Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-31


Davenport and causes fire which
destroys elevator at Walcott.
Iowa. loss $4,000.
Sears village board purchases site
for reservoir and plans &c install
waterworks, with sewer system.
Fiftieth anniversary of freedom OF
negro celebrated by tri-city color
ed people with picnic at EXPOSE
tion park.
=. Orlie Gordon. Ben Hamilton and
Harry Mccoy held by Rock Island
police on charge OF murder of
John b. SchoesseI Nov. z. 1913.
charge being preferred by Mr. and
Mrs. James Daley. Gordon and
Mrs. Daley later plead guilty to
perjury and are sentenced to state
prison. Mystery OF crime left I'M
solved
William Carl Matthey. "a. dies as
result of fall from wagon.
DR.. J. F. Myers. Rock Island, reelec-
ted chief astronomer OF North
Star Benefit association at meet
ing at DeKalb.
Bernhard steel barge. driven by pro-
Queer gas engines. arrives at Rock
Island from New Orleans, inaug- I.
urating new era in river traffic
9. Week old baby girl left in basket |
at Watclx Tower inn Mystery OF
parentage not solved.
70 Luther league OF Illinois opens |
goth annual meeting at Angus
tana college, August VI. Briss-
man. Moline. being elected presL
dent
Five thousand attend annual farm
ers' picnic at Port Byron.
IL Edward DeGraeve, East Moline.
disappointed in love. shoots his
sweetheart. Alice Vermote. and
landlsdy. Mrs. CAMEL DeMeyer.
and then hangs himself. Women
recover.
Is. Mrs. Ernest Harms. killed and
husband. formerly o: Rock Island.
injured IN railroad wreck in Mex
leo
Henry Rieppe. Davenport. crazed
with drink. kills Julius Johnnsen.
wounds Mrsr Title Ehmpke. and
shoots self. dying instantly.
Raymond Brymer OF Galva. aged 30.
ground to death under wheels oil
interurban car at Bettendorf.
Rock Island county odd Fellows
have picnic al Campbell's island.
Il Corner stone OF Sunday school
building for First Methodist !
church laid.
Oscar Olson. Is. drowned while
swimming in Moline pool. !
IS. Tenth annual session Of Illinois
Federation of ColOred Women.
clubs opens in Moline.
-F N al Gil, I d.
slough near Twenty-fourth street
bridge. Identity not established.
20. Fire does $500 damages 10
plant of defunct Midland Motor
Car company in iEast Moline.
Thomas Thomas. 81, and three
daughters, Dorothy, 81. Elizabeth.
Il. and Katharine, IL, drowned
in Mississippi river near Lee
Claire.
2. Annual fwo-days' home coming .
celebration opened at Coal Val
ley. 2
Announcement made that Baker
Dodge Amusement company 6f
KeOkuk had purchased tri-city
theatres of Chamberlin- Kindt-syn-
dicate
Mrs. Ellen Powell Of Weatherford
Okla, dies in Moline of typhoid
fever contracted in caring for her
daughter. Mrs Jessie Evans. who
died with same disease a few
days earlier %
{ Contract let by Purity Oats com
pany for $4,000 plant in Daven-
port.
) Resignation of Father Adolph
Geyer. for 10 years rector OF st.
Iary's church. announced. TAX
ing effect Aug. 80. Succeeded by "a
Father KIuck Sf Caberry.
:. Rock Island County Old Settlers.
association holds 49th annual re
union at Watch Tower Major c. %
w Halves being elected presi-
dent.
;. John W. Johnson. Moline. .-ged
p. dies OF asphyxiation while 90
working in a well a: Cheyenne.
y. ID.
. Annual Rock Island county teach
ers' institute opens az high
school.
college opens school
year with heavy enrolment. On
John Grip. 16. dragged into Moline
power pool 10y throw line while
fishing and drowned.
SEPTEMBER