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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

Thus far the commission form has
been adopted IN this state by Rock
Island, Springfield. Decatur, Elgin. Mo
line, Pekin, Kewance. Jacksonville Ro-
chelle and defeated by Rockford Joliet
Galesburg. Quincy, Champaign, Syca-
more, Monmouth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

The world has gone entirely to the
bad There's no longer honor among
thieves. The man who so boldly rob
bed the Rector restaurant of 50 800
last Sunday morning was himself rob
bed Of the spells before he had left the
place & block behind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Mercer County Wedding.

Aledo. III, Feb. IL Special The
marriage OF Miss Iluella NJ. CARRIER and
Frank ". Peters took place at the
Baptist parsonage "Wednesday. The
couple will reside or a farm near Ham
let.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Different.

Gould poor woman be a good
cOokT"
Good cooks are precious. don't
see how she could be n poor woman II
she were a good cook"
But suppose she were married 10
Jones'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

Dr.. Cook is going 70 lecture in Iowa
One thing the doctor did not permit TO
get frostbitten in the icy Businesses is
his nerve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11


why a man shouldn't bet on the
ponies. but he never thinks Of them
until after the ponies lose.
All the world CANDLES. The only
difference Is that some people win take
chance on anything and others are
Circumspect
When a woman says she hasn't Q
thing 20 wear YOU may know that her
rival has a new gown.
man may say his prayers in four
languages and yet not be able 20 give
his fellow creatures a square deal
from sheer ignorance.
When you wish TO compliment q
plain woman tell her she Is dainty and
temperamental She knows she il no
beauty.
No man knows what a fool be can
feel until his young sister gets posses
sion OF a love letter that he has writ
ten.
When his son marries. a man won
ders how the young blade can be such
an idiot.
When a girl marrie$. her mother
knows the girls troubles have begun.
Strange how much more respect we
have for the judgment Of those who
praise us than for the judgment OF
those who condemn.
When YOU hit your finger with
hammer IL Is good time to ask the
children TO run out and play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
In Evidence.

~ GNiANHNNs
Yes
guess
You will have 10 admit
Without arguing ~
That the baci bore Of winter
is some classy splinter
You mas break you may shatter,
with tremendous clattsr
Every vase
About the place
n you viii
But the backbone Of winter - off
feTeut pill.
u Isn't brittle
or a soft stick Tor small boys q
II Isn't made OF plastic clay
Nay.
Not on your t'ncle BITS tlntvpsf
when n o. ripe
II requires an extraordinary gent
To max" dent
n 80 FRA me
Or 20 bend the same
You think ~ SHOWS diminish
You see 80 hniHh.
Bot wait
y doesn't forget the date
Nor Why n 10 on the job.
l. viii bob
II when you least expect
And connect
with an old fashioned storm
II favlas- form
There comes gushing thaw.
But Law
That doesn't mean am
Tho blow win faU.
And it will be some blow
Accompanied b. snow
And trimmings fhU are not
Exactly hot
no a. Oh ere 70 sLsy
Dn-tl n gl~=E a1aay.
On tu1f
You can bet your ~ giraw hat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

reer. the other endeavoring to keep
him out Of the strife that we all saw
coming He was fred by Annas ideas.
while Lisa's restraining influence was
not in accordance with his ardent IA
tune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

The president could not have chosen
a safer Of more popular vehicle 10
come west in than the Canadian reci-
procity proposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

Somebody says that one OF the best
things about prosperity among the
farmers was that nearly all Of them
a went out Of politics
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

The prune crop is short according 20
the market report The shorter the
prunes the better some OF the board
ers will like it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

Welcome to the state. Mr.. President,
even If you do not get out OF the south
end Of the league.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Couldn't Cash Il.

Couldn't Cash ".
Il have "A patent car couple here
that IL worth Sl,OO0.OOO easy
You are modest"
NO: Il is worth every cent Of II l
wouldn't take dollar less. say"
We'll"
LEND me 10 cents for car fare"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Saturday. February II, 1911.

ST. Louis would like TO be the capital
OF Missouri if it doesn't cost too much.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
HuInOr and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THERE are plenty Of good reasons
why a man shouldn't bet on the
ponies. but he never thinks Of them
until after the ponies lose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Noble Youth.

HE is madly In love with her"
with MabelF
"Yes." .s,
"She has n lot OF money"
"Oh, he doesn't mind that at All"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Risky.

The flowers that bloom in the spring ira
Ia.
Come up without counting the cost.
For little they reck as they venture on
deck
The mischief that's PLAYED by Jack
Frost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

He stands forth pre-eminent for his trouble and
for No Abraham Lincoln ever born
in kings palace and purple. God raised Lin
coin to drink water, live in a log cabin, eat pulse
and through adversely rise to greatness.
DIR. Newell Dwight Hills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

"What do you Think"
81 don't, either"
dad has just bought an acceptance
Dear me. And all OF your new out
door things are auto things"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

All the world CANDLES. The only
difference is that some people win take
n chance on anything and others are
Circumspect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
Suitable.

"What part are you going 70 take In
the show
Il am going 10 be the villain
THAT will be fine You won't have
10 make up."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

When a woman says she hasn't Q
thing 90 wear YOU may know that her
rival has a new gown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

a man may say his prayers in -four
languages and yet not be able 20 give
his fellow creatures a square deal
from sheer ignorance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

When you wish 10 compliment a
plain woman tell her she Is dainty and
temperamental. She knows she IL no
beauty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

When a girl marricS. her mother
knows the girls troubles have begun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-11

When his son marries, man won
ders how the young blade can be such
an idiot.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

Oscar NiCkerson has new sklit built by Fletcher.
 Lewis and Fletcher have re- ceived their new E H. P. Vulcan marine engine.
 Dan Mccall came down the Stickine, to pilot the Telegraph on her trip up the river.
 Trout fishing did you say? You will catch plenty if you buy your gear from Patenaude. Everything you need to catch 'em with.
 Don't confuse the Curfew signal with the fire alarm. The curfew will be one long blast and the fire alarm is the regular distress signal of many short blasts.
 It Is reported that the party of bear hunters are delayed at Vim cent creek, until the river opens up more. They are willing the time away by catching trout some of which. have been brought to Wran- gel.
 "The Mil of the Gods and a Refuge" will be the theme of the lecture at the St. Philips Church next Sunday. Popular music and a profitable evening is assured. Don fail to be there.
 MT. C. H. Stackpole, father of Capt. Fred Stackpole, of Wrangel, died April 18th at Coupville, Washington, of heart failure. Nr. Stackpole was a resident of Mon roe Wash, and was seventy-seven years of age.
 Troubled with dandruH? It may be light and fluffy and not appear dangerous at the present time but f neglected 1t will. become matted that will mean loss of hair. Ny aI's Hirsutone will prevent 1t.
 Alaska, New Mexico and South Carolina are the only places in the country where marrage licenses are not necessary to wed. Mar riages between whites and Chinese are void in California, Arizona. Mississippi, Oregon and Utah. Douglas News.
 AIr. NcNurnie had his final drill with the Boy Scouts, Thursday evening last. The order were eN- ecuted with the precision of Heter- ans. which speaks well of MT. Nc Nu-nie's skill as q drill master, MT. McNurnie'5 leaving Wrangell is regretted by all the ''Scouts".
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11
Notice

The fire whistle will be blown as a curfew signal each evening al 900 o'clock, commencing Friday evening May I2.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

The Juneau Council has passed a Shack" ordinance. and are tear- ing down old shacks. It seems Wrangell has plenty of subject matter for such an ordinance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

When some of the bear hunters return there will be a perceptlble Hull in fish stories.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has decided to permit boxing con- tests. Now when Johnson gets out of jail and the Windy City digs up whitemanshope. ?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

You never know what will hap pen next. Lincoln, Nebraska, bodily and volontairly fell of the water wagon at the last election.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

We are going to have the laun-. dry, but the baseball season seems ulite backward in this vicinity.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11
4 New Indus tz
Read up the utilization of farm waste products and WOOd
 waste by distillation.

A general consideration of the NEW IN DUSTRY, including full description of the distling apparatus used and the principle in- voved, also methods of chemical control and disposal of the products, first edition illus trated by seyenty-four engravngs, I5o pages. This book is cloth bound, it will be sent to any address post paid on receipt of s3.2o.
 Write for practical hand book on the fermen- tation, distillation of denatured alcohol from farm products and wood waste, INCLUDING TAX-FREE ALCOHOL LAWS and TRADE SECRETS. A plain statement of facts for those interested. 28o pages, 60 illustrations, I2 mo-, cloth, price sI, ,2o postpaid.
 Having exported German Stills in large amounts for many years and having number of agencies in the far East, we are now open to establish additional agencies and invite cor respondence to look after our old customers and prospective buyers of our Modern Simple Tax-Free Industrial Alcohol DistilIng Apara- tus, by special successful demonstrative me thods for making alcohol, Apple Jack, Aguar- diente, Mescal, Tegulia, Peach brandy, Whis- key, Solidifed Alcohol in Cubes, Etc, also Denatured Alcohol. Most modern simple ; Gal Still and all sizes to 500 Gal. Daily Ca pacities. Good Commission Address The Wood Waste Distiileries Co.,, Inc,
 Wheeling, W. Va. U. s: 4.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

E. B. Barber was a passenger on the Jefferson Tuesday. He comes to Wrangell to take the place of MT. McNurnie, who has been transferred.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11
News of the North

4 stock exchange has been o. ganized at Valdez with twenty charter members. Douglas News.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

On April I4th old Mount Wrar- gell began belching forth a sheet of flames 2,ooo feet high.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

C. Rev Ireland, Alaska Manager for the Pacific Building and Loan Association, Jeff for Juneau on the City of Seattle last Sunday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11
News OfI4Ocal
 Interest

The Alaska left for Yess Bay with a barge of lumber Monday.
 Crown and bridge work-every- thing guaranteed. Dr. Mathis, Dentist.
 The ice has started in the Stikine and Monday morning the straits were full Of the floating ice.
 If your teeth are bothering you in any way, call on Dr. Mathis and have him look them over.
 Born:-To MT. and Mrs. Geo. No-thrup, on Thursday, May |, a seven-pound boy.
 Mir. and Mrs. Al. Osborne are the proud parents of an eight pound boy born Thursday, May I.
 Fr. Sweere is in town and will hold services at the Catholic Church on Sunday. Mass at 10. 50 \. NJ.
 The Town of W'rangell. through it's Mayor. has sent a protest to Washington against the vaccination )f Alaska-bound passengers.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-05-11

Mir. and Mrs. Al. Osborne are the proud parents of an eight pound boy born Thursday, May I,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

Those battling beer agents can go
to a decision over the question of re-
curing every wholesale liquor dealer
to have a separate license of his own
without making anybody mad except
possibly the owners of the breweries
they represent and if the officials of
the city do their duty this matter will
not be dropped until an effort has been
made in the courts if necessary to col
lect this money. Some Of the agents
are complaining Of discrimination in
the collection Of these licenses, but
they can rest assured that the peo-
pie Of the city will expect all agents
to be put on exactly the same level
and will favor the collection of Ii
ycense from all of them if it can be
done legally. The three or four thous-
and dollars which is being lost annual
~ under the present haphazard ar
rangement whereby some of the agents
pay and some do not would come in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

Notwithstanding the legal troubles
of the powder trust it is said that the
plans for the rebuilding of the plant
at Pleasant Prairie, although on q
much less extended scale than before
the explosion, are well under way. 1t
is declared that the laws regulating
the manufacture and sale of powder IN
the state passed at the present session
of the legislature will be complied
with down to the minu5est detail and
that the determination to operate the
Pleasant Prairie plant in small way
is something in the nature of an ex-
pertinent to ascertain by actual expert
ence the effect the operation of the
new laws is to have on the business Of
powder making in Wisconsin and that
the future development of the plant
to the size it had attained previous to
the explosion will depend on the costs
of manufacture under the new regula-
tions as worked out at the small plant
to be put in operation at this time.
Every assurance is given the people
in the vicinity of the plant that there
will be no storage of explosives on the
property and that the plant is not to
be used as central distributing plant
and no dynamite kept there in the
future and that they need have no fears
that any explosion that can endanger
their lives or property in any way can
take place in the new plant to be
erected. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the people of Pleasant
Prairie viii insist on the strictesC OBJ
serva1ce of the law for it was the
backing of the supervisors and PEOPLE
of this county that forced the mea sure
through the legislature in its present
| form and that if they are not entirely
satisfied with conditions at the plant
that they will be heard from in some
way. The laws of this state for the
regulation of the manufacture of ex-
| plosives are more advanced than those
| of any of the states and their opera
tion will be closely observed all over
! the country, especially in those states
where ether powder or dynamite man
ufacturlng plants are located.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

In the establishments which must fol
low the enforcement of the women S
labor law which has just gone into eff
feet in Wisconsin the first protests
against the law are going to come from
the employees and not from the en-
ployers. Under the general rules laid
down, inasmuch as the different occu-
pations followed by women are not
classified in any way and no exceptions
made to these general rules, many
women employees in positions where,
while the hours of labor may be longer
than those permitted under the law,
they are we'll satisfied and the work is
well suited to their capacities and i'm
poses no undue strain on their strength,
will lose their places The law was
designed to protect factory workers,
but it is going to affect women in
clerical positions the most.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13


No one will begrudge the rural mail
carriers their increase in pay for it is
generally believed that they are en-
titled to a raise. Men familiar with
all branches Of the government service
believe that these men do more work
for the returns they get from it than
any class of employees in the postal
service. 1t is expected also that the
increase in pay is sufficient to induce
the most desirable men to seek EN-
ployment in the rural mail service and
that it will eventually result in rails
ing the standard of employees to the
highest level.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

pendents just being completed by the
secretary of that organization and it
is believed that the savings made in
the administration of charitable work
in Kenosha by the use of this card in
dex Of dependents will go a long ways
towards the expenses of the maintain
ance of the organization. The waste
and unnecessary expenditures due to
lax methods and indiscriminate giving
shown by the index cards are reve-
lation to even the most experienced
charity workers in the city and while
many of those who gave literally in
response to every appeal were well
aware that they were frequently i'm
posed upon, the extent to which this
systematized grating has been car
ried by some of the professional beg
CARS of the city as shown by the index
cards is almost beyond belief By
means of the index, people have been
discovered who have been receiving
help not only from the city funds but
from almost every society in the city
which devotes any money to charity
work at one and the same time who
were entitled to nothing, either having
property of their own or relatives
amply able to care for them. Many
other cases of people getting more
than sufficient for their relief and
more than they were entitled to were
discovered. Now that it has been
shown what valuable aid in the dis
bursement of all relief this card
index of dependents is, it is expected
that the city officials in charge of the
public relief work, the committees on
charity and the secretaries of all or
CARNATIONS and societies which set
aside part of their incomes for charity
and individuals who give largely and
more or less Unfortunately will CO.
operate with the secretary Of the AS
ISOLATED Charities in making These lists
of dependents complete and accurate.
Enough is now known Of the actual
situation in Kenosha to make certain
| that great saving can be accomplish
ed in many ways by the systematic
supervision Of relief work but the first
and most important consideration is
the fact that under the supervision of
the Associated Charities, no dependent
will be overlooked and that all relief
demanded in any emergency will be
promptly furnished; the brazen beg
CARS will get what they are entitled to
and those who are backward in MAX
ing an application for assistance which
they sorely need will have their needs
supplied quietly. It is hoped and ex-
pected that the funds required to carry
on this great work will be supplied by
the people of the city and that the
usefulness of the Associated Charities
| to the rich and poor alike will never
be curtailed by any lack of money.
Any one who contributes to the sup
port of this central bureau can do so
with the sure knowledge that the as
ISOLATION, with the information and ex-
perience of its officers, can do better
with the money than any individual
not especially trained in this work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

The agitation over the grade of ma
terials going into the trunk sewer seems
to have ceased entirely with the ap-
pointment of a city engineer. Tt stop
ped with such suddeness as to lead
some people to suspect that perhaps
some of it was fostered by friends Of
some OF the candidates for the position,
but for all that the people of the city
are undoubtedly/very much interested
in the building Of this sewer and are
watching the work very closely. There
has been just enough feeling stirred up
over the first controversy to insure a
lot of outside inspection of the work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13

very handy in the future to meet the
interest on the sewer bonds or to help
cut down some of the heavy obhga-
lions the city has assumed so freely
in the past two or three years. 1t is
declared that the most powerful politi-
cal interests in the city are fighting
the collection of this license money,
but the men who are supposed to look
after the interests of the city will
never have better chance to win 9
fight for this money than they have
right now for interests that ordinarily
would be arrayed against them are on
their side.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13
THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1911.
tuberculosis and Cost of Living,

The chief cause of increase in the
cost of living,' said one of the speak
ers at the recent meeting of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis, lis waste Z
The waste he blamed for the high cost
Of living was not the waste OF the
careless housekeeper, but the waste OF
preventable deaths and sickness and
preventable conditions of low physical
and mental efficiency. He argued that
these wastes together operated to bring
about an advance in commodity prices.
They restrict the supply Of the neces-
saries Of life by taking persons out of
productive enterprise, thus making pro-
duction more expensive.
This is sensible argument We
should not charge up the high cost OF
living exclusively to the trusts and ma
tional extravaganza. Unnecessary dis
ease is too important factor to be
excluded. Of all the preventable dis
eases tuberculosis is the most costly
because as a rule it's victims al con-
fined to the productive period of life.
Impressive statistics show in terms of
money the expensiveness of that dis.
ease The total annual tariff revenue
Of the United States is 20 per cent less
than the annual loss Of wages and cost
of sickness and deaths due to it, More
persons are taken out of productive in
dustry by tuberculosis every year in
the United States than there are wage
earners in the industrial state of Mas
sachusetts. The average family income
in the United States is less than $500.
So it would take the entire family in
come of 562,500 householders to pay
the nation 8 yearly tuberculosis bill
One years loss from all preventable
disease would pay the national debt
Assuming these figures to be any
where near correct, there is no ques-
ton of greater moment, from an eco
monte point of view, than the proven
ton Of unnecessary disease. From a
humanitarian point Of view, none can
compare with it.-Tribune.