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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

For some time | had been noticing
the advertisements of the Cooper rem
edies in the papers, and seeing a num-
Der of statements from people who
claimed to have been greatly benefit
ed through their use. and whose tTou.
bic was very similar to my own,
made up my mind to try once more
it could do no harm if it did no good
So l bought bottle of Cooper's New
Discovery and began taking it.
Il began to improve from the first
dose. and grew better rapidly. My
appetite was sharpened. my digestive
organs began to do their work proper
ly, my stomach retained the food-my
how | could eat = everything tasted
good. | gained strength very fast. Ny
sleep became restful and refreshing
and my bowels were put into perfec
condition | took half dozen bottles
and am today in better health thai
| have been for years. Last summe
| picked 50 gallons of blackberries, be
sides doing my other work. My neigh
boys all remarked how we'll l wa
| looking, and | told them it was CooI
er's New Discovery that was doing il
81 can never be thankful enough 70
the benefit l have derived from thi
Cooper medicine am living wi
ness to its marvellous curative propeI
ties"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
FOSTER.

]. Mitchell, c. Schmidt and l.. West
rate of the Muscatine Y. NJ. c. A.,
and several others conducted a good
meeting at the Foster Baptist church
Sunday evening. l.. Westrate gave a
short, but interesting talk.
Fern Kleist, the 7-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Kleist. had the
misfortune to have a deep cash cut in
his forehead. He was watching a
man choppins with an AK. when the
handle broke and the AK struck him
in the forehead. DR.. Bendle attended
the patient and sewed up the wound
1t seems the lad is very unfortunate
as he has had his wrist dislocated
three times before this accident oc
CURED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Rickett Of
Pine Bluff spent Sunday at the home
of the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
F Watson.
Miss Ethel Kennedy of Hazel Dell
H.. spent Saturday and Sunday at the
home of the Misses Pearl and Arizona
Watson.
Miss Lizzie Healy of Muscatine Wis
tied Friday and Saturay with friends
in Foster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
WATERFOWL.

Mr.. and Mrs. King Matthews re-
turned Saturday from Erie where
they have been visiting their son.
The Washington dinner given by
Harmony circle was very we'll attend
ed, the proceeds being about. SIS.
The X. of P's will give masquer-
ade ball at Modern Woodmen Mon
day evening.
Rev. Mr.. Parker, who has been Wis
iting relatives at Greymont, ILL.,, re
turned home accompanied by his sis
ter who will visit here.
Luther Peterson of Beardstown was
calling on home folks Saturday.
Mrs. John Lundahl of Lynn, Hi.
was here on 4 business trip the latter
part of the week
Rev. Mr.. Hawkins and wife Of
Milan attended the sociabIe here Sat
urday evening
r Mrs. Trout returned to, her home il
Abingdon after a visit with her son
Ross, at this place
Mr.. and Mrs George Stang have
rented small fruit farm out on the
bluff and will move there at once.
The Misses Hulda and Emma Ryter
who have been employed at the hos
| pital for some time, left for New
York from where they. will sail TO
Stockholm, Sweden.
c. o .Hodgson will leave in a few
days for Dakota where he has secured
I employment.
Mrs E. w. Dies has returned hom'
after an extended visit with relative
in Broadhead, Wis.
The pupils of the eighth grade too
the central examination Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
HAZEL DELL.

The Hazel Dell Sunday school was
reorganized last Sunday by Rev. Mr..
Richardson and the following officers
were chosen: Superintendent, MeigS
Hays; assistant superintendent, John
Price; secretary, Annie Kruger;
treasurer, Louis Becker; organist,
Ethel Kennedy; assistant organist An
ME Kruger.
Mrs. John Powell departed Monday
for Rock Island where she will visit
her mother and sister for several
days.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kruger are
the parents of baby daughter born
Feb. 49,
Henry Myers moved to Upton, Iowa,
last Thursday
! Levi Crittenden is at Blairville,
Iowa, looking after a farm which he
purchased near there. His family ex-
poets to join him in their new home
in about two weeks.
Ed Feldman moved to William
Myers farm near Wrayville last Mon.
day.
! Miss Hazel Hays closed her winter
term of school at North Buffalo last
Saturday
! Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Lambert moved
to Muscatine last Saturday where
they will make their home
Nearly all the farmers attended the
Price Poland-Cnina hog sale at Mus
catine last Saturday.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Plat have gone
to housekeeping on the Lutz farm
near Buffalo Prairie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
yuma

A contest started at Yuma Sunday
school last Sunday brought out every
body on time, the attendance being
much larger than usual.
The snow storm last week was the
worst for some time. The public roads
were so blockaded that the overseers
had to call out hands to shovel through
the drifts, the Port Byron mail car
riers not being able to deliver until
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews, who have
been visiting relatives and friends for
several days, returned to their home
at Watertown Friday.
Mrs. Martha Whiteside of Rock Is
land was visiting relatives and friends
the past week in this community.
John Earhardt's sale was largely at
tended Monday. everything selling well
Mrs. Gertie Nicholson gave a dinner
Friday to Samuel Beal and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Nicholson, Mr. ant
Mrs. Frank Wake, and Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Wake
Mrs. Strohbein of Davenport is help
ing to care for her sister, Mrs. San
Shafer. for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Wake and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Daily attended the
lecture given by Chaplain Barney a
Hillsdale Saturday evening.
Ernest Peters is now member o
the Crescent Telephone company, h
having installed a phone last week.
Miss Vera and Julia Shafer, who at
tend school at Port Byron academy
were detained at home last week b.
the serious illness of their mother
who is now improving.
Jessie DOnahoo has reconsidered ant
will not remain on his fathers farm
this year, but will move to Moline il
short time. Mr. Donahoo has secul
ed Hiram Spade to occupy the hous
and take charge of what land is no
rented.
Miss Edna Mumma, who was engag
ed to take the place of Miss Dor
Ziegler, who resigned the Enterpris
school, commenced teaching last MOI
day.
| Henry Setter, who is employed i
the State bank at Port Byron, spen
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mr..
George Setter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
DAVENPORT

Hand Cut by Rip Saw.-Otto Steck-
ell, 20O7 Harrison street, an employe
of the T. w. McClelland Sash & Door
factory on East Third street, was in
jured while at work yesterday after
noon, and as result of the accident
his right hand was badly cut and torn
by rip saw which he was operating.
Mr.. Steckel was cutting some lumber
with the rip saw, and when pushing
the boards his coat sleeve caught in
the teeth and his hand was pulled
against the saw. 1t was badly cut.
Sunday School Teachers Meet
More persistent and concentrated eff
fort towards the development of the
child and the youth was the keynote
that was struck in the convention or
institute of the Scott County Sunday
School Teachers association Tuesday
afternoon and evening at the Edwards
Congregational church, when some POS
workers from the city and county as
sembled at a meeting in the afternoon
and evening and banquet at 6:15
o'clock to get better acquainted ant
discuss the broad field of work which
the Sunday school teacher must do
The meeting was one of the best anC
most enthusiastic that has probably
ever been held by the association.
O.
Find Colored ChiIdren.-Humane OF
ficer George Gilman and the local pc
lice have regained the two cOlored chill
dren, a girl of 10 and a boy of years
who were taken from General Hous
tons place, where they had been left
by a cOlored man named Smith, ant
the woman claiming to be the mother
of the children, and who gives hel
name as Mrs. Pike. Incidentally, the
woman was taken into custody, an(
the police would like to find Smith
When the humane officer found tn,
children gone from HOuston's place
when he went to get them with the
intention of sending them to theil
grandparents in Detroit, he notified tn,
police, and with officer LAGRANGE, in
stituted search for them. They final
ly located the woman in a house be
longing to a Mrs. Quinn in the allie!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
Neighborhood Favorite.

Mrs. e. D. Charles of Harbor, Maine,
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: ct
Is neighborhood favorite here with
u.s." 1t deserves to be favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak.
ness and general debility. It's action
on the blood, as a thorough purifier
makes it especially useful as spring
medicine. This grand Alternative tonic
is sold under guarantee at all drug.
gists. so cents,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
Keeping Open House.

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working
properly. Dr. Kings New Life Pills
regulate the action of stomach, Liver
and bowels SO perfectly one can't hell
feeling good when he uses these pills
% cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

between Bridge and Fulton avenues.
1t was learned that Smith and the wo-
man moved in Tuesday night, without
having first obtained permission, and
that they had no stove, only a cot
bed and few other things Officers
Lagrange and Gilman raped at the
front and back of the house, without
awakening any response, but were sub
sequently told by people living nearby
that Smith crawled out through the
cellar window while they were in front
of the house. The two officers eventu-
ally entered the house by the very
window by which Smith left. Inside
all vast darkness, but the woman
was found in the bed with big black
bottle. She said the doctor had
given it to her and told her TO keep
drinking it's contents. When it was
inspected it was found to contain
whisky. Mrs. Pike denied having seen
Smith, but was told that she need not
make a denial, for neighbors, including
eX-Janitor Payne of the police station,
had seen Smith running across lots
and up Bridge avenue. The woman
was arrested and taken to the police
matron with the whisky bottle still in
her possession. officer Gilman secur-
ed enough information from Mrs. Pike
regarding her children to make a
search in Moline. With a detective, he
went to that city and located the chit
dren at the home of colOred man
named Price. The children also were
| left with Mrs Hill, while the humane
officer endeavors to get transportation
for them to Detroit, where their grand
parents will receive them.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Mary Ruggels
died yesterday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. James Jacobs, 22S1a
East Third street Mrs. Ruggels was
about so years of age, and was born
in Pennsylvania. She had lived in
Davenport over 40 years. making her
home with her daughter during all this
period. She is survived by her daugh
ter. Mrs. James Jacobs. and five grand
children: Clara Jacobs, Mrs. B. F
Shannon, Mrs. William Dishinger, Mrs
Arthur Hasson, and George S. Jacobs
also by nine great-grandchildren
Foster Young Lady Bride.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

Drury township, WAS yesterday AFTER
noon at o'clock united in marriage
with Lee Freise Of Muaeatine &C rtE,
the ceremony being performed at the
Muscatinc First Baptist parsonage by
Rev. Judson Kempton The couple
will live at Sweetland Center, Musca-
tine county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

family next Saturday for jefferson
City, S. d. Mr.. Johnson is to take up |
farming and has purchased a small |
tract of land.
School Will Go On.-Silvis school |
district is in serious straits as a result |
of the fire which destroyed the school |
building on Sixth street Monday All |
the money that is available is that
which will be realized from the fire in.
surance-about $4,000 When steps
are taken to provide a new building
additional bonds must be issued to
supply the additional money necessary
| TO provide the size OF the building that
the district demands The estimated
cost of the proposed school house WI.
not be less than $4,000. it is thought,
as the first consideration under the
new plans will be to provide adequate
, facilities for the children and over
come some of the undesirable features
Of the destroyed building, which was
soon found to be i'll adapted to the
needs of the village. The new school
house will probably not be started till
late in the spring, and it will not be
ready for occupancy till close to the
first of the new year. The school
board Tuesday evening completed
plans for temporary relief and the as
| signment of classes will be effective
next Monday, when studies will be
resumed, till the new building is ready.
Close Call on lce.-Roy Kracke, son
of Deputy Sheriff F. H. Kracke OF 701
Twenty-fifth street, and Charles Ross,
, both of whom are employed at the
Bettendorf AXel company, had an eX-
citing experience Tuesday evening
Both were nearly drowned in an en-
deavor to cross the Mississippi river
from the wing dam to the Illinois
shore at Twenty-fifth street. The ice
was full of holes and both fell in sew
eral times. When at a point 200 feet
from the Illinois shore at Twenty fifth
street, Ross fell in water over his
depth and owes his life TO Mr.. Kracke
who assisted him to the surface OF
solid ice again. For the sake of say
: ing time, they have been using g
skiff to row across the channel from
,, Bettendorf to the wing dam and from
there have walked across the ice tc
, Twcnty-fifth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
MOLINE

May Not Organize Ncw.-Citizens
interested in the organization of a hui
name society in Moline met at the
First Methodist church Tuesday night
at 7 O'Clock and discussed plans rela'
tive to the forming of such society.
Although everybody present was heart
lily in favor of the proposed idea, all
thought it would be for the best to
let the matter rest for a few weeks
1t seems that a great many interest
ed in the Humane society are deeply
interested in other work at the pres
ent time and feel that they cannot
spare their time for humane purposes
just now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

Theater Employees Too Young
Mrs. c. w. Sandstrom was fined So
and costs yesterday afternoon for VIC
lation of the child labor law. ]. NJ.
Patterson, deputy inspector, swore
out the warrant, and as Mrs. Sand
strOm pleaded ignorance of the law he
recommended a minimum fine. The
specific charge against Mrs. Sandstrom
was that she employed William Funck
q boy under 16 years of age, after
lip. m. The child labor law provides
that no boy under 16 years of age may
work more than eight hours a day
| either with or without a certificate
and that the hours must be between
I a. m. and p. m. Under no circum
stances is a boy allowed to work after
Z D. m. Mrs. SandstrOm holds the con
cession of selling confectionery in the
Moline theater, and the boys employ
ed by her begin work there about
7:15, continuing at least till the close
OF the first act There is general com
plant throughout the state agains
violation of the child labor law il
theaters, and two complaints were
filed against Mrs SandstTom. Two
warrants have been issued agains
Norman Friedenwald of the Elite the
alter i'll this connection. 1t is charged
that he is employing boy named
John Livingston, who is under Il
years of age and the other with EN-
ploying the lad after the hour of p
M. Livingston is one of the ushers il
the vaudeville house which is con
trolled by the defendant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

Goes on Farm.-Frank Johnson,
brother of Emil and Andy Johnson,
who for 1G years has been employed
by the Barnard & Leas Manufacturing
company, will leave Moline with his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

Foster Young Lady Bride.
Miss Sophia Anderson of Foster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

I'VE will give you free n copy
of Nine. Yates 96-paEe book on
Beauty and Physical Culture. IL
you live out of town. write US ana
Il we will mail you Il copy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27

family next Saturday for Jefferson
City, S. D. Mr.. Johnson is to take up
farming and has purchased small
tract of land.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20
A TURKEYLESS THANKSGIVING The Story of the Three Birds That Were Three Times Won and Lost.


air The prize turkey shoot came off early in the morning at Redfield, as ad- vertised but an unforeseen contingency resulted A markSman of truly d1a- bolieal skill developed in resident of two weeks standing, and all three turkeys fell before his trusty rifle. The fowls had been set up at 150 yards and with only their heads exposed to the destructive bullets. All participants at half dollar for each shot had dis played remarkable accuracy of aim, but the winner had distanced his com- petitors, and captured the shooting match. The apprehension evolved among the witnesses of this remark able accident soon ripened into rebel lious determination. What was to be done with disloyal citizen who calm ly announced that the turkeys would be served up at a private banquet at the Hotel Dodge, to be enjoyed by him. self and two especial friends? He said he thought a bird apiece was about their normal capacity, and as three fowls certainly could not furnish a meal for 75, and somebody must go without turkey, it would be more sat isfactory all around to let three lucky fellows get enough for once. At the end of a short but explosive debate the winner was immured in freight
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20
Up-to-Date Street Cars

Philadelphia's Rapid Transit Com pany has put in operation 50 "pay-with- in'' cars, which it contended are an improvement on the "pay-as- -you-enter" style. Both the front and the rear platforms are closed when, the cars are moving, the doors being opened only when the cars come to a full stop at crossings. These doors are oper- ated pneumatically with lever which the conductor handles. When the doors close the car steps fold up, ma king it impossible for any one to board the car after it has started. When the cars come to stop the doors are opened and the step drops into place automatically. There are exits at each end, but entrance is only at the rear of the car.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20
!sPRAMG FROM NAUTICAL SLANG.
seafarzng Phrases at Bottom of Much
 Popular Speech.

Talking Of slang, says the Dundee, Scotland Advertiser, has anyone made a list of ike nautical slang embedded in English popular speech? Most peo- g,le who speak of person carrying En~ would be surprised to learn that they are Esing a nautical metaphor
 To carry a2 is literally to carry a great deal of sail. generally too much aDr 1Ae. weather conditions; that is. to behave in n more or less sensational and fsoiigh manner. To say that one is @7akg@ aback" is metaphor from fhe management of square -rigged ship. xa5 5ch is taken aback" when. through sxfe.essness or i'll luck, the wind gess round to the wrong side of she saifS--Sn awkward and perhaps dangsIuas actiaent. To give anything "a wide: iSrh" is sailors slang; it sneanx literally ro give a thing-prob- xsay n izsck CT ether dangeT-a wide bed Is sks in We speak of sound ing a Eaersun with reference to some prep0Ezl The metaphor is that nf a
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20

place in courts or general literature was desirable on political grounds. 1n Europe, French, English, German Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian Turkish, Dutch, Danish and Swedish were the only languages recognized as European, either in an off cial or liter ary sense. The last five were almost unknown outside of their own lands, and even then they were nearly with out literary use. French was the uni versal language of diplomacy and of the educated classes everywhere in conversation.
 Tn Hungary and in Poland, even be. fore the loss of independence, Latin was the official language of public business and law and German or French that of conversation for the educated classes. The national tongues in both those countries had a position not unlike that of Irish in Ire land during the eighteenth century. Conditions were similar with the old national languages of the various states of the Austrian dominions, of the Christian races in Turkey, and even of Belgium and Norway
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20
Solomon inventor of Bathtub.

With Chronicles as it's authority, the Plumbers Trade Journal says that the bathroom was an invention of King Solomon, who put it in use thousand years before the Christian era It was sinful to enter the sanctuary unless the body was perfectly clean, and for the accommodation of priests a bath tub was erected at the entrance to the temple. It was said of Solomon: He had molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim round in compass and five cubits the height thereof, and a line of 30 cubits did compass it round about" According to the measure, ments the Solomon tub was 45 feet in circumference at the top and 61a feet deep. It rested on carved figures of oxen and was of solid brass cast in one piece, decorated with a floral de. sign. Connected with it there were ten small sinks, which were used fox washing the offering.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-20

"Stop!" yelled Frank, as his mother covered to the floor.
 On came the father The boy, with out another word, drew revolver from his pocket. and as his father ssruct out at his mother, fired one shot. It hit the frenzied man in the jaw, ranged upward and lodged be- hind the right eye. Peterson dropped.
 I've shot my father because he was going to strike my mother" said Frank, running into the house of Dr. A. c. Loper. Go to him, quick"
 Then the boy went to the home of the chief of the chief of police and gave himself up. He was put in the village jail. The mother and the chil- dren corroborated Frank in all he said. The father was hurried to a hospital.
 Mrs. Madeline Langlotz had even a harder task set before her than these boys. She saw her father, George Wasser, shoot her mother down in their flat at 205S Third avenue where Mrs. Langlotz, a widow, was living with her mother The daugh ter had to make her choice only toe quickly.
 He was beast" she declared, ve hemently. Pm glad l shot him. He shot my mother, the best woman that ever lived. When 1 saw her fall fired at the man the best 1 knew how and I'm glad one of the bullets hit him-my father,'
 The Wassers, husband and wife, had separated. When Mrs. Langlotz' bus band died she went back to live with her mother and her little sisters Three years ago the man came into the little home and attacked little An nie one of his daughters. He was ar rested, but nothing came of the case This made him bold.