Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-08
The Day i'm Davenport

Stricken While Watching Movie
Mrs. Lima Hass received a stroke
of apoplexy Monday night about s
o'clock while attending movie at the
Davenport Photoplay theatre, 1929
West Third street, which resulted in
her death at her home, 10091a West
Third street. Mrs. Hass was taken
to her home in the city ambulance and
physician called, but she passed
away at midnight without regaining
consciousness. The deceased was born
in Malchau, Mecklenburg- Schwerin,
Germany, on Nov. 10, 1S47, being 6S
years of age at the time of death. She
came to this country when a girl of s
years. On Nov. 20, 1865, she was unit
ed in marriage with August C. Hass,
a contractor, who passed away in 1890
Mrs. Hass was a member of the Ger
man Frauen Bund and of the Treuen
! Schwestern societies. Three daugh-
tiers and four sons, Mrs. Minnie Mich
| OILS, Mrs. Martha Berry of Denver, Mrs.
Olga Sidney, Julius, August, Walter
and Frank, survive to mourn the sud-
den death of their mother. The fu-
neral will be held Friday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock from the home, 100912
West Third street. Interment will be
Paramount cemetery,
Mrs. Maria Catherine Fennern pass
ed away yesterday at the home of her
son, c. Matzen, 1886 West Fifth street,
following lingering illness. The de-
ceased was born in Nord Schleswig in
Germany, on March 10, 1888, and came
to Davenport in 1884. Four sons sur
vive to mourn the death of their moth
err. Christ Matzen and Niels de Lind
holm reside in Davenport, Lorenz Mat
zen resides in Wisconsin and Chris
tan de Lindholm is in Fiensburg, Ger
many The funeral will be held Fri
| day afternoon at o'clock from the
| home of the son, c. MatZen, 1886 West
Fifth street Interment will be in Pine
| Hill cemetery
BilIbGards to Divert Travel.-Great-
er Davenport has gone into the sign
posting business and is erecting two
immense signs at Sterling, H., and
| Dewitt, Iowa, to turn automobile tour
| lists to the tri-cities on the westward
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through westward motorist travel out
of Chicago and cities further east. The
routes generally followed out of Chi
| cago for the run across the central
part of the country are either through
Sterling, or Clinton, Iowa. Sterling
| is logical junction point for the road
running into the tri-cities This road
| is one of the best in this section OF
the country, a hard macadam thor
oughfare winding along the pictur-
esoue Rock river valley The road is
/ kept in good condition. The tri-cities
are a convenient place on the west
ward journey, and Secretary Norwood
| Of the Greater Davenport committee
| expects that large amount of tourist
| travel can be routed through here
The road from Dewitt to Davenpor;
is the shortest spur on the Lincoln
| highway. 1t is an easy junction point
and by following this route the out
| bound motorist has chance to run
through Davenport, see the arsenal
the points of historic interest in this
vicinity and then pursue his westward
/ journey by the good roads that branch
out of here. 1t is expected that large
number of motorists will be turned
through the tri-cities by these two i'm
mense signs this summer, particularly
at the time of the Fort Armstrong cen,
tennial celebration in June.
May Postpone Eviction M0ve.-Evic.
ton of the inhabitants of "Squatter'
town" on City, Maple and Willow is
lands probably will be postponed one
or two months in order that the pres.
ent tenants may not be compelled tC
pull up stakes during the Indictment
weather of early spring. The matter
will be taken up at a meeting of the
levee improvement commission today
The original intention was 10 cleal
the three city islands by April /. ]
is now proposed TO postpone the evic
ton until May l or June l. Necessary