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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30

insure with Beecher Bros.
For loans see Beecher Bros.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
For bus. baggage, express, call Robb's.
Petersen's big band at Schuetzen
park tomorrow night.
Petersen's big band at Schuetzen
park tomorrow night.
Another shipment of long golves just
received at Young & McCombs'
Read Young & McCombs' ad on this
page. There's news in IT for you.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and fur
mace work. 1526-152S Fourth avenue.
Lewis Single Binder straight cent
cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco.
See the grand exhibition drill by the
Eagle degree team, at Watch Tower
inn, Aug. 2.
"The Garden of Love-" a sweet must
cal refrain at Totten's and Bowlby's
music stores.
Just YOU" the sweetest. tenderest
song of the times, at Bowlby's and Tot
tens music houses
Henrietta Weber, the eminent plan
list, with Petersen's big band at
Schuetzen park tomorrow night
Hattie Nickerson of Philadelphia, So
prano, with Petersen's big band at
Schuetzen park tomorrow night.
The executive committee of the Rock
Island district camp meeting associa-
ton was held at Tindall's Grove this
afternoon.
The latest song hits, "Just YOU"
"The Garden of Love-" and Dear Min
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
IN THE CHURCHES.
Broadway

Broadway Presbyterian. - Prayer
meeting will be held Wednesday even
ing.
The South Park Sunday school will
hold it's annual picnic Tuesday at
street.
Grace Lutheran.-The Ladies' Aid
society will meet Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Fred Schnitzer. 532 Thirtieth
street
First Baptist.-Prayer meeting and
Covenant meeting will be held We'd
nesday evening.
The Woman's Mission circle will
meet in the church parlor Friday after
noon at o'clock.
Central Presbyterian.-Praye serv-
ice will be held Wednesday evening at
1880 o'clock. The chorus choir will
meet at $50 o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Thursday afternoon at o'clock with
Mrs. A l.. Morris. 1918 Second avenue.
United Presbyterian.-Prayer service
will be held Wednesday evening.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. c. E. Hunt
ley. 1909 Fourth street
First Methodist-TomorrO evening
the Silver Cross circle will meet with
Miss Jennie Wynes. in South Heights.
Prayer meeting and Sunday school
teachers meeting will be held Wednes-
day evening.
Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
will meet with Mrs. s. E. Mattison, 943
Twenty-first street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
GROUND Is BROKEN
FOR new CHURCH
Ceremonies Held in Connection With
Beginning of Work on Zion
Lutheran Building.

The ceremony of consecrating the
ground upon which will be erected the
new $4,000 church of the Swedish
Evangelical Lutheran Zion congrega-
ton was held yesterday afternoon at
o'clock before a crowd of 700 people
on the church site, corner of Seventh
avenue and Forty-fifth street. The i'm
pressive ceremonies conducted by the
board OF trustees included addresses
by DR.. Gustav Andreen. president of
Augustana college, DR.. S. P. A. Lin
dahl, and Professor l. NJ. Anderson
Some excellent musical numbers were
given. About $40 of the building fund
was raised.
The following program was carried
out:
Song-Congregati
Scripture reading-Rev. A. w. Kjell-
strand
Song-Congregati
Address, Faith, Hope and Obedi-
ence"-Dr. Gustav Andreen, president
of Augustana college,
DR.. S. p. A. Lindahl.
Song-First Lutheran church choir.
Address, Rejoice in the Lord
Professor I. NJ Anderson.
Offering
Song-Svea Male quartet.
Address-Rev. E. K. Jonsen.
Song-Congregati
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
Millions for Amusements.

The earnest way in which the Amer
lean public goes about enjoying itself
and the vast sums of money spent in
providing means and methods has caus-
ed much comment. 1t will surprise the
reader to learn that over one hundred
million dollars are invested in amuse-
ment enterprises. A sick man or wo-
man. however, cannot enjoy them
selves because sickness always robs
any pleasure of it's delights; but then
there is no reason for remaining in
such a condition, when Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will make you well
again. There are hundreds of persons
now enjoying robust health as a result
of taking the Bitters, and a similar ex-
perience awaits you. Therefore start
today. 1t always cures poor appetite.
fatulency, headache, cramps. diar-
rhoea, vomiting, dizziness. sleepless-
ness, dyspepsia, indigestion or costive-
ness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
MUCH TOO STRONG.
Was the Telephone Busy Now"
Chestnut Worked Sat-
urdsy
TO COVER STORMS WORK
All of Which Recalls Shortcomings
in Central Union Service Oft
Referred to.

The effect of Saturday afternoon s
storm told seriously on the wires of the
Central Union Telephone company,
which institution, instead of instructing
its operators to frankly inform those
who called for numbers of instruments
affected, of the conditions, simply
worked overtime the busy now
chestnut which has been made to serve
as a Subterfuge for all sorts of short
comings in the service in the past
year. In numerous instances where
calls at the central exchange were at
tended by the busy now response.
The Argus learned during the after
noon that those who had been called
were not only not busy" but were I'M
able to be busy from the fact that
their telephone service had been i'm
paired by the storm.
These remarks upon conditions imply
no reflection upon the operators at the
central exchange who. as has been said
on many occasions in the past. in addi-
ton TO being both underpaid and over
worked, are made TO suffer for the
shortcomings in the general character
OF the service.
The "Busy Now" Chestnut.
The busy now" response which has
been tried and found wanting on many
an occasion is. however. not the least
nor perhaps the greatest of the evils
that are complained of in connection
with the service the Central Union has
been dishing out TO its patrons in Rock
Island. The arbitrary call by number
only requirement has been the sub
ject of much righteous Indignation on
many occasions where the person seek
ing service has either desired a connec
ton not given in the book or had not a
catalogue handy or happened to be in
an extreme hurry IL matters not what
the excuse. or how urgent or extreme
the demand for immediate service, the
party desiring communication must
await the convenience of ''informa-
ton, who. instead of seeing that the
communication is established. repeats
back the number and the party calling
must then go TO the trouble of starting
entirely over again. this time giving
the cumberland feeling in the end that
he has paid a sufficient penalty for not
having the company's rule indelibly i'm
pressed upon his mind in the first place
A citizen cOnversing in The Argus
office Saturday evening OF the mfser-
able condition of the service that after
noon. spoke OF an instance short time
since wherein a member of his family
had attempted to call physician in the
night. There was occasion for anxiety
and without turning on the light TO
rar- no
taken down and the doctors name
spoken to central. After delay that
seemed hours. the word information
came back over the wire. Then the
doctors name was repeated and in re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30

Spouse the number was given. and the
connection closed. In due course of
time central was again communicate
ed with and after the number had been
repeated the quick answer was
''the line is busy now" There was a
case where serious delay was occasion
ed because the company insisted upon
its employees enforcing an unreasonable
rule in case of an emergency, for had
the connection been made at first call,
the physician might not have been
busy now" if. indeed. he was at all.
Even With the Fire Department.
The Argus had occasion not long
since to call the Central Engine house
of the fire department. 1t desired to
communicate with Chief Tubbs, and
knowing that he was soon to start out,
merely asked for the engine house di-
rect. The usual information" inter-
rupted and before the Central engine
house was finally reached, Chief Tubbs
had gone-and half the town might
have been destroyed. had the call been
prompted by a summons to duty on
the part of the department
The Argus has taken the trouble to
run down a number of these busy
now" calls and has found in the ma
iority of instances that the busy now"
meant telephone out of order, which
the company evidently did not seem in
clined to admit.
Operators Not TO Blame.
But the public should not blame the
girls for acting under the orders OF
their employers. The company is try
ing TO make them do too much as 1t Is.
and at the same time is arbitrarily en-
forcing number system that has
grown to be more of a nuisance with
its prefixes and affiXes every time 1t
has been altered. which fact, taken
into consideration with the abominable
party line service. becomes about as
worthless at times as anything that
pretends to offer service to the individ-
ual who pays for it.
There are a great many ways in
which the Central Union Telephone
system may improve. aye. reform.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30

Alif, Charles Billo, Mrs. Clara Bivans.
William Bakersfield. Robert Donald
son. j. w. Green t2), Mrs. George Gil
lette, Mrs. b. Houl, H. Huely. Miss
Marion Jackson, Miss Lottie Lee. Al
fred Leusch. Miss Claude Lewis, T. r.
Proll, Mrs. F. A. Potter. Miss Anna
Quearry. Miss Ella Snyder. c. f..
Spangler. Henry Voigt, Miss Maggie
Wilson. Foreign-W. Graima Miss
Marion E. Jackson
HUGH A. J. MCDONALD, p. NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
THE W Ed TIL r. r..
Fair tonight and Tuesdays not much
change In temperature.

While Saturdays storm In now cen
trail over the lower lake region and the
st. Lawrence basin, low barOmeters are
observed over the entire country east
of the mississippi, and showers and
thunderstOrms have occurred from the
gulf and south Atlantic sections TO New
England, with heavy rain reported
from Mobile. Ala. Generally fair wea-
Their prevails from the Pacific cOast to
the central valleys, though low pres
sure which extends from Alberta to the
southern plateau states has caused Oc-
cnsiOnal showers and thunderstOrms I'm
the Rocky mountain region and the up
per Missouri valley. Owing to the con-
ditiOns to the west ward, fair weather.
with no important change I'm tempera-
ture, is indicated for this vicinity tonight
and Tuesday.
J. VI. SHERIER. Local FOrecaster.
Temperature at n. M, 90; at $50
y. M, SO. Minimum temperature In "a
hours, 81; maximum, 81. Velocity of
wind at = n. M, miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS
Davenport Letter Carriers Won Base
hall Game From Rock Island Boys.

ball Game From Rock Island Boys.
The steamer w. w. carried about
700 to Muscatine yesterday The steam
er left here about IL O'Clock and TOOK
the letter carriers and their families
to Linwood for their annual picnic.
Sports and amusements were INDUCED
in by the postmen, the amusements in
a ball game between Rock Is
land and Davenport. The Davenport
team was victorious over the local car
riers. who have been their superiors
in the game for the last two years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
Oldest Woman Dead.

Laporte, Ind. July 30.-Mrs. Ferdin-
and Reese, the oldest woman in India
ma. perhaps in the United States, died
here today, aged 112.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
ON LONG CRUISES.
Yacht Wacoutah, of Red Wing,
Just Back From Gulf
of Mexico.
PLAN EVEN LONGER JOURNEY
J. II. Risch, Owner, With Family, Will
Round Florida and Return
Through Great Lakes.

The yacht Wacoutah of Red Wing,
Mimi, passed Rock Island today af-
ter several months cruise
through the Gulf of Mexico along
the east and west coast of Flo
rida and to the West India Is
lands. The boat attracted consider
able attention here, being viewed by
crowds of people during its stay at this
city 1t will spend the summer on the
upper river after which cruise lasting
for a year will be taken. The proposed
cruise includes a trip down the Mis-
sissippi through the Gulf of Mexico, up
the Atlantic coast and through the
Great Lakes. The yacht will leave
Red Wing for the lower river the latter
part of September.
Is Marvel of Beauty.
The Wacoutah is marvel of beauty
throughout and is finished in maho
gany and brass. 1t carries a crew of
three, accommodates six persons as
passengers and has a capacity of %
tons. ]. H. Risch of Red Wing, is the
owner and G. E. Crauson is the captain.
The boat was built in New York city
by the Nicholson Launch company at
a cost of $4,000. Mr.. Risch and fam
lily are aboard They have the most
luxurious accommodations possible in
yacht of the size of the Wacoutah.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
Advertised List Mo. 81

Following is a list of letters remain
ing uncalled for in the Rock Island
postoffice for the week ending July %.
1906: William Allsup, Miss Ellen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
RIVER RIPLETS.

The st. Paul, Isaac Staples, George
S.. Colonel A Mackenzie. Mac, Ruth
Prescott, Eclipse. r. d. Kendall, and
E. Rutledge were down, and the Sid
ney, Mac, Ruth, Prescott, Eclipse, W.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
GIRLS EXCURSION TOMORROW
Telephone Operators of Union Electric
Have w. w, for Annual Trip.

The hello girls of the Union Electric
Telephone company will give their an
nual moonlight excursion on the steam
er w. W. tomorrow evening. 1t is eX-
pected that this excursion will be well
patronized. as it proved to be very
popular last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
Does evil still, your whole life fill?
Does woe betide?

Your thoughts abide on suicide?
You need pill
Now for prose and facts-DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the most pleas
ant and reliable pills known today.
They never grippe. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
Modest Claims often Carry the Most
Conviction.


When Maxim, the famous gun inven-
tor. placed his gun before a committee
of Judges, he stated its carrying power
to be much below what he felt sure the
gun would accomplish. The result of
the trial was therefore great surprise,
instead of disappointment. 1t is the
same with the manufacturers OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. They do not publicly boast
of all this remedy will accomplish, but
prefer to let the users make the state
ments. What they do claim. is that II
will positively cure diarrhoea, dysen-
terry, pains in the stomach and bowels
and has never been known to fail. For
sale by all leading druggists.
A sweet breath adds to the joys of
kiss. You wouldn't want to kiss your
wife, mother or sweetheart with bad
breath. You can't have sweet breath
without healthy stomach. You can't
have a healthy stomach without per-
feet digestion. There is only one rem
edy that digests what you eat and
makes the breath as sweet as a rose
and that remedy is Kodol for dyspep-
STA. 1t is relief for sour stomach,
palpitation of the heart, and other all
ments arising from disorder of the
stomach and digestion. Take a little
Kodol after your meals and see what
it will do for you. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
RIVER FORECAST.

A falling tendency in the Mississippi
Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30

w, and Colonel A. Mackenzie went up.
The stage of water at a. m, SIS;
at II M, SIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
RIVER BULLETIN.

]. M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-30
CITY HI II.

Insure with Beecher Bros.
For loans see Beecher Bros.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Eastern City In Arizona.

OF all the cities of Arizona, Prescott
is the most Eastern" in its character;
II never had an era of the bad man."
never time when il was customary TO
serve "a man for breakfast" or when
It was a safe and popular pastime to
"shoot up the town." 1t has been from
the start the centre of prosperous,
law-abiding community, bent upon per-
sonal and general Improvement. Since
the great fire which, four years ago,
wiped out most of its business houses
in a single night, it has grown with
rapidity and a substantial character
and beauty seldom eQualled. Before
the smoke hal cleared away men who
had seen great stocks of merchandise
go up in flame were doing business in
tents set up along the plaza, and be-
fore the ruins were cool the debris
were being cleared away and material
for new buildings unloaded on the
ground. There was spirit of rivalry
as to who should put up the handsom-
est buildings, and the city rose out OF
her ashes with new and larger beauty
and went on her way as the business
and mining centre of the north. But
beyond her mines and business re-
sources the homes and schools and
churches of Prescott have always been
her pride. A home town from the very
beginning, it is still city of homes.
Mining men operating near have their
homes in the city, and, though in no
sense seeking prominence as a resort
for invalids. the climate has drawn
many to permanent residence In the
city and pine forest surrounding it.
Prescott has now population of about
1000 and is the largest city in north
ern Accommodation Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
To Prevent seasiokness.

Anybody who has had a good case
of seasickness must nave felt that he
would welcome the electric chair as
relief Now an electric chair fol
seasickness has been tested in an
English Channel steamer and an
ocean liner. You sit in a snug arm
chair. A motor under the seat is
connected with the ships electric
current You sit and take vibratory
treatment. Up and down and cross
wise you are shaken. Most sitters
need but one treatment. Their tend
ency to seasickness is vibrated out
of them. Some need second sit
ting. A few are seasick as soon as
their treatment ends. 1t is a pre-
ventive, mark you, not a cure. The
theory is that seasickness is essent-
Tally a nervous malady and that vi
bration reduces the nervousness.
Certainly imagination and expectation
have much to do with the disorder.
Blessings. on the new armchair if it
can block quick-coming seasickness.
But many believe and many doubt
Everybody's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11

The total population of Kansas IS
1.544.96S, but this does not begin to
tell the whole story of the decennial
census. There are figures about almost
everything from the number of babies
down to the number of peach trees.
The population has increased 100000 in
the past five years and about 100000
in the last ten years.
Babies in Kansas under five years
old, 166,762.
Persons over eighty years old, 1868.
Men subject to call in case Of war,
316,732.
Persons who work for living, 5OO,-
o59.
OF this number 251.956 are farmers.
OF the total population 53.5I per
cent. are over twenty-one year, of age.
School children between five and
twenty years, 532, 1896.
Negroes in the State, 51,06I.
Germans in the State, 1924.
OF the total population of Kansas
one-half was born in Kansas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
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CURED WOMAN'S FANCY
Surgeons Drug Her, Make Surface
Wound and Show Her Lizard.

An extraordinary cure by auto
suggestion has just been performed
in the Cochin hospital at Paris.
Recently peasant woman from a
village in Normandy applied for treat
ment at the hospital, saying she had a
terrible monster in her stomach and
wanted it taken out. She described
the creature as having a head like a
snake, and long thin body and tail,
with four short legs furnished with
claws.
The surgeons had the woman put
to bed and quite seriously nursed for
a few days, preparatory to being
operated on. Later she was placed
under an anesthetic and surface
wound made upon her body which
was duly bandaged with great care.
When she regained consciousness
she was shown common gray lizard
in jug, which she was told had been
taken out of her stomach. Ever
since that time she has improved,
now eats well and experiences no
pain at all.
She will be given the lizard, which
was bought by the surgeons in bird
store, to take back to her village and
show her friends.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11

In a short time Calumet may just
ly claim to have the largest steel wire
rope in the world. The new rope will
be used in the No. shaft of the Cal
umet branch of the mine. The rope
will have length of $500 feet, which
is not quite two miles in length. The
diameter of this cable is 13s inches,
which is somewhat heavier than the
ordinary rope which is used in the
mine work. At the present time the
Calumet and Hecla had some cables
which equal the one to be secured in
length, but they are not as heavy as
the new steel rope. 1t can be safely
said that the new rope will be the
longest of this character and thickness
in the world.-Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
Changes in British Views.

TOO many influences spoil the
British" might be adopted as a prov
erb. Within the last quarter of a
century the American woman has con-
siderably altered the character of her
British sister; the American business
man has greatly changed that of his
equivalent in England; the French
have accustomed us to an attitude of
mind which would have Mortified our
parents and the Germans have intro
duced their military spirit into coun-
try which has always been opposed
to a large standing army.-London
Graphic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
KNOWS NOW
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case For
Time.

It's easy to understand how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee when doc
tors themselves sometimes forget the
facts.
A physician speaks of his own expert
ence:
Il had used coffee for years and
really did not exactly believe it was in
juring me, although l had palpitation
of the heart every day.
Finally one day severe and almost
fatal attack of heart trouble frightened
me and I gave up both tea and coffee
using Postum instead, and since that
time l have had absolutely no heart
palpitation except ON one or two occa-
,ions when l tried small quantity. of
coffee which caused severe irritation
md proved to me must let it alone.
when we began using Postum 1t
seemed weak-that was because we
lid not make it according to directions
but now we put little bit of butter
N the pot when boiling and allow the
Postum to boil full 10 minutes, which
gives it the proper rich flavor and the
ieep brown color.
Il have advised great many of my
friends and patients to leave off coffee
md drink Postum. in fact. l daily give
his advice" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Many thousands of physicians use
Postum in place of tea and coffee in
heir own homes and prescribe II to
atients. "There's reason"
A remarkable little book, "The Road
% Wellville," can be found In pkgs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11
The Kelley Motor.

About 1872, John W. Keeley, Of
Philadelphia, began his experiments
in that city to attempt to develop to
practical results a machine worked
by power without cost, /. e. running
itself. Nothing definite, however, was
ever given out concerning this motor
except the name. "Pneumatic-Pul-
sating-v g-vacuo-Engine,' until the motor
was denounced by Boston lawyer
as huge fraud, run by water
motor in sub-basement. Hundreds
Of thousands of dollars were lost by
stockholders. The machine at last
accounts was stored in Jamaica Plain.
Keeley died in the fall of 1898.