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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

The Argus Daily Short Story
PHOTO sV SUCK. WASH.
Suzette.-By Frank H. Sweet.
Copyrighted. 1903. by Associated Literary Press

submissive TO fate. but now quick
light flashed to her eyes.
IF we could get the paper to Que
bee first, Suzerte." she almost breathed.
"maybe-maybe the land would be
ours. had an uncle who got some
land that way once. Another man
was try to get it. but my uncle reach
the land place first. and the land have
been his ever since. and now no man
can take it except they pay him mon
ey and be is willing. lift we could
get our land like that"
SuZette drew a paper from her bos-
ON. and the two women bent over 1t
eagerly, almost reverently, for to both
il was alike unintPlligible.
Did you hear the man say when he
take his paper to the land place.
SuZette?"
Not till next week They were stand
near the cabin. and l could not help
TO hear. They will fish this week and
hunt. and rue next week when they
start home they will go to Quebec.
TOO. and steal our land"
IF they can" the submissive face
growing yet frmer with its new pur-
pose. But we try TO do like my uncle
did first. only" With note of appre-
hension in her voice. these people
know things. and they have been to
Quebec. The man who try to steal my
uncle's land was only a tramp seller
of pins, with slow wits, and it was a
race of legs. This may not be so easy,
but we will try. You hurry to the
traps and find your father, Suzette
and tell him to come quick. he must
start with the sunset, for it will be
long, hard journey, and he will have 10
go on foot. When they so it will be
with fast horses. But there is the
weeks start Hurry, SuZette"
But the girl only drew herself up.
shaking her head
Not father" she said. he would
never get to Quebec. lie would run
at first, meaning 10 do everything. but
when he found water or a sign of
game he would stop to fish or hunt
and forget everything. No. no. not
mon pere. Now. there is way we
must not risk. | will go myself"
You. Suzette" increduously. You
cannot. child. 1t is three days jour
ney, and you have never been a day
from home"
only two days by water. mother,
land | shall! go that way. 1t will be n
Straight course. and / cannot get lost.
| will take my so shiilings and some
bread"
Ten minutes later the keeper of the
boathouse at the head OF the falls saw
her running down the slope. SuZette
never walked when she conid run. AS
she approached the man rose to his
feet. There we're few visitors at this
hour.
"Oh. m'sieu." she called merTily as
she stepped on the platform and slip
ped past him to the riverside. where
the boats were Kept. may 1 take one
of the-er-shells TO go over the falls?
You know you said l could use them
any time when not engaged"
Certainly. Miss Suzette." the man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

Il say they come here and drive
away our gamer' cried Suzette. stamp
ing her pretty foot. "Oui. | say it bold,
ly. Do we not have to search the
wood all day now for a deer or tur-
key when both used TO come to our
very door? And they have angle and
seine and troll and spear till there be
no feesh any more. DO not tell me
they have come to civiliZe, to open up
the country and to bring prosperity.
Bah. Have not we been happy here
all by ourselves on our little slope
overlooking the river. and does not our
grandmother say she was happy here
when a little girl. and did not her
mother and her grandmother live here,
too. and be happy in their time? What
more is there? Have we not had pros
per-i-ty? And what do we care for
more civilize. more open up? 1t is not
good for US. Seer scornfully and
sweeping her arm toward a building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

SHE SHOT OVER AND DOWN THE FALLS.
whose many open, mouth-lil;e piazzas
grinned affably at them through the
trees. ",Tlat is their civiize. TO dance
and be amuse. and they have put up
IA clubhouse on the bank, at the
very top of our own beautiful falls.
where they have canvas shells-tG
shoot the falls. and that be amuse too
And that is not all-noD. They
Child, child" demonstrated her moth
er, do not go on so. They mean
well and want to be friendly. And.
anyway, nothing we can do will
change
THAT is not all" repeated Suzette.
'@This morning some of them come on
our own land with things TO measure
around our own cabin. and l did hear
one of them say the slope would soon
be theirs and that it would be a beau
ti-ful spot for a bun ga-low. Think.
mother. The land has been ours since
the time of my t-grandfather. with
nobody but ourselves here, and all the
game and fish for us alone. and now
they come here and walk across the
land and make some figures. and all
they have to do is to send the figures
away aud the land will be theirs for
ever and through all time: That is
what hear the man say. Bah! What
kind of civilize do you cali 1t. this
open up? 1t is not we who have live
here. God did not make two lands for
one man."
''H'sh. Suzette" anxiously. They
may hear you and drive MS away when
they own the land We are nothing
but squatters. they shy"
I'VE have lived here. apd they have
not" flashed Suzette. And what are
the figures but marks that any school
boy can make. ! look at them and
know. The first paper the man they
call surveyor make he lay down. and
the wind blow II toward me. Then ne
make another. And when they go 1
pick it up. ! have it now. and it is
nothing but some figures and some let
ters."
Her mother was usually calm and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
The Good Old Way.

It may be that the doctor
Can soonEr turn the trick
And with his modern powders
At once relieve the sick.
But ] would much prefer II
When giving pains the chase
To have some ancient auntie
Come fooling round the case.
She may not with her lotions.
Her herbs and catnip tea
Be very long on science.
But she looks good 10 me.
The sympathetic fussing
Some magic can supply
That does not quite accompany
The doctors chilly eye.
or course for special cases.
Like breaking OF a limb
Or having an appendix
That one with skill must trim,
The doctor comes in handy.
For milder cases. though.
I'd rather call in grandma
And let her have a show.
Too much like mathematics
1 find the Doctors line
Two drops OF this at mealtimS
And three OF that at nine.
I'd rather hsye a woman
Around my bed TO Groom
And cOddle me and tuck me
And not get well so soon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Aeeordina 70 His opportunitr.

care you acquainted with the bril-
liant and beautiful Mrs. Sidestep?"
asked the perfect stranger OF an unob-
trusiye little man as that queeuty wO-
mar dashed through the room.
slightly" admitted the little man.
"You ought TO know her better"
81 had hoped to once"
''Never had the oppOrtunityT
81 am afraid not"
"Why not:"
"Well, you see. married her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
People Know 1t Is Good

else they wouldn't use, as they do,
100000 bottles every year of Perry
Davis Painkiller. 1t will cure
sprains, strains, colds, cramps. Take
bottle nome today and have it
ready for an emergency-35 (the
new size) or soc q bottle. Iell your
druggist you want Perry Davis
PainkiIler. the remedy which has
been Tested for 20 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
WaMa.

Do you know what it means? If you
would like to know, write to W. S.
Cookson, A. G. p. A, Grand Trunk
Railway System, 135 Adams street,
Chicago, who will send you a beauti-
fully illustrated booklet, which tells and
at the same time describes the new
no .el which bears the name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

'Do you know why women buy
Newspapers
perhaps because boys have them to
sell"
NAV. nor to read either"
"Well, why do they buy them"
ITO see II that little private matter
that they know all about has got into
them yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
If you are suffering from bilious

If you are suffering from bilious
ness. constF alton, Indigestion. chronic
headache, invest one cent in posia
card. sent to Chamberlain Medicine
Co. Des Moines. Iowa. with your name
and address plainly on the back. ana
they will forward you a free sample,
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

Twenty billion dollars could be
saved in this country, or human life
prolonged two years on the average,
IF the house fly were exterminated.
Let some one speak to that man of
action, Philander Chase Knox.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

A Canadian soldier has claimed
l130 acres of land or ice at the
north pole. The ice trust will be
sorry it did not see those acres of
ice first
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

DR.. Horace Fletcher says that in
five years it will not be considered
respectable to be sick. Possession Of
Isuch optimism surely is worth the
trouble of chewing carefully.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

"That man ought TO be extraordinary
~ fond of himself"
Ought he:"
HE certainly ought"
"Whyf"
"Out Of sheer gratitude"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Humor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THE smile that won't come on does
not justify its name the morning
after election when worn by the De
feated candidate.
1t isn't pleasant 70 meet the man
with. the backbone when he is In oppo-
sition TO your own interests.
Some people have way Of being
conspicuous by being persistently in
conspicuous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

In turning to look at two pretty
girls man out in Evansville, Ind,
nearly broke his neck. How flattered
the young women must have felt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

His majesty, King Gustaf of Swe-
den. is working in the disguise of a
stevedore, but his salary as king goes
right along
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

Something should be done to mine
bosses who haul up coal and leave
miners down below to die, if this hor-
lrible story is true.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

Chicago is moving toward the sub
way, but the city would be nightly
EN- EMBARRASSED if a snail were to chal-
Elenge 1t for a race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Minunderstood.

"T used not TO be like this, Miss
Ethel"
Didn't you. Mr.. Ereakish?''
"No. | assure you. Miss Ethel"
"Dear me. How you surprise me. I
didn't dream that it was possible TO be
worse"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Wednesday, December is, 1909.

Send Santa Claus to the home of
every poor child in Rock Island It
can be done. Will you help see that it
is done?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Himself, of Course.

Every married man knows one per.
scr who thinks he Is good husband"
HAS some one nicely fooled. hasn't
heY"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Prrsence Of Mind.

Does your wife ever throw dishes
at you?" .
"Oh. no.
You are a lucky man"
"She just throws hatirons. They
won't break"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
The Reason.

ct can't bear to borrow money"
"Constituti0nally opposed 10 II, ehT
"Oh. not at ALL
"yVhy do you dislike IL so. then?"
cit so closely approximates to the
impossible'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
Almost.

"Nfa. IS pa a hero?
NO"
"Why not?"
We'll. be never done nothing but
support his family"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

The really mel
ancholy days are
those when your
digestion is out
OF tune and your
liver gets of the
key.
L b e speciality
Of many Of the
rising generation
consists In not
rising.
One half OF the
world oftentimes
knows how the
other half lives.
but I'm that case
1t cans see why.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15

There are people so very fond OF
themselves that they can't by any
chance ever be lonesome.
Not being clever is often the clever
est play that a really clever person
makes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-15
THE ARGUS.

~ THE j. w. POTTER co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13
Obituary.

On October 9Th. 1909. Mr.. Johann
Adam Doerfler Of Soldier township
suddenly died in Muscatine county,
Iowa, where he had gone to visit his
sisters. he had the, misfortune one
evening to fall of the stairway in the
dark and received Internal injuries.
severe enough to cause his death.
Johann Adam Doerfler was born on
November 8. 1885. in Baireuth. in the
kingdom Of Bavaria. At the age Of
fifteen he came to i Musca.ine county,
lowa,. from the old coAntry. 10 1868
he was united in marriage to Miss
Augusta Stegemsn. In 1883 he came
to this county to Soldier township,
where through hard labor he came in
to the possession Of several sections
Of land.
Besides his bereaved widow he leaves
six children. John. George, Frank,
Willie. Annie and Lizzie and two
grandchildren in this county and three
sisters. Mrs. Huebner, Mrs. Hunt and
Mrs. Will in Muscatine county. Iowa,
to mourn over his sudden death. Two
nieces Of the deceased were present a,
the funeral, the Misses Maggie
Hirorhmann and Lydia Huebner Of
Muscatine county. Deceased wal
nearly "a years old when he died.
Funeral services were held at the
home place in Soldier township OF
Sunday, October 10, and were conduct
ed by Rev. Hansen. The remain,
were laid at rest in St. Paul's GENE
terry near Charter Oak.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

Of the past year was reported and was
considered most satisfactory. The
same board which has 30 successfully
managed the company's affairs the
past year was reelected with the ad-
dition of Fred Brucker who was
elected director to fill vacancy.
The Klron State Bank held their
annual meeting on Tuesday last week
at which the old board was re-elect.
ed to serve and manage the affairs
of this growing institution for the
coming year. They will soon be at
home to their many customers in
their new building. This institution
has done y large and satisfactory
business the past year and in its
sound and safe business methods is
increasing it's value of business stead
lily.
The special two weeks series of
meetings at the Baptist church by
Rev. j. A. Freeman closed on Monday
evening. A large number were in
tendance at each meeting. The song
service by Freeman and his daue liter.
Esther. was very good and made an
impression that will not be forgotten
very soon. The quiet and convincing
delivery of the gospel truths went
home to his listeners and appealed to
them in such way that many made
new resolutions to live up to their
profession better in the future than
they had in the past. Quite q num-
Der were prayed with ana pro-
fessed conversion. These meetings
have borne fruit and will continue to
do so in the future. They left
Wednesday morning fer Topeka. Kan
sas. where they go to hold two
weeks meeting. Quite q number
were at the depot to see them off and
bid them goodbye.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Monday, October 4th.

p s@OeeSAesyt OSSOOS4 Htus
Anna Bufinton to G. H. Bakers
60 # Of lot II, blk 10. and s 20 IT of
lot 10. Manila, IOWA. Con. 50. 900.
Tuesday, October 5th.
Lewis Schultz to X. e. Cavett-- lots
3 and a, blk lag. city OF ,Denison,
Iowa. Con. $1,000.
Wednesday. October 9Th.
William Houston to E. p. O'Meara
--sw4 sci and 81 sw4 sec SO, Paradise
twp and nj nw4 sec 4. Union twp.
Con. SIT. 600.
Dow City Improvement Co. to G.
b. huntington-lots is and II, blk S,
Dow City. Iowa. Con. $1,000
Emil ]. Wangler to A. F. and EN-
ma s. WanRler lot 8. blk Is, West
ern Town Lot Co.'s let add, Kiron.
lows. Con. 81. 600.
Henry A. Boysen to Gustav John
lots 8 and 4. blk 30. Schleswig, Iowa.
Con. $500.
Thursday. October 7th.
Matilda Lundgreu to Ablin Carlson
-nw3 of lots II and IL. blk 81, Deni-
son. Iowa. Con. 81.
Friday. October 9Th.
Wilhelm Nebaum to Amanda Hen
kel-lots 9 and 10. blk IA, Charter
Oak. Iowa. Con. 81. 600.
Amanda Henkel to J. w. Eyer
lots 9 and 10. bl kl4. Charter Oak /.
Con. 81, 600.
j. w. Eyer. to L. H. Borcherdt-
lots "F." &C." 81. "K," subd
Of out lot "B" in the town of Berne,
Iowa. Con. 1000
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

On October 4th Mrs. Anna Hansen
died with pneumonia in her home at
Schleswig after an illness OF % yeare.
Anna Jessen was born on February
18th. 1843, at Immingstedt. province
of Srhlewsig. Holstein. Germany.
In 1867 she came to Jacks county.
Iowa, from her fatherland. In 1868
at Sabula she was united in marriage
to Mr.. Claus Hansen with whom she
moved to Crawford county in 1878.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13
Another Talk on Auctions.

Charter Oak Times: When you
order sale bills. order enough. They
do not cost much after the run i.
started, and they are worth big
money to you. The man with a
hundred sale bills stands around the
corner like blind man selling shoe
strings and watches for some man who
looks good to him. The fellow may
have let dozen good bidders go past
him unnoticed while he waits to hand
IA bill to some worthless gillhooly who
could not buy bar of soap and pay
for it. You cannot tell by the looks
of frog how far he will jump. and
the only way you can reach the best
jumper is to talk to all of them. You
cannot do this with a few bills.
In any piece of printing there is a
large cost attached to the first one.
After that they come cheap, SO there
is no kind of sense in man paving
five or six or seven dollars for hum
dred bills and then refusing to take
any more because they cost him fifty
or seventy-five cents hundred. Five
to eight hundred bills can be bought
with double the money that the first
hundred COSTS. aud there is no danger
of your spreading tho many.
Don't be stingy; it does not pay.
A big bill costs more money but it
gives better impression, and the i'm
preston gets you more and better.
bids. until you have received many
times the cost of the bills. Then,
all the difference in cost is in the first
cost of bills. 1t takes no more work
to hand them out or to nail them up.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

nR. J. w. FULLER, Scientific opti-
- clan, 2O8 North Main ST.. Los Ange-
les, CAL, writes:
ST was troubled with catarrh Of the,
head for many years. It affected my
sense Of smell, hearing and sight.
s"1 spent lots Of money with doctors
and the use Of local applications to re-
lieve me, but to NO purpose until my
attention was called to the wonderful
effects 1T Peruna.
~ must say that met with mostsur-
prising and satisfactory results. Peru
ma took hold Of the complaint and drove
It entirely out OF my system.
"Although we'll along toward the
allotted span of mans life, am as
pleased as q child over the results, and
feel like young man again."
Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

She was the mother OF fifteen chill
drsn. Of whom thirteen died ia in
fancy. In 1890 she lost her husband
by sudden death. She then moved
to Schleswig. Besides her two chill
dren Henry and Botilda, che leaves
one brother in Montana and two broth
ers in the old country to mourn over
her death. Deceased was &c years an
6 months old at the time Of her death.
Funeral services were held in Church
of Peace at Schleswig on October 7th
at 2:SO p. m. conducted by Rev. Han
sen. The remains then were laid at
rest in Morgan cemetery.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13
WEST SIDE ITEMS.

John c. Suhr was business caller
here Thureday.
John Baak met with serious acci-
dent Thursday. He was helping load
potatoes in . car and in getting out
of the car he fell, breaking his leg.
just above the ankle. Upon examine
tiun the doctors found the break was
30 bad that the bone could not be act
and on Friday morning the leg was
mputated. Mr.. Baak is past seven.
ty-one but he stood the operation
nicely and is now on the road to re-.
covery.
Miss Katie Kracht was an Omaha
visitor Wednesday. sc
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. August Voss
on Wednesday. October 9Th, twin
daughters. fsfqs
While playing pullaway at school
last Thursday. Walter Schoessler had
the misfortune Of breaking his collar
bone.
Miss Lillian Spottswood is taking
her vacation from the Post Office this
week. She left on Saturday morning
for q visit with relatives at Daven-
port. Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Gary returned
Monday evening from Denver and
Rifle COL. where they have been Wis
iting their daughter. Mrs. Emmett and
Mrs. McLearn.
Mr.. P. Sargisson and two daagh
ters were over Sunday visitors at the
home of G. W. Payne.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

1900 acres best pea and wheat land
in the valley. level as q floor, no sage
brush to clean OF. most all fenced,
good water rights to cover all Of it,
close into Antonito. Col. Cheap at
this time. which will double in 2 to 8
years, write for booklet. The Menke
& Carroll Realty Co.. Antonito, Colo
RADIO. 19tf
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

time. She went with party in an
automobile to Cottonwood Lake for an
all day hunt and fishing excursion.
They took breakfast, dinner and sup
per with them and although they did
not get very much game. they had q
whole lot Of fun. They took back to
town with them few pickerel and
some ducks. She says no more Iowa
for her.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13
K1RoN ITEMS

p. A. Peterson and C. j. Tellgren
went to Omaha Wednesday morning
to purchase new supplies needed in
their business aud found time to take
in the Ak. Sar- Ben festivities.
Miss Olive Nelson and Mrs. A.
johnson Of Boone is visiting their
mother, Mrs. Nelson, this week It
the home Of their aunt. Mrs. N. Berg
gren.
The Kiron Telephone Co. has ex-
tended their line south and added
several miles to the same during the
past week. By its extension the fol-
lowing parties will now answer hello
to their ring: F. L. and Oscar John
son. Alfred Clauson, Ed. Anderson,
Gust Scburke, Mrs. F. P. Nixon. John
Bjork, Fred Kruger, Chris Hanson,
Nels Miller, Carl Ludwig, Frank and
Andrew Larson.
B. A. Samuelson, the noted Red
Duroc hog man. shipped seven fine
male pigs to farmers near Soldier last
Wednesday.
N. P. Swanson sold his fine we'll
improved $40 acre farm near Neville.
Iowa. last Tuesday to Everett War.
rem at the price of $685. SO per acre.
This IS among one of the hest farms
in Woodbury. county and is greatly
! improved and at the price paid it is
considered bargain. We understand
that Mr.. Warren moves onto same in
the spring.
. Selma and Walter Carlson spent
4 the past week at Aurora. Neb., Wis
iting at the home of their father, G..
G. Carlson.
Harry Nord returned Saturday eft
ernoon from shurt stay at Sioux
City
I A. F. Johnson autoed down from
Akron to Kiron last Wednesday. Or
his return Thursday he was accom-.
panied by Nels Tayler of Boyer and
Ye Scribe. The trip across the coun
try was made in eight hours.
/ o. M. Meleen is remndeling hi
house north of town. Quite lot o.
improvements have been made this fal
among which is the large barns bull
on the John Ogren farm north of towr
by Chas. Shultz and John Peterson.
We have for sale one of the nices,
residences in Kiron. Large room,
house with city water in same
Choicely located. To be sold at most
reasonable price. Call on Clausor
Bros. All
Two new residences are being erect
led in Kiron and which are expected tt
be ready for occupancy this fall. C.
E. Engberg is erecting two story
residence on the adjoining lot to the
property he recently suld,. The size
Of his new home will be 26x34. Mrs.
c. J. Larson is having cottage built
lin the east part. of town which sooD
will be her home.
o. E. Clauson was passenger fur
Denison Monday on business bent:
The annual meeting of the Kiron
Mutual Telephone Co. was held at
Kjfon last Thursday. The business