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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Joliet Moose Win Prize

Joliet. Ill. Aug. 6.-Joliet walked 20
the front in the ranks Of between 65.-
600 and 10000 Moose gathered al the
national convention Of the order in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Tne % men who
represented this city are one Of the
two teams who may win the big Moose
prize for the most unique and original
makeup in the parade. The local dele.
cation was under the direction Of Past
Dictator G. c. Cooper. The makeup
tha; made them famous among the
hundreds Of lodges was a convict crea-
Ton. Every man in the rs foot line
was clothed in prison stripes. A long
banner the full length CT the line was
carried, each man holding a stick that
supported part of 1t. The banner bore
the legend "P. a. p" then a large
moose head in red and green. then
Joliet L. o. o. NJ. No. 3OO-There are
no Moose in prison" They walked
through the Cincinnati streets in sin.
gle file with an imitation prison lock
step. The Joliet men were given the
glad hand all along the line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
WHY THE COST OF
LEMONS is HIGH
Pacific Coast Crop Hit by Frost
and Duty Is Paid on Fruit
That Is Imported.

Lemonade will be about as high.
priced a drink as champagne one of
these days and instead of handing
people lemons in lieu of cabbage. tur.
nips or any other cheap product of
the market garden the citrus fruit
will soon be In order for Christmas
gifts" remarked a local fruit dealer
today.
The time is past, he added, when
lemons were simply an article of COM
merce. They are now Injuries. down
right expensive. imported luxuries.
that drop into the market basket with
the sound Of gold coins rafting in a
till.
What has caused this?" you ask.
Several things. In the first place
there was sharp frost in California
last winter which played havoc with
the lemon groves. In consequence
this season the west coast lemon
crop was nearly a total failure.
For several years the United States
has been depending principally on
AN- 80 supply VI ltIlOHE
and when the California groves failed
the effect on the market was instan-
taneous.
About the time that the industry
assumed noticeable proportions in the
Golden Gate state a tariff was put on
lemons and now that we have 10 i'm.
port the citrus fruit from Sicily as
we did in the olden days this tariff
Is tackled on top of the European price.
In consequence the price is from
30 TO 40 cents and even so cents a
dozen at the present time. BY the
box the lemons cost from $50 10 SO
How dependent we are now on the
European supply IS seen in the com
parative imports for 1912 and 1913
Last year we imported 22,2OO boxes
and this year the number is $4,000
according 10 figures giving the avail
able supply for the United States dur
ing the next 80 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

sparrows without providing them with
an alias, by the knowledge that this
very thing is done in many parts of
Europe and in England itself.
In the latter country there are spar
row clubs, which have for their pur-
pose both the determination of the
sparrowg and the satisfaction of cpl
curian tastes. In the mornings and
afternoons of their meeting days the
sparrows are bagged, and the evenings
are given over to feasting and the dis
cussion OF what delectable dainties
prejudiced folks are missing.
Whether Illinois people are missing
these toothsome morsels still remains
in doubt. Officials OF the department
of agriculture say you should eat them
and market mea and hotel stewards
say you probably do-with the assis
lance Of the "other fellow" No doubt
they are all eaten by "the other fel
low"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

London, Eng-Ex-Senator Lafayette
Young of Iowa, on coming to London
after visit 10 the Balkan battlefields,
spoke with deep feeling concerning
conditions as he found them in the
War-swept countries.
II shall never forget my expert
ences,' he told a reporter. 81 saw
$4,000 wounded men cut by bayonets,
bullets and shrspnel. saw trains of
box cars filled with able-bodied men
going to the front passing trains load
ed with wounded.
u saw girls and delicate women
who never before had soiled their
hands performing tasks from which
the hardest heart might shrink in
ordinary circumstances. saw men
with such wounds in the head that pull
sation could be seen, though they
we're covered. saw men with eyes
shot out and cheek-bones gone, yet
who were alive.
Il saw military enterprises In pro-
gress which would cost any great ma
ton hundreds of millions of dollars
but which we're being carried on by
country with only 100000 people
with no established credit or national
resources.
The Balkans give the big nations
of Europe an opportunity to do more
than look sanctified and offer prayers.
When snow comes again the starving
people of the Balkans will be charge.
able TO Europe. The crops are rotting
in the fields. When cold weather
comes the people of the Balkans will
not even have dry bread to eat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
CAMBRIDGE

Mrs A. Wolyn has closed her mil
liuery store from Monday. Aug. 4.
until Tuesday, Aug. u.
Marion Talbot of Rock Island was
a visitor Tuesday evening with rela-
tives and friends IN Cambridge.
Miss Ruth Jockey left Saturday
morning for Kewanee, where she will
make a long visit with her sister,
Mrs. L. a. Bolin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Anderson
and daughter, Ermal, visited relatives
in Geneseo Monday.
Guy Sherrard was brought home
from St Luke's hospital in Davenport
Thursday night. lie is getting along
nicely.
Paul Johnson left last Tuesday for
his home in Chicago, after spending
several weeks at the home of ]. NJ
Anderson and family, northwest of
town.
Mrs Oscar Mullins and Mrs. Rob-
ert McMeekin of Moline spent last
Tuesday at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
ID. S. Andrewartha.
Mrs. Mary Volk, after spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
George Sherrard and family, left last
Tuesday for her home in Sherrard.
Nora Eaton of Indianapolis, Ind,
| is visiting at the home OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. Luther Eiston.
| Miss Jennie Fairlie is visiting rela-
tives and friends at Burnside, Iowa.
! She will also make a trip to Colorado
| before returning to her home in Cam.
/ bridge.
First Of the fairs in. this part of
the state will be the one held In Cam.
bridge. The dates are Aug. Is to %.
J The preparations for the fair are pro-
ceeding rapidly and big week is as
sured. Charles A. kellogg is presi.
dent Of the association and Theodore
Boltenstern IS secretary. They and
the other officers are pleased with the
way things are progressing for the
annual festival and say the outlook is
the best It has been any year at this
time. The grounds are being cleaned
and a number OF improvements made
Some work has already been done
on the race track and more will be
done at once. In the stock depart
ment the indications are that the ca
pacity will be taxed as applications
for space are coming in at a lively
rate.
4 Last Tuesday afternoon took place
anther business change in Cambridge
when the firm OF Sandquist & Talbot
disposed OF their interests in the bar
Der shop TO Frank De Mark, who ha:
been in their employ for the past year
The new proprietor. who comes from
New York, is a first class workman In
every way. Henry Talbot will remain
the new proprietor for the present Al
least
Fred Sandquist has taken a position
with the Columbia National Insurance.
company OF Boston, Mass. as insur
ance solicitor. He has the counties
OF Henry, Rock Island and Mercer
and will have sub agents IN these coun
ties. He will still continue TO reside
in Cambridge.
E. L, Palmer has rented the farm
now occupied by Stacey Grammar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
southwest OF town, and will go to
farming in the spring

southwest of town, and will go to
farming in the spring.
Harry Under and daughter of Tay-
lor Ridge visited with relatives and
friends in Cambridge and vicinity last
week
Minnie Mae Lockey-Kapple, who
was well known in Cambridge, died
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jockey, Sunday morning,
July %, after a lingering illness. Mrs
Kapple was born in Kewanee, Ill,
Jan. 10, 1887, and passed away at
the above mentioned time at the age
Of % years, months and II days.
In early life she lived in Burns town
ship, and attended school there. Four
teen years ago, with her parents, she
left Burns township and moved to
Cambridge. which since has been her
home. For a while she attended the
public school. Later she was employed
as a compositor on the Cambridge
Chief and Henry County Advocate for
a few years. Last Dec. 25. she WIS
united IN marriage to Otis Kapple.
She leaves TO mourn her departure
her husband and parents and four
sisters. Mrs. Doye OF Galva; Mrs. F.
A Bolin OF Kewanee, and Ruth and
Esther at home. At short service was
held at the home of her parents Wed.
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. conduct
ed by the Rev. D. 8. Andrewartha,
after which the funeral service proper
was held at the State Road church al
O'Clock, where a large concourse of
people gathered. Those who took part
IN the singing were: Misses Gertrude
Yohn and Florence Elm, and L. A.
Taylor and Burton Tyler. Following
were the pallbearers: n. J. Smith,
c. R. Olson. Amos Emith, L. W. Hunt,
II. L. Stoughton and Paul Mascali.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Paris Fashions

One Paris observer writes:
1T is astonishing how en-
tirely the black hat continues
to hold its own. At the Paris
races last week, every second
woman wore an all black hat"
Almost any shape is worn,
though the black hats are none
of them very large, but are
draped, pleated and swirled
about with Tulle till the real
shape OF the hat is almost lost.
Hats with large frills of tulle
standing UP against the crown,
others where huge bows Of
tulle rise from the back or ex-
tend in any direction in most
artistic arrangements; indeed,
the whole manipulation of tulle
on the French hats is most
charming and wonderful. Black
satin, black velvet and black
MORE crowns with MORE rib
bons and fancy feathers are
striking favorites for founda-
tons and trimmings.
Our showing of the very lat
est models is both startling and
fascinating.
Some ,ofO the most extreme
styles are being chosen first.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Drop Animal Dances.

Peoria, H., Aug. 6.-Animal dances,
including the grizzly bear. the fish
walk, bunny hug and even the tango
have been tabooed at one Of the city's
most exclusive river clubs.
Directors Of the Ivy club put the XII
bosh on the new whirls last night at q
meeting at the Creve Occur club. Their
dictum spells the revival Of the decent
and old fashioned waltz and two step
in at least one Peoria club. And al
the same time IT will keep the direc-
tors from wondering what kind Of high
jinks might be going on under the
garb Of the new-fangled contortions.
For to the uninitiated the new
terpsichorean creations seem rather
puzzling and there is often a question
as TO whether a bail room or the Bar
barry coast Is the best suited for theft
Interpretation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

Ever eat a sparrow? No? Well,
have you ever eaten reedbirds? OF
course you have. You are particular
ly fond of them. You recall the deli
cate juicy SAVIOR of them now, and
wish the season for eating them were
at hand again. You remember, IL you
are an epicure, the delectable favor
of those melting morsels broiled to a
turn as only Alphonso or Gustave
knows how TO broil them. If you are a
family man with doting vile who
loves to prepare extras" suited to
your own particular tastes you call to
mind that potpie that Julia made last
year just before the seasons close.
With mouth watering you drop into a
reverie Of
But let's get back to sparrows-the
noisy, clattering little pests that fly
grudgingly out of your path as you
pass and take possession Of the road.
way again as soon as you are out OF
the way. You are quite sure that you
never ate any, you say?
Well, perhaps you are right, but
there is chance. too, that you are
wrong.
The story Is going the rounds that
all that glitters In those potpies you
were thinking Of Just now is not the
pure gold Of reedbird flesh. Observant
market dealers, and hotel and cafe
managers with perspicacity tell Of the
fat little sparrows that find their way
among the reedbirds into the market
stalls, into the hotel and cafe Kitchens
into your Kitchens. and-if we are 10
follow them further-into your own
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
EVER EAT A SPARROW? PERHAPS
YOU DID AND THOUGHT 1T REED BIRD

memories OF delightful, hunger-satisfy-
ing repasts.
But these things, be It noted, are
only true of the other fellow" Among
market dealers 1t is only 1.-The other fell
low who sells the feathered chatter.
ers; and among the managers OF no.
tells il Is only "the other fellow" who
serves them. There are others OF the
buyers and sellers of birds who insist
emphatically that no sparrows are
marketed or served. So you can take
your choice.
After all, there is no reason but
prejudice, according to the depart.
ment OF agriculture, why you should
not eat sparrows, and openly call
them sparrows.
English sparrows form an excellen,
and nutritious article OF diet" says a
bulletin on the bird prepared by ar
expert biologist, and issued by the
agricultural department. There is M
reason why the birds should not b.
utilized for food In this country, a.
they have been In the old world fol
centvrt.@,
"Sparrows may be cooked" the bull
letin continues, "by any of the meth
DDS employed for reedbirds or quail
When boned, broiled and butterec
and served on toast, they are parttcu
larIy good, and compare favorably with
the best kind OF small game" And
perhaps you have proved this with
out realizing II,
Those who feel that things are done
Just right on the continent and in the
tight little ISLE" may be given the
necessary courage 20 enjoy eating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
ONLY IRRIGATED
MELONS SURVIVE
Crop of Fruit at Muscatine
Nearly Failure and Prices
Will Be High.

Watermelons will not be much
cheaper In Rock Island than they are
now, retailing from 35 TO 50 cents
each II the Muscatine growers must
be depended upon this year. This is
the opinion of one, who, a few DAYS.
made a trip through the Muscatine
MELON country. The sandy ground
upon which the melons are raised
has been quick TO show the effects
OF the drouth and most Of the fields
are ruined. Only the few growers
who have arranged to irrigate will
harvest any melons this summer. II
Is predicted that the result OF this
years experience will be a general
move to provide irrigation facilities
on Muscatine island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Crops Fall; Suicides.

Decatur, Ill, Aug. 6.-Despondency.
brought on by the continued drouth
and its effect on crops, Is believed TO
have been the cause OF the suicide OF
Clyde H. Ward, who shot himself in
the head with 22-calibre rifle Sunday
afternoon at his farm home in South
Wheatland township. He was living
with his mother and managing the
farm for her. The farm is located two
miles north of EY.in.
He left a note addressed to his
mother, sisters and brother. in which
he said he was in financial difficulty
and was going to end his life.
Mr.. Ward was 81 years old. He was
well known in Macon county.
All the news all the time - The
Argua. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Notice.

Q. S. Engineer ONCE, P. o. Bldg.
Rock Island, ILL.,, July 9. 1913. Sealed
proposals for construction and repan
Of dams and shore projections be.
tween Genoa, and Lynxvilie, Wis; be-
tween Gutenberg and Finley's Land
ing. Iowa; between Montpelier and
Fairport, Iowa; between Canton, Mo-,
and Quincy, H.. and between Ham.
burg. Ill, and Cap au Girls, Mo. viii be
received at this ofiee until .. m.
Aug. 8, 1913, and then publicly opened.
Information on application. c. Keller,
Maj, Engrs.-(Adv.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
HoD to Reduce
the Cost of
Living

Have you found by ex-
perience some store which
helps you to fight the high
cost of things you have to
buy? If so, you can tell
others what your expe-
rience has been.
This store has made it
a cardinal principle to sell,
not only the staple neces-
sites, but articles on
which values are gener-
ally not so well known at
prices SO moderate, that
the cost OF living is mate
rally reduced to all of the
customers of the McCabe
store.
If you tell your friends
how they can economic
on their household bills,
by buying at this store
you help to spread the
gospel of prudence and
frugality and become a
real factor in reducing the
cost of living to the peo-
pie of this community.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

The interment took place. in Cosner's
cemetery.
Elizabeth Nash OF CISCO left We'd
nesday last for visit with relatives
in Nashua, MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Ne1u Ha,1dkerchiefs

linen handkerehIefs 1se and
rapidly embroidered
and SOC apiece novelty striking values Ask to be
those with the widest hons.
linen handkerehefs, 5c
White with long initials
handkerchief with embroidered
wreath and initial 1oc each Take what while these
last
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Rengo Belt Corsets
Do Not Wear the Wrong Corset

Lillian Russell calls beauty the twin of health Prob
ably more women have injured their health by the i'm
proper wearing of than in any other way that
however, was before the present hygenc models had
been developed.
day, as in days gone by Tight lacing is barbarsm
of the past But there is need of wearing the wrong
corset ANY good eorsettee will fit you with the right
That the pride and the boast of this corset de-
partment Our corsetteres are experts. Amy woman
who wants the correct corset get it here We have
than twenty different makes and several styles and
qualities of each make all the best known and Gel
ebrated are here. We exclusive agents in
this territory for several kinds.
We specialize styles and prices, and offer
many inducements which you do not find elsewhere.
Why impair your health and beauty by being wrongly
corseted? We offer comfort first health and beauty fol-
low.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week
will specialize the celebrated Rengo Belt Corsets for
which the sole agents.
We introduced these now famous Rengo Belt corsets
in Western Illinois, when they first put the
ket several years ago, and they have been wonderful
and have steadily grown in favor year by year.
The different models for stout medium and petite fig
have all with most marked favor and there
hundreds of the three cities who will buy
none but the Rengo Belt Rengo Belt
S100 $780, but in order to introduce the latest
Rengo Models Thursday Friday and Saturday of this
week we'll give absolutely free with each Rengo Belt
corset, sold for cash. handsome lace embroidery
trimmed brassiere Remember, they free. Please
make engagements for fittings early
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

A new lot of IS inch Swiss
all overs, are reduced ~
from S1.9s to a yard. Z OC
Two lines Of flouneinas that
sold at S2.19 and 40
s238are now a yard. JOG
$500 and $3.50 values In
beautiful 45-inch f!ouncInes,
choose as you Ct OQ
will at a yard :. ~ i 100
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
McCABE LINENS

From whom you get these nensa and do you get
that soft piab permanent finish? These the questions
linen such makers the Richard
Cendenngs, Erskne SCOTS Gribbons have made
linens for and three generations and under conditions
could they be turned from the processes The skill in
spinning and weaving these linens has been handed down from
Father Son. for until the reliability of these saunch old
Scotch Irish makers known all the world wherever
linens sold We have bought from of these houses for
than quarter OF century and from of them
for nearly forty and complaint about of these make
of linens is almost unknown thing.
Here some of the August Sale specials
StYoo for 72ineh dsmasks, exquisite patterns
ought o sell $1.ss $3.50.
$500 handsome damask pattern cloths that
$3.50 $275.
500, and
napkins that should be sf.as to $780,
Huck
Should be 25c.
heavy borders
should DO 35e.
towels,
then for 12Ize
27inch anywhere
yard the celebrated Stevens crashes both
bIeaehed should be 12e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
Three More Days Of the Seasons
Greatest Embroidery Sale

o o @
a
a n Thursday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06
C.S.MG cahe. g. Co.
oROckf1SEAND I'LL 77as.s5.s,aRs - zsgE O.
Look for the large announce
n1ent on another page of the
August Sale of Furniture.
Carpets. Rugs and Drdperies.
1Oc and 15c Yard for Some of
the Seasons Choicest
Wash Goods

This l0c and l5c wash goods sale annual Nc
Cabes that the knowing eagerly look forward
Glance these lists and the values they all here
for your choosing, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

Fresh, new crisp, Lorraine It's
sues In splendid styles, mostly
blues, fancy piques, Some with silk
stripes and some with ratlne
on white grounds, 4sc to Csc val.
ues; white embroidered crepes
that were 32e to 4oe. Some pretty
English volIes, many with silk
stripes, in fact all that 10 left Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

Pretty barred and figured dirl-
ties, all white, that sold at 15e to
zoe; white, cotton Redfords with
eolored stripes that were Csc;
black and white mercerized checks
made in England and sold for 35c;
some plain 18c to CSC etamire,
iinene and other woven suitIngs,
and many other incomplete lines of
white and coIored wash fabric that
sold earlier as
high as 25e and 81 "a
35c; all at H@ -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

A lot Of 10 to 81 inch hounc-
ings, formerly priced 40
at 96c are ..........E SN
27.inch Swiss flouncings, big
assortment of SIPS 20
values, a yard .SOS
Another lot Of fine 27-inch
founeings, were s1.5s 20
are a yard ..........O~S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-06

All the news all the time - The
Argus. 4
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-06
FIND
MISSING HORSE
LEFT HOME OF GUNTER ELMoRE
EARLY IN THE DAY IN CHARGE
OF NEGRo-FoUND ON LAWN
ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.

Gunter Elmore. residing near Bayou
Texar, asked the police yesterday
evening to find a horse hitched to a
wagon which was driven to the city by
negro early in the day, but which
had not been heard from by its owner
up to the time he asked the police
to locate it for him.
About 10 o'clock last night the horse
and wagon was found on a lawn at the
corner of Cervantes and Barcelona
streets, but the driver was missing.
The party who found the horse noti-
fed the police station by telephone and
Motorcycle Officer Harper was sent to
the above place to take the horse and
wagon in charge, but shortly after he
arrived there the negro who drove the
horse to the city also arrived, and the
officer turned the horse over TO him.
The wagon contained a trunk and
some groceries. The negro driver said
that the horse had broken lose from
where he had been tied.