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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
OCTOBER JUST PASSED
BETTER THAN AVERAGE

October was an average month-a
trihe warmer than normal and with a
little less than the usual amount Of
rainfall, beth of which combined to
render the month the mere comfort
able and favorable fer general pur-
poses. Observer j. NJ. Sherier, of the
local weather bureau. has compiled
statistics from October and compared
them with those of the month during
81 years past. He finds that the mean
temperature was 81 degrees. reaching
the highest point at 50 on the 3rd and
the lowest at 81 on the 25th. The
greatest daily range was % on the
2Sth. The least was s on the 18th.
The excess Of temperature fer the
month over the average month was IL
degrees. The amount of precipitation
was 2.27 inches. or a deficiency of Ii
inches. The accumulated excess since
Jan. 1 has been 400 inches. There
were 16 clear days. 9 partly cloudy
and cloudy. There were days on
which rain fell to depth of OF inches
or mere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04

Mrs. NJ. J. Danley, Treasurer of the
Rebecca Lodge, I. o. o. F., writes from
124 First street, NJ, Minneapolis, Mimi:
AT was afflicted for several years with
kidney trouble which became quite SER
fous and caused me considerable anxiety.
4 spent hundreds of dollars trying TO
be cured, but nothing gave me any
permanent relief until tried Peruna.
Ii took less than three months and
only ten bottles 10 effect q permanent
cure, but they were worth more than as
many hundred dollars to me. am fully
restored to health, know neither ache
nor pain and enjoy life."-Mrs. M. J
Danley.
This experience has been repeated
many times. We hear of such cases
nearly every day.
Mrs. Danley had catarrh of the kid.
neys. AS soon as she took the right
remedy she made quick recovery.
A Prominent Southern Lady's let tier.
Miss Laura Hopkins, of Washington,
D. c., niece of Hon. E. o. Hopkins, one
of the largest iron manufacturers Of
Birmingham, Ala, writes the following
letter commencing Peruna. She says:
ssl can cheerfuLLy recommend Peru
ma for Indigestion and stomach trouble
and as q good tonic. Laura Hopkins.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna is specific for the catarrhal
arrangements of women. Address Tha
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio,
for free book on catarrh written by Dr.
s. B. Hartman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
TWENTY-oNE WE'RE BITTEN
Child Victims of Rabid Dog at GaIesbure
In Chicago Institute.

Twenty-one children from East
GaIesburg and Knoxville, who have
been bitten by a mad dog have been
sent to the Chicago Pasteur institute
for treatment at the expense of the
municipalities. The parents CT all the
children are pooE and unable to give
them such medical treatment as they
will receive at the Pasteur institute.
DIR. Antonio Lagorio. in whose care
the children were placed, has eN-
amined the brains of the dog by which
the children were bitten, and says
there is no doubt that the animal was
rabid. He says the patients are all
doing well and taking their treatment
with regularity and he expects to pull
them. through with proper care. As
yet none Cf the patients has shown
any disquieting symptoms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04

was the nearest possibility of heaven
on earth. He decided to tell the peo-
pie here and portray to them the evil
dences of Providential design in the
hidden symmetry of the country, and
its wonderful uniformity in proper
tions, features and imagery. The
professor closes his description with a
symbol of empire formed in the as
poets of nature and an epic eXplana-
ton of which of the tri-cities is the
central feature The high schools
have all enjoyed an outline of Prof.
lecture, and it is hoped he
may be heard on more public occas-
ions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
A PolIceman.s Testimony.

]. \. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua. Iowa. writes: Last winter
j had bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least half dozen advertised cough
medicines and had treatment from
two physicians without getting any
benefit A friend recommended Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds
of bottle cured me-. l consider ii
the greatest cough and lung medicine
in the world. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
Rheumntlsn Cured N a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in to 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. Use and
81. Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1901 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island; Gustave
Schlegel & Son, 200 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
Curod of PILES After 40 Years.

c. Haney, of Geneva, Ohio, had the
piles for 40 years. Doctors and dol
lars could do him no lasting good.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
him permanently. Invaluable for cuts,
burns, bruises, sprains, decorations.
eczema. letter, salt rheum, and all
other skin diseases Look for the
name Dewitt on the pac<age-all
others are cheap, worthless counter
feits. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04

your Wine of Cardui and only needed to
take three bottles when l was fully re-
covered"
0aT1HEN Miss Rose Owens, who
W has a responsible position in
w the Governm emf service at
Washington, D. c., decided to
try Wine of Cardui, she made wise
choice. Over a million women have
been relieved of female weakness by this
same Wine of Cardui. 1t is not a
strong medicine but may be taken every
day in the year by any woman with
benefit. 1t does not force results, but
corrects arrangements of the menstrual
organs. 1t strengthens the nervous
system, gives tone to the bodily func-
tons, acts directly on the genital
organs, and is the finest tonic for wo-
men known to the science of medicine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals win be received at
the city clerks office. Rock Island. H.,
until Monday. Nov. .. 1903. at 5 o'clock
p. m, for furnishing 200 lights. more
or less for lighting the city by cleo
tricity.
Rock Island. Ill.,. Oct "a. 1908.
II. c. SCHAFFER, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
ARunaway bicycle.

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of j. b.. Orner, Franklin Grove, III.
1t developed stubborn ulcer. I'M
yielding to doctors and remedies for
four years. Then Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured. It's just as good for
burns. 3calds, skin eruptions and piles.
25 cents, at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
Notice tn Contractors.

Scaled proposals viii be received at
the city clerks office. Rock Island, ILL.,,
until Monday. Nov. ., 1908, at 5 o'clock
p. m. for the construction of bridge
over Rock river.
Plans and specifications on file at
the city clerks office.
Rock Island. H.. Oct. 81. 1903.
ii. c. SCHAFFER, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04

ing the advice which was freely given
her by the Ladies Advisory Depart
ment. Miss Owens was cured without
advice by just buying S1.00 bottle of
Wine of Cardui from her druggist and
taking this great medicine in the pri-
vacy of her home. No doctors ex-
animation, treatment or advice is nee
essary. You have read what these two
cured women have written. Is this not
enough to lead you to determine to be
rid of suffering?
August Is, 1900, Mrs. W. H. Jones,
of Cameron, Mo-, writes:
Il suffered terribly at monthly periods
for three years. would sometimes 90 for
seven months with no flow at all. Now
have my health back again and am
expecting to be confined IN January. I
cannot praise your medicine enough"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04

If you suffer from any form of kid
ney or bladder trouble, don't go to the
expense of engaging a physician. Kid
Ne-Oids, at so cents per box, are your
best and cheapest doctor. Don't suf-
fer, don't put off the cure; get Kid
Ne-oids to-day. Tablets. Sure to cure.
L. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
MISS ROSE OWENS.
WASHINGTON, D. c.

If you are a suffering wo-
man we would say to you
that Wine Of Cardui seldom
fails to completely cure any
case of female ills. We say
emphaticallv. it never fails
to benefit. Every day hun
dreds of sufferers are writing
to our Ladies Advisory De-
partment. The letters are
opened by persons compe-
tent to give advice. Mrs.
Ioues wac curnd bv follow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
No. Z2O Seventeenth ST.,

IF every suffering woman
has the same experience with
Wine of Cardui that l had,
your medicine will be most
popular. About a year ago
l began to have a worn oct
tired feeling with 1assitude,
pains IN the back and head
which kept increasing every
month. l felt that l needed
something, but to get the
right medicine was the trou-
be. I tina llv decided on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-04
Dream is Realized,

Imagination has become realization
and his mission has become verified
in substantial truth Here he thought
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-09-17

war. in the person of John McJohnsOn. Co.
A, 3ith Ind. | studied medicine after COM
ing home. and am still in the practice. l
like The National Tribune for its faithful
ness, its high type of patriotism. and for
its enterprise in printing the best literature
that can he found in any newspaper.
COmrade J. c. Cloves, Pawnee, ILL.,, re-
ports: Enlisted on the 18th day of
August. 1862 in Co. l. I'D ILL.,; served in
the Army of the Cumberland my entire
enlistment. Severely wounded at the bat
tie of Resaca. Ga. May II. '64. being
shot through the head, causing loss of
sight of right eye and hearing of right
ear. Discharged June II, 1865: partici-
pated in the battles of Perryville. Stone
River, Missionary Ridge and Chickamau-
ga
Comrade J. J. Yeakle. winner. River
side, Cal, reports as follows: Il enlisted
as a drummer. fifer. buSler, or anything
else in the musical line, in tire month of
July, 1862. AS my height. weight and age
deba rred me from the high position as pri
vate l was compelled to fill one of these
minor positions. The Bandmaster. after
a fruitless endeavOr to find out what in
strunent l could play, finally told ME
would have to play on an instrument with
a trigger. which instrument l was able to
handle with very little practice. AS n
boy, and not very strong, l kept up with
my regiment all through the race after
Kirby Smith through Kentucky. Was in
engagements at Chickasaw Bayou. La.
Arkansas Post. and first assault at Vicks-
burg. From Vicksburg was sent to hos
pital at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. l was
one of the number who We're sent an hos
pital boat from Vicksburg-350 on the
boat. 100 died on the way up the river;
there was no one to look after our wants
The physician in charge was reported as
one of the sick. We were landed, covered
with snow and nearly frozen and starved
1 was discharged from the hospital suf
fering from an operation performed by n
drunken Surgeon. l thank The National
Tribune again for money received and for
the services it renders my comrades every
where"
Comrade Elijah Gay. winner. Center
Mountville, Me-. reports: Born in Waldo,
Me-. 1913. Occupation, farming. Enlist
ed and served in Co. G. LIST Me. Cav. Was
in p engagements, ending at AppomattOx.
Had my horse shot under me in the charge
or Lees wagon train, April &, 1865, at
Sailors Creek. Va. Mustered out with
the regiment. We cannot get along with
! out The National Tribune
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Spanish shells shrieked in our rigging, one
passed through the Baltimore;
Eight of our brave boys were wounded
Spanish killed were many score.
Burn or sink the Spanish squadron
Dewey signaled to his men;
Into flames then bursts Castillo, and Girls
tina's burning then;
Now the Spanish guns grow weaker, and
their red and yellow sheet
Falls, to greet the skies no longer, while
their crippled ships retreat.
Still the shot flies! IT'S a cyclone. Two
hours more the cannonade
RACES faster and more furious. The great
battle promenade
Circles nearer, ever nearer, to the smok-
ing ships of Spain;
See, they're sinking, burning, bursting.
for we sure Remember til Maine..'
Not ship of ours is crippled; not a man
of ours is killed.
Though the harbor of Cavite with the
Spanish dead is filled.
All, the Maine is well remembered. Spain
has heard our battle cry;
Wave the Stars and Stripes in triumph
Freedoms banner in the sky!
Honor, then, to our George Dewey, and
his brave men who stood by
In the battle of Manila! Echoes still, their
battle-cry,
While the nations heed the lesson that
America taught Spain.
And remember dear Old Glory, Admiral
Dewey, and the Mainei
A resolution was adopted favoring the
consolidation of all the Spanish War Vet
Grams into one organization. and CHAPLAIN
Whooley was delegated TO attend the Ma
tional Conventions of the other Orders in
the East next month. and endeayor te
bring about n consolidation At the CLOSE
of the meeting Gen. Owen Summers. tn.
Commander-in-Chief, presented to Capt
Thomas w. CASTILLO, Commander of Cam
Reinhold Richter. of San Francisco, 4
handsome stand of colors and guidon.
The Department of California of the
Spanish War Veterans held their election
Aug. II, and elected the following off
GERS: Col. Thomas f. O'Neil, of Cam
Richter, Department Commander; +. A
Heiter, of Camp Lawton, Vallejo. Senior
Vice. Commander: Capt. J. Devln. OF FIRES
no, Junior Vice Commander; A. J. Nichol
son, Camp Richter, Assistant Adjutant
General; Capt. Otto Huber. Camp Richter
Quartermaster-Genera Rev. Joseph p
McQuade, Chaplain; DIR. J. Premise, Sur
geon-General; Col. William Schneider, O.
Los Angeles. Judge Advocate General; ]
| Alexander, of Sacramento, Inspector G en-
eral.
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PERSONAL.

Col. II. 7. Jacob, a man who deserved
much greater fame, died at his home in
Louisville, Ky, Sept. 13, aged IS. He
was an adventurous spirit, and as boy
started across the plains in 1915, and
joined Fremont in the operations in Cali
forna at the beginning of the Mexican
War. He was member of the Kentucky
Legislature at the outbreak of the rebel
lion, and gave the majority of one vote
which prevented Kentucky from joining
the ranks of the Secessionists. He raised
the 9th Ky. Cav, became its Colonel, and
was leading spirit in the pursuit and cap
ture of John II. Morgan. Toward the end
of the war he was Northumberland of
Kentucky. His wife, Sarah Benton,
daughter of the famous Thos. Hart Ben
ton, Senator from Missouri. died many
years ago.
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Theo Noel Company %"" v@-0re Building, Chicago, ILL.,

formed by Mrs. Agnes Hit, Past National
President. Saturday evening at & o'clock.
Mrs. Wnans appointed Miss Hopkins,
of Ohio, National Secretary; Kate II.
Jones, of New York, National Patriotic
Instructor; Lucie Hamilton, of Ohio, Ma
tional Press Correspondent, and Mrs.
Sarah Il. Fuller, of Massachusetts,, Past
THE RETIRING PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Taylor, who has won all hearts by
her wise, conservative, yet firm admins
tration, was the recipient of many hand
some presents. A magnificent diamond
ring was presented by the National Aids.
The official staff presented beautiful
carved wood-and-onyx clock, and a very
handsome gavel came to her from Mich
igan veteran.
There were many beautiful flowers pre-
scented to Mrs. Taylor and hOnors of all
kinds were showered upon her.
The Convention was visited by commit
tees bearing the greetings of the National
Encampment, Ladies of the q. A. H.,
Sons of Veterans, and Army Nurses.
Among the guests upon the platform
through the days of the Convention was
Mrs. John C. Black, wife of the newly
elected Commander-in-C Chief. Gen. Black,
accompanied by Comrades John s. Mar
shall, Perry Starkweather, and c. A.
Partridge, paid his respects to Mrs. ray
lor and the National Convention, and in
an eloquent address assured the great
auxiliary Of the Grand Army of the Re,
public of his appreciation of the splendid
work It had done and continued to do for
the Grand Army of the Republic.
The reception of the National President,
Mrs. Lodusky Taylor, to the Commander
in-Chief and Grand Army of the Republic
was one of the most brilliant in the his
tory of the organization. Mrs. Taylor was
assisted by her whole official staff and all
the Past National Officers in the Conven-
ton City.
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Comrade W. NJ. Mercer, Greenleaf,
Kan, reports rs follows:
Born in Licking county, Ohio. 1888.
Came to Kansas in Spring of 1887. En-
listed in Co. H, I'd Kin. Cav, November,
1861; served through two Summer cam,
paigns; was in a number of battles and
skirmishes-old Fort Wayne and Prairie
Grove among the number; discharged
Sept. 1, 1863, to accept commission as
Second Lieutenant in Co. ID, I'd Kan. Col
Inf, which was afterward changed to SD
U. S. c. L. Went South to Fort Smith,
Ark: was with Steele's Camden expedition
and shared in all the hardships OF that
unfortunate affair; was IN battle OF Jen-
kins's Ferry. April 30, 1864. and witnessed
the capture of battery OF four guns ps
our regiment of colored boys; returned to
Fort Smith, where we remained until
February, 1866: then marched to Little
Rock: was promoted to First Lieutenant
after the fight ut Jenkins's Ferry, but did
not muster until after we arrived ut Little
Rock owing to the rebels capturing the
mail that contained our commissions. Mus
tered out Oct. 3. 1865. Have lived IN
Washington County nearly all the time
since the war and have followed the oc-
cupatiCn of farming as long as able to
labor Am receiving the magnificent sum
of SIS per month pension; getting ST. per
month until LOchren reduced 1t. Have
applied for increase, but it seems that our
present Commissioner is no more liberal
than his predecessor. l am a Republican.
and have voted the ticket since 1860, bur
i am opposed to Roosevelt. If we old
soldiers must suffer. let it not be at the
hands of our professed friends. 1t seems
to me that IS month pension for an old
soldier of 40 years is an insult.
Comrade Isaac Armstrong, winner,
Shelby. O., reports as follows: Born in
Pike County. 1S41 Served during the re-
bellion three years, II months and 21 days
in Co. A, sd Ohio: was il p general en-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-09-17

Elgin Post, 40, Elgin, ILL.,, has a record
for which it challenges every other Post
i'll the Order. Every one of its Past Com
manderS, II in number, is living and well,
and is still n resident of Elgin. The
members of this remarkable group are as
follows: w. ii. Wilcox, Co. G., sd ILL.,,
elected in 1887; a. T. Lewis, Co. A, 31st
Wis, elected in 1901; James r. West,
Co. +. 10th Wis. elected in 1900;
J; s. Dumser; Co. X. sd Ill, elected in
1897; A. w. Wilburn, Co. /, sd ILL.,, elect
ed in 1850; George d. Sherman, Both ILL.,,
elected in 1854, and reelected in 1886 and
1883; Frank Z. Shepherd, Co. X, 10Th ILL.,,
elected in 1899; William Smailes, Co. A,
Both ILL.,, elected in 1895; A. Manahan, Co.
a, Both ILL.,, elected in 1882; d. II. Bebee,
Co. ID, 18th Ill. Cav, elected in 1889;
George III. Knott Co. C, 127th ILL.,, elected
in 1879 and reelected in 1881; Joseph
Eollor, Add ILL.,, elected in 1894 and
reelected in 1884.
Mrs. Sarah Rumley, mother of the late
Gen. Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of
State under President Cleveland, celebrat-
ed her 1O1st birthday, Sept. 5, near New
Albany, Ind, in the house to which she
came as a bride more than 76 years ago.
fine dinner was spread for nearly 100
guests, and Mrs. Rumley's relatives. De-
spite her age she is still active and vigor-
Gus. Of her eight children only two sur
vive, Col. William Gresham. of st. Peter,
MIMI, who served in the 9th Mimi, and
Miss Meade Gresham, who is y years old
and lives with her mother. All of Mrs.
Rumley's sons served in the Union army.
Col. David II. Lasley died recently at
his home, in Columbus, Ohio, as a result
of wounds received at the battles of Re
SAGA and Proctor's Ridge, Ga. He entered
the army in 1861 as Second Lieutenant
in the SD Ohio, and was shortly promoted
to Captain. He served as Assistant Ad-
jutant-GeIeral on the staff of Gen. j. II.
COckerill, Hugh Ewing, William Harrow
and John A. Logan, and took part in every
battle fought by the Army of the Ten
nessee. He was badly wounded twice,
once in the left shoulder, which later de-
prived him of any real use of his left arm.
Gen. Sherman had great regard for him,
and frequently commended him. Upon
being mustered out he returned to his old
home in Meigs County, Ohio, and began
the practice of law in partnership with
his brother. He was twice elected Treas
urer of the County, and afterwards served
as President of the First National Bank of
Pomeroy. He graduated from the Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1858.
Gov Dockery, of Missouri, has been so
annoyed by his resemblance to a we'll
known Missouri lobbyist, as to sacrifice
his long beard, which he has worn and
taken pride in for 80 years. 1t is crafty
ing to see the development of some sen-
sitiveness in Missouri on the subject of
lobbying.
Judge Charles E, Flandrau, one of the
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Permanent Cures

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