Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28

dear father and forgive me for the
pain l have caused you. / believe there
is God. He won't be hard on me be-
cause never done anybody any harm
except myself. Good bye, your loving
son, Bert. P. S. Bury me by the side
of mother and Harry. l have $3.50
from the machinists' union"
Real Estate Transfers.. Guido
Boyer and wife to George Petersen.
west 80 feet of lot IA, block 2, West
Park addition. Consideration, s1,7O0.
Martin Silberstein and wife to
Matthias H. Koch, lot 3, block, 8, Nc
Intosh Second addition.
Matthias H. Koch and wife to Mar
tin Silberstein, lots Z and s, block 3,
and the east 81 feet of lot 9, block 8,
Aliens subdivision.
Adolph Alday and wife to Lille l.
Lemoke, undivided half interest in the
west half of lot 5, block 4, Greenes
First addition. Consideration, $500.
Three Given Licenses-Three cou-
Piles were given marriage licenses
Saturday from the office Of the clerk
of the district court. They were: J: c.
Brashea. of Kansas City, Mo-, and
Martha S. Knaack of Stockton, Iowa;
Jens Thiessen and Lillian Hillauer
both of Davenport; and Jacob W.
Geertz and Alice B. Moeller, also both
residents of this city.
Turner Ball Largely Attended-The
annual masquerade dance of the Dav-
EXPORT Central Turner's was big
success Saturday night, more than
1920 people crowding the main and
auxiliary dance floors. When the
grand march commenced at 1880.
there were more than 400 masked
people on the floor and the various
costumes made neat and handsome
appearance. The costumes were all of
the highest class and many comments
were heard from the large audience
that they surpassed those of former
years. Considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced by the judges in picking the
winners, the general run of costumes
and groupings being so clever and the
ideas so new and novel. First prize
In the groups went to the Grecian
dancers, composed of girls, with the
neatest and prettest costumes seen
in these parts for many a day This
group gave the people something extra
for their money, putting on an act of
their own when they exploited The
terpsichorean art in a manner much
like the ancient Grecians performed.
The girls who made up this group
were the Misses R. Wahle, L. Kuehl,
NJ Berg, A. Berg, II. Martin, NJ Hale,
L. kambach, l.. Grams, B. Duebner,
Mrs. Ray Kuehl. Second group also
went to the ladies, red, white and
blue being the theme of their costumes,
they styling themselves the Columbia
girls. Those composing the group
were the Misses M. Riepe, M. Eek.
hardt, Katie Mackelroy, Lille Strive,
Eophie Bredfelt and Edna Warnken. A
group of school girls won the third
prize, their impersonation being ex-
cellent. A group of Ku Klux Klansmen
took fourth money. They had a good
set Of new costumes and deserve
credit for their fine showing as do
many other groups that did not place
within the prize money. The first
prize in the ladies' contest wheI to
Mrs. Alma Sierke who was dressed as
the Queen. of the Rotaries." She had a
new costume and the idea was so nov
ell and neat that the judges could
hardly otherwise have decided as they
did. The best character mask for lad
les went to Mrs. Arnold Otto who.
without mask, was SO made up that
she could have passed as an "Old
Maid" any place The Uncle Sam cos
tune acts once again triumphed ever
the newer outfits and uniforms. r.
b. Grapengeter was the lucky gentle
man who COPIED first money in this
event. One OF the cleverest imperson-
alton OF Mephisto seen here was given
by Walter Ackermann. His clothes fit
him perfectly and his acting was of
high class and helped him considerably
in pulling down the prize money.