Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-17
DAY IN DAVENPORT

plaintiff is alleged to have stepped on
a loose brick in a new pavement and
was thrown to the ground, sustaining
injuries which necessitated her being
placed under the care of a physician.
Charges Husband with Desertion.-
The desertion case of Caroline Eben-
dorf against Fritz Ebendorf was heard
before Justice W. r. Names yesterday.
Mrs. Ebendorf also has an action for
divorce pending.
Is Vice President of State Opticians.
DIR. B. NJ. Raben was elected vice
president of the Iowa State Optomet-
rical association at the annual conven-
ton of opticians held in Des Moines.
Reformed Woman Visits Davenport.
Bertha Libbecke, known all over the
west if not all over the world as Faint
| ing Bertha" is in Davenport, having
| arrived yesterday from Kansas City.
She called on Chief Schramm at once
| to learn If there were any objections
to her staying here the rest of the
WEN anu oCihlS thS oeoiy Va hCA nv.
For many years Bertha Libbecke was
puzzle to the police of the middle
west She was born in Council Bluffs,
her father dying when she was 16.
Thrown upon her own resources, Ber-
tina developed a remarkable talent for
taking care of herself. AS the story
of her life shows. she learned the
game of stealing to the queens taste.
Her specially was fainting. These
spells seemed to overtake her when |
in the immediate proximity of some |
prosperous looking man, who usually |
found later that his solicitude for the |
suffering fair one had cost him his |
watch or his wallet. Bertha became |
the top-notcher-the undisputed cham
pion-at this game. She does not look
1t now. She is a quietly dressed wo-
man who says she is just as respecta-
BILE and law-abiding as she looks.
o.
Death Claims FriendIess Man.
Practically friendless and without
yet with a wife and children
living somewhere in Missouri, Joseph
Peach, colored, was buried yesterday
afternoon in Pine Hill cemetery. No
flowers covered the coffin, nor did a
funeral procession accompany the
body to the grave. Indeed there were
no pallbearers, so few were the friends
Of this man who died among strang-
ers. But he had three true friends
among members of his race, who
alone formed the funeral party, and
gave him decent burial. The solemn
-ites were conducted by Rev. F. X.
Nicholson. pastor of the colored Bap-
list church, before an old colored lady,
| little colored girl and the under
aker. Peach was a laborer. He had
lot lived long in Davenport. Monday
he died in a place conducted
~ colored persons at AIS East Thir-
eenth street. without telling much
his life. Rev Mr.. Nichol-
on. after the death of the homeless
nan, was instrumental in saving his
'ody from the potter's field. Contri-
utions were solicited with which a
ot in the cemetery was purchased.
Licensed to Wed-Roy S. Hardenorf
( st. Paul and Eva Nelson of Cedar
iapids.
Obituary Record-Mrs Margaret II
'ouicis ocIIDdn AIutTlCdn pioneer L
nd for 56 years a resident of Daven. \
ort, died at her home, 224 Gaines Il
treet. after four months illness Mrs. II
odler was nearly 80 years of age. She II
as born In Wueming, Germany, on III
ept- 8. 1892. Her childhood was III
Dent in the fatherland, and in 1856 III
le came 10 America, landing at New III
rleans on Sept. z. She spent three III
ears in Baltimore, Md. and afterward III
ime to Davenport, where she has NJ
nee made her home. Mrs. Rodler III
as united in marriage to Traugott III
odler In August. 1856. Her husband II
'eceded her in death 20 years ago.
he was charter member of the
sbecca lodge in Davenport. Surviv-
& are four children. Mrs. Frieda :
,rdes, Edward. Theodore and VIII
I'm Rodler. all residing in Davenport. di,
iere also survive four grandchildren. tn
lss Ella Cordes or Sag Harbor, N tai
. Miss Meta Cordes, Arthur and j.