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Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Study Of Spelling
Is Sadly Neglected
By Sarah L. Manderson. St. Louis. Mo.

with the schools specially interested any but this private
opinion publicly expressed.
During cdrens school from 1884 until 1897 in Chicago,
times when their spelling list would be sent home marked perfect
by their teacher for parents have marked from to five simple
words incorrectly spelled.
One should like to MENTION that of educated
convent high reading
brief by her found simple words mispeed They
ought have the ofashoned spelling book used school days.
back in the early sos, but not in Chicago.
Though past seventy of should not feel the least hit
backward be spelling match with ten of the fresh teachers
OF today, and not than would get ahead of me.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Told of Modern Inventions.

The taximeter was in use about a
hundred years ago, and was sold in
various qualities in Leadenhall street
London, while not only the modern
telegraph was foreseen as long age
as 1888, when Henry Van Etten sug
gested, in little book called 'Math-
ematical Recreations," that person
in London might communicate with
one in Prague, Germany, by the help
of "Magnes" presumably magnetism
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Teach Different Pupils in
Our Public Schools
BY ]. A. LONG. Binshsm,on. N. Y.

h haear school for children read through three primers and
first readers Many children complete the first two grades in
and at the end of this time read well in the second reader spell wod
of considerable difficulty write by and easily and add subtract null
py and divide small numbers quickly and correctly Besides this they
have learned and done things demanded by modern conditions
Sad say children who learn slowly because of ndo
condition attendance But these like the
mentioned of DID, shall have always with Their baekwanc
10 pott fault Of the school.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

If one will visit a school
where reading is taught by
modern methods he will be
amazed at the ease and
rapidity with which chill
dren learn to read. 1t lie
not uncommon during the
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Famous Beauty Chorus.

whats drawing the crowd?" asked
the visitor across the Styx. "Oh, l see.
Musical comedy billed, with Mozart
leading the orchestra. That is quite
an attraction"
Its the sextet that draws EN-" In
terposed bystander. Think OF It.!
Helen of Troy, Sappho, Cleopatra.
Pompadour, Durbarry and Nell Gwynn,
all on one stage"
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Society Sets the Pace
for the Masses
BY IDA LYON. Springfield. III.

the Judge remarked that they had been
he would have fined them.
Such % these have do with the prevalence of vice thar
they credited with
In these days Of and the investigating OF nvest
gators determine where the pitfalls for people M the
prolific OF all of vice only lightly touched and society
ee the for the its unassalabe position
What young people believe the face of such evidence
meets their and ea They and hear honor and virtue mad
the subject Of loud es vaudeville popular and all hi
aud by presumably respectable people speaks well for their level
medicines that hold firm belief themselves of h
fact that they appear flourish and virtue ignored
1t good thing remember the midst of the bewderng exhbi
ton of cub morality which confrons that while hold to
belief in ourselves, cannot lose faith in humanity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Quite Ignorant.

Il don't suppose you know who built
the Chinese waltz
mo. And, furthermore, ! don't even
know whether or not there 10 q liver
Dill advertisement On IT.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A minister In Philadelphia was re-
buked for adding to his clerical occu-
patton the side issue of raising onions
Cor sale. He was warned the latter
business was not in good odor In the
ministry.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A man who won't take part in a pa
rade with a sash on, or a banner in his
hands, when he gets chance to do it.
is evidently not in sympathy with the
modern idea of publicity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
Not leqlble.

Il wonder who wrote me this let
ter"
There's q name signed at the bot.
tom of 1t, isn't thereY
Yes; and that's what set me to
wondering"
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

1t is to be noted that the Russian
woman who was arrested in New York
for an improper dance has returned
TO Europe with a poor opinion of
American standards of art.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A new boat in New York had as
sponsors fifty red-haired school girls.
The boat must have been launched
with vim enough to last two ordinary
llfetimes for vessels.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A hunter of big game in Africa cap
tured a crocodile which had just swal-
lowed a buck. Evidently our fish
stories are tame beside the thrillers
that come from the jungles.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

The announcement of government
surgeon that dirty money is not dan
gerous on account of harboring germs
Is a relief. For we all had made up
our minds to take the chance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

The press dispatch stating that a
famous aviator has died natural
death makes one wonder what Is a
natural death for an aviator.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

II people wore sensible shoes, think
OF the chiropodists who would be
thrown out OF work. Wearers Of
foolish footgear have their uses.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Concerning the report that a Chi
cago man slapped his wife with a
beefsteak, 1t certainly seems improb-
able that he would resort to so cost
ly an implement OF domestic disci-
pline.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A Chicagoan was done out Of $1,000
by two Englishmen on sure thing"
game. This record-breaking happen
ing naturally was given srstpsss
p,sss.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Why does your neighbours dog with
passion for scratching up plants
choose the geraniums and spare the
landelions?
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A catcher has been suspended for
throwing dirt in an umpire's face. II
only mud singing could be similarly
2enalized In the bigger game of life!
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

In ct. Louis, Mo-, re-
Gently, a policeman detailed
to attend a society ball at a
fashionable club reported
that if the dances had been
performed in a public
dance hall he would have
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Retaining the false whiskers Of the
highwayman who got her purse. a
Chicago woman finds her courage but
meagerly rewarded. Men are deceiv-
eTs ever!
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Too bad the swat the fly" slogan
was not being Haunted when Noah
look up his residence in the ark.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

II amateur barefoot dancers could
only see their feet as others see them,
there would be a speedy ending to
The fad.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Another thing besides motorcycle
races that there's no use trying to &c
Ill worked up over is fly swatting.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Grown people as a rule do not be
ieve fairy tales. unless they are print
I'd In seed catalogues.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

The United States sol
diers in the Philippine
islands are fed on Austria
liam beef. While in Manila
I was surprised to find that
a great variety of game
could be purchased from ths
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Anybody who has been educated up
TO the cabaret standard will know how
badly the orioles and thrushes sing
hese mornings.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Besides Ajax defying the lightning
here are the fans on the bleacher'
iefying the sunshine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Unless cattle cease to disappear we
ear that mans canine teeth will be-
gin to fall out presently from lack OF
use.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Chicago is planning to make itself
4 noiseless city. But the Windy City
will never be content to lead the
quiet life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Surely 1t is a gay world in which no
body can propose universal peace
without raising a universal smile.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

1t has many times been a
source of great wonder and
surprise to me that there
was such a lack of correct
spelling among scholars and
teachers in the Chicago
schools. | am not connected
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Another tradition Is exploded. The
majority Of sweet girl graduates now
ldays can cook acceptably.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Still. II a baldheaded man does not
mind being joked about 1t, why are
here so many toupees?
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

What the Burbank school Of wizards
Mould now seek to evolve is hay
ating ultimate consumer.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Temperamental baseball players rg-
ire picturesquely in the percentage
columns.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

Some women should start move
nent to conserve the country's hus-
lands
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

What a woman can dress for de-
,ends To a great extent upon whom
BE dresses for
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

When divorces are abolished NIL
patches will be safeties.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

OF course a canoe is a perfectly safe
raft when ii is upside down in the
lack yard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26

A gnat may annoy a giant. but after
III It's only a gnat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-07-26
The minister's wife IA q

The minister's wife fs q
bunch of energy, optimism
and courage who is never
appreciated at her full
worth until she and her
husband have been lifted
into an adjoining county by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
LEARN TO EAT
Then If Stomach Rebels, You Need
Mi-o-ns.

One of the great characteristics Of
the American people is-toO rapid eat
ing. The inevitable result OF boiling
our food is Indigestion With its various
forms OF stomach ills.
Nothing makes life so miserable, or
interferes so widely with the useful,
ness of the average American as dys-
pepsia. the result of indigestion.
The quick lunch counters, many res
taurants and even some homes are YER
liable manufacturers of stomach trou-
bles
It seems useless to say "eat slowly,
for our best physicians, and publica-
tons devoted TO health, have been
making the same cry for years, yet
We don't heed their warnings.
Since We persist in defying nature,
helm must be given the digestive ma
chinery, otherwise serious results viii
follow.
Mona tablets are = specific for
stomach Ills. They not only attack
the food in the stomach and assist in
its digestion, but go farther, and tone
I'd the entire digestive tract, restoring
it 10 q healthy condition, 50 that we
can eat what We want a. any time
without distress.
Take Mona at the first sign OF up
SCI stomach, such as headache, dizzi-
ness. coated tongue, eTuctating of sour
food. or nervousness. All the gyuD
toms Of stomach distress will prompt
Is disappear, indicating that the d.
gestiye machinery is once more run
ming smoothly.
Remember, Mi-o-na is always sold
On money hack II Tot satisfied plan.
Thomas Drug company and druggists
everywhere. 30 cents fo. large box.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
co
WITH SHIPMENTS
New Federal Webb Kenyon
Liquor Law Revives Clause
of Old Law.

Up to the present time the recently
enacted Webb-Kenyon law prohibiting
the shipping of intoXicants from one
state TO dry territory i'll another state
has not been of much effect. Enforce
ment being left largely to the local Of
ficers, conditions were changed very
little and the shipping of liquors, malt
and otherwise, by Rock Island dealers
to dry territory in Iowa was little in
terfered with.
Now complication has arisen. 1t
has been declared that the new fed
eral act reVives a clause in the old
Iowa law which had been knocked out
by the courts as interfering with in
terstate commerce. This clause re-
quires a certificate from the clerk of
d court of record to be filed with ship
ment showing that the cOnsignee is
entitled to receive and sell the goods.
Inasmuch as the Webb-Kenyon law
prohibits interstate commerce under
the given conditions the attorney gen,
eral of Iowa has ruled that the clause
on the Iowa statutes is revived. The
Burlington road has taken notice of
his decision and has declined to re-
ceive shipments into Iowa unless &C.
cOmpanied by the required certificate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
ROCK ISLAND MAN
MAKES STATEMENT
WELL KNOWN CONTRACTOR
PAINTER SAYS PLANT JUICE
is AL TO THE GOOD"

In important business undertakings
clear brain. nerve and ability are
REQUIRED -poor health is serious
drawback William Kerr, for over 16
years t. contracting house painter.
says.
81 have used three bottles of Plant
Juice. IL has done me wonderful
amount Of good, ] must say. l suffer
ed with kidney and bladder trouble
and rheumatism in the thumbs, Shout
ders and limbs. Plant Juice has re-
lieved my kidney and bladder trou-
bic, and my rheumatism is gone. |
recommend Plant Juice because it has
cured me"
In all ailments of the stomach. iiv.
eT, kidneys and blood. Plant Juice is
the greatest remedy of the age. 1t is
purely vegetable, and its vitalizing
corrective and reconstructive quail.
ties are so pronounced that beneficial
results are noticed from the first day
For sale al the Ballard Drug & Dental
Co, loo West Second street. Daven.
port; New Harper House pharmacy
Rock Island. and e. Jericho & Co,
Moline Adv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
CONCRETE
ON SECOND FLOOR
Another Definite Step Taken on
New Y. M. G. A. Building
Brick Work on Gym Done.

Yesterday saw another definite step
taken on the new Y. NJ. c. A building,
when the concrete pouring on the sec
ond floor was started. This floor is
being laid with a tile and concrete
construction which makes possible
rapid progress, and it will be a mat
ter of only a few days until the work
is finished.
The brickwOrk on the gymnasium
wing was completed today as far as
could be done until the roof trusses
are placed. These trusses will be put
into place at once, and then the big
gymnasium viii be under roof in a
short time. This will afford a dry
space for the workmen even on rainy
days and will be helpful to the good
progress Of the work. By the first of
the week it will be possible for the
brick layers to resume work on the
front walls. and then in a few days
they will have the walls up ready for
the third floor TO be laid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
MODERN OFFICE
Suite PLANNED
SchriveTs Lease Entire Floor Of
Plummer Building-To Be
Remodeled.

The entire second floor of the Plum
mer building. located at 17l2Ih Second
avenue, has been leased by the law
firm OF SChriver & Schriver for term
of years, the deal being completed to-
day between the Schrivers and F..
Math. the new landlord. Extensive
remodeling work will be inaugurated
Immediately. By the new arrange
ment much additional space will be
w. F. Schroeder and J. L.
Freeman having vacated the front Of
fee room, the latter removing to the
Safety building. New floors, wood
work and fixtures Will be installed at
expense. making one of
the finest Office suites in the CITY
when completed. The public waiting
room will be situated as before, while
the front room and the two back
rooms will be utilized as private con
sultation chambers. The business of
the firm has increased to such an ex-
tent that the present quarters have
proven inadequate to meet the de-
mands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08

was that of Mrs. Ella c. Schofer of
Moline, who leaves the income from
all property to her husband, John NJ
Schofer, during his lifetime. the prop
erty TO go to the two children at his
death The date OF the instrument is
Feb. s, 1918, and the husband is nam
ed as executor.
The other will is that of Mrs. Belle
o. Smith of South Rock Island and is
dated April Is. 1913. The property is
divided among the six children of de-
cedent Cable Smith is named as
executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
CAMPERS TO Get
PHONE SERVICE
New Gable Being Strung to
Sears-Better Connection
for Lower End.

Campers at the Watch Tower and
along Rock river in the vicinity of
Sears will have the added convent
ence of city telephone service this
year-if they are willing to pay the
price. Manager A. J. Beverlin OF the
Central Union Telephone company
stated today that work has begun on
cables to extend south from Brashar
street in South Rock Island to Sears
TO provide connection for all campers
who wish phones.
a force of men is now installing
new switchboard for the company at
Milan, this being one of the steps that
are proposed to bring the city into
closer communication with the lower
end of the county. When the new
switch is in half a dozen mutual lines
are ready to connect with it During
the last few months the company has
built a new line to Taylor Ridge and
rebuilt the old one to Andalusia. The
Reynolds line has been improved and
plans are in the making for a wire to
extend from Taylor Ridge TO Edging-
ton. A meeting with residents of the
last named place has been arranged
for by Mr.. Beverlin when it will be
learned how many mutual lines will
connect there. II is proposed to
charge a toll rate of 10 or Is cents
from points in the lower end of the
county, according TO distance, the
schedule, Mr.. Beverlin states, being
the same as that in vogue generally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
LYONS, IOWA, MAN A
WOODMAW 35 YEARS

The Modern Woodmen of America
has been called upon to pay one of
the oldest policies in existence, that
of Michael Rudman, charter member
Of Pioneer camp No. l, of Lyons, Iowa.
His was the 10th certificate issued by
the society, it's number being 500. Mr..
Rudman was - years of age and be
came a WOodman Jan. !, 1883. He
carried $4,000 insurance and lad paid
into the sOciety's benefit fund but
$377.65 during the 80 years, 3 months
and % days of mis- membership. These
figures furnish another argument for
higher rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
NEED $4,000 TO
Save BALL PARK
FOR ROCK ISLAND
Island City Grounds Will Be
Thrown on the Market in a
Short Time.
WORTH MORE IN LOTS
Suggestion Made That City Commits
SIGN and Board of Education Should
Be Interested.

II will require $4,000 to save the
Island City ball park as an athletic
field for the present and for baseball
in the future. Unless some concerted
movement is shortly made TO purchase
the land, the owners will feel that they
are justified in selling it TO the one
offering the most money. Several real
estate dealers are anxious to secure it
for the purpose of laying out new
addition On the site. Approximately
10 acres are in the tract, which in
Cludes a strip outside the fence on the
north and east. This is practically
the only considerable area OF desirable
ground in the western part of the city
that has not been plated. 1t would be
divided into from GO 10 so lots of the
usual size. such lots in the vicinity
selling at from $500 10 $500.
BOUGHT IN 1904.
1t was in August, 1904. that H. z.
Casteel and others interested in the
baseball association purchased pri-
vately the tract later made into the
present ball park, paying $4,000 for
it. improvements put on the ground
cost, all told, $500, of which $4,000
was raised by public subscription, the
Tri-City Railway company being a
heavy contributor, and the remaining
5000 came from the Golfers of the
Rock Island Baseball association. The
association leased the land at a figure
which about paid interest on the orig
NAL cost. The land is now worth four
or five times what it was in 1904, and
besides it has been heavily assessed
for Improvements. II is paying $3.50
year on the Ninth street paving and
$3.50 per annum taxes. Concrete walks
put in on Eighteenth avenue two years
! ago cost $500 There is also a water,
main assessment Of several hundred
/ dollars that will soon be due.
| When the baseball association went
out of business il was paying $3.50 a
/ year rental. For the last two years of
: its existence this sum was not paid, so
there has been no income from the
property for three years. The lease
having been terminated by failure to
pay IEuLdls MI NcsSLCti last Winter
forced the Improvements to sale and
/ bought them in for 5000 Nothing has
been done since that time.
DIFFICULT TO REPLACE.
If the Island City ball park is al,
/ lowed TO go, it may be a long time be,
I fore there will be another public ath-
letic field, and certainly none can be
( secured as dose to the center of the
city. AS ball park. it is one Of the
/ finest n the west. and it is well suited
! TO other forms Of athletics
The suggestion has been made that
the city purchase the place and pre-
serve It for all time. II is a matter
that the board of education might
properly show some interest in. II
the city and school board should di
vide the cost equally. ii has been point
ed out, the burden would not be heavy
on either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
Third VICTIM OF
SAD TRAGEDY Is
CALLED BY DEATH
Harry Dixon Dies This Morning
at St. Anthonys Hospital
From Terrible Burns.
PUTS UP A LOSING FIGHT
Lad Struck by Live Wire Suffers the
Same Fate as Reseuers-Born
in Rock Island.

The third victim Of the live wire
accident last Sunday which cost the
lives of Officer Cornelius Meenan and
William Kaiser, was claimed this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock when Harry Dixon
passed away at ST. Anthony's hospi-
tai His condition had been extreme
ly critical and word from the physi-
clans yesterday was 10 the effect that
h could not survive another night
TERRIBLE EURNS.
The prediction of the doctors prov
ed true. The terrible Ourns which the
LAD received Slapped the vitality Of the
patient and the final summons was in
evitable Had Harry lived it would,
in all probability, have been necessary
TO have amputated his feet. His in
Juries were such that il he ever ex-
pected to walk again this extreme
course would be required OF course
the physical condition OF the boy was
such that no operation could have
been attempted until he had gained
his strength but this was not 10 be,
for death came this morning after a
bad night Yesterday the boy was de-
lirious and the doctors were convinced
the patient would hardly live 10 see
another day.
SAD TRAGEDY.
The details of the sad tragedy which
claimed three lives are still fresh in
tn" minds OF local people It was
last Sunday afternoon about $3.50 that
Harry and several companions went
% the Rock Island Southern yards
near the old round house and boarded
q Santa Re box car in their play.
Standing on the metal roof of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
INTEREST TAKEN
IN LABOR TALK
Address of John Lennon Fri
day Evening VIII Be Well
Worth Hearing.

Considerable interest is being taken
IN the coming to the city of John Len
non, treasurer of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, Friday evening He
appears here to make an address be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
C0L0RED RESORT RAlDED
BY MOLINE AUTHORITIES

A raid was conducted on a coIored
resort, 1881 Second avenue. Moline,
last evening and four were arrested
One man giving the name of Ed Trim
ball was assessed 800 ana costs this
morning and the others were given
lighter fines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-08
Close Earlier in Moline

Moline's grocers and butchers have
practically agreed 10 close at 6 D. N.
instead OF al Z. as now. This oues-
ton has been agitatsd for some tine.
but not until recently did 4 sufficient
number agree to the change to war
rant belief that it would carry. A
committee has been named 70 endeav-
or to bring into line the few who are
holding out against earlier closing.