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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-21
viii Have New CITY Hail.

Galesburg is planning TO erect new
city hall, and 10 this end the city cOun-
ell has taken steps toward the issuing
of $4,000 bonds and authorized the
mayor TO purchase a site.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
IN SOCIETY,",
CLOVER CLUB.

The members of the Clover club were delightfully."- entertain ed Thursday afternoon by Mrs. A. D. Bailey, who is a charming hostess and never leaves any thing undone that will add to the pleasure of her guests.
 One new member was added to the list of this popular as we'll as oldest social club in Newport, the fortunate member being Mrs. Charles G. Henry, who will no doubt prove a valuable addi- tion to the circle.
 The guests present were Mes danes s. w. Taggart, L. Hirsch, B. B. Bond, Wm. Hooker, T. D. Kinman, Jr., George R. Hays, Charles G. Henry, H. B. Cobb, Wm. Bailey, and Miss Rena Fraley of Batesville.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
GREENHAW-COLE.

Tuckerman, March 2.-At the home of the brides father, w. J. Cole, three miles west of Tuckerman, MT. Frank Green haw and Miss Gussie Cole were united in marriage at 4 o'clock D. m. March l. The ceremony was said by Rev. J. T. Self, pas tor of Tuckerman and Kenyon M. E. church, South.
 It was a quiet home wedding, witnessed by quite a number of immediate friends of the family. Both are well known and beloved young people of the community and their many friends join in wishing them a happy and pros porous life.
 After the wedding MT. and Mrs. Greenhaw left for Newport to take a fast train for a tour of the south.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
WHEN THE KIDNEYS
 ARE AILING.
The Urgent Need of Prompt Restora- tive Measures is Something That Every One Should
 Understand.
"A Stitch in Time Saves Nine."

Slight disorders in the kidneys or uri- nary organs are more serious than most people think. The first warning synp- toms should receive prompt medical treatment to ward off Bright's Disease or some other dangerous malady. When the kidneys. are ailing and the symptoms become sufficiently pronounced to be noticeable the condition calls at once for prompt measures to stay the progress of the disease. Prickly Ash Bitters is the remedy needed. Taken on the ap- pearance of the first symptoms, such as pain in the back, puffiness under the eyes, irregularities in the urine, digestive disorders, it will save the victim incal- cu1ab1e misery and suffering, mental torture and expense. Used at the begin ming of the trouble it cures quickly Used in the more advanced stages it will win back health and strength as rapidly as circumstances will possibly permit.
 Accept no substitute. Insist on having
 the genuine Prick1y Ash Bitters with the
 large figure in red the front label
 Sold at Drug Stores. $l.OO Per bottle.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
RT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 1905
MANY ASPIRANTS
 FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Prediction That a Dozen or More Distinguished Men Will As pire to Succeed Gov.
 Davis.

It is generally conceded that the gubernatorial campaign will open soon after the legislature adjourns in May, says the Ga zette, and the guessers are amusing themselves hazarding predictions as to how many can- didates there will be for the democratic nomination at the primaries in March, 1906. A list of possible candidates, which is subject to revision in the near future for the purpose of insert ing perhaps additional names, has been prepared as the result of inquiry in political circles. The group follows: J. H. Har- rod, w. M. Kavanaugh, Carroll D. Wood, Pulaski county; Robert L. Rogers, Crawford county; John s. Little, Sebastian county; B. B. Hudgins, Boone county; w. H. Langford, J. H. Hine- man, Jefferson county; David L. King, Sharp county; T. c. Me- Rae, Nevada county; M. J. Man ming, Monroe county; E. w. Rector, Garland county. While these names as a rule are being mentioned without known au- thority, it is believed that nearly all of them will be in the race.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
SURPRISE EUCHRE PARTY.

The society young people of Newport are ever on the alert as to new ideas in the way of en- tertainment, and as to. the num- Der of many beautiful society events that are commanding the time and attention of the euchre players, none have eclipsed by way of novelty or pleasure the surprise euchre party given in honor of Miss Lucy Brandenburg Thursday evening at the beauti- full home of Mr.: and Mrs. s. R. Phillips, who threw open their doors to a jolly crowd of young pc )ple who had planned and worked a complete surprise upon the young honoree, whose birth day it was.
 Everything had been perfectly arranged and the guests assem- bled when Miss Lucy was sent for to come and spend the even- ing. Her surprise was great and her pleasure no doubt even greater when she found about thirty-fve guests awaiting her coming.
 The Phillips home was beauti- fully arranged and several tables of card players worked with all their might until a late hour, when the prizes were awarded. Miss Lucille Taylor won two sil- yer hat pins, and the gentle mans prize, a Gibson picture, fell to J. o. Powell.
 The young ladies served a de- lightful luncheon, which brought to a close one of the most enjoy able of entertainments, and all wished the fair honoree many such birthdays and that they may "come often.
 The guests present were Messrs. and Mesdames T. D. Kinman, Jr., Charles Wilmans, Mrs. Narcie Minor, Misses Esther Neill, Jennie McCauley, Mamie and Roberta Morrison, Lou Minor, Lucille Taylor, Aubrey Arnold, Hester Phillips, Lula Wolf, Mabel Stayton, Ray Bran denburg, Carrie Stevens, Messrs. w. T. Dunn, F. P. Skipwith, J. M. Berger, IT,, Chas. B. Carroll R. T. Reyburn, Norman Wolff, Frank Dunn, Joe Bevens, Chas. Holmes, John Stayton, w. T. Parish, J. o. Powell.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03

one, some of the members show ing good study-for who does not like Il Trovatore?
 It is most gratifying to learn that the proceeds of last weeks concert amounted to SIP. 70. Although the expenses were rather heavy, a neat sum was realized.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
OFFICE SAFE
 BLOWN AT BEEBE.
y and Stamps to Value of BOO Secured By Gang of
 Five Horsemen.

], March 2.-One of the
 lCN robberies in the history
 Beebe occurred at 1 o'clock
 terday morning in the pos .
 De here in the rear of the
 trof Beebe. The postoffice
 was blown open with nitro
 cerine and about $2O0 in cash I $500 in postage stamps were ken by the robbers.
 It was evidently the work of kperts. Five men are supposed D have done the job. They came nto Beebe horseback, posted guards close to the postofice and two, or probably three of the humber attended to the safe blowing.
 Several persons in the Gibson house, not far from the post office, heard the explosion, but when an attempt was made to in- vestigate they were driven back by the seVsinels. Before gen.
 SnY could be given the fiv' bbers of the gang rode rap. hut of town and disap- Y In response to a arequest Sheriff Randy of Jackson county came down from Newport yesterday morning, bringing a bloodhound. There is absolutely no trace of the robbers, however, and who- ever they are they succeeded in covering up their tracks well for the present.
 The postmistress, Miss M. L. Cole, has notified the postofice sussih2af ssih2afsitiieess sss,tfda-.ii,fasnectors sss,tfda- are expected here hourly to Cooper ate in the work of tracing the fugi- tives. Miss Cole states That the amount money secured by the robbers was about $20O and that $500 worth of stamps was stolen, together with a rare S3 gold piece inscribed M" and silver half-dollar made in 1884.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03

William J. Hencke, a promis- ing boy, the son of J. A. Hencke of this city, who had a position with the Brazilian commission at the worlds fair, is now employ ed in the office of the w. J. Lemp Brewing Company. He is a bright and ambitious young man, whose Newport friends are glad to see pushing his way up in the world.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
EUCHRE PARTY.

A congenial party of young la. d,es and gentlemen met with Miss Lucille Taylor Wednesday evening and whiled away a few hours very pleasantly at cards.
 The young hostess served ar appetizing lunch to her guests, who were Misses Jennie MCau- ley, Noreene Kinman, Messrs. Joe Bevens, R. T. Reyburn, J. o. Powell.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03

c. w. Rhodes has telegraphed his wife's relatives here of the death of his father at Delevan, III. He had been victim of paralysis for a number of years and was practically helpless. MT. and Mrs. Rhodes left St. Louis to attend the funeral. They have the sympathy of New port people in their bereavement.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
MUSICAL COTERIE.

The Coterie had the pleasure of enjoying Mrs. T. H. Reamey's hospitality Thursday afternoon.
 The study was Verdi's beautiful opera I'll Trovatore" and the program was a most enjoyable
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
< THE LEGISLATURE.

The senate has adopted the Pinnix pistol-toting measure, which is expected to help eradi- cate this evil. The fine for car rying a concealed weapon is $50 to $500 for the first ofense and an additional jail sentence not to exceed 60 days for the second offense. To make the law effective and to get around a ender-hearted governor, the ex- ecutive is prohibited from par doning convictions of this kind.
 The governor has approved the McFerrin resolution proposing constitutional amendment allow ing a state tax of 3 mills for school purposes and a district tax of 7 mills.
 The cause of union labor has been helped by the passage of the Toney bill by the senate pro- hibiting the use of this label ex- cept where the manufacturer en- ploys only union labor.
 The house has been consider ing the question of anti-frat leg islation to prohibit these organi- zations of students at the state university. MT. Keel made very sensible comparison when he said that it would be as just to prohibit Masonry among the citizens of Arkansas. Fraterni- ties are nothing more than benev- olent and fraternal organizations among college young men and serve a fine purpose.
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03
SPECIAL WINTER
 TOURISTS RATES

To Mexico City and return via the Iron Mountain route. $47.30 to Mexico City and return. Tick
Newport daily independent., 1905-03-03

cts on sale March 4 to 7, inclu- sive, final return limit 30 days from date of sale. These tickets will permit stopovers within final limit on either the going or re- turn trip. T. H. REAMEY,
 58dtd Agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
IDEAL SUGAR PRODUCING REGION

An announcement of far-reachng importance to
Southern California has just been made by the chem
istry division of the federal department of agriculture
The gst of the statement is the evidence that this
section of the country is preemnenty adapted for the
beet sugar industry That is to say the natural
ditions requisite for cultivation of the sugar beet
best advantage nearly ideal Southern Cali
fornia than in any other part of the United States
After five years of research experimentation the
chemists of the agricultural department have found
just what conditions essential to in the beet
sugar production They have covered the whole line of
investigation including conditions of temperature hours
of sunshine and cloudness, elevation and latitude
These studies embrace the whole range of country in
the United States worth testing for this particular in
dustry ranging from the Atlantic to the Pacific
The result of all this labor is the conclusion that
abundant sunshine combined with low tempera-
ture during the beet growing months the primary
conditions Upon these factors depend chiefly the per-
centage of beet saccharine, which is the essential
matter in beet sugar production.
There seems to be doubt that Southern California
is better adapted than any other portion of United
States for supplying the American market with sugar.
The demand for the product may be understood from
100000 tons of sugar yearly The quantity of beet
sugar produced in the United States last year was but
little than 100000 tons, while Germany produced
about ten times much, with Russia and Austria going
above the of 100000 and France close
TO that figure.
California should supply large proportion of the
sugar consumed in the United States and the time is
not far distant when it will supply it.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
A CONDITION TO BE EXPECTED

There is nothing really astonishing in the reports
Of railway trac managers to the effect that the tourist
travel to Southern California is breaking all records
this season. Such travel necessarily will increase in
large ratio with succeeding year. Every individual
who visits this section becomes animated advertise
ment spreading the attractions of the sunshine land
wherever he or she may go.
The population of Los Angeles alone is increasing
at the rate Of than $1,000 year. hence tens
Of thousands of letters added each year the
Der of the preceding year telling friends "back east
of the wonders of this favored land Added to this in
in the distribution of information abroad
era elements calculated to enlarge the volume of travel
in this direction. Among them the great advance
ment in railway accommodation and the comforts of
travel the growing attractions of our coast resorts
the passing of the provincial character which dlsn-
guished all the cities and towns of Southern California
not many years ago.
Tourists who here for a stay of few weeks
surprised by the metropolitan character of Los
Angeles and its environs and also by the sprghty mod
ern appearance of the minor communities. In this
city they find hotels stores theaters and the like quite
level with the best they are familiar with in the
large cities of the eastern states Hence they in
cned to proong their stay beyond original expectation
and there is ever increasing proportion of them who
determine to come here for permanent residence.
While the number of tourist arrivals is exceptionally
large at the beginning of the postholiday season this
year. such increase will be marked hereafter for
the reasons noted above.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
RecOEEecfi0nS of Mai. Ben c. Truman

lceptions; nor even the slightest social
intercourse; no smiles. no national Joy,
no human sunshine. The elderly men
that is, some of them-may have in
dulged quietly in little more rum
and molasses or monongahela or rye
than was good for them, and the mer-
chants and other storekeepers may
have watered or adulterated things and
given unfair measure, just as some of
our church-going shopkeepers do today
But they were all pillars of the church
upon whose staunchness and stability
the souls of their pastors might safely
rely
But of all other things the Sabbath
oe the Puritans and of all the other
orthodox Protestants. sixty and eighty
years ago, was not day of rest, nor
of pleasure, nor of home Joy and in
nuence. 1t comprised too much as
sembling of the crowds for that-too
much preaching, too much praying and
too much of everything that reminded
one constantly of a devil with horns
and hoofs and long tail that pitch
foIked everybody that didn't read the
Rible and believe in a cruel God, in
a bottomless pit that burneth forever
with fire and birthstone.
As the judge emotionally said, in
parenthesis, 'and how we'll I remem-
Der those long. overdrawn hours
Many another can call to mind the
early Sunday school, the Bible class
the three sermons, the cathechism and
gospel equipment, the three sayings OF
grace, the exhortaticn and prayer, the
cold dinner, the so-called tea, which
the young people were not permitted to
drink, and the sometimes slight aroma
of a surreptitious snifter of Jamaica
rum that blew through the old mans
whiskers. There is this to say, how
ever, that while there were jealousies.
false witness, adulterations
OF foods, alleged sanding of sugars and
watering of molasses, and other COM
paratively trivial mendacities, there
were few felonious acts committed,
and in 100 years in New England not
many appalling crimes. Indeed there
have been more murders in Los An
geles in the single year of 1904 than In
the six New England states in the half
century ending in 1850; more than in
Boston and seven other New England
cities during the same year, and twice
more than in the city of New York
when it contained 100000 inhabitants
and yet there are more churches in
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

Los Angeles according to the popula-
tion than In any other city in the
world, and Il would seem, therefore,
that the preachers in them and not the
houses OF worship themselves must be
blamed-that is, Of course, II blame
attaches at all in church direction.
"Those were long Sundays" said
Judge Knight in that not too falsetto
voice that drops so melodiously and so
beseechingly on the willing ear. Novel
reading was abjured; It was positively
forbidden. Juvenile gymnastics were
not i'm vogue; such boys would have
been consigned to she-bears. The Sum
day dinner, that beloved feast that
makes OF many a home a mecca to-
wards which shrine millions of newly
married children make a weekly pill
srlmage, was cold and unreasonable,
troughlike and barbarous and devoid of
the merest scintila of sentiment or JOY.
II there was one infnitesimal thought
that entered any mind It was that
no cooking. no sweeping, no dish
washing desecrated the homestead on
the holy Sabbath day; innocuous
volumes from the Sunday school
library all about Satan and the fun he
was always having with lost souls,
readings from the Bible and the CONF
mentaries, theological dissertations
and conundrums, and tales from the
lives of noted missionaries and other
sacred and sagacious adventurers be-
ing the standard Sabbath regimen in
stead.
In his own liberal and respectfully
vinced every member of the Sunset
club that at the foundation of the
greatest enterprises throughout the
United States the most successful in
dustries, the best school education, the
most religious thought, the broadess
and noblest patriotism, the greatest
freedom of thought and the liveliest
and genuinest brotherhood of men was
the Puritanism of New England, so
often reviled by the unthinking, but
that has ever occupied rare place at
the hands of all historians. Tiresome
as was Sunday, indeed, the agreeable
Judge believed any man unhappy
whose memory did not treasure that
same Puritan Sabbath of his childhood
as a sacred thing and day set apart
from it's fellows with a distinct and
fragrant aroma of its own. The most
irreligious of men have a tender corner
of memory and hold a reverent side to-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
'THE SUNDAY OF THE PUR1THNS

ward the piety Of venerated parents;
they take a certain pride in the fact
that there was religion in the family.
unmindful of the presumption that
their own descendants may inherit
their preference for orthodox ancestry.
Why, only a few days ago heard an
old southerner who had been in many
battles during the Cipil war and in
many scrimmages with John Barley
corn since, and who can swear to
Flanders cavalry officers taste, say:
MY parents, thank heaven, were
church-goers. Yes, sir; they were de-
vout all the way through. They were
always UP with the lark on Sunday
mornings breathing i'm the sanctty of
Sabbath air and leading the flighty
minds of all the young folk along wor-
shipful lines.'
Whether we are or whether we are
not in transition period, or whether
the holiness of Sunday has been
Knocked into smithereens passeth the
understanding of the writer. That
theater-going, horse racing, football
and baseball playing, automobiling and
yachting and other former exclusively
week day recreations are permitted in
all the western cities is palpable on
every hand. That churches are being
reared more numerously and more pre-
tentiously than ever before Is also an
undeniable fact. But the preachers OF
old have all passed away. and If any
remain they have lost their influence
and control. They preach from the
same old texts, to be sure, but they
impart no old-time fervor nor sacred
Significance.
at is so much easier not to do than
TO do" said an Episcopal clergyman to
the writer few days ago, which meant
that he preached not according to the
dictates Of his conscience but according
TO the promptings of his reasoning
faculties.
With exquisite pathos and impress
siveness of monotone the judge con-
fessed that the "hours were tiresome
and dreary and long" the services
were monotonous and continuous, the
dinners were frugal and cold. But,
nevertheless, viewing in retrospective
vista the Sunday of our fathers. or in
prospective decadence the Sunday of
our children, there seems every reason
vanishing by evaporation and that
Jonathan Edwardsism is entirely
knocked out.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

In his address to the Sunset club al
its Christmas jinks on the puritan
Judge Enoch Knight declared, in ono
place, and looked up from his manu-
script and over the crowd with a
kindly glow OF reminiscent sackcloth,
that "many of the New England sun
days, even in his boyhood days, were
uncomfortably long and tedious" which
set more than one old head in an
acquiescent movement, as three or four
of the elderly boys of the Sunset were
born and brought up in New England.
The writer remembers the time when
he attended the Sunday school regu-
larly at o'clock, after partaking of a
breakfast of pork and beans, brown
bread and Indian pudding that had
teen baking all night in the big chim-
rey oven, after which there was morn
ing service from half past 10 to II.
Then a second attack on the viands of
The morning (now all cold) and pie and
coughnuts-for IL was wicked to cook
OH Sundays-and then to church again
at 2 and out at 4; then tea at 6, the
accompaniments being bread and but
ter, pie and doughnuts, and sometimes
a few slivers OF dried beef. At half
past saw us all in church again,
which lasted until 0. Our venerated
parents were all pious, said grace be-
fore each meal and had Bible reading
and praying every Saturday evening.
These were the days when there was
severe religion in every Protestant
family in the New England states and
Y cry much in the middle and southern
states as well. These We're the days
when the heads of ninety-nine out OF
every 100 Protestant families observed
the Lords day from Saturday evening
to Monday morning; where sanctity
prevailed for more than twenty-four
hours; where the elderly ones sat with
scripture and concordance in hand,
peering over biblical lore, and the
younger people committed whole chap
ters of the gospel and read library
books" telling them how boys who
played on Sundays and didn't get
their catechism perfect and "all other
bad children would go to hell.
There were no street cars nor omni-
buses nor other traffic innovations; no
tallyhos with young men and young
women shouting "Rah! Rah! Ran!
Pasa! De! Nal" no vaudeville nor even
sacred concert shows; no teas, no re-