Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03

The city had recently in.,.
pubic gas lamps with two an s''s
miles Of mains with te0 nr,s.. isl
sumers OF gas. use sss
The personnel of the yar,ou.
cations and societies is 49,. ~. ~
and many names are found ,,ss
officers of men that have s Y
to the building Of the city ana J.
try and whose names have so-. ~
in history as such. FraternsI,'s ao''
were among the Masons. IT,, as'
NO. 81, and Fer; Armstrop,y =. 0's'
ODD Fellows, Rock Island Ios, ~
Is, organized in 1913: Wa,eh ~
lodge No. 113: Black Hawk 49, we
10 organized March II. 1s5s.
pie OF Honor Rock Island lod,. ' =
/" organized December, lsss Y
Rock Island Social Degree No -
Houses Of worship were nrn
10 being duly organized and -
services in their houses nj va
The First Presbyterian. o,s,s
Nov. a. 1887. Rev. S. T. Wilso, =
tor, located at Second avenr. q
Fourteenth street; First Bansf,, ~
Avenue and Fifteenth street, r.,
w. Sawyer, pastor; Second pres,-
ian, organized June, 1913. seco,.
nue., opposite Court House soA,s
II. H. Hayes, I'D. pastor
congregation a new church wa,
Gated in May, 1856. the edifca ,..s.
700 peole and erected al a chs, :, ~
600, having "a spire les fee, MIA
bell that weighs over 1000 ounds :.
is very fine. deep-toned one :
James Catholic, Fourth ayenu. =
Twenty-second street. Rev. Johr n.
land and Rev J. G. ALBANIAN na.o.,
Associated Reform Presbyterisn !.
ganized July, 1854. Rev. J. R Mas.
ter. pastor; Disciples chapel: Tri,
Episcopal, Rev. Samuel GoodaIe =
tor, organized April, 1855: Eyauss
cal (German), organized 1856. R,r l.
John Miller, pastor; Methodist Fri
copal Germany, Rev. W. vonCurts
Iasto;.
The schools are divided into i've d
tricts. with three schools situated
wha. is now the corner of Third n
nue. and Eighth street; Third sss-r,I
and Fifteenth street, and in spercy(
square. The Rock Island institute v,sS
an organized school, with George Fl
Sumner, principal. A public lihrrn
had recently been established vi 4
1.OCO books on its shelves. The RoiE
Island County Agricultural sodssk
the Chippiannock Cemetery assc5E
lion were other organized bodies
the city
Camden was the name of the u
Iage that is now Milan, and at the tins
laid out by William Dickson In lss
had prospects of becoming one Of b
leading business centers in the Esz
In 1856 there were % different pacs
Of business employing capital
$4,000, and the total amount Of bgd
ness transacted in that year, s295.aE
For Moline, the publishers Of the
'ectory have the most sanguine hoTZ
md predict for it a future, that y
,ity is living up to. as follows:
Iced. situated as Moline is. in the CO
er of one of the most fetile and n
dly populating sections Of the COZ
ry in the union, endowed with one
he greatest water powers in the Vhc
eneth of the Mississippi, blessed VI
n energetic, intelligent and able "a
lation, and combining all the esss
ial elements Necessary 10 CONSUME
it would be indeed strs1lf
{ she did not press forward 70
levated position to which nature =
esigned and fitted her. Thers
very indication, too, that she vii
alter or weary in the race"
Rock Island county is given Fi'I
alton of 10000, and the value o.
personal and real, Is
hated at s4,S24,321.
Davenport is given a populanol
l, 900, which is an increase
ears of 1852. 1t is spoken Of =
usy, thriving city, with pubic y
hat has brought about many pas-
increase in puaA1
nd businesn facilities; general pls
ass characterizing the operations
nc season.