Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-27
MOLINE

Rieord a MolIner-Ed Ricord, whose
name has been mentioned in connec-
ticn with the tar psrty at Shady
Berd, Kan, used II conduct a barber
shop in this city. He left here several
yeals ago-probably 1e OF IL years
and went to Kansas Citizens here are
confident that he i the Ricord who Is
connected with the :a.rring of the Kan
sas school teacher, Mary Chamberlain.
Oop is Poisoned-A valuable Boston
hull dog. the property CT Joe Ed OF the
Grst Ed instruction company, has
gope by the poison route. The dog.
valued at $50 and highly priced by MI
! I'd, was stricken suddenly and symp-
IONS OF poisoning dc, eloped. Though
Mr. Ed is convinced that the work is
| that of a poisoner, nc Is at loss to de-
teTmine VIII; the guilty party is or
" hat his motive for she deed may have
been.
Fire at Deere G Mansur's.-Sparks
from an emery wheeI worked their way
! into the vacuum dust consuming ap-
Darstus in TIE grinding room at the
! Deere & MInsur shop late Friday af-
| terEoon and started q blaze that proved
| difficult FIR the ti-cmen 70 conquer
| The fire wa, confined to the interior
OF The huge collecting tank, construct
ed of heavy sheet iron, and II was only
i.fI er axes bed beer eff ctively used to
make an oLcning that the tremen
could direc, the hose against the
| flames.
Has Nose Broken John Run, a
! Creek laborer emnlo: ed in the Rock
! Island railws.- yarcs at Silvis, suffered
a broken noso ana a deep cut in his
right cheek al noo1 Saturday in an eff
tort to escape being struck by NOV
ing switch engine Run was busily
engaged on the track and at the ap-
preach of the enSi re from behind, he
made a cumbersome zap to one side
and fell face bowman on a cinder
pile. The injured man was hurried to
| Moline and MS wo mds we're dressed.
Does Circus Stunt Homer Crippen,
aged 10. messenger boy for the West
ern Union, figured IN 8 sensational dive
Saturday forenoon tEat would prove
feature attrac ton for any big Ameri-
can circus He WAS coasting down
Fifteenth street hi! on his bicycle,
Y hen the front wheel caved in and
pitched him over the handle bars.
These who NVitnes ;ed :he accident say
that the lad few through the air Is
feet before striking the pavement He
slid 10 feet after hitting the asphalt.
He landed ON his eide and shoulder,
and apparently ESCAPED unhurt. He
licked up the remains Of his bicycle
an! trundled Il to repair shop.
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Money coni7g Fast IF soliciting
committees of Moline lodge No. 1873.
l. o. o. F., continue at the present
rate, the proposed rev home for the
organization will ne reality sooner
man was anticipated. Committees
have been al work one week and Fri
day night thay reported at a regular
rIeeting of the lodge that they have ap-
proximateIy $500 IN pledges secured.
Depot Nearing Completion. 1t is
tie hope of II s. Fristoe and his as
sistsnts in the local Cff1ces of the Chi
cagO, Burlington & Quincy railroad, to
be chartered N the new passenger and
freight depots not later than Dec IS.
Work of completing the buildings is
now progressing so satisfactorily that
the contractors have given assurance
that they VIII be through before the
middle of next month and have all in
readiness for immediate occupancy.
Mail Carrier InJureG.-J. Milton Hart
zel.. carrier on postal route No. 10, met
with injury Friday evening that may
necassitate smputation of the lower
portion of his RICH. leg. The mishap
took place shortly after 6 o'clock Fri
day evening Mr.. Hartzell was driving
his mail cart along tho left rail of the
street car track, at Fifth avenue and
Twenty-first street, and he was not
aware of an approaching car until It
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