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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
THE kNoCkER.

The knocker is an offspring of fai!- ure II. Is an only child, and like most only children Is generally spoiled. He never reaches real ma turitv. Success In others hurts him like a tight shoe. When he grows up ja goes into the laundry business. and wherever he goes he carries with him n lot ot soiled linen and a clothes line. Having no property of his own. and being too poor to rent he becomes a ''poacher" Making his headquarters in the office of other people. there he cts up his tubs. stretches his line and remains until you interrupt him with d polite invitation to come again some other time when you are not 50 busy The knocker always gets busi- ness for the firm which doesn't pay him his salary. As soon as his own firm lind this out he is retired without notice or pay. Nobody wants his conn., pany His employment is a danger
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
NUGGETS NEWS SERVICE.

pur many subscribers of late have had ample opportunity to make com parisons in the news getting ability of the Nugget, and the service given the people. one and aIl must admit the Nugget in demanding of its Seat tlc correspondent only such news that contains the stamp of the Associated Press upon Il. when mentioning im- portant events, is after all the best. and We are giving to the people the most efficient news service in the his tory of newspaper work in Nome.
 owing to the efficient news service oi this paper the people know the names of many prominent people who lost their lives in the Titanic and are not obliged to he limited to the news that one. Colonel John Jacob Astor. was drowned They know the names of many prominent men and women. the captain of the boat who proved 10 be a hero even in the hour of death, b 1litu WHO Aboh great pAcdSAiC Ai saving a bright eyed little baby. and restoring the child to Its mother. wheT he knew in his heart 1t was only [ question of minutes before the Al Seeing Eye and his soul. or spirit would be brought face to face.
 The Nugget has spared no expense in securing the story complete. talk lng the limit off from our correspond Cnt although We believed he was trying 10 see how flush we were yes tcrday when he commenced 10 send In the statements made hv tho various passengers saved.
 That the subscribers of our paper appreciate what We are doing for them in the matter of getting news is v0uched for in many ways and the Nugget staff is somewhat human in accepting praise and other modes Of acknowledgement for the good service rendered
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

ous business policy. His words are without fruit. No one places any confidence in even the good things ho says for they are attributed to sim istcr motives He Is a business van dal continually tearing down but never building up He is an unwholesome creature with bad heart, and eyes that are set su close together that he can pry through a kcyholc with both ot them at the same tune. He can't Iopk you tn the eye for love or money.
 Iu the quadrupcd line he would be either a hycna or skunk-maybe a cross between the two. Among the birds of the air he would be a cuckoo in disposition with crows complex ion. ,,nIie as a reptile he would be a blow snake.
 He does every body. relatives in cluded. in fact relatives are usually his first victims because they are de- cent enough to place some confidence in what he says. He is the one man on earth who can perform that won- dcrCul contortinnistic stunt of gettins beneath himself He is as dangerous to a community as a leper let loose. When you meet a knocker don't potronize him. Don't listen to him. turn from him and pass away. Hit him in the place where his brains ought to be and kick him where they are. He Is no good. He is a bore. He is public nuisance. He should be abated.
 And the moral of i, is. unless you hate yourself as much ss you do the community in which you live, you can't afford to be a knocker.-ET.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
COMING EVENTS.

Annual Odd Fellows Ball, April 26th, Eagle Hall.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

The Titanic delivered to America a greater blow than 10 the European countries. for this country suffered the greater loss American citizens in every walk of life suffered as the result of that great sea disaster. True We hear more of people who were prominent in public life than the poor unfortunates who just had the price to get across to hunt work. but where they now are they are just as grea' as the most prominent fellow whC went down with the ship.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

awake, and have one eye focused up
 ou the future with just little bi,
 more penetration than business men
 in other cities. We are inclined to live too much in the present. anything
 that may happen several years hence
 is uf little interest to Nomcites. and iu
 other towns of Alaska. the future
 spells Go the many - OUT
 S-I-p-E r.. and when casting a pcn,-
 tratine glance into the future the van
 ishing point excludes Alaska. Not so
 in Fairbanks. that IS a city built upon
 rock, it's citizens live not only in the present but lay plans for the fu-
 ture. Cmulating the old time popular belief that In any competition. espe- CialIy in the game of life. you will do
 better to attend exclusively to your
 own affairs and not worry about your rival.
 Fairbanks has headed of Nome in
 the matter Of the semi-centennial ex- position. as she has the other towns,
 but that does not prevent us from boosting the good thing along. Nome VIII profit by the exposition, so will every city. town and mining camp
 within the broad expanse of our ter ! ritory and Alaska being country of great things, We will demand of our inland city that in drawing up plans and specifications for the exposition ] of I9l7. they will use a scale that is divided into degrees Of latitude and | longitude. not feet and inches. To 1 do this they must keep their attention ! centered. not on the other towns of the territory, but upon the stupendous task they have laid out or contracted i for-that alone will bring success for ] the other portions of Alaska will fall ! into line to help boost the semi cen tennial exposition along.
 To the victor belongs the spells. or findings are keeplngs in Alaska along certain lines. like expositions and pay
 streaks. provided the affidavit man
 and lead pencil prospector falls 10 get in his graft, 80 Fairbanks having been the discoyerer of the semi centennial exposition for i917. we will Just have
 to protect that city in it's rights to
 keep and hold on 10 the same.
 We know that Fairbanks is most excellent place to hold such a grand affair the climate is different Co that of Seward Peninsula, there we ind homes with beautiful gardens. flowers bloom in great profusion, garden truck and vegetables 10 meet the demands of the people can be raised. Hay grows to many inches in height. oats and grain have time to ripen. and the country k favored for making perm nueut homes. in fact it is better quail lied to sustain larger populations than mauy other countries We know where thousands thrive and wax fat in fol- lowing agricultural persuits.
 IT Fairbanks is to get the exposi- ton. why Y remains for all other citi.s. towns and mining camps to bury the hammer, and get busy with the elevator. for boosting up Alaska. Each town must pull it's own oar. pull II with all the strength IL possesses. and in unison with the stroke that happens to be set by Fairbanks In this particular case.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

May Fair, Women's Auxiliary St. Mary's Parish, Eagle Hall, May 3.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
PHONE MAIN No. .e.

Copy tor regular sevsrtssmsnts nust De n by IU ooioek on the day f publication.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
PROGRESSIVE FAIRBANKS.

Well we will have to take our hats off to the citizens of Fairbanks. they have put one clean over us in grab ping the semi-centennial Alaska ex- position for the summer of 1917. The men in that inland city are wide
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
OR. j. ll. MUSTARD
DIR. j. M. SLOAN

office hours 1 To 3 and : tO S aO p. m Phone. office. Main 45; resi- dence Black 45.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

Outside ordinary mail elesss every Monday and Thursday at 5 o'clock.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

Spring tonic: A hot bath, warm room and big sleep at the Elite baths. It's good medicine. Open all night.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20
OUR CIRCULATION.
OFFICIAL PAPER.
NOME. ALASKA, APRIL 20, 1912
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS.

i2. Standard Oil Co. 13. csrstsns Cold Storsse l4. John J. Sesnon Co. office 10. Hesoquariers Sstoon. q. Recorders office. 2+. Lawrence hote. 2o. Fire department. s'. Discovery Saloon. 52. Torkey's Cigar Store. II. pae1he Cold Storage Co, Sandspit. -Z 1nra Ave. and Lanes Way.
 Ens,ne House Phone Man e7. Seven Whistles, Water. Three Ere out
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-20

The mill is all right where IL now stands for the present. but II Will never pound out much ore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
At SMALL COST
A Simple Remedy Beauties
the Hair, Cures Dandruff,
Stops Falling Hair,

What a pity it is to see so MANY
people with thin, wispy hair, faded or
streaked with gray, and realize that
most of these people might have soft,
glossy, abundant hair of beautiful color
and lustre if they would but use the
proper treatment. There is no neces-
sity for gray hair under sixty-five years
of age, and there is no excuse for any
one, young or old, having thin, stragg-
ling hair, either full Of dandruff or
heavy and rank smelling with ex-
cessive oil.
You can bring back the natural color
of your hair in a few days and forever
I'D yourself of any dandruff and loose
hairs, and make your hair grow strong
and beautiful by using Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Hair Remedy. For gener-
atoms common garden Sage has been
used for restoring and preserving the
color Of the hair; and Sulphur is recog-
nized by Scalp Specialists as being
excellent for treatment Of hair and
scalp troubles.
If you are troubled with dandruf
or itching scalp, or if your hair is
losing its color or coming out, get q
fifty cent bottle of Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur from your druggist, ard notice
the Improvement in the appearance of
your hair after few days treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

an are expected to attract the greatest
attention.
The most uniQue-and if the wealth
er is very warm the most comforta-
ble-quarters in Baltimore have been
engager by William r. Hearst. For
the use of himself and his friends the
New York editor has taken the big
roof garden on the Hotel Emerson.
Other state delegations that already
have established quarters are located
as follows: Hotel Rennert-Rhode Is.
land, Iowa. Mississippi, Virginia, part
of West Virginia.
Hotel Observation-Disclosures Yer
mont, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, part of West Virginia.
The handling of the convention ar
rangements, separate from the purely
political end, is in the hands of a
large number of local committees,
which have their quarters on the first
floor of the Equitable, building. Here
a large suite of offices filled with en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
WORKING OUT DETAILS OF
BALTIMORE CONVENTION

Baltimore, June 12.-Only part of the
work accomplished by the democratic
national convention, which opens here
June %, Will be performed in the con-
vention hall. The results will appear
there, but before these results are at
night at various hotels and Office
buildings throughout the city, where
convention headquarters have been es-
tablished by the national organization
and the organizations supporting the
candidates for places on the national
ticket.
A political convention is a law unto
itself. Without leaders and committees
to plan their work, the great body OF
delegates could make little Roadway,
but even the most astute leader cannot
always know when the delegates will
upset carefully prepared routine. New,
ertheless, until the delegates ballot
and one of the candidates receives the
two-thirds vote necessary for nomina'
ton, those who are trying to learn in
advance what the result will be will
watch these headquarters.
A national convention has been lik
ened to a great engine in which the
fly wheel is the national committee
the governors the committees on ere
dentials and resolutions, and the fue
/ is the body of delegates which supply
/ the motive power, controlled and regu
lated by these three committees.
The actual work of the convention
started here when members of the ma
tional committee began to arrive. This
committee consists of 90 members On'
from each state and from Alaska, Dis
tTict of Columbia, Hawaii and Porte
Rico. Its quarters are at the Hote
Belvedere. situated in the Mt. Roya
district, within walking distance of tn,
convention hall. The two top floors o
the Belvedere have been engaged b!
the committee, including 60 bedrooms
many with sitting rooms attached Il
addition, the committee has taken tn
hotel banquet hall for its sessions. l.
this room the committee goes over tn
papers filed by the contesting dele
gates and prepares the temporary rol
of the convention. This roll will b.
used when the convention is first cal
ed TO order. After the committee o.
credentials is appointed those VIII
are dissatisfied with the ruling of the na
tiOnal committee will take their claim
before the new committee
The committee on credentials an
the resolutions committee which draft
the platform, as yet have no regula
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
NURSE WAKES REPORT.

The visiting nurse. Miss Margaret
Giles, reported that the assistant
nurse. Miss Trumbull. had been en-
ployed at least half day every day
during the month, and for full time on
eight days. Two hundred Lightweight
calls were responded TO. Thirty-three
patients were taken care of under II
different doctors. Drs. Lachner, De
Silva, Bradford, Dart, Williams. S. B.
Hall, Ostrom, Sala. Souders, Bern
hardi. Jr-, and Assay, all of Rock Is
land; Beck of Moline, and BOman of
Davenport. There were IA former pa
tients treated. 10 being new. Two
cases were dismissed, 10 recovered,
and q remain under treatment The
amount spent for milk and eggs was
S2.93, amount collected $1775. and
$3.50 was paid TO the Metropolitan In
surance company. Eight abdominal
bandages, eight sheets and four gowns
were loaned. Donations were received
from the following: Mrs. Josephine
Williams. Mrs. Mack. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Stur-
geon, Mrs. McCombs, Souders
Laundry company, DR.. Ostrom. DR..
Souders. DR.. De Groot Associsted
Charities, DR.. De Silva, Mrs. T. Muir
ply, a friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
PAY TRIBUTE TO
MRS. M. SUDLOW
Visiting Nurse Association Off.
GERS Adopt Resolutions
on Death.
HOLD POSTPONED MEETING
Miss Giles Report Shows Assis'
tant Has Been Employed All
the Month.

At the postponed meeting of the
Rock Island Visiting Nurse associa
ton, held at the home of the president
Mrs. Cynthia Woodruff on Twenty
third street last evening, resolutions
on the death of Mrs. Mary SudloW
were adopted as follows:
Whereas, an alI-wise God has re-
moved from among us, in the
height of her usefulness, Mrs.
Mary Cable Sudlow, whose life
was full of good works and deeds
of charity, and to whom the spe-
cial work of our association was
particularly dear,
Resolved, That We, the officers
and advisory board OF the Visiting
Nurse association, feel that her
life was a rich example to us, and
offer this tribute of appreciation TO
her memory, knowing that, though
she rests from he. labors, her
works do follow her, and,
Resolved That these resolutions
be recorded in the secretary's book
and a copy Of them be sent TO the
press and the bereaved son.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY w. CARTER,
VIRGALINE SHARPE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs.

After a frightful coughing spell a
man in Neenah, Wis, felt terrible
pains in his side and his doctor found
two ribs had been broken. What agony
DR.. Kings New Discovery would have
saved him. y few teaspoonsful ends
a late cough, while persistent use routs
obstinate coughs. eXpCls stubborn
colds or heals weak, sore lungs. Il
feel sure its Godsend TO humanity
writes Mrs. Ellie Morton, Columbia.
Mo. for | believe would have con-
sumption today, if had not used this
great remedy" Its guaranteed to sat
isfy, and you can get a free trial
bottle or so cent or $l.O0 size at all
druggists.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
DEPARTMENTS AT
LINCOLN SCHOOL
Board of Education Approves
Plan Involving the Two
Highest Grades.
AFFECTS SIX TEACHERS
Plan, When Followed Elsewhere, Has
Given Most Satisfactory
Results.

Following the example Of other
cities in which the system has proven
successful, the Rock Island public
schools will next term begin instruc-
ton Of seventh and eighth grade pu-
pills in the Lincoln building on the de-
partmental plan. II expected results
are realized It doubtless will be ex-
tended 20 other buildings where the
higher grammar grades are taught.
Details for the innovation were ar
ranged at the regular meeting OF the
board OF education last evening. II
was decided 70 divide the work under
six heads, each department having a
special teacher assigned TO il, these
teachers being selected from the reg
ular STAFF in the building Arithmetic
will be assigned TO one teacher, Eng
lsh and grammar 10 another history
and civics 10 a third. reading and lit
erature 10 a fourth, and the other two
will take care Of geography and sup
Elementary branches. Each teacher
will have a class in spelling. The spe-
Cial branchcs-mUsic, drawing pen
manship, manual training and domestic
science-will be taught by special
teachers, as now.
PLAN STUDY ROOM.
Two plans are under consideration
for a Study room, one being TO throw
together two rooms on the second
floor. and the other TO furnish room
on the third floor.
Elsewhere where the departmental
plan has been tried in the public
schools. a larger enrolment and a
higher percentage Of attendance has
resulted The individual interests OF
each pupil can be looked after better
than under the old plan.
Architects plans for the fitting up Of
an assembly room in the Lincoln build
ing were considered
The resignation OF Miss Emily Free
man. principal Of the Washington
school, was accepted.
II was decided TO build a fence OF
the east side OF the Horace Mann
building and repair the fence north o
the Eugene Field grounds.
The time Of receiving bids for thu
central heating plant was extended Ill
June 90
Reports showed that during the nintl
school month there were 1854 pupils
neither absent nor tardy. The enroll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
Summer Term Browns Business Col
lege, Rock Island.

Browns Business college will con.
tinue in session all summer. New term
opens June =. High school graduates
and teachers should take advantage of
this opportunity 10 learn shorthand and
typewriting during the summer months.
Our study hall is cool and airy and our
new building affords every comfort and
convenience Of modern times. Browns
Business college. Horst building. oppO.
site court house. N. B. Dewey, princi.
pal. Phone west 1874.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is sold
on a guarantee that If you are not sat
lsfed after using two-thirds OF a bottle
according 10 directions, your money
will be refunded. II is UP to you to
try. Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

ployes will be devoted to the work of
making the convention visitors COM
Portable and at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

Straw Pile Burns.
a pile OF straw in an alley be-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
Suburban obsession.

The grass! | have to cut the grass
Amid the host of cherries things
That make round of country life
This is the eheerlessest, by Jings!
| have the Jacqueminots to spray,
The hedge to clip-nay, do not scoff--
The bean TO pole, the pease TO hoe;
And when plan an evening of,
1t rains and rains and rains, and
then
have to cut the grass again!
But there will come a time all right
In some far summer ere ! pass
When bent beneath the weight Of years
! shall have not have to cut the grass.
And if at last the summons be
Not to some verdant realm OF bliss
But to dry and bladeless bourne,
A hotter suburb cen than this,
they say There's one) why, BAH
and tut
At least therell be no grass to cut
Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
The Book Cure.

If all the earth is tinged with blue
And cheer up verses hold no cheer;
If there is naught that seems to you
To hint of things that are not drear;
When life seems minus every zest--
Perchanee your home is less a cook
In short, when clouds weigh heaviest,
Forget your troubles in book.
When Hopalong runs passing bad
Upon the muddy Juarez track;
When things for your pet nine are sad,
When hitters seem to lose their knack;
When that pet candidate of yours
Seems headed for a quiet nook,
Just try the surest of all cures
Forget your troubles in book.
We hold no real prescription right
Nor sport the efiX of NJ. D.,
But these few lines we still indite
Because we think they ought TO be;
Perchance they'll meet the gloomy eye
OF some chap with that lost dog look;
To such once more we raise the cry:
Forget your troubles in a book.
Denver Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
CURRENT COMMENT
"Wilson's Solid Progress"

Woodrow Wilson, as a presidential
candidate, is gaining ground in the same
slow but sure manner in which he pro-
crossed TO a victory in the Baltimore
convention. Accessions to his ranks are
reported from many quarters.
The latest good news for his followers
is to the effect that the leading financial
hackers of Senator La Toilette are pre-.
pairing to go over into the Wilson camp,
and they will undoubtedly be followed
by host of the recent supporters Of the
progressive senator. Delegates to the
late Baltimore convention and Demo-
cratic committeeman also report that
there is no single note Of hostility to the
nominee by any Democrat in their re-
spective localities The total absence OF
soreheads anywhere will please all Will
son supporters.
Candidate Wilson's campaign has
started right, which is highly encourag
ing. Most presidential contests are diff
cult to get under way and into smooth
running order Not so Mr.. Wilson's.
The thing now to do is to keep the cam
paign on an even keel, so to speak, and
to take advantage of every weak spot
in the enemy's armor. Work, and plenty
of it, is essential to final success.--Bos-
ton Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
LIGHTS ON ROAD VEHICLES.

An effort is to be made to enforce
strictly the law requiring lights on mo-
tor boats on lake Bomoseen. Which is
well enough. But how much more inn
lportant is it that Vermont should have
law requiring all road vehicles to carry
lights after dusk and that such law be
enforced? The neglect of horse drivers
in this respect lays their vehicles open
20 the chance of collision with the more
rapidly driven motor vehicles and makes
the hazard of the road very much greater
! 4 few drivers of horses take the precau-
ton to carry lights and they are much
safer thereby, and at the same time they
make it much easier for the other users
of the roads, both horse drivers and auto
mobile drivers. Nowadays, safety on the
road demands lights on all vehicles, and
the sooner people come to realize that
fact the better it will be for all con-
cerned. Along with that improvement
will go the clearing of thoroughfares of
protruding bushes which cut off the view.
1t isn't necessary to sweep the entire
roadside of bushes and underbrush, but
merely to lop off the overhanging boughs
and branches. This work likewise should
be done at once.