Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-03

MOLINE

DR.. Winship at Commencement
DR.. A. E Winship editor Of the EdN
cational Journal of Boston, who re-
Gently delivered a lecture In this city
under auspices Of the teachers in the
Moline public schools, has been Sc
cured to deliver the commencement
address before the high school grad
yates of the class of 1910. Commence
ment exercises will be held Friday,
June 8, probably in the First Congrs-
gational church. At a meeting of the
board of education it was reported
that DR.. Winship had been secured.
Routine business was transacted at
the meeting, bills amounting to ST.
566.S3 were allowed leaves OF absence
were granted toA three teachers, and
contracts for new teachers were APP
proved. Contracts are with these
teachers, who started work with the
opening Of the new. school semester:
Charles H. Bowers of Toledo, who
succeeds w. G. Shearer in the manual
training department. salary $75 a
month. Grace Griffith of Silvis, grade
work, 500 a month. Rose Holland,
grade work. $40 month. Hulda JAMS
sen, kindergarten assistant, $40 a
month. Luella Jones, acting kinder
garten director at the Irving school,
$50 a month. Miss Jones succeeds
Miss Florence White, who is granted
a leave of absence that she may take
advanced work in kindergarten
courses at a Chicago school Another
of those granted a leave of absence,
Miss Mabel Creutz. has also gone 70
the Chicago school Miss Florence
Kneberg, the third of those granted
leave of absence, will rest in the hope
that she may improve her health.
Mabel Lundberg, acting kindergarten
at Seventh street school, $45
a month. Sarah Montgomery, grade
work, $50 a month
Grows Fat Lemon In WInter.-Jo-
seph Cloidt of Hampton brought to
the city a curiosity in the shape of a
lemon grown on his own lemon tree,
and a splendid specimen it was. The
fruit measured Is inches around and
II inches in circumference length
wise, and while not fully ripe, ap-
peared to have reached its growth.
The lemon tree from which the fruit
was picked is now in a tub in the
Cloidt kitchen, and is about year and
a half old. It's first yield of fruit was
this fall. and there were three lemons
on its branches. the other two not
being quite as large as the one seen
yesterday. There are two trees in the
Cloidt lemon grove and in the summer
the tubs in which they grow are set
out in the yard. Mr.. Cloidt is plan
ming to experiment. further with thS
fruit which is supposed to be Guilt
waited only in Florida and California,
and expects next year to have even
finer specimens and certainly more
of them.
Sixth Avenue to Have New Store
Plans for the building that will be
erected this year by F. P. Styvaert,
of the Reliable Tea CON-
pany, have been completed. The build
ing will stand on the property at 1411
Sixth avenue. owned by Mr.. Styvaert. |
It will be two stories in height and of
brick construction. TIL" ground di-
mansions are 32xS5 feet .Ir. Styvaert !
will occupy the ground floor and the
basement. The second floor viii be
divided into three flats. The building
will be erected as soon as possible. |
Mr.. Styvaert expects to move from
the Kracke building by June 1. The |
new building will cost between S10- |
300 and $4,000. A house that stands |
on the lot will be torn down.
Record Price for Realty. - A new
high mark on the value of Fifth ave- |
hue realty was established when G. |
Henry and George w. Sohrbeck sold |
their property on the north side of the /
avenue, between Fifteenth and Six
tenth streets. The consideration was |