davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
HAMPTON.

Stephen Odell and Emil Henline
were amog those who attended the
funeral of John Schafer at Port Byron,
Wednesday,
Mrs. George McNeal entertained
Mrs. Henry Merritt of Port Byron,
Thursday.
A large ear of corn measuring IA
inches, that is to be seen at w. L.
Blacks store, was raised about seven
miles east of Hampton, by F. S. Bryan
on a farm owned by Mr.. Bryan's
mother.
Rev. G. w. Broome is still holding
revival services each evening at the
m. E. church He lectured to children
Friday afternoon and Sunday after
noon will lecture to men. Last Sun.
day afternoon he lectured to men, his
subject being Coming Home to
ROost" He is an entertaining speaker
Mrs. Emanuel Peterson, whose death
occurred at WATERFOWL a few days ago
was buried in Hampton cemetery, Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Maginnis and
family entertained Elmer Freeman and
Miss Lila Lemon of Ridgeway and Mr.
and Mrs. Andy Swanson, Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Anderson of Moline Sunday.
Mrs. Walton Tackett of Watertown
accompanied by her little son. Claude
visited friends in the village Wednes
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
Choice. Fertile,
Productive Farms
IN OKLAHOMA


fully, and if you then believe that any |
OF my statements are not correct, write
and | will gladly prove to you that |
am right. | believe | can offer you an
investment which is not only as safe |
as a government bond, but will also |
yield you a revenue of 10 per cent in |
tereSt on the money invested. |
1t is land. The great source of the |
wealth of this country. Oklahoma |
land. The land which yields a greater
variety of crops than any other part of
the United States, and has climate
that is hard to beat
Conservative men, not only in Okla
hOma, but also in Iowa, have said that
they believe that Oklahoma land will
advance in value at the rate of 81 per
acre yearly, for the next five years.
The rent of these lands nets the own
ers from to 10 per cent interest on
the money invested.
| Take, for example, a farm selling
for $35 per acre. An increase of 81
per acre yearly is more than II per
cent interest on the money invested.
Icent interest and you have an invest
ment producing you a revenue of 1G
lper cent interest.
| will give you my reasons for be-
lieving that this land will advance so
rapidly in value.
l. Our population is increasing at
the rate of 100000 each year. These
Ipn nnln lND 20
lacres of land remain the same.
/, | 2 The land is new, rich, and pro-
ductive. and raises large crops.
3. The rent is a share of the crop
raised
4. The land is easily worked. the
climate is mild and crops are sure.
D. 1t is a diversified farming coun-
try. The principal crops are wheat,
, corn, oats, alfalfa, sweet and Irish
potatoes, peanuts and fruits and veg
etables of all kinds.
6. II is the home of alfalfa. one OF
. the best stock foods known. Any acre
of land that "ill raise alfalfa success
, fully is worth 500.
! I. 1t is one of the best poultry
- lNcuh'iltS III tle United states.
s. 1t is recognized as a great fruit
: lcOuntry.
9. The land will raise it's own fer
tilizer, such as alfalfa, COW peas. so,
O beans, and other nitrogen-storing lie
o Sumlnous crops which not only enrici
o the soil but also make exceedingly val
liable feed.
: 10. The land, il properly handled
: Will grow richer and richer and yielC
= larger and larger crops from year /,
, lyear.
H. Scientific farming has mad,
|. wonderful progress in the last few
years, and its progress in the mex
= lew years will be phenomenal
II Corn, hogs, alfalfa. cattle, an,
wheat is a combination hard to beat
o | have had the benefit of 30 Years
d experience in practical. upto-dat
v farming. = have travelled over Okla
a homa from north to south and from
east TO west. / have studied the sol
the climate, the crops, and the genera
farming and financial condition g
." Oklahoma for the last five wears an
!, l nave invested my money in Okla
:, homa land. The benefit of my g,
perlence, my study, my research an
my knowledge is at your disposal.
- nave list of choice carefully selecte
IL farms for sale. If you are intereste,
=, write me. | will give your letter m
personal attention.
% Yours very truly.
=, ]. B. MORGAN,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

selman. in the Andersen flats, occurred
the death of Z. V. Elsberry, one of the
pioneer residents of Iowa and a veter-
an of the civil war. Mr.. Elsberry was
born i'll Penleton, Ind, July q. 1893,
and came to Iowa about 1855. He
served three years in Company H of
the oath Iowa, being regimental post
master most of the time. He was mar
ried to Sarah Gibson Nov. 10, 1858,
and his widow survives together with
two daughters, Meagher b. Elsberry
and Mrs. A. l.. Hasselman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
Act Quickly.
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Rock
Island

Delay Has Been Dangerous in Rock
Island.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in times of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
Cure all distressing, dangerous kid
hey ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
Charles 'Greves of 1929 Third ave-
nue.. Moline, ILL.,. says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have been in my family on sew
eral occasions. My wife suffered some
time with severe backaches caused by
disordered condition of the kidneys
and have been troubled in the same
way, the pains across my loins at
times being almost unbearable Since
learning of Doan's Kidney Pills. how
ever, these backaches and kidney dis
arrangements are a thing of the past
made a statement some years ago
recommending Doan's Kidney Pills,
and | repeat that Doan's Kidney Pills
are all that they are represented to, be
and a sure cure and safe cure for kid
ney disease
Plenty more proof like this from
Rock Island people. Call at Harper
House pharmacy and ask what Gus.
toners report
For sale by all dealers. Price. SO
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
Real Estate Transfers.

Frank w. Gould, trustee, to Edward
w. Thompson, south 95 feet, block G,
Edgewood Park addition, Rock Island,
81.
Hugh K. Walker to Eta Artz, lot 6,
Dack's subdivision, lots and s, Cases
subdivision of assessors lot Z, south
east quarter section 2, II, Wv, $4,000.
Susan Shrom to Northwestern Branch
Woman's Foreign Mission society OF
the M. E. church, part lots IS and 49,
block 4, Sinnett's addition, Rock Is
land, 81.
James Plat to John Boney, lot s.
block 3, town of Reynolds, $1,000.
Timothy Beecher to John d. Beech
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
COUNTY COURT.
County Judge r. w. Olmsted pre-
siding


PROBATE.
Estate of Anna c. Denkman. Pc.
tition relative to Dimock, Gould com
pany stock filed.
Estate of Alfred Wainwright. Wild
ow's REIMBURSEMENT and selection, con-
tanning acknowledgement of receipt of
articles selected filed
Guardianship of Hazel o. Vain
wright. Petition for leave to lease
wards interest in real estate filed and
heard. Petition granted.
Estates of Sarah M. Atkinson. Pc
tition for appointment of inheritance
tax appraiser filed Petition granted.
Estate of c. H. Deere. Report of ex-
ecutors with reference to and petition
for approval of payment of and for
leave to pay certain legacies filed and
heard. Petition granted.
Estate of Christian Olsen. Petition
for sale of real estate to pay debts
filed. Just and true account filed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
SnamnerlaIn's Cough Remedy a Safe
Medicine for Children,

In buying a cough medicine for chill
dren, never be afraid to buy Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy. There is no
danger from it, and relief is always
sure to follow. 1t is intended especial
~ for coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough, and there is no better medi-
cine in the world for these diseases.
1t is not only certain cure for Group,
but, when given as soon as the croupy
cough appears, will prevent the attack.
Whooping cough is not dangerous
when this remedy is given as directed.
1t contains no opium or other harmful
drugs, and may be given as confidently
to baby as to an adult. For sale by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
New York Stocks.

New York, Jan. %. - Following are
the quotations on the market today:
Gas S4a, L. p 1884, U. S. Steel
preferred 91A. L. S. Steel common
2S1s, Reading 1907, Rock Island pre-
ferred 2SH, Rock Island common
1873, Southern Pacific 74A, N. Y. Cen.
trail 9GA. Missouri Pacific A, Smelt-
ers GAS, Canadian Pacific 1872, Hi.
nois Central 1919. Penna 1925. Erie
15B, C. & o. 29H. B. r. T A, B. &
o. 81, Atchison 71H, locomotive 1914
Sugar 11312, ST. Paul 1115s, Copper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock Feed and Fuel.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Jan. 25.-FOllowing are
the wholesale quotations on the market
today:
Provisions and Produce.
Eggs-Fresh, 23c.
Live Poultry - Spring chickens, Sc
per pound; hens, per pound. &c; ducks.
per pound, &c to Sc; turkeys per pound
13c; geese per pound &c to Sc.
Butter-Dairy, 23c to 24c.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables - Potatoes, soc; onions,
75c.
Live Stock.
HOgs-$3.75 to $4.25.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $4.00 to
$500; lambs, $3.50 to sG.75.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 10 $3.50; COWS
and heifers $500 to $500; calves, $500
to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn Gee; oats 4Sc to SOC.
Forage-Timothy hay, s11 to s13:
prairie, $500 to s11.00; clover, $1,000
to s11.0O; straw, 5000.
| Woodland, per load, $500 to $3.50.
| Coal-Lump per bushel &c to 14c;
slack per bushel &c to Sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
is the Only Possible Way of Having
An Effective Cure

If you see a woman or a man with
luXuriOusly glossy hair. you may be
sure neither has dandruff TO amount to
anything. In nearly every case where
women and men have thin brittle hair.
they owe it to dandruff There are
hundreds of preparations that claim
to cure dandruff, but not one but New
bros Herpicide tells you that dandruff
is the result OF a germ burrowing into
the scalp. and that permanent cure of
dandruff and its consequent falling and
badness, can only be had by killing
the germ; and there is no other prep
aration that will destroy that germ but
Newbro's Herpicide. Destroy the
cause and You remove the effect" Sold
by leading druggists. Send 1Oc in
stamps for sample to the Herpicide
company. Detroit Mich. Sold in two
sizes soc and 81. T. H. Thomas, spec
ial agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
A Higher Health Level.
". H. hohbAN,
. CARRIER, Oklahoma

L have reached a higher health
level since | began using Dr. Kings
New Life Pills." writes Jacob Springer
of West Franklin, Maine "They keen
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, 1908-01-25

1t is very important and in fact it is
absolutely necessary to health that we
give relief to the stomach promptly
at the first signs of trouble. Take
something once in a while: especially
after meals; something like Kodol for
dyspepsia and indigestion. 1t will en-
able-your stomach to do its work prop
erly. Sold by all druggists.
De Wits Little Early Risers are the
best pills known. Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
THE MARKETS.
Chicago, Jan. 25.-Following are the
market quotations today:

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat.
May, 1929, 1921, 100, 1OO1s.
July, 9S12, 9S12. 971s, 971s.
September, 953s, 955s, 94h, 947s.
Corn.
May, G1as, G1h, coz, coz.
July, 597s, 60, 50, 50.
September, 59lA, 591a. 5S5s, 5S5s.
Oats.
May, 54H, 54A. 537s, 53&i.
July, AZ 47H, 4GH, 1914.
September, SS34, 3S3I, 1885. $685..
Pork.
January, closed 1247.
May, 1925. 1927. 1927, 1897
Lard
January, III. III, 7.G7. 7.G7.
May. SOP, 500, 1872, 1872.
Ribs.
January. G.G7, G.G7, G.57, G.57.
May, 7.O5. 705, $50, ESQ
Liverpool opening cables-Wheat IL
higher, corn Is higher.
Receipts today: Wheat. II; corn.
2GS; oats. 125; hogs. 14,GO0; cattle,
300; sheep. 1900.
Estimated receipts Monday: Hogs
52.OGaL
Hog market opened strong sale
cents higher. Hogs left over. 1900
Light, S4.15@440; mixed and butch
ers. $4.15G4.45; good heavy. s4.15M
AS; rough heavy, $4.15@4.25.
Cattle market opened strong.
Sheep market opened steady.
Omaha-Hogs, 5000; cattle, 100.
Kansas City-Hogs 5000; cattle
500.
Hog market closed strong 501t
cents higher. Light. S4.150i.45: mixed
and butchers, $42004.5O; good heavy
$4.20@45O; rough heavy, $f20G4.3O
Cattle market closed steady. Beeves
$3.C5@G15: cows and heifers. S1GO0
4.G5; stockers and feeders, $2.G5@4.G0
Sheep market closed steady.
Northwestern receipts. M;nneapOli:
To-day. 273: last week. 324: las
year, IFS. Duluth-Today, 40; las
week, IS; last year, %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts upon the bowels and thereby
drives the cold out of the system. 1t
contains no opiates-it is pleasant to
take and is highly recommended for
children. Sold nv all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

Take De Wits Kidney and Bladder
pills. They promptly relieve backache
and weak back. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

1855. Republic Steel preferred 60, Re-
public Steel common 1864.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

Obituary Record.-Signa Elnora, the
1S-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Severine Anderson, 1884 Twenty
fifth street. died yesterday after a
short illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
WASTING STRENGTH

Women who suffer from unnecessary, disagreeabe,
painful, weakening female complaints, will find that
Wine of Cardui is safe and pleasant remedy for all
their ills. 1t acts directly upon all the delicate, named
tissues, purifying the BLOOD throwing off the cogging
matter and relieving female disorders such irregular,
scanty, profuse, painful catamenia, prolapse, etc.
Also relieves headache, backache, dizziness,
cramps, dragging palms, nervousness, irtablity, etc.
If you need advice, write us letter. telling all
your symptoms. We will send free advice Gin plain
sealed enveope). Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25
MOLINE

Dog Killer Vindicated.-It was shown
in court Thursday that George Will
liams, who killed Ed Wards bulldog,
did so unintentionally, his object be-
ing simply to save the life of another
dog that Wards dog was attacking.
In order to separate the two dogs he
struck the bulldog with club. Testi-
mony was introduced to show that
Williams tainted when he learned that
the bulldog had died as a result OF
his blow.
Does Not Pay.-The Tankesley Com
mission company, which has offices i'll
the Metropolitan block on Third ave
nue.. will discontinue, after GO days of
poor business. The last market re
ports will come in over their private
wire tomorrow. During the two months
that this company has tried to build up
stock trading business there has been
very little doing, owing probably to
hard times. What trading does occur
in Moline, the commission men say, is
done over the public wires.
| Fireman Scaded.-John Kinnie, fire
man for the Rock Island road, was Sc
iVerely scalded about the back and left
shoulder yesterday morning. He was
working in the fireboX of his engine
in the roundhouse at Silvis when &
plug blew out of the boiler into tht
firebox
Banquet for AIumni.-Members OF
the High School Alumni associatio:
who were recently appointed by Presi
dent McCurdy to plan for the annua
reunion next spring, met Thursday
levening at the Moline club rooms
Representative of IA classes Were
present and the meeting developed
lgreat enthusiasm. 1t was decided t
hold banquet on the occasion of tn,
annual reunion in honor of the clas
of '0S, and arrangements will be com
menced at once looking to the hes
development of this function. 1t wa
the sense of the meeting that tn
dues of the association be raise
from 80 cents to 81 and that the al
tendance at the banquet be limited t
the members of the association an
wives or husbands of members.
Bank Elects Officer.-Oficers of tn
Moline Trust & Savings bank hav
lbeen elected. In the reports mad
. Everything was satisfactory The o
ficers are: President. H. A. Ain:
worth; vice president. George "
Wood; cashier, o. F. Anderson; dire,
|, tors, H. A. Ainsworth, ]. II. Samuel
Louis Sonneville, Edward A. Schmid
George H. Edwards, George w. Woo,
=, A. S. Wright, Edward Coryn, p. /
!Wessel, Calvin Ainsworth and o.
Anderson
Obituary Record.-Signa Elnora, tn
I1S-months-Old daughter of Mr. an
u Mrs. Severine Anderson, 1884 Invent
fifth street. died yesterday after
short illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

Obituary Record.-Yesterday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. A. F. Has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

High School Glass Graduates.-At the
high school last evening took place the
5lst commencement of the Davenport
high school. The exercises were held
in the auditorium
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-25

Not Alvin E. Cobb.--Alvin r. Col
travelling salesman for the Hallig
Coffee company, has arrived hoi
from a trip and is Surprised to Fl
that the papers stated that he was
man who fell at Third and Scott sire
a week ago and who was taken
Mercy hospital with a broken leg.
man who was hurt gave his name
Alvin Cobb. The injured man rea
lives at Columbus Junction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
SPECTACLES

SFECTACLES are supposed To have been IN
vented by Alexander de SPina. monk Of
Florence, Italy, about 1855 According TO
DIR. Plott. they were invented by Roger Bacon
about 1880. MANN attributes them 20 Sal
VINO, who died in 1917. On his tomb IN Flor
ence Is the inscription: Here lies Sdlvino de
Armati inventor OF Spectacles May God
pardon his SInSi'
However this may be the credit of having
been the first to use eyeglasses for the improve
ment of the sight Is SAID To belong to Charles
ii. OF England During his STAY in Cologne
he made the acquaintance of a plaSSmaker.
and looking one day through one Of his lenses
ne noticed that he could see the objects more.
distinctly After his coronation he sent for
HIM and twenty other artisans. who made SIX
thousand pairs of spectacles before obtaining
a fitting one. 1t is said that by means of his
spectdcles the King almost completely cor
rected his defect His Spectacles are still 40
be seen IN the British Museum His son the
Duke OF Monmouth, who was near sighted in
one eye. used only glass. This was prob
ably the origin OF the monoce
Renan IN his "AntiChrist " citing from
Phny. writes, Being near sighted he lNeroI
was wont 10 wear At the gladiatorial combats a
concave emerald IN his eve The honor of
originating the monoCle would accordingly
belong to the Roman Emperor Nero.
Inc oldest painting with spcctacles dates
from t4I7. The picture represents the in
veSture of the burgrave of Nuremberg with
the margrtviate OF Brandeburg ami the
nihSlatlng chancellor wears a kind of rvrgllss
III green frame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
A Canvas That Made Maniacs

RUT perhaps the picture with the strangest
~ history OF all example OF Andrea
del Sarto, which hung for centuries IN the
PalazzO BuondelmOnti in Florence. 1t was
terrible and hIdeOuS portrait OF a maniac, ap-
parently IN the throes of violent ParoNySulS-
It's realism was such that for over half cen
turv before its sale it had TO be kept covered
by hanging tapestry Local tradition declared
that this picture had the power OF causing the
death of anyone unfortunate enough TO De
shut up alone with it for any length OF time
1t was said that the gruesome canvas originally
hung in a kind of dungeon beneath the palace
where the barbarOuS and cruelty inventive
lords of Florence were in the habit of InprlSon-
ing announcement relatives or persons who
had thwarted their VIII in some way.
When the picture was removed tor sale, a
most startling disclosure was made. There
was a large cavity concealed by the canvas As
1t hung, and this communicated with a stair
way the massive stone wall Moreover, It
was now seen that the eyes of the portrait OF
the maniac were painted on IVORY disks which
could be slid aside, that those OF anyone
wishing to observe the occupant of the room
could be inserted IN their place The same
remark applied to the painted and terribly dis
torted mouth IN the portrait. Here again was
an ivory disk that could be slipped aside, and
a very real louIng tongue might be inserted
by the person stationed behind the picture
1t Is conceivable that when real eyes rolled
in their sockets, and a real tongue lolled from
the painted and fOamIng mouth, added 10 the
native horror of the artists conception and
execution, 1t was enough 70 overbalance the
mind of a highly sensitive tenn eraruent weak
ened by long incarceration. vt any rate, there
was nConteStabie documentary evidence that
several persons did 20 mad IN the dungeons
OF the PaldZZO BuOndelmOnt IN the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
A Book of Water Colors

WATER color drawings by eminent artists
are sometimes inserted iii books. ami
tins brings to mind the story of an interesting
bargain picked up IN Amsterdam bv one of
our own countrymen three or four seasons ago
IL wa ''g. old fashioned folio miscellany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06

cred him with the revolver and called out TO
him to drop his weapon. The man hes1tated >
and, fearing lest all three would throw them
selves upon him, Dandin turned his weapon
aside and pulled the trigger. Almost sinful
taneouslv with the explosion came stampede
Of the would be robbers, and Immediately
afterward the landlord and his wife rusned IN
to ask with assumed innocence, what the dis
turbance was about.
1t was clear the Andalusian host himself had
instigated a murder and robbery; but he now
suggested an upper room where his guest might
lock himself in The visitor declined. however.
and said he would sit up all night where he was
and would moreover shoot at sight any other
persons than the landlord and his family who
might enter the room.
Shortly after dawn the young man threw
open the shutters, and noticed that picture.
which had been hanging frameless on the wall
had fallen to the ground He took It curiOusly
to the window, and fanCied he recognized the
work of Velasquez, grlmed with DIRT ana
smoke though the canvas was. During the
close inspection the landlord came in, and at
fectcd great wrath at the damage done. There
was long argument in the patolS OF the coun-
try, but the visitor compromised matters by
offering three dollars and seventy-hve cents
and after much haggling he walked away with
his purchase, leaving the lnnkeePer and ms
wife rejoicing over their bargain.
Young Dandin came north immediately
and showed his picture to Duveen, the great
Paris dealer, who pronounced it an undoubted
Velasquez. 1t is a portrait OF one OF the
court dwarfs, and IS marvellous example OF
the master.