Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
The Day i'm Davenport

vorce from Walter Scheel, charging
desertion. The couple were married
Nov. 90. 1912. and lived together until
Aug. Ia, 1918. Plaintiff asks the Gus
tody of the minor child, Leroy Scheel.
Fred Vollmer is her attorney.
Get Jury for $4,000 Case-0ver
three years ago the buggy in which
John Knox of Princeton was riding,
was struck by speeding passenger
train at Princeton. The jury to decide
whether damages sustained were
enough to warrant a $4,000 suit was
selected today. 1t was on Feb. II,
1913, that the physician was riding
along the highway in Princeton. AS
he passed over the railway tracks at
an intersection, train hurtled along
the c. B. G. Qsright of way. The en-
CINE struck the light buggy and it
was thrown to the side. shattered. DR..
Knox, crushed and bleeding, was toss
ed into the air and dashed to the earth.
The train stopped and the battered
body of the physician was picked up.
Cook & Balluff and J. A.
Hanley are his attorneys. He
claims that he was injured internally.
Among other allegations are that the
train was travelling at rate approx
mately 60 miles per hour. Permanent
idisablement is also averred. Lane &
Waterman are representing the de-
/ PENDANT railroad.
Four Couples to Marry-Four cou-
pies announced yesterday that they
were wiling to accept the responsible
tiles of married life and applied for
a license to marry from the office of
the clerk of the district court, Emil F.
Schroeder. They were Andrew Skaggs
of Davenport and Estella S. Plowman
of st. Joe, Mo-; Frank Kautz and Cora
Brier, both of Muscatine; Charles j.
Gohnsen of Chicago and Della Wynn
of Sioux City, Iowa; and Carl T, Lind
holm of Davenport and Esther Branson
of Cuba, Ill.
Obituary RecOrd-Miss Anna kath
crime Adams, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Adams, 1907 Ripley street.
| died yesterday morning following
week of illness. Miss Adams was born
in Coal Valley, H., on Nov. II, 1893,
and moved with her parents to Durant
when a girl She resided there till 16
years of age when she moved to Dav
export and had resided here since. For
two years she was teacher of stenog-
raphy at Browns business college and
| for a year and half she has been
with the Indian River Farms Co. Her
parents and grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hans Kuehl of Durant are the
only surviving relatives to mourn her
untimely death The funeral will be
held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
from the home of the parents. 1907
Ripley street. The Davenport friends
of the deceased are invited to attend
the services at the Davenport home.
The remains will then be taken to
Durant to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gus Stark. where services will be held
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
iInterment will be made in Durant
cemetery.
Friends of DR.. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Daniels have learned vof the death OF
their daughter, Marguerite, which oc-
CURED early last week at the family
home at Mobile, Ala. An older daugh-
ter. Ruth. survives with the parents.
Marguerite had been i'll for year and
her death was a relief from much suf-
fering. The family lived in Daven-
port for a number of years, and now
for several years have lived in the
south
Nels Nelson passed away Saturday
afternoon at Coal Valley after a short
illness He was a little past 70 years
of age. He was born in Denmark but
the exact location and time are not
known. Four children, Mrs. F. M. Les
lie, Phoenix, Ariz; Mrs. Charles Sor-
Ienson, Los Angeles, Cal.,; L. Nelson,
IChicago and n. A. Nelson OF Davene
mort survive to mourn his death.
NJ. O. Greenlie passed away yester7
day at a local hospital after an i'll
ness of six months duration. The de-
ceased was about 40 years Of age and
his parents reside in Sidney. Iowa. The
, remains were taken to the nv Boies
leo from where they will be shipped
to Sidney.