Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18
MOLINE

Patents Post Gard Vender.-Carl E.
TurnQuist, Moline man, has invented
and has received sanction to incor-
porate and manufacture a post card
vending machine, an article absolutely
unique in its lire as there is no other
machine of its nature on the market.
The secretary of state yesterday issued
articles of incorporation to the in
ventor with c. Z. Dietz and ]. NJ. john
ston as the others. The papers author
ize the capitalizing of a company at
$4,000. The machine is on the order
Of the revolving penny in the slot gum
ano candy machines. There are plenty
of holders which carry post cards and
allow the public to select its choice,
but all these revolving or stationary,
permit the promiscuous handling of
the cards by any and all.
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| Handles 4,662 Packaees.-The Mo-
| line postoffice handled a total of 4,662
/ parcel post packages during the first
fifteen days that the new service has
beer in operation. This record was
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of the county, between Jan. 1 and Is,
both inclusive, to. supply the postof-
fee department with data from which
may be estimated the volume of this
mail and the expense of handling it.
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Elks Buy Lodge SIte.-Moline Elks
/ Thursday evening confirmed action of
lodge committee in purchase of Bren-
men properly. at Eighth avenue and
| Sixteenth street, on which is to be
erected a modern brick building to
serve as lodge home. The lodge also
authorized sale of the property at Fiji
teenth street and Twenty-ninth avenue,
the Heck homestead, bought two
years ago, when a home on the coun-
try-club idea was planned. A COM
mittee OF six Harry A. Sward, c. J.
Zaiser. John W. Wallace, ]. s. Motif
ner. H l. Ennis and a. r. zimmerman
was named to assist Rock Island
Elks in plans Tor the minstrel per-
formances to be given in the Illinois
theatre in that city Feb II, Is and 49,.
Four Moline Elks VIII be assigned
parts
Assessments Tota! STc,0oo.-Prac-
tically one-half of the total amount
due by Moline property owners in as
sessments for public improvements
completed in 1912, was paid in cash
into the Office of c. V. Johnson, com
missioner of accounts and finance, be-
tween Jan. ! and 15 The sum totals
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and the
collection and receipting of this money
indicates a busy half month for Com
missioner Johnson and his assistants.
The largest single installment paid
wac one for $1,000 by an east end citi-
! zer and the smallest was 40 cents in
interest on previous installment.
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High School Has 533 Pupils
Eighty-six members of the A division
o. the eighth grade were graduated
! yesterday afternoon from the Central
grammar school in the Washington
building. OF this number Miss Emma
L. Cooper, principal, expects at least
70 will enter the high school. Sixteen,
probably, will consider their education
completed, at least for the time being
Inc proportion continuing lHtO ine
high school is about the same as in
4 previous years. With the class of 7C
entering the high school the enroll
T ment there will pass the 500-mark fol-
I the first time. The total will be 53S
3 when the second semester opens on
~ Monday, Jan. 20, the previous figures
8 being 465, according to the December
. report of the superintendent.
D State Survey for Co. F.-Informatior
comes from the Office of Adjutant Gen
g eral F. S, Dickson in Springfield thai
a survey of state property carried b.
e Company F, Sixth regiment, Illinois
|. national guard, has been ordered ant
e that a board will be named in a few
,. days to have the work in charge. Il
4 is probable that Colonel S. o. Trip
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