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THE ARGUS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1905. 5 We Don't Want Quitters - Some young man can build up a good paying business in this town pushing the sales of The Saturday Evening Post in a systematic way. We want the right man, one who will stick to it. We will tell him how it can be made profitable. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. 127 Cherrr Street. Useful Holiday CARVING SETS. FINE POCKET CUTLERY. PLAIN AND FANCY SHEARS AND SCISSORS. EMBROIDERY AND CURE SCISSORS. MANI- ROGERS' SILVER AND FORKS. KNIVES ROGERS' SILVER TEA, DES SERT, AND TABLE SPOONS, MEAT FORKS AND BERRY SPOONS. CHILDREN'S SILVER KNIFE AND FORK SETS. SILVER PLATED TEA AND COFFEE POTS. NICKEL PLATED TEA AND COFFEE POTS. We offer you only the best and most reliable goods on the market and at Prices That Are Right. Allen. Myers & Company "M-I-I-I-M--I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I -I-I"M"M"M"fr-I"M I M-M-I- f emu SUITS aid OVERCOATS j; At 20 0 o BLeduction From Selling Price. Plenty to Select MORE SEE SANTA ppears This Evening tt Sev eral Rock Island Churches. SOME CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS Distribution of Presents Among the Sabbath School Children Plen ty of Sweets on Hand. The program of Christmas entertain ment at , the United Presbyterian church this evening at 7:30 is as fol lows: Song by the school. Scripture Read by pastor. Prayer. Song. " Little Cradles" Martha Krans A Christmas Thought" Elizabeth Sommers. "Christmas Bells" Dorothy Griffin, The Reason Why" Cecil Todd. Christmas festival and tree with a treat at the church tonight beginning at o'clock sharp. "The Cantata of the Star will be presented in verse and song by the little folks. ZJoa I.theram. The Zion Lutheran Sunday school will hold its Christmas entertainment tonifeht at 7 o'clock in Augustana col 'ege chapel. There will be a program several trees, appropriate decorations and the usual array of gifts and goodies for the children. Writ Ed Snaday SrhooL The pupils of the West End Sunday scnooi naa tneir ennsrmas program and tree last evening at Sixth street and Seventh avenue. Although 130 children were present, there was generous supply of candy, nuts and popcorn for each, and also an array of gifts, all of which had been donated by generous friends of the Institution. A long program of music and recitations was rendered by the children. TWO FALL FROM THE MILK WAGON "Hang Up tCe Children's Stocking" Gallons of Da,ry Product Overturned Wesley Kubik Teddy s Christmas" Paul Stooky. t-larenee Hudson "Feeling Sorry for Santa" Thelma agner, "The Christmas Cake" Bessie Bry an "Make Room for Jesus" Inez Rohn Song. Into Ditch Near Toil Gate None Injured. Louis Larson and Charles Banen had a narrow escane from serious iniurv this morning at G o'clock, when the Is land Farm dairy wagon, in which they were on their way to Rock Island, was "Santa Claus on the Train" Emma ovtrturnefl into an abandoned quarry Buettner. Holidays" Lola Datin. The Two Stockings' Blanche Al bright. Tlaylng Kris" Grace Nelson. "Christmas Acrostic" Emma Krans. Best of AH" Josephine Lundon. Morning' Robert of Santa" Cecil "On Christmas Wintcrbottom. A Boy's Story Koch. "The Jumping Jack" Uriah Metcalf. "'Bout a Million" Rosa Brunswig. Christmas Song Inez Goodheart, Mary Griffin. The First Christmas" Elizabeth McNary. "Santa's Problem" Ruth Lundon "Hang Ip the Baby's Stocking" 'riah Metcalf. A High Ambition" Uriah Metcalf, Englebert Metcalf. Wesley Kubik. Soup. "Blue Eyes." "What the Mother Goose Children Want for Christmas" Elizabeth Bry an. Uriah Metcalf. Englebert Metcalf, Irene Kreiger. Ruth Richards, Marvin Cook, Ruth Fitzsimmons, Edward Mol- ltr. Vivian Schroeder, Delia Echer- mann. Christmas gifts will he distributed by Santa Claus. Mriuwrlnl Clirlatlaa. The program, as follows, will be presented tonight at the Memorial Christian church by the little folks: Organ Voluntary Mr. Freistat. Song School. Prayer Rev. O. W. Lawrence. Song School. Recitation "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" Mabel Swisher. Solo, "Once in a Manger Lowly" Marion Ray. Readin Miss Gertrude Davis Solo, "The Little Brown Curl" Ruby 1-usk. Christmas Exercise Banner, bells, and flowiTs. Recitation. "If I Were Santa Claus" Dorothy Kaupkc. Recitation Nine girls. Song Primary class. Reeitation. "Christmas Eight girls. Recitation Willie Davis. Pantomime, "The Birthday King." Benediction. Postlude Mr. Freistat. A Christinas tree will be among the hole in the pasture near the toll gate A roadway passes the quarry, the wa gon tracks being but a few inches from the edge of the excavation. This morn ing the wheels slid on the ice, and the wagon was overturned. Over 1U0 gal lons of milk and cream waa contained in the cans and tanks in the wagon, and the greater part of this liquid was pre cipitated onto the two men in the wa gon. The body of the wagon was badlv broken, and all but a few gallons o the milk lost. Fortunately the horses made no effort to run, and the two men were able to extricate themselves Neither received any injuries except slight bruises. Mr. Larson is the man ager of the dairy, and Mr. Banen an employe, CAPT. KNOX DIES Stricken With Paralysis With Bi ble in Hand at Church. WAS ADDRESSING HIS CLASS Uncle of B. Frank Knox and Former Visitor in Rock Island Survived Three Strokes. PERSONAL POINTS. Ernest Wagner, of St. Paul, is visit ins h:s father. Geonie agner. Sr. Robert Hoffmann is home from the University of Illinois for the holidays Miss A. F. Cooke departed last even ing for Omaha, where she will visit rel atives. Fowler Manning, of New Orleans, js spending the holidays with Rock Is'and friends. H L. Darby departed this afternoon for 'Milwaukee, where he wj;i make his home. Mrs. A. J. Carlson, of Chicago, i visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A E. Sheagren. James Knowlton of Elkins. W. Va is visiting his uncle, W. O. Negus, at the Rock Island house. II. If. Pierce of Chicago is in the city, the cuest of his father-in-hiw W just uetore timstmas J. Stephenson and family. Prof. E. Z. Hoffsten, professor of English in the McKinley high school at St. luis, is here for a week's visit with his brother. Rev. C. E. Hoffsten. Mrs. D. A. Buchanan, Mrs. Enii! Malsh, aud daughter, Virginia, of Chi cago, are spending the holidays with their mother,' Mrs. Mary H. Connell. oOS Twelfth street. tu. i'. rwan. traveling freight agent of the Burlington, formerly having his headquarters in this eity, is in the city from Cleveland, Ohio. He -is accom panied by Mrs. Swan and son.' v. c Maxwell, assistant general traffic manager of the Wabash, has re- Secrets' of a features oc tne evening ana Santa turned nome after spending several Claus will appear and assist in the dis- days with friends in the tri-cities. He trlbuticn of the parcels for the child- was formerly assistant general freight agtnt of the Burlington at St. Louis Ben Channon is home from Stark ville. Cal., on a short vacation. He has been connected with railway con struction work in Mexico and several western states. At the end of a week he leaves to enter the employ of the Santa Fe on a new branch being built at Fort Worth, Tex. Fro m. YOU KNOW US. LONDON M. C. R.ICE, Prop. Trinity Kpiwopal. At the Trinity Episcopal church the Christmas festival will occur at o clock in the church, preceding which an entertainment will take place at 0:30 in the choir room, and Mrs Spencer's infant class will provide the eutertainmtnt. Following are the names of the little ones who take part: Claire Long. Horace Smyth, Riufcard Heine. Little Miss Rosser Alexandra DeSoland, Ethel Yerbury, Use Gausert and Louis Horst. Sprarfr Memorial. Sunday school program given last evening at the Spencer Memorial church : Song By the Young People. Scripture Reading Mrs. Boomer's class. Prayer Rev. -E. W. Thompson. Vocal solo Lizzie Miller. letter exercise Nine girls. Recitation Wi!Me Sohoffer. Song Primary class. Recitation. 'Christmas 'Music" Mrs. Buckert's class. Recitation Anna Gillespie. Recitation. -Guess" Primary boys. Solo Miss Bessie Bisbing. Pantomime Ten girls. Song Thre.e toys" classes. Recitation. "A Uttle S?cre:" An- dora I-arrison. Recitation. "The Ten Virgins ' Miss Jessie Eckert't class. Recitation Emma Goble. Antht.ni Choir. At the conclusion of the program. :he treat which had been prepared for the children was distributed, about 300 packages being disposed of. Urmc l.aiberaa. - 4i-"e-ui-'-U-ira'e Lutheran J H-H-l H-fr'fc&IJ 1X1 1 lljfc? ISuaday 'wriovi fckve ihtir annual J MAIL CLERK DIES IN CAfttpn MILWAUKEE G. S. Eddy Founci Dead at Bellevue Passed Through This City. B. F. Knox has received word of the suaaen death of his uncle, Capt. Jo seph Brewster Knox, at Worcester. Mass., Dec. 21. Mr. Knox visited his uncle last summer. Capt. Knox's death was due to a stroke of paralysis, the fourth within a year. He had just risen in Sunday school at the Old South church, at Worcester, to address his class, when with the bible in his hand, he was stricken, and fell helpless to his chair. He had taught the class for nearly Ci years, seldom failing in attendance. He was removed to his home, where he died. He was 77 years and 9 days of age. Service in War. He was born at Blandford, Dec. 12, 1S2S, and resided there until IS vears of age. In 1S."2 he removed to Wor cester, where he had made his home since. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Massa chusetts volunteer infantry, and served till the close of the war. He rose from private, serving in various offices of the signal corps. He was breveted captain and commissioned bv President Lin- i coin. He had been a Mason of the Scottish Rite for 45 years, and during the war was worshipful inastor of a lodge of soldiers organized under spe cial dispensation at the front. He had served as chief of police of Worcester, was at one time a representative in the general court, and a member of the Worcester common council. He hail been a justice of the peace for 11 years. He had engasred in the tire insurance business- for several years. He made an extended visit in Rock Island several years ago. and will be remembered by a number of Rock Is land resivlents. (I'DUBK. Mrs. Elizabeth Cenung. widow of tin late William Genung, and a pioneer of the upp-r end of the county, died Sat urday night at the home of her dauh ter. Mrs. J. S. Baker. 1222 Fortieth street. She had been a resident of this community 4S years. Nine child ren survive. The funeral will be held at Fairfield church near Hillsdale to morrow morning. GOING GOING GOING OUR BIG DISSOLUTION SALE IS NOW ON AND OUR FINE STOCK IS BEING SLAUGHTERED TO TURN THE GOODS INTO MONEY AT V4. V3 l2 Off BE ON HAND EARLY AND GET YOUR SHARE OF THE RARE OFFERINGS. s onmnmers La Velle 1804 2nd Ave., Rock Island oooooooeoo8ooeoeeooooo GANAHL STRIKES WITH IRON POKER Victim is Charles Ropee Employes at the Rock Island Round House Is Bound Over. Mat Ganaiil was bound over to the grand jury this morning on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. In the absence of Magistrate Elliott ho was arraigned before Justice I). R. Mo Karlane, who is 'acting for the magis trate. The complaint was made liv diaries Ropee. who was the victim of the alleged assault. The two inci were at the Rock Is land round house this morning about 9 o'clock, and, becoming involved in a disagreement, Ganahl struck Ropee with a long iron poker. Six stitches were taken in the victim's scalp to close the wound, and while he appear ed at the station as a witness he was in a wer.k condition Public Sale. There will be sold at public auction at 10 o'clock Wednesday next, together with other property, three lots in High land Park addition, located on a paved street, having sewer and water connec tions, also light and ntreet car facilities. Eishop Spalding at Mass. Bishop Spalding attended mass at Peoria yCsterday morning for the first time since his stroke of paralysis. He did not take part in the ceremonies. 3 o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 'it 0 MOT YET Do not think that because Christmas is past that my stock of handsome jewelry is depleted. True it is that I have enjoyed the finest holiday trade in the history of my business, and I take this opportunity to thank my many patrons for the business of the past. I have put in the largest stock of brooches, necklaces, cuff links, watches and silverware that has ever been chown in the city. Prices are as low as the lowest and the quality is the best. FRED BLEUER. (The Reliable Jeweler.) Rock Island 1702 Second Avenue, 0 0 000000000000000000&0000tfO00O00i30 X Fn MS. G. S. Eddy, mail clerk on the C, M. & St. P. road, whose run has been be tween Davenport and Dubuque through this city, died in his car yesterday. His lifeless form was found at the post of duty when the train reached Bellevue. Iowa, north of Savanna. Mr. Eddy, whose home is at Clinton, was 77 years of age. He had been in the service Licensed to Wed. Suman South Moline Martha Behnke South Moline Harry E. King Younestown. Ill Blanche A. Htath Good Hone. Ill No Secret About It. It Is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils etc nothing is so effective as Bucklen'e Arnica Salve. Tt didn't take long to cure a bad sore I had. and It Is all O. K for sore eyes," writes Ii. 1 Gregory. or nopet Texas. 2o cents at Hartz & ullemeyer s drug store. on The trade mark "jStotKimf Porcelain Enameled Plumbing fix tures means as much to you as our name docs when we install them. In addition to the trade mark, each "jStandatsJ" fixture bears the manu racturcrs' "(Jrecn and Gold" label, which is the guarantee of highest quality. CHANSON h DUFVA 112 l Srvratrralk Strrrt. For Cracked Hands. Rough skin and cracked hands are not onlv cured bv DeWitt'a vith since 161 and was the oldest railway Hazel Salve, but an occasional appli- lilUI lltlk m iu4. cat rm wtll Vt-cn tho llln o.ff .smooth. Best for eczema, cuts, bums. Cleaning rresslmr and renairinr ' r!1". luv se,lu,Be cn Real r Shrriir 111!! .htr Kn ' "' " noru imiufca:aie renei Does This Interest YouT ing. A Bad Scare. Some day you will get a bad scare. in all forms of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Sold by all drug gists. Why suffer with your stomach, kid- Whfn nil fff n naln n hAvcla i iu j.jt . ,. . . , , r . . and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in ' . Vuls,er 8 "OCK Dr. Kin' Vw Uf phi. , c,, mane jou wen. u for all hnwl nrt ,nco ,aken tfcis month, keeps you well all Etomach diseases, such as earache, biliousness, costive ness, etc Guaranteed at Hartx & Ulle- meyers drag store, only 25 cents. Try them. the year. S3 cents, tea or tablets. T. H. Thomas' pharmacy. All the AltGUS. news ail the time TUB 1 ten JffiilrAUKiEJ fe' - UNIFORMITY The ever uniform quality of Blatz Wiener means that un deviatin principles are prac ticed at the brewery mm The most critical exactness is exercised in every process. That's why Hlatz Beers are alwa3's the same. VAL BLATZ OREWINC CO.. MILWAUKEE Bcarcbley & Bailey. Wholesale Dealers. r7-15Ui SL Hello M25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ayy v.9 Oasis Ood Cld"SIaWj