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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
BY HENRY S. PowARs.

N the middle of the block on Second
avenue west of the present Harper
house about the year 1S47 a man
named Swartout established pillow re-
pair shop. For sign he set up a pole
and placed a pillow on top of it. One
Halloween the pole was removed to
the front of a private property half a
BIC OK north and was there to be seen
next morning, with the pillow on top of
it as usual. Halloween pranks were
more common and conspicuous then
thar now in Rock Island. I remember
or another occasion the same gang of
youngsters took square pen contain
ing a calf from the north lot of the
OIL Rock Island house and moved pen,
calf and all out into the middle of Mar
ket square anad the next morning the
calf attracted general attention by bel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

lowing for it's breakfast there. It may
have been the same year that q livery
sign was taken down and put up at
tire Rock Island house.
Charles Pettifer, who conducted a
small wagon repair shop and lived in
little shack north of the Rock Is
land house, was one of the strange
characters of that time. He was the
most Independent of men, caring not
what people thought of him or his ap-
pearance. He made no pretense of
keeping clean or respectable, soap and
water being strangers to him He
never shaved or ever cut his hair or
beard unless driven to it by the in
sistence of others. r. Champion tells
re that he recalls a time when a
number OF the young men dubbed to-
geiher and raised money to give Pet
tifer a bath, shave, haircut and a
new outfit of clothing in the hope that
he would permanently reform. Their
faith in him was SOON shattered, how
ever, for he went hack to his old
habits in few weeks and was as dirty
and unkempt as ever.
II. S. Herrick was a grocer here at
that time and an alderman. At spring
election he was again a candidate.
Some of the boys for joke, had slips
printed with Pettifer's name on them
and campaigned for him all day at the
p'Ils- They were as much susprised as
Pettifer was when the votes were
counted to find that Herrick had been
beaten by two or three votes. Petit
fer however, was man of sense in
msny ways and refused to take the
seat, possibly realizing that if he went
into the council room in his usual CO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

Rev. D. F. Andrewartha OF Odell, ILL.,,
will preach tomorrow morning at the
First Methodist church. Miss M. D.
Cook will be in charge of the evening
services at o'clock.
First Baptist.-At 10:45 the regular
service and a sermon on THE Slave of
a Troubled Conscience" There will be
no Sunday evening preaching during
the month of August.
Memorial Christian.-Bible school,
$3.50 a. m. Morning worship and COM
mnDion, 10: As, followed by a sermon by
s G. Fisher of WalIa, Walla, Wash.
There will be an official board meeting
at D. m. The Senior Endeavor will
meet at $50. The evening song SER
vice and sermon by S. G. Fisher will be
held at 1880.
Trinity Episcopal church, Nine
teenth street and Sixth avenue. Rev.
Granville H Sherwood, rector. Sunday
school at $50 a. M. Services at 1880
and 10:45 a. m.
Zion Swedish Lutheran. Forty-ffth
street and Seventh avenue. Sunday
school at $50. Services at 10:45 a.
m. and 7:45 p. m.
Grace English Lutheran, corner For
ty-fourth street and Seventh avenue.
Rev. Ira o. Nothstein, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. M Morning service
at 10:45. Subject of sermon, 1.-The
Pharisee and the Publican" Luther
league meeting at GAS. Topic, I'm
vesting our Talents"
German Evangelical, Ninth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Rev.
r. J. Roll, pastor. Sunday school at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
(From The Argus of 1850

(FrOm Inc Argus OF 1891
Aug. 3.-John Crubaugh has re-
turned from the realms of the north.
Hon. H. C. Cleaveland leaves to-
night for Springfield to be present at
the assembling of the soldiers home
commission tomorrow.
Tri-City Baptist Social union has
been formed with the following Off
GERS: President, U. Roraback, Daven-
port; vice president, ]. w. WEIGH,
Rock Island; secretary, DR.. d. w.
Skidmore, Moline; treasurer, General
Litchfield. Davenport. There will be
quarterly meetings.
Aug. George Dickson and r.
F. Dart OF Milan went to Beloit today.
Gilmore as president and J. M. Blu
ford as secretary and treasurer.
The river rose q foot last evening
IN consequence OF heavy rains.
The stockholders OF the Rock ISL
and Pillow works hald their annual
meeting yesterday. The election of
officers resulted in the choice of J. 5.
Aus. 5.-Mr. and Mrs. f. c. Deuk-
mann returned from an enjoyable
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

9:15 a. m. Services, at 1880 a. m. and
1880 p. N.
First Swedish Lutheran, corner Four.
teenth street and Fourth avenue. Rev
is G. Hagglund, pastor.
German Lutheran Immanuels, corner
Twentieth street and Fifth avenue
Rev. Phi. Wilhelm, pastor. Services
at 10 a. m.
Memorial Christian church. corner
Third avenue and Fifteenth street.
Rev. E. T. Mcfarland. pastor. Sun
day school $50 "a. m. Christian Endeavor
$50 p. m. Regular services at 10:45
a m and 1880 p. m.
Second Christian, corner Sixth street
and Thirteenth avenue. Sunday school
at $3.50 a. m; George H. Hull, superin.
tendent. Services at 1880 p. M.
Third Christian, Fourteenth avenue
and Thirty-ninth street. Sunday scnool
at $50 a. m. Dr. j. H. Nichols, superin-
tendent. Services at 10:45 a. m.
First Methodist. corner Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street. Rev. r. B.
Williams, pastor. Services at 10:45 a.
m. and p. m. Rev. d. F. Andre
wartha of Odell, ILL.,, will occupy the
pulpit at the morning services and
Miss Cook will have charge of the
evening service.
Spencer Memorial Methodist church.
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue. Rev F. E. Shut, pastor,
Sunday school at $50. Preaching ut
L,
league at 6:45 p. m. Morning sub
ject, Use and Abuse of the World; "
evening subject, mo Compromise. -
German Methodist. corner Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue. Rev. William
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

dition the other members would re-
tire. In spite of his dirt this strange
character was unusually well informed
or current topics of the day and a
regular attendant at the Episcopal
church. He died in the poor house a
few years ago and the late DR.. Sweet.
rector of Trinity parish, conductec
burial rites for him at the almshouse.
In 1916, or thereabout. c. G. Taylor
cGme from New York and established a
private school in the basement of the
Pr esbyterian church. which stood
where St Joseph's church is now.
was one of his pupils. We boys used
70 play shinney at noon and recesses
and one day David Haken was hit in
the eye and rather seriously hurt. The
schoolmaster thereupon forbade shin
ney At the very next recess, how
e1 er. two-thirds of us joined IN another
game and after the school had been
called to order we were all lined up
and punished with a two-foot rule ap-
pied to the open hand. I remember
EDWARD Spencer, now of California.
Was among those chastised and how
the tears rolled down his cheeks. |
was at the foot of the line and got mine
like the others. There was no more
sfinney
About 80 or sc Rev. Mr. Briggs. a
surerannuated Baptist minister. and
Rev. DR.. Dennison came here TO estab-
l'sh seminary. At first they rented
private rooms and taught there. Later
they decided to build, and having no
money. they solicited aid from the
people, taking brick. lumber or any
tn ng they could use, and promising
free tuition for the children in return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
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 F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, con-
tains no mercury, and is taken inter-
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 TAX
en- internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testi-
n onials free.
Sold by druggists. Price IS cents
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
Acq~,r,ns d reputation.

Archbishop I1owley. who lived in the
eighteenth century. most unjustly got
the reputation of swearing like a
trooper. The explanation is that the
Duke Of Cumberland. who fought the
battle of Culloden and who was I'M
speakably profane. once went in quest
of the primate to get his assistance
about Il certain bill which he disliked
He returned TO the house of lords. say
ing: ITS all right. my lords. I've seen
the archbishop. and he says he'll see
the promoters to - before he'll vote
for the - bill" AS a matter of fact.
all the profanity had been supplied
quite in the ordinary run of conversa-
ton by the duke.-London Taller
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
Struck a Rich Mine.

S. w. Bends of Coal City, Ala, says
he struck a perfect mine of health
in DR.. Kings New Life Pills for they
cured him of liver and kidney trou-
BILE after II years OF suffering. They
are the best pills on earth for con-
stipation, malaria. headache, dys-
pepsia, debility, Is cents at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

First Church of Christ, Scientist,
S25 Twenty-third street. Services
Sunday at 10:45 a. m. Subject,
Spirit Sunday school following
morning services. Reading room
open daily to p. m. Services
every Wednesday evening at 7:45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
" HEN YOU TAKE
HOSTETTER'S BITTERs

you have a proven medicine that will
do good to every organ in the digestive
system and one that is freely endorsed
by thousands of satisfied users.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BiTTERS

has been used successfully for over ST
years in cases of BIoating, Heartburn,
Headache, BiIiousness, Sour Risinas,
Indigestion, Cramps, Diarrhoea, MaIa-
ria, Fever and Aeue. It is the best for
YOU Try bottle today. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

If your liver is sluggish and out
of tone and you feel dull. bilious. con-
stipated, take a dose OF Chambers
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets tc-
night before retiring and you Will
feel all right in the morning. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

remember that Mr.. Briggs chewt.i
tobacco. He was a saving soul and
never wasted any of it. It was told
Of him that he chewed the strength all
out of the weed and then dried and
sr,olIed it, finally using the ashes for
sEUff. I don't know whether this vas
tue or not, but / do know he wa5 .li
tight a proposition as one would IL CT
in days travel.
Aiming the pupils at this seminary
were Major c. w. Halves. F. b. HAYES
srd Clark Van SAINT. older brother Of
e. X. VanSant. former governor Of
Minnesota. A youth named ElmoFe
Stem was one of the prize pupils. lie
HAD committed one OF the famous 10
nan orations to memory and used ID
reoite it at all sorts of functions ar
always before appreciatlve audiences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

Church of Jesus Christ. Latter Da,
Saints {Mormons), Maths hall, R. w
Pinney. presiding elder. Sunday
school at 1880 o'clock. Preaching
services at $3.50 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06
Twenty-Five Years Ago

trip to the north this morning.
d. n. Richardson of the Davenport
Democrat left on Monday for tour
around the world.
Aug. 6.-Rev. and Mrs. r. G.
Pearce will celebrate their silver we'd
ding anniversary at the parlors of the
First Methodist Episcopal church this
evening. A pleasant time is antici-
pated.
Frank Ill Of Rock Island and
Michael Vetter of Hamlet have re-
turned from a thoroughly enjoyable
trip to the old country.
Aug. There is a good stage of
water at this point, but above Du-
buque the river is low and declining.
Notice to Owners of Dogs.
BY instruction from the city council
your are hereby notified that unless
you pay the licenses upon all dogs
owned ny you not later than Aug. Sth,
1910, they will be ordered shot by the
police.
GEORGE W. McCASKRIN,
Mayor-Chief OF Police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

All the news all the time - The
ArRnR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-06

West End Sunday school. 700 Sixth
street. Sunday school at 2:30 p. N
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening a,
80; W. B. Barker, superintendent
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29

The pastors of the city have been
telling this week, through the col
umns of this paper, why people should
go to church, and incidentally why
they do not. We have read the ar
ticles with a degree of interest, and
we get the conclusion, finally, that
the lack of interest in church attend
ance is due to the same Indifference
that characteriZes most people about
all serious matters Without intend
ing to speak lightly of a serious mat
ter, this paper is convinced that if on
the same day two exhibits should be
offered the people and under the same
conditions-one exhibit of a painting
of rare creation depicting a heavenly
host by master, and the other of a
six-legged cat with a tail ON both ends
the cat would draw the biggest
crowd. This is not said in levity, but
as an actual conviction This day and
generation has gone mad over light
entertainment and diversity. 1t re-
quires some effort to think seriously,
but none to be light-headed.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
OCTOBER 20 IN HISTORY.

16P6-Edmund HALEY, the royal as
tronomer for whom the come
is named, born near London
Died at Islington, Jan. IA, 1742
1777-John Hancock resigned as pres
ident of the American Congress
1795-John Keats, celebrated poet
born in London Died in Rome
Feb. "a, 1921.
1sl4-Ffrst steam war vessel, the
Robert Fulton" launched al
New York.
1Ss5-Gen. George B. Mcclellan, ia.
nous civil war general, died at
Orange, N. ]. Born in Phila-
delphia, Dec. 3, 1926.
1s97-Henry Robert Emmerson be,
came premier of New Bruins
wick.
1900-Great banquet given by the cit
liens of Montreal in honor of
Lord Strathcona.
1904 naval lieutenant, heading a
mutiny in Greece, fought los
ing battle with the government
vessels near Salamis
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
HELPING THE TARIFF.

Assuredly the tariff is largely to
blame for the present high cost of
living. All democrats agree that this
is so, and most of the republicans
deny it. But the extravaganza of the
people, and the tendency to abandon
any effort to make any part of a liv-
ing at home helps the tariff to plumber
the people. In the good old days, as
they are referred to, when people
had very few conveniences, and few
of the modern comforts, and when
the family raised its own truck patch,
and the store account was the small
est of the burdens, the tariff cut lit
tie ice, and there was little to worry
about. But today we have all of the
modern comforts, and are living swift,
most of us from paper bags, raising
nothing except families; the people
who do make our supplies, and find it
hard to supply our needs, charge us
pretty much their own price. Assur
eddy if we were spending less and
saving more, and used the economy of
our fathers, we would know less Of
the ariff burden. But we are going
to get the most out of life, and natu-
rally will have to pay the cost. In
the meantime the tariff will be taken
off of many things that it now covers
If the democrats will do their duty
in congress.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
i. ************** .
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
: ********=..:*...

Wednesday afternoon the Literary
Society, which was organized several
weeks ago among the girls of the
High School, met. The name chosen
for the society was the Athena" and
the day of meeting the last Wednes.
day in the month. Eleanor Househja2
was made vice president, the other
officers having been elected at the
last meeting. A program committee,
consisting of one representative from
each class, was appointed to arrange
a program for the next meeting. The
club expects to enjoy some excellent
programs, consisting of piano, vocal,
and violin solos, recitations, stories,
debates, ETC., and to be greatly ben
Gifted by the work. After some
practice they hope to have some de-
bates with the Palestine High School
Debating Society.
A profitable and interesting ad-
dress was delivered at the High
School Wednesday morning by the
Rev. Allan Crabtree These weekly
talks are very helpful to the students
and are greatly enjoyed by them.
A meeting of the Freshman basket
ball team was called last Monday af-
ternoon. They decided to have their
court on Cedar street Practice will
begin in about two weeks.
Miss Carrie Kendall spent several
days at the Dallas Fair this week.
The Senior Glass is glad to see
Homer Colley at school after several
days illness and greatly regrets the
loss of Roderick Allen, who has left
school
By the removal of partitions be-
tween the study hall and the mathe-
NAUTICAL room, the former is greatly
enlarged. A room ON the first floor,
formerly occupied by the fifth grade,
is now the mathematics room.
The Sophomore benefit given at the
Lyric Theater Friday night was
complete success. Besides the regular
program of vaudeville and moving
pictures, there were the following
specialities provided by the class: Vo-
cal selections by Miss Frances Tea
mer and Marie and Coils Bradt, and
a recitation by Vallie Williamson.
The crowd numbered about 400,
and although the exact amount of pro-
ceeds is not known, it is believed that
a nice sum was realized.
Miss Frances Marsh, who gradual
ed from the P. H. S. in 1910, has
Joined the German class recently
formed among the Senior Latin stu
dents. The High School is very glad
to have her present again.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
Weather Conditions.

A disturbance which is entering the
Northwest is causing marked rise
in temperature in the Rocky noun
tain region. The eastern storm is
passing out to sea beyond the range
of reports 1t has caused light rain
or snow in the eastern lake region.
The high pressure area has moved
eastward, causing much colder wealth
er to the Atlantic coast Killing frost
is reported in the Ohio and central
Mississippi valleys, and in Northern
Texas and Louisiana. The weather is
clear and cold in Texas this morning
and light frost occurred as far south
as San Antonio. Fair weather with
rising temperature is indicated for
this vicinity tonight and Sunday.
T. r. Taylor,
Official in Charge.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29

the Guggenheims, of the Gates, and
of thousands of others. 1t is the his
tory of Beveridge of Indiana, and Of
Johnson of Minnesota and hundreds
of others in the political world, and
back to Lincoln and the other men
of that day and time, who came from
homes of poverty. There is no sys-
TEN devised under heaven that will
ever put men on the same level, be-
cause men differ in talents, in
genius. in brains, in capacity, and all
the systems or creeds in kingdom come
cannot remove this eternal truth. Nor
can creeds deny that to the man who
will and who can there are unlimited
opportunities today to go to the top
of the mountain.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
RANK AesURolTY.

4 leading exponent of socialism in
recent article undertakes to explain
in simple language just what socialism
Is. As he reduced it to a finality the
creed simply stands for the removal
OF the idle stakeholder in the great
Industries of the country, and makes
the returns from such concerns pay
the men who do the work, rather than
the men who own the stock. Answer
ing the question as to how these COM
panies are to be organized and main
tanned, the writer argues that the big
hnancier is not essential, because in
the first place he got his money from
the work of others, and these others
have furnished the money! The au-
thor goes further and argues that
under present conditions there is no
chance for the ordinary laboring man
to climb up. If this indeed is the
creed of the socialists it is an absurd
creed. In the first place the state
ment that the man of small means
has no chance is disproven by all
history. In the present day even,
when money is supposed to count
most, the most successful men of the
time have come from humble homes
and started their careers under ad-
verse circumstances, and in poverty.
This is true in the financial world. It
is the history of the Rockefellers, of
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29

We were just wondering why it is
that when a woman does something
sensational, wicked and that puts her
in disgrace among womankind gen.
orally, the first thing we hear of is
that she contemplates going on the
stage or into vaudeville. And then
we were wondering why it is that
when she does go on the stage people
flock to see and hear her and pay
their money for the privilege. There
are some things about old hui
mainly that puzzle.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29

Flattery is getting in its work on
Colonel Roosevelt inst as it always
has on most men. Being Landed by
his fellow-men, he has come to con-
slider himself the ideal man and
statesman, and is showing this ten
dency In his speeches and action.
From now on his course will be to-
ward the decline, where most popular
men land sooner or later Few men
have yet lived and retained the great
place made for them by one time
popularity.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
Congregational Church.

9:45 a. m, Sunday school.
II a. M. and 1880 p. M, preaching
by the pastor.
Morning subject: 81 Will ASK You
One Thing"
Evening subject: THE Acceptable
Year of the Lord"
Special music at both services
under the direction of Miss Mary E.
Copeland.
3 p. m, Junior Christian En-
deavor meeting
6:45 p. m, Senior Endeavor meet
ing
The pastor and members cordially
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
New Playhouse In St. Louis.
IHerald SDpciaIl

St Louis, Mo. Oct 29.-The Sam
Shubert Theater, the latest addition
to the list of ST Louis playhouses, will
be opened to the public for the first
time Monday night. The theater is
one of the finest and best equipped
in the country The initial attraction
will be Lew Fields in "The Midnight
Sons"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29

The local weather man Is in the
record-breaking business. This morn
ing was the coolest October weather
known here within the past twenty
nine years, or within the life of the
local weather bureau. The tempera-
ture dropped to thirty-one.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
Grace Methodist Church.

Sunday school, $50 a. m.
Preaching, II a. m. and 7:30 p. m
Junior League, p. m.
Senior League, $50 p. m.
Rev. j. NJ Mills of Brushy Greek
will fill the pulpit tomorrow. Let all
the members be present. Visitors
and strangers cordially invited to all
services.
w. F. Smith, Pastor.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-29
Avenue Baptist Church.

Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching, IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
B. Y. P. u, $50 p. m.
Preaching at both services by Dr.
J. H. Anderson of Clifton, KY.
All members urged to be present at
both services. Strangers welcome.
J. c. Duncan,
Chm Deacons.