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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

ter OF the bed again and watered and
kept it clear of weeds and enemies
One letter ends this way: There
was lady one time who was very
sick and all the neighbors brought
flowers to her and she soon got bet
ter Now my pansies and vines have
all gone to seed
Another said: ''In the front yard |
made a bed of about 100 different
colors of moss. | feel we'll pleased
with the work l did this summer, and
next summer | hope to make the yard
look still more beautiful"
One young lady says in the course
of long letter: Il must confess |
do not know very much about flow
ers. All l have learned has been in
helping mamma"
Pulls the Weeds.
This is a typical one: My grand
ma raised a yard of pretty flowers.
She gave me some of her seeds and
planted them. | pulled weeds every
day till | got them all out and now
have TO gather the seeds and put
them in. a saucer and let them dry.
Next year | viii have another pretty
garden. We have some vines and |
fixed them up with string. They
grew so fast that | had to make the
string longer. Now our yard isn't so
pretty. The flowers are all gone and
the grasses are drying up
Many. like the writer of the follow
ing. are planning for another year:
This summer | planted pansies. vines
and pinks. l had very much fun
planting my flowers. After while the
vines fell down and l took the seeds
off of them. l am going to keep the
seed till next summer
This young lady covered up the I'M
lovely spots: Between our house
and the next is an old, tumble-down
fence. l have covered it with sweet
peas. morning glories and nastur
tiums. We hang our hammock on an
old pole. | planted morning glories
around it and it was completely Gov
cred with them
One young man says briefly: Il
cut our grass" That is the most con
else letter OF all.
Here is Il story nicely told: Il saw
two tiny leaves out of the ground at
first. l watched my garden carefully.
pulled the grass and weeds out of il
and sprinkled it every night. My
flowers grew nicely and there were
very many pretty blossoms on them,
but the north wind has put the flow
ers to sleep now. Next year | will
have another garden"
Il have sowed grass seeds and
worked all summer long" says anoth-
er. Il planted lilies and painted the
fence in the front part. | made Il new
walk. sowed asters in my mothers
garden and our yard is fine. | raked
the yard, too. and am glad to have
nice yards. | planted a garden of
pansies for my mother
Plants From the Woods.
There were some failures: Il made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

Memorial Christian, corner of Third
avenue and Fifteenth street. Services
at 1920 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:45 n. IN. Y. Z. S. c. +. at
$3.50 p. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
IN THE CHURCHES

Preaching by pastor at $50. Topic.
"ChriSt's Harvest Home"
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue. Preach
ing at 10:45 n. IN.
Mckinley Baptist, Sixth avenue and
Tenth street, Rev. j. a. Bingaman,
pastor. Services at IL a. m. and 1880
p. III. Sunday school at 2:3O p. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10:45
n. IN. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school fol
lows morning service. Reading rooms
open every afternoon except Sunday
from to 4. Subject for morning and
evening, God, the Preserver of Man"
Trinity Episcopal, corner of Sixth
avenue and Nineteenth street, Rev.
II. f. Sweet, S. r. d., rector. Ser
vices at 10:45 a. m. Sunday
school at 9:15 n. m. Even song at
1880 p. m.
Trinity Episcopal, corner of Fourth
avenue and Seventh street, Rev. r. f.
Sweet, S. T. D., rector. Even song
and Sunday school at 2:3o p. m.
Y. NJ. c. a. building, corner of
Third avenue and Nineteenth street.
Meeting for juniors, aged 10 to 1G,
2:3O p. IN. Mems meeting at $3.50.
ST. Joseph's Roman Catholic, cor
ner of Second avenue and Fourteenth
street, Rev. Thomas Macl1in, dean and
pastor. Mass at a. m. and 1890 a.
m. Vespers at , p. m. Sunday school
at 2 p. IN.
st. Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-secOnd
street, Rev. +. j. Poettkin, pastor.
Mass at s and 1920 a. m. Vespers at
3 p. m. Sunday school at $3.50 p. m.
Mass and sermon at 0 a. m. for the
Belgian Pensioners.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic,
Twenty-eighth street and Fifth ave-
nue., Rev. j. f. Lociney, pastor. Mass
at and 10:30 a. IN. Sunday school
at p. IN. Vespers at 1880 p. m.
Central Presbyterian, Second ave-
nue., between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets, Rev. William Tor
rance, pastor. Services at 1O:45
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Chris
tan Endeavor at $50 p. m.
Broadway Presbyterian, corner of
Twenty-third street and Seventh
avenue, Rev. w. S. Marquis, pastor.
Services at 1O:45 a. IN. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. South
Park Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.
Young Peoples meeting at GAS p. m.
South Park Chapel, Presbyterian,
Elm street and Fifteenth avenue.
Rev. w. S. Marquis, pastor. Sunday
school at $3.50 p. m. Prayer meeting
Tuesdays at 1880 p. IN.
Aiken Street Union Chapel, South
Rock Island. Sunday school at 3 p.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
A CAUSE OF HEADACHE.
One Very Common Cause Generally Over.
looked.

One Very Common Cause Generally Over
looked.
Headache is Il symptom, an indica-
ton of arrangement or disease in
some organ. and the cause of the
headache is difficult To locate because
so many diseases have headache as
a prominent symptom: arrangement
of the stomach and liver, heart trou-
BILE, kidney disease, lung trouble, eye
strain or ill-fitting glasses all pro
duce headaches, and if we could al
WAYS locate the organ which is at
fault the cure of obstinate headaches
would be much simpler matter.
However. for that form of head
ache called frontal headache, pain
back of the eyes and in forehead. the
cause is now known to be catarrh of
the. head and throat; when the ca
tarrh is located in back of head and
neck it is often caused from catarrh
of the stomach or liver.
At any rate catarrh is the most
common cause of such headaches and
the cure of the catarrh causes a
prompt disappearance of the head
aches.
for catarrh so convenient and effec-
tive as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, a
new internal remedy in tablet form,
composed of antiseptics like red gum,
blood root, which act upon the blood
and cause the elimination of the ca
tarrhal poison from the system
through the natural channels.
Miss Cora Ainsley, a prominent
school teacher in one of our normal
schools. speaks of her experience with
catarrhal headaches and eulogiZes
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure
for them. She says: Il suffered
daily from severe frontal headache
and pain in and back of the eyes, at
times so intensely as to incapacitate
me in my daily duties. l had suffered
from catarrh more or less for years,
but never thought it was the cause
of nv headaches; but finally became
convinced that such was the case be-
cause the headaches were always
worse whenever 1 had a cold or fresh
attack of catarrh.
"Stuart's Catarrh Tablets were
highly recommended to me as n safe
and pleasant icatarrh cure, and after
using few so cent boxes which l
procured from my druggist, L was
surprised and delighted to find that
both the catarrh and headaches had
gone for good"
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold
by druggists at so cents per package,
under the guarantee of the proPrie-
tors that they contain absolutely no
cocaine (found in so many catarrh
cures), no opium (so common in
cheap cough cures), nor any harmful
drug. They contain simply the whole
some antiseptics necessary to destroy
and drive from the system the germs
of catarrhal disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

There Will be services as follows
II Rock Island churches tomorrow:
First Methodist, corner of Fifth
avenue and Nineteenth street, Rev.
L. b. Williams, pastor. Services at
i0:45 n. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday
school at $3.50 a. IN. Epworth League
meeting at $50 p. m. Junior Ep
worth League at 2:3O p. IN. Morning
subject, Secrets Evening. They
Went Because They Were Sent
German Methodist, corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street, Rev.
F. L. Litzrodt, pastor. Services at
1915 a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m, J. J. Helg, super
intendent. Epworth League at 4.
Junior league at ? p. III.
Edgewood Park Methodist church,
Rev. j. b. Rutter, pastor. Temporary
services corner Fourth avenue and
Third street, Moline. Preaching at
IO:45 a. IN. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
school at $3.50.
African Methodist, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. Services at
II a. IN. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school
at 1890 p. IN.
Free Swedish mission, corner of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue.
Sunday school at p. IN. Services at
1880 p. IN. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day at p. m.
German Lutheran, corner of Twen-
tieth street and Fifth avenue, Rev. c.
A. Mennicke, pastor. Services at 10
a. m. and 7:3O p. IN.
Grace English Lutheran, corner of
Forty-fourth street and Seventh ave-
nue., Rev. c. f. Hoffsten, pastor. Ser
vices at 1890 a. IN. and 1880 p. m.
Swedish Lutheran, corner of Four
teenth street and Fourth avenue,
Rev. J. a. NywalI, pastor. Services
at 10: 80 a. III. and 1880 p. IN.
Zion Swedish Lutheran. 1925 Sew
enth avenue, Rev. j. G. Dahlberg, pas
tor. Services at 10:45 a. IN. and 7:3O
p. m. Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
German Evangelical, Ninth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Rev.
F. Trefzer, pastor. Services at 1890
a. m. Sunday school at 0 a. m.
Memorial Christian, corner of Third
avenue and Fifteenth street. Services
at 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Y. p. S. c. f. at
6:30 p. M.
First Baptist, corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street. Rev. II. w.
Reed, pastor. Services at 1915 a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at $3.50
a. M; j. S. Woodin, superintendent.
| b. Y. p. L. at $50 p. m. Morning sub
| iect. The Growing of the Hearts
Desire" Evening, Morality Not Suf-
| ficient''
Emanuel Baptist Chapel, Az Forty
fourth street. Rev. H. w. Reed, pas
tor. Sunday school at 2:3O p. M; O..
L. Benway, acting superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
YOUNG FOR BEAUTY
School Pupils Tell of Their Co.
operation in Home
Improvement.
MANY OF THEM PLANT FLOWERS
Write Letters About Their Work
to Hon. William
jackson.
MANY OF THEM PLANT FLOWERS

Last spring Hon. William Jackson
delivered addresses to the children in
the various schools of the city in be
half of the work of the Home I'M
provement association, the object be-
ing to enlist the children IN the cru
SADIE against unsightliness. During
the summer the efforts OF Mr.. Jack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

a garden of potatoes this summer.
The potatoes didn't grow. l helped
my mamma take the weeds out of the
garden. l raked the yard"
Another took part in the campaign
rather in a passive than an active ca
pacity: Il watched papa make gar
den and pull up weeds.
Many brought plants from the
woods and transplanted them. Il
made another garden at the side of
our house and went out into the
woods and brought home many wild
flowers. such as ferns, violets. May
flowers, babies in their cradles. John
ny-iump-ups, and planted them in my
garden. I called it my wild flower
garden"
y tot in the first year had trouble:
Il planted some nasturtiumS. The
eat would not let them grow" No
one doubts the circumstance. but the
teacher very probably helped with
that long word.
There were several touching letters
telling of the use of the flowers in
decorating the graves of loved ones,
such as i'm the following case: 81
think | did my part in Improvement
by helping my father dig potatoes.
| hauled coal and wood from the riv-
er. | ralled the yard and piled wood
and did other things about the house
| did not have time to plant flowers.
for if | did they would be gone any
way. because l would take them to
my mothers grave. At the cemetery
where my mother was buried would
rake the leaves. cut the grass and try
to improve the lot
Letters From the Deaf.
The letters of the pupils in the
school for the deaf are all of inter
est. They are bound by themselves
in neatly decorated cover ana with
them are several samples of work in
drawing i'm colors from flowers. There
is also a scene done in black repre-
senting five children, the number of
pupils in this school, at work with
watering pot, rake and hoes. The
narrator of the class writes: In the
spring of 1902 the deaf children made
n garden at the Irving school and
planted flowers. The children dug the
earth with the spades. Then they
hoed The earth. They raked the earth
and then they planted the seeds. The
garden is nice. We planted nastur-
tiums, morning glories. cannas. mari
Colds, cosmos and verbenas. All the
flowers are growing fast"
Of course space forbidS the use of
any Of the longer letters in fun, and
there are hundreds of them that tell
of the planning. planting and care of
many considerable flower gardens and
Il great deal of work done i'm improv-
ing appearances about the homes of
the writers. There is probably no
way. in short. that one can gain so
accurate an idea of the extent of the
work done along these lines as by
reading tn" letters written by the
school children to Mr.. jackson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

son bore fruit not only about the
school buildings, but also in the
homes to which his young hearers
carried their ideas.
This fall it was suggested that the
pupils write letters to Mr.. Jackson.
informing him of what they had ac-
complisheI during the summer. There
was quite a general response and the
missives thus indited were collected
and placed under covers. those from
the different grades being kept to-
gether. There are more than a thou
sand Of them and all are interesting.
some. however. being more 50 than
others. In general they are gotten
up very we'll indeed. and the covers
are decorated in a number Of cases
with hand-drawn figures and flowers
and are held together with gay rib
EonS. The covers of the letters from
the second and third grades at the
irving school are of woven paper
strips and are very tasty. Others
that deserve mention have nothing
upon them to Indicate from which
school or grade they come. Below
are given some Of the letters and eX-
tracts from others chosen at random
to give an idea of the interest that
the children have taken in the work
of making the city more beautiful. 1t
has been thought best to publish
without the names.
Makes Garden Look Nice.
Here is Il typical one from one of
the boys: Il tried to make our gar
den look nice. | planted some flow
ers and kept our lawn nice all sum-
mer long and planted some trees"
This little lady feels that she has
accomplished something: Il tried to
make my yard look nice by tending
the flowers. pulling weeds and work
ing in the garden. Mr.. jackson, we
have very pleasant home now
\ very small man says: Il planted
some roses and whitewashed the back
fence" Another was still more in
dustrious: Il painted the fence.
painted il with red. / fixed the barn.
cut the grass. | planted some flow
ers." This correspondent intends do
ing better another year: Il am GO
ing to plant some flowers this year.
planted some last year. but not
many. | am going to plant lots this
year"
This young man enjoyed the work:
willard and | had little greenhouse
at home this summer and raised
plants, and we Had about ten plants,
and we had a good time"
This from an older pupil: Il have
kept my lawn in good condition all
summer. l planted Il bed of pansies
consisting of a variety of colors. and
bordered the bed with nasturtiums.
/ enjoyed their fragrance very much
and | took three or four bouquets to
a sick friend near us"
Instances of Vandalism.
There were instances of vandalism
to discourage those engaged in inn
proving the appearance of their sur
roundings, as the following shows:
Il saw a lily growing against the
house with hardly any room to grow.
I dug UP the plant, which was only
about two inches high, and planted it
in the center of my mammals flower
bed. l watered it and kept it clear
of weeds all the time. But one morn
ing l found the lily in the flower bed
pulled up by its roots, all withered.
1 took it up and planted it in the cen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
Found with Revolver In Hand

IN. Services every Tuesday at 7:3O
p. m.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street, Rev. ID. L.
McNary. pastor. Services at 1915
n m. and 7:3O p. IN. Sun
day school at $50 a. m. Y.
p. :. c. f. AT 6:45 p. IN. Morning sub
iect, Our burdens; How Shall We
Carry Them" Evening. ~ Stone Re
iected by the Builders"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
DEATH IN CAROUSAL
The, Victim of the Tragedy is
Woman at
That.
TWO PAIR MIXED IN THE FRAoAs
Pistol Bullet Finally Puts an End
to- the AT
fair.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Dec. Ga carou-
sal in which two men and two young
women engaged ended Mt an early hour
Thursday morning by Matte Thinner
killing herself in her room. The young
woman, who was about 81 years old
came here five weeks ago from Grand
Rapids. She went to Il boarding house
with a man whom she introduced as
her husband, and gave the name Of
Mcdonald. About ten days ago she
met Il man named Charles jackson, of
Boston, Il special agent for the Loyal
Protective legion.
"Wednesday afternoon he introduced
her to Il. +. Walton. of Detroit. state
agent for the Loyal Protective legion
Lucia Morton, who boarded i'll the
same house. was called i'll. and the
party of four took supper in a reStau-
rant. Afterward they went to the
rooms of Miss Thinner and drank wine
and cocktails and played cards until
after midnight. Walton and the Nor
ton woman went to her room. In Il
few minutes. shortly after l n. M.
Thursday, Il shot was heard. and Jack
son came to the door. saying. For
Gods sake. come quick
Found With Revolver In Hand .
Miss Thinner was found on the
couch in her room diSrObed and with
Il revolver in her left hand. she had
shot herself through the temple. 1t
appears that she left her home in Mus
kegon ten weeks ago. and her mother.
Mrs. Martin Cook. had written her
begging her 10 come home. 1t is be-
lieVed that she had contemplated sui
eide before, as she bought chlOroform
at n drug store. The revolver with
which she killed herself is one which
Jackson had N his grip and had shown.
The corOncr's jury eXonerated the men
of all blame.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06

Salvation Army Barracks, 1909 Sec
ond avenue, services as follows: Knee
drill at = a. m; holiness meeting at
1890 a. m; Christians meeting at 3
p. m; salvation meeting at 1880 p. IN.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-11
How 70 Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with
your water and let 1t stand twenty
four hours; sediment or settling In
dicates an unhealthy condition Of the
kidneys; if it stains the linen it is
evidence of kidney trouble; too fire.
qucnt desire TO pass it, or pain in the
back is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out Of Or
der.
What TO Do.
There is comfort In the knowledge
80 often expressed that DR.. Kilmers
Swamp Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, fulfills every wish in
curing rheumatism, pain in the back,
kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. 1t correcrs
inability to hold water and scalding
pain in passing it, or bad effects fol-
lowing use of liquor. wine or beer,
and overcome that unpleasant neces-
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during the day, and to get up many
times during the night The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp
Root is soon realized. 1t stands tho
highest for its wonderful cures of the
most distressing cases. If you need
a medicine you should have tue best.
Sold by druggists in fifty cent and
one dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle OF
Swamp Root and book that tells
more about it, both sent absolutely
free by mail Address DR.. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, n. Y. When writ
Ing mention that you read this gener.
Gus offer in the Akron Daily Democrat.
Don't make any mistake. but remem-
ber the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-11
MRS. JAMES
Has Gone From the
Old Farm.
Visitors Will Miss The James
Bows Mother.

Kansas City. Mo-, June 11--Curious
people who drive across the country
from Excelsior Springs to the James
farm this summer will have one dis
appointment. They will not see Mrs.
Zerelda Samuels, motheH of the James
boys, who has always been an object
of even more interest than Jesse's
scenes of his youthful exploits. For
years 1t has been Mrs. Samuels' Gus
tom to show visitors over the farm.
She would lead them through her lit
tie parlor, where she would exhibit the
family photographs. Then she would
take them TO the back yard and point
out the exact tree under which the
yankee" caught Jesse and gave him
a beating. Finally she would conduct
them to Jesse's grave, where, after
reciting its history, she would launch
into a fierce, bitter excoriation of
"Yanks," detectives, and newspaper
reporters, the equal of which could be
heard nowhere else. In recent years
Mrs. Samuels has grown more and
more feeble. A few months ago old
DR.. Snmuels became insane, and was
taken to the state asylum at st. Jo-
seph, and she was left alone. She has
finally quit her watch over Jesse's
grave, which she used to fear ghouls
would desecrate for the purpose of
getting her sons skull; has rented her
farm and is living at hotel in Kear-
ney. II is said she is thinking of hav
ing Jesse's body removed from the
home place to the graveyard at Kear-
ney, where his wife is buried The
historic old house in which her chill
dren were born and reared still stands,
but the front part of 1t has been cut
off and moved to one side, and new
addition has been built where II
stood. Until short time ago the old
farm looked as it did when 1t was
Franks and Jesse's home; but few
more changes will make it look like
those which surround it, and will cause
it to lose most of it's interest for the
"curiosoity seekers" as Mrs. samuels
calls them. ~.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-11
$4,000 L0AVES OF BREAD
The Average Man Consumes
This Amount In an Ordinary
Lifetime.

The average man consumes $4,000
loaves of bread in life time, is the
statement of an investigator.
We all eat too much white bread. In
white bread the most nutritious part
of the grain is taken out and bread
made from this flour only serves to
fill the stomach, and furnishes but
little nourishment.
The whole wheat flour, properly
milled contains large amounts of al
bumen, gluten and phosphates. These
are needed by the human system.
Those who have made a study Of
foods, and their action on the human
system, will be interested in a new
food, called Malt-Nut, made at Battle
Greek, Mich. by the American Pure
Food Co., Ltd. Here we find bal
anced food. 1t contains the albumen,
gluten and phosphates of the grains
They are twice cooked, matted and
then treated to the emulsified oil of
nuts. The grains rebuild the lost gray
matter in the nerve and brain cells and
the nut oils furnish the fat aud tissue
elements demanded by nature to sup
ply the daily loss
It's the ideal food for the invalid,
who would regain strength and the
lrobust who would remain strong.