Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12

relatives. Mrs. Rowley has spent the
winter here with her daughter. Mrs.
E. r. Petrie and family.
Mrs. P. Ringdall and granddaugn-
ter, Hope Stevens, went ito Keiths-
burg Friday to visit few days at the
home of A. Ringdall and family.
Mrs. c. A. Clark of Sherrard spent
Friday in Aledo, attending the school
of instruction. She accompanied
Mrs. A f. Crapnell to Joy in the
evening to spend Easter there.
Miss Mary Mathews of Rushville,
H., came Friday to visit at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. c. L. Gregory. Mrs.
Gregory returned Friday from a few
days visit in Galesburg.
| Miss Emma Craig concluded her
weeks work in art IN the Aledo
schools, leaving Friday for her homo
/ in Kirkwood. Miss Craig also
teaches in the schools of Knoxville
and Geneseo.
Miss Ruth Wright was a visitor in
! Galesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Judson of
Galesburg were called to Aledo Sun
Gay by the death of o. NJ Bartlett
Charles Bartlett of Long Beach, Cal,
arrived home Sunday, being. called
by the illness and death of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Venable re-
turned Saturday from Florida, where
they spent the winter season.
Hon. and Mrs. Abbey of Biggsville
Saturday vie N
William Bjorkman and family ar
rived here from Rock Island Satur-
day to spend a few days with Aledo
relatives.
Mrs. HOughton of Hiawatha, Kan,
who was called to Aledo by the ILL
ness and death of her sister, Mrs. NJ.
Terry, left Saturday for a short visit
in Joy before going on to her home.
Mrs. ]. II. Harrison of Keithsburg
returned home Saturday after a few
days visit here with her daughter,
Mrs. J. E. Brancht.
The Misses Essie Ditto and Louise
Arnold of Keithsburg were Aledo Wis
itors Saturday.
Miss Evalyn Kramm returned Mon
les in the Northwestern university
after a short vacation spent at home
Edwin Dice left Monday for Ke-
vance and in a few days will go to
Rock Island to do court reporting for
Judge Z. c. Graves.
Mrs. Helen Jones and daughter,
/ Miss Minnie, of Galesburg came Mon
u IL 80 h. L i
at the home of o. NJ. Bartlett. Tues
/ day his body was taken to North
| Henderson, where the funeral SER
vices were held at the NJ. E. church.
The interment was made in the North
I Henderson cemetery.
E. ]. Clancy of Keithsburg was an
Aledo visitor Monday.
Paul Graham, a law student at
Ann Arbor, Mich, this year, is spend
ing his Easter vacation in Aledo with
his brother, Attorney W. ]. Graham.
Misses Grace and Pearl Mckee left
Monday for Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to
complete their studies in the college
there, after a 10 days vacation al
home.
Mrs. Mary Green and Miss Lydia
Chidister of New Boston took the cal
here Monday for their homes. They
had visited since Saturday in Rock
Island and in Aledo.
Loyal Minor of Aledo and Harry
Roberts of New Boston left Monday
for Urbana to begin work at the state
university after a short vacation.
Mrs. A. G. Bridgford returned
Monday evening from Woodruff
where she has visited at home for {
few days.
Aledo is being equipped with dup
: licate pumping machinery, which in
; sures a permanent water supply TO
all time. The well is 1900 fee
deep, and the new machinery can b.
! put into use in five minutes tim
should the old machinery get out o
; order at any time. The new equip
ment consists of a set of new pump
and one big Sullivan air compress
Lsor, which congresses the air force,
down into the well. The cOmpresse,
air forced into the well lifts the wa
ter TO the surface and from there
transferred by the pumps from tn
reservoir to the stand pipe. A larg
percent of the Aledo people use tn
city water and all are assured nov
of an abundance of water for ever
occasion.
Among those from Aledo who wen
to North Henderson Tuesday to al
tend the funeral services of the lat