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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
COURT HOUSE RECORD

George W. Heider to Mamie and
George McCloskey, lots and 10,
block /, South Park addition, Rock
Island, $3.50.
OIof T. Johnson to Mary and
Amelia E. Grotegut, lot II, block
3D." Prospect park. Moline, $500.
Jules VanQuoethem to Rene Kirk
hove, lot 4, block ISL, East Moline,
$500.
Moline, East Moline & Watertown
Railway company to G. A. Shallberg,
lots 80, 81 Campbell's park, Camp
bells island, $3.50.
Nettie Sears to Elizabeth NJ. Sou
ders, part lots 10, II, block 2, o..
Lyndes addition. Rock Island, $1,000.
Frank Shaser to Elizabeth Kelle-
her, southeast one-quarter northeast
one-quarter section 2S-16-3w, S.
200.
Frank Shaser to James Kelleher,
northeast one-quarter southeast one
quarter, section 2S-16-3w, $4,000.
Mary NJ. Dougherty to Edwin D.
Goer, lot 6, block 1, w. w. Bailey's
Park addition. Moline, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

and did not know that 1t was free. You
can bet lost no time in logging 1t into
the hotel, where I spread the alarm,
and soon the animal was again in cap
tivfty. OF course, I neglected to men
ton the precise manner in which the
bear came to break loose.
In time bruin was adjudged fat
enough to kill, and the men about the
hotel drew lots to see who should have
the privilege OF shooting It. 1t fell TO
the steward, a man named Spear. He
performed the job successfully, and
that night for supper we had bear meat.
1 did not think very highly of it
The Rock Island County Old Settlers
association was organized in 1868 at
meeting held at the Island City hotel,
where the Harper house now rs To-
Gated. The next year the first picnic
was held, taking place at Rock Island
arsenal, by permission OF the COM
mandant Father was member Of the
old settlers association, and l attended
the picnic DR.. Patrick Gregg. as re-
member it, was president, and Joseph
Knox was one of the speakers. Mr..
Knox was a great favorite as an orator
In those days. AS he was speaking,
steam whistle in Rock Island blew for
the noon hour. Steam whistles in
those days were not as common as
they are now, and to have ones speech
interrupted by a blast from one was
something of novelty. Mr.. Knox was
forced to stop till the sound ceased,
and then l remember that he said:
We'll, 1 did not consider my remarks
deserved such an encore as that" and
everybody laughed. Another number
on the same program was a reading Of
Irish verses by John W. Gregg, son Of
DR.. Gregg, who initiated the brogue so
successfully that his piece made a
great hit.
Joseph Knox was an attorney. He
was not, so far as l know, related in
any way to the late G. B. Knox, who
was also one of the strong men Of the
pioneer days The latter Mr.. Knox
was the organizer of the first volun-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
CHORDS AND DISCORDS

theatres there. Bruner was not back
ward about confiding his ambition to
get into the press agent game. He was
warned that it was not all bed of
roses. There were hard knocks, and
the individual who made good had to
be possessed of originality and tact,
essential requisites in getting the ad-
vance stories into the newspapers.
Bruner persisted that if given a chance
he had the goods" The theatrical
man, to try him out, asked him to write
few stories about Rose Stahl; one
that would be very newsy and interest
ing enough to be accepted by the aver
age daily paper. and to forward them
to him in New York.
The stories were prepared and sent
on east. Bruner had the goods" at
least Henry B. Harris decided he did,
and the producer ordered that Bruner
be summoned instanter to New York.
He had job and a good one, and the
best proof that he has filed the bill is
the fact that today he is reckoned as
one of the star" men on the Harris
staff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

ties. We rehearsed in Chicago. Dur
ing our last week there the represen-
tative of well-known New York man
ager was in the city. and in one night
he furnished tickets and advance
money to 80 front row summers that
he had stolen from the choruses of
companies in rehearsal in Chicago.
How did he get them? With the long
green. He offered them, contracts with
few dollars a week advance and
promises of Broadway engagements.
The latter sounds like a happy home
to the average chorus girl of today. AS
soon as we learned the desperate ex-
tremes the eastern managers were re-
sorting to, we decided to hit for the
road. While we don't claim to have
the most beautiful girls in the country
in our company we have some that
will shine Alongside the ones that were
stolen. and it was for the purpose of
holding these that we took to the
woods. Never heard of such thing?
Neither did we until this season. But
it's a fact nevertheless"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
FIELD OF LITERATURE
The Summers End Issue of LippIr

The Summers End Issue Of LippIn-
a characteristic and delightful number,
maintaining all the excellencies of old
is THE Mischief of Time" a beguiling
story of English social life, by Doro-
thea Deakin. author of George"
Color of Rose" etc. The leading char
acter is plucky young girl who prides
herself on the fact that whenever she
has set her heart on a thing, she has
always gotten it. She finally embarks
on bigger undertaking than she has
ever before attempted, with a result
that is not quite what she anticipated,
yet she did not lose, nor can it be
truthfully said that she was entirely
successful. The reader must decide
that for himself. The story sparkles
with the witty dialogue and the anus
ing situations which have made this
writer so popular in former fiction.
The short stories are as varied and
entertaining a group as have ever ap-
peared in one number of a magazine.
Burton Egbert Stevenson, whose dash
ing cavalier romances, AT Odds With
the Regent" and THE Cadets of Gas
cony," have endeared him to all fiction
lovers, contributes a dramatic tale call
ed "Flaherty's Promotion" Will Lev
ington Comfort, whose 'Routledge
Rides Alone" has been the most talked
about book of the year, is responsible
for 1.-The Woman or the Spider" de-
tective story Of fine conception and
unexpected ending. Anna Peacock
gives us THE Inspiration; Frank Law
renee "The Silly Things" and Karl Won
Kraft 1.-The Brown Paper Parcel" All
are uncommonly good.
"Subiaco," by DR.. ]. Orbaan, de-
scribes an extraordinary motor trip
around Rome, which will be of especial
interest to those who have ever trav-
eled, or who ever hope to- travel, in
Italy. Other noteworthy articles are
High Prices and the Goddess of
Gauds." by Minna Thomas Antrim;
"The Practical Value of Christian Sci
ence Optimism" by Louise Satterth-
waite; "Coffee-Cakes and Cupid" by
Homer Croy, and Eating, Fine Art"
by Ralph Bergengren. There are also
some remarkable poems by David Pot
ter, William Struthers, George Bene-
dict. and others. "Walnuts and Wine"
Lippincotts never-failing resource for
a smile, does not flag in its abundance
or in its excellence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
BY HENRY S. PoWARs.

When Benjamin F. Barrett conduct
ed the old Rock Island house, he had
a hobby. 1t was baked beans. Every
Sunday for dinner, winter and summer,
the principal item on the bill Of fare
was beans, and there wasn't much else.
I know, because in 1S47, when l was a
boy of u years and had a healthy, full
grown appetite, my fathers family
boarded at the hotel.
Mr.. Barrett was a Bostonian, hence
the beans. Beans were not only pop
ular in Boston, but they were cheap in
Rok Island, and so the hotel proprietor
had two objects in seeking to develop
in pioneer Rock Islanders an appetite
for them. A meal Of beans brought the
same price as one of roast beef, chick
en- or fowl, and didn't cost nearly SO
much, even in those days. The com
mon Sunday dinner consisted of beans
and pie, either dried apple, dried peach
or custard, washed down with water.
OF course, there was sauce for the
beans, but that was about all.
l recall an incident that happened at
the time we were boarding at the no,
tel Wild game was plentiful, and
much of the meat served in fall and
winter was taken from the forest. One
time Mr.. Barrett in some manner got
a live bear and chained it up in the
back yard to fatten, it being in poor
condition. The animal was fed on the
scraps from the hotel tables, and
thrived wonderfully. One of my favor
lite diversions was to get near enough
to the bear to toss things at 1t and
then watch its efforts to get at me. II
was fastened with an ordinary chain
about the neck, the other end being
secured to a post with a staple. One
day as I was throwing pieces of coal
at the animal, just out of reach of its
claws, it gave lunge at me and the
staple pulled out. / instantly realized
my predicament. but, fortunately for
me, the bear didn't. 1t stopped just
where it was when the staple dropped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

teer fire department company and was
the first chief of the service. l remem-
Der how he used to go to fires, and, af-
ter getting soaked with water and
chilled to the bone, would refuse TO
drink whisky, which the ordinary fire
man in those days considered neces-
sary to prevent colds" Mr.. Knox
merely took a rundown and a change
of clothing. and it was seldom that he
was afflicted with cold. while some of
his whisky-drinking associates caught
one every time they turned out for a
fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
BRUNER AS CLIMBER.

Frank ]. Bruner, who this season
has been assigned by Henry B. Harris,
the New York theatrical manager, to
go on the road as advance representa-
tive of Robert Edeson, the distinguish
ed actor, few years ago was a cub re-
porter on the newspapers Of the tri-
cities. Last year Bruner was in ad-
vance of Rose Stahl in "The Chorus
Lady"
1t is not easy to break over the Dor
ders of Broadway as a press agent,
and the fact that a western boy is
chosen when so many of the eastern
members of the fraternity are pulling
for these cherished berths, is a high
compliment to the push and talent of
young Bruner.
He was working on the reportorial
end of Davenport newspaper, so the
story goes, when he met representa-
time of Henry B. Harris at one of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
PURCELL MAKES HISTORY.

William A. Meese of Moline, his
torian extraordinary in these parts,
will be obliged to interline his Camp
bells island narrative if posterity Is
to be informed of all the important
events attaching to that famed chunk
of acreage lying in the Mississippi out
from Watertown. Mr.. Meese has the
history of the island complete with
the exception of relating who it was
that ran the first automobile under it's
own power to that spot.
The feat was accomplished one even
ing last month by julie Purcell of Dav-
export Julie is the editor of the Pref
eel Alley Wurzblatt, but earns his live
lihood as superintendent of the DaveN
port Democrat job printing depart
ment.. On the night in question he
had as his guest on the auto ride Hugh
Harrison, city editor of the Democrat.
Purcell is the owner of the machine
another proof that he is something else
besides an editor.
Purcell drove his car leisurely
through Moline and to Watertown. He
had read Meese on CampbelIs island,
and drove his car to the brink of the
river to have a moonlight gaze at the
historical place. He had never set
foot on the famous ground. Neither
had Harrison. AS they conversed the
machine moved slowly on. Before they
realized the wheels were on the rocks.
I'VE had better turn back" said Har-
rison, cor we'll get a ducking."
Never" retorted the pathfinder.
"Meese tells of the Indians swimming
across to the island with stolen swag
on their backs. and we can't afford to
have history record that we got cold
feet at the brink when the stage of tfe
water was at its lowest point
The juice was turned on. and the ma
chine proceeded, following the rock
trail beside the railway tracks. The
same course was followed in returning.
and the automobile was none the
worse for the experience.
And that's the tale of the first auto
that touched Campbells island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
MELON p1sAPPEARANcE.

c. P. Morrison, living in the south
part of the city, has grown crop of
muskmelons this season that for size
and sweetness compare very favorably
with those raised on sand land, and
that in spite of the extreme drouth
this summer. This office was favored
with gift of one of Mr.. Morrison's
nutmeg variety Wednesday and the
only complaint that could possibly
have been raised against the melon
was that it vanished too quickly
Aledo Times-Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

derstood as having reference to any of
the patients in charge of his brother
practitioners.
Gossip was the topic discussed at
the meeting of the Busy Bee Circle
held at the home of Miss Martha Hazy
Thursday afternoon. Eight members
resigned. There are still four belong
ing to the circle.
Dudley Bailey was lost Friday night,
and much alarm was felt by his rela-
tives and friends. He attended the
farmers picnic, and Doc Tillmans d.
agnosis was that he was overcome by
the heat while walking home He sat
down by the roadside to rest and fell
asleep. and did not waken until morn
ing.
Roosevelt is crying down with the
bosses. Reckon the colonel has forgot
ten the adage of the fellow who lives
in the glass house.
Hank Thomas has treated the opera
house to it's annual sweeping. He
denies a rumor that the Valley theatre
has hooked up with the trust. Hank
saws he stands for the open door pol
ily. He says the first snow of the sea-
son will be a female minstrel troupe
travelling in their own private car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

Or. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma,
tism and Neuralgia radically sures in
one to three days. It's action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cenrs
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue. Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel & Son. 22o West Secona
street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

head Offices in
this city, is
manager of a
building ma
terial supply
company. His
home is in
Da V e n ort
William Howe
is a SALESMAN
for one of the
large b ri C K
manufacture s
of the west
Moran q n d
Howe, through
their business
relations, have
become close
friends. Moran
S old brio k
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
FROM THE VALLEY CLARION.

Amos Duncan, our detective, saw a
special train pass through here last
Tuesday night that he suspects was
carrying our former president, Theo-
dore Roosevelt The station agent re-
fuses to be interviewed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

Hale Marvin is advertising for
housekeeper again. The last one he
had left him when she secured better
place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

Doc Tillman reports all the sick un
der his care on the road to recovery
However, he does not wish to be un.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
MUNICIPAL MATTERS

roll, bills. and per diem Of aldermen, |
and on motion of Alderman LaVanway, |
properly seconded, an ordinance provid- |
ing for the payment of said pay roll, |
bills, etc, was Immediately consider |
ed, and on his further motion, properly |
seconded. said ordinance was on roll |
call unanimously carried. The recapft- |
ulation of said pay roll is as follows,
to-wit:
RecapituIatIon.
Fire department account .....S 10000 |
Police account ............... 79l.6f
Salary account .............. 971O0
Health account .............. 3O3.50
Total general fund. .........$ 80, S16.17
Waterworks expense ........ $500 |
Reservoir expense ........... 134.00 |
Reservoir and filter construc-
ton 500. ..... ........... lle.oO
$3,466.s7
The minutes of regular and adjourn |
ed regular meetings of the city council
for June 20, July Is. Aug. L. Aug. 8, |
Aug. 5, Aug. s, and Aug. 9, 1910, were
read and approved as read.
The clerk read estimate of work done |
at the new filter plant. showing amount
due the Pittsburg Filter company of
S4,031.55, after deducting previous pay
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

$50 far, we electrical engineers have
Hfven orr. attention to fW0-fhiroES Of the
clocks and between 10 p. M. and 8 a. M.
have practically Esuf Efp 0us. shutters,
like a retail store. ann proposing 10
EW Hp that idle part of the cE0ck."
THOMAS a. EDISON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

Aug. 27-Jonas Bear and other
old settlers of this and Scott county
are attending the old settlers annu-
al meeting at Colona, Henry county,
today.
Messrs. M. NJ. Briggs and ]. ].
Reimers attended the encampment of
Sterling commandery, knights Tenn
plar, yesterday.
DR.. A. H. McCandless left for Chi
cago this morning.
The annual campmeeting of the
Rock Island district Methodist
church at Tindalls grove. will be
closed today. More than 1000 PEG
pie were in attendance Sunday. Gate
receipts amounted to $256.10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Argus of 1885.

Aug. 21-Jack Aud, the jovial con-
ductor on the Rock Island & Peoria
day run, left this morning for Chicago
to enjoy 10 days leave of absence.
There was a surprise party at
Charles Bleuer's residence on Seven
teenth street and Ninth avenue last
night.
Aug. 22-David Don's store makes
fine appearance with its new red paint.
An attempt was made last night to
burglarize the plumbing establishment
of Davis & Co., at Seventeenth street
and First avenue. The attempt to
break into the strong box of the COM
pany was unsuccessful.
Aug. Ex-Governor Dick" Oglesby
has appointed Captain c. W. Durham
a delegate to the western waterway
convention to be held at st. Paul next
month.
A great many citizens who went out
to the camp meeting grounds were
compelled to remain away all night
on account of the rain. c. E. Adams
was one of them and the general i'm
preston prevailed this morning that
he was lost. He made his appearance,
however, about noon.
The Rodmen Rifles, in command OF
Captain Harry Abel, leave by special
train this evening for Camp Dickey at
Springfield.
The heaviest downpour of rain in
years has fallen in the past SO hours.
causing considerable dahage. The fall
was reported at 3.95 inches.
Aug. 25--Mrs. D. W. Flagler left this
morning for West Point to visit her
son, who is in the military academy
there
The river rose six inches last night
at this point as a result of Sunday
nights rain.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of the Rockford district will meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

Proceedings OF the regular meeting
of the city council of the city of Rock
island, ILL.,
The city council convened in regular
session, Aug. Is, 1910, at o'clock p m
Present: Mayor, city clerk and all
aldermen except Alderman Utke.
The clerk -ead the weekly pay roll
for the week ending Aug. Is. 1910, and
on motion of Alderman McNealy, a
resolution providing for the enactment
of an ordinance providing for the pay
ment of such pay roll. was unanimous
ly adopted, and on his further motion
the ordinance was Immediately consid.
cred; Alderman McNealy thereupon
moved the adoption of the ordinance
as read, and his motion properly sec
onded, was, on roll call, unanimously
carried. The pay roll so read, was as
follows, to-wit:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
NEW WEIGHT REDUCER.

James A. Moran, for years employed
as an auditor at the Modern Woodmen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

Aug. 27-Deputy Circuit Clerk @. W.
Gamble is taking his vacation and is
putting in his time in a camping expe-
dition near Moline.
J. W. Hartzell has received from
Springfield the license to incorporate
the Union Street Railway company.
The case of the city VS.. W. /. Coyne
for the alleged "willful waste OF water.
is in progress before Justice Halves
this afternoon. The testimony is anus
ing enough 10 bring tears out of a
stone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
STEALING FRONT RowEssEs.

You may wonder why it is that must
cal comedies take to the road in sum-
mer weather, giving performances
when people shudder at the thought of
sitting indoors during an entertain
ment This means a loss to the pro-
ducers of indoor amusements.
Were losing money every night"
remarked the manager of a musical
play that was offered at the Illinois
theatre here last week. But we were
forced to get out of Chicago to keep
the chorus girls. Sounds like kidnap-
ing story Well. that's just what it is.
The chorus girl crop is scantier this
season than ever before in the memory
of producers of musical comedy.
Where do they go? Search me. Guess
we'll have to believe the stories of mil
lionaires marrying the front row beau
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

mdu0 at howe factory. 10 a davenport
contractor who was paving a street in
that city. Howe and Moran inspected
the job. 1t was a hot day. Moran
spoke sympathetically of the laborers
who were down on their knees placing
the brick. 1t was hard enough work in
cool weather, but it was pretty tough
on day when the temperature was
ranging between 80 and a 100, OBJ
served Moran
Mere child's play said Howe. Il
would not want healthier exercise. Out
in the open all the while. Always have
an appetite like horse. Don't have
to take sleeping powders at night,
either. If there was the money in it,
/ would not want any better work"
Don't believe you'd last a day"
said Moran.
This brought on an argument and a
wager. A date was agreed upon when
Moran and Howe should meet in Dav-
export and put in a day side by side
laying brick on the Brown street job.
Howe arrived in Davenport last Sun
day night. The agreement was that
he was to report for work at o'clock
Monday morning. Moran was there
promptly at Z, but Howe was missing.
Moran took a car and went to the Ho-
tel Davenport. Howe was still in bed,
but was soon aroused. At o'clock the
two started At II o'clock Howe adj
mitted that he had lost 10 pounds. Mo-
ran was non-communicative. At noon
Howe did not come out squarely, but
suggested that he was open to prop
osition to make it a half instead of
whole day. Moran stood pat.
They were back on the job when the
l o'clock whistle blew. Howe ate so
heartily that when he stopped over for
his first handful of bricks his suspend
ers snapped the rear buttons off his
trousers.
During the afternoon the two con-
sumed two buckets of water. The fore
man of the job said at the end of the
day that Howe and Moran did more
work than any other two men on the
job. They received their pay for the
days work, and left both satisfied that
what Moran said in sympathizing with
the regular men that their lot was not
an easy one. Howe and Moran to-
gether claim that they lost 4S pounds,
but they feel that they could spare ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

in this city Friday afternoon and ev-
ening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27

derstood as having reference to any of
the patients in charge of his brother
practitioners.