Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

MOLINE

Business Change. - F. J., CAM has
disposed of his cleaning and dye es-
Enlistment at 141S Fourth avenue 10
r. H. Booth of Rock Island, who will
continue the business in the same
building. Mr.. Booth will take charge
Monday and his concern will be known
as the Moline Cleaning and Dyeing
works. Mr.. CAM is not prepared TO
announce his plans.
Rose Joins Deere Forces. - 9. A.
Rose, formerly advertising manager
for the Rock Island Pillow company,
who recently was in the real estate
/ business in Portland, Ore, has taken
up the automobile game with the John
Deere Plow company Of Portland. J.
A. Crittenden, formerly manager for
the Studebaker Automobile company
in that territory, VIII manage the John
Deere automobile department, and Mr..
Rose will be his assistant.
| Returns from Trip; Husband Dead
/ Sad was the Homecoming of Mrs. Mar
tin Mccall of this city who returned
on the 1926 train Thursday afternoon
I
mark, when she was met at the depot
| by announcement Of the death of her
husband in her absence. -Four weeks
! ago, before Mrs. Mccall left Denmark
on the return trip to America, her hus-
/ band, proprietor of the meat market
at 200 Third avenue, this city, died at
| his home here. There was talk of send
| ing a cablegram to Mrs. Mccall, but
| relatives declared against anything
! that might mar the pleasure of her trip
/ home. Therefore, she left Denmark,
/ crossed the ocean on the steamship
/ Oscar II, landed in New York and
came by rail to Moline without learn
ing of the death. At the depot, when
Mr.. Mccall failed to meet her, Mrs
/ Mccall questioned friends regarding
his whereabouts. It was then that she
/ learned of her bereavement Three
weeks ago request made before death
was observed, and the body of Mr.. Nc
/ Call was temporarily placed in a vault
in Riverside cemetery in order that it
might not be necessary to make per-
manent interment until the widows
return.
Team in Wild Runaway.-Men, wo.
men and children were forced to jump
for their lives yesterday afternoon
when a team Of horses, drawing a
heavy milk wagon, dashed across FIT
| teenth street at Fifth avenue The
streets and walks were lined with pc
destrians and several had close calls.
\ crowd of four or five women would
,,
street had it not been for timely warn
ing from Assistant Fire Chief WEIGH.
Excitement ran high for several min
utes No one was hurt. The outfit
/ belongs to II. J. Odendahl, dairyman.
who lives on a farm six miles out of
the city on COlOna avenue. Fred Oden-
dahl, his brother, was in charge He
was delivering milk in the vicinity OF
Fifth avenue and Eighth street when
the horses took fright and ran. What
caused the animals to run was not
learned by Odendahl. The animals
we're not hitohed to a post, but
hitchinC weight had been attached to
the bride of enc of the horses. The
team was headed east. The hitching
weight of 50 pounds failed to serve
its purpose. The frightened animals
continued eastward till they reached
/ Fifteenth street, when they swerved
to the south. For few seconds ii ap
peared as if they would crash into the
front of Benson's grocery store The
horses tripped over the sidewalk curb
and fell The wagon collided with a
large telephone post, which checked
the horses. Both horses were injured,
receiving cuts about their hind legs.
The right hind shoe of each animal
was pulled off. The wagon was not
damaged and not a drop Of milk was
spilled.
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