Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-28
MOLINE

1 MOLINE
Aged Woman Fractures Bore of
Forearn1.-Mrs. Elizabeth Devinney of
AS Twenty-tifth street, aged 20 years,
fell from a chair, fracturing a bone of
her right forearm. She was in the act
OF hanging curtain at the time A
physician was summoned to reduce the
! fracture
Burned in Gasoline Explosion
| George kretiijos, proprietor of a Greek
coHee house at $50 Second avenue,
East Moline, is in precarious condi-
ton at the Moline hospital, the result
or burns received from the explosion
OF a gasoline stove in his place OF Dusl-
ness. The frame building caught fire
from the explosion, but the blaze was
extinguished by the volunteer fire de-
partment. The damage amounts to
5000 and is covered by insurance.
Ferry 3. 3. Sinks.-The Moline. Bet
tendorf ferry, B. B., sank in Moline
harbor, near the government lock,
Wednesday evening. The boa; had
been tied UP for the winter and the
cause of sinking is not known. Since
the craft is a rather old one, however,
1T is thought a part of the hull rotted
slowly and finally gave way. The boat
will be raised.
Same Officers Continued.-Tne Mar
settles company of East Moline at
recent meeting. reelected the officers
who served before the reorganization
that was effected following decision to
move from Marseilles, ILL.,, as follows:
President-G. n. Peek, Omaha. First
vice president-G. w. Mixter Moline.
Second vice presidents. H. Velie,
Kansas City. Treasurer. B. Lourie,
Moline. Secretary-C. H. Adams, Mar
settles. Board of directors-G. n.
Peek. G. W. Mixter, S H. Velie, R. B.
Lourie, B. F. Peek, John Hoss and G.
II. Adams. Now that the Deere in
terests own controlling interest in the
Marseilles company the intention is to
change to July 1 the date for the be-
ginning of the company's fiscal year.
This will be in accord with tho policy
followed by all other concerns con-
trolled by Deere & Co. The capitali-
cation of the newly formed company is
$750,OOO, as compared with the $780,
600 capital OF the company that oper-
ated in Marseilles.
Fire in Construction Camp-An ex-
citing story of an early morning fire
in a construction camp is told by w
A. Kettlewell of Iowa City. Mr. Ket-
tlewell states that the fire occur. ed at
a m. at the headquarters of mis- son,
W. l. KettlewelI, the contractor who
is building the new road from Moline
to Rural town hall. KettlewelPs con-
structiOn camp is located short dis
lance south of the Moline bridge
across Rock river. Mr. Ksttlewell is
of the opinion that the fire loss will
be $3.50 unless the burns of two horses
prove fatal. in which case If will be.
larger. The fire was confined &c the
ltent-stable, an establishment similar
to the Mccarthy outfit on Twcnty-sev-
enth street hill. The men of the camp
turned out as soon as the blaze was
discovered and managed to check the
flames before the entire tent had been
consumed. Seventeen horses. quar-
tered in the stable, were rescued only
after two had been severely burned
Efforts of the bucket brigade and the
fact that the tent was damp with frost
are thought to have minlm:7ed the
damage. Trouble with lantern
caused the fire.
Ankle Bones Fractured in Fall
Bernard Beard of New Windsor was
brought from his home in New Wind
SOB to the Tri-City sanitar:Im suffer
ing from breaks of two ankle bones
While driving a team in a field near
his home the horses became frightened
and ran away and Mr.. Boards ankle
was twisted when he fell into a ditch.
His wife was a patient at The sanitar-
ium three weeks ago, when she was
Operated on for appendicitis.
Sophomore Entertainment - The
sophomore class of the Moline high
school gave a delightful entertainment
at the Manual. Art building So turday
evening The entertainment commit
tee in charge was composed of Misses !
Cecilia Melvin and Dorothy Pier and
the program included a vocal solo by
Miss Mary Woodyatt, q violin solo by
Miss Elva Jahns, a reading by Miss
Norma Josephson, a dance by Miss
Dorothy Simpson, and a solo by Miss
Margaret Merriman. Dancing followed |
the program.
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