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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
q REMARKABLE RECORD.

During the past fifteen years, since
the Illinois State Fair was permanently
located at Springfield, it has given,
principally to the people of Illinois,
over a million dollars more than it re-
ceived from the State in appTopria-
tions. 1t has handed out in that time
1881 .33217. of which S53S,6S5 went for
premiums For the same period the
legislature gave the State Board of
Agriculture s796 ,3S3.7S, principally fer
permanent buildings. The value of the
present State Fair site is over one
million dollars. including the 100 acres
upon which it f. located. 1t belongs
TO the state as long as the State Fair
is held there.
This IS a -emarkable showing for the
State Board of Agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

the same. a few bottles built up her
health and strength.
- took Pcruna for cold which set
tied in my kidneys, giving me much
pain. In two weeks ! was much better,
ard in a few months was we'll"
For Liver and Kidneys.
Mr.. w. II. Armistcad, Cumberland,
G. H., Va, writes:
your Peruna has cured me Of chronic
catarrh of long standing. ] thank you
so much for your advice. l think il 10
n great medicine. 1t will do all that
Won recommend it to co. BESIDES, / can
recon- mend il to cure all liver and kid
ney troubles"
Chronic Kidney Trouble,
Judge G. j. Park, X. +. ID. /, Buckhead,
Ga, writes:
FOR "A long time I was troubled with
catarrh Of the kidneys, and after taking
Pcruua feel like new man. ! think
il the greatest catarrh medicine Of the
a,.,, and believe it viii cure any case OF
cGtarrh on record"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
Kidneys Affectcd-Back weak.

Mr.. NJ. Frederick, Secretary and
Treasurer Local Union No. 4OG, Inter
national Brotherhood of Transfers,
writes from 49, i. 10th ST., Chicago, Ill,
as follows:
Il have been suffering from a weak
back and kidney trouble for some time,
and lave been able II find relief only
through the Use of Pcruna. .
"During the winter season I usually
keep bottle of your medicine in the
house, and by taking a dose at night /
am feeling fine the next morning.
'.S,cme OF my fricnIs assure me that
Peruna is equally as good for their var
ious ailments a. it is for my complaint;
but ! do know that for kidney trouble
and suffering from a weak back it has
no equal"
Cold Settled I'm Kidneys.
Mr.. Joseph Klee, 2l5 East 4th St,
Topeka, Kas.. writes:
My wife took Pcruna for liver trouhle
And a rundown condition incident to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25


Everybody has heard Of Mark
Twain's caricature of n diary, Got
up. washed and went to bed" and to
some people that fling covers the sum
and substance Of diaries. They don't
keep any. Much. however, may be
Sid for the diary. 1t might some
times come handy to know where you
were and what you were doing on Il
certain day. though there may be a diff
ference Of opinion about the advantage
of such knowledge generally. How
ever. we think any Well intentioned
life can stand a record Of its daily do
inSs. and. whether of value or not.
Fuch Il record becomes increasingly
interesting with advancing years. y
man of our acquaintance, Il young
LAWYER. was asked. IF you don't keep
n diary. how do you know what you
were doing last YEAR," He answered.
Il don't want to know what | was do
in. last year" What this worthy
young lawyer said facetiously may be
felt hy some seriously. There are
lots of days that people would he glad
TO forget. and diaries. of course, make
US remember Here's Il good rule for
young lawyers. facctious and other
wise. and also for all kinds and condi-
lions of men, in Newark and every
where else:
Don't do anything you can't write
up in Il diary.-Newark News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
NEWS OF THE NEIG1BORS

Moline visited at the home of James
Miller last Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Dunlap and Mrs. s.
o. Heath went to Andalusia Tuesday
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Gilpin
Moore.
Mrs Albert Schaum and Mrs. f.
Johnson of Rock Island visited at
the home of F. e. Garnett a few days
last week.
Mrs. Lena Buryneak spent Thurs
day at the home of her brother,
George Westphal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

might rs wcll pay flr them with half
= hatchet still. as il would be pity
10 spoil Il good working implement by
cutting it in tive. the worthy All Sin
inceniously compromised the matter
by making tha hatchets Of the usual
size and shape. but far too slender for
practical usage. BY so doing he in
vented coin. and. what is more. he in
vented IL far earlier than the claimants
to that proud distinction. the Lydians,
whose electrum staters were first
struck in the seventh century b. c.
Cornhill Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
TAYLOR RIDGE

Mrs. Victor Stomer and son, and
Mrs. J. Warner visited at the home
of L. b. Philips Thursday and Fri
day.
Everett Crawford of Davenport
spent a few days with his cousins
MarQuise and Donald Crawford last
week.
y. Ward and family of Geneseo
came to spend Sunday at the home
of Charles Crawford.
Charles Kramer of Rock Island
wife and son, Carl. spent Saturday
and Sunday at Mr.. Kramer's sisters
Mrs. F. +. Garnett and Mrs. AdolpI
Dunlap.
Mir. and Mrs. James McBurney OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
DIARRHOEA CURED
Positive Proof

Il had chronic diarrhoea for sew
eral months. Spent $500 for doctors.
who failed. Wakefeld's Blackberry
Balsam saved my life
II. S. KEEPER.
Seattle, Wash.
81 believe Wakefeld's Blackberry
Balsam is the best bowel medicine on
earth. 1t cured me of dysentery
when nothing else would"
f. NJ. GRAHAM.
Greensboro, Ga.
My husband had a terrible case of
cholera mOrbus. Wakefeld's Black
berry Balsam cured him. He says it
saved his life"
ISABELLA DIEFFENDERFER,
Winter Park, Fla.
81 have used Wakefield's Black
berry Balsam for 40 years. 1t has
cured me of diarrhoea when other
remedies failed. -
J. f. PARKE,
1873 Fifty-fourth street, Chicago.
For a year / had chronic diar-
rhoea. Three doctors failed TO cure
me-. Wakefield's Blackberry BaIsam
made me sound and we'll"
JASPER PHILLIPS,
New Sharon, Ia.
For years | was subject to painful
diarrhoea. l tried many remedies
without relief Wakefeld's Black
berry Balsam cured me-"
r. STACK.
S75G Buffalo avenue, Chicago
Wakc1ield's blackberry BaIsam is
the one reliable remedy for loose
bowel troubles in old AMI young that
does not depend upon dangerous
drugs for it's cures. Doctors and
nurses recommend it because il is
the safest and best. -Y5c or three
bottles for $1.OO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
BUGPR0OF POTATO.

Bay State Preacher. Claims to Have
Bani5hed Pest.
The Rev. Amos y. SouI"rS. Il Unita-
rian minister ut Montague. Mass. re-
Gently stated that he has succeeded III
growing q ''bu.ITouT potato. He said:
The vines of my potatoes have a
peculiar udor which is offensive to
the potato bug. for il never goes near
them | have taken bugs from plants
of the usual type in the next row in
my potato patch and put them in my
new vines. and ia half an hour l can't
find one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

Not a minute should be lost when
a chill shows symptoms OF Group.
Chamberlain Cough Remedy given
as soon as the child becomes hOarse,
or even after the croupy cough ap-
pears, will prevent the attack Sold
by all druggists, .,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
DAVENPORT

Hand in Meat Grinder.-Frank HUI
debrand, 2O15 Bridge avenue, lost four
fingers on his right hand by having
them cut off in a meat grinder at
Knostman Bros. meat market on up
per Harrison street. Mr.. Hildebrand
was about to put a tub full of meat IN
the grinder when he slipped. His
hand became entangled in the grinder.
which is automatically run, and before
assistance could reach him his four
fingers were gone.
Woman Robs Bank.-On a warrant
issued against her by Mrs Hanna
Freese, with whom she boarded,
Louise Brumm was arrested charged
with having stolen 81 from Il small
savings bank. which she is alleged to
have taken from the house. The bank
was brought to the police station, but
there was only one lone cent in it.
The charge of larceny was preferred
against her, and she was later taken
to the house of detention where she
was placed in charge of Matron Hill,
who Will endeavOr to secure a good
place for her to work.
Colored Man Elected; Sues.-Be-
cause he was forcibly elected from
the restaurant owned and operated by
c. Rudenbeck and Belle Rudgubeck At
G29 Harrison street. Harry Gates. col
ored. an employee of the Davenport
hotel, has filed Il suit for $1,000 for
Lain for alleged injuries and humill-
ton claimed to have been admins
tered at the hands of the defendants.
The allegation made by Gates is thlt
on or about Sept 10 he entered the
place of the defendant and asked 10 be
served, but instead he was malicious
ly. wrongfully and insolentlv attacked
without cause, except that he was
cOlored man.
Salvation Army Barracks Not a
Church.-Judge \. p Barker. in
written opinion. rendered his ultima
tum in the Salvation army barracks
contention, and decreed that that bar
racks could not in the full sense OF the
word be deemed a church building
inasmuch as only portion OF the
building occupied by the barracks was
used as n place of worship. ana under
the statutes such a building was not
to be tecmed a church building. In
accordance with this decree Judge
Barker has dismissed the test case of
the state VS.. August KARL ct al. The
case is one which has been under ad-
visement for the past week and has
been watched with interest by hun
dreds of people. BY its decision two
saloons now operating in. the city are
affected, that of August KARL. located
at the corner of Second ana Porry
streets. and that of the Palestine hotel
bar, owned by Joe Calvin
New Store a SWindle.-A man Civ
ing his name as Noah e Sage. who
opened what was supposed to be
wholesale drug store at 2O3 East See
Ond street, is missing and as Il c1nsa-
quence numerous creditors are mourn
ing his departure. Sage came TO Day-
export several months ago and through
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

this week with Mrs. Mary Oliver near
,IOSlin.
Clara Mercer, who has been work
ing in Rock Island the past week, is
again at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

st. Louis connections secured a good
rating with the mercantile agencies
Through this rating he made heavy
purchases of goods from various job
bers and manufacturers over The coun-
try. 1t now transpires that upon re-
ceipt of the purchased goods i'll this
city the address thereon was removed
without the cases and boxes being
opened. They We're then relabalcd
and shipped out of the city again,
mostly TO Chicago. Sage is under,
stood to have secured in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 worth of merchandise
in this manner. He was absent from
the city a large part of the time and
is supposed TO have been at the other
end Of the line to receive the goods
after being reshipped from Davenport
and TO have disposed of them in the
larger cities.
Obituary Record.-Fred Thelemann
died Thursday at his residence. 1891
Farnam street, as the result of a pro
longcd sickness. Mr. Thelemann was
~ years of age. having been born at
LeClaiTe, Iowa. For the past Is years
he has been a resident of Davenport
The funeral was held this afternoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25
MOLINE

Mrs. Edward Maher in Critical Cor
dition.-FTiends of Mrs. Edward Ma
her formerly Miss Mabel Lindahl Of
this city. will be grieved to learn that
she is suffering with tuberculosis and
hopes of her recovery. are very slight.
She is staying with Mr. Makers folks
at Ottawa, living in a tent. She has
now been sick about four months.
Scarcity of Houses.-Several new
families have arrived in the city lately.
as more men are being employed in
the shops and i'll different factories,
and they are obliged to reside a great
distance from their work, ewing to the
fact that it is almost impossible for
them to obtain a house IN which 70
live nearer than Moline and houses
are not by any means plentiful in that
city. A great many men who have
come here to work with the expecta-
tion of sending for their families later.
have found it impossible to do so OF
account of being unable to ind homes
for them.
Peace at the Postoffice.-The dove Cf
peace has taken a permanent roost on
the new pOstoffice building. Two
bricklayers and two stone masOns are
at work, and one of the stone settlers,
over whom the controversy arose, has
been appointed foreman and the other
has been let out. Today the stone is
being set by stone masonS. Union
bricklayeTs are backing up the work
and fine progress is being made. Con
tractor Devault returned from Chicago
with two more b. NJ. |. u. men," and
they were given the entire charge OF
setting the stone. This course is sat
isfactory TO the local union, which
promised not to interfere with con-
struction if Chicago union men were
obtained to lay the stone.
Preacher Loses His Purse.-Rev. A.
J. Carey. pastor of Bethel a. NJ e.
church in Chicago, and one of the
prominent members of the Iowa con
ference in session at St. Pauls church
left a pOcketbook containing $25 N
cash and 1925 in certified checks i'll
the toilet room of the Rock Island d.
pot yesterday. He did not discover
his loss until he had returned TO tho
church. He Immediately rushed TO the
depot. but the pocketbool was gone.
He has notified the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-25

New Store a Swindle-A man Civ
ing his name as Noah e. Sage. who
opened what was supposed TO be q
wholesale drug store at 2O3 East See
ond street, is missing and as 4 c1nsa-
quenCe numerous creditors are mourn
ing his departure. Sage came 10 Day-
export several months ago and through
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04

Finished in Forty-First Place
With a Score of SPAS Points.
Florida Team Improved Two Hundred
and Fifty Points Over Its Last Score
in National Match.

Jacksonville, Fla.--In the national
state match held on the Camp Perry,
Ohio, range, the Florida rife team fin.
ished In forty-sixth place. there being
forty-eight teams participating In the
contest. The total score OF the Flor.
ida boys was 3,246 points. In the
match of 1907, Florida finished I'm
twenty-first place, with score OF
2,996.
While the team improved two hun.
dred and fifty points over it's last
score In a national match. other
teams improved at a greater ratio.
The Florida boys were somewhat un.
fortunate this year, In having three
members OF the team lose twenty
shots on the skirmish run. This was
caused by primers getting into the
magazine OF the rife, with the result
mat the delicate mechanism became
damned, rendering the piece useless
until the cause was removed.
In this manner Colonel Cochran lost
four shots, Captain Yerpers eleven
and Sergeant Crenshaw five. This
was not the extent OF the hard luck.
however, for In shooting from the
one thousand yard range, Sergeant
Kelsey inadvertently placed his sights
at l,l5O yards, and missed the target
five times in succession.
Without these unfortunate mishaps.
Florida would probably have had one
hundred additional points, which
would have placed the team well up
IN the averages. Special gagged RI.
fes, as used by the leading teams.
would have helped the Florida team
materially.
Secretary Of War Dickerson was ON
The range during the shooting OF the
national match, firing the first shot
that opened the contest.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04
TUBERCULOSIS FARM.
To Be Located Near klssimmee -
State Institution.

Kissimmee, Fla.-Should plans now
being worked out prove successful,
Florida will set to the world, within
short time, an example Of equip.
ping and maintaining a full-fedgsd
farm, i'm the very heart OF the pIney
woods OF the peninsula, for the curt
If tuberculosis.
Many are aware OF the fact tina,
down i'm Osceola county, near Kissim-
NEE. a farm OF this character has ex-
listed several years. The farm has
been conducted by DIR. Ennis, who
first established the same with the
intention OF using II for experimental
purposes.
DESTROYS of having the work carried
nut on a greater scale, and possessed
OF a philanthropic nature. Dr. Ennis
has told the state board OF health
that he will deed the property COM
prising the farm TO the state, should
the state In lieu thereof thoroughly
equip the farm and conduct IL In .
manner that will prove beneficial TO
the greatest number of unfortunate
people suffering from the most dread
ed disease.
The proposition has been accepted
by the board OF healti
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

"A straightfrom-the-sh edu-
cational campaign will be inaugurated
in Florida the last week in Septem.
Der and continue until the public
school propaganda, in all its phases,
Is carried into every county of the
state" is a statement made the other
day by Professor G. NJ. Lynch, profes.
sor of secondary education, University
OF Florida. He states that: THE men
who Will take an active part in the
campaign are DR.. A. A. Murphree OF
the state university, DR.. Conrad,
Florida's Women college; State Su.
perintendent w. NJ. Holloway, DR.. Lin.
coin HUXLEY, Stetson university; DR..
Blackman, Rollins college; DR.. Hill
burn, State Methodist college; the
president OF the Baptist college at
Lake City; Governor Gilchrist; coun.
~ superintendent and leading high
school principals" I'VE hope" he
says, Ito arouse an interest among
the people that will lead to a search.
Ing investigation OF the school condi.
tions. We want them to see that
trained teachers are essential: that
apparatus is an inseparable part of
school; that ignorant and incompetent
superintendent and board members
are dangerous TO educational prog
ress: that cooperation on their part
is indispensable, and We wish to call
their attention TO the Importance Of
the high school idea"
Farmers In Jefferson county, In
Waukeenah neighborhood, have found
the raising OF watermelon seed more
profitable than the culture OF cotton
These farmers are getting rich rails
Ing watermelons for their seed for
nurserymen In other states. II has
been found that the watermelon seed
raised In that Florida county IL Su
psTieF 70 any that can be produced
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04
FLORIDA FISHERIES.
Government Report on Industry Il
Very interesting.

/
Jacksonville, Fla.--It will probably
be a matter OF surprise to most Flor
ida people 20 learn TO what extent
the state fisheries have developed
commercially.
The department OF commerce and
labor has just Issued a preliminary re
port Of the fisheries Of Florida for the
year 1908.
No account Is taken In that report
Of the enormous number OF FISH that
arc taken annually In sport, and OF
the number of vessels that devote
their time, I'm the season for hshing
for sport. In conveying sportsmen 10
their favorite grounds of fishing.
Commercially, the industry has
reached proportions in Florida that
entitle II TO rank among the chief
money producing activities of the
state.
There were engaged last year, in
commercial fishing on the shores of
Florida, 9,212 men. or these, Ass
we're independent fishermen, while
1926 were wage earners, or en-
ployes.
Three hundred and twenty seven
vessels, valued at $61S,674, were EN-.
ployed in the industry. while the I'm.
yestment in capital, shore property
and apparatus was valued at $2,123,.
$50.
The total value Of the products for
the year were $3,38S, $50, which shows
that taken as a whole, the Florida
fishing industry was reasonably prof
liable.
The largest item of shipment was
the humble mullet, Of which 24,7l6,.
800 pounds were caught and sold for
$685., 900. Red snapper came next
with $434,06O paid for 7,71S,0O0
'ounds Of catch.
Even catfish contributed $53,57O 10
swell the total returns, 1,4S0,000
pounds being shipped.
There were obtained 1,066, 800 bush.
els of oysters. valued at $296,040; and
sc, 300, alligator hides, valued at $4S,.
230 were sent out OF the state.
These figures will give some idea Of
the immense value the inexhaustible |
fishing grounds OF Florida are to the |
state, and when Il is remembered that |
this Is a comparatively young indus |
try its possibilities as a wealth pro |
Queer will AFFORD field for great con |
sideration and attention.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04
The Road to Success

has many distractions, but none so
desperate as poor health. Success
today demands health, but Electric
Bitters is the greatest health builder
the world has ever known. II compels
perfect action of stomach, liver, kid.
neys, bowels, purifies and enriches
the blood, and tones and invigorates
the whole system. Vigorous body
and keen brain follow their use. You
can't AFFORD to slight Electric Bitters
II weak, rundown or siclkly. Only
soc. Guaranteed by s. w. Rowley.
u
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-04

elsewhere and the business is growing
year by year.
The farmers Of South Florida ought
10 make the biggest sweet potato
crop in It's history this season.
The cattle business Is paying I'M
dustrv I'm Volusia county In the fat.
woods between this high pine ridge
and the coast Is found as high cattle
range as in the state Of Florida. and
upon Il are seen thousands Of fat cat
tie. all owned by Volusia people. The
cattle, too, are In remarkably coed
condition. The raising Of sheep. too
is a paying business, and many hocks
are seen on the range.
There is a business awakening from
one end 10 the other of the great
Florida peninsula, which is partici-
pated in by every city, town and vii
lage. and IL is safe to say that the
result will exceed In benehcence the
brightest hope of its promoters.
One Of Pensacola's citizens intends
to travel In his own autocar from
New York back to Pensacola by way
of Chicago and Cincinnati. He will
ship the car to New York and then
start homeward by the circuitous
route indicated. DR.. Louis dem. Block
err, who proposes to put HIS car 10
this severe test, is a member of the
board of works and will pay consid
cradle attention to the roads en- route.
He will get some valuable knowledge
on the way, beyond doubt.
Tampa's cigar industry keeps ad-
vancing with rapid strides, notwith-
standing the unsatisfactory business
conditions which have prevailed
throughout the country for the past
two years, and from which other sec.
lions are slowly emerging. For the
one week ending August 81, there
were shipped from here 5,6S5;000 CT
gars, an increase of nearly a million
over the shipments of the previous
week. For this year up to August 81,
there have been sent out from that
city, 141, $4,000 cigars, amounting to
an increase of 14,460,000 over the cor
responding period of 1908. These fig
uTes show Tampa to have outstripped
Havana and the entire island of Cuba
nearly one million in cigar shipments
since the first of January, 1909, fig-
ures from the Island showing that
Cuba has shipped 41,70o,O00 cigars
this year.
With the closing of the rainy sea-
son in British Honduras, imports CT
mahogany have been resumed through
Pensacola 10 Louisville and other cit
les, the first cargo arriving on the
Norwegian steamer Nor from Belize,
which brought about one thousand
four hundred large logs from that
port. She is TO be followed by a num-
Der of other vessels, two of which are
now loading at the Honduran port,
and il is reported that shipments dur
ing the month of September will be
heavier than ever before known
There are now but three surviving
general officers of the Confederate
army now living in Florida-Major
Generals s. G. French of Pensacola
and +. NJ. Law of Barlow and Briga-
der General Alfred Iverson of Kis
simmee.