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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-28
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evening at the home of Mrs. Moller.
1410 F'ifth-and-a-half avenue.
Mid-week prayer services Wednes-
day evening at 7:S0.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Brooks, 1000 Seventh avenue.
Central Presbyterian.-The session
will meet tomorrow evening at 1880 at
the parsonage, 1914 Seventeenth street.
Mid-week prayer services Wednes-
day evening at 1880, followed by a
meeting of the Sunday school officers
and teachers.
Saturday afternoon the annual utili-
ty sale by the ladies of the church
will be held at the home of Mrs. E. D.
Folsom, 1892 Fourth avenue. Fancy
articles. cakes and candies will be Of
fered for sale.
First Methodist. - Mid-week prayer
services will be held Wednesday even
ing at 1880
The Ladies' Aid society will give an
entertainment Thursday evening.
THE Country Store" will be pre-
scented.
Prayer services will be held Satur-
day evening at 1880.
First Baptist.-Mid-week prayer and
covenant meeting Wednesday evening
at 1880.
The monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Mission Circle will be held Fri
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
]. L. Hickey, S11 Eleventh street. The
topic for the meeting is to be THE
Home of the Huguenots."
Trinity Episcopal. - The Vestment
guild will meet tomorrow afternoon at
2 O'Clock in the choir room.
The Woman's auxiliary will meet to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at the
home of Mrs. C. w. Hall, Ala Twelfth
street.
Trinity guild will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. J. T. Ken
yon, 1137 Fourteenth-and-a-hal street
The monthly meeting of vestry will
be held at the rectory Thursday ev-
ening at o'clock.
First Swedish Lutheran-The Mems
society will meet tomorrow evening at
the home of John Mattson, Fourth ave
nue. and Seventh street.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Thursday evening at the school house.
Grace English Lutheran.-The joint
board of the congregation will meet
this evening at 1880 in the lecture
room of the church.
The Luther league reading circle
will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at
the parsonage.
The Reliance club and the trustees
will meet Thursday evening at
o'clock at the home of ]. Hasslequist,
Thirty fifth street and Ninth-and-a-half
avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday afternoon at the lecture room
of the church.
German Evangelical. The Young
Ladies Sewing circle will meet this
evening with Miss Gertrude Etzel,
Ninth avenue and Eighth street
The typography class will meet to-
morrow evening at the church.
The Ladies' Sewing circle will meet
Thursday afternoon at the church.
An entertainment will be given
Thursday evening at Turner hall I'M
der the auspices of the Young Peoples
society.
The monthly business meeting of the
members of the congregation will be
held Sunday afternoon at o'clock at
the church.
Contractors, Attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-28

ID. A. r. Meeting.
Mrs. G. G.. Craig was hostess to the
members of Fort Armstrong chap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-28

Butter-Dairy, 27c; creamery. 32c.
Fresh Eggs-19c.
Lard-15c.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, 60c; oats 47c.
Forage-Timothy hay, s1S; wild hay,
SIS; straw, SO.
Coal-Lump. per bushel. 15c; slack,
s cents.
Wood-s4.So per load
Chap-olene, the non-sticky lotion.
Best for chapped, rough and sore skin.
Price 25 cents. At Thomas drug store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-28

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-28

First Swedish Lutheran.-The Men,
society will meet tomorrow evening a
the home of John Mattson, Fourth ave
nue. and Seventh street.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Thursday evening at the school house
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

means new stock Then there are the
mergers. the consultations and the
reorganization, and each process
meant more railroad stocks and more
bonds, all of which are now yirtuously
ciamoring for dividends or interest.
So II is that we today face the prob
lem OF finding for the railroad man
ayers funds enough TO pay dividends
upon the ocean Of watered securities.
1t has been estimated by a compe-
tent railroad authority that one share
Of stock in one OF the pioneer railroad
ventures is now represented by at
least 100 shares OF stock on the ex-
changes OF the country. To pay divi-
dends on this sea OF stock the rail-
roads are today put TO their wits end
because the growth OF commerce has
no more kept pace with the physical
growth OF the railroads.
With this complex financial problem
always facing them Is 1t any wonder
that the railroads turn to the ever
open pockets of the public which pays
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
ON FanILlAR pARAsEs.

they are always devotees, you know
glide over the Smooth, Waxed
Floor to the Witching Strains"
"Tha.s a fact" nodded the Mere
Reader. But what l can't remember
is what happens when they arrive at
the Witching Strains"
why, then" said his mentor, the
Music Suddenly Ceases and the girl
Leads the Way to the Conservatory,
where"
She Drops sher Fam" interrupted
the Mere Reader.
II see you have read that more than
once" observed the Constant Writer.
"A million times" said the Mere
Reader. but vet | believe I've over
cooked something"
Il should cay you have; you've
overlooked the Embrasure of Win
dow"
"By lingo, yes!" exclaimed the
Mere Reader. I'm fact, ball loom al
ways has windows with embrasures,
wi atever they are. That's where Mrs.
Vivian. the Tactful Hostess, discovers
him MoodiIy Gnawing his Neither Lip
and drags him OF to be introduced to
Madcap Nellie Bliss. who is Bewitch-
lngly CARRIED in Plain Homemade
Frock OF White Dimity. and she
makes him forget the Heartless
Coduette. Say no more-I can see
the whole novel now. clear up to the
asst chapter where he fishes a Plain
Gold Circlet from his vest pocket at
the Chancel."
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

Thirty-three single takers in New
York city have issued a call for n
single tax party.
The proposals Is one alien 70 the
George methods. He might have
changed his mind II he had lived until
now. but in his lifetime he always OPP
posed the placing of the great prin-
ciple for which he fought in the GUS
tody OF any political party.
AS a result the single tax has made
progress silently. imperceptibly. creep
Ing into the consciousness OF millions
who do not even know what the terms
means. II was promulgated 80 years
ago. II is now, in principle. the issue
under which the ministry OF Great
Britain and Ireland holds ONCE. IL To-
In nrincinle the rule of taxation or
a great part of Australia. 1t Is widely
accented as the best form OF NUM-
cIpal taxation In Germany. Men VINO
would deny that they are single tax
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
A SINGLE TAX PARTY2 WHIP

ers are arguing for II every day. 80
much for the progress, without a
political party back Of il, OF the mere
ly fiscal demand made by the George
philosophy.
And all over the civilized world the
moral principle that the earth belongs
to the children OF men, and not 10
landlords, is accepted by the vast ms
jority of the people The war song
OF The last British campaign on the
Liberal side was God made the land
for the people!"
Without any political party, George
has in 80 years caused the worlds
thought to change face on the basic
fact of social life. This is a wonder
full, an epock-making thing. Could ii
have been done IL cabined, cribbed
and confined in an organization ,"
Probably not 1t goes faster and fur
Their, as just plain Truth. The time
will come when il must become an
issue in its complete form. Halfway
measures will not always satisfy the
Georgeites. But just now, and for
many years, It would seem that they
had better leave we'll enough alone.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

ITO please women, man must ad'
here to only one"
The Countess Vera de Talleyrand,
a leader in Partisan society, offers
this aphorism as the result OF her
observations upon life, in little
booklet she has had privately printed
and distributed among her friends.
The title OF the book Is Thoughts
and Remembrance"
In this little volume the countess
reveals herself as a keen student or
human nature, and the possessor OF
a delightful wit tempered with the
cynicism which points an epigram.
Here are some Of her aphorisms for
meE:
Women never come of age; reason
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

On June l the consumers of food
stufYs and other necessities Of life
were presented with a new burden IN
the shape of excessive increases In
freight rates.
On Aug. l, IL the consumers do not
discover and use some effective means
Of protest through the machinery ot
tie federal government, the public VIII
enjoy another and similar hardship.
what does 1t all mean?
That the generation OF breadwinners
IL being asked to pay the fddlers OF
earlier congresses when railroad pro
moters and congressman were first In
partnership.
On the plea that subsidies were
necessary to secure railroad building
there was an era some 40 or 80 years
ago when legislatures and congresses
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
A WOMAN'S VIEW OF WOMEN

irritates them, sentiment guides
them"
Women is like the dew. II 1t is a
tear OF dawn. q fall OF pure alabaster,
it is pearl; IL 1t fall to earth 1t IL
mud"
when woman loves she pardons
even crime: when she ceases TO love
she does not forgive even virtue.
For the benefit of her own sex the
countess has this TO offer:
The first thing that women know
is that they are beautiful; the last
thing they perceive is that they are
old"
"A woman is like an army; she Is
irretrievably lost il she has no re-
serve"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
by n. e. A.

voted enormous gifts OF land and
money TO new railroad projects.
Even In those days congresses and
the legislatures were carried in the
vest pockets of the railroad pioneers.
Certificates OF stock in the untried
embracing the coveted
concessions, were the medium OF ex-
change between the railroad promo
ters and the lawmakers. Some money
was spent by the railroad pioneers,
but the farsighted statesmen who
dealt out the subsidies preferred stock
In the graft rather than cash In hand.
Some OF these ventures prospered;
others failed. When they prospered
the stock was watered and when they
failed they were "reorganiZed."
When a road Is reorganized 1t means
that new money is needed, and that
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
A BLIND MANS PRAYER.

written by VIM. d. Russell. tho
blind litterateur, of les West FOREST,
and a graduate from the University of
Michigan. This poem has been pub
llshed in the Independent and Pictorial
Review magazines and has been given
wide circulation:
In all I think or speak or do.
Whatever way my steps are bent,
God shane and keep me strong and
true.
Courageous. cheerful and content.
God help me, help me TO suppress,
All longing for what cannot be;
And grant me means wherewith 10
bless.
whoever may have needed me.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

the bill. at least when it pays the
freight on all articles OF consumption!
The increased freight rates they pro-
pose to saddle upon the consumer
Aug. l are entirely independent OF tAe
general increase which is now the SUB
ject OF violent protest from the west
and northwest.
A 20 per cent increase in freight
rates on the necessities Of life would
Weld the railroads an additional pront
OF more than $275,OO0,000. They at
temped to justify this increase by say
ing they needed the money TO pay the
increased wages, but the outside esti'
mate of the wage increase Is $780,
O0O. 900.
What Of the remaining $l75,OOOO0o!
1t is the price the public pays Tor a
heritage of stocks and bonds piled
upon looted public domain; stolen sub
sides. special privileges granted by
knaves or fools in public office; STOCKS
multiplied by reorganizations and mer'
gers and holding companies.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

be here then, II you see it first 1t will
be yours. for the next 1850 Unlike
Halley's uncertain comet, Donattfs
celestial peacock was on exhibition
for nine months. Il was 45,OOO,OOO
miles long, three times as long as
Halley's. and 100000 wide, so you
see that after all this Halleyss comet
is hardly worth getting up at 3 a. IN.
TO see anyway, when you'll have a
chance TO see real good-sized one in
SSOS. or whereabouts.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
BY Fred Schaefer.


Here" said the Mere Reader. Il
want you to give me a lift on this
Light Fantastic Toe thing. Why is
that kind OF toe always tripped?"
The Constant Writer looked up. 'If
that's all that's worrying you," he re-
piled kindly, listen. Don't you know
that IL occurs always In the Mazes
of a Dreamy Waltz?'
SURE know It," admitted the
Mere Reader What Of it,
This Of IT," went on the Constant
Writer with a smile of pity. The
mazes are always threaded, and the
Light Fantastic Toe trips on the
thread"
oh" was the Mere Readers only
comment.
Yes" pursued the Constant Writer.
but after little practice IL goes bet
ter. The Devotees OF Terpsichore-
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
From Another Point of View
Masn that an awiul speech 70 axe before the SING

wasn't awful speech to make before the kng'
TO rent: Desirable cottage,
IN other words jury probe
YER ITSELF a yas?youene. f
Vow
q plaster stuck for the fifty?
boodler than liar telling
unlawful railroads To
produced
kfl right
left the track crashed into the front Of candy
Of this line the
than mclasses ~
president
which right providing doesn't
tepped
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
The Newspaper that
is not afraid

The Times newspapers today which Mr.
Russell refers
There are no strings us Russell that there
ARE strings newspapers.
Mr. Classics these newspapers follows:
owned BY public service corpora
public :sr. .,s:. business with
s.ns r.rosa trolley emp0
.s' [
m: % ss.: .ss s'ss
' ar. s:.: " I'd. %S"s sex:
The Times pleasure and much pride in the fact that 1t
immune irons group o and including group No. s.
Times owned by who have nothing
public corporation who have favor ask from
national county government who under no obligation
public officer and who sympathy way with
Of this which the aim of Mr. Russell in his article
the that high plane and that
buried pecuniary gain
policy Times the policy prescribed by the demands
people, looking their good the preservation Of their
rights protection their pocketbOOks and their fed
policy mans bidding
political party public service corporation
any public officer any bank any advertiser.
What the pub due in that which shall be printed or shall not
be printed public will honest here
for that purpose
Consideration that would public officer bank ad
would have compelled by the good
advanced the most obscure individual whose
mfrequeny exercise
charity.
independence the part The Times and the same pride
Of its publishers leaves free to
print that which unfit columns and that
which indecent advertising columns
policy that is winning for The Times
It is building up adding constituency read
ers in the homes Of Detroit
is bringing recognition there demand for clear and
newspaper Detroit and Michigan and pleased to state that
there is such demand
policy promises the advertiser the best Of returns his
Investment
policy which makes the banks glad to get business
policy makes the public service corporation and
policy the public the and only this
newspapers support
policy ALL which brings with the satisfaction Of having
nted when the editions for the day off, and policy
which defense and unurbd when magazine writer's
attack newspapers Of today"
We have agreeing Russell for 10 years going
printing kind Of that and chill
en may need fear that fair that honest
unammed whose columns its and
novspauer that rs NOT AFRAID.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
TODAY IN HISTORY.

June 2, Donau
Also vere d his
comet. IL Is his
because he discov.
cred IL. He also
discovered that II
takes from 1850 10
1000 years for 1t to
get around again,
and ~ he will not
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
NEW BANK OPENS.

BRIGHTON, Mich, June 1.-THE
new state bank opened Its doors here
yesterday with l.. r. Manning, former
ly Of Howell State bank, as cashier
and VIM. Fry, formerly Of Detroit, as
vice-president. G. J. Baetcke & Co.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

bunch coming on the other side of the
track
She: Why, | can't tell your horse
from the rest
He: Wait till they're In the home
stretch--then mine will be going so
slowly that YOU can't help but recog.
niZe Ii.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
Viii Pleasure We
Observe Mr.. Russell Is
Not Talking About Us
We Find We Are Not Included
Among the Newspapers He
Names As Being Regarded
With plstrust.

means shows bouto our
safeeuarded every o'ner sn
by statutory
we DC
right Of peaesb assembly, ne
freedom from
Illegal imprisonment
anoUsnd ana one'
unlmpared respect
daily newspapers country will reproduce Mr. Russes
article, there few that would dare
however you will the first of The Times you Will md
IA the left Of il, at the top this:
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
WATCHING THE PONIES.

InlS was at the
race track.
The young man
OF wealth had In
vested In a racing
stable. Some OF his
horses were very
pretty, and the rest
OF I h EN- couldn't
run, either.
He was watching
a race with the
Only Girl, A cloud
OF dust marked the
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
A Clever Idea.

Vingle: II would have saved the
railroads a lot of expense.
Vangle: What would?
Vingle: II they had built Chicago
and New York closer together
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

There was a dachshund once so long
You haven't any notion
How long Il took to notify
His tail OF his emotion;
And SO II happened when his eyes
Were wet with woe and sadness
His tail would still be wagging on
Because OF previous gladness.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
Writes Charles Edward Russell in
La Follette's Magazine:

The newspaper Of today 10 regarded
with general dlstrust People at 'aroe
do not know why, but they feei tns'
the newspapers have ceased to natt'e
for their cause. That 10 the reason
why the magazine has supplanted the
newspaper as the leader OF pubic
thought.
This fact everybody acknowledges
Here Is the reason for the change.
n, then, the right Of free press mas
been 80 largely lost In this country
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

The average annual death rate
among all the armies In the world Is
nine I'm each thousand.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

An English firm is manufacturing
brand they call "Casket Cigarets.
Just as though coffin nails were not
bad enough,
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

Don't Kiss" buttons are being dis
tributed by the worlds health organi-
cation. That button pinned upon the
breast OF a fair kissee will have lots OF
effect upon the kissor--during the day
time. IL can't be$seen in the dark.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

Years ago horseshoes were nailed
over the door of cottage as q protec-
ton against witches, and became an
emblem of good luck.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

The consumption OF beer in the
United States FOR the past nine months
showed an increase OF 5S,l72,337 gal
Ions over the same period Of last year.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

When there Is a fight in a small
town in a prohibition state. the ques-
ton Where did the whisky come
from?" attracts as much attention az
the fight.-Atchison Globe
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

THAT man is certainly unlucky."
"How's that?"
Why, just as he was getting ready
tc go TO the ball game his wife died"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

ST. Johns, Newfoundland, Is the
nearest American town to Europe, be-
ing 1920 miles from the coast of Ire
land.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

Nurse: Now. don't be afraid. dear;
| am taking away the candle. but God
will stay with you in the dark.
Little Girl: Oh. nurse! please take
God and leave the candle.-Life.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-02

Layman: rs there anything to all
this talk about the doctors having a
trust?'
Doctor: We'll | should say so. I've
been trusting some of my patients for
the past ten years"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-06
INSANE MAN HANGS
SELF In WOODS

Hanging with his knees barely off
the ground the body Of a man was
found suspended from a tree BY a
slender cord IN the woods south Of
Youngstown today. He had made
q hangmau'B moose Ia the cord. slip
ped II around his neck. tied the
other end TO a tree limb and then
deliberately strangled himself TO
death BY lifting his feet from the
ground.
The body was found by l.. Shor
tall A Graham aud John Braiden.
The dead man was attlred In cheap
overalls. coarse blue shirt. wooden
socks and heavy rough shoes, he
answered the description Of an in.
sane man who has been around
youngstown for several days. This
man has caused much fear among
women aud children IN the suburb
and posse made futile search FOR
him in ts~ woods south Of George
toWe yesterday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-06
HAVE YOU JOINED YET?
CLUB MEMBERS BY THE SCORE HAVE ALREADY
SELECTED THEIR PIANOS AT EILERS
MUSIC HOUSE AND ARE NOW ENJOY
ING THEM IN THEIR HOMES.
Phenomenal Selling Result OF Finest Pianos Offered
at Savings OF Sll3. SiS2So and S9i-Terms Low
IS Down and 81 Weekiy-Free Music
Lessons and Other Advantages.

Zach rluh buys a large number Of
pianos This makes lt possible for
us GO make the same concession 90
Club mrmbeu that we woald 10 q
bona glde Wholesale buyer. but
which concession could not BE- made
90 each member ~ the club NJ d
regular retail OF individual puf
chaser
All told. there ara $40 strictly
brand new. high grade. warranted
instruments set aside Tor club mem
bcra
You are no, asked 10 take one
style % one particular make 90 the
contrary. yuu choose between eycr
two dozen % the most desirable and
worghlest makes ia the very latest
% case designs Ia fanelsst % SAT-
Domingo mahogany. Engllsh buried
salnut and Eunalao quartorsawed
oak
II you can pay o. down and o.
waekiys ioiu Club A. select a 1850
piauo and save sita
Cluh y members secure 1880 nj
amos and save sth2b0. On terms 81
g. 90 down and 81 90 weekly.
Club & members secure $3.50 pi.
amos and save sisi. terms 81 doRn
and $3.50 weekly.
ADDITIONAL SAVING POSSIBLE
A atin further reduction II given
club members IN The form o. cash
premiums for hll lnHgailmsnts paid
IN advance. and also for securing al
dltlonai club members These cash
payments viii. Ia most instances
more than offset the = per cent
simple interest charged ON deferred
payments
IL u any wonder that the Eilsrn
Plano Clubs have already proven 10
successful We state III an sin
cerity that such beautiful and de-
sirnblc pianos A. are obtainable nou
on the Club plan have never beeu
offered anywhere AZ such ridicn
lously small prices and unheard Of
terms Of payment Compare and
investigate Satisfy yourself that
everything We state and claim IL
gospel truth You're protected In
every way. Pianos must prove er.
actly as represented or Money
Back There are no IFS. "ands
or butts this IS straiEhtfor
ward. legitimate. incorporating OF.
fering
There IL no time better than the
present to investigate come in a.
once Eilers Music House. Eilers
Music building. Third and univcr.
aity.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Eilsrs
Music House. in accordance with u.
$. Copyright Act Of March (. 1908.
All rights reserved.