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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-06
DATES ARE ARRANGED
Y. M. c. A. Lecture Committee
Announces Full Season
Course.
SIX STRONG ATTRACTIONS SECURED
List of the Numbers and Dates When
They Will APP
pear.

| At meeting of the lecture com
mittee of the Y. NJ. c. y. last evening
| the last details of the arrangements
| for the course to he given this com
ing season were completed. There
/ has been much delay i'm fixing the
dates and two of the attractions ori-
! ginally secured had to be substituted
! by others on account of the fact that
there was confusion in this respect
The committee feels. however. that
the course has been benefited rather
than injured by the change, and the
| list is presented to the public with
faith that it will meet with popular
approval.
The course viii be given in the II
linois theatre and will consist of six
numbers, opening Oct. 20 and closing
| April ,. The sale of tickets for the
series. which will cost 81 each. will
begin Oct. l. The reservation for the
series will take place about three
days before the first entertainment.
and the prices for reserving will be
Is. 90 and - cents, according to the
| location.
First Entertainments.
The first number dated for Oct. 90
Will be the Lotus Glee club. of New
York City. taking the place of Brooks
band, originally announced. The glee
club is one of the best on the road.
1t is composed of G. s. LenoN, G.. NJ.
Stricklett. Charles l.. Lewis. Edward
T. Martindell and Frank j. Smith.
with Mrs. Minnie Marshall Smith as
dramatic reciter.
The next number will be given Dec.
-. and for this date the noted Char
acterist.' Elias Day. has been secur-
ed. Mr.. Day is said to be the equal
of Leland T. Powers. but he pursues
n slightly different line. His sketches
are nearly all original.
Jan. 9, John Temple Graves. the
eloquent and gifted southern orator.
will deliver his famous lecture on
The Reign of the Demagogue.' He
has been on the rostrum for the past
II years. and in that time has won
success both in America and in Eur
ope. He is known as one of the most
polished as well as entertaining
speakers before the public.
Edwin Weeks Company.
Jan. 20. the Edwin Weeks company
Will be here. Mr.. Weeks himself needs
no Introduction as an impersonator.
He is accompanied by Miss Grace
JillSon, soprano, and Miss Maud Mar,
tin. harpist. This trio scored great
success in the east last year.
Feb. 20. John DeMotte, who is also
well known to tri-city audiences, will
deliver his new lecture upon "a Plea
for Posterity" or The Problem for
Heredity." Mr.. DeMotte has devoted
n great deal of time to this lecture.
and it is considered his masterpiece.
The closing number, April ,, will
be Russell ii. Conwell's humorous lee
ture The Jolly Earthquake" Mr..
Conwell. on his previous visits here.
has delivered lectures upon Acres of
Diamonds" THE Silver Crown" and
lIeroism of Private Life" All who
have heard him in past seasons will
be anxious to have that pleasure
/ Il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
Did She Take the Hint?

A distinguished cavalry leader was
once at a dinner party to which he
had been invited as the guest Of honor.
Beside him was loquaclous widow,
with hair Of raven black, who rude 7
interrupted the conversation by asking
the warrior why it was that his beard
was still black, while his hair was
turning gray.
With great politeness the old SOL
der turned toward her.
Il fear that l cannot give you sat
isfactory answer" said he, unless,
possibly. the reason is that | have
used my brain a little more than l
have my jaw.'-LOndon Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
Local Jottings
Isl Perkins"

lily OPoAa HOuo0
Tuesday evening, Jan. %.
J. A. Mccoy shipped 10 fine
horses to city markets Monday.
L. G. Hickok installed gasoline
lighting plant in j. B. Ludden's
store at Bloomington last week.
If it's auction bills you want
come to the Herald job office. Our
bills bring buyers and that's what
you want.
L. Weber, the shoe man, has
been classed among the victims of
the humps the past week and was
confined to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Pohle, Bloom
ington, are the proud parents of a
bouncing baby boy who arrived on
the 14th inst. Success to the young
ster.
Young and old greatly enjoyed
the dance given at the rink Friday
evening. G. W. Knapp & Son believe
in providing the best of entertain
ment and they always succeed in
pleasing the crowd. Watch for date
of another similar event soon.
The young people of the Baptist
church will entertain at the home of
Mrs. Darius Chatfeld in the second
ward on Friday, Jan. 20. Refresh
ments will be served and a good
time will be provided for all. Hours
1880 p. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Henry Henkel and Ed Angus
have formed partnership and will
enter into the lumber business at
Mcmillan. They depart this week.
Their families will remain here until
midsummer. We wish the firm un-
bounded success in the venture.
The premium list of the big
Grant county fair after it's thorough
revision Will be inducive towards
bringing the biggest lot of exhibits to
lancaster Sept. 10-11-12 that were
ever shown at an agricultural fair.
The prizes will be liberal and compe-
tition is open to all.
Isl Perkins," the great rural
drama, with Sam j. Burton, Ameri-
cas- leading dialect comedian, head
ing the organization, is the next at
traction at the City opera house. The
celebrated ISL Perkins, will give a
: street parade at noon of date. The
performance will begin sharp at p.
m. Popular prices. The press
throughout the entire country have
nothing but praise for the play and
acting company.
The report of the Joint installa-
ton of the Post and Corps, was in
complete without the mention of the
presentation to our worthy treasurer,
Mrs. Emma Wheeler, with an elegant
silver fruit basket, by Mrs. Helen
Budd in behalf of Mrs Wheeler's w.
II. G. friends. 1t was a complete
surprise to the lady, and after few
moments she thanked her friends in
few simply spoken words for this
proof of their appreciation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23

The Sitter ice houses were filled
last week from Lancaster's crop by
r. F. Orion & Co.
The Woman's club will meet with
Miss Schreiner Friday evening this
week.
BY a vote of 3 to Prairie du
CHEN decided last week Tuesday to
bond the city for water-works.
Mrs. Geo. Cardy, residing in
township of Potosi, had the misfor-
tune to fall on the ice at her home
Tuesday and broke her arm.
E. L. Mccoy occupies a goodly
portion of our advertising space to-
day with logical argument on life
insurance. Read it and consider.
"A fall of the beautiful to the
depth of three or four inches served
to settle the dust and whiten up
things little Monday. But it doesn't
last long in this banana belt of Wis
consin and is fast disappearing before
the warm rays of Old Sol.
The regular covenant meeting OF
the Baptist church, Cassville, will be
on Saturday next. On Saturday eve
ming Rev. Daniel Sprague will con.
duct services at Werley. The Ladies
Aid society of the Baptist church, Mt.
Ida, will meet on Wednesday with
Mrs. Sam Borah,
Small pox is increasing through.
out the state Notwithstanding the
strict measures adopted by the state
board of health. If you have not ex-
perienced successful vaccination
within recent years the safest plan is
to submit to the operation of having
your arm punctured.
The regular preaching service al
the Baptist church on Sunday evening
next. The mid-week prayer meeting
and Sabbath school as previously an.
nounced. The ladies society Of Earn
est Workers will meet on Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. j. w. Miles
You are cordially invited to attend.
The Wisconsin University faculty
under the lead of Acting Presiden
Birge, has instituted an investigation
into the poker playing propensities o
students at the institution and it il
reported that about 200 young mer
have been cited to appear and tel
what they know about it. 1t is alst
said that two prominent athletes hav'
been expelled for gam bling, but thi
cannot be verified.
"A disastrous rot has attacked the
potato crop. Reports are to the effec
that many large lots of the tubers will
suffer loss in total. 1t seems to at
tack the interior of the potato frs
and eat its way to the outside. Tn
trouble is said to be due largely tC
the fact that the drouth put tn
growing season back several week
and when the rain came growth wa
to rapid. In the larger potatoes
hollow or black spot came and this il
said to be the cause of the destruc
ton. Another reason is stated as tn
fact that many crops were dug be
fore the vegetable had matured. Thi
was freqtently true and the curling
of the tender skin indicative of i'm
maturity, was noticeable in almos
every crop of large size.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
Repairing
Neatly
DapzaG9

Never thought Of such a
sign for a medicine did you
Well, it's a good sign for
SCOTS Emulsion. The body
has to be repaired like other
things and SCOTS Emulsion is
the medicine that does it.
These poor bodies wear out
from worry, from over-work,
from disease. They get thin
and weak. Some of the new
ones are not we'll made--and
all of the old ones are racked
from long usage.
SCOTS Emulsion fixes all
kinds. It does the work both
inside and out. 1t makes soft
bones hard, thin blood red,
weak lungs strong, hollow
places full. Only the best ma
terials are used in the patching
and the patches don't show
through the new glow of health.
No one has to wait his turn.
You can do it yourself-you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
NOTICE.

Pay your town taxes at the Meyer
Showalter State bank before Feb. 1st
and save extra fee. THOs BEETHAM,
Town Treas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
I'll Stuffed Up

That's the condition of many sufferers
from catarrh, especially in the morning.
Great difficulty is experienced in clear
ing the head and throat.
No wonder catarrh causes headache,
impairs the taste, smell and hearing,
pollutes the breath, deranges the stom-
ach and affects the appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment must be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and tonic.
Il was afflicted with catarrh. took
medicines OF different kinds, giving each
a fair trial; but gradually grew worse until
could hardly hear, taste or smell. then
concluded TO try Hoods SarsapaIilla' ana
after taking five bottles l was cured ana
have not had any return OF the disease
since" EUGENE FORBES, Lebanon, Kan.
HOODS SGrSGpGritEd
SCures catarrh-it soothes and strength
ems the mucous membrane and builds
up the whole system.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23

and the bottle.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of SCOTS
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample
SCOTT & BOVINE.
400 Pearl ST.. New York.
soc. and 81. all druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23

novAl BAKING POWDER CO.. 800 WILLIAM ST.. NEW YORK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
WISCONSIN MATTERS.
interesting Events of the Past
Few Days Reported by
Telegraph.
STATE NEWS FOR OUR READERS
Items Caught from the Wire Which
Will Be of Special Interest to
Wisconsin People.

Geneva Lake, Wis, Sept. pa sea
serpent has been seen in Geneva lake.
Its appearance is vOuched for by a
number of witnesses. About 6 p. M
as Mrs. Buckingham, of Sharon, who
occupies a cottage with her son, John
Buckingham, captain of the steamer
Geneva, was sitting on her porch, her
attention was attracted by disturb
ance in the lake few rods from
shore Closer observation revealed a
long, slender body coiling and moving
with an undulating motion through the
water. 1t splashed the water and sent
waves in all directions.
Mrs. Buckingham called her neigh
Dor, Mrs. Dorliska Reid, of Delevan, to
the spot. The latter's two children al
so came, and another boy about 16
years old, named Carl Henders. The
snake appeared to them to be as long
as the steamer Aurora (eighty-four feet
long, which was moored a short dis
lance away. The boys resolved to get
a closer view of the strange creature
and pulled out in a rowbOat. AS they
drew near the reptile gave splash and
disappeared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
City Fathers Held special Meeting Friday
Evening.

A special session of the Common
Council was held Friday evening.
One object of the special session was
to act upon a license for bowling
alley, Geo. Rudersdorf being the
petitioner. Some members of the
august body being absent, the mat
ter was deferred to a special meet
ing to be held tomorrow evening.
An ordinance was read and passed
placing restrictions on small boys
who jump on and off moving trains.
1t was supposed by Clerk Michaelis
that such an ordinance was already
in force and he was surprised upon
investigation to discover that
through some unaccountable mis-
take this law was omitted from the
ordinance book when it was revised
and compiled a few years since.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
An Ordinance.

An ordinance to prevent accidents from un-
lawfully getting on or off railroad cars,
trains or engines. u@
The Common Council of the city of Lam
caster does Ordain as follows:
Section l. Any person under the age of
seventeen years who shall get upon. attempt
railroad car, train or engine while the same
is in motion. or while the same is in process
of being switched or made up into a train,
within the city of Lancaster shall be pun
iShed by fine of not more than twenty ($2O)
dollars nor less than two ($2) dollars or by
imprisonment in the county Jail not more
than twenty days. either or both. in the dis
erection of the court: provided that this ordi-
nance shall not apply to employees OF any
railway or express company.
Section 3 1t shall be the duty OF every
police officer of said city to summarily ar
rest every person seen by him violating this
ordinance. and to bring them before the po-
lice justice or other magistrate for punish
ment, and every employee of a railway COM
pany owning, or having in charge, any such
car, train or engine in respect to which he
shall see any such violation of this Ordin-
ance being committed, is hereby authorized
and empowered to summarily arrest the Of
fender and in like manner procure punish
ment.
Section g. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's passage
and publication,
Passed by the Common Council of the city
of Lancaster this 27th day of september, A.
D.. 1902 S. E. HASSELL.
Attest AUG. MICHAELIs,
City Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Now Is the Time to Advertise.

There are reasons for advertis-
ing which every business man
must learn for himself. The first
and foremost is that it pays to adj
vertise if the written and published
message says something which will
prove of value to the one who is ex-
pected to pay cash for what is offer
ed. Every business established has
something to offer which will prove
of interest to some one who needs
that something, and who can get it
at other places as well, but who
comes to a given place because the
message of the proprietor was
strong enough to make the indivi
dual feel an interest in the goods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Views and Interviews.

G. H. Basford: They are sprink-
ling the streets of San Francisco
and other cities in the far west with
oil, and believe it an improvement
over water. About twice or three
times during the dusty season an
application Of oil is made and this
keeps the dust down for a long per-
iod. A city like Lancaster would
require but two sprinklings during
the summer to keep down all the
dust we are bothered with.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

DR.. F. B. Brewer is q man of in
tegrity of character, candid in his
medical examinations, and possess
ing an experience in chronic diseases.
Persons having old chronic ailments
will do well to give him call. He
has won many encomiums from
those suffering from various dis
eases, and the press everywhere
speak of him in high praise. DR..
Brewer will make his next visit at
at the Grand Central hotel in this
city, on Monday, Oct. 9Th. Consul
tation free.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
DEMOCRATS TO RATIFY.
David 5. Rose Slated for Speech Here
Monday Night

Mayor Rose of Milwaukee, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of
Wisconsin, expounded the doctrine
of Democracy in Grant county yes
terday, speaking at Muscoda, Blue
River, Boscobel and Woodman.
Next Monday he makes another run
out this way, speaking at Cuba City,
Elmo, Platteville, Rewey, Living
ston, Montfort and wind up at Lam
caster in the evening.
Local Democrats will meet the
gentleman at the station and escort
him down town. He will speak at
Knapp's rink at p. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
BARS UP TO ILLITERATES
Milwaukee Business Men Want Legtsla-
ton ON Their Immigration.

Milwaukee, Sept. 26.-At the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
chamber Of commerce a resolution was
introduced calling attention to the
number of illiterate emigrants who an
nually land on United States soil, and
calling upon congress to adopt some
method to restrict immigration by
means of some educational test.
The resolution cited that over 1OO,-
900 illiterates are landed in this cOun-
try yearly, endangering the standard
of public morality and enlightenment,
and that the illiteracy test embodied in
a bill now pending before congress is
the best practical way of reducing the
most undesirable elements. The reso-
luton was referred to a committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Local JOttin9S.

Band dance on Thanksgiving
night
p. J. Schloesser of Chicago is in
the city.
Mrs. Thos. Mcdonald is visiting
in Montfort
We seldom repent of having
eaten too little.
"A. G. Knapp was in Freeport
the first part of the week.
Clarence Calvin is clerking for
Bevans & Co., at Tennyson.
Cupid is a marksman who is al
ways looking for an easy mark.
-Messrs. Sumpter and Guy Will
Hams, Thos. Beetham, Ed. Govier
and Ralph Place went to Clark
county Tuesday.
The kite and banner advertis-
ing given Gillhooley's Reception
Tuesday was an innovation at the
county seat in this class of publicity.
The ladies could. hardly resist
the temptation to inspect Miss B. j.
Schloesser's new fall millinery this
week from the beauty Of her dis
play window.
Now that the fall season is at
hand a merchant ought to be think
ing about the way in which he is
going to have advantage over his
competitor and the best reasons for
believing he is to have business to-
morrow as well as the day after. The
merchant who thinks of the future
and plans for it's business will surely
get it.
Its only a few months until
Christmas. There are many things
already to be seen on counters
which ought to get the interested
attention of the average buyers.
There are those who are planning to
make this the best Christmas they
ever spent. They want it to be as
good Christmas as possible, and
will be able to spend more money this
year than usual They have some
of this money now and are anxious
to have some suggestions along the
line of economical buying Of really
good things. The man who has
good things in stock at this time
will do well to spread the message
before the general buyer. There
are some who will buy in response
to the early invitation aid there
are others who will merely see the
advertisement, read it's claims for
goods and prices and realize that
their wants at Christmas can be
better filled at this place than else
where. The chances are that when
the time comes to buy memory of
the early announcement will have
weight in determining the things
to be purchased and the place for
purchasing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Steamer City of Rome Ashore.

Milwaukee, Sept. 30.-The steamer
City of Rome of the Western Transpor-
tation company went ashore early in
the day in a dense fog on North point,
about seven miles north of this city.
The vessel is loaded with merchandise
and was bound from Buffalo to Mil
waukee and Chicago. The location of
the steamers grounding is bad one,
but as the sea is smooth, no great
danger is feared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
wisconsin Tobacco Is Good.

Galesville, Wis, Sept. 26.-The first
tobacco crop harvested in Trempealeau
county is now in the sheds. The land
put to this use this year was largely
an experiment, but the result has been
so satisfactory that large acreage
will be used for this crop next year.
Sheds are being erected in this vicin-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Roswell Miller REELECTED.

Milwaukee, Sept. 29.-ROswell Mil
Ter, who was reelected chairman Of
the board of directors of the Chica-
90, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
at the annual meeting, denied that any
further stock issuance was cOntem-
plated in the immediate future. Mil
Ter was reticent concerning what had
transpired in the meeting, but in an
swer to questions spoke favorably Of
the outlook for the road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Farm For Sale.

Consists of 200 acres. Situated
Ii miles west of Lancaster 100
acres under cultivation. Pasture
well watered and all well fenced.
Five-room house and woodshed.
Good we'll with windmill. Good
barn and outbuildings. For further
particulars inquire at this office or
address w. w. RITCHIE,
32tf Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
In County Court.

Estate of D. T. Barnum, dec.
Petition for administration. Proof
filed. H. L. Moses appointed adj
ministrator Bond fixed at $500.
Estate of John Fousch, deceased.
Hearing of claims. Judgment on
claims signed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Here's a Nice Ohio Boy.

East Liverpool, O., Sept. 3O.-Robert
Kelly, aged II, was lodged in Jail last
evening and bail refused, pending the
result of injuries to John Dragon, a
Slav. aged 10, who is reported dying.
1t is said that the Kelly boy several
days ago choked young Dragon so bad
~ as to rupture a blood vessel in his
neck.