davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
observation-disclosures.

JACKtN, HURST & STAFFORD-At-
orrfs-at-law Office i'll Rock Island
Natal bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR RENT--A furnished room, all mod
ern. near business section; gentleman
preferred; opposite public library. In
Quire i12 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SALE - ON q corner on Seven
teenth street, two good houses; one
is a double, and both are splendid
houses; the lot is Il big one and the
property No. /; let us name you a
price. II. X. Walker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

brown purse. The finder was seen
picking up the purse ana could easily
be identified. To avoid further truu-
bic, please return to Argus office and
be rewarded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR RENT - \ large front room on
second floor, with all modern con-
Veniences, at 725 Nineteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

SEARk & MARSHALL - Lawyers.
Monv to loan on good real estate
secnt Rooms 500 and 3O3, Safety
build, Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
EXPRESS, STORAGE. BUS AND CAB.

RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings. tents,
wagon covers, etc Tents for rent. E
RoessIer * Co. 209 Fifteenth street
opposite the court house, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
FOR RENT-ROOMS.

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
at 1900 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

EXPRESS co. - For
good service call on the Independent
Express Company, sos Twenty-first
street Old phone 9S1. Packing and
storage and all kinds of express haul
ing Also buying and selling second
hand goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

w ANFED-Three good carpenters: none
oiners need apply. Call at 900 Safety
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
FIRE INSURANCE..
Charles T.. Bl@dgs@m
(The Rest is the Cheapest)
FIRE INSURANCE
ESTABLISHED 1874.

American ms. Co.. Newark, n. j.
Continental Ins. Co. New YORK
Agricultural ms. Co. New York
Farmers ms. Co. YORK, IA.
Williamsburg ms. Co. $500. New York
Reliance Fire ms. Co. Philadelphia
Northern ms. Co. New York
lns. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford. ILL.,
Connecticut Fire ms. Co. Connecticut
Office. 1928 Third avenue. Rates as
low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SALE-Cheap, if taken at once, n
hve-room house. centrally located
also SiX-room house, with city wa
ter, gas, fruit. and chicken house +;
owner must sell leaving city In
quire 1880 Forty-second street or
call old phone 676-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
!INsURANCR.

iNSURAG on dwellings and house.
hold iriture a speciality. Chamber
lin Il tfiersOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED = a man with team; call
upstairs at Illinois Theater building,
Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED-Young man to learn fancy
cake making. Address s." care Ar
gus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

5 WANTED-Man for soliciting and col
lecting. Address L." care Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WSNiGD-Boy; apply Bleuer's cigaI
factory, GIG Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
FOR RENT-HOUSES.

FOR RENT-A siX-room cottage at
1924 Eighth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WAN'FED-A boy over &c years of age.
TO learn the grocery business. II. r.
Battles q Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR RENT - One nine-room modern
house, splendidIy located, $35 per
month. Hubbard x Tom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SAlE-AlmoSt new house, with
seven rooms and reception hall; fur
mace, bath, gas. electric light, and
hardwood floors all over house; lot
50Xl40; all in excellent shape; located
in Edgewood Park addition. Call at
X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED-Laborers at Sears water
power works. Apply at Office, first
bridge, Sears, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots, ASK
Ia, corner Twenty-SeVenth street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street ear track. Also for sale or
trade, one acre lot, with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser Inquire of Il. Thonn, Clio
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANT ED - Men to cut corn; inquire
Bollnger farm, Thirty eighth street
road South. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SALE-At sacrifice. il taken i'm
mediately, 80 bum Orpington chicks,
standard bred from hardy range
stock, scoring from SO to 80 points:
many worth SO each. some SIS each;
win sell at bargain If whole lot is
taken. Inquire TX Y. g." care Ar
gus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR SALE fine Seven-room two
story house on Twenty-second street
north of Tenth avenue; owner is
leaving the city and is anxious to
sell quick; has furnace. bath. gas.
electric light. front stairs. and hall;
very light rooms; on lot 5UXl3S; price
$3,1OO. IL. X. Walker. agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED-Able bodied men between
ages q and 80 for u. s. Marine Corps.
Must be native born or have first pa
pers. Excellent opportunity to see
the world. Good pay. Clothing, ra-
tons quarters. medical attendance
free. Apply room 50, Postoifice build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms for
light housekeeping: No. G2j Seven
tcenth street. Old phone 5yS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

D-A furnished room, by two
married ladies business women) and
two children; women will be employ
ed during the day and will pay for
children'S care during their absence.
For further particulars address 542
Sixteenth street, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED-To rent, a house. or fiat, of
four to six rooms. modern or partly
modern, located as near Moline as pos
sible: references furnished if desired
Address "E. S. care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I buy household
goods of every descriptions: highest
prices paid for anything and every
thing. II. Kniff, 1921 Third avenue,
Moline Ill. Old phone ISL east.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21

WANTED-To give away free, good
dirt for filing purposes Apply to
H. F. KreIL IT'S Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


WANTED-ChimneyS to build, repair
and clean. Mcdowell Bros. Old phone
north 3167.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24
Land Opened On October 4.
lContinued FROM page one.

furnished in large quantities to at
torneys or other persons who de-
sire to use them for their own per-
sonal gain. Such persons should
have copies printed in strict con-
formity with the above directions.
7. Who May Act as Agent For
a Soldier.-Any person over six
teen years Of age, whether married
or single, regardless Of their quail
Hcations to make Il homestead en-
try may act as agent in register
for one soldier, sailor, widow or
their minor orphan children, but
no person can act as agent for
more than one person. A person
who is qualified to make a home
stead entry may register for him
self and an agent for another.
Soldiers and other persons en-
titled to register by agent must Sc
lect their own agent, as [ can
neither act as their agent or select
agents for them. Soldiers dis
charge papers and other evidence
of military service need not be
furnished at the time they register
and should not be either sent or
brought to ME.
8. Evidence shat Agents have
Registered for Soldiers.-In order
that soldiers, sailors, widows, or
phans or guardians, may have evil
dence that their agents have ac-
tually registered for them, 1 will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24
A Good Magazine.

The Pacific Monthly Of Port
land, Oregon, is a beautifully IL
Illustrated monthly magazine. If
you are interested in dairying,
fruit raising, poultry raising, or
want to know about irrigated lands
timber lands, or free government
land open to homestead entry.
The Pacific Monthly will give you
full information. The price is
$3.50 a year.
If you will send twenty five cents
in stamps, three late issues will be
sent you SO that you may become
acquainted with it.. Read the fol.
lowing splendid offers:
Offer No. INC CIure's Maya
zine, Woman's Homo Companion
and The Pacific Monthly, costing
81 SO, will be sent at a special rate
of $500.
Offer No. 2-McC lure's Maya
zine, Review of Reviews and The
Pacific Monthly, costing S., will
be sent for $3.50.
Offer No. 3-Human Life, Ideal
Homes and The Pacific Monthly
will be sent for $500.
Order by number and send your
order accompanied by postal
money order for the amounts to
The Pacific Monthly, Portland,
Oregon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24
furnish all designated notaries,
before who they must make oath

furnish all designated notaries,
before who they must make oath
with blank certificates which they
MAY use to show the fact that the
agent has sworn to his aficavit be-
fore them, aud each agent should
ask his notary for 81 certificate of
the kind and at once mail it tn the
person for whom he is acting. The
notaries will not make any charge
for furnishing this certificate.
9. False Swearing.-Each appli-
cant will be- required TO swear that
he is qualified to make q home
stead entry and that he honestly
desires to enter public lands for a
home and for settlement and Gull
tivation and not for speculation or
as an investment. and that he pre-
sents his application for that pur-
pose only.
Any person who swears falsely
to his application will have his
entry cancelled, all payments made
by him will be forfeited, and be
may be prosecuted crimlnally.
All persons who have any doubt
as to their qualification to register
and make homestead entry should
fully satisfy themselves by advis-
ing with some well-inforuel per-
son who has read this letter before
they incure the expense of a trip
to one Of the registration points.
10. How Applications are to be
Mailed and Pres ented.-The no.
taries before whom applications
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24

AS fast as numbers are assigned
post card notices thereof will be
mailed to each applicant TO whom
a number is assigned, and a few
days later there will also be mailed
to each person to whom a num-
Der is assigned a large envelope
with his number printed on the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24

are sworn to will furnish each APP
plicant with an envelope with my
name and post-office address
(which will be Aberdeen, South.
Dakota, during the registration),,
printed thereon, and after they
have carefully examined the apple
cation and found itcorrect in every
respect, they must %inclose it in the
envelope which should then be
carefully sealed and placed in the
! mail with either a two-cent or two
one-cent postage stamps attached,
thereto. No applicant should place
any other paper in the envelope
with his applications and ifshe,
registers both. for himself and q
soldier, he should place his own.
application in one envelope, and
his application as agent in another
envelope. Soldiers discharge
papers and citizen papers should
not be placed in the envelopes
with an application for ,registra-
ton or in any other manner sent
or brought tome.
Applicants must not place a re-
turn card, or any other writing,
on the envelopes containing their
application or send them to me
by registered mail, as [ cannot
receive OF consider any applica-
ton which reaches me in any
manner which will disclose the
name Of the applicant before the
envelope is opened.
IL. Method OF Receiving APP
plications and Assigning Num-
bers.-As soon as any envelope
containing an application reaches
me through the mail it will be de.
posted unopened in a metal can
which will be so constructed as to,
prevent the removal of the Gu
velope therefrom without destroy.
the can. All cans containing en-
velopes will be carefully guarded,
until 10 o'clock a. m. on October.
rs, 1909, when they will be pub
licly selected singly and indiscri-
minately and opened as selected,
and the applications contained.
therein will be numbered in the
order in which the envelopes are
selected. The numbers thus as.
signed will fix and determine the
order in which the applicants
named therein will be permitted to
later select the lands they desire,
and present their filings therefor.
For instance, the person named in.
the application numbered / will
have first choice Of all the lands.
subject to entry, the persen named
in application numbered 2 will
have second choice, ard so on UNI
i ~ /, rEE /. ~ 49, = aSWZGgsNKS
til all the lands have been selected.
The tracts Of land will not be num-
bered, and no particular tract will
be assigned to any applicant. +
cannot at this time tell you the
exact numbered farms which will
be selected and numbered, but the
number selected will be about
two and ono half times as large .
X 4 le%sst2EFED n.E-..a = n &E.E1SIEt - sAHgESSAFl
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24
Announcement.

There will be services by Rev.
Andr. N. Timmerland at Turtle
Lake school house Sunday fore.
noon Sept. 26, at IL 90.
In the afternoon the same day
he will preach at the South St.
Olof church at $3.50.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24
M
!. Title Talks.
Going Back to Uncle Sam

"A BE Lincoln was once
g asked how long a
lam mans legs ought to
I'LL be. He unhesitating-
ly replied that they
ought to be long
enough to reach from
his body to the ground.
How far should your alb
stract go?
We think if you are go
ing to look up the condi-
tion of your title at all,
search by all means should
go back to Uncle Sam.
One link short. and you
stand in midair.
The patent is the foun-
dation itself, "the root of
the title" the book says.
Make sure Of your title
from the ground up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24

WANTED.-32o acres near
waShburn or Unk erWood,
and will pay not less than
half cash. It must be q bar.
gain. Write klein's Land
Agency, Washburn, N. Oak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

fend himself, but calmly admitted that
everything he did was faxed.
Have you a medical degree?' he was
asked.
No: that was showman's lie.' was
the reply.
Have you. ever Travelled abroad?" the
judge continued
Il am very Imaginative said Bodie,
with a happy laugh. II may have gone
to China and Japan In my dreams. AS i
matter OF fact that is the only way 1 did
go there. / am an entertainer
You have represented yourself as an
M. D."'
"Of course did. but NJ D. doesn't nee
essarily. mean doctor Of medicine. In
my case it meant Merry Devil but
didn't tell everybody that, of course
And what about your Phi. D. and
B. Sc. p
"Oh, got them from Barrett College
by writing a thesis on some subject or an
other. l never went there. It's little
help sometimes to a Snowman to have a
couple of handles to his name
One Of Bodies pet fakes was to enter
what he called the cage of DEATH" 1t
was an iror cage, which he declared was
so highly charged with electricity that it
protected by his possession Of the mys-
ferrous Bodic force. In court he blandly
admitted that the cage was similar to
dozens of others used in hospitals for
electrical treatment and that 1t Wouldn't
hurt anybody. So successful was he,
however, with his showman's patter that
he never had an attempt to win the $1,000
which he offered to give to any one who
would dare to enter the cage.
No information is available as to the
number OF Bodies pupils and disciples.
The young man who sued him paid S5,ON
to be taught the secrets of medical cleo
tricity and Bodic force, and it took him a
year to make up his mind that Bodie was
a swindler. The courts have ordered
Bodie to return the money. but he can
well afford to do so, for he has been re-
ceiving from 81 500 to $500 week from
the music halls all the year round, and
he has been selling tons of pills and reser-
voirs full of liniment. No doubt he will
continue to do SO. for the English are a
very gullibie people and there are a lot
Of men and women who think that ne
really has cured them. All the courts in
the world couldn't make them believe
otherwise, and they and their friends will
continue to advertise the wonderful medi-
cal skill of the Merry Devil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
ON THE FLAT SHE'LL.
Oysters Opened That Way With {
Purpose, the Waiter Said.

From the New York Sun.
The waiter had taken long time in get
ting the oysters. but as he was well
known to his guest, and his guest to him
that occasioned no comment. When the
oysters were brought the waiter set them
down before his customer and asked:
do you like them better that wayT'
The diner looked. but he didn't notice
any difference. So he asked: What
way?'
"Why. on the fiat SHE'LL" replied the
waiter. Don't you see they aren't on
the curved part of the shell. as usual?'
II see 1t, now that you tell me about
it." said the diner. 'but 1 don't exactly
get the significance"
well you see.' said the waiter, "they
always keep them upstairs on the round
shell and when any one calls for oysters
If they do come on the round shell II
isn't certainty that they have been
opened fresh. Sometimes they aren't
good, just because they have been stand
ing. When I call for them on the fat
shell, as ! do for some Of my customers,
then they have to'open them specially for
that order. In that way you get them
fresh
"Ah ! see" remarked the diner.
But when he told fhe professional cynic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
The Reward Of Poets.
From the New York World.


Stephen Phillips. the English poet and
playwright. has gone into bankruptcy.
His liabilities are $1,000 in excess of his
assets. Mr.. Phillips is the author of the
best. perhaps the only genuine. tragedies
written in the English language for a
generation or more. "Herod," which Is
now being played in New York, seems
to be recognized as having the elevation.
the essential significance. the poetic SIM
plicity and beauty OF real tragedy
Since civilization began the number of
ira gedies produced is few indeed The
value OF these few to the human race Is
very great Without attributing the high
est value to stephen Phillips work rela-
lively to the few great tragedies, yet the
fact that his plays may be included in
the category OF tragedy at all gives them
absolute value Of high order. As such
they contribute immensely to the welfare,
real knowledge and elevated happiness of
mankind. Nevertheless, Stephen Phillips
has gone into bankruptcy. The report is
that Ire is absolutely ignorant of the
value of money. Many men In love with
the best have no idea of the exchange
value of commodities. They have no time
or energy to acquire the wisdom Of the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
SCIENCE OF SHOW WINDOWS.
Difficulties of Question How Often
Display Should Be Changed.

From the New York Sun.
ct should like it, said storekeeper.
'if some psychologist could tell US how
often the display In a show window
ought to be changed. You take, for in
stance the practice of changing a vim
dow daily.
There are many persons who have
to null over a thing in their minds before
they decide. Now, on person such as
that window changed daily might have
no pull at all. He is not caught by the
first sight, but il the thing that had at
tracted him was there in the window the
next time he went by he would stop and
look at 1t. and If It still pleased him he
would think it over some more, and he
would look it over again and perhaps
again. and SO it might grow on him until
he would decide to buy it,
Now, a possible purchaser such as
that would be lost by the window that
was changed daily. But to hold him how
many more customers would have been
lost by continuing the window for days
in one form-by its lack of variety?
IT am told that there are many per-
sons who require time to decide, who
want to look again; but, on the other
hand, are there not as many or more who
can tell at sight whether they want a
hing. and who decide offhand on what
they see? Then there are plenty of PEG
pie who go looking for new things. to see
what they can see-who seek variety.
Take also window display Of beauti-
full and elaborate gowns-a window re-
Quiring great care and labor in the
preparation as we'll as fine art in the
arrangement of the accessories and
the harmoniZing OF the cOlors. To such
a window women flock. 1t builds up and
attracts. 1t creates an atmosphere and
spreads proftably fame. 1t secures and
holds customers.
'Such a window may we'll stand I'M
changed for days. But would this apply
to q little window, in which but a single
gown could be displayed? I don't know.
but ] doubt it; and this leads US to the
general question: Should the display In
any small window of any business be
changed oftener that that in big place?
This, 1t seems to me, should be answered
in the affirmative.
Here, however, is to be considered
something else. Eighty per cent. we will
say. of the people who pass these win
in the town. But they don't all pass on
the same day. Such people might miss
many displays II the window were
changed daily. Within what period Of
time does the greatest percentage OF the
regular passers, to whom the window
would appeal, pass. and. figuring on. this
system, how often would we want to
change the window? Isn't that a ques-
ton?
The art of window dressing is one
thing, the science of window changes
quite another, and 1t seems to me that
this question night be determined by
the application of mathematical psychol-
ogy. l would like to see the mathemati-
cally inclined psychologist who could set
tie 1t come along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
1.-THE Lily"

Announcement has been made by David
Relasco that the week OF December G
Will mark the premiere performance OF
the new David Belasco Company in the
new play entitled The Lily at the Be-
lasco Theater. The Lily Is an adapta-
ton by David Belasco from the French
of Pierre Wolff and CASTOR LerouX's lie
Lys." which as originally presented two
years ago at the Vaudeville Theater ere
ated sensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
Washington Symphony Orchestra.

\ large. audience attended the first con-
cert of the Washington Symphony Or
chestra. under the direction OF Mr.. Rake
mann. at the Columbia Theater. last Fri
day afternoon. The orchestra Is on CO.
operative basis. and includes in its MEM
bership some OF this city's most capable
musicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
"The King of Bigamists."

4. II. Woods sensational melodrama,
The King of Bigamists.' comes to the
Academy for the week beginning Mon
day, November -. There are four acts
and twelve scenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

brist: BEDFORD and Winchester, In bur-
lesque and buffoonery; Chalk Saunders.
crayon artist. and the mot on pictures OF
Life on Il French Battleship' complete
tho hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

about il. the cynic said something about
betting that they kept them standing
"Resides, any one knows they look fat
ter on the fiat shell. which is all the more
reason they'd be likely to serve them to
500 FOLKS that way If they asked for
extra extra large oysters they'd get them on the
f,at she'll. The same oysters on the curved
shell would go as ordinary sized oysters,
remarked the cynic gloomily.