Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
DAY IN DAVENPORT

Ten Acres OF Land SOLD for 81, 900
The ID. Rothschild Grain company's
elevator property IN West Davenport
adjoining the plant OF the Tri-City
Packing company. was sold yesterday
20 DR.. Karl Vollmer. he considera
ton being $4,000. The elevator build
ing was destroyed by FIRE some time
ago and the principal item OF the sale
is the 1O-acre tract OF ground. DR.
No.lmer makes the purchase as an in
vestment. The property was original
" known as the Severance elevator
and later was acquired by the ROths-
child company.
May Indict Serum Manufacturer
Investigation Of the contraband sale OF
unlicensed hog cholera serum in Scott
county has been completed by r. A
Imler. federal inspector OF the depart
ment OF agriculture, Mr.. Imler leaving
for Washington, ID. c. Results OF the
Investigation are being kept secret.
the federal inspector refusing ID
state what action the government
would take as the result OF his inves-
legations here. II is known that evil
dence discriminating at least three Of
the serum manufacturing companies
was available and federal indictments
against them are expected. The com
panies whose operations in Scott coun-
" have been probed by Inspector i'm
Ter. had their headuarters at Kansas
City and St. Joseph. Mo. They had
not taken out a government license
but nevertheless shipped their unli-
oensed product from one state TO an
other. a clear violation OF the federal
laws Inspector Imler finished his in
vestigations in the neighborhood OF
Blue Grass and New Liberty. where a
large amount of the unlicensed serum
was sold during the spring and sum-
mer.
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Police are Asked 70 Find Sam Kier.
Chief Schram received a letter from
Dave Kier. 2722 Lake street, Omaha,
Neb.. asking the Davenport police to
locate Sam Rier a brother of the
writer, supposed TO be in Davenport.
The mans sister is I'll. says the letter.
He was last heard from in Davenport.
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Building Season 10 Opening Early
Thirty permits for the erection of one
and one-half and two-story houses
which will accommodate from one to
three families and which will cost
from 1000 TO $4,000. were issued by
the board OF public works during the /
month OF January and the first seven |
days OF February. Such a large num- |
her OF permits at this time OF the year |!
indicates an early opening OF the 1
building season which IS proved by 1
the fact that the architects OF the city I,
are working full time. One contract |
or alone has taken out permits for |
the erection OF four such houses dur |
ing the past few days. II the con-
tractors and individual investors of /
The city build workingmen's homes
II the same rate during the entire
year. 1915 will see Davenport with
about ESQ more workingmen's homes
within its limits.
Child Breaks Arm in Sidewalk Fall
Slipping on the icy sidewalk in front
" the Washington school on Missis-
ear old granddaughter OF Chief Den
Ter. fell and fractured her left arm
,elow the elbow. The little girl was
AIKEN Immediately to Mercy hospital.
where an X-ray examination was
made. The child is the daughter of
dr. and MIS-. Fred Denger. Spring
treet and Fulton avenue.
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Bakery Wagon sestters cookIes-A
crambie for cookies by n score Of
mall boys. a bakery wagon with a
roken axle across the car tracks. and
large crowd OF the curious witness
~ the dive for cakes blockaded
-afic yesterday for nearly 20 min
ties at Fourth and Perry streets. An
ndeDeudent Baking company wagon
tered the STREET with thousands OF
ootfes when an axle broke while the
ehicIe was crossing the street car
JACKS. Two lie Claire street cars
ere delayed while the "wrecking /
rev" cleared the tracks. 4
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eIIIoatrr Succun1 be to Weather. /
he cold wtve with its zero weather
aused at least one fatality IN the city {
, Davenport ''Ignatz IL pet alliga- s
DR. of Deputy County Recorder George {
hermann. unable 20 stand the arctic I
iasts. died yesterday from a severe q
ttac kof chilbLnins. The alligator was
ept in a little tank in the recorders
nee with another brother from the l
-opics. "Packey." the property Of s