Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-18
MOLINE

Merchants viii Celebrate.-A Wash
ington's birthday anniversary banquet,
with State President W. H. Joesting of
Alton as chief speaker, to be held
probably in the Moline club banquet
hall, is the present program of the
Moline Retail Merchants association.
The retail merchants organization.
with a present membership OF 166.
will hold its annual meeting next
Thursday evening in Turner hall and
at that time preliminary arrange
ments for the proposed big banquet,
| for members only, will be made.
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Victims of Slippery Walks Numer-
ous-Victims of slippery walks now
number four. Mrs. c. c. Heald of 1414
Sixth avenue fractured a bone of her
right arm. Fred Johnson, employed
by the Moline Pillow company, slipped
of a loading platform resulting in a
badly sprained left ankle. Mrs. Abel
Strom of 3S4 Eleventh street started
for the grocery store when she fell,
breaking both bones of her right arm
above the wrist. c. F. HUT of 1929
ITwenty-fifth avenue locked his coal
house door and as he turned to go in
the house he slipped and fell, break
| ing both bones of his left arm.
! Name Is Martin Rcman.-Members
of the teachers committee of the board
of education, and the secretary of that
board, who the other day forgot the
name of a male teacher hired at a
previous meeting, today gave out the
mans name as Martin Roman of Chi
cago He will come for work during
the second semester and will teach in
Washington school. He has had exper-
fence in the Metropolitan Business col
lege, Chicago and elsewhere. Those
who forgot Mr. Romans name explain
that tho matter was a mere slip OF
memory It seems Mr.. Roman was at
the meeting during which he was hired
and that all were introduced to him,
but did not make particular mental or
written note Of his cognomen and adj
dress. Now II has dawned on Score
tary Entrikin, who has been racking
his brain ever since. The teachers
committee has also decided to hire
Miss Bertha Dusschee. Alma, Wis, TO
occupy position of grade teacher at
s55 per month; Miss Grace Reeves,
Cordova. H., grade teachers at $45 per
month: Miss Bertha Benson. this city,
grade teacher. $40 per month.
Obituary Record.-Oscar Stromberg,
veteran of the Spanish-American war,
during which time he served with Com
pany F, I. y. G., of this city, and for
some years past a private in the gov
ernment's military service. passed to
rest Monday forenoon in the city hos
pital at Fort Leavenworth. Kas., where
he had gone to re-enlist. The re-enlist-
ment was to have been preparatory to
his departure in April with the 18th
infantry, u. "A, for the Philippine is
lands. Moline was Mr.. Stromberg's
home: Sweden his native land. He
was born across the water December
!, 1856. and came TO America in 1892.
From that date. till 1898, when he went
to Cuba, Mr.. Stromberg lived in Mo-
line. He is survived by three broth
ers in Moline, Carl, Knute and Rich
ard.
Rudolph Oberlander died at $50
Monday evening in the city hospital of
pneumonia Last week he was found
in a weakened condition at his home,
1902 Seventh avenue. He had been
without food or attention for two days
and the attending physician was
doubtful at the time whether he
would recover He was born in this
state April 21, 1853, and had spent the
greater part of his life in this city.
good many years ago-as many as 20
perhaps-he conducted saloon on
Railroad avenue between Tenth and
Eleventh street, opposite where the
old Rocl, Island passenger station
stood. He also owned a boarding
house only a short distance from the
station. When he retired from the sa-
loon business he possessed a small
fortune, which dwindled away in a
few years, the greater amount going
for drink, IL is said. The last few years
he had been gaining his livelihood by |
canvassing. He was twice married and |
he is survived by Mrs. Oberlander, |
who was divorced from him, and sew
eral children.