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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.
MOLINE'S SECTION OF TI
ARGUS
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NEIGHBORS SAVE
OLD JS LIFE
Erie Man Suffers Stroke and
Lies in Home for Two
Days Helpless.
John Smith, an old man who resides
in the woods noar Erie, came near dy
ing a couple of days apo from parall
els. Che timely arrival of friends sav
ing hie life, for the time being at least.
Neighbors living near his lonely cot
tage noticed that he had not been
around for the p3ft couple days and
decided to pay him a visit. They
found that he was in a critical condi
tion, being unconscious. Physicians
were called, but it is doubtful if the
old man will survive the ordeal. For
two days he lay in is bed at home
unable to assist himself or cry out.
years of age, and two brothers and,
sisters.
The funeral is to be held Friday af
ternoon from the home of the"Tarents,
Rev. O. M. Dunlevy officiating. Inter
ment will be in Riverside cemetery.
August Llndgren.
Word has been received In this
city announcing the recent death in
Pasadena. Cal.. of August Llndgren,
long time employe of the Mollne Plow
company as expert designer of farm
implement machinery, and a promi
nent and charter member of the
Swedish Olive lodge of Odd Fellows.
Xo particulars of the death - have
been learned here, merely the news of
the sudden demise reaching his daugh-
j tr, Mrs. Arthur Dineen. who did not
even know her father was ill. Mr.
Llndgren was a native of Sweden and
was 67 years of age. He retired from
active work about three years ago and
went to California to make his home.
BARSTOW FARMER IS 0
HURT IN EAST MOLINE
Francis DePorter, Barstow farmer,
had a narrow escape from serious in
Jury when a wagon drawn behind the
vehicle in which he was riding was
struck by a westbound interurban car
on Eighteenth avenue near Thirteenth
street. East Moline. DePorter was on
bis way home and, for some reason,
did not see the car approaching until
it was too late to avoid being hit.
As the car struck be wagon, Mr.
DePorter waa hurled headlong by the
impact, alighting between the two
horses he was driving. Luckily the
horses did not attempt to run. Mr.
DePorter had his nose broken and
was bruised about the lower limbs.
EAST MOLINE PLANS
MORE NEWSIDEWALKS
An assessment roll for a big side
walk district in East Moline was filed
in county court this morning. The es
timated cost is I5.500. Judge B. S.
Bell set Aug. 7 at the date for a bearing
LABOR DAY MAY
BE CELEBRATED
East Moline Belgian-American
Band Plans to Combine
With Business Men.
Plans for a celebration and parade
in conjunction with the business men
of the city are being discussed in East
Moline bv the officers and members of
the Belgian-American band of that
city. The parade is to consist Of floats
furnished by business houses of the
city.
So far the proposition has been re- j
ceivea ravoramy Dy tne ousmess mfff
and the members of the band, and a
meeting with the Commercial club Is
to be held in the near future to com
plete arrangements.
TELL US NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS THAT GRECIAN NYMPHS
OF OLD:HAD ANYTHING ON THE AMERICAN BRAND OF-TODAY
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eight years ago of John Ziegler In his
grocery store in this city has been
eolved. Horace Freeman, ' who was
sent to Chester two years ago for
highway robbery here, confessed to
the warden there this week that he
shot and killed Ziegler when the lat
ter refused to hand over his money.
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LEVEE CHARACTERS '
PLOT TO KILL HLVI
MOLINE WELL ADVERTISED
AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
Moline was well advertised at the
recent national convention of the Elks
held in Denver, according to local del
egates who have just returned to this
city. The Moliners wore large badges
during the sessions, and in addition
had class and initiatory work, taking.
in a number of members.
Denver newspapers even went so far
as to feature the Mcline delegation,
end one of the local members awaken
ed one morning to hear a newsie parad
ing the streets with his extra edition,
announcing, "All about the Moline
Ginks." He bought a paper and found
that it had used a large cut of the Mo
liners on the front page.
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OBITUARY RECORD
James Trevcr, Jr.
James J. Trevor, Jr., son of Mr. and
?.Trs. James Trevor, 1339 Twenty
fourth avenue, died at his home after
an illness expending over a period of
tight months from Bright's disease.
He was born Jan. 29. 18S1. in Happy
Hcllow, Hampton township, and was
educated in the public schools o" Mo
I'ne. Later he followed the trade of a
p-inter, and was employtd by the Mo
line Wagon company for a period of
16 years. He was married in 1903 to
Mies .May me Bourdeen of this city. In
additicn to the father he leaves a step
mother, his wife, one son, Earl, 16
Blood Tor.Ic Has
Important Meaning
Puts the Right Sort of Vim
Where Most Needed.
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TV .C. Dannenberg.
Chicago. July 24. The three separ
ate investigations which were begun
following the "Badlands" shooting, in
which Detective-Sergeant Stanley
Birns was killed, two detectives and
two citizens wounded, are still In
progress.
State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne has
a dozen men at work. He declares
that the police story that the shooting
was due to a misunderstanding of two
bodies of detectives is not true. Cor
oner Hoffman has his men at work,
and the city civil service committee is
'pursuing an investigation on demand
Of Superintendent of Police Gleason.
A district about a mile square, ex
tending from Twelfth street to Thirty-first
street and from the lake to
the river, has been the home of pro
tected vies for 15 yea:. In the au
tumn of 11-J State's Attorney" John E.
W. Wayman, upon pressure by civic
committees and newspapers, sent out
."0 men, raided 100 resorts and closed
up the district.
Since then it has gradually 'reopen-
rd. though Mayor Harrison asserts
that his orders to the police are to
keep t closed. He discovered his po
licemen wers betraying him. He then
appointed Maj. M. L. C. Funkhouser
from civil life to take charge of the
morals department of poce work.
The regular police resented the ap
pointment Of Funkhouser. He chose
the man highest on the civil service
list for his assistant. This proved to
be V. C. Dannenberg, a former agent
for the United States department oi
iustice.
Tt ton i" tb blood means to enable It to rimbhmni., wa nmvWml u-iih "in
throw off accumulated impurities, to in- unknouser was provided Wltn JU
rea the red eorpuncies and to put tb . men who ar-a investigators and de-
blood-maklnc; organs into snch active eondl- J tf-lvs Ha rlll roanrtd that the
tion aa to produce that conscious sensation tec.ives. MS raiueu resorts mat tne
of what we feel aa health. police asserted were closed, and in a
This la the Imftcal effort of ntlnr the i a .1 1 1 1 1 . ,1..
famous blood puriUer. B. R. 8. , "u" l"'3 8nu u't, P-- ui iu
of (iistnct were eitner biina or corrupt.
This engendered bad feeling between
Most of these people havei the two branches of the department.
Society girls in Spirits of the Woods dance.
Under the direction cf Mrs. Flor ence Fleming Noyes. America's lead ing exponent of Grecian flancing, so
ciety girls from all parts of the coun try are impersonating the Grecian nym phs of old at Mrs. Noyes' outdoor
school in New Hampshire. The pictu re shows some of the most charmin g or these girls engaged in the Spirits
of the Woods dance in a secluded dell.
being sympathetic and polite to Arton
II. Batchholder, a guest of the hotel,
has inherited 970.000 from him. Batch
holder died in Birmingham, England,
and Patterson was notified that he had
left $70,000 in his will to the accom
modating waiter.
1L
ANDALUSIA
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Mrs. L. Morris and baby -of Musca
tine visited Thursday and Friday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre.
Mr. and Mrs. William Roe and Mr.
and Mrs. E. Finley and children visit
ed several days last week at the home
of L. Haines near Muscatine.
Bessie Frel returned home Wednes
day after a week's visit with friends
in Rock Island.
Mrs. Mary Reylander and daughter.
Miss Alma, returned to their home at
Osceola Monday after a short visit at
the home of Mrs. Reylander's brother,
P. A. Johnson.
Otto Heinze returned home Wednes
day after a three weeks' visit at the
home of his son, Otto, at Sunbury,
Iowa.
Mrs. Melissa Johnson and grand
daughter, Miss Meta Wood of Edging
ton, visited Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson and
daughters of Creston, Iowa, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Johnson of Edgington
visited Tuesday at the home of W.
Lewie. 4
Mrs. Clara West and son, Merl, re
turned to their home in Chicago Sat
urday after a short visit with friends
here.
Miss Anna Burmeister came home
from Chicago Sunday to spend several
weeks.
Rev. L. E. Ellison and Joe Burgoyne
visited friends in Moline and Erie this
week.
Mrs. George Kell of Edgington visit
ed Sunday at the home of her sister,
Mrs. II. Tompkins.
HEAT RESULTS IN
DEATH OF WOMAN
Mrs. Dorothea Wahlgren Over
come and Dies at Home
in East Moline.
IF
Half the people rou meet eomolatn
weary muscles, atarnant brain. Jangled
win u'i wonaenui aesire to lay uuvn
and just quit. Most of these teoule have
been nslnic nervines that spasmodically flare
uu auv urrTt- uui j 10 uie aosrn again, aa
die they must. Avoid nerve stimulants,
liear la mind that this worn-oat feeling la
doe to poor blood, to bacteria in tba water
you drink; to the multiplying of destruc
tive germs In the iilood faster than they
ran be orercome by the white corpuscles;
and to what la known aa anto-tozemla, that
condition where the venoue or Impure blood
accumulates faster than 1c can be replaced
by the red arterial blood.
R. R. S. baa long been famous as a blood
purifier, and Ita action by elimination of
the Irritating poisons thst lnfer. the blood.
Is one of the very Importsnt things to know.
You ran get 8. H. H. at any drag store,
but take no other so-alled blood purifier.
- r. 8. Is purely a vegetable p rod n rf,
and yon will make a great mistake to bare
aome enthusiast palm off a mercury, arsenie
or iodide of potash preparation that may
'rrP'abl barm.
r-1 la prerred by The gwlft RpeHfle
if- ? BwUt Bld' Atlanta. Ga, and If
"T Oeep -seated or obstinate blood
Jrb,eirteit tnelr Medics! rept. fr
tVdo so. 11 wU1 t" wurUi joux wbiir
Jkdeerusemecrt.
During the last month Dannenberg,
who haa active charge of the work,
has been busy. He raided saloons
open after' the closing hour, had a
number of licenses revoked and hauleH
to police stations "respectable" Blum
mera who were J6y riding aroflnd In
automobiles. These were arrested
with underworld women in saloons.
Dannenberg has been threatened
with death a score Of times, but he
kept right on the job. There are but
two theories as to the shooting. One
that it was a gangsters plot that went
wrong, the other that two parties of
detectives thought each other gunmen
and began shooting.
$70,000 Tip to Polite Waitsr.
New York. July 24. Frank R. Pat
terson, a waiter in the Hotel Avon, by
BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Flash the Kidneys at ones when Back
achy or Bladder bothers Meat
forms uric acid.
No man or woman who eats meat regu
larly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says a well
known authority. Meat forms urio acid
n-hich clogs the kidney porea so they
sluggishly filter or strain only part of
i he waste and poisons from the blood,
:hen you get sick. Nearly all rheuma
.ism, headaches, liver trouble, nervoua
tesa, constipation, dizziness, sleeplesene,
Madder disorders eome from sluggish kid
neys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the
Sidneys or your back hurta, or if the
irine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi
ment, irregular of passage or attended
y a sensation of scalding, get about four
mncea of Jad Salt from any reliable
ikarmacy and take a tablespoonful in
v glass of water before breakfast for a
ew days and your kidneys will then act
Ine. This famous aaJta is made from
he aeid of grapes and lemon juice, com
ined with lithia and has been used for
fenerations to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu
raJize the acids in urine so it no longer
uses irritation, thus ending bladder is
irdera. Jad Salts Is inexpensive and ean
lot injure; makes a delightful effer
eseent lithia-water drink which all reg
:Iar meat eaters should take now and
hen to keep the kidneys clean and the
food pure, thereby avoiding serious kid-
eomnlieationa.
Harper House Pharmacy. (Adv.)
The excessive heat claimed a vic
tim Wednesday, when Mrs. Dorothea
Wahlgren, Eighth street and Seven
teenth avenue. East Moline, died at her
home following a prostration. She
was 74 years of age. She has been a
resident of East Moline for the past
nine years, and was well known in the
city.
Mrs. Wahlgren. was born in Stock
holm, Sweden, in 1840, and came to
thi.. country many years ago. Her
husband preceded her in death by sev
eral years, and she leaves two sons,
William of East Moline, and Albert of
Chicago.-
Funeral services were held today
from the home, and the body was tak
en to the Burlington depot for ship
ment to I.ynn, 111., where the final ser
vices w-ill be held Saturday.
Onions, 3 bunches for c.
Sweet corn, 10c per dozen .
Peppers, 10c per dozen.
Cabbage, 5c per head.
Eggs, 22c per dozen.
Butter, 25 to 27c per pound.
Beets, 4 bunches for 5c.
Cucumbers, 4 and 5c
Rhubarb, 2 bunches for 5c.
Cauliflower, 5c to 15c per head.
Admits Murder In Capital.
Springfield, 111., July 24. The mys
tery surrounding the murder nearly
WORK IS RUSHED
ON HIGH SCHOOL
Eighty workmen are rushlhg ths
work on the new Mollne high school
building which is being erected on
Sixteenth street. J. U Simmons of
Chicago, who has the contract, is de
termined that the building shall be
completed on time and Superintend
ent H. K. Dick Is keeping the work
moving in a systematic way. Work
on the third and last floor will begin
next week. It is planned to have the
new high school ready for the pupils
in February.
. The building will be fire-proof,
wood floors will be used only in the
gymnasium and two study rooms. The
others will be of concrete, treated
with' a composition hardener and the
most of them will be covered with
battleship linoleum. The floors will
be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner
system operated from the pump room.
Some of the unusual features of the
building are the stage and galleries
which will seat quite a large number
of people and the large circular run
ning track in the gymnasium.
The building will have 51 rooms,
outside of the courts, offices, pumps
and boiler rooms.' There will be
chemistry and boilogy laboratories.
Other rooms will be used for lectures,
recitations, drawing, music, museum,
study, a library, typewriting, steno
graphy, bookkeeping lunch room and
bicycle storage.
AUTO AND BOGGY
HAVE COLUSi;
Tom Gaffney of Kansas
Has Narrow Escape Whej !
oirucK by Car.
SMALLPOX ELIMINATED
BY MOLINE OFFICIALS
Only two cases of smallpox now re
main in the city, where only a few
veeks ago there were almost fifty.
City health authorities announce that
the disease has been practically elim
inated, and no further fear need be
felt by the people. Both of the cases
now in the city are exceptionally
light. ' "
Tom Gaffney, who savs .'..!
In Kansas City, came near lo.i.T'
life in Mnlin loo iv.. ,
u.gm inn
by a speeding automobile, Ci
was driving a buggy fr0m s!T
eu me acciaent occurred, tai v
""86 "u me automob!!
badly damaged in the heaio.
Ion. Gaffney wa, thrown out T
vehicle, but did not sufTer
the body and head. . i
The police were summoned, uttJ
on reaching the scene they fomj
Gaffney, who was evidently on&,J
influence of liquor. The autobuw
deserted their car, hut the oS!
took the number and an investinrJ
showed that it was the antll
Henry Slebke of East Moline. vj
steps to prosecute the driver wn j
taken unless it is learned theal
I In tfa li.n. V , . v
j " uauua ul uurrowing joy ffa.
TWO MORE BOX CARS ARE
BURNED IN LOCAL YARi
Another box car fire in the rlcfe.
of Fourth avenue and Tenth r J
the Rock Island yards kept Van
department busy for a time this
ing at about 2:30. Two cars wW5i
fire when the alarm was tamed he.'
fast work by the department 1001k'
the flre :.under control. At sboatiJ
time, however, a fast train earned
and ran over the hose, cutting I ,
two and stopping further work sj
blaze. The fire was so far out, fo)
ever, that it did not start again.
ANOTHER LOCAL SPEEDER
iniNS THF 5510 fW mi:'
Another Epeeder was arretted jt
terday, R. J. Seaton of this city. E
was driving his car on Tenth ttr
at a rate' in excess of the speed is:
of Moline, and was arrested by Ofics
Negley. He was given an ImmeSis
hearing and fined the usual f 12.18 S
the police magistrate.
Go E.
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For Summer Ironing Comfort
DIRECTORS PLAN
TO INCORPORATE
Moline Baseball Association
Organized With Paid Up
Stock of $2,500.
Application has been made to Harry
Woods, secretary of state, to incorpor
ate the Moline Baseball association,
the capital Btock to be $2,500, the ob
ject to maintain a league ball team
and to promote such other amusement
enterprises as may be desired. As
soon as the charter has been secured
stock subscription blanks will be
placed in circulation. Certificates w ill
be lsBued without delay to those who
have already subscribed.
Seating capacity at the Red Men
park is rapidly being extended. A new
bleacher stand along the first base line
is now in use. The two stands back
of the home plate have been Joined
and roof and wire netting have been
added.
Temporary directors have decided
that the charge for grand stand seats
shall be 15 cents week days and that
the Sunday price to the stand shall
to 25 cents. The gate fee will be
25 cents for all games the remainder
of the season, the 50-cent charge of
last Monday having been special only
for opening day arranged as a boost-event.
Tuesday and Fridays in the Three
Eye league are ladies' days, and the
rule will be observed in Moline. La
dies will be admitted to the grounds
free on these days, though the 15
cent fee for admission to the grand
stand will not be waived.
LACK OF RAIN HURTING
CROPS; MARKET IS SLOW
Owing to the lack of rains produce
is coming in much slower at the city
market, and the present demand ex
ceeds the amount of produce that la
obtainable. Borne of the prevailing
prices are:
- Beans, 5c per pound.
Tomatoes. 6c per pound.
Carrots, 2 bunches for 5e.
Radishes, 3 bunches for 5c
G. E. irons, the famous electric
iron with the cool handle and attached
stand The housewives
Cost very little to use.
daily friend.
Guaranteed
for 10 years. Price $3.50.
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