The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
DECEMBER.

1-Ashby P. Conner, East Moline,
driver of the car in which Miss
Gertrude Thielke was injured,
was fined 500 and costs on a
charge of reckless driving and
suit for $4,000 damages was
filed against him by the girls
parents. Corners wife filed
counter suit for alienation of
affections.
2-Harry Buysee, 80, fell dead in
the home of Alphonse Gimme
berghe, 1905 Fourth avenue,
where he was a roomer.
3-Bessie Crane, 527 Ninth street,
won Rock Island county SPELL
ing contest.
5-AIley Inn, rear of 1S17-1S19
Second avenue, was raided and
IA men placed under arrest:
seven on charge of being in
mates of disorderly house;
six on charges of gaming and
r. ID. McNullen, proprietor, On
charge of having liquor in pos
session and selling it, was fined
$500.
Crock Island high school de-
feated Moline in the boys. de-
clamatory contest at both
schools by a score of SO to sc.
IA party Of II Rock Island peo-
pie miraculously escaped death
when the truck in which they
were riding was struck by a
RnrI leland lines CTxyTfqln
CINE in Davenport and four re-
ceived minor injuries.
Ground was broken for the new
factory on Fourth avenue, be-
tween Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth streets for the
Rock Island Garment company.
Walter A. Rosenfield was elect
ed commander of the Rock Is
land post, No. 200, American
Legion, at annual election
Big Eight declamatory
contest in Davenport was won
by Louis Carrot, Davenport.
Rock Island took eighth place.
12-Members of the kiwanis club
elected DR.. F. H. First, presi-
dent.
Rock Island lodge No. 10, Odd
Fellows. celebrated diamond
anniversary.
l4-Stella OberstaIler won the pop
ularity contest conducted by
the Amoo grotto.
Troy H. Purple, barber of Dav-
export, was killed in an at
tempted holdup of the Stock
man Savings bank, Long
Grove. Iowa, and his pal, Harry
Hamilton. formerly of Rock Is
land, was seriously wounded
and died two days later.
G. Anderson, 81, 1927
Forty-second street, incurred a.
broken hip when he was struck
by an auto and dragged so feet
on Fourth street hill.
L9-Paul Vanderberg, 25, 725i
Twenty-third street, killed in
stantly when he fell from the
tenth story of the Kahl build
ing, Davenport, where he was
washing windows.
work for the $50
600 artificial ice and ice cream
plant of Sturtevant-Baker COM
pany begun on site of the old
skating rink, Fifth avenue and
Sixteenth street.
John F. McHugh was elected /
president of division No. 313, |
Street railway employees OF !
Rock Island and Moline, defeat
ing John T. Bauer.
&c. c. Macdonald, 524 Ninth
street, was held up and robbed
of s4.30 at the Manual Arts
building.
Illinois Commerce COM
mission gave the Tri-City Rail-
way company authority to |
operate one-man cars on its
Illinois lines
tThe Rock Island Southern |
railway company was restored
to owners, the Walsh interests, /
by order of Judge Louis Fftz-
Henry in the United States dis
trict court Il Peoria.
4-Walter ]. Selle, 43, was shot
and seriously wounded in an
attack made by a lone bandit in
the Selle Bros. grocery, 1880
Fourth avenue.
Sire at the Rescue Mission
ruined clothes of nine of %
men who had, been given Iodg-
ing for the night.
n. Cox, under indictment
in Rock Island on charges of
burglary and larceny was one
of nine bandits rounded up in
East st. Louis for bank rob-
berries aggregating $4,000.
for closing OF all vehi-
Gle traffic entrances in Long
View were issued TO make park
safe for coasting.
pints of beer and L
gallons of wine were taken in
raid on the George Buckley
place, 119 Eighteenth street
THE longest case in history of
the circuit court e1ded when
Eula NJ. Collins was defeated
in a suit brought against the
city of Moline for the death of
her husband. William Collins,
alleged TO have been caused byi
germ-laden water from city
mains. The case began Sept.
%.
Patrolman F. P Kell having COM
pleted 90 years continuous ser
vice on the police force will be
retired with q pension New