Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-09

ask the dismissal of the plaintiffs
petition. The allegation That they are
Bookkeeping is malicious ard made at
the instigation of Boston, the DEFEND
ers aver. The latter say they receive
orders for beer in Rock Island and MI
them in Bettendorf.
Hospital Board Annual Meeting
The annual meeting OF the Davenport
hospital association was held last
night at the hospital, the following be-
ing chosen as directors: J. B. Hostel
Ter. l.. j.. Dougherty. II. c. Runge. C.
C. Mcintyre, DR.. ]. s.. Weber and Dr.
C. 8. Glynn The following are the
officers for the year elected by the
board:
President-Dr. c. f. Glynn.
Vice President-Lee J. Dorgherty.
Secretary Treasurer-Dr. J. 8. Web
err.
schIueter Night captain.-The ap-
pointment of Detective Charles F.
Schlueter to the position OF night cap
tain of police has been announced by
Chief Schramm. He succeeds Captain
John Quinn who returns to the detec-
tive ranks at his own request. Mr..
Schlueter is a veteran Of the Daven-
port police department, and his pro-
motion is fitting recognition Of abii-
ity and his many years of faithful SER
vice on the force.
al Don't Care Much Anyhow."-Al-
though told that she could not embark
onto the sea of matrimony until a
year had elapsed since she had OBJ
tanned a divorce from her former hus-
band, Mrs Daisy Carter, 35 years old.
of Lacon, H.. was not peeved at Clerk
Harry J. Mcfarland of the Scott coun-
ty district court. "Oh! my no." she re-
marked on departing, with a decisive
shake of her head. 81 don't much
anyhow" Her groomto-be was Carl
Steele, also of Lacon. He said he was
a boilermaker and % years old. Mrs.
Carter informed the clerk that she
had been divorced from her first hus-
band only since last May. Steele, al
most but not quite, succeeded in ven
turing on his first connubial voyage.
Clerk Mcfarland has had extensive
experience in the matter OF issuing
marriage permits, but, he declares,
this was the best ever from humor-
Gus standpoint. He laughed, and so
did all the others in the office, until
tears came to their eyes. That wo-
man certainly is a philosophical sort
sort of a creature" Clerk Mcfarland
said.
Storm to Cost County S5,ooo-The
rainstorm of Saturday night damaged
county bridges and roads to the extent
of $4,000, according to County Engi-
neer ]. NJ. Malloy. He now has large
number of men at work making re-
pairs. The backing of many bridges
was washed out, and numerous iron
culverts were torn out and carried
away. Farmers in the northern sec !
ton of the county say the storm was |
one of the worst in their experience.
1t inflicted more damage to county |
bridges and roads than any storm that |
has visited the county for some time, |
Engineer Malloy said. At number of |
points Duck creek is swollen to a |
width of more than a mile. Water |
also covers the roads in certain sec |
tons. A heavy rainstorm in June did |
damage amounting to $4,000. With |
promptness Engineer
Malloy rushed out his crews.
Obituary Record-Mrs. Walter Born,
26 years old, died at Mercy hospital /
yesterday after lingering illness. She |
was born May 2. 1883, in Davenport.
On Nav IL 1909 she was united in
with Walter Born, who sur
wives. Her mother, Mrs. Emma Ker-
Ter. also survives. Funeral services
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday af-
-ernoon from the home in Bettendorf
Interment will take place in Paramount
cemetery.
All the news all the time-The Argus
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