Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-17

commencement exercises OF Mon
mouth college.
c. H. RAIDER, Mrs. Fred Valentine,
Miss Sarah RAIDER, L. a. Valentine and
w. R. Valentine have gone to Kearney,
Neb., TO attend the funeral of Miss
Burchie Valentine, a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Valentine
The South Side Sewing club was
entertained at the home of Mrs. VIII
Hall Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. W. H. Elhart was Davenport
visitor Thursday.
Miss Mona Roberts left for Chicago
Thursday after making a short visit
at the home of her uncle, ]. H. Aber-
crombie.
Mrs. ]. Crane and Mrs. A. Jackson
of Joy spent Friday in Rock Island.
The Misses Grace and Pearl Mckee
returned home Friday from Mt Pleas
ant, Iowa, where they have just grad
uated from the Iowa Wesleyan univer-
sity.
DR.. and Mrs. L. W. Wright and
daughter. Miss Ruth, have gone on
an extended visit with friends in
Kansas City, Wichita, Colorado
Springs, Denver and other cities.
Mercer ,county's second annual field
meeting will be held at the Mercer
county experimental field, adjoining
Aledo, Saturday, June 2S, at 2 o'clock
p. m. o. S. Fisher of Urbana, state
superintendent of experimental fields,
and Assistant State superintendent
! c. A. Campbell will be present and
! explain the methods used in rotation
and the fertilizer used in this state
! field. All the experiments being made
on the 40 plats in the field will be
explained. The second crop of alfalfa
will be well under way and the clover
will be cut from six plats that day.
This meeting is for special interest
of the farmers, and all farmers and
land owners of Mercer county and the
adjoining counties are invited and
urged to attend.
Mrs. Brown, who has been visiting
her mother, Mrs. F. Smith, returned
to her home in Galva Friday.
Mrs. J. Crane and Mrs. A. Jackson
Of Joy spent Friday in Rock Island.
Miss Leona Douglass went to Mon
mouth Friday to spend a week with
friends.
Mrs. H. H. Weisel and Mrs. T. H.
Cobb entertained their friends at the
home of Mrs. Weisel Thursday and
Friday afternoons.
Mrs. R. H. Wycoff and nephew OF
Kansas City, Kan, are making an ex.
tended visit with Mrs. Wycoff's daugh.
ter, Mrs. c. P. Morrison.
Miss Myra Taylor went to Rock Is
land Thursday to make a short visit
with friends.
Mrs. j. T. Johnson of Joy spent
Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. A F
Runbom. She was accompanied home
by Master Vern Runbom.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bartlett of neal
New Boston spent Saturday with
Mrs. Bartlett's mother, Mrs. Maria
Evans.
Mrs. H. H. Sidwell returned to hel
home in Viola Thursday, after max
ing a short visit with her daughter
Mrs. T. D. Winders.
Miss Mabel Vance is visiting in Joy
with her cousin, Miss Mamie Day
= nude.
: Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Wendt spen
Thursday with relatives in Woodruff
! Mrs. j. Thomson of Joy spent Sat
urday at the home of her brother, ]
, Rutherford.
The Columbian club held their an
, nual picnic in North park Wednesda!
| afternoon. About 100 members anC
invited guests were present. 1t wa!
, a perfect June day and a delightful
, afternoon was spent. By request Mis-
Helen Macarthur gave several reading
which were very greatly appreciated
, by all present. This closes a yer,
, prosperous year with an interestin,
course of study entitled, To-day and
; Little of Yesterday" The Columbian
club was organized in 1898, Federated
, in 1898, and takes an active part
everything that pertains to the gooI
, of Aledo. 1t now has a membership
, of 81 active and three honorary mem
bers. The subject for study durinI
the coming year, which begins tn
first of October, is, THE United State
aI4O bSl many anu q bSly lHlcIcbllll
, and instructive course of study .ha
, been arranged by the program com
mittee, which is composed of Mrs
Pearl Bolton, Mrs. Thesia Ray, Mrs
!, Rose English, Mrs. Fannie Stein an
Mrs. Nan Merryman.
Walter S. Mckee of Los Angeles
: Cal, and niece, Miss Charlotte Z
. Halsey, of Omaha, Neb., are visitin
: Mr.. McKee's parents, Rev. and Mrs
William B. Mckee, at the residenc
! of DR.. and Mrs. w. W. Moorhead
: Miss IneG Swanson returned to he
home in Andover Friday, after a shor
visit with relatives. She was accom-
: panied home by her cousins, Mise
), Ruth and Hattie Forsell, to spend
few weeks.
A. F. Caldwell went to Neponse
Thursday, where he gave his lectur