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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-03
A Burglar In Town

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Elko Drug Co. Price 25c, SOC and
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They Take The Kinks Out

II have used DIR. Kings New Life
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satisfaction. They take the kinks out
Of stomach, liver and bowels, with
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Brown, of Pittsfeld, vt. Guaranteed
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Valuable Land,

The proposition is being discussed
to pull down the Bank Of England
building, which is one story in height
and covers eight acres, house 1t in a
seven-story building on a portion of
the site and sell the remainder of the
land, the value Of which is estimated
at $32.50O,00O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

We'll, II you don't think we had
time getting her up and out! Poor
girl. she wasn't much hurt, but she
was almost scared to death And
when we had all safely reached town
its wrong to say 1.-THE ridicu-
lousness of it all flashed upon us and
we had a good hearty laugh-ha!
ha!-at Charlotte's expense / al
ways will believe though that those
hoops saved her life; or, at least, pre-
vented her from sustaining any seri-
Gus injuries"
How did YOU manage to keep
from tripping, Grandma? l should
think 1t would be awfully hard to
run in hoops.
Don't ask foolish questions, Eliza
beth. Don't you suppose had sense
enough to raise mine-slightly?"
Did you ever find out why the
pickets told you to run?" inquired
the inquisitive granddaughter.
The Raiders were coming," Here
Grandma started to put her hands to
her eyes, as If to shut something out:
but straightaway stiffened up, and
with an almost youthful, and certain
ly defiant look in her eyes, scornfuI-
ly cried:
'"The Raiders! Who fears them!"
In another moment she resumed in
tone which was even and smooth
as she had been using. 1T was only
false alarm. Day after day passed
with no sign of Raiders, until the
camp outside town marched off to
the front, and the younger men of
the Home Guard were SO lulled into
sense of security that they got up
a dance.
AS l remarked before, the girl
with the biggest hoopskirts consider
ed herself the best dressed; and If
size and dimensions counted for any
thing, pretty near all the young
ladies who attended were very well
dressed, thank you. But, the best
dressed young lady there only got
as far as the door, and couldn't get
In; her hoops were too large to admit
Of her passing through the door. OF
course. she was dreadfully mortified: .
and. of course, we all had to laugh
which made matters worse-though
to our way of thinking then. bless
your heart. she was magnificentIv
costunaed.
"On account of the ladies' hoops
and, the comparative smallness of the
hall. only a small number of couples
could get on the floor at one time );
and then 1t took the most skilful
manouverings to prevent accidents.
OF course, 1t all seems silly now; but
1t was really beautiful sight to see
Them dancing. o. no, Beth, they
didn't dance as you young people do
| now. can't explain to you wherein
the difference lies. There was as
much light-heartedness and gayety
In those days as now. But 1t seemed
to be expressed IN dain.ier and
more graceful manner.
Few. IL any, of the older element
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

of the Home Guard were present.
Life was too serious for such men to
even risk INDUCING in amusement in
those days.
Dear me! 1 never will forget-it
was during quaGrille-when l saw
my father appear at the door, When
the Quardille had finished he beckon-
ed young man to him and whispered
few hurried words, and disappear
ed. The young man whispered to an
| other young man, and he whispered
! to another. 1t was all done so quiet
ly that every one of the younger ele-
ment, who were giving the dance, had
disappeared almost before anyone
knew it. Then somebody mounted
the platform and announced that the
dance was at an end, and that the
lights were to be turned out and all
must hurry home. \
Some of the young ladies refused
to obey, and insisted on knowing
', why until at last, in desperation
the announcer cried: For Gods sake,
Ladies, don't delay! The Raiders are
coming,'
Some of the dancers hurriedly
left, but most of them refused to be-
lieve 1t. They had heard the same
report before. So. the dance went
on.
But, the Raiders did come. And
right smack up in jiffy, too Almost
before dead sheep could wag Its
tail. And they came in such large
force that the Home Guard saw 1t
would be useless and foolish to re-
sist them in body. So they scat
tered away into dark buildings and
hiding places.
Encountering no resistance the
Raiders, with Morrison, man from
our very town, at their head, made
for the lighted dance hall.
Leaving his troops outside, with
two lieutenants he entered the hall.
20, the fool girls!-and women,
too. for that matter--in this world.
Some of them whose families SYM
pathized with Morrison's side
which is impossible, for the reason
that Morrison belonged to neither
! side and was no better than a cut
throat enthusiastically threw their
arms around his neck and Rugged
and kissed him. Bah. Disgusting,
Still, you'll have to admit that every
body said Morrison was a handsome
man. Just about as handsome as
| they make them But that doesn't
excuse him for being the devil he
| was. Still. l suppose one shouldn't
say anything against the dead, for
those we're war times; and war is
| just about what that Northern gen.
eral said it was.
| Your Grandpa was the. young
man my father had called to the
door. AND there / was. didn't
know what to do, and was too proud
to show that was in anyway fright
| ened. Finally managed to slip out
and down a back stairs into a little
fenced-up back yard which led t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
A WAR TIME STORY
In Which Grandma Becomes SO Interested That She
Almost Gives Away the Family Secret"

until it was hot enough to burn, but
not blister. Then the scamp would
steal up behind my chair and touch
1t to my cheek. And l always had
to pretend I was so badly burned
that he must kiss the place to make
it well.
=. And l have to laugh at something.
even now, when l think of it; al
though it was no laughing matter
then. For it happened in the early
part of the war.
THE soldiers who had enlisted
from our and surrounding towns
We're encamped Just outside what was
then the town limits, awaiting orders
to go to the front. Many of the fair
sex. of our community had sweet
heart or relatives among the trooos,
and at first we wee allowed to enter
camp with comforting presents and
delicacies. But that privilege was
shortly denied us, and then we could
only go as far as the picket lines.
Early one eyening-it was COM
ing on dusk--a party of us girls
Girls, did you say, Grandma?' in
quiTed Elizabeth. why, l thought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

it very valuable. Wilmus has been
in this country over % years having
been sent away from home; it is said,
by his relatives because of his ex-
cessive drinking. He. came to Moline
and lived here many years. He did
odd Jobs around the city and was
known to great many as Santa
Claus" While here he drank con-
siderable and was in police court a
number of times Sometime ago
George Walker of Davenport was Wis.
iting in Germany and in the part
where Wilmus came from. He knew
the man and that he was in Moline
and told the folks where he was. 1t
was the first time they had ever heard
from him for he left in a fit of anger
and swore that he would never com
nunicate with them. This he carried
)ut. Now that he is an heir to an
estate the clerk of the German court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

what she would say. Plain black and
white was all she ever INDUCED in. ;"
Eyes, but 1t looks so old-fashioned
and dowdy!" persisted Elizabeth.
"Ah, my dear" said Grandma.
sweetly, you forget that fashions
change much more rapidly for the
young than for the old. And when
an old lady once settles upon her
style OF cap she rarely varies it.
And speaking of fashions" she
went on, chow faGhions have chang
ed! Why, dearie, when / was your
age, the girls all wore hoopskirts;
and the girl with the biggest and
widest considered herself the best
dressed.
Why, I wore them myself until
long after your father was born. And
remember as well as If 1t were but
yesterday how he used to come to
me and beg the brass tacks from my
old hoops. And what do you sun
pose the little rascal used to DO with
them? Why, he would drive them
into short stick and rub the tack
head on the first sal Brussels carpet
/ ever owned-O. yes, it was 'ssal'--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
the war;"
r WY AG

You were marris the war!"
Not so fast, WAS mar
ried before the Cut you must
remember that it the custom for
young ladies to marry much younger
along SO things would look right
although | did want to see my broth
er Jimmie. PooDboy! that was the
last time l ever saw him. He was a
good boy"
Well, go on, Grandma said
Elizabeth, who saw symptoms of
moisture in Grandma's eyes. Tell
us about you and the girls"
There isn't much to tell" re-
sumed Grandma, only that as we
were talking to the boy, some kind
OF an alarm sounded, and the pickets
told us to run, and we ran. / re-
member we all had on hoopskirts,
and right at the tart Lydia Larkin
stepped on her skirts and fell, and
we mad to stop and pick her up. And
mat took some little time.
Maybe you think we didn't scoot
along that road, 'Lizbeth. Every
time we passed picket he would
Shout to us to run faster-and at
that we were going as fast as we
could. 1t was just as We came close
to the wagon bridge-ha, hal
Charlotte Johnson tripped; and be-
fore we knew 1t, she was rolling down
steep gully beside the high wagon
road Over and over, down she
rolled--hal can see her now-just
like Darrell Charlotte's hoops were
good and stiff, though, and maybe
that's what saved her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

the back door Of my fathers store.
He must have been posted in an up
stairs window and have seen me: bes
! cause / had scarcely reached the
shadow Of the deep doorway and
scrooched into the corner as close
as l could, when the door opened
softly, and my father drew me in
side. In the darkness he didn,e
know who it was, whether Il was
me or anybody else. He Just knew
1t was some lady in distress Nor
did l know him in the dense dark.
ness.
Keep perfectly quiet. young
lady. and come with me- he whis-
pered. 1 recognized even his low
whisper and made myself known to
him. Father knew the way and!
piloted me up the rear stairs into
the cotton storeroom and over be-
hind a huge pile of bales. where he
bade me stay.
But was not so easily to be dis
posed Of. 1t was the first time any,
thing In the nature of an attack had
been made on our town. And while
l was thoroughly glad to have safely
escaped from the hall, 1 was almost
eaten up with curiosity to know
what was going on and how it would
terminate.
There was a low place T.. the row
OF bales which were stacked two
high, where bale had been taken
out. probably for sampling purposes.
Into this place ] crawled, and by
peeping over the other bales could
catch through my fathers windows
just the faintest CLEAN of light from
the lower part of the windows of the
hall l had just quilted. could see.
too, small portion OF my fathers
figure; indistinct. but with gun In
hand. standing before a window.
Soon the faint CLEAN of light
from the hall disappeared. and I
knew the dance was over. What then I.
What would be the outcomef Tha
thought of it sickened me. erept
back into my hiding place, and lis-
tened. Light as the footsteps were.
could hear somebody coming back
from the front end of the long store-
room: and / heard voice. which I
| recognized as my husbands, Whis-
per: Wed better go up in front
Perhaps 1t was on account OF re-
| ceiving the hero-worship which had
been accorded him, that Morrison re.
Trained from looting. I'd bet a pret.
ty, though, 1t was because he was
afraid some of his own or relativeS
property would suffer. Anyway. Id
only allowed his men to break oper
a few provision stores. Ny fatheI
carried no provisions.
But. Morrison never got out OF
town. AS he rode proudly down
Main street at the head of his troops
he was shot from window. And
there are some folks mean enough to
pretend to know, and say that
What was that you were saying
about caps. dearie2"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
HAMPTON.

The ladies' union of the Congrega-
tional church will serve ice cream and
cake at the town hall next Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 5. Besides the good
things to eat, there will be music dur,
ing the evening.
The foundation for the new boiler
that c. E. Skies will place at his brick
yard east of this village is completed
Mrs. M. l.. Vincent and daughter
Mrs. J. P Odell, have been entertain
ing Mrs. Georgiana Garrett of Daven
port.
The meeting of the ladies' union o.
the Congregational church was held
last week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Light
John X. Scott, states attorney, an(
his assistant, Mr.. Kelly, were here
Wednesday in the interest of Mr.
SCOTS candidacy for denomination OF
the republican ticket
j. NJ. Benson, who has been in Texas
viewing the country and looking afte
his real estate there, has returne'
home
Work has been completed on tn
| two blocks of concrete sidewalk Of
Broad street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
MOLINE
Work Is Resumed.-work was re

Work Is Resumed.-Work was re-
sumed today in the foundry of the
Deere & Mansur company after one
Of the shortest shutdowns for inven-
tory and repairs in the history of the
plant. A full foundry force will be
employed. In other departments all
the work of repairing machinery has
not been completed, but this work is
being hurried and it will be possible
TO start some of these departments
during the week. BY the following
week every department will be run
ming with a good force of men,. At
Deere & Co.'S there are now more
than 1000 employees on the payroll.
Every department is being operated
and a few men will be returned daily
during the coming week.
| x. of c. to Pcnc.-One of the big
gest outdoor events in the history OF
the tri-city lodges of Knights of Co
lumbus will take place at Campbells
island Tuesday, Aug. IS. when Leo
council, No. ZIG, of this city will hold
Its first annual picnic. The affair
will be complimentary to X. C. mem
bers and their families. and Rock Is
land. Davenport, Clinton, Musca1ne
and Galesburg councils have all been
invited to participate in the event.
To Erect New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Architect Cervin, for the Mayer build
ing to be erected on Fifteenth street
adjacent to the present building
lawarded the contract for the erection
IF the same to Nels Holmberg fol
$4,000, which does not include tn,
plumbing or heating. The building
IS TO be two stories high, 25x109 feet
an0 an 81" extending to the ale.
IN the south. 25x29. The exterio
will be of pressed brick and an entir
curved glass front will be installed
With a nine foot entrance.
Looking for Herman Wilmus.-E
sorts are being made by the police O
his city to locate Herman Wilmus,
, ormer resident, who is heir TO a va
liable estate in Germany. If Wilmu
I l. S not located and in Germany by Sep
;. the clerk of the German court wi
Ieclare him officially dead and tn
property will revert back to the oldes
| ION. 1t is a farm of 40 acres locate
n a thickly settled part which make
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

the ambulance and conveyed to st.
Luke's hospital.
Births, Deaths, Marriages.-County
Clerk Harry J. Mcfarland has com
piled some interesting statistics from
the reports filed in--his office to be
submitted to the state, board of health.
These relate to the births, deaths,
marriages and divorces in Scott coun-
ty for the past year. During the year
there were $50 births and 69S death.
This shows gain of 154 in the natur-
al growth of the city. In the matri-
monial line 631 happy couples were
united in marriage and 80 mismated
couples had the bonds of matrimony
severed through divorce proceedings.
%
Suit Is Dismissed.-The $4,000
damage suit brought by Jack MOZART
land, through Attorney w. H. Peter
sen, against the Civic federation of
Scott county and q number of lead
ing citizens, alleged to be members
of that organization, was dismissed
IN the district court Saturday at the
plaintiffs cost. A demurrer OF the
defendants, claiming the plaintiff had
no ground for action, was recently
sustained by the court. The sustain
| ing of this demurrer knocked the bot
tom out of the big damage suit and
It's dismissal followed Saturday.
Had Long Walk.-Verni Blackett
and Henry Wiese have arrived home
them to Dubuque and back. They
left here week ago Friday morning,
and arrived in Dubuque the following
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. having
followed the river road via Sabula
They came back via the Dubuque
road stopping for visit of couple
of days with relatives of young Wiese
at Welton.
Democrats Plan Meeting.-Prepara
tons are under way to make the pic
mic and rally Of the Scott County
Democratic club Sunday, Aug. 9, al
Suburban island, a big turnout of pc
litical enthusiasm and a thorough
success in the way of entertainment
In the afternoon there will be a con
cert by Otto's band and the usual pic
mic stunts. Addresses by well known
orators of this city and of other local.
ties will make up the evenings Pre-
gram.
Takes Case to Federal Court.-Th
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

United Breweries company, plaintiff,
VS.. the Civic federation of Scott coun-
ty. Rev. w. H. Blaneke, Rev. Mott X.
Sawyers. H. B. Betty, Frank Betty,
Jessie Moss, Emma Walker and Rev.
Lebbus Wood, defendants, is the title
of an interesting suit filed Saturday
in the United States circuit court by
Attorney Isaac Petersberger on behalf
of the plaintiff. In this action the
United Breweries company seeks to
secure an injunction preventing an
abatement of any of their properties
wherein the defendants have brought
injunction suits against the tenants
and property owners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
DAVENPORT

Lunger Busy Observation-Disclosures
w. w. Lunger got busy Saturday and
started his threatened warfare against
the Greek shoe shining establishments
Of Davenport by swearing out war
rant and causing the arrest of Tom
Langres, who conducts a shoe shining
establishment at the southwest cor
ner of Fourth and Brady streets. The
information charges the defendant
with conducting a shoe shining stand
without first securing a license. I'm
der the city ordinances the offense is
a misdemeanor and on conviction the
penalty is a fine of from 81 to $500
or Imprisonment not to exceed 80
days.
Contract for Office Building.-W. d.
Petersen, in the Office of Clausen &
Clausen, arthitects, let to the Tri-City
Construction company of Davenport
the contract for the erection of a
handsome office building which by
next winter will fill the gap on Third
street, west of Brady, between the
Whitaker and the Sickels, Preston &
Nutting blocks. Saturday the work
of clearing the ground of sheds and
bill boards was begun, and soon a
splendid structure in concrete and
steel will arise there. 1t will be per-
haps the only strictly fireproof office
building in town, and has been
planned with view to beauty as
well as permanence.
Struck by an Auto.-W. S. Marland
carpenter residing on East. Third
street. was struck by AN auto Satur
day night at Fifteenth and Franklin
streets and rendered unconscious
The patient was removed in the am
bulance to st. Luke's hospital, where
Dr. >Haller attended to his injuries
these consist of several bruises about
the head and shoulders but it is moi
though they, will prove serious.
In Way of Train.-James White, {
resident of Muscatine county. who hat
been visiting in Davenport and was
walking back to Muscatine, wa.
struck by Rock Island train No. II a
Montpelier Friday night. The MAJ
was hurled a considerable distance
and had a narrow escape from death
He was brought to Davenport on trail
No. and was met at the depot b!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
chamberIain's Collie, Cholera an
Diarrhoea Remedy Would
Have Saved Hin, X100 no

"In 1902 l had a very severe attack
of diarrhoea,' says r. N. Farrar of Cat
Island, La. For several weeks l was
unable to do anything. On March IS
1907, 1 had a similar attack, and took
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy which gave me prompt
relief. l consider it one of the best
medicines of it's kind in the world
and had / used it in 1902 believe i
would have saved me hundred dolla,
Doctors bill" Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
Bad Burn Quickly Healed.

81 am so delighted with what Cham
berlain's Salve has done for me that
l feel bound to write and tell you so"
says Mrs. Robert Mytton, 457 John
street, Hamilton, Ontario. "My little
daughter had bad burn on her knee.
applied Chamberlain's Salve and 1t
healed beautifully" This salve allays
the pain of a burn almost instantly.
It is for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

Make Another Test.-Some months
ago the government held a successful
ed by George E. Perkins of Atkinson,
the test being conducted along the
Rock Island tracks above Natick
yards. Now Mr.. Perkins has received
q telegram from Washington stating
that number of officials of the rail-
way mail service of the United States
will come from Washington and have
arranged for another and perhaps final
test of the mail catcher. This test
will be held Aug. s and will be at the
same place as the previous test, be
tween Moline and East Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

- VERY family has a secret,
the same as, the skeleton in
the closet" or the "black
sheep" and like them to be
kept carefully in the background.
What the secret was in Grandma's
family, very few knew; and those
few were principally confined to
elderly aunts and uncles. Though
Grandma liked to yarn, at certain
times she would stop suddenly off.
And it was generally believed among
those of the family who were not ic
the know that that was where thu
secret began-right where Grandms
left off.
Grandma, why on earti. don't you
let Mama or ME make you new
cap?" asked, almost pleaded, Eliza
beth.
"Why, Land of Gosheni child,
what do want of new cap? I'm
sure tsink this one is very pretty, .
replied Grandma. why, If my
Grandmother could see me now in
this dotted-lace and purple-satin
Ioys affair-well. l don't just know
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03
Just Exactly Right.

81 have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for several years. and find them
Just exactly right" says Mr.. A. A. Eel
ton, of Huntsville, N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom-
fort. Best remedy for constipation,
billiousnt SIS and malaria. Csc at all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

has communicated with Mr.. Walker
in hopes of locating the man. He has
not been seen around Moline for about
two years and it may be that he is
dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-03

All the news all the time-The Argus.