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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

street and Second avenue, opposite the
ly clean man, personally, and in the
care of his property. The floor of his
store shone as if from a fresh coat of
varnish. He was of Quaker ancestry
and came here from Philadelphia. The
author of this sketch attended his
wedding in 1914 at the Planters hotel
at st. Louis.
The first clothing store in Rock Is
land, from which ready-made clothing
was sold, was established in 1854 by
a firm, Block & Lowenthal The store
was Just east of the Bennett fur store
on Second avenue. The grade of cloth
the present day. but a good price was
demanded and received. and the bust
ness was a money maker.
The first book store in Rock Island
was established just few doors west
of The Argus office, and was conduct
ed by H. A. Porter & Brother. They
handled, not only books, but supplied
printers in the middle west with type.
They failed in business and the prop
erty was sold at auction, piece by
piece Phe business later fell into the
hands of man from the east by the
name of Devoe, genial sort of fellow,
and Richard Champion, and was con-
Quoted under the firm name of Devoe
& CHAMPION. The location of the new
store was one block east of the old
one. The business from the first was
a success. Richard CHAMPION contin-
ued in the business after Mr.. Devoe's
withdrawal from 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
SMALL GOSSIP OF STAGE.

Klaw & Erlanger will produce Miss
Dudelsack" in November. 1t is the
operate success of Berlin and Vienna.
Nat Goodwin will star in comedy by
George Broadhurst called 'The Cap
tain" It's scenes are laid in. Manila.
Mr.. Goodwin's role is that of finan-
ciaI soldier of fortune.
Thomas w. Ryley is holding rehear-
sails of 1.-The Storm" by Langdon Nc
Cormick. He has engaged Robert T.
Haines and Conway Tearle to play the
leading roles. The play opens in Wash
ington in September.
"The Round Up opens its fourth
season in Boston. Rapley Holmes will
play the part of the fat sheriff whom
nobody loves.
Henry Miller goes to the Pacific
coast early in the season whit Her
Husbands Wife" Laura Hope Crews
will be with him in the cast, which is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

later than my original plans fixed
my arrival there. OF course they
never knew 1 don't know how close
the Texan was to the bottom of his
pile, but / had the consolation of
having good hope, anyway.
Moral: When you get the vacation
bee hang a hammock under back
yard tree. lay in $500 worth OF mag
azines, have notice inserted in the
home paper that you have left the
city on a trip and hit the feathers
nightly at 8. Get under the sun a
couple of days to produce the tan
that you are supposed to have gotten
while bathing in the briny. Then
buy a corner lot with what you have
saved.
BILLY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
UNEXPECTED saUELCHING.

| When it was announced that the
| pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
would not be exhibited in the Moline
theatres, there was some speculation
as to the source of the prohibitive
edict, inasmuch as Mayor Andrew OIL,
son, in newspaper interviews, had not
expressed an adverse opinion. The
only information that the public re-
ceived was that the management of
the theatre at which it was advertised
the pictures were to be presented had
said that he did not propose to oppose
sentiment, and that he had been given
to understand that the majority of the
citizens of Moline were against the
exhibition.
The truth Of the matter is that after
the ministers had petitioned the mayor
to suppress the pictures the executive
quietly summoned a conference of the
aldermen to acquaint them with the
situation. Among the people generally
it was not supposed that there would
be any official interference with the
fight picture show, particularly because
of the known tolerant views of the city
administration. After the conference
had been called to order and the object
of the gathering stated, an alderman
least suspected of favoring such
stand, moved that the picture perform
ances be suppressed, and he received
a second. There was a laugh all
around, for it was in reality believed
the two members of the conference
were joking. The mayor, indicating
that he was about to put the motion to
a vote, another councilman, confident
that he would put quietus on the pro-
posed action, offered a substitute that
the picture show be permitted. The
substitute was lost, nine to three
Quietly the manager of the theatre
was informed of the position of the
council, and the show arrangements
were cancelled. Thus the mayor was
saved the necessity of publicly showing
his hand, which he would have been
forced to do in the event the theatre
management was inclined to be OBJ
stinate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

speech by the senator. 1t was evident
that the great majority of the guests
were his friends The demand became
so insistent that the POSTMASTER look
ed askance towards the senator for an
asserting nod 1t came In his intro
ductory remarks Mr.. Wayman paid the
senator a tribute which, if it was sin
cere, mystifies me when l follow the
desperate measures that the Cook coun-
ty prosecutor is taking in manifest
attempt to shoulder upon Lorimer the
crime, of having bought his way into
the United States senate Judging by
what Wayman said of Lorimer in pre-
senting him to the banquet guests, l
can't see how the prosecutor could
even suspect the senator of commit
ting an overt act. Lorimer received
the biggest ovation of any of the
speakers at the dinner. The point that
seemed to score the heaviest was the
senator's assertion that he never turn
ed his back on a friend 1 take it that
this was a yelled slap at Wayman. mas
much as it was Lorimer's friends that
elected the Cook county attorney to
office. 1t was a most dramatic scene,
but l noticed that it was not covered
in the morning Chicago papers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
HIT IN MOLINE.

Moline theatregoers mean to vie
with those of Rock Island in extend
ing a hearty greeting to the Indiana
Stock company when it plays here at
the Airdome next week, commencing
with the Monday evening performance.
Eighteen theatre parties have already
ordered seat reservations from that
city and many more are expected. At
ter 10 weeks of the company in their
city Moline patrons are loath TO see it
leave; therefore the parties arranged
for next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

that his services were not being prop
erly remunerated offered him an in
crease in salary, but he, unlike most
men, declined to accept the increase,
stating that he could live on his old
salary.
After his death a valuable collection
of insects was given to the state by
his heirs.
A peculiar, but honest citizen, was
~. NJ. Moore, the man who conducted
the first hardware store here. The
site of his store was at Sixteenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

incident. They inquired for the adj
dress of the grocer l informed them
he had died. Then they wanted to
know if he had any relatives. l told
them that he had and that they were
residents of the city. After had given
them the address, the husband recount
ed the early struggles of himself and
his wife after their marriage. In the
intervening years they had prospered,
and they wanted to do the right thing,
now that they were in position to do
so. They asked if would not try and
look up the account for them. 1 told
them that it would be better for them
to go direct to the family Of the man
who had carried them on his books.
Two days later they called on me and
thanked me. 1t seemed as though 4
big load had been lifted from their
minds The bill amounted to S131, and
it was settled in full
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
sEPTEMBER ATILLINOIS.

Manager r. H. Taylor of the Illinois
theatre announces the following book
ings for the month of September:
Sept. 3-"The Judgment of Eve" mat
inee and night.
Sept. 4-'Cast Aside matinee and
night.
Sept. 5-"Am l a Chinaman," mat
inee and night.
Sept. s-"The Girl, the Man, the
Game"
Sept. 11-"Just a Woman's Way"
Sept 12-"The Climax"
Sept. 15-"Daniel Boone
Sept. 17-"Isle of Spice"
Sept. 1S-Richard Jose in ''Silver
Threads" matinee and night.
Sept ia Broken Idol"
Sept. 23-''The World and a Wo-
man."
Sept 25-"The Port of Missing
Men," matinee and night.
Sept. 3O-William Norris in my Gin
derella Girl
For the past week a force of men
has been at work at the Illinois the
atre engaged in cleaning it through
out and in laying new carpets along
the aisles and on the stairs. Buhndar-
Wilton, one of the best carpets made,
is being laid by Clemann & Salzmann.
More than $50 yards will be used. The
theatre will be as clean as it is pos
sibIe to make it. 1t was the plan to
make several alterations in the house
during the summer but these will be
deferred till next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea

rid your blood of this poisonous,
deatf-dealing agent! HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea is a perfect
blend of Natures roots, herbs, leaves
and seeds-an ideal blood-food for any person.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is sold by all drug
cups of health beverage. The Nuggets, (Tabiei
foru), also 3Sc,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Beware of ointments for catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, con-
tains no mercury, and is taken inter-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

We dislike to. knock home insti-
tuition, but in the cause of harmony
we wish to suggest that the Delmon-
leo Male quartet try a different brand
of lubricating oil on their tuning
slides, or all learn the same song and
change their place of practice to the
fair grounds.-Mapleton Qowa)
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
HALL OF ~THE SHOW GIRL.

Lou Hall, the laugh maker with B.
c. Whitneys musical melodrama, ''The
Show Girl tomorrow nights attrac-
ton at the Illinois, was leaving the
theatre one night after the perform
ance, when he was accosted by a
stranger who had been imbibing so
freely that he was seeing things dou-
bleJ After apologizing profusely, the
stranger managed to ask the comedian
where he could get car for the depot.
Hall stood him up straight, faced him
about and said: go to the next cor
ner, there you will see the cars. Take
the first one The other one will not
be there"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
music IN THE MOUNTAINS.

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. He'd
strom and Miss Mary Hedstrom will be
interested to hear they are enjoying
the air and mountain climbing at and
around Colorado Springs. They at
tended band concert at Stratton park
last Sunday.-Stark County News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
Uric Acid
In The System

is a certain forerunner of serious
possibly fatal-sickness. 1t saps the
energy-underrnines the system
causing rheumatism, govt, kidney and
bladder disease, and, if UNDECIDED
even WORSE.
Pains in the muscles and in small
of the back-frequent desire to pass
water-loss of weight, sallow COM
plexion, nervousness-ALL are caused
by an excess of uric acid in the sys-
tenn. Use
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
(From The Argus of 1850


Aug. 14-Bleuer's band will do the
honors at a concert at Franklin square
tomorrow evening.
Several of our silver-tongued barris-
tiers had a picnic on a small scale at
Big island yesterday afternoon.
c. L. Walker, Esq, left for Chicago
this morning on business trip.
Aug. 15-Will Dart and Miss Margar-
ct Dart entertained a company of their
young friends at a social tea at their
home on Seventh avenue last evening.
The Old Settlers society of Rock Is
land county will hold it's annual outing
at Black Hawks Watch Tower Sept. 4.
B. T. Cable is making preparations
for an extensive fishing trip.
Aug. 16.-Allen Welch was last
evening elected second lieutenant Of
the Rodman Rifles.
Among other proposed improve
ments at the county court house, is
new carpet for the temple of JUS
tice.
Aug. 17-Will Dart. Bernard Connolly
and John Bahnsen went to st. Paul to-
day, intending to float back in a skiff.
The district camp meeting of the
Methodist church will open at Tindalrs
grove Wednesday morning.
Aug. 1S-A NJ. Bruner of Reynolds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

other day. 81
was a guest at
a dinner ten
dered ] u d g Z
M C e W e n in
Chicago recent
ly. John w.
w a y m a n ,
states attor-
ney of Cook
county, W a s
t o a S t N aster.
United States
Senator VIII
liam e. Lori
mer was one of
those present.
Though not on
the program,
there W e T e
calls for a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
Twenty-Five Years Ago

was in town this morning on his way
home from Lake Geneva
H. Stocum, a former hack driver,
who is now driving street car on the
Moline line, feels happy today in a
newly painted car. No. Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
IN CHICAGO HOUSES.

Only a few more performances re-
main of that delightful and fascinating
production Madame Sherry" which
Frazee & Lederer have presented with
unqualified success at the Colonial,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
aJEs MOURNING ron JEFF,


Some weeks after the champion
ship battle at Reno local colored peo-
pie had an outing. A car they had
chartered for the occasion was stand
ing on Nineteenth street in front of
the east entrance of the New Har-
per. 1t was in the early evening.
The picnickers were in a particular
ly jolly mood. A facetiously inclin-
ed commercial traveller, seated in a
chair outside the hotel, shouted:
You all celebrating Lii Artha's
victory, eh?'
One middle-aged woman turned
frowningly towards the traveller.
"G'wan about you business,-m-
man." she replied. Cant you see
all dis here darkness? Dat means
we're in mourning for Mistah jeff
ries." And then she let loose a
burst of laughter that would have
done a dyspeptic good to hear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
DID HE MEAN Irf

Its difficult to fathom some men,
remarked a lawyer in Rock Island the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
Aug. 19-The river is stationary.

Aug. 20-L. S. McCabe has gone east
on an extended visit to the scenes of
his childhood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
CHORDS AND DISCORDS

him, but if he can keep up the gait
he has started with, it's him for the
big league next season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is talk
ell internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by druggists. Price rs cents
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Postmaster Hawkins says that
Thursday was the quietest day he
has had since he has been in the
government service. All the mail
he received consisted of seven let
tiers and four postals. AS none of
them looked important, he locked up
the office at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and put in the balance of the
day puttering with his garden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
FROM THE VALLEY CLARION.

We note that, on account of the
late tariff bill, all hosiery is going
up. That sounds comforting, al
though a trifle inconvenient to the
pocketbook, for it causes the ordi-
nary individual to become nervous
when he hears of a fall in hosiery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Detective Amos Duncan, during
the slack season, is serving as night
Waterman at the planning mill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

All the news all the Lime-1HE
ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Ben Dilley, chief of our fire depart
ment, is serving notice on our peo-
pie that the fire department stove
needs repairs and the winter supply
OF, coal remains to be provided. He
says he don't intend devoting his
time to the work if the town folks
are not sufficiently interested to see
that he is kept warm in the cold
weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Aug 1S-A. NJ. Bruner of Reynolds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20

Our congressman paid us flying
visit Tuesday. Among those who
shook hands with him at the depot
was Alb Flanders. The breach that
| has existed between Alb and the con-
gresham for years is reported to be
healing. Alb received some official
mail from Washington last week.
Some limited it contained seed sam
pies, but three days later Alb appear
ed in a new suit. Draw your own
conclusions.
A Florida town advertises people
come here and never leave" Strikes
us it would be good location for
an undertaken.
Doc Tillman has returned home af-
ter paying a visit to his mining prop
erty i'll the west. He has been in
disposed since his arrival. He blames
it on the water He was not used
to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-20
roo CLOSE TO sANCTUMf

BILLY.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
New York and tho Surf,

Few New Workers ever stop to think
that one of that city's chief attractions
is the surf. Phiadelphians must go
fifty-six miles to the ocean. Though
the folk of Baltimore and Washington
live on tidewater. they must travel for
surf bathing to the capes. Boston is
the only other large town on the At
lantic seaboard besides New York that
has the ocean at it's back door, San
Francisco and Los Angeles are the
only Pacific coast cities within trolley
ride of ocean beach. None Of the Mex
lean gulf cities can be compared to
New York as a seaside resort, and as
to New Orleans. another Mecca Of the
pleasure seekers. that lies more than
100 miles above the mouth Of the Mis-
sissippi. But. including Coney Island
and Rockaway. a good many miles Of
Greater New York are bounded by the
ocean. This fact. just to consider the
money making side of it, means an
enormous revenue to the metropolis
from the inland parts of the country.
1t is an advantage other great world
centers, such as London. Paris and
Berlin, do not enjoy.-Argonaut.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
Twice Declined.

The invitation list of the governor
general Of Canada is made out strictly
in accordance with precedent, but is
not kept up to date always. the aid
who has to send the invitations out
generally an Englishman or Scotch
man-not always being au courant
with changes on the list. The late Sir
Antoine Dorion, chief justice Of Que.
bee. was once invited to some func-
ton, as was proper, but Lady Dorion.
who was dead. was invited likewise.
Sir Antoine accepted for himself, but
declined for her ladyship, on the
ground that she was in the cemetery.
The next year. however. the same mis-
take was made. so the old Judge wrote
back to the aid-de-camp in waiting:
"Sir Antoine Dorion accepts. etc..
but, her ladyship being still in st.
Anne's cemetery. Sir Antoine is COM
PEELED again to decline the invitation
for her."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
CONDEMNED man
RESCUED BY MOB
Virginian Was to Be Exc
Cuted Next Month.
CONVICTED OF MURDER

Mountain Friends of Prisoner to the
Number Of Seventy-fve Descend on
Jail, Storm the Building and Carry
Him Sack to the RilIs-Feared
BIoodshed Will Follow Any Attempt
at Recapture.
Lovingeton, Va, Oct. 22.-Mountain
friends of John Moore, under sentence
to be electrocuted for the murder of
Frank Howl, descended upon the Mel
son county Jail, stormed the building
and rescued the prisoner. 1t is sup
posed he will be taken to the moun-
tains and liberated.
A crowd of seventy-five men from
the mountain section of the country,
where the crime was committed, pro.
ceeded quietly through the town to
the county Jail. Admission was gained
and the guards did not attempt re-
sistance. The cell where Moore was
locked up was soon found and he was
taken out
Precautions had been taken by the
determined mob to prevent an alarm
being spread. Almost as quietly as
they had entered the town they left
it and started back to the mountains.
1t was not until some hours after the
rescue that the news spread and soon
several deputy sheriffs were on their
way into the mountains to try to re-
arrest the murderer. 1t is feared that
bloodshed will result from any at
tempt of the authorities to recapture
the murderer.
Moore was condemned to pay the
death penalty by electrocution at Rich
mond on Nov Is. He had been con-
victed of having murdered Frank
Howl in Nelson county last May.
Many of the mountaineer friends of
the condemned man believe him in
nocent of the crime
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
The Short Step Between,

81 was on an ocean liner when size
ran on the rocks off the English coast
some years ago. said a travelling man.
land in the panic that ensued there is
one incident that stands out in my
memory. illustrating the slender thread
between the tragic and the ridiculous
We had fellow on board who had
managed to keep pretty we'll loaded
all the way across. and when we
struck the rocks he was in his usual
condition. When Everybody thought
for sure we were going to the bottom
he sat down at the piano in the saloon.
and what do you suppose be began
playing? Home. Sweet Home Some
body went to him and begged him to
stop. Immediately he switched off
from the doleful strains Of the old
song to the rollicking melody Of Down
Went McGinty.' The absurdity of the
thing seemed to strike everybody at
once. and general laugh followed.
The tension was relieved, and there
was good order after that"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
The Restaurant PiccoIo.

Writing from Dresden. an American
says: There is at least one thing in
German restaurant for which one
would look in vain in our country.
That is the piccolo. You may think
that l mean musical instrument and
that any orchestra in any country
might have one of these. but you are
wrong. My piccolo, the one at the
restaurant. is human being. He is
a boy twelve to fifteen years old. who
assists the regular walters: He wears
the regulation walters costume and
looks funny in his spiketail coat. He
is as solemn as a funeral. knows how
to extract tip and for the high priv.
ilege of retaining his place and taking
his first degree as a waiter must en-
dure much abuse at the hands of the
head waiter and his underlings He
Is a funny little fellow. this piccolo.
who because Of his appearance could
never prosper in our country."-New
York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-22
CALLS ROOSEVELT A LIAR
Cornell Professor Bitterly Attacks
Former President.

Ithaca, N. Y. Oct. 22-Twice in
speech here Professor E. H. Woodruff
of Cornell university called Theodore
Roosevelt liar, once an "unmitigated
liar" His attack, made at a political
rally over which he presided, threw
the house into an uproar.
Professor Woodruff opened up the
Bellamy Storer episode, which Colo
mel Roosevelt only recently declared
was closed. He charged that when
the colonel denied sending Bellamy
Storer to the Vatican he was IAN uu-
mitigated liar" and there were letters
in his possession, said the professor,
to bear him out. The uproar had bare
ly subsidized when the professor took
up his cudgels again. Roosevelt was
twice liar, he said, when he denied
that the late E. H. Hartman had sub
scribed to a corruption fund to be
used for Roosevelt's election to the
presidency.