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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
BREAK GROUNDS
FOR HUGE PLANT
Moline Plow Company Starts
Excavating on Gordon Tract
in East End.
FOR THE MONITOR FACTORY
Main Building Will Be Six Stories
and Three City Blocks in Length
Work All Winter.

Ground was broken yesterday at the
Gordon tract in the east end of the
city and the actual work of erecting
new buildings for the plant which the
Moline Pillow company has decided to
erect in this city was commenced. The
huge plant which is to be put up is TO
accommodate the Monitor Drill COM
pany, which is now located at Min
neapolis, and also one or more of the
departments of the Moline Plow com
pany which has POUNDS it quarters in
Moline too crowded for the amount Of
work which it has to turn out each
year.
Workingmen commenced yesterday
to dig out places for the erection of
concrete piers which will form part
of the foundation of the new building.
There were 16 men at work today and
more will be put on next week, and
the work will be pushed, as it is the
intention of the company to have the
concrete work done before the cold
weather sets in. IF this is accomplish
ed, it viii allow the workingmen to
remain on the job all through the
winter months and when spring comes
the buildings will be we'll on the way
TO completion.
Huge Building Going Up.
The new building for which ground
was broken yesterday will be a large
one indeed; in fact, it will be as large
or larger than any now existing in the
three cities. The great part If it is to
be six stories in height and it will have
a frontage on Fifth avenue of 1,1C7
feet, or more than three full city
blocks. The building will be so feet
from front TO rear, and it Will be di-
vided into three sections, although
from the front it will appear 10 be one
long building The entire building is
not to be of the same height, as the
steel and iron store rooms and black
smith shop at the west end will be
only one story in height. The re-
of it, however. will be the full
six stories. Behind the main build
ing will be several lesser buildings,
such as the main blacksmith shop and
the paint shop.
Work to BE Pushed.
A. C. Stouffer of Moline has the gen
eral contract for erecting the new
buildings, and he plans to begin the /
concrete work next week. Tim Ken |
nedy, who has the contract for the ex- |
cavating, expects to have this part of |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
PERSONAL POINTS.

Hon. William Jackson has returned
from Chicago.
Major c. S. Richie has returned from
Des Moines and Iowa City.
Mrs. L. A. Schmidt, S39 Twenty.
third street, has returned from Chi
cago.
George D. Brinkerhoff, 925 Four
teenth street, was called to Springfield,
Iowa, last evening by the death of his
step-father, H. B. Goodman.
The Misses Anna and May Streck-
fus have returned from La Crosse.
Wis, where they have been visiting
with Miss Eleanor Funk.
Arthur Hamilton, formerly of this
city, now residing in the state of Wash
ington, has returned to his home. Mr..
Hamilton was called here by the death
of his father, Allan Hamilton.
Sheriff Edward Kittilson returned
last evening after spending several
days in Chicago attending a state
meeting of National Guard officers.
He left here Monday. taking with
him Emma Peterson, the 16-year-old
training school for girls at Geneva.
Miss Katherine Scully, housekeeper
at the New Harper, who has been
patient for four weeks at Mercy hos
pital, Davenport, Is recovering nicely
from the effects of an operation, and
her friends will be glad to know that
she hopes soon to be able to return to
her duties at the hotel
NJ. A. Hollingsworth has returned from
Chicago, where he attended the meet
ing of the State Veterinarian society
Wednesday and Thursday. While there
Mr.. Hollingsworth was requested to
take charge of the registration of stall
lions in Rock Island county, in &C
cordance with the new state law which
is now in effect that every stallion
must be registered and be up to re-
quired qualifications.
Carlton King. who so ably filled the
breach in the recent production of
The Soul of Music" taking the part
of Professor Carl Won Schultz at a few
hours notice. departed this week for
New York. He expects to return to
the stage. after some years in other
lines. The proposed tri-city dramatic
club is sorry to lose so valuable an
acquisition, as he had been counted
on to take an active part in the club
productions. but the members, individ-
ually and collectively, wish him sue
cess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON
Augustana College and Y. NJ. G. A.
Basketball Teams Meet Tomorrow.

DdShCIbtau lcStufS
The first basketball game of the sea-
son on the local Y NJ: c. A. floor will
be played tomorrow evening between
the first team of the association and
the first team of Augustana college.
A preliminary game between the sec
Ond teams of the same organizations
will be called at o'clock. The Y. M.
c. A. team will play the Muscatine
association team at Muscatine next
Tuesday evening at the down-river
city.
Two boxball tournaments have been
started on the alleys at the Y. NJ. c. a.
Two teams, five men each, have been
organized in the junior class and two
teams. four men each, have been or
ganized from the high school students.
The losers of the tournament will
serve a supper to the victors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03

the work far enough along by that
time to allow Mr.. Stouffer to carry out
his plans. Materials for mixing the
concrete are already being hauled to
the grounds, and everything is in read
mess for the enterprise. Very little
trouble will be met with in erecting
the foundation, as the excavators have
discovered that there are good beds of
earth only a few feet below the surface
of the ground.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams to Cele-
brate Event This Evening.

John Williams, toll collector at the
Milan bridges. and his wife. this eve
ming will have a family reunion at
their home in celebration of the 50th
anniversary of their marriage. Their
wedding took place so years ago to-
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
Falls Unconscious.
Fire Causes No DAMAGE.

A gasoline stove used for heating
the quarters occupied by the members
of Calvary army. which is located It
122 Twentieth street, fared up last
evening about 1880 and frightened the
woman who was at the quarters TO
such an extent that she thought the
place was on fire and a call was sent
in TO the fire department The wagons
responded but b. the time they got
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
Youna olrIs Are vIctIma

of headache, as well as older women,
but all get quick relief and prompt
cure from DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
the worlds best remedy for sick and
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood, and strong nerves and build 40
your health. Try them. Csc at all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03

A. C. Stouffer of Moline has the gen
eral contract for erecting the new
buildings, and he plans to begin the
concrete work next week. Tim Ken
nedy, who has the contract for the ex-
cavating, expects to have this part of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
TILTED BY GIRL;
WOULD END LIFE
George Parker Drinks Laudan-
UNI in a Moline
Saloon.
ANNOUNCED INTENTIONS
But Friends Refused to Take His
Remarks SeriOusly-Recover
ing at Hospital.

Jilting by young woman whom
he had expected to wed is believed
to have prompted George Parker in
an attempt to take his life via the
poison route in Moline yesterday af-
ternoon. He Is recovering at the
Moline City hospital. Parker is rs
years of age and is employed as lab
orer in the Deere & Co. shops.
Parker passed the greater part of
the afternoon in a saloon conducted
by the Ney brothers at 22S Third av-
enue. 1t was noticed that he was
not in his accustomed CHEEKY mood,
but none of his friends whom he
conversed with during the afternoon
suspected that he was contemplate
ing suicide. About 4 o'clock Parker
remarked that he would "be under
the sod inside a week" The bar
keeper thought Parker was joking.
owe Got 1t In Ne Now,
Presently Parker disappeared
building. He had been gone only a
few minutes when he returned and
walking toward the bar, announced
that 1--WE got it in me now" Still
the barkeeper laughed at him. Par
ker stated that he had taken three
ounces of laudanum. The people in
the saloon would not believe him,
but when, in a short while, they saw
Parker growing stupid, they began to
fear that he made good his threat.
Falls Unconscious.
A physician was summoned, but
before he reached the saloon Par
ker had lapsed into Inconsistencies.
He was removed to the hospital.
This morning Parker was asked why
he wished to die. He said he wanted
to live, and that he must have been
drunk when he took the poison. The
Neys claim that Parker drank only
one glass of beer in their saloon in
the afternoon.
Parker has been a resident of Mo-
line three years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03

Club House peas. tic; Csc bottled
olives, zoe; 3 quarts cranberries. Csc;
Golden West -four, per sack, $1-35;
Brookfield, Franford and pork sau-
sage; 8 bars s. c. soap, 25c, with an
order at Clements grocery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03
SATURDAY. SneciaIs

Club House pancake -four. 10c; 1
lbs. California currancs, 25c; lbs.
California new prunes, 25c; l Id. Club
House salmon, zoe: 20 and Csc canned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-03

there the flames from the stove had
died out and no damage had been
DONE
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
Ruined by Baby Talk.

In writing in McClure's Of the work
being done with defective children by
Dr. Wilmer the psychologist Of the
University of Pennsylvania, Marion
Hamilton Carter says:
Once in a while a rare stammer-
ing case comes to the laboratory
where there's nothing the matter with
the child-the matter Is with his dear
mama In 1905 Dr. Wilmer examined
a boy OF II who talked baby talk-a
bright, alert youngster, to all appear
ance normal. But nobody could I'M
derstand a word he uttered-except
mama; she understood IL all perfect
ly. T-aw-ow-ay' was to her ear
i want to go out to play as plain as
anything could be. It was her ten
der custom to reply likewise, aud she
took pride in the thought that she had
never allowed her Willie to associate
with the children ON the block She
had encouraged him to be her baby
and kept him from growing up too
soon by prattling to him
Except for his unintelligible Ian.
guage. the examination did not re-
veal defect, physical or mental, in
the boy, and DR.. Wilmer was forced
to the conclusion that the trouble lay
in the persistence of an infantile
habit Of articulation for which the
mother was irresponsible. Through
sentimentality and over-indulgence,
she had almost ruined his chances for
useful and possibly successful life
Psychological Clinic, March, 1909
Months of palnstaking, expert labor
had to be expended upon him, to break
up the habits his mother had careful
ly developed, before he could even be-
gin to make himself understood by
any one else"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
She Hunts in Africa.

Theodore Roosevelt, i'm working in
70 the heart of British East Africa.
found an Irish girl ruling over an es-
tate Of 175,000 acres. She is a daueh-
ter of the Earl Of Ennisiillen, and
her marriage to Lord Delamere was
romance of the hunting field Della.
nero was thrown from his horse and
the young woman nursed him IN .
farm house. Soor they We're married
and Delamere took his bride to East
Africa. He now owns the largest es-
tate of any individual i'm that coun-
try. and Roosevelt will be the guest
Of him and his wife Lady Delamcre
is equal to going afeld as she has
killed big game of every kind In the
country. She has had the strange OK.
perience of shooting a lion from her
bedroom window-New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02

A Chicago clubwOman. who spares
her husband the chatting of his friends
b. requesting that her name be with
held, cOnfesses that She popped the
question, and She suggests that the
world would be better Off if the pro.
poeal was left to the discretion off
women. 81 think or women proposed
the world would bee greatly benefited.
she writes Undoubtedly the true
daughter of Eve should and surely
will when she recognizes the great
advantages. propose to the man She
has infinitely moro tact than man
and I can picture nothing more beau
tiful than a very feminine woman of
ferlng 20 Join hcr life with some
one whom she has siu9led out The
man Will certainly not consider her
immOdest. but viii admire and love
nor heroism. Shakespeare says.
when, oh. when comes the day when
woman shall oNcr herself to man2'
- great Shakespeare agrees with me.
why shouldn't woman o0er herself
20 a man whom ehe loves. but who
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
Upside Down.

Women, indeed, are clever; but
the one who saw a hatbrim decora-
ton in her unbecoming lace veil was
more than ordinarily far seeing.
Now. the ornate and bordered veil
has We'd with the real lace ichu a
hundred times for a place on the hat,
but 1t has not done duty as a face
veil and hat trimming until this I'M
usually resourceful woman turned the
straight edge down and then spread
the bordered part over the brim Of
her large leghorn hat This brought
delioately scattered sprays and dots
over her face in a more becoming
scantiness. and gave place on the hat
for the full display of the handsome
pattern of the border.-New Haven
Register.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
skirt Yokes are ponular.

The yoke skirt that was looked on
= bit doubfully when 80 first made
its appearance q few months ago has
met with the most unparalleled sue
cess both here and abroad French
women particularly have caught it up
with the greatest enthusiasm, and
from all accounts of the French and
English races ono saw little else
among smartly gCwned women. A
lovely dress I'm a very fine silk-hnished
batiste has tho tucked and lace-trim-
med skirt mounted on a deep yoke
That reaches down well below the
hips. The tucks-or rather plaits- -
start at the lower edge OF the yoke.
and are stitched down for six or oi.ht
inches The stitching IS placed flir
BY near the edge of The plaits so that
It gives them a pretty tucklike OF.
feot.-The Delinoator
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
Fashion Notes.

Shoes have elaborate foxings
Mushroom shapes prevail in outing
hats
There are mutlitudes of all-black
hats.
Foulards have come to their own
again.
yiolets trim many Of the new pur.
pie hats
The oversldrt effect is seen more
and more
Tire sleeveless coat is much in the
public eye
Powered muslin sunbonnets have
some favor.
New hat shapes are all turned up
at the side
Hosiery novelties include stockings
of shaded silk
Tunic effects seem to have come to
abide for awhile
short sleeves are said to be coming
I'm again over in Paris.
Sill, bathing suits are In startling
colors and combinations.
Hats are immense and always
there is n roll at the side
Cluny lace is as great fayorlte as
80 was q season on two ago.
Oversldrts of soft material are
modish and are here to stay.
Valencicnnes lace, real and imita.
ton, is I'm demand once more.
The amethyst tones, from deep to
light, are I'm the height Of fashion.
Harmonies in black and white bid
fair TO enjoy q considerable vogue
Folds and nchus over the shoulders
are quite "a feature Of evening gowns.
The muohrbbed parasol, called
the japanese is prominent this sea,
4 son
shor, skirts are the rule for all OK.
cepting house, reception and evening
I dresses
in adopting the sleeveless coat 70
should be remembered that extreme
styles are taboo.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
LABOR WORLD.


Fourteen countries in Europe 10
hibit night work for women.
Boston plasterers. now receiving
sixty cents an hour, want sixty-five
cents.
Three hundred Jewish bakers on
strike at Montreal threatened bread
famine.
The street car strike in Evansville,
Ind, was declared off after long ne
gotiations. Forty of the union men
will return to. work.
Window glass manufactures have
been introduced into China, and the
product, which is a novelty there, is
rapidly becoming popular.
Edward F. Cassidy, vice-president
OF Big Six Typographical Union, has
been nominated for mayor Of New
York City by the Socialists.
James Wilson will lead the Pattern
Makers League of North America for
another year. The Toronto conven-
ton elected him unanimously.
Thirty thousand coat tailors went
on strike in New York City for an in
crease in pay and shorter hours in
spite OF efforts of their leaders to pre-
vent walkout.
President T. L. Lewis, of the u.
M. w. of A., wants his organization
TO number 100000 members by the
end of this year. 1t is now up to
S25, 900 members.
A report recently issued from the
international office of the cigar ma
kers shows that the organization now
numbers $4,000 members, and that
1t has funds on hand amounting to
100000.
Four thousand members of the In.
ternational Brotherhood of Team.
sters, who supported the New York
City strikes unauthorized by that or
ganization, seeded and formed .
new body.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
California Women in politics.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding, presi-
dent Of the Woman's League of JUS
tice in san Francisco, is heading a
movement for the active participa-
ton of women in the fall poliucal
campaign in California. The League
Of Justice, which has a membership
Of 1000, will work in conjunction with
other organizations of women in San
francisco, and it is intended to
bring the women throughout the STATE
into concerted action. Mrs Gerberd-
ing says it is time women took part
in politics in California She believes
they will get rid of much of the cor
ruption which has smirched the repu
tation of many of the states leading
cities within recent years.-New York.
Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
Little Pleatlno.

The tiny knife pleatings only an inch
in width are again coming to the front
with the revival of the fussy dresses
of the 1880 period. They belong to
the era of the little roses, narrow
fringes and puffs. The selvage OF
chiffon cloLn cut off and sent to the
pleater's or else done with patience
at home will save the whole hemming
process. The French also double
chiffon before 1t is pleated, to avoid
the hemming. The selvage of some
silks may be used in the same way,
and when the band Of a different col
or along the edge happens to be in
harmony or in good contrast, 1t has
even been chosen as a decoration for
the dress, and allowed to go into the
frill. Tiny knife pleatings are made
OF lace insertions because the straight
edge forms more even line than the
scallop of lace. When insertions are
used for frills, whether gathered or
pleated, they are felled to the gown
so that the pattern may not be vast
ed in seam. Taffeta ribbon, too, Is
frequently converted into knife pleat-
ings.-Detriot News-Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
Arithmetic on Earma-

Miss Jessie Field OF Page county,
III, has arranged am arithmetic, which
she says, Will meet every requirement
OF girls who expect TO pass their lives
on farms. She also believes the arith.
metic will commend itself to the ma.
joTity of young women in cities. 1t
has no cube root or binomial theorem
In it, and has been simplined in other
ways. Miss Field says that observa-
ton has convinced her that the fem
mime mind is not especially adapted
for tackling the complicated problems
OF mathematics, and for that reason
she expects her new work to win a
popularity all its own.-New York
Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02

Pleading for a national crusade
against flies in England. the Lancet
writes a strong indictment against
the little winged nuisances and sug.
gests a home exterminator. In our
experience" says the Lancet, "the
test exterminating agent is weak
solution of weak formaldehyde in wat
err (say two teaspoonfuls to the pint
and this experience has been confirm
ed by others. Tt would appear that
flies are attracted by a weak solu-
ton OF formaldehyde. which they
drink. Some die in the water, 9TH
ers get as far only as the Immediate
vicinity OF the plate OF water, but
all ultimately succumb, and whore
they occur in large numbers, hun
dreds may be swept UP from the floor.
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S1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT

may be too bashful OR too pulled up
to propose. And surely he cannot, Cor
the sake OF ohivalry, refuse her. /
practiced what suggest in my own
case, and my husband and l have
never quarreled in ten years. He al
ways agrees with me on every point.
and we truly enjoy a happy Life. Ny
proposal was good thing. and 1t was
timely, for my husband has often told
me he might never have found the
courage to say the word" THIS is
pretty philosophy, but it must not be
forgotten that the man who hasn't
the heart TO propose isn't worth
pinch of snuff.-New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02

A BIT O. GREEN A-oRowiNe.

] - moral uplit
the very thought oyptains phdns high gahst the
/ cannot keep thoughts on hishor, boiler
a
sight
SO must enjoy the little things a-neling
manythat
A bit o. my window.
JYst a bit
me
ashowing
For see the life started long before the world began
1T
DO,
y MaRazi
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02
For Diamond Wearers.

little hollow gold balls to snap on
over diamond earrings are a novelty
not to be desplsed by the woman who
wants to wear her diamonds when
she goes a-traVehng. She may want
them with her, but she will not care
to wear them when inappropriately
gowned. To her this latest device in
gold may prove most useful Boston
Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-02

The Reef OF Normans Woe, made
known to every schoolboy through
Longfellow's Wreck OF the hes
perus," is but a short distance off the
shore from Rates. chasm, near
Gloucester, on the north shore of
Massachusetts, explains the Argon-
aut