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

6-James E. Taylor, 40, Milan,
committed suicide by hanging
himself to tree in a field a
quarter of mile north of the
DepeW farm, where he had
been working.
Sterling P. Sewers, so, found dead
after several days in the hay
lott of the Brady junk yards,
us Twenty-fourth street.
Frank Mably, 1916 Twenty
ninth street, Harold Bleuer,
1875 Twenty-ninth street. and
Clarence Potts were struck by
lightning and knocked uncon-
scious in the Scherer pasture,
Thlrty-eighth street road and
Thirteth avenue.
Carl John Lindgren. 50. dieS of
neat prostration while at work
IN the Union ice houses. two
miles east of Milan.
S-rlIty-one years continuous
membership in Odd Fellows
lodge and % years service in
the Ucal lodge No. sos COM
memorated when Jonas Bear,
60s Eighteenth street, was pre-
Senteu with regalia collar.
l@Temperature reached 101.2 de- |
grees, the hottest July in 10 !
years and the hottest official !
temperature for the day in the
United States.
"a crowd of $4,000 people wit
messed the $150,OOO fire at the
F. G. Lewis Manufacturing
company plant, First avenue
and Second street, Moline.
Sam Morris, taken into custody
by police on double charge OF
larceny and receiving money
under false pretenses, was re-
leased on $4,000 bond.
180-foot hull to ba
made into a government boat
"Chisca" in St. Louis, stopped
here overnight while being tow
ed by the steamer Muscatine.
6-One-man cars put into opera
ton on the bridge line.
Robert Widmayer, 20-year-old son
OF Mrs. Mary Widmayer, 513
Twenty-third street, died as re-
suit of an accidental fall while
IN training as a marine at
Camp Quantico, Va.
s-Ordnance department supplies
valued at 100000 ruined by
lire of unknown origin which
smoldered in warehouse V-10 l
at Rock Island arsenal.
MIS-. Emil F. LOrrain, 45, fell dead
in her home, 1403 Thirty-ninth
street, while making prepare
tons to attend a picnic. 9
Wagner of Rock Island
elected president of the Tri-
City Symphony orchestra at
the executive board meeting.
He succeeded Mrs. Frank Gates
Allen, Moline.
McBurney. 18-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
R. McBurney, 1908 Twenty
ninth street, was attacked by a .;
gang Of boys in Long View
park.
John NJ. Ryan Foundry COM
pany, SOC Forty-first street,
purchased exclusive auto and
tractor rights for manufacture
of Alderman bearing metal, and
according to statements by Mr.
Ryan, president of the corpor-
alton, has backing of 0,000,-
900 concern to produce the
composition.
John J. Mitchell, 1912 Fifth
avenue, Moline, tri-city news
paperman, drowned Saturday
evening in Rock river near
Hillsdale when he and COM
panion were thrown out of a
rowboat into the swift current
and Raymond Seine,
11-year-Old twins, sons of Ebin ~
B. Seine, 1858 Twentieth 20
avenue, drowned in a pool on
the west side of Thirtieth
street at Thirty-third avenue.
Peter Yuhas. East Moline, in
stantly killed when an oil press
fell on him. He was wrecking ~
the glucose plant, Rockingham
road, Davenport.
Swan P JohnsAp, 76. S19 Fiji
teenth street, was seriously in
jured when run down and drag
ged at Seventeenth street and
Second avenue by an automo- 29-
bile driven by Mrs. Henry P.
Stapley, 1923 Second avenue.
The charge against J. A. Bo- 81
man. former justice of the
peace. who was alleged by A.
c. Hall to have assumed the Of
fee of justice Of the peace and
notary public after his term
aTnirad was djSmiSSod