Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-23
DA Y IN DA NEWPORT

grand jury at the fall term of court.
His bonds are $500. Nemluwill was
tried before Justice ID. ]. Chinn in
Bettendorf. Waldo Becker. assistant
county attorney, appearing against
him. His wife had made the fore
going charges, and he complacently
admitted them on the stand. He was
sent 10 jail in default Of bond.
e. z. Cook viii Is FiIed-Property
comprising the old Cook homestead
and the proceeds of $4,000 life insur-
ance is left to the wife in the will of
the late f. E. Cook, filed for probate.
| The will was drawn May 2, 1877. and
witnessed by ]. Scott Richman, E. F.
Richman and W. F. Wiedeman. A
codicil to the will is dated 1879 and
witnessed by Amandus woeber and
E. F. Richman- All the rest of the
estate is left to the widow.
%
viii Ask $500 of Supervisors-Fi-
nancial assistance OF the board of SUI
pervisors In the extent OF $500 was
petitioned for by the Scott County
Farm Improvement league. the mon
ey TO be used in experiments at the
Orphans Home farm. A like appro-
priation has been made for several
years by the board for experimental
work and since the formation of the |
farm league here the experiments |
have been under the supervision of |
that organization.
Breaks Hand in Testing Strength
Will II. Schroeder, 1881 West Third,
elevator operator in the New Putnam
building, broke his right hand in strik- !
ing a punching bag strength tester at
Suburban island.
Autoist Fined-Norman Landauer
was arraigned for violation of the
traffic ordinance and was fined 81 and
costs. He drove his car past a street
car which was at a standstill.
Narrow Escape Heavy Storm-Re-
turning from Crystal lake an automo-
bile party OF Davenporters had sew
eral narrow escapes from serious in
Jury when several large trees were
broken down over the road by the
heavy storm. The party removed the
trunks OF five trees from the road :
and was delayed several hours in :
home. In the party were
John F. Dow of the Davenport Saw
ngs bank; Otto Hill, Henry True,
Smith Blackman. Alphonse Bruning,
Norral Dow and Ray Lucht.
Two Local Banks Give Dividends
Dividends were declared by two local
,anks, the German Savings and the
Davenport Savings, the first declaring
he regular per cent quarterly divi-
END OF $4,000 on 100000 capital,
nd the Davenport Savings the reg
lar quarterly dividend of per cent,
to $4,000 on 100000 CAPT
al.
Licensed TO Wed-Louis c. Faust l
nd Minnie Uebe, Davenport; John |
Collins OF Westerly. r. l.. and Edith /
GERS OF Davenport; Harry White OF /
hicago and Dorothy Hacker OF MIL /
aukee; Raymond J. Schneider and
ena Snyder. both of Lyons. L
Male mlIIlner Held by PoIiee-Mere
an has invaded the. local millinery l
ED. according to the police, who G,
aced Fred Davis under arrest after o.
} had attempted TO dispose OF a Il
ioice creation at Front and Main. n
ne hat offered for sale was a valu- /,
lie panama. trimmed in black vel n
4 and red roses. the entire outfit be- bl
& worth some SIS or $40. Davis a.
as unable to give the authorities a -
tisfactory explanation as TO the st
amer in which he secured the hat, be-
d is being held pending an investi- ne
ton. be
Breaks Arm When Falls From Tree w,
from a cherry tree yester- b.
v morning on a farm on the Du.
que road. the 9-year-old son OF John
II, 1920 West Second street. broke OF
J right arm at the wrist. The IN. ca
ed lad was brought home in an ms
and attended by DR.. J. S. 10,
sber. sht
o an
Comes Here - Carl %o
imidt. representing the Crescent IN
ECKER & Macaroni company OF Dav- eeas
,ort. has ~AfGrned from Chicago. Co.
DF he attended the ma. A