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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
BRIDGES over ROCK RIVER ARE FREE
TO The PUBLIC BEGINNING TODAY

the Rock Island club. H. E. Casteel
was spokesman for the committee. He
reviewed the agitation for the removal
of the public tax at the one entrance
from the country to the city. 1.-The
idea is obsolete" Mr.. Casteel said.
THE collection Of toll at these bridges
should have been abandoned years
ago. Furthermore, for years this city
Illegally has been taxing people cross
ing these bridges. It's situation that
needs heroic treatment in view of the
activity of our neighbors at the east
and north Moline business men have
raised among themselves $4,000 to
build a macadam roadway into the
country at the south. This highway
will intercept every avenue whose nat
ural course is into the county seat.
The charging of toll at our bridges is
detriment to business here. Let's
wake UP before we are bottled up"
S. w. Searle spoke briefly on the gen.
era1 demand for the removal Of the
toll tax at the bridges.
s. r. Kenworthy, who was employed
by the business interests to investigate
the legal status of the Milan bridges,
reviewed the history of the bridges
from the date of their Construction to
the present time. Mr.. Kenworthy ad-
vised against any move that would
tend to put control of the bridges in
the county board of supervisors. The
city should continue in the ownership
of the bridges, for they afforded the
one opening to the city from the ru-
raj districts He presented figures to
prove that the people OF Rock Island
would save more in reduced prices on
farm products than would make up
the few thousand dollars collected an
nually in tolls.
Buys From Plank Company.
The Rock Island & Camden Plank
Road company, sometime prior to Feb.
%, 1859, sold its property and fran:
chises to the city of Rock Island and
doubt having arisen as to the power of
the city to purchase, the general as
sembly. by an act approved Feb %,
1859, passed an act legalizing the sale
by the company to the city. BY the ex-
press terms of the preamble and sec
tions I, 2 and 8 of said act, the city
took the place Of and stood in the po-
sition of the Rock Island & Camden
Plank Road company. In 1857 the city
determined to macadamize the road
and on April %, 1867, the general as
sembly passed an act authorizing the
city of Rock Island to build and main
tain a macadamized road, instead of a
plank road on the line and within the
limits authorized by the charter of the
Rock Island & Camden Plank Road
company. This is all of the legislation
Mr. Kenworthy was able to find prior
to the adoption of the constitution of
1870, which prohibited special legisla-
ton. BY an act of the general assem-
bly,, approved May %, 1877, enforced
July l, 1877, power was given cities to
acquire by purchase, lease or gift, and
to maintain, license and regulate fer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08

Chicago are here for a visit of sew
eral days.
Mrs. J. W. Gotwals has gone to New
York city for an extended visit witt
relatives.
Alderman August Utke came HON
from Joliet, where he is employed, t
cast his vote.
L. w. Ellinwood of Indianapolis
formerly OF Rock Island. arrived
yesterday afternoon for a bushes
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Toenniges hav
returned to Chicago after a visit a
the home of the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Toenniges. IL
Glenhurst court.
Leo Kinney went to Clinton, Iowa
today to attend the funeral of Ernes
Thomas. the former Rock Island boy
killed on the Northwestern road. Tn
services were held at Clinton at
o clock this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Lee. forme
residents of Rock Island, but who hav,
resided in Denver for some time. viii
arrive here tomorrow and make thi
city their future home. Mr.. Lee vii
take a position with the Rock lslant
Sash & Door company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
BANQUET OF DRUGGISTS
County Association Plans Annual
Function for January.

At a meeting at the New Harper
last evening of the Rock Island
County Druggists association plans
were made for the annual banquet
to be held in January. There was
also discussion of the preliminaries
for the entertainment of the dele
gates who will be here to attend
the 1911 convention of the Illinois
association. The
wives of the members were special
guests at the meeting of last even
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
Business Men Are Heard.

The meeting was attended by a COM
mittee of 55 business men appointed
at a gathering held last Thursday at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
Personal Points

w. o. Wood is here from Rock
ford.
A. D. Shaw of Columbus, Wis, is
in the city.
A. NJ. Bruner arrived here yester-
day from Chicago for a visit
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Farnsworth OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08

1t will greatly add to your comfort to have a
good, hot cup of wellmade Postum each morn
ing and Dame Nature will repair much more
rapidly, forPostum contains elements from
the wheat which Nature uses in rebuilding nerve
tissue.
You have the scientific data on request.
The facts are here, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08

Lame back comes on suddenly ant
is extremely painful. Il is caused b.
rheumatism Of the muscles. Quick re
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
Free to Puhlic Today.

Today, for the first time since the
branches OF Rock river between Sears
and Milan were spanned back in the
early days, you had the privilege of
driving over this route in or out of
the city without the payment of tolls.
Your old friend who greeted you at the
little house on Vandruff's island is out
OF a job. The Rock river bridges are
free to the use of all who may care to
use them as an avenue of egress or
ingress- The city will maintain the
bridges by general taxation. This is
the import of the resolution passed
without a dissenting vote at the meet
ing Of the Rock Island council at it's
regular meeting of last evening. At
ter the resolution had been presented
by Alderman H. ]. Frick and adopted,
Alderman G. L. Schmid offered an or
dinance repeating the ordinance Great
ing the office of tollgate tender and
providing for the collection of toll.
The rules were suspended, and the re-
pealing ordinance was Immediately
considered, and it was passed by unan-
imous vote.
The state herald., 1910-03-25
$3.50 RECIPE CURES WEAK
KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROU LES, BAG kAC HE,
STREAMING, SWELLING, ETC.
stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't 1t be nice within week or
so to begin to say goodbye forever to
the scalding, dribbling, straining, or too
frequent passage of urine; the fore
head and the back-of-the-head aches;
the stitches and pains In the back; the
growing muscle weakness; spots be-
fore the eyes: yellow skin; sluggish
bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg
cramps; unnatural short breath; Sleep
lessness and the dependency?
/ have recipe for these troubles
that you can depend on. and II you
want to make quick recovery, you
ought to write and get copy of 1t.
Many doctor would charge you $3.50
Just for writing this prescription, but
have 1t and will be glad to send it
to you entirely free. Just drop me a
line like this: DIR. A. Il. Robinson,
k-254 Luck Building, Detroit, Mich,
and will send 1t by return mail In a
plain envelope. AS you will see when
you get 1t, this recipe contains only
pure, harmless remedies, but 1t has
great healing and pain-conquering
power.
1t will quickly show you It's power
once you use it, so think you had bet.
ter see what 1t is without delay. | will
send you copy free-you can use 1t
and cure yourself at home.
The state herald., 1910-03-25

was, could perceive none; every
where arose the same blank wall of
Chilean power. impossible. unassail-
able. insurmountable. Saint Andrew!
mine was n situation to chill the blood.
The stars began to CLEAN in the
black void Of sky overhead. those bril-
liant, scintillating stars OF the south
In their unfamiliar consultations, for
ever reminding me that | was an alien
and stranger. TIE city itself.
wrapped within the deepening folds of
this early night mantle. appeared un-
usually noisy and demonstrative.
dimly wondered ut II. There was n
ceaseless blare OF bands. n medley OF
inarticulate cries. mingled with the
continuous disorder OF shutting feet
along the roughly paved streets.
could distinguish nothing definite rs
/ hung curiously over the bal
cony rail. staring idly down, yet
II was plainly evident that the entire
population was astir with some in
creasing excitement. Far out toward
the distant mouth of the harbor n fort.
ress battery was firing salvos OF mr..
tillery. the swift flames OF discharge
cleaving the black shadows in vicious
spurts OF yellowish red. the sullen re
verberations OF sound shaking the no.
tel easements. Some Holy Saints day.
/ imagined. wondering idly what spe.
cial devotion OF the church could be
responsible for so much OF uproar, so
general an outpourIng OF enthusiasm.
Still. tho thought held me barely for
n moment. my own personal Affairs
were far too serious and insistcnt for
any wasted attention upon tho saintr.
I turned back from the rail- and
glanced careleasly within. The great
dining hall was already brilliantly n.
Illuminated, and n number of the tables
were surrounded by guests. II formed
cosmopolitan scene. the grouped
faces being representative OF n wide
variety OF races. the scraps OF CONVEX.
sation which foatcd TO mo through the
open window revealing half the Ian.
guages OF Europe. Swarthy Spanlards.
volatile Frenchmcn. silent sons OF Al.
bion. laxative Yankees. bcwhiskered
and bespectaclcd Germans. blonde.
rosy'chcckcd swedcH. together with
representatives from half dozen
South American countries. were indis.
orimina,cly mingled In sudden broth.
crhood. This motley. interesting com.
pany was composed principally OF
mon. exhibiting hero and there tho
glitter OF military uniforms. or some
peculiarly OF attire attcnting the pres.
cnce OF the inevitable giobc.trott-r. nj.
though the majority were plainly
enough commercial gentlemen. inter.
estcd In various lines OF trade, and
drawn Into this vortex from the four
corners OF the globe In the Wild Hcram.
bic after gold. No foreign passenger
steamer had entered the harbor with.
In the past 70 hours. and I had al.
ready studied those faces before In the
vague. shadowy hope Of discovering a |
friend. ] III another cigarfo. out Of
sheer nervousness. and sat silently |
The state herald., 1910-03-25
LITTLE THING
Changes the Home Feeling.

Coffee blo,s out the sunshine from
many home by making the mother.
or some other member OF the house
hold. dyspeptic. nervous and irritable.
There are thousands OF cases where
the proof IL absolutely undoninble.
Here IN one.
a Wis. mother writes:
Il was taught to drink coffee ut nm
early age. and also ut mn carly age be.
came victim 10 headaches. and ms
grew TO womanhood these headaches
became part OF me. ms ! was scarcely
ever free from them.
about Ave years ngo friend urged
mo to try Postum. made tho trial
and the result was so satisfactory that
we have used II ever since.
MY husband and little daughter
were subject 10 bilious attacks. but
they have both been entirely free from
them since we began using Postum In.
stead of coffee. no longer have
headaches and my health IN perfect"
II some OF these tired. nervous. ir.
rltnbio women would only leave on
coffee absolutely and try Postum they
would md n wonderful change In their
life. II would then be filled with sun.
shine and happiness rather than weari.
ness and discomfort, And think what
an effect Il would have on the family.
for the mood OF the mother In largely
responsible for the temper Of tho chill.
drcn.
Read "Thc Road 10 wellvilio." In
pkgs. There's n Reason"
Ever read the sbeve i~ttevf A new
sss sppssvs frssa time Ia time. Thsy
sve aesstse. tree, ssd fall 81 hsmss
issesesa
The state herald., 1910-03-25
WHERE SHE HAD HEARD 1T
Mrs. jackson Quite Confident She Had
Picked Out Biblical Name for
Her Boy.

asked to baptize n negro baby boy.
Name this child" he said, address.
ing Mrs. Jackson, the mother of the
black mite.
"Hallud."
That's strange name. Mrs. Jack
son." remarked the bishop, hest
tatingly.
Scripture name" rejoined the
happy mother, with a confident grin.
Il never saw II in the Bible"
why. bishop. how kin yuh stan up
dar kiddin a ole ignorant nigsah laik
/ is? Yuh says dat name whenevah
yuh says de Lawd's prayer-'EIallud
be thy namen success Magazine.
The state herald., 1910-03-25

A Niagara Falls man tells this
story:
"A Buffalo man brought relative
from Scotland here to see our grand
spectacle. The two gazed at the fall
in silence long time. Then the Buff
falo man heaved sigh and said:
"Ah, Cousin Donald. did you ever
see anything so beautiful and stranger
"The Scotchman. after a moments
thought, answered calmly:
"Weel, for bonnie. yon's n RIGHT;
but for strange, no-fur once saw
In the Town o. PEBBLES a peacock wit
n wooden leg"
The state herald., 1910-03-25

ut stake. 1t was no more than natural
that we should openly ally ourselves
with that struggling faction which the
Chilean authorities promptly de-
nounced as insurrectos, and proceeded
to crush.
II was something OF comic opera
war. resulting In two or three Skin
mishes wherein ill-equipped and poorly
differed paisanos were pitted against
regular troops OF the line. and. as we
received from Bolivia no more sub
stantial aid than vague promises. our
resistance. though rather stubborn.
was soon overcome. When the final
wild stampede for safety came. l dis
covered myself. us quartermaster gen
eral OF the late revolutionary forces,
still In possession OF considerable
sum OF money. to which no one else
possessed any better claim, the un.
healed scar OF Chilean bullet In my
shoulder. and an exceedingly fiattering
chance of being summarily shot by
drumhead courtmartial II caught. All
opportunity for retreat across the Bo-
livian frontier was already effectively
blocked. but. after several weeks OF
excessive hardship. skulking amid the
dark recesses OF Indian huts In the
mountains. succeeded In stealing I'M
observed into Valparaiso. feeling con.
fidont that. Ms n sailor. should be
able TO discover In that busy seaport
some early opportunity for escape.
This confidence was doomed to bit.
ter disappointment. The Chilean au.
thorities were especially DESTROYS OF
apprchending me. inspired doubtless
by visions Of tho war-chest. rumored
to be OF far greater value than truth
could Justify. They were both alert
and suspicious. The American consul
was obdurate to pleading. refusing
pcrcmptorily to become involved In
the AFFAIR. while no war vessel floating
the nag OF tho United States. to which
l might fee for protection. entered
the harbor. Manifcstiy II was impos.
siblo for mo TO depart on any foreign
vessel as n passenger without possess.
Ing the necessary papers properly
yised. nor could I oven ship as sea.
man before tho mast without running
the gantlct OF numerous suspicious
officials especially warned to appre.
bend me. In brief. though possessing
ample means. was n helpless pris-
oncr. my only safety the keeping out
Of sight from nil In authority within
the narrow confines Of tho hotel.
Sitting there In solitude that even.
Ing thought Il out all over again for
tho hundredth time. bitterly curHing
myself for stupid fool. yet utterly
unable TO discover any yentufcHomc
prospect Of ultimate escape. was
trapped an securely as though the
hand Of actual arrest was about TO DO
placed upon my shoulder. I might.
by thus continuing to skuik In tho
dark. delay tho result. yet the fnal
ending was inevitable. Beyond doubt
| was cornerrd. and the tlmo was ripo
for tho eager acceptance Of any reck
less opportunity. Yet. desperate ~ !
The state herald., 1910-03-25
Elaborate Revenge.

Paw. wasn't that horrible din.
ner?"
ut was, Tommy"
But you handed the waiter a dino
when we went away. What did you do
that for?"
Il wanted to convey the idea to
him, Tommy, as delicately as possible.
that II he'd brought us good feed It
would have been a half dollar.
cago Tribune.
The state herald., 1910-03-25
An ungallan, Outlook.

again. the ungallant outlook OF
some husbands causes divorce" said
ex.Gov. Pennypacker in witty after.
dinner speech in Philadelphia.
1T is amazing what an ungallant
outlook some men have. said one
day to II Bucks county farmer:
"'Hlaye you got wife. Hans?'
"Why, yes, to tell the truth. have.
Hans replied For the little bit tho
critters eat. II amt worth I mans
while TO be without one"
The state herald., 1910-03-25
Hello.

The telephone girl had married well
and was stopping at hotel with her
husband. Rising at 10 n. m. she rang
the bell for the servant.
why didn't you wake me up as
instructed you?" she asked.
81 did, ma am" answered the slavey.
"but when | said 'Seven-thirty," you
replied. Line busy. VIII call you up"
-Lippincott's.
The state herald., 1910-03-25

Mr.. Quiverful-Tommy, did you give
your little brother the best part Of
that apple, as l told you? Tommy
Yes. sir; gave him tn seeds. He
can plant 'em an have whole or
chard!"
The state herald., 1910-03-25

Foreman, calling up to workman
"Phwat are yez dom up there. Ca
sey?" Casey-"Oi'm layin' bricks. av
course" Foreman-'Be hivins! by
the stiffness av ye yez moight be lay
in eggs"
The state herald., 1910-03-25
An Accommodating Girl.

'Why is 1t that you take Miss Gar
Fam to dinner so often?"
"She can pronounce the French
words on the bill of fare and is always
willing to do the ordering. Chicago
Record-Herald.
The state herald., 1910-03-25

De Auber-I painted a group OF Ia
dies, and the picture was SO lifelike
the men passing tipped their hats"
De Brush-"That's nothing. painted
a picture Of hen and threw 1t in the
waste-paper basket and 1t laid there"
The state herald., 1910-03-25
The Similarity.

do you know. Imogene, your hair
reminds me Of Syracuse?"
pray why?"
Because it's so near Auburn. "-Cor-
nell Widow.
The state herald., 1910-03-25

The literary boarder fastened his
eyes upon the hash. kindly pass the
Review of Reviews" he said-Every-
body's.
The state herald., 1910-03-25
CREAM SEPARAIORS

New Iowa DAIRY Separator. Cleanert
skinner. send for catalogue No 10,
l. \. watkins MdHo. Co. lbss-7f Wa
zee st., Denver.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18
NOTICE

J. W. Going calls the public
attention to his fine line of feed,
practically everything in the feed
line, fresh, pure and guaranteed.
Especially would he call the
farmers attention to his fine line of
No. big white oats, that if they
would like to SOW he will exchange
oats for corn, bushel for bushel.
He would further call attention to
the fact that his grist mill is opera
ted daily and anybody wanting corn
ground or crushed can get it any
day. He would also call attention
to his excellent line of pure crushed
corn and oats mixed in the proper
tion Of ? parts shelled corn to l part
oats, absolutely guaranteed.
Thanking you very kindly for
past patronage and hoping to share,
liberty, your future trade. He is
yours to serve, j. w. GorNG.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18
To the Farmer BOYS

1t is now time for the boys of
Randolph county to line up and
get ready to plant corn for the con.
test which will be held in this coun-
ty this fall, just prior to the state
fair, when the state contest will
come off. There is 81, 975 already up
FOR the state winners. There is
500 for the best single ear, $1,000
for the best ten ears and best record.
Besides these two prizes there will
be sew raj other prizes for I'd, 3rd,
fourth, etc.
There is no reason why some
Randolph county boy should not
walk away with first prize this
time She carried away 4th prize
on the best single ear last year.
There were 80 counties organized
last year with a total membership
of 5000. Randolph county had
about 45 members, but only ten
exhibits were brought in.
This year we should have at least
400 members. Last year we had
S2l, this time ! feel confident we
will have 800 at least to offer boys
who raise the prize winning corn,
which will be decided by three
competent judges. l will feel very
grateful to the school teachers OF
this county if they will assist in
getting members TO enlist in the
club.
|. Mr.. John r. Klzer of Pocahon.
tas is secretary and treasurer of the
county committee, and parties wish
ing TO enlist can call at his office IL
Pocahontas State Bank or send
their names to me at Lorine.
shall be pleased to answer any ant
and all inquiries relating to The
club. Will have literature to mai
out in afew days.
w. X. MclLRoY,
Chairman of boys corn club il
Randolph county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18
For County Surveyor

In this issue of the Star Herald
we announce John II. Cox as a
candidate for the office of surveyor
of Randolph county. Most of our
readers are acquainted with Mr..
Cox as he served one term in this
office and did a great deal of work
all over the county. Therefore it
is not necessary for us to say any
thing regarding his character as a
man or as a public official. He is
willing to stand upon his record
according to his work in the past
and feels that he is entitled to a
second term as is the usual custom
for those who have made good and
faithful officials. We ask all our
friends to give Mr.. Cox candidacy
careful consideration, feeling that
should he be elected again he will
give his best time and attention to
the work of his office. '''
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18
Dean School House

If the editor will give me a, Iitsge.
space want to give my views or,
the matter of raising cotton IN the
year 1910.
/ Think if the farmers ever expecr
to do anything for themselves new
is the time to make strike. What
| mean by this is, for us all To-,
stick together end strike out one
half OF the next cotton crop and put
our land in corn and peas. 1t does
seem to me that ii the poor farmer
ever had gap to get out from under
the oppressers now is the time.
So now let the man who follows
the plow work to his interest. The
God of heaven blessed us during,
the past year by causing the
price of cotton TO go so high and
now IL does seem that the farmer
could see that better times are
coming our way if we would Only
look to our best interests. The way
to keep the price Of cotton up is 10
plant less of that and more of corn
and hay. So, brother, farmer, pus
on your thinking cap one time be-
fore you plant this years crop
For fear of the waste basket | will
close, by wishing the Star Herald
and its many readers success.
Ja NJ. Q.
g. o. bewaElen has just reoeiv-
ed a car load of the celebrated
white rose Aonr.
Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18
Fire at MiddIebrOOk

The residence of Joe Ham, a
prosperous farmer residing at Mid
dlebrook, was destroyed by fire last
Friday night between twelve and
one o'clock. 1t is supposed the fire
was caused by a defective flue in
the kitchen. The family was
awakened by the roof of the rear
porch falling in and, fortunately
for them, had time to get most of
their household goods from the
front rooms. However all the
kitchen and dining room furniture
was lost. There was no insurance
on either the building or contents.
Mr.. Ham is making preparations to
rebuild at once.