen at the Rock Island arsenal
was heard Monday night, when it is
understood that Private Faul, one of
the leaders of the strikers" of the
snow shoveling episode, took knock
out drops in an attempt to lend it ALL
1t is said F'aul has begun TO travel the
straight and narrow path, despond-
ency. which seems to fall to the lot
of more than the necessary number
of army men of the present day. He
brooded over the snow shoveling case.
and the trouble for himself which was
expected to be the ultimate outcome.
The story runs that Monday night he
left the arsenal and went to one of
the tri-cities where he took enough
knockout drops to kill him. Later he
boarded a street car and about the
time the drops began to take effect he
repented and his living today is due,
no doubt. to the slow manner in which
the poison taken works. With repent
ance came a desire to get help and the
private rushed to the hospital on the
island where he fell in a faint. The
post surgeon was soon summoned ana
with the assistance of the steward
strenuous efforts were used and the
mans life saved. Today it is said
that Faul will recover. 1t was neces-
sary for the post surgeon to work over
him nearly all night as the case was
a bad one.