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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

WANTED Manufacturers - Enor-
NOES hydrc-electrlc power practic
ally free; other inducements: on two
great railways, St Croix- mississippi
river route. and near st. Paul. Mime
apolis and pu!1th; raw materials
convenient and cheap; illustrated
booklet and full information. Write
St Croix Falls Improvement Associa-
ton, ST. C-otx Fails. Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

ABSTRACTS of title prepared or con-
tiuued to date covering any real es-
tate in the county. Prompt and aC-
curate service at reasonable rates
Rock Island Title & Abstract Com
pany; J. J. Ingram, president; w. ].
sweeney, secretary; 200-2O3, second
floor. Peoples National bank build
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
City Property and
f arms for
Sale

12O-acre Rock Island county farm.
fair buildings. good land; $65 per acre.
S2dcre Rock Island county farm.
good buildings; Will take $500 in
trade; $50 per acre
s5-acre farm; tair buildings; Will take
$1,000 in trade, $40 per acre.
47-acre Whitesiuc county farm: a bar
gain; all level land. SI25 per acre.
Z4O-acre farm. uc@= .aIlToad town,
Scott county. Iowa. 500 per acre.
ESQ acres, two miles from railroad
town. and quite near Davenport. win
take $4,000 worth or income property
on this farm; SI25 per acre.
1lO-acre farm, all level, near Milan.
$50 per acre.
IZO-acre farm, all level. near Rock
Island; Sl25 per acre.
Good s-roOm house on goth street:
to close quickly, $1,000.
All modern Broom house on Sth ave-
nue.; $4,000.
Five-room cottage; lot 6Ox15O. $1,000.
Two ali modern 7-room houses close
in, $500 each.
Biggest list Of vacant lots in this
city from $3.50 up. We loan money and
write fire Insurance. II you are desiF-
Gus of trading something you don't
want for something sou do want. come
to US. We handle trades in any state
in the union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
LOST AND EoUNrs.

LOST-A r. L II. s 'O5 class pin; re-
turn to The Argus office or to zoos
Eighth and-a-half avenue for reward.
LOST-From the fancy goods depart
ment at McCabe's, an eight-inch
square of linen with small net bow
knot inserted in same and a spray of
blue fOrget-me-nots worked in it.
Return to the fancy goods depart
ment at McCabes for reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
HORSES PASTURED.


HORSES WINTERED-By E. Bargon,
r. r. No. 2. Locust road. city limits,
Davenport, Iowa. opposite mile track;
box stalls, paddOCks. board fences
best of care. Reference. J. r. Kim
bail. $50 Nineteenth street, Rock Is
land. III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
INSURANCE.

PLEASANT f. COX-ReaI estate and
insurance. Loans a specially Best
fire companies represented. Your pat
ronaSe solicited Phones west 20, and
new 5172. Office at court house.
BENEFITS Insurance Agency - Fire
life, accident. health and plate glass:
real estate and loans. Second floor
Safety building. ONCE phone west
$50. Residence phone 736-K. Open
Wednesday and Saturday nights
WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors'. ad
ministrators, guardians, trustees or
any kind of judicial bonds; lodges and,
society officers; city, state or u s.
government officials; contractors, DO
sitions of trust; in fact, any kind of
bond you want Except bail bonds)
Terms reasonable. Hayes & CIeave-
land, resident managers, Fidelity &,
Deposit Company of Maryland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
EXPRESS AND STORAGE.

STORAGE = On first moor,
also manufacturer of awnings. tents
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent b
opposite the court house. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
MONEY. MoNNY. MoNY. MONEYS

MONEY. MONNY- MONY, MONEYS =
To rent or loan on household goods
pianos, diamonds and jewelry, horses
cattle, high grade guns. cash regis
ter. or any other personal property,
and small loans on houses and lots
all in weekly or monthly payments.
Call anybody up you can think OF
for their rates. then call up west III,
the New Cut Rate Loan Company, and
compare them. Satisfy yourself. Listen,
absolutely we do not want your bust
ness unless we can save you money.
1sO1i5 Second avenue, Rock Island.
Managed by J. w. Jones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR SALE-Two fine lots on Twenty
eighth street between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth avenues, at a bar
gain; cash buyer only need inquire.
Apply Charles Ulemeyer, 534 Six
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Il. J. TOHER & CO.-Brokers, Daven-
port Stocks. grains, provisions, cot
ton. Private wires to New York and
ephone 407.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished front
rooms for light Housekeeping, on first
floor; also three rooms for light
housekeeping on second floor; en-
tirely modern; at SIS Twenty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
CLAIRVOYANT.
N~-~~~~~~~~~-~O~~~~~"-0-@~
The worlds Greatest
CIairVOyant and Life
Reader,
PROF.. kHLRON
ALL REAOINS AT HALF PRICE
Supreme, Convincing Proof.
Swedish Olive Building,
Fifth Avenue, Moline.

Without having any previous knowl-
edge or means of knowing who you are,
or from whence you Came-tells what
worry, trouble or anxiety perpleXes you,
describing your circumstances in detail,
telling you whom and when you will
marry, whether husband, wife or sweet
heart is sincere or simply foOling you.
He will tell you how to overcome your
rivals. win the love of the one you most
desire, and marry the one OF your
choice, even though miles away. Pro-
teSsor khlron never fails 10 reunite
the separated. remove evil Influences,
telling YOU how to gain success in love,
business, get promoted, etc; telling ev-
cry fact about friends, enemies. old es-
tates. lost or absent relatives. giving
you descriptions, names, dates. facts
and figures; unites lovers. develops me-
diumS. teaches the secret Of personal
magnetism Business strictly private
and confidential. Phone for appoint
neat East 746. Centrally located Of
fees Swedish Olive building, Moline.
Readings, 25C and soc.
FREE-Your future can be told as well
rs the past. Mysterious Raymond has
helped thousands. why not you? He
is known everywhere "a the Mystic
Worker. Send three 2-cent stamps
and birth date. He viii astonish you.
Professor Raymond, S07 Bryan, Pc
oria, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-To a gentleman. an extra
wen furnished front room, with hot
and cold water, laVatOry in room, in
strictly modern home; residence dis
trict, one block from car line; 93S
Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room in
private family. Inquire 907 Fifteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 3O7 Third street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
FOR RENT-RooMA

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room at
736 Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-In Robinson building, well
lighted offices; all conVenienceS, in
Guiding elevator service, roomy vaults,
etc; one choice suite with large pri-
vate vault. Apply room 100. +. X.
RhoadS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Two large rooms for light
housekeeping. Inquire 532h Twe1fth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 1875 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished front
room in modern home at $50 Twenty
third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnished room. with all
modern conveniences. at 1880 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
MAS SAGE.
FLORISTS.

HENRY GAETHJE = Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store. 1907
Second avenue. Telephone lilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT'-Newly and nicely furnish
ed rooms, also nicely furnished rooms
for light housekeeping, at 1903 Sec
Ond avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnished room. with all
modern conveniences, at 1880 FIJI
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

WE MAKE a SPECIALITY of IoanInE
money on household goods, horses
wagons, etc. without removal and
in a quiet way. Call on US for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan Company, room
4O3 Best building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

MONEY LOANED to salaried people and
others, without security; easy pay
ments, no publicity. Cali and get our
terms and methods of doing business
Office hours, a. u. to s p. IN. TeIe-
phone north 2411. Victor Finance
Company, room &c, McManus build
ing, Second and Main streets, Daven-
port
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT - Large furnished front
room at 2709 Seventh aveRue; mod
ern conveniences; railroad man pre-
ferred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished rooms on
first floor. Apply 515 Twenty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished rooms
for gentlemen; use of phone. Wilson
homestead, 1925 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnishe rooms for light
housekeeping; furnace heat; entirely
modern; gas in laundry; at 271S Fifth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

WANTED - At once; Santa Claus is
coming. but why not see me before buy
ing2 Heads. beautiful. natural inn
ported wigs. restringing and repair
ing done; dressing if desired. The
Doll Hospital, sos Twenty-first street
city. Long View car east to the door
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT Modern furnished room
suitable for one or two gentlemen al
2715 Fifth-and- half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

wANTED-Men; age Is to 35; for fire.
men, 500 monthly, and brakemen
$50. on railroads in Rock Island vi
cinity; experience unnecessary; no
strike; promotion to engineers, con-
ductors. Railroad Employing Head
quarters-over 500 men sent to posi-
Railway Association, Dept. 301; 227
Monroe street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-National cash register, or
will sell cheap on payments; registers
from l cent to $40. Cut Rate Loan
Company, 1901 Il Second avenue, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; all conveniences; al
1879 II Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT - Modern furnished room
in private home suitable for one or
two. Apply at 2212 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR SALE-Cheap IL taken at once. an
eight-room house, all modern; party
leaving city. Apply 1914 Twenty
fourth and-a-half street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-Two furnished front rooms
with gas and bath; use of phone,
west 1897. Call at 1890 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT - Modern furnished sleep
ing room; rent reasonable; at 1904
Firth and -a-half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR SALE-Business lot; best location
in city. Address Owner" care Ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front
room, strictly modern. suitable for one
or two gentlemen, with or without
board. Apply 1880 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR RENT-Vacuum cleaner at 1882
Eighth and half avenue. Old phone
765-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
wANTED-aIALE HELP.

WANTED = A porter, at 1900 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
MONEY TO LOAN.

--~~~-~-~~~~~~-~>~~->~--~>
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE security at
lowest rates Lu6olph & Reynolds,
lawyers Best block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR SALE-Eight-room house, corner
Twentieth street and Tenth ave
nue.; easy terms. Inquire at resi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

WANTED-A teamster to remove ashes
from cellar. Apply Mosenfelder &
Sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15

FOR SALE-At a bargain, a store with
fiat above, located at 2736 Fifth ave-
nue.. Inquire E. Thonn, e10 Twenty
eighth street, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
FOR RENT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torneys- at-law. Office In Rock Island
National bank building.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-13
The New Branch Store Transformed
Into Factory Where the Entire
Process of Shoe Making
Is Presented.
conVincingy Demonstrated That the Shoes
Which Berberieh's Sell Represent the
Perfection of the Industry.

Tap tap tap the hammer of the obber upon the leather shoe
1t slow and tedious when the cober drove the
by hand and each stitch painfully and slowly
only make shoes until machinery Then
marvellous change Shoes made for millions of people the
twinking of eve.
The cobb has always been picturesque figure literature and
Hans Sachs of Wagners great musical creations cob
bier To-day the cober has almost disappeared Science and
driven him of business where civilization
backward there is of field for the who makes shoes
In China and Japan where the noted for their tiny the
shoes the dane creations which be imagined and Of
them pretty pictures In the Orient the slipper also
work of while down the South Sea Islands the natives
themselves with sandals strapped upon their bare feet In England and
France the designing and making shoes have reached high
development but after ALL the United States that the manufac
Of shoes has reached the eliminating point this country
that the ingenious machinery has been invented and where the
brain Of has solved the problem OF producing the best shoe for the
lowest possible price Here economical manufacture combined with
shapes and Sizes that shoes made fit any form Of foot
When the mountain would go Mahomet Mahomet
the The people of Washington 90
great shoe manufacturing towns, where with
chnery and where the entire population many the
shoemaers therefore section Of the great industry has been brought
Washington through the enterprise of the wenown firm Of Robert
Bbec Sons and operation the 813 Pennsylvania
Avenue Branch The exhibition widespread attention.
thousands upon thousands of spectators hourly owdn
the capacous store.
1t great stroke of enterprise the part of this firm
this machinery 1t is the machinery hall Of the Worlds Exposition
small scale 1t object lesson which illustrates the wonderful fer
ly of American brains chapter conservation
the importance of saving and material 1t whole volume
commercial life because shows how the leather be
formed into finished product ready for the market
The Washington herald., 1910-09-13
MODERN MACHINERY
REVOLUTIONIZED TRADE
For Twenty Years There Has Been
Stendy Increase

For Twenty Years There Has Been
Stendy Increase.
In the year 1890 there had been per-
fected not only the machines which Mr..
Mckay and Mr. Goodyear had been in
strumental in building. but other invent
ors had introduced similar machines for
doing similar work, This brought about
the most acute business competition. and
finally resulted in many instances in
which one machine manufacturer alleg-
Ing that the machine OF his rival in
fringed his patent rights, would immedi-
ately begin suit. and the fercest kind Of
litigation was established. This had A
most disastrous effect upon shoe manu-
facturers, for in many cases the manu-
facturer Of shoes was made TO bear the
erunt of the blows which contending shoe
machinery manufacturers aimed at each
other
Machines In use in factories were stop
ped by means OF injunctions. damage
suits were entered, and litigation was
very general, a condition that gnawed
at the very vitals OF the shoe industry,
and which was relieved only through the
formation Of the United Shoe Machinery
Company, in 1899
Conceived as it was at a time when
the hand OF every man interested in the
manufacture and sale Of shoe machinery
seemed to be raised again his competi-
tors, the United Shoe Machinery Com
pany brought together by purchase all
the important concerns making this class
Of machinery. No story Of shoes or shoe
making would be complete without some
mention of this remarkable organization.
With its formation there came a cessa-
ton Of the almost constant litigation and
intense bitterness It engendered, and the
energies of those who had been throwing
in the way Of their competitors every i'm
pediment that could retard their success.
thus affecting adversely the entire trade,
joined under one harmonious manage
ment in the endeavor to reach the goal
which each had in mind, and which could
be attained only through the highest de-
velopment Of the industry as a whole.
The editor Of one of the largest and
Oldest boot and shoe trade papers
said recently. in commenting on the
N'4oH5eS III tue ShOe manufacturing IN
dustry:
I suppose that every corporation
with sufficient capital and power to
accomplish any great undertaking will
always be the object OF a certain
amount Of suspicion and abuse from
those who are pessiFiiStically inclined,
and the United Shoe Machinery Company
was certainly no exception TO this rule;
for in its earlier days few companies
have been more grossly maligned OF so
unreasOnably assailed. Anyone. how
ever. who reviews impartially the
record Of happenings that Immediately
preceded the formation Of this company
and those which have transpired in the
succeeding years. cannot be otherwise
than surprised at the wonderful change
The Washington herald., 1910-09-13

Buckinshamshire, who settled in Lynn
in 1886.
Kertland was the pioneer shoemaker or
that city. and for years he successfully
worked at his craft. teaching others his
methods and ways. so that fifteen years
after Lynn was not only supplying the
requirements of its inhabitants, but was
also sending a part OF its products 10 the
port Of Boston. As early as 1913 tanning
and shoemaking are mentioned as an in
dustry Of the colony Of Virginia, special
mention being made OF the fact that a
planter named Mathews employed eight
shoemakers on his premises. Legal re-
straint was placed on the cordwainer in
Connecticut in 1856, and in Rhode Island
in 17O6. while in New York. the business
Of tanning and shoemaking is known 10
have been firmly established previous TO
the capituIation of the province to Eng
land in 1854. In 1898 the industry was
carried on prohtably in Philadelphia. and
in 172l the Colonial Legislature OF Penn
sylvania, passed an act regulating the
material and the prices OF the boot and
shoe industry.
The young man who essayed to learn
the shoemaking art at this time was ap-
prenticed Tor seven years. and in that
time he was taught every detail OF the
business. He was instructed In the art
OF shaping the insole and outsole. depend
ing almost entirely upon his eye for the
proper proportions; taught to prepare
pegs and to drive them. for the pegged
shoe was the most common type OF foot
wear in the early half Of the last cen
fury. He also famillarized himself with
the making Of turn and welt shoes. which
have always been considered the highest
type Of shoemaking, requiring as they did
exceptional skill on the part Of the arti-
san Of that period in channeling the in
sole and outsole by hand, rounding the
sole. sewing the welt, and stitching the
outside.
After having served his apprenticeship
1t was the custom for the full-fedged
shoemaker to start on what was known
as whipping the cat, which meant
journeying from town to town. living
with a family while making a years
supply Of shoes for each member. and
moving on to fill engagements previously
made. The year 1850 was one Of unusual
moment to the shoe industry. for in that
year arrived one John Adams Dagyr.
Dagyr was celebrated shoemaker of
Essex, and richly deserved the monument
which has recently been erected to his
memory in Lynn. He was a master-crafts-
man and taught his art 10 many who aft
erwards became most successful in the
industry.
1t was soon found that the master
workman could largely Increase his in
come by employing other men to 90 the
work while he directed their efforts. and
this gradually led to a division of the
work. and the shoe uppers. which had
prior to this time been sewed by men
using waxed thread with bristles, became
a part Of the work Of women.
In the year 1875 the evolution Of the
factory system had reached a stage
The Washington herald., 1910-09-13

In planning and installing this great
exhibition the firm of Robert Berberich
Sens had the cooperation Of the United
Shoe Machinery Company, Of Boston,
who make and install the machinery
shown, and the Craddock-Terry Shoe
Company. Of Lynchburg. Va. manufac-
turers Of the Craddock shoe. so we'll and
favorably known not only in this coun-
try. but throughout the world. The ma
chimes are Of the now famous Goodyear
welt system, which are almost universal
~ employed in the manufacture Of shoes
Of the highest grade. and the whole ex-
hibit IS so arranged that visitors in pass
ing from one machine to another in reg
ular sequence and enabled 20 grasp the
important part that each machine plays
in making Goodyear Welt shoes, more
durable, more comfortable. and more
pleasant in appearance than those made
in any other way.
Crude in its inception, footwear took
the primary form OF a simple sandal.
and man probably protected his feet
when the necessity first arose by binding
pieces Of rough dried hide 10 his feet
by means Of leathern thongs. Yet the
sandal among the earliest Of all forms
OF foot covering. is still the form found
among primitive people. When the Goths
and Huns descended upon Rome they
wore. in addition to protection for the
sole Of the foot, leg covering consisting
OF softly tanned skins bound to the
limbs by thongs. This was the fOrerun-
ner Of the high boot from which was
evolved the Jack Boot" so familiar in
the portraits Of the French dandies of
Richelieu's time, when aside from his
trusty blade. the cavaliers boots were
the most expensive and striking part OF
his costume.
At about the Elizabethan period, shoe
making had really become a very fine
art. end some foot creations were made
BY the court shoemakers that reflected
the Individual taste OF the monarch. SO
great was the competition TO produce
something novel that very often the
styles assumed a grotesque aspect. The
toes were elongated so that finally they
were carried up and fastened by cords
and tassels to the tops Of the shoes, and
II became necessary to enact a law to
prevent such outrageous types of foot
wear. The slippers OF this period were
Of extreme high-heeled variety, and small
fortunes were often spent on their orna-
mentation They were mostly OF the turn
shoe type. and samples which are pre-
served show the excellent workmanship
that was in vogue at that time.