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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR SALE-InvestOrs or anyone who
desires d home should call on me. as
/ have some good propositions to
offer, namely. two fine lots in High
land Park addition. very deSlraDie
double house, centrally locates, also
four cottages with five and seven
rooms each, ranging in price from
$1,000 to $1,000, all nearly new; Will
sell for one-half cash, Valance on
long time at 6 per cent interest. w.
G. Maucker. rear Rock Island house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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WANTED-Work by the day by reliable
woman. Call at 1110 Third avenue.
WANTED-Cieneral homework 10 do BY
the day. Address "A. 1876" care Ar
gus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
wAxrEp-MALE Help.


4 WANTED-Ben boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
EDUCATIONAL.
EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.

ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY-120
West Seventeenth street Old phone
1887; new phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus and
cab calls answered day or night
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufactures of awnings, tents,
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent
g RoessIer & Co. 200 Fifteenth
street. opposite the court house. Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
FOR sALE-CpTv PROPERTY.

ulars address Box 267, city.
FOR SALE Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly pay
mentS. Inquire of John T. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
LODGE DIRECTORY.
- - - =
Masonic.

TRIO LODGE. NO. 81. A Fl. & A. M
q Meets in stated communication
NHE on the first Thursday of each
AN month. A. w. Gillespie, w. NJ;
" William b. Petit, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

WANTED-Compete girl for general
houseWork Apply to Mrs. b. IL Will
son. 11O2 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

NINE. ZELDA-PalmiSt. card reader
Here short time only; gives advice in
business; tells if one you love is true
and how to win hearts desire. Palm.
- cents: cards 81 cents. Full read
ing tpalm and card), 30 cents; 1412
Third avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

EMPIRE COAL & COKE COMPANY
Wholesale and retail dealers in BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal Prompt
delivery service. Office Ills First
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

CHICAGO. BURLINGTON IL QUIEC1--
Depot, Second avenue and gweltieth
street. Telephone, old west ESQ, nav
CLIO. +. a. RIDDELL, Agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE - y portable house, for
camping purposes. Inquire at 1904
Fourteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, n ST. PAUL
Railway, r. ]. & ~. w. passenger
station at foot Of Seventeenth street =
b. STODDARD. Agent 4. L. Hinriche
commercial agent. 8OS Brady street
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR SALE - At bargain; one Hall
wood cash register. Inquire OF Il. ii
Bowman, Buford block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
mONEf TO LOAN.

WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods, horses.
wagons, etc. without removal and in
a quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
az Mitchell e. Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR RENT-Six-room cottage, on Sixth
avenue, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets; bathroom, hot wa
ter and steam heat furnished. Apply
to NJ. NJ. Sturgeon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR SALE-Buggy. fun leather top,
steel tire. \ No. / condition. Inquire
at Robb's express office. Seventeenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

wANTED-75 to 100 men can find steady
| work at the Bettendorf Steel Car
| works Bettendorf, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR SALE - y tent. size 10X12; also
flooring for same; as good as new
For particulars address "R. 100, care
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
nocIs IsInnd & Peorln DivisIon.


Trains leave Twentieth street station
Main line trains start from main depot
on Firth avenue minutes in advances
II time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

FOR RENT-New siN-room house. with
bath and all modern improvements. on
Twelfth street and Fourteenth ave-
nue. Inquire of Ans Anderson, 1916
Fourteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28
LAUNDRIEs.
CEAIRVOYANT.

DR.. MARY YATE.S-Magneric healer
and business medium. Hours, 1 to 10
p. m. Residence 705 Fourth avenue.
Take the Blue line west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

s. stop at Rock Island for meals; ..
daily except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-28

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Clinton. Dubu.
81. Paul Mil
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Elgin &, Chicago,
IS. W. Limited). 3:42 am 1885 pm
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Clinton. Cedar
Rapids. Omaha,
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
FRENCH SHERLOCK

Paris, Aug. 25.-An old gentleman at
Ternes has been charged with murder
under curious circumstances.
A ragpicker rushed into the police
station and threw down a bag Of bones,
declaring that they had been given to
him to make away with, but he had dis
covered them to be human.
Seeming a terrible crime, the in
spector had the man locked up, then
telephoned to a magistrate. Soon after,
the magistrate, inspector and two po-
icemen called at the house where the
bag had been handed to the ragpicker,
and were received by an old gentle
man in gold-rimmed spectacles.
The magistrate locked the door be-
hind him, laid calcined bone on the
table. and said: 't.You gave this and
other human remains to ragpicker
this morning7"
/ II did," said the old gentleman. 81
arrest you for murder,'' said the magis-
trate solemnly; "who was your vic
tim9' r
In reply the old gentleman in the
gold spectacles burst out laughing.
"The victim,'' he said, els the son of
the grand priest Diophta, who died in
Egypt more than 5000 years before the
birth Of Christ. I bought him recently
but he did not keep well, so preferred
to get rid Of him.
Exhaustive inquiries eventually led
to the release of the ragpicker and an
i! apology to the mummy purchaser. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
FOR THE SCRAPBOOK
Band Of Mercy Hymn.


Dedicated to Samuel E. Sawyer by Rev.
Thomas Timmins. -
Tune, "Glory! Hallelujah" Sung to the me-
ter of '.The Battle Hymn Of. the. Republic
Lift aloft our banner proudly; let its folds
salute the sky;
We will sing our hymn Of triumph; glory be to
God on high!
Young and old are gladly joining, led on by
l.. sweet mercy's cry.
Our bands are marching on.
TO protect the weak and helpless, to act kindly
unto all,
Whether human or dumb creatures, high or low,
or great or small,
For right, gentleness and justice, for each one
we loudly call.
Gods cause is marching on
With our bands we'll join all nations, with
peace, mercy, right and love,
Fill lives with joy and happiness, and lead on
r.. to heaven above,
Scatter freely seeds Of kindness, with the sym
Dol Of the dove,
~ Gods love is marching on.
Round the world our bands are marching guided
+, - by the. Lord of might.
The kind the merciful and good, serve him best
and most aright;'
Then march on beneath our banners and act
nobly in his sight
:. Our bands are marching on.
Chorus to each verse:
Glory! glory! hallelujah! Glory! glory! halle
lujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah! Our bands are march
Ing on.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Band Of Mercy Officers \
Should All Be Retained
Uncle Bert" Will Visit Minneapolis to Show Boys and
Girls How to Get Most Good Out Of Organization.

Now that the excitement Of the
Grand Army encampment is over, and
time for school draws near, the Band
Of Mercy members are planning to be.
gin their meetings.
The bands were formed SO short a
time before school closed for the sum
mer that many of them were not able
to hold any meetings, and the officers
have only had an empty honor. -
i 11Uncle Bert suggests ! that the
bands retain their same officers, even
tho the members may be promoted to
another room, or advanced a class
Such "a plan would not cause the con
fusion of a new election and give the
present officers an opportunity to show
their abilities
AS soon as school begins, the Humane
society will send the secretaries books
and "Uncle Bert is planning to visit
the bands and tell them what the mem
bers have accomplished in other cities
"Uncle Bert, is expecting some fine
reports from the Minneapolis members
when the real work begins. :"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Special Correspondence.
London, Aug. ll.-Altho he was born
an Englishman and remained an Eng
lishmsn all his life, the United States
had no more faithful servant than
Charles Hodson, chief clerk Of the
thirty years, who died the other day
after brief illness. Ambassadors
came and ambassadors went, but Mr..
Hodson remained. He was the indis-
pensable man-the man who knew the
ropes, the man who was needed to act
as pilot to each successive representa-
tive of America at the court Of St.
James. Eight Of them he thus served
John Welsh, James Russell Lowell, E. J.
Bayard, John Hay, Joseph Fl. Choate and
| Whitelaw Reid.
There was more truth than Jest in the
sobriquet bestowed upon him by many
English journalists-the ambassador s
ambassador r.. = g..
He was GA years old at the time Of
his death, white-boarded and frosty
haired in his later years, and his patri-
| archal appearance added to the good
nature that beamed from his ruGdy
| face, made him the chosen father
| confessor of hundreds Of Americans who
found themselves in trouble in London.
with sympathetic interest and at least
they could always depend on getting
from him the best Of advice, if he
could do nothing more for them. His
geniality and unfailing urhanity made
him a great favorite with journalists
and correspondents who had recourse to
the embassy for news. But no man
was more discreet where state secrets
were concerned. VI" ..~. r
His speciality was extradition mat
ters. He had the law in such cases at
his finger tips. His memory of prece-
| dents, too, was the envy Of the British
foreign office. His treatment of the
fugitive was so unfailingly kind that
the latter never bore him any grudge
for sending him back to America.
Thrice he visited the United States on
behalf of American citizens.
One of his last official acts was to
hurry down to Salisbury on that mem
orab1e LIST of July and tend to the
Americans who had been severely in
jured in the boat train wreck.
For twenty years his son, Francis
Hodson, has been his assistant at the
embassy. 1t is hoped here that he will
succeed to the vacancy caused by his
father death. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
WATERMELONs FREE
DOWN IN OKLAHOMA
And Cantaloupes You Can Buy
ra at Five Gents a Dozen at
F. Seasons Height.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 22.-"Five dol
lars fine for any person who passes this
way and fails to eat a melon.'
This is the sign which astonishes all
| newcomers to the territory during wa
termelon season in northern Oklahoma.
It is posted on the. highway fence
which borders one side Of the 400-acre
Bliss
Owners of the ranch always have the
biggest melon patch in the territory,
and they feed the Indians and all other
visitors at the ranch free.
The number of melons consumed in
| Oklahoma, in addition to the hundreds
Of carloads which are annually shipped
| to northern markets, is enormous. They
come into the local markets about the
Fourth OF July and continue until in
October.
It is only during the first few days
that the price Of watermelon stays
above 10 cents in an Oklahoma town,
and by the time the season is well on a
man can get one larger than he can
carry for dime, and three times as
large one as he can eat for a nickel.
Later they get two and three for a
nickel.
Cantaloupes start in at 10 cents each;
in few days they drop to two for q
nickel, and still later to cents dozen.
Watermelons weighing forty, fifty and
sixty pounds are common. Even sew
enty-pound melon does not excite any
comment, and the territory has pro-
! duced them weighing more than 100
| pounds. :.
The first settlers in the territory
found that the soil produced magnif-
cent melons, and many a settler raised
a crop of them on the raw sod the first
year and Toasted on them when often
he had little else. For the last six or
seven years melons have been shipped
out of the territory in large quantities
| until the annual shipments of water.
melons and cantaloupes combined reach
more than 1000 cars. ~. I'LL.
It is interesting that the greatest
shipping point for watermelons is a
town Of not more than a dozen inhab-
itants-Lawrie. This is flag station on
| the main line of the Santa Fe, about
| six miles north of Guthrie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
SOME COMING CONCERTS.

season will be given by Miss Wilma An
derson, pianist, and Ruth Anderson
Reohr, violinist, assisted by. Francis
Rosenthal, barytone, Sept. IS, in the Au-
ditorium annex. This will be the only
public appearance of Miss Anderson
and Mrs. -Reohr, prior to their return to
manently, and will be the only oppor-
tunity for their Minneapolis friends to
hear them.
Since making their, home in New
York, the Minneapolis musicians have
met with considerable success, and last
season were engaged by the following
clubs: West End Women's club, Wom-
stein, Century Theater, Neighborhood
Minerva and Euterpe clubs. They re.
ceived the warm Endorsement Of the fol-
lowing club women; Mines. Sidney Ros,
enfield, Clarence Burns, A. M. Palmer
Harry Wallerstein and Miss Amy Fay
a sister of Mrs. Theodore Thomas
Miss Fay's, Endorsement is Of special
value, for she is pupil Of List and the
many"
Mr.. Rosenthal has held the position
of bass soloist in the Bloomington Re.
formed church in New York city, St.
John g Episcopal church in St. Paul
and is now singing in this city in the
Church Of the Redeemer.
He was soloist with the St. Paul
Choral club at its performance of
"Samson and Delilah,' and was &C:
corded an ovation.
A number Of women prominent in
social and musical circles will act as
patronesses. Miss Anderson, who will
be accompanies for her sister, has been
associated with such artists as Cesar
Thomson and Kutcherra in Brussels
Belgium, and Gwilym Miles. Nine
Meyesenheym (coach in Conreid s Met
ropolitan opera schooD, Margaret Craw.
ford, Hans Kronold, cellist, Rosa Ia
mels, violinist, and Maurice Kaufman
I with Damrosch orchestra.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A JEWELED SKELETON

Chamonix, Aug. 25.-There disap-
speared on Aug. II, 1908, lady named
Mile. Dora Bucheler, 81 years of age,
who was born at Bonn, and who was a
sister-in-law Of M. Oscar de Basiner, a
councillor of state and professor at the
imperial university at Warsaw.
No trace Of her could be found at
the time, but on Sunday last her re-
mains were discovered by a number Of
Alpinists returning from the Aiguille du
Midi. - sssr>
There is no, doubt as to the identity
brella with silver handle, bearing the
name Bucheler, was found. The linen
bore the initials sd. b. and the
jewelry, including engagement ring,
was also identified.
The remains were brought to Cha
monk and the relatives notified.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
CHARGE Of BURGLARY
FOLLOWS EL0PEMENT
Notoriety Gained by Breaking Up
a Home Gets Lothario Into
More Trouble,

Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 25.-That Mrs.
S. Hudson Carter, when she deserted
her husband and children to elope with
August Reitz, young man with whom
she was infatuated, ran away with a
man wanted for burglary is the dis
covery made public.
From one jail to another without a
moments liberty, was the unusual ex-
perience Of Reitz, who, after serving a
was Immediately whisked off to North.
cumberland county, where he is wanted
on an old charge of burglary.
Reitz g elopement and the consequent
notoriety gave the police a clue which
led to his Identification as burglar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Uses to be one Of the most enjoyable and
artistic of the week. .
WONDERLAND MUSIC.

Professor C. G. Heintzman has writ
ten the words and music for descrip-
tive fantasia which will be featured at
band ev at Won epmia park this weak.
The air is sung by Joseph McCauleY,
the barytone, with six girls in the
chorus. The composition is entitled
i" The jolly. Blacksmith Of Fair Gates,
and anvils are introduced. The program
for the Heintzman band concerts to-
morrow at Wonderland is as follows:
March Boys Of the Old Brigade" Chambers
Overture. .'Merry Wives Of Windsor" .Nicolai
Andante Modto; Allo Viyace.
Clarinet solo, 'Delecta" (Fantasia) Robinson
Charles Rudd. Efg&.
Waltzes 'Artists Life" ............. STRAUSS
Descriptive fantasia, ''The Jolly Black
smith Of Fair Gates new .Heintzemann
Overture "Reinze" ...................Wa Wagner
Cornet solo, 1.-THE One Love-. ........ Kenny
H. Larusson.
Descriptive number. ''the Awakening Of
ss,sot tine rnm itts 1obnnv Iones h9n nba
March from aida" .................!.Ve Verdi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
MUSIC AT THE STATE FAIR.

Miss Edith Abel, who has been given
charge of the music at the state fair
Minneapolis day, Friday, Sept. 7, has
arranged a delightful program which
will be given in the Woman's club
building. Those who have consented to
represent Minneapolis in the program
are U. S. Kerr, whom Minneapolis still
claims as one Of her singers, notwith-
standing his years in the. east; Miss
Adele Maloney, soprano, will sing sew
eral songs; and Miss Margaret Gilmore
and J. A. Bliss will contribute piano
numbers,
Mr.. Bliss, who was protege of Nine.
Nordica, has recently joined the fac
ulty of the johnson School of Music,
Oratory and Dramatic Art, and his
playing is mentioned in the highest
terms. sstts
Miss Blanch Booth will give several
readings, and the entire program prom
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

full maturity. A teacups can be placed
over the head Of any of these tiny
infants, and their feet on an average
do not measure much over an inch and a
quarter. A man IS silk hat could hold
all three. Nature has placed no per-
manent handicap against them, how
ever, for their growth is steady and
their development perfectly normal.
From four to six weeks in the incu-
bator generally makes them eligible to
the nursery, where they can be Weaned,
If desired. s ssss55 .i8 (. z. 4. -
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Nero's Appreciation.

Nero was a shepherd dog and good watch
dog when he first came to u.s. but we petted him
50, that it spoiled him for Watchdog That is,
he would not stay at home alone and guard
the house, but insisted on going when we did.
One morning he did not come home for long
time, so we went out to look for him. At
last we saw him coming slowly up the hill
towards the house. We knew that there was
something the matter with him and ran
down to where he was, picked him up in her
arms and carried him to the house. Upon ex-
animation we found that he had been hurt
badly his head and front legs.
We doctored him and now he is as well as
ever Since then you can hardly find a better
watchdog. for he seems to want to thank us
for our kind treatment of, him.
A 9Th Grade, Clara Jewett
Bremen School. 1921 Queen Az N.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
AGAINST DIRTY BIBLES
Upholds Witness in Court Who Refuses
to Kiss the Book. +4...--

London, Aug. Pa strong protest
against the practice Of kissing the Tes-
lament was made by Judge Sir Thomas
Snaggee at Northampton county court.
and the judge said he was not surprised
to hear the objections Of witness, for
the practice Of kissing a dirty book
was the most unhealthy, insanitary and
Objectionable formality in Christendom,
and ought to be abolished. He hoped to
see the day when kissing the dirty
leather cover Of a book would be pro-
hibited by law, and he appealed to doc
tors thruout the country to support him
in his protest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

that. One is boy whose weight was
one pound and a half an dthe other
a girl weighing pound and quar-
ter. They each weigh three and half
featherweight class. The latest arrival
is 6 days old and weighs an even two
pounds, and the weights Of all three
would aggregate less than five pounds.
These babies are not dwarfs, it should
be understood. They are Of imma ture
birth, and the incubator is simply an
artificial mother that nurses them to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
The. Dog Can Reason.

A man who lives by our house once had ar
intelligent dog. He worked; away in the day
time, and the dog was left by itself. The dog
liked to sleep in the bed altho It had been
taught better. 3: So when his master was at work
it would crawl into the bed and stay until he
heard his master coming up the steps. Then i,
would jump up and run under the stove. ~
One day his master came home early ,ant
looked thru the window and found the dog II
the bed and as soon as he stepped in the house
he saw the dog lying under the stove as If !,
had been sleeping there all the time.
TN Grace Lombard,
Sixth Grade, 2517 w Fifty second street.
Lake Harriet School 2. ~ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The movement Of Lake Superior iron ore
during the month of June was the heaviest
during the history of. the trade Nearly $780,
600 tons were forwarded to the lower lakes-a
gain of almost 100000 tons over the corre-
spending period last year. The total movement
this season up to the first of July aggregated
II, 241, 500 TONS compared with 10,814 1854 tons
for the same period last wear. IN. E.. b.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A Kind Man.

One day last February I saw a man going
along slippery road driving a horse. The
road went uphill and there were some boys and
lot Of the wagon. As soon as they
started up the hill the horse slipped and fell
on his front knees The nan made everybody
get off and he got out and helped him up and
they all walked back of the wagon up the
hill Ivy Blessley,
A 4th Grade, ~; 1904 Dartmouth Az.
Sidney Pratt School. - I. =.