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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
MORE ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSE HAMILl BILL

More organizations in this city are
endorsing the Hamill bill. which pro-
vides pensions for superannuated civil
service employees. Allouez Council. No.
SIS. Knights of Columbus. being the
latest. At a meeting Tuesday, held
in its lodge rooms. the council voted
TO back the measure. which is now be-
fore congress.
Among other endorsements of tho
measure made recently were those oil
the Rock Island county board Of sup
ervisors. Rock Island lodge. No. 100.
Loyal order OF Moose. 1900 Black
Merchants association. and Rock Is
land Aerie No $50, Fraternal Order OF
Eagles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
VICTOR PEARSON
TO ATTEND MEET
Will Represent Augustana Col
lege at National Conven-
ton in Topeka.
THOUSAND TO BE PRESENT
Swedish Society Of Bellies Iettres Do
mates sfo2.65 to Oenkuann
Library for Books.

Victor Pearson will represent the
AuCusjana Prohibition league at the
national convention to be held in To
peks. Kan. Dec. 29-Jan. !. He has been
requested by the national association
10 explain the w0rl. done here in Rock
Island last spring during the local -
ton campaign. Arthur G. Benson.
president OF the Augustana league. has
been appointed as reprss entative OF
the state organization. and will accom-
DIV Mr. Pearson.
An attendance of one thousand col
lege students from all over the coun-
nv Is anticipated. \ national orator.
cal contest will be held in connection
with the convention. when the highest
urstorical honors in the United States
will be contested for.
There viii also be a number OF
prominent speakers Of national repute.
such as Congressman Hobson and
others The object OF this convention
Is expressed as Inspiration and Edu-
cation"
Will Buy Books.
At a recent meeting Of the Swedish
Society of Bellies Lettres. the sum OF
SI0265 was donated 10 the Denkmann
Memorial library for the purpose OF
buying Swedish books. Professor Maui
ritzen was elected to choose the books,
with the understanding that they were
TO be selected from general literature
At this meeting officers for the en-
suing year were also elected as fol-
lows
Prssidelt-Oscar Gustafson.
Vice President-Arthur Lundeen.
cretzry-Conrad Bergendon.
Treasurer-GeoTge Engdahl
The Tegner society, another Swed-
ish organization. elected officers at the
same time as follows:
President-Ernest Palm
Vice President-Clarence Granlund.
Secretary-ThOrsten Sellin.
Trea Carlson.
Notice TO Property Owners.
Notice is hereby given TO all per
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
Cured His RUPTURE

was badly ruotured while lifting n trunk
severai years ago. Doctors said my only hope OF
cure was an operation. Trusses did me no good
Finally got hold OF something that quickly and
corupleteiy cured me. Years have passed and the
rupture has never returned, although am CONG
hard WORK as a carpenter. There was no opera
ton, no lost time. no trouble. have nothing TO
sell but will give full information about how you
may find n complete cure without operation. II
Won write to me, Eugene NJ. Pullen. Carpenter.
sqt A Nsrceiius Avenue. Aianasquan. ~ ]. Better
cut out this notice and show IL to any others who
are r1ipturrd you may life or at least stop
she misery Of rupture and the worry and DANGER
Vi an operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
STOP CATARRHI OPEN
h0STRlLS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nossrils
Relieves Head-Colds at Once.

.-.-.-s-s---.---.@---s-s-s -s-s----s.-s-s-s-s-ss.
II your nostTilS are clo-ged and your
head is stuffed and YOU can't breathe
freely because Of cold OF catarrf. just
get a small bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm
at any drug store. Apply a little OF
this fragrant antiseptic cream into
your nostrils and let il penetrate
through every air passage Of your head
soothing and healing the inflamed. sxol-
len mucous membrane and You get in
slant relief
Ah. how good IT feels. Your nos
trils are open. your head i clear. no
more hawking snuffiing, blowing: no
more headache. dryness or struggling
for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is just
what sufferers from head colds and ca
tarrh need. It's a delight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17

1t is not Mr.. Schwab, the descendant
of Germans, but Mr.. Schwab, the pa
triotic American, who cancels a ST.
100000 contract at the suggestion of
the president of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17

on the first Monday IN the month of
January, A. D. 1915, and plead, answer
or demur to the said complainant bill
of complaint, the same and the matters
and things therein charged and slated
viii be taken as confessed, and a de-
cree entered against you according to
the prayer of said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk
Rock Island. Ill, Nov. 10, 1914.
Jackson, Hurst & Stafford, complain
ants solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17

4 great deal of the oak used on the
Pacific coast comes from the eastern
part of Asia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
Special Taxation Notice.

Notice is hereby given 10 all per
sons interested that the city council
Of the city of Rock Island, Illinois.
having ordered that a local improve
ment be made by constructing sewer
on Twenty-fifth street from Eighteenth
TO Nineteenth avenues. The ordI-
nance for the same being on file in
the office of the city clerk, and the
city having applied TO the county for
an assessment OF the costs of said
Improvement. according to frontage.
and an assessment therefor having
been made and returned to said court,
the final hearing thereon will be held
on the 31st day of December. \. ID.
1914. at the hour of 900 o'clock a. m.
or as soon thereafter as the business
OF the court will permit. All persons
desiring may file objections in said
court before the said day and may APP
pear on the hearing and make their
defense. Said assessment is payable
in four installments. and all install
ments except the first shall bear in
tercst from and after the dates of
until paid, at the rate OF
; per cent per annum.
Ed NELSON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17

Within the last five days a new
field for the application OF electricity
has been created in Europe. based
upon the electrical production of
ultraviolet light for the sterilization
OF water and for other purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17
ED NELSON.

Officer appointed TO make assessment
December 16 1914-(AdvJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-17

Notice TO Property Owners.
Notice IS hereby given TO all per
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
A Kind Word.

A kind word costs but little, but
it may bless all day the one to
whom it is spoken. Nay, have not
kind words been spoken to you
which have lived in your heart
through years and borne fruit of
JOY and hope? Let us speak kindly
to one another We have burdens
and worries, but let us not therefore
rasp and irritate those near us
those we love, those whom Christ
would have US save. Speak
kindly in the morning; it lightens
the care of the day. and makes the
household and its affairs move
along smoothly. Speak kindly at
night, for it may be before dawn
some loved one may finish his or
her space of time for this world
and it will be too late to ask for
forgiveness. Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Farm Facts.

Get the difficulties out of the
farmers way and the farmers prob
iems will solve themselves.
The increase IN prices of farm
products has not kept pace with the
Increased cost of living
The farmer can produce without
organization. but to successfully
market he must unite with his
neighbor.
The farmer is the directing head
and operating hand of his business.
He combines, directs and carries
all responsibilities.
The farmer cannot be helped un-
til he organizes and the govern
ment cannot help the farmer ex-
cept through organization.
The farmer sells at prices fixed
in free trade markets and buys
everything he wears and uses in a
high protective market.
The value of farm crops is deter
mined not only by the amount of
labor necessary TO produce them
but by having them on the market
when needed. BY Peter Radford f,
National Lecturer Farmers Educa-
tional & Cooperative Union OF
America.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Social Centers.

The crying need of rural Mis-
souri, is social centers where our
young people can be entertertain-
ed, amused and instructed under
the direction of cultured, clean and
competent leadership, where
aesthetic surroundings stir the love
for the beautiful; where art charges
the atmosphere with inspiration
and power. and innocent amuse
ments instruct and brighten their
lives.
To hold our young people on the
farm we must make farm life more
attractive, as well as the business
of farming more remunerative. The
school house should be the Sccial
unit, properly equipped for nourish
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Raising Corn.

The farmer plants his field of
corn-the kind that doesn't pop
and hopes that on some autumn
morn he'll start to shuck his crop.
And shuck his crop he often does,
which is exceedingly queer, for
blights and perils fairly buzz
around it through the year. think
it strange that farmers raise the
goodly crops they do. for they are
scrapping all their days against a
deadly crew. To plant and till will
not suffice; the men must strain
their frames. to kill the bugs and
worms and mice. and pests with
Latin names. The cut worms cut
the chinchbugs chinch, the weevil
weaves its ill. and other pests
come up and pinch the corn and
eat their fill. And then the rain
works go on strike, and gloom the
wooden-shrouds. and up and down
the burning pike the dust is blown
in clouds. And if our prayers are
Of avail, and rain comes in the
night, it often brings grist of hail
that riddles all in sight. And still
the farmers raise their crops. and
nail the shining PUNK; none but
the kicker stands and yawps, and
what he says is bunk. II all men
brooded DER their woes. and looked
for erief'that gent would starve who
! gaily goes to thresh the golden
sheaf.-Walt Mason.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Women and Gowns.

And now the women of America
are up against it.
They must design their own
gowns.
France is war.ridden and the
masters of fashion in Paris can no
LONGER supply the demand.
France has our sympathy in its
troubles, but we hail the day when
American women must depend up
on their own initiative in the mat
ter of dress, for when American
women undertake to do a thing it
is done.
We have depended upon Paris
too long.
We have accepted the hideous
creations that have been handed us
without murmur. simply because
they bore the French label.
This is an opportune time for
the women of this country to use
their brains. and use them to good
purpose. They need no coaching
from other countries.
1t is safe to predict that when
they do begin the designing of
their gowns we will have a revela-
ton in the matter of feminine
attire.
Common sense and decency will
return, and it will not be at the
expense of personal appearance or
style.
The future gowns to be designed
by American women will be just as
smart and just as stylish as any
they have ever worn with the add
ed advantage of radiating refine
ment and gentility.
American women are the most
beautiful on earth, are noted for
their intellectual attainments and
are possessed of an indomitable
spirit which knows no failure.
The designing Of their own
gowns viii be but. an incident in
their brilliant careers, for even now
the world is PROSTATE at the feet Of
American womanhOOd.-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Honey for Rheumatism.

DR.. Bonney. of Iowa claims that
pure honey will cure rheumatism.
For some time we have read of bee
stings being cure for rheumatism
but nothing definite was ever the
result of any experiment. DR..
Bonney says that he has learned
that it is not the bee stings which
make bee-keepers free of rheuma-
tism, but due to honey being one
of their staple foods. DR.. /Bonney
suggests it a good rule to take two
tablespoonful of either comb or
strained honey five times daily. at
s a. m. 10 a. m, 2 and a p. m. and
at bed time, and that no fluid of
any kind be taken for at least an
hour after taking the honey.-Col-
mans Rural World.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
WHAT SAVED
her LIFE
Mrs. Martin Tells About a Painful
Experience that Might Have
Ended Seriously.

Rivesville, W. Va.-Mrs. Dora Martin,
In a letter from Rivesville, writes:
For three years, suffered with wo-
manly troubles, and had pains in my
back and side. l was nervous and
could not sleep at night.
The doctor could not help me. He
said would have to be operated on be-
fore could get better. l thought
would try using Cardui.
Now, am entirely we'll.
am sure Cardui saved my life. I
will never be without Cardui in nay
home. l recommend it to my friends"
For fifty years. Cardui has been re-
lieving pain asd distress caused by wo-
manly trouble. 1t will surely help you.
1t goes to the spot-reaehes the
trouble-relieves the symptoms, and
drives away the cause.
If you suffer from any symptoms Of
womanly trouble, take Cardui.
Your druggist sells and recommends
1t. Get bottle from him today.
n. B.-WTite TO: Ladies' Advisory Dept. chatta-
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. nor Special
Instructions, and 64-page book. Home Treatment
for Women sent In plain wrapper. on request.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
A Good Relish.

One quart of cooked beets chop
ped fine, one quart of cabbage
chopped fine, one cup grated horse
radish, two cups of sugar. one tea
spoonful of black pepper, one table,
spoonful of salt, a pinch of red
pepper. Fill quart jars three
fourths full with the mixture, and
finish with cold vinegar; then seal.
Will keep all winter.-Wallaces'
Farmer
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
September.

September comes along with balmy
breeze;
And 10. the vineyard with the
loaded vines;
The air is filled with song-oh
happy times
And pears are hanging plenteous
in the trees.
Lo, down the street comes cheerful
faces bright;
For the school days with girls
and boys are here;
While bigger folks return from
far and near;
And in their work do seem to take
delight.
Albert E. Vassar.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Missouri Farm Statistics.
(From the last Federal Census
Reports.)

(From the last Federal Census
Reports)
There are 277,244 farms in Mis-
souri,.
The approximate land area of
this State is 43,9S5,0O0 acres; a.
$4,000 acres are in farms and
24,5S1,O00 acres of the land in
farms are improved.
The average size of a Missouri
farm is 1875 acres.
The farms of this State represent
a capital investment of $685.
$4,000.
The farmers of this State own
$50,873,000 worth of implements
and other farm machinery.
The value of the domestic ami
mails. poultry and bees on the
farms of this State is $285, 839. 900.
The average value of Missouri
farm is $7,405. ~"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

Things amt so bad after all. We
are told that oysters will be cheap
and plentiful this winter because
they can't be shipped to Europe
and the squirrels in Missouri are
as thick as willow bugs around a
street lamp and an eastern woman
has discovered ten kinds of weeds
that are good to eat, and the paw
paw crop is fine.-Laddonia Her
aid.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Albert E. Vassar.

Earl Hicks. age rs, young farm
er of Boone County, has invented
a non-siipable tight-holding tap
which will make him a fortune.
He has sold the invention to a
New York firm and will receive
$1,000 a year for II years.-Farber
Forum.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
A Definition.

What's dis yuh easy payment
plan dat yo' bought dat swell suit O.
clothes on, sah?"
"Dollah down and a dollah every
time de collector done kotches me-"
judge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
When the Tide is Low.

When the Tide is Low.
Some time at eve, when the tide
is low,
l shall slip my moorings and sail
away,
With 40 response to the friendly
hail
Of kindred craft in the busy bay.
In the silent hush of the twilight
pale,
When the night stoops down to
embrace the day,
And the voices call in the waters
flow,
Some time at eve, when the tide is
low
l shall slip my moorings and sail
away.
Through purple shadows that dark
ly trail
Ger the ebbing tide to the I'M
known sea,
| shall fare me away with a dip of
sail
And a ripple of water to tell the
tale
OF a lonely voyager, sailing aw ay
To mystic isles, where at anchor
lay
The craft of those who have sailed
before
Ger the unknown seas to the un.
known shore.
A few who have watched me sail
away
Will miss my craft from the busy
bay;
Some friendly barks that were
anchored near.
Some loving souls that my heart
held dear.
In silent sorrow will drop a tear
But l shall have peacefully furled
my sail
In moorings sheltered from storm
and gale,
And greeted the friends who
have sailed before
Ger the unknown sea to the I'm.
known shore.
H. H. Porter, in Lutheran Visitor
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

ing and building character, so that
the lives of our people can proper
ly function around it and become
supplied with the necessary ele-
ments of human thought and &C.
tivity. ~
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

On the Spanish Mediterranean
melons are kept through the en-.
tire winter by tying them with sep.
arate strings to the ceiling Of q
dark room.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24
Forum.

improving Coffee Flavor.
Adding a pinch of salt and piece Of
butter, size Of a bean, to coffee wiz
make the flavor much better and also
settle the coffee.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

Miss frankie Connell, County
school superintendent of Marion
County visited schools near here
last week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

Mrs. Eliza Sharp. of Kansas City
went to Palmyra Saturday after q
pleasant visit with relatives here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-09-24

w. L. Oliver and wife of Clarence
have been visiting friends north
west of this city.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
Sight Of Mount Shasta. In its Glory
and Beauty, Well Repays Tourist
for Long Journey.

The most impressive mountain IN
the world is Shasta in California. I'm
like Pixies Peak and many other a
the worlds great mountains. 1t Is not
surrounded by number Of lesser
ones. and its tremendous height-14..
440 feet-is appreciated by the eye
II is sublimely grand. and yet grace
fully beautiful. Against the blue of a
California sky it's curved outlines seem
to sweep In the perfect segments OF a
circle from the apex OF the cone to the
horizon. Far up on its base the dark
green OF the timber-line is met by the
virgin Wilderness OF Shasts's snow. and
then on. up and up. far past the sum
mer clouds. points the alabaster pyra-
mid.
Shasta is an extinct volcano. and has
two large glaciers. The Whitney
glacier IL visible from the railroad. II
looks like narrow streak OF snow.
but II is over a mile In width. and II
scanned with great assures and crev.
asses.
At times q natural banner Is un.
furled from Shasta's Peak. This 10
called the SNOW banner Of Shasta"
II only occurs when the gale attacks
the summit and blows the snow In
great gusts streaming against the
sky" a. the railroad book has IT.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
ThRONGs FLEE BRUSSELS
BY John Banlster.

(London Standard Correspondent
Ostend-The Germany are in Brus-
sells. This knowledge is brought home
to US more forcibly as each hour
brings fresh flock Of fugitives from
the east These are not 80 much the
citizens OF Brussels as inhabitants
of the regions between Liege and the
capital who have been YEARLY making
their way towards the coast to evade
the ravages of the war.
l left Brussels at 10 o'clock on We'd
nesday night. The streets were full
of excited civilians who were crowding
round the gunsmiths' shops clamoring
for fire arms At that time the civilian
population Of Brussels was bent on
holding the city against the invaders
and only urgent advice by the Belgian
authorities and the proclamation Of
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
SYNOPSIS.

Eleanora de Toscana was singing In
Paris. which, perhaps. accounted for Ed
ward Courtlandt's appearance there. Null
timilliopaire. he wandered about where
fancy dictated. He might be in Paris one
day and Kamchatka the next. Following
the opera he goes to cafe and Is &C
costed by a pretty young woman. She
gives him tho address of Flora Desimone.
vocal rival Of Toscana. and Flora gives
him the address Of Eleanora. whom he Is
determined to see. Courtlandt enters
Eleanora's apartments. She orders him
out and shoots at him. The next day
Paris 10 shocked by the mysterious dis
appearance of the prima donna. Realizing
that he may be suspected OF the abduc-
tion Of Eleanora Courtlandt arranges for
m aiibi
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
Senator Clarke VII, Push Bill.

Washington. = Arrangements were
made for hearings on the administra-
ton bill to organize a governments
controlled shipping company to engage
in foreign trade, by the house Mer-
chant Marine Committee.
Senator Clarke OF Arkansas, chair
man OF the Senate Commerce Commit
tee, will introduce the measure with
out waiting for action In the house..
No opposition to the proposed pur-
chase of foreign-built merchant steam.
ers has come from Europe.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
the last drop Of German blood.

the last drop Of German blood.
The sword which he had allowed to
remain in its sheath decade after
decade, and which he now drew, must
decide. He declared 1t could not be
sheathed again without victory and
honor. This war found the nation trust
ing In Almighty God and remembering
the glorious days Of old.
The commander Of the regiment re-
newed the oath Of loyalty and pro
claimed the regiments unQuenchable
thirst for victory. and it, determine
ton to nght 70 The death
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
portuoaI's Stake in tho War.

The participation Of Portugal in the
great war is not OF such little impor-
lance as is generally believed. She
has colonies comprising over 100000
square miles, Inhabited by more than
5000, 900 people All Of these colonies
would be exposed to seizure were Ger
many and Austria successful. Portu-
gal, therefore, has big stake involved.
On the other hand. the alliance with
England has been guarantee to
Portugal OF the permanence Of her
possessions.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
GERMANS WILL FIGHT
LAST DROP OF BLOOD

London.-A Marconi wireless mes
sage from Berlin tells Of the German
emperor's farewell address to the
First regiment Of Foot Guards.
They had assembled. the emperor
said, to pray that German arms might
be blessed, SO that they should be able
to keep flying the flag Of the father
land over the envy Of its enemies.
oyen II this sutailed the sacrificing Of
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28
Sepds Son 70 Death.

Paris.-Sub-Lieut. Vincent Folque,
the only son OF Colonel Folque. had
tust left the Polytechnic and had been
attached to his fathers regiment. On
Friday last Colonel FolQue called for
an officer to volunteer for what was
practically a forlorn hope. His son
was the first to come forward. Colo
mel FolQue appointed him to the mis-
sion, and few hours later the young
lieutenant fell MORALLY wounded.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-28

London.-Lord Kitchener made his
first war speech as minister of war in
the House of Lords Tuesday. He said
the war would strain the forces OF th0
empire and entail big sacrifices.