Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-17
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would have been injured. A little girl
passing on the sidewalk at the time
was felled 10 the ground, but was not
seriously injured.
Contractor Missing.-Johannes Voss,
contractor and builder at Durant, Iowa,
has been missing since last Wednes-
day noon. Relatives believe that he is
in the tri-cities. Mr.. Voss left a wife
and one child at Durant, and the fam
lily is conducting an investigation to
discover his present whereabouts.
No Trace of Robbers.-Although
week has elapsed since the stealing
Of a mail pouch from truck at the
D., r. /. & n. w station after being
thrown from a Milwaukee train, the
postoffice and railroad authrities have
found no trace Of the robbers. The
pouch was found later near the rail-
road tracks on City island, cut open,
and some mail stolen, including some
money orders which have been miss
ing. The robbery occurred just week
ago.
To Attend Convention. - Secretary
Norwood of the Commercial club
leaves next Sunday for Omaha, where
he will attend the fifth annual conven-
ton of the Central Association of Com
mercial Executives in session Sept. %
and %. From Omaha Secretary Nor
wood goes to st. Paul to attend the
eighth annual convention Of the Amer
lean Association OF Commercial Execu-
| tives Sept. 1921. The st. Paul meet
| ing will be attended by over 100 Sec
retaries from commercial clubs all
over the country, from Seattle to New
York and from New Orleans to Cal
gary, Canada. Following the st. Paul
convention Mr.. Norwood goes to Min
nesota for a weeks hunting trip with
DR.. Arvid Koehler of Moline and DR..
c. o. Bernhard Of Rock Island.
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Company lncorporates.-Articl Of
incorporation we're filed by Attorneys
Lane & Waterman for the Zip Cycle
car company, incorporated by G. Deck
er French, Frank w. Skinner and R.
W. Phelps. The capital stock Of the
new corporation is $25,O00 divided
into shares of 500 each. The COM
pany will manufacture in Davenport
| the smallest automobile ever made in
! the United States. It will have a mo-
! torcycle engine, a four-wheeled car,
| two-cylinder affair, friction gear, and
will carry two passengers. The first
car was manufactured at the Whale
| foundry and machine shop and tested
| on the Davenport streets for the past
| three weeks. II developed a speed of
as miles an hour going up Marquette
street hill. The car is intended for
| pavement use-a sort of city car, to
be used for delivery purposes as well
as for pleasure. The cost of the car
will probably be fixed at $500.
Licensed to Wed. - The following
marriage licenses have been issued by
Clerk Of District Court Harry ]. Nc
Farland Werner Clasen, Davenport,
Olive Rebecca Sternsdorff, Davenport;
| George n. Tuttle and Urna J. Fuller
Davenport: Edward Blesse and Flor
ence Rae Swartz, Davenport; Francis
L. Stafford, Davenport, and Mary ],
Murphy, Long Grove; Gerald F. Sha-
ron, Buffalo Center, Iowa, and Alice
N. Reever, Glidden, Iowa; Edward c.
Stafenbiel and Fern S. Robinson of
Davenport.
| Obituary Record-Following an op-
Grafton, Mrs. Margaret Baker, 46 years
old, died at 1920 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon at local hospital, where she
had been confined for a week. Mrs.
Baker was born March %, 1867 in
Davenport. and had lived here all of
her life. She was educated in st. 10
seph's parish and was well known.
Decedent was married May 81, 1891,
to John c. Balzer, who survives. She
is also survived by one son, Eddie, and
three brothers, Herman, William and
Henry Siefers, all of Davenport The
funeral will be held at SIS o'clock to-
morrow morning from the family
home, 600 West Seventeenth street,
with services at O'Clock at st. Jo-
sephs church. Interment will be made
; in the Holy Family cemetery.
) Mrs. Theresa Corsigila, 70 years of
age, died at o'clock Monday after
: noon at the home of her son, Louis A.
Corsigila, SIP East Sixth street, after
? an illness Of two weeks duration. De.