Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-16
MOLINE
Needle Two Years in eody-A needle

| Needle Two Years in Body.-A needle
swallowed two years ago by baby boy
of the Andover orphans home has just
been removed from the child's thigh
! The boy is 8 years old. and 1t was TWO
years ago when attendants in the nome
| discovered that the baby had swallow
/ ed something. though efforts to ascer-
tain what it was proved futile. For
| long time the baby was sickly and ply
| sicians were unable to diagnose the
| case Then suddenly the child began
| to improve Lately, however, the boy
would cry from pain when one OF his
thighs was touched Finally one OF the
! attendants took the child to Cambridge
and an examination was made by
physician. He became convinced that
there was a foreign substance IN the
| thigh and by pressure he forced the
| needleft to the surface. The needle is
medium sized and was black when re-
moved from the childs' body. The
needle had worked through the lining
of the stomach and was evidently on
its way to the surface when extracted
by the physician.
Forty-One Petitions Issued. - From
present indications a galaxy of candi-
dates will line up at the scratch on pri-
mary day for the initial heat in the
sprint for the Offices of mayor and COM
missioner. Two men already have an
nounced that they are in the race.
Others are circulating petitions and
the next two weeks will see the squad
greatly enlarged. Thus far City Clerk
Oldefest has issued Al petition blanks,
and in this connection 1t is explained
that the law does not state who shall
issue the blanks. The city clerk sup
posed that the city would be called
upon to issue them, and acting under
this impression, he ordered number
printed. Then he discovered that the
city had nothing to do with the matter
and that unless he could dispose of the
blanks he was "stung." He has placed
the blanks on the market at sum suf-
ficient to let him break even on the
deal. So far the sale has been rather
brisk It is impossible, however, to
tell who will be the candidate when
the certificate is issued. A stranger
allied at the Office Wednesday evening
and bought 10 blanks August Paul
son purchased three Saturday and Os-
car Abraham purchased two.
Dies Entering HospitaI.-While be-
ing carried into the city hospital here
on a street chair Saturday night at 7
o'clock, Victor Peterson, aged SO years,
a plasterer, died of pneumonia. He
had been ailing for weeks and was TAX
en- to the hospital in the ambulance
AS he was being moved from the am
bulance to his bed, he succumbed. The
deceased has been a resident of Moline
about 90 years. He came here when
a lad from Sweden and has since work
ed here. His mother and father died
several years ago. He is survived by
two brothers, John, brick layer, and
Gula, laborer. Victor was single.
He has been rooming and boarding at
the residence of Mrs. Johanna Berg,
1903 Il Seventh avenue, for the past
year
Obituary Record.-Joseph p. Harti-
jens, aged weeks, died Saturday at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Hartijens, 1852 Ninth street.
Mr. and Mrs Hartijens lost a 3-year-
old son 10 months ago. Joseph is sur
vived by two brothers.
Peter Anderson of Columbus juno
ton died of liver trouble in the city
hospital. He was So years old and
came here two weeks ago for treat
ment. The remains have been sent to
Columbus Junction for interment.