Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-17
MOLINE

Majority Against Lunch.-Forty-nine
of the 90 saloon keepers of Moline ex-
press a desire to make their places of /
business benefits, not menaces,
through the stopping of free lunches. I
petition to the commission asked .
tina. body to pass a measure prohibit
ing the unsanitary custom which pre-
walls and to make the saloons models /
of cleanliness. The commission refer
red the matter to the committee of the I
whole for more consideration.
Visiting Nurse Proposed. - In the
near future it is the hope of the Wo- I
mans club to have a visiting nurse in
the public schools At the meeting of
the club Saturday afternoon a commit
tee Of three was named to confer with
the school board regarding the matter.
Mrs. Mary Metzgar offered the motion
TO have q committee named TO confer
with the board, and she, with Mrs. G.
H. Huntoon and Mrs. W. c. Bennett,
were chosen. Because of the fact that
Mrs. Metzgar will not be in the city,
she desired to have some one named in
her place, and on the suggestion of
Mrs. Metzgar, Mrs. McEniry was chos-
en- has chairman This feature has
been considered by the school board
for some time.
ParoIed Prisoner HeId.-A parole vi
olator from one of the county prisons
in New York state was arrested by Mo
line police. He gives the name of Ed
ward Scott and says he is 90 years old.
His last address was Chicago. His &C
lions in Moline drew suspicion to him
and he was arrested pending an inves-
| tigation of his presence here. He was
| identified as a prisoner who is wanted
| in the Empire state and then he added
/ his own story to the facts known to
| the police He was arrested and SEN
/ fenced to two years in the Jail in Den
nemora county, in the northeast part
of the state. After he had served a
little more than a year and had in
way expiated for his crime he was par
oled and given his freedom in New
York state for the remainder Of two
years. A day after his release he left
the state and has not been back sinct.
He was paroled last October and has
been in Illinois most of the time.
Lost Lap Robe.-A SIS lap robe was
stolen from ]. Higgins automobile
which was left standing in front of a
west end residence Saturday evening.
Higgins came here from his home in
CISCO for brief visit.
Pastor on Library Board.-Mayor M.
R. Carlson has appointed Rev. A. F.
Bergstrom, pastor of the First Luther
an church, as member of the city Ii
brary board, succeeding Rev. c.. J.
Youngberg, who left Moline last month
to take up a pastorate in Pennsylva-
mia. The term for which Mr. Berg
strom was appointed IS to NIL a vacan-
cy and expires In April, 1914.
J Obituary Record. - Clifford A Con-
= NELL former Moline barber, died at s
O'Clock Saturday evening in ST. Johns
hospital, Davenport, of heart trouble.
He was born in Waverly. Iowa, Feb. %,
!. 1876, and was married Nov &c, 1896, to
Katherine Fetterman. He moved from
this city to East Moline year ago and
three weeks ago he started in business
for himself, opening a barber shop in
the new Campbell hotel. Many friends
mourn his passing. His widow, -four
brothers, Wilbur of Emmetsburg, Iowa
George Of Chicago, Delof of Rolls
Iowa, C. II. of Minneapolis, and one
} sister, Mrs. Jessie Weans of Chicago
survive.