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THE AUGUS. FRIDAY, FEISTJUAIIY 21, lt)Oi. DAVENPORT DOINGS A ease of smallpox was reported yesterday to the board of health by Dr. V. F. Hunt, the patient being Hugo (Jrothusen, 7 years of age and residing at 1021 West Fourth street. r """""" " This evening at (Iraee cathedral will be given the sixth of the neries 1 of lectures under the auspices of the bible institute. It will be delivered by lit. J lev. Theodore N. Morrison, bishop- of Iowa. Ex-Oov. Sherman is in the city. He is here attending the meeting of the Scottish rite Masons and is taking quite an. active part in the proceed ings. He is a Mason of high degree in this state. ' .loli 11 (!. Kvans and wife have trans . f erred to Dorris (iruman for a con sideration of $10.(M)0 a 200 acre farm in Wintield township in this county. The new addition to the ;ineise plant of the Clucose Sugar Refining company of this city has now been completed. This includes the new sulphuric acid tank, which staid-; above the ' building like a smoke stack. The new building was ar ranged for the purpose of niakin;' more room in the main building for further and more economic develop ment of the plant. Forty-five colored gentlemen met Wednesday evening at William .John son place. 227 Fast Fourth street, and organieil a political club with the following officers: John Mabry, president; Frank Howard. vice president; R. T. Hoan. secretary; t". (.'. Allen, assistant secretary: W. ;. Mott. treasurer; William John son, menilx-r of ilireetors; (ieorge Holoway and II. I.ailey, sergeants. At the Central church parsonage at 7 oYIoi-k Wednesday evening, ltev. F. J.. Thompson officiating, occurred the marriage of Walter I. lIobesn and Miss Charlotte T. Innbert. Miss Lambert is a Datenport young lady hos- home has been at the corner of Fourteenth street and Uridge av enue. The groom lives upon a f;.rm about j'i.x miles northeast of the city on the Middle road an I upon this farm they will make their home. Yesterday at the family home. 17t; Division street, occurred Ihe death of Otto Timmscii at the age of 2!l years, the fatal ailment being lung trouble. He is survived by his wife. Dora, ami one child. Klmer. as also his mother, Mrs. Maria Timmscn. and two broth ers. Kmil and Louis. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment at City cem etery. Yesterday at her homo. so West Front street, occurred the death of Maria Schneider at the aire of ."7 WEIGH I More Flesh Generally Means More Strength. We Can Tell You How To Cain In Weight and Health. Thinness is a symptom of disease and the companion of weakness. We have noticed, that when one begins to grow thin some sort of s break-down usually follows. We do not intend to pose as pmphets when we say that to lose flesh indicates serious trouble. We are, however, willing to pose as prophets when we proclaim the fact that we can help you gain tlesh and at the same time health and strength. Our Vinol will do this for you because St acts in the most beneficial manner on the digestive organs. Vinol, as we have often told our lriends, is the modern form of cod liver oil yet without oil or grease. Vinol helps the stomach' to obtain from the food which is taken just those elements that are needed to make pure red blood, sound flesh and hard muscle. . Won't you come to our store if you find that you are losing weight and in vestigate the merits of this greatest modern tonic reconstructor? Not only will it make you wall but it will keep you from being unwelL Mr. Norval Clauson of BlairjTille, Tenn., writes the following letter: "I recently purchased a bottle of Vinol and took it according to directions, as I was in need of a general tonic. In a very short time I noticed a decided improve ment in my general health. I increased in weight, my appetite became better, and I felt the return of old time energy. 1 can most cheerfully recommend Vinor as the best tonic that I have ever taken." W have learned by observation that Vinol will accomplish all that is claimed for It. . Because we know this Is so, we guarantee the action of Vinol as a tonic and a producer of flesh. We are sure there is nothing better. Buy a bottle of Vinol on our guarantee and If you are not satisfied we wiu rerun a your money. Harper House Pharmacy. DON'T IS? TOBACCO SPIT SMOKE YourLifeawavl x on can uc corea 01 inj lonn 01 toDacco using easily, be made welt, strong, marantic, full new lire inn Tijror try taking MU-TO-BA O, that makes weak men sironz. Miov frain tea Pounds in ten days. Orer BOOpOQO l-t and advica FREE. Address 8TEU.ING JLEMEDY CO, Chicago or Mew York. 437 years, death result injc from u cancer, for the relief of which she sometime ag-o unilf rwent a surgical opera! ion. Deceased is survived bv five children. 1'lie funeral will lie held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment at Fairmount ceineterv. Yesterday IJert Ilemley, a team ster of Uoek Island, was driving west on Second street with a load of sand. His team was in the street car track and as it approached the corner of Second and Harrison streets a Cen tral Park car slid around the corner. Before the car could Ik stopped its femler struck the fore wheels of the wajron. , mule attached to the wag-- on was felled, but the blow was n-t of sufficient force to injure the fend er. Ilemley jumped off f the wagon and sustained a slight strain of the hip. Marriage, licenses have been issued by Clerk I'heek to V. J. IJogers, of Cass county, Iowa, and Lena Doen necke. of Davenport: Walter 1. Kobe son and Charlotte Taylor. Lambert, both of D;ivenport: Charles Murray Ilobertsoii. of Long drove, and Daisy May Price, of Davenport township; Frank J. Keiisted.' of Fairport. ami Kda M. Parker, of, Muscatine; Krieh .1. C. Frali m and (ieorgia A. P.rum- baugh. both of DufTalo township; Adam Win row. of Pleasant Valley, ami Lizzie White, of Argo; Julius lie-in and Theresa Moeller, both of Walcott. The local Klks are talking carnival. A gent leinnn has been in the city for a day or two with a proposition to put on a carnival in Davenport under the auspice! of the order, ami the matter is to be brought up at :i meet ing to be hel l next Tuesday. Many of the members of the society favor the idea. If the local Klks take the matter up. there will be a carnival in Davenport worth seeing. At the residence of the bride's rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doenncke. I2. Ilildreth street, in the east part of the city, last night at o'clock occurred the marriage of V. - Kogge, a prosieroiis farmer and stock rais er, of Massena. Cass county, Iowa, and Miss Lena Dociinecke. A dispatch received from Marshall town gives the information that the eveeutive committee of the Iowa State Firemen's association met there last night and decided to hold the next state tournament in Davenport. l.aymonil Meyer, the little boy who called for the baby at the house if detention the other evening, and was told his basket was not large enough to carry the infant in. and that the matron couhl not let the :i-month child go out in the cold night 'air, was back yesterday with a larger basket and his sister to help him car ry it. Mrs. Hill, the police matron, in whose care the foundling child has been left until Supervisor Wnlff hns decided where to place it. told Ray mond that if his mother would come with him he could take the child. The little fellow was happy at this, and seemed to think his mother would agree to the plan. He and his sister went home. The boy did not return, and the supposition is that his mother would not agree to the plan of adding to the membership of the family by the adoption of the baby found on the steps of City De tective Atkinson's house on North Harrison street last Monday night. There were It applications for the privilege of adopting the child yester day and Supervisor WultT devoted most of the day to an investigation into the surroundings of each of the homes to which the dMirs have lieeii opened to the tender infant. All the homes are said to be excellent ones, and the decision may prove hard to make. Tax Not Ire. Taxes for the year JOOt arc now due. Parties having ersonal taxes and no real estate will please make immediate payment. The statutes in regard to payment of personal taxes are exacting and the law will be strictly enforced if the personal taxo is not paid within a reasonable time. Office with S. S. Hull, room 13, Mitchell & Lynde building. WILLIAM J. YAAS, Township Collector. . i'.vnrll. Nnrlr Kvf rTwhrrf. There is no more agonizing torture than piles. The constant itching mm hnrninir make life intolerable. No position is comfortable. The torture is unceasing. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles at once, lor skin iikrsp. cuts, burns, bruises, nil VSnda of wnunds. it is unemiallcd. J K. Hern 11. St. Taul. Ark., says: "From 1SG3 I suffered with the protruding. bleeding piles and count una notning to heln me until 1 used DciU8 Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes Mmnlplclv cured me. Ueware of counterfeits. For sale by all drug gists. My Family Ifcx-tor. Illue Island. 111.. .Ian. 14. l'JOl. Messrs. EH Ilros: I have used your Cream Dalin in my family for nine years, anil it has become my family doctor for colds in the head. I use it freely on my children. It is a Godsend to children, as they are troubled more or less. Yours re spectfully, d. KIM ISA LL. Judge for yourself. A trial size can lie had for the small sum of 10c. Supplied by druggists or mailed by Kly Brothers, 5 Warren street, "New York. Full size 50c. MOLINE MENTION Mrs. S. K. Cook it Co. is the name of a new firm which hns purchased the millinery store of the Misses Schillinger in the Wessel building on Fifteenth street. They have taken possession. The Lutheran church did not take action Wednesday evening, upon Ihe proposition to hold the next August- ana svnod here, but the vote was de ferred until next Sunday, when there will be more members tint. The quarantine on the Millison home has been raised after thorough fumigation. The only other patient in the city under rest mint. Joe Heiu- envvay. will be released from quar antine this week. Tlie sophomores of the Moline high school held u meeting Wed nesday -a f tcrnoon at Warr's hall and organized after being refused a meeting plac in the high school on account of t lie repeated differences that occurred last spring between the different classes. They opened their meeting after stdiool hours in one of the rooms of the Moline high schoi.l, bul Principal Heil refused them tie use of the room, so adjournment was taken and the meeting was held at Warr's hall. The officers elect.'. I are as follows: President. Hubert Put man; vice president, Until fiamlde: secretary and treasurer, Norman Warr. It was decided to change the class colors and they are now orange and dark blue. Another. meeting was held Wednes dey evening by the local Mohlcrs" union with Second Vice President Kcough. who was here for .the .pur pose of securing ih- increase in the wage scale. The matter was talked over and the prospects at presenl are that the men will have to walk oul to secure the raise, although this extreme measure will not be taken unless it is absolutely necessary. The manufacturers have been noti fied of the action taken but they have not made an answer. The full two weeks will be allowed tlunt and then definite action will be taken af ter the expiration of that time. In the destruction of the Battle Creek sanitarium at Battle Creek. Mich.. Moline will profit, for patients will be sent from the parent branch to the institution here and it is pos sible that Ihe health retreat here may be very greatly enlarged at once to accommodate some of the great number of patients who have been driven out of the hospital by the lire. Dr. J. I. Frooin. head of the local branch.1 has telegraphed Dr. Kellogg at Battle Creek that without propor tional cost and within a very short time, the capacity of the home here eoul 1 be doubled, and he hopes that such action will be taken. Three more Moline children were taken to the 1'nioii mission in Um k Island .yesterday afternoon by Mr ;. Metgar. Their lather. Charles Hend ricks, deserted his family some time ago anil, the mother went insane in consequence and was sent to Wnter town. The two eldest brothers have tried to cart' for the little ones at home, but are unable to do so any longer. The cast is a sad one. The children are aged respectively 10. s a nil j yea rs. The annual meeting of Hie Moline democratic club will be held at Warr's hall Tuesday evening, Feb. 2.1. at S o'clock. Officers of the club will In elected for the ensuing year, and such other business as may conic be fore the meeting will . transacted. Attending physicians fear that fatal results may attend the case of (ieorge W. Walker, who for a week past has been suffering with a violent attack of hiccoughs, with hardly a cessation of the affliction. Yesterday afternoon a consultation .f physi cians wes held over his case. Stomach trouble has weakened his condition materia 1 1 v. Specifications have been completed by the D. M. Sechler Carriage com pany for an extensive addition to its plant on Third avenue, and contrac tors arc already figuring on the work that no delay may be experienced in gelling the construction under way as soon as the building season oens. A frve-story structure with high base ment and dimensions of WOxlOO feet will be located in the interior court north of ihe main building. Three stories will be devoted to the manu facture of coruplanters now carried on in the cart shop the manufac ture of the now famous Black Hawk having extended beyond the capacity of the present plant and the three upjKT stories will 1m used for ware house purposes. A new one-story addition of large dimensions will In made to the east side of the present blacksmith shop. An entirely new steam plant will be installed, includ ing boiler with "no horse power and a new engine of. the same sie. RtwAnTnrKMient Dr. Tl0b NT gpirum PIllseoT all kney 111. Pan. pit tra. Add. bverua- Bemetfi Co tliicao or M. x. Constipation, bowel irregularity, headache,, dytqiepsin, torpid liver, bad kidneys, rheumatism, disorders inci dent to sedentary life positively cured by Pocky Mountain Tea. the great est American remedy. T. II. Thom as' pharmacy. Foley's Honey and Tar is best for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiates, and cures quickly. Care ful mothers keep it in the house. For sale by all druggists. Si - BB jii.Lg?!.' .yA"wwgy'w .ivsxnx-! V ' A ' Jf i m 1 - . I n-vX AW Mm w m "J i M ' 1 JT rOA rry I -:V--:;-,.;iv.- JMf. f of the . vl - ' c iVoj mi fP... -' :rv, !aa-fe'''o'-jK sA: y 3? '4 V 'A mm ass zsuiworittSij wo men how sfoo v&no cured zznd adfirlsei them to follow her . example. Here is her fir at fetter to FiSrGm Pinkhnm s (PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION.) "March 15, 1899. "To MRS. PINKHAM, Lynx, Mass.: Dear Madam: I am suffering from inflammation vj. iiio uiaoco xu.Kk wuihu, auu nave ueen ior eienieen 1'jT months. I have a continual pain and soreness in my J back and side. I am only free from pain when lying down or sitting in an easy chair. When I stand I suffer A with severe pain in my side and back. I believe my -j troubles were caused by over-work and lifting some years ago. "Life is a drag to me, and I sometimes feel like giving up ever being a well woman ; have become careless and unconcerned about everything. I am in bed now. I have had several doctors, but they did me but little good. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been recommended to me by a friend, and I have made up my mind to give it fair trial. "I write this letter with the hope of hearing from you in regard to my case "Mrs. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va. Mrs. Pinhham' advice was promptty received hy PIrc Watson and a few months fater she writes as foiiowss (PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION.) "November 27, 1899. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I feel it my duty to acknowledge to you the benefit that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has done for me. "I had been suffering with female troubles for some time, could walk but a short distance, had terrible bearing down pains in lower part of my bowels, backache, and pain in ovary. I used your medicine for four months and was so much better that I could walk three times the distance that I could before. "I am to-day in better health than I have been for more than two years, and I know it is all due to Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. "I recommend your advice and medicine to all women who suffer." Mrs. 13. J. Watson, Hampton, Va. Mrs W&tson's Icttars prove that Mrs. Pink ham's freo advfeo is always forthcoming on request and that it is a sure guida to health. These letters are but a drop in the ocean of evidence proving that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound CURES the ills of women. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles or such hosts of grateful friends. Do not be persuaded that any other medicine is just as good. Any dealer who suggests something else hss no interest In your case. He is seeking a larger profit. Follow the record of this medicine and remember that these thousands of cures of women whose letters are constantly printed in this paper were not brought about by "something else," but by Lydia Em Pinkham's lenetafoie Gomnound S5O0 111 Q r Oortuft to the fact that aonie skeptical people have from time to time questioned E C lj If n J the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are coinannv vu""'""K. I y, HenoMted with the National CitT Bank. Lmn, Mass.. $;.ooo. which will , IJ to any person who Will show that the above testimonials are not eenuine. or were published before t 4 inTng the writer's apecial permission. I.YPIA. K. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO , Lynn. Mass. be paid Obtain!: i r t ,1 t4 in 4 -SI 4 A J--. is. i 7 . 1 In 1 f 1 'r.. 5 J