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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16

When our Mr.. Chase was in New York in June
he secured an invoice of ifty-four pianos from
manufacturer who hard hit by the panic.
He needed the cash and we supplied it.
The first carload arrived this week Monday
morning they will be put in this Warehouse
Clearance Sale at prices less than dealers them
selves ordinarily pay for them
They are thoroly reliable and fully war
ranted pianos You fully protected by our
unqualified guarantee, which is a responsible
When we bought these pianos agreed to
protect the of the maker and not advertise
it in connection with the sale of the Instruments
other manufacturers might the incident
to the detriment of this makers goods.
These pianos of different styles in mahog-
any, oak and walnut. They sell regularly for
from $500 to $500 You will find them here
1855
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Stubborn Attack
of Grip
Cured by Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.

Colonel Cornelius p Cole, we'll
known and much respected citizen of
Appanoose county, Iowa, now past
seventy years of age, who came to
Iowa with his wife over fifty years ago
says: Myself and wife were both
soundly cured of severe and stubborn
attacks of grip last winter by using
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t is
wonderful remedy and We never wish
to be without it," The greatest danger
of the grip is of it resulting in pneu-
monia We have never known this TO
occur in any case when Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy was used, and this is
certainly remarkable record, as many
millions of bottles have been sold and
used since the first epidemic of grip
occurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Is Uncle Sam Navy Junk?
American Warshps Totally Unfit For Service According to
Henry Reuterdahrs Amazing Crticisms-cause of
the Latest Navy Controversy and the Good 1t
+, May Do-Bad Effects of PadIoeking
Naval Mems Mouths.
Naval Mems Mouths.

totally unfit to cope with the battle
ships of other nations. Mr. Reuterdahl
also severely arraigns the bureau sys-
TEN. which he holds responsible for
these alleged mistakes in construction.
and earnestly recommends an advisory
board. Says Mr.. Reuterdahl:
What is needed is quite clear. The
secretary of the navy, being a civilian.
generally with short term of office.
must have expert advisers There
must be a board behind him whose
opinion he is legally authorized by con-
gress to accept. This board. in the first
place, must know exactly the views of
the actual seagoing service. In the sec
ond place. it must have no hand itself
in carrying ont the details of it's own
advice. 1t must delegate this to 9TH
ers. Every country In the world but
ours has body of this kind at the
head OF its navy. and it is this which
President Roosevelt in 1903 recon-
mended that congress provide Tor
ours"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Fine Fuss Stirred Up.

The incident of Admiral Brownsons
resignation has stirred up fine fuss in
the administration department of the
navy. Outsiders are taking a hand in
the discussion. and congress probably
will devote more or less time to a con-
sideration of the navy's needs.
The country at large has discovered
that the navy is run by bunch of bu-
reaus with headquarters at Washing
ton, with frequent clandestine quar-
rels between the bureaus. Now a de-
mand arises that bureaucracy be .elimi-
mated for the good of the navy.
The most surprising feature of the
present controversy is one that has no
direct connection with the protest of
Admiral Brownson. 1t is an article in
the current issue of leading maya
zine by Henry Reuterdahl. associate
of the United States naval institute,
who undertakes to tell what our navy
needs TO make 1t an effective fighting
force. Mr.. Reuterdahl makes the
amazing assertion that the great ships
of our navy, at sight of which we dotf
our hats in awe and which we have
believed to be the finest and fittest
fighting craft afloat. are really anti
quated sea structures. not at all up to
date. lacking in the primary essentials
OF construction for taking care of
themselves while doing damage TO an
enemy's vessels and in many respects
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
What is the Grip?
What iSitSEffeCt?

These questions are best answered
by several eminent medical men in
published interviews. The most i'm
portant points emphasized by the fam.
our doctors are these:
Grip is highly infectious.
Grip stimulates other diseases.
Grip has an extraordinary effect on
the mental functions.
Grip picks out the weak points in a
persons constitution.
The victims of the grip are adults
who perish from pneumonia or bron-
chitis and the aged who sink from
heart exhaustion.
Children while prone to the disease
enjoy comparative immunity from its
complications and dangers.
Grip shows decided tendency to
relapses, a feature to which the indi
rect faculty of the disease is in a great
measure due.
Alcoholic stimulates are not only un
necessary but positively harmful.
An attack of the grip seems to rem
der the individual more liable to con
tract the disease from future expo
| sure.
The attack comes on with lightning
like speed. A person in apparently
perfect health is suddenly overcome
| by a feeling of discomfort. He feels
chilly or shakes with the rigor worth!
of an ague. His head aches. Their,
are pains in his eyeballs and othe
symptoms characteristic of the disease
soon follow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
PUTS CAR BACK on LINE
Rock Island Road Continues interur-
ban Experiment at Muscatine.

Repairs on the CAM motor car,
which the Rock Island road recently
placed on the Wilton stub out of Mus
catine. and which broke down on the
second trip, have been completed and
the service has been resumed. The
persistence that the company mani
tests in its attempts to make success
of this device is hopeful feature. As
now made. the car has not sufficient
power TO drag another car up steep
grades. and this would prevent its use
on the Mercer county line of the COM
pany out of this city. However, it is
reasonable to suppose that this de-
ficiency can be overcome. There is
not the slightest doubt that if resu-
lar service, either by motor car or 9th
erwise, can be established on the
branch. the passenger and produce bus
mess handled will greatly increase
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Criticisms of Guns and Armor.

AS to construction, Mr.. Reuterdahl
declares that the guns in our ships are
placed too low to do effective shooting.
particularly in rough seas. The pro
tective armor. he says. is chiefly below
the water line, whereas 1t shOuld ex-
tend up to cover exposed parts. This
critic lays stress upon the fact that the
gun turrets are placed directly above
the powder magazines. with an open
ing from tiIrret to magazine, SO that 10
the beat of action there is great dan
ger of the ship blowing itself up by
sparks dropping into the magazine,
He cites several instances of disasters
from this very cause during gun prac-
tice.
According to this authority. Ameri-
can inventive genius is ignored. Our
inventors. unable to get their ideas
adopted by our navy, go abroad aud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
How to Cure
The Grip

Rest, warmth and quiet are the three
sovereign remedies for this disease. and
the best preventives of its secondary
complications. Go 10 bed and remain
in bed until well on the way toward
recovery. Two or three days in bed
when you first contract the disease is
better than two or three weeks later
on. Also take a double dose of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy TO begin with
and then the regular dose every hour.
If 1t should nauseate. discontinue it I'M
til the nausea subsidies and then take
1t in smaller doses or less frequently.
Before going 10 bed take two of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and battle the feet in water as warm
as can be comfortably borne. If the
attack is a severe one take sulphate of
quinine in doses of two grains each.
every four hours. for a few days. 1t
will help up the vitality and enable the
system to withstand the attack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Great Physical
and
Mental Agony

Before we can symphathize with
others, We must have suffered our
selves" No one can realize the suf-
fering attendant upon an attack of
the grip, unless he has had the actual
experience. There is probably no dis
ease that causes so much physical and
mental agony, or which so successfully
defies medical aid. All danger from the
grip, however, may be avoided by the
prompt use of Chamberlains Cough
Remedy. Among the tens of thou
sands who have used this remedy, not
one case has ever been reported that
has resulted in pneumonia or that has
not recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13

Cough Remedy

This well known remedy has been
fury. Starting from small beginning
it has grown in favor and popularity
until the demand for it often requires
shipments in carload lots. 1t is now
On sale at almost every drug store
and most country cross road stores i'll
the United States. There is no ques-
ton as to its merits; in fact, the enor-
nous sale on it has been brought
about to a large extent by the perso-
nal recommendations of people who
have been cured by it, When you
use remedy for cough or cold and
find it far superior to any other that
you have ever tried. it is natural that
you should tell your friends OF your
good fortune. 1t has become the moth
,ers' favorite for coughs, colds and
Group, as they found that it can al
ways be depended upon and that ii
contains no opium or other harmful
drugs. During these years in which
We have been making, selling and us
ing this preparation We have never
known of single case of cold re-
sulting in pneumonia when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy was used. which
| leads us to believe that it is certain
preventive to that disease. The fact
THAT itscan be depended upon in every
case has crowned it with the success.
lit enjoys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Severe Attack of
the Grip
Cured by One Bottle of ChamberIain's
Cough Remedy.

When | had an attack OF the grip
last winter (the second one) | actually
cured myself with one bottle of Cham
beTlain's Cough Remedy" says Frank
w. Perry, Editor of the Enterprise.
Shortsville, n. Y. This is the honest
truth. | at times kept from coughing
myself to pieces by taking a teaspoon
full this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at night
would take a dose and it seemed
that in the briefast interval the cough
would pass off and | would go to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its ac-
comparing pains. To say that the rem
edy acted as a most agreeable surprise
is putting it very mildly | had no idea
that it would or could knock out the
grip. simply because | had never tried
it for such Il purpose, but it did. and
it seemed with the second attack of
coughing the remedy caused 1t to not
only be Of less duration. but the pains
were far less severe. and | had not
used the contents of one bottle before
Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Threat of Grip
and It's Dangers

The increased mortality of the last
three weeks from lung affections fol-
lowing attacks of grip, emphasizes
more than ever the necessity for nurs-
ing an initiatory cold.
The Herald, always anxious con-
corning the public health, has repeat
eddy called attention to the dangers of
undue exposure during Indictment
weather, and now reiterates the in
junction with still more earnesness in
view of present conditions.
Most of the fatal cases of pneumo-
mia at this time of the year are due to
the lack of timely treatment of what
appears to be a simple attack of bron-
chial catarrh. The taking of the
stitch in time is at the bottom of adj
questions of prevention of other more
serious ones lying in wait for solution.
Ii is well 10 take into account III
such connection that February and
March are generally considered the
most fatal months for pneumonia
especially when influence is prevailing
even i'll mild epidemic form.
Thus far we have escaped a vista
ton of virulent form of the latter
malady, but there is abundance of time
and opportunity for the development
of severe epidemic, with the usual
aftermath of alarming mortality
| The effective treatment of an sordi
nary cold is matter of day or two
against a possible subsequent sickness
| for weeks.
| The indications of severe attach
of influenza are headache. chilliness
general muscular pains, fever. sore
throat, cough and systemic lassitude
When these show themselves no time
is to be lost and the patient shoult
give up work at once and prompt.
place himself under proper medica
care. New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Dangers From
Grip

An attack of grip seldom results
fatally. but it is the indirect cause of
many deaths. If it does not result III
which is frequently the
case, it leaves its victim with cough
which fingers on long after every
other symptom of the disease has van
ished. The system is thus left in d
weakened condition and is susceptible
TO almost every other disease. The
grip can be greatly lessened in its
severity if Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is used, and any tendency toward
pneumonia is promptly checked There
is no medicine which has met with
greater success i'll the treatment OF
this disease. 1t cures the cough and
leaves the system in a natural and
healthy condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
The Grip Cured as If by Magic.

was taken down with severe attack
of what is called the grip says F. l..
Hewett. a prominent druggist of Win
field, H. The only medicine | used
was two bottles of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy | broke up the cold
and stopped the coughing like magic.
and | have never since been troubled
with grip Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy can always be depended upon
to break UP a severe cold and ward
off any threatened attack of pneumo-
mia. 1t is pleasant to take TOO, which
makes it the most desirable and enc
of the most popular preparations i'll
use for these ailments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
EngIand's Opposite Course.

Protest is now raised against article
252 of the navy regulations. 1t is
stated by those informed on the sub
ject that Great Britain makes spe
cial effort TO have her naval officers
express opinions on points of vital
interest to the navy. That is the op-
posite course to ours.
In recent years considerable guam
tity Of official red tape has been reeled
up and thrown overheard at Washing
ton. The general intention seems to- be
TO make each governmental depart
ment as businesslike as possible, hold
ing fast to that which is good. but tax
ing that which is not good by the nape
of the neck and chucking it into outer
darkness. OF course it is quite possible
to go too fast and too far in this, but
with the general public discussion
which follows or accompanies every
reform to serve as balance wheel
the chances are that no irretrievable
mistakes will be made. Now that the
president and influential members of
congress Oh both sides of the partisan
fence have expressed their determine
ton to reorganize the navy it is to be
hoped that the paddock will be taken
off the mouths Of those on the inside
But even if it be true, as charged.
that our battleships are more impos-
ing than formidable-and the charge
remains to be proved-the American
manhood aboard them stacks up quite
favorably with the human element in
any other navy, and Mr.. Reuterdahl's
plain language Is not likely to invite
an attack from foreign power.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
By ROBERTUs LOVE.

wv VAR broke out in the United
NM States navy only few days
Wv after the great feet Of six
teen battleships sailed for the
Pacific. Happily the war is being
fought In the bureaus at Washington
and with words instead OF swords.
The outcome may be nothing more
than q lot of talking. and it may be
complete reorganization of the navy.
The war opened when Rear Admiral
Willard II. Brownson fired at Presi-
dent Roosevelt his resignation as chief
of the bureau of navigation, highly
important naval post. The president
fred back an acceptance. Immediately
appointing Commander Cameron Nc
Rae Winslow to succeed BrOwnson
temporarily and later giving the per-
manent post to Captain John K. Pills
bury. With Brownson's resignation
the fighting began along the whole
line, chiefly from masked batteries.
because officers of the navy cannot
stand in the open and fight in an af-
fair of this kind without making them
selves liable to court martial.
And right here may he tonnd a paStc
reason for the weakness of the Amer
lean navy, if it is weak, as charged in
the indictment.
Admiral Brownson resigned because
Surgeon General Presley NJ. Rixey of
the navy. with the presidents approx
al. insisted upon the appointment of
doctor to command n ship in the serv
fee. To be sure. it is not a fighting
ship. 1t is hospital ship. useful after,
a fight and frequently quite handy aft
er a frolic. DIR. Stokes, the naval sur
geon who is to command the hospital
ship Relief. is educated in medicine
and surgery, but what he does not
know about navigating a ship is OBJ
vious. Admiral Brownson, who is back
ed up by the rest of the officers whose
education is technically naval. holds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
SNOW AND BOOZE IEMPTERs
Leads Two Moline Men to Forget
Their Horse; Are Fined

Philip Nyquist and T. V. Ashley, Mo-
line sports, found both the Rock Island
Sleighing and the Rock Island cheer
good yesterday and in the reckless
ness of their enjoyment forgot that
their horse was entitled to some con-
slderation. The result was that L. L.
Hance, the humane officer, got on their
trail and took them in tow and they
were fined s. and costs by Magistrate
Elliott This is the first arrest made
by the humane officer since his ap-
Eointment last month, though he has
been in evidence otherwise, and his
activities have resulted in better treat
ment of horses in Rock Island and
Moline than has been accorded here
tofore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Can Grip be
Prevented?

Sir William Broadbent. an eminent
English physician relates his exper-
ience in preventing the disease as fol-
lows: From the first invasion OF in
tiuenza grip | have found that the
best remedy is quinlne. have had
opportunities of obtaining extraordi-
nary evidence of its protective power.
In a large public school near London,
the girls and the mistresses took their
morning dose Of quinine, but the serv-
ants were forgotten. The result was
that scarcely a girl or mistress suf.
fered, while the servants were all down
with influenza grip. AS a prevent
i've, take two grains of the bi-sulphate
of quinine afteri breakfast each day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
A Submarine Carrier.

1t Is reported that the construction of
a novel type Of vessel has recently
been arranged for by Japanese officials.
the builders being Messrs. Vickers.
Sons & Maxim. This vessel will be
used for the transport to Japan of two
submarines now under. construction,
says the Engineer. In addition to this
duty Of transport, the ship is to be Sc
designed that it can take the subma
rines into action,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Bad Attack OfGrip
Completely Knocked Out.

Some weeks ago during the severe
winter weather both my wife and my
self contracted severe colds which
speedily developed into the worst kind
of the grip with all its miserable;
symptoms says Mr.. J. S. Egleston
of Maple Landing. Iowa. "Knees and
joints aching, muscles sore. head
stopped up. eyes and nose running,
with alternate spells of chills and few
er. We began using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, aiding the same with
double dose of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. and by its
liberal use soon completely knocked
out the grip"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
DIRE DISASTERS TO COME.
J. r. CrowelI Thinks American Specu-
Iation Will Lead to Anarchy.

Iation Will Lead to Anarchy.
Revolution In America which will
make the French revolution look like q
tempest In a teapot. the confiscation Of
great wealth and estates wrongfully ac-
quired and general chaos as result
of abnormal and unsound speculation
We're recently predicted at Chicago by
DR.. !. F. Crowell, once associate editor
of the Wall Street Journal and chair
man of the social and economic section
Of the American Association For the
cago dispatch to the New York Sun.
After considering the field of legiti-
mate speculation, which. he said. did
not include the domain of manufac-
lures. agriculture. transportation and
banking. Mr. Crowell said:
1.-The encroaehment of the specula-
tive spirit upon these industrial and
commercial fields spells danger. The
leaders Of great enterprises today
probably do not adequately appreciate
the smoldering fury OF the discomfort
which their own management of bust.
ness has steadily engeudered In the
hearts of thinking populace.
There are dangers In this direction
which the hoggishness of corporate
greed has done more than anything
else to bring to a crisis In American so.
ciety.
"The statement attributed to r. r.
Crane to the effect that conditions In
the United States parallel those befor
the French revolution is true, with this
difference-that the French revolution
was a tempest in teapot compared
with what might happen here in
America"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
A We'll Founded Rumor.

Have you heard the rumOr current.
That there is a cure for grip?
One that's harmless. sure and pleasant
Why then suffer from the grip?
Chamberlain's yes, that's the name,
\ remedy of worldwide fame;
Druggists all viii say the same,
That twill surely cure the grip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
DONT'S
When You Have the Gris

Don't kiss the children.
Don't delay going to bed.
Don't attempt to walk the attack
down.
Don't take a cold or even a hot bath.
Don't use any alcoholic stimulants.
Don't cat heavy meal.
Don't associate with the family.
Don't forget to take Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy.
Don't let your bowels become con-
Don't leave your bed until the worst
is over.
Do this and the grip is shorn of
nearly all of its terrors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Favor Rock River Brjdue,

By vote of % to 3 the supervisors
of Henry county went on record last
week in favor of building a bridge
across Rock river at Colona ferry the
expense to be jointly borne by Rock
Island and Henry counties. 1t is likely
that the Rock Island supervisors will
reconsider their action at the next ses-
sion and thresh the subject over again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
A Hiuher Health Level.

81 have reached higher health
level since | began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills" writes Jacob Springer
of West Franklin, Maine. They keep
my stomach, liver and bowels working
just right" If these pills disappoint
you on trial. money will be refunded
at all druggists. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
Frats Are Hit at kewanee.

The school board of kewanee has
struck a blow at high school fraterni-
ties by making the rule that members
of such organizations must have. a
standing of at least 95 per cent in
their studies to pass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-13
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

E. H. Stafford to village of Silvis,
lot block L, town of Silvis. 81.
James E. Reidy to Michael j. Muir.
ply. lot 10, block ,, Sinnetts addi.
ton, Rock Island. 81.
James E. Ricketts, to Elmer Simp-
son, tract northwest quarter section
217-2w. 5000.
Realty Investment company to Ell.
mer Simpson, tract northwest quarter
section 2-17-2w. 81.
Ernest B. Stiles and others to EN-
cry c. Stiles, lots Is, IA, block 5, Y
M. Cady's First addition, Moline. So
Licensed to Wed.
Gustaf Coussens SUPERINTENDENT Moline