The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
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IA thousand teach& fs gathered
for the second ANNUAL meetine,
Of she Black HaNtk division Of
the Illinois Tead Aefa' associa-
ton IN the Aus 1stAnt gym. Z
Possessions OF, L wrence Pedtgo,
proprietor Of he sherman ho-
tel go Sey enteenth street.
were held II default Of pay
ment Of uent amounting to
$3.50. by the L. 8. McCabe
Stores COMPANY. owners Of the
building
One of the densest fogs in this
sectioqj Of the country in so
.yearaJ occurred this morning.
aeyreg1tinx1 $9,833.60
9. yetef SOLICITED ID police court
1mf Oct, Z to Oct. 81, from
vSolA(tOrs Of the. liquor laws in
RS island.
Cont4t hnkions' amounting to So
SO were made to The Argus
fnnA 5pr the widows Of Police
meta Edward Miner and James
ogIben. who we're killed in q.
gtA bAttle with an underworld
npGrox ct Third avenue and
gsnty-second street several
N&1ek1 ago.
s -RErlosiop Of ( laundry stove
mhtnied Ruth Shawgo, aged Is.
i causing the loss Of her left leg,
a&d inflicted less serious in
jyrfes to- both her parents, Mr..
ind Mrs. Arthur Shawgo, in
'their home, 500 Forty-second
street. -
A Fesolution that Edward Bauers-
field be appointed to I'LL .out the
- unexpfred term of three years
as a fire and police commits
ii sioner was introduced at the
city council meeting, Mayor H.
NJ. Schriver and Commission
a, ers Frank WITCH and W. H.
Fftssfmmons voting against it
and Commissioners Martin
Rudgren and John Murrin vot-
ing in favor of it.
Sixty gallons of pure grain
alcohol in small cans were con-
fiscated on Rock Island Lines
train, west bound, at the
Thirty-first street station.
Damage Of $1,000 resulted from
fire in the interior OF the new
Ludwig Stapp home under
construction at Twelfth street
and Twenty-third avenue.
Clarence Edwards, Democratic
nominee for sheriff, and Ches-
ter Thompson, Democratic nom
inee for county treasurer, were
elected by a plurality of $500
votes. H. B. Hubbard was re-
elected county clerk; George
D. Long, county judge: Ben d.
Farrar, probate judge; N. E.
Munson. probate clerk; Justin
Washburn, county superintend-
ent of schools, and X. M. Ben
ell, county surveyor. The Jail
bond issue was defeated.
All petty gambling games, in
GLIDING dice shaking and
punch boards in the cigar
stores, were stopped by Acting
Chief Of Police w: H. Fitz-
simmons.
ga fire at the restaurant con-
Quoted by Morris Canter, POLL
Fourth avenue, caused damage
of $500.
9-Lizzie Landretto, self-confessed
member Of the Rock Island un-
derworld, was granted di-
vorce from Sam Landretto in
circuit court.
Mystery surrounds the finding of
a human skull unearthed by
workmen employed in excavat-
ing at the rear of the old Rock
Island house.
: Mccullough, So, AIS
Eleventh street, Rock Island,
died in a Moline city hospital,
rs a result of injuries incurred
at midnight when the autome-
bile he was driving crashed
headon into a Silvis street car
at Fourth street and First ave-
nue., Silvis.
Thieves take clothing and jewel
~ valued at $1,000 at the home
OF Martin Cavanaugh, 2120
Fifth avenue, while the family
was at church.
1.-THE Rock Island News, John
> Looney's weekly newspaper,
suspends.
Yeggs enter Black Hawk Furni-
ture company store at Fourth
avenue and Twenty-first street
and escape with more than
$500 in cash and government
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