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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07
A FIRECRACKER
CAUSE OF DEATH
Davenport Child Succumbs Day
After He Had Eaten
Fireworks.

Charles Louis. 2-year-o:d son of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert T. Armil of Daven.
port died at noon yesterday at St
Luke's hospital in that city. presume
bly, from the effects OF eating a fire
cracker Sunday. No other explanation
OF the case is offered by the physi-
clans.
Sunday the child was seen eating a
fire cracker, and II was taken away
from him before he had consumed
enough to cause any apprehension on
the part OF members of the family. At
night, however, he was taken violent
" Ill. Yesterday he was removed 10
the hospital for the purpose OF per
forming an operation. but his condi-
ton grew worse so rapidly that It was
impossible TO do anything.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07

mate some $1,000. 1t is planned to
have the rebate paid back and then
raise the deficiency of 500 through
a supplemental assessment roll. spread
over the entire district.
Call for Bids
The mayor was authorized to adver-
tise for bids for reserve pump at the
water works. A centrifugal pump of
100000 gallons capacity is wanted,
and figures viii be received on electric,
steam and oil driven machines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07
WOODS RULES FOR
FILING PETITIONS

Springfield, Ill. July 7.-Secretary OF
state woods yesterday gave out the
following official notice in regard TO the
fIing of primary petitions: July IL Is
the first day for filing petitions in the
once of the secretary of state and
univ al is the last day. The office OF
tbe secretary of state will be open
fror, $40 a. m. until p. m. Petit
lions will not be accepted on Sundays.
TrIv 70 10 and 26. Petitions may be
6Ied in person or through the mail
Not more than one petition will be &C
cepted from any one person. Pettiohs
received by mail before July II VIII De
returned TO the candidate LOT whom
said petition is to be fled"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07

the property owners but Mayor Schri.
yer and City Engineer Wallace Treich-
Ter insisted that asphalt be used
Dissatisfied with the attitude of the
board. the property owners filed with
the city commission a petition asking
TO be granted the right to experiment
with concrete and agreeing to re-sur-
face the same with asphalt If the wear
ing surface proved unsatisfactory
Reynolds Moves Substitute.
Mayor Schriver moved to receive the
petition and place it on file. Commits
sioner Reynolds moved as a substitute,
that the petition be granted Com
stitute, stating that while there might
be some question as to the durability
of concrete, he felt that inasmuch as
the property owners were paying the
bills, they should have a right to select
the material to be used.
Mayor Schriver explained that he
had urged uniformity in the district
mentioned and said proceedings pro-
viding for the Improvement had al
ready been started. The mayor with
drew his motion. in order to consider
the substitute, and it carried four to
one, Mayor Schriver casting the mega
tive vote.
The mayor then read petition from
George Wagner. asking that Twenty
first street, Sixteenth to Eighteenth
avenue, be macadamized This was re-
ceived and placed on file The mayor
mentioned the fact that in order to
have the property owners let a private
paving contract, all of the property
owners in the district must consent
and the petition of Mr. Wagner seemed
to initiate against such a plan How
ever the commission decided this was
a matter between Mr.. Wagner and the
rest of the residents on the street.
A petition signed by Mrs. c. c. Con-
don and two others, Directing to i'm
proving the street at all, was received
and placed on file.
Rectify Error.
The ely commission voted to
rectify an error made in the assess
ment roll for the paving of Ninth ave-
nue., Twenty-first to Twenty-fifth street.
Residents in that locality appeared be-
fore the commission and insisted that
rebate, amounting to $500, had been
made in favor of four property owners
in the block where the street car
switch is located.
The cost of installing the i'm
provement exceeded the original esti-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07

George Banker has been on file for
two weeks. was granted the same.
Canvass Returns.
The results OF the recent school cleo
ton were canvassed, the official re-
turns showing the following figures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07

All the news all the time-Tt
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07
Call for Bids.
Teachers Examination.

All persons desiring to take exam
ination for teachers certificate should
register with county superintendent on
or before July IL Examinations will
be held at court house July 1911
(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07

An ordinance giving the Rock IslaSd
Plo~ company the right to install
switch tracks on Second avenue and
Seventh street was passed four to one,
Commissioner Reynolds voting no.
Mayor Schriver brought up the ever
present project for paving Eighth ave
nue., Twentieth to Twenty-first street.
but the ordinance was lost. Mayor
Schriver and Commissioner Bear alone
voting for IT,
Thomas Cralle. 1916 Ninth avenue.
complained to the commission that
there were pockets in The new gutter
which had been laid in front OF his
property. in which water stands, and
he asked to have the same remedied,
which will be done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-07
Attention, X. of c.

Next regular Allouez Council Nj
65S will be held on Tuesday, July Z. q
s p. m. Business of Importance
(Adv)
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
Ho,U To Get Rid of a
Bad Cough
A Homemade Remedy that VIII
Do 1t Quickly. Cheap and
Easily Made

If you have a bad cough or chest cold
winch refuses to yield to ordinary reme-
dies, get from any druggist 2h ounces
OF Plnex (5O cents worthy, pour into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
graduated sugar syrup. Start taking
2 t%easpoonful every hour or two. In "a
hours your cough will be conquered or
very nearly so. Even whooping cough is
greatly relieved in this way.
The above mixture makes q full pint
"a family supply-of the finest cough
syrup. that money could buy-at a cost
OF only 81 cents. Easily prepared in S
minutes. Full directions with Pinex.
This Pinex and Sugar Syrup prepa-
ration takes right hold of q cough and
gives almost immediate relief. It loos-
ems the dry, hoarse or tight cough in q
way, that is really remarkable. Also
quickly heals the infamed membranes
which accompany. a painful cough, and
throat and bronchial tubes,t thus ending
the persistent: loose cough. Excellent fof
c o1o !, spasmodis Group and winter
Children like it,.
pinex is a special and highly concen.
trated compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, rich In guaiacol, which is 20
neallng to the membranes.
10 avoid disappointment, ask your
aruRglst for "2A ounces Of Pinex,"-do
not accept anything else. A guarantees
81 absolute satisfaction, OF money prompt
~ refunded goes with this preparation.
Inc F11ex Co, TT. Wayne, Ind.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN SOCIETY

Acacia chapter O. E. S. will hold
its regular meeting this evening at 3
o'clock in the Masonic hall, in the St.
Johns block. A cordial invitation is
extended TO all members of the order
whether affiliated with the local chap
ter or not.
The Votes for Women league held a
suffrage tea this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. NJ. G. Olson on Reeves
avenue. The hours were from 3 to 5
o'clock and Annie Kenney, an Eng
lish suffragist Of England, gave a talk
on the militant methods used in that
country. At the close of the program
tea was served.
Rev. Hugh L. Burleson, secretary
Of the Church Missions House in New
York city, delivered an address on
missions this afternoon at the meet
ing of the Woman's Auxiliary of st.
Paul's church, which was held in
the parish hall. Following the pro-
gram a social hour was enjoyed and
light refreshments were served by the
hostesses.
The P. E. 6 !sisterhood met last
evening at the home Of Mrs. w. G..
Bek at University Place. A program
Of unusual interest was given and the
His play Faust" Several excellent
papers were presented. Mrs. F. F.
Fletcher discussed the Life and
Works." Mrs. D.. E. French gave a
splendid paper on The Place Faust
Occupies in Drama" Mrs. w. G. Bek
discussed the music from Faust and
her talk was illustrated bv V~ictrola
records. The pleasant evening was
brought to a close with the service Of
refreshments.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
Man KILLING THE SANE
AS IN middle AGES
CONTINUED from Page ~.

one in n way noteworthy. When
he caught the flash OF color or his
breast he fondled 1t shyly as a child
might g bright silk. He smiled hap
PLY at those who caught his EYE.
Since 80 much importance is at
tached to these drapeaux.'' said he at
last, II think I'll 20 out and get an
other"
One steps right back into the mid
die ages when one reads Of a flooded
Belgium. Wherever 1t was possible
the Belgians thwarted the invading
Germans by cutting their bikes and
making their fair land into a swirling
And that French corporal of dra-
goons might have stepped out Of the
pages of the Three Musketeers." A
French patrol rode down an empty
road toward a little village. At the
village gate they came upon the cor-
poral. He was pacing to and fro
across the road. At either end of
Every fourth turn he rested upon his
rifle just as the sentries do before the
invalides in the brave days Of peace.
Where are u comrades?" the
patrol asked.
Il have none" said the corporal.
Il am quite alone"
Then why this folly?" They look
ed at him as sane men do at a man
who has suddenly gone mad. Behind
him the village street stretched silent
and empty.
There is a company Of Germans in
the wood" said the corporal. "but
they dare not enter the village be-
cause they think I have comrades
here"
A more pleasant picture. which still
recalls war making as it may have
been before the villanous saltpetre
came. was told in a letter from a little
Belgian village. Bugles were heard
upon the road one sunny afternoon,
and soon a company of French dra-
goons. dust covered and weary, trotted
their horses into town. Women and
children ran out from the cottages in
which they had been covering and
threw flowers at them.
This is a pleasant town, my chill
dren,' said the captain in command.
We will rest u horses"
So they made bivouac by the side of
the village street. The tired horses
were given water and food. Women
hurried to the soldiers with gifts of
bread and the arm red wine that
Frenchmer love. They lolled in the
sun and stretched their weary limbs
and some slept, until as evening came
on a dragon with a good voice began
oHAS VI SLS Sl1ilpiS ilIllC, SONRS which
every Frenchman first heard at his
mothers knee. Two others Joined him.
One owned a high. clear. pure tenor.
The other soldiers Joined in the
chorus wrote the Belgian. Their
kind. tired eyes were fixed upon the
leading singers and they did their
share in voices that were rough and
uncultured. but were vet true to tune.
At last the captain nodded and they
saddled up and rode on. The night
was falling. AS they passed away
from us they waved their hands and
smiled"
One more incident, Just to show that
war today Is very much what war has
always been. The passing troops have
ariven the wild boars from their
farms in the wilderness Of the Belgian
Ardennes. and they are ravaglng what
crops the Germans left to the peasants
IN the canyon Of Jumiege.
That same thing has always hap
pened in war as far back as Jumiesian
tradition goes.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06

know what they are doing when they
refuse to insure the lives of married
Women to any extent. An unmarried
woman, no matter how hard she
works, can get life insurance exactly
as a man can get 1t.
Il car testify that the average mar
ried oma is a poor life insurance
risk. In spite of my long experience
and knowledge, l break out in a cold
sweat every time I am called to take
a woman through the greatest peril
veritably passes through the valley of
the shadow, and no doctor on earth
can tell whether she will come out
alive or not-or, if living, an invalid
for the rest of her days.
More than that said the doctor.
"a married woman usually has to
bear everything from an inconsiderale
husband. l know some mighty good
church members who are mighty poor
husbands, and l would like to go on
record as saying that We don't need
schools for wives and mothers hall
as much as we need schools for hus-
bands and fathers. Most OF the ply
steal feminine wrecks we see are the
result Of some husbands seltishness
and belief in the inalienable rights Of
masculinity."
Said a woman, bedridden, physical
ly older than her years: But really,
l am happier now than when l was
younger. You see, I married young
and the children came fast, and l had
to work so hard. Always a baby on
arm and several little ones hang
ing to my skirts, and a house to keep
up and three big meals a day to get.
Oh, how tired l was! But the work
mist hn 6nna and rhoro yyoc rnI,Av
to help. And nobody cared. Many's
the time l gritted my teeth and went
ON. Yes, l know l was cross to the
children lots of times. But I couldn't
help 1t. l didn't even know it at the
time. My husband worked hard, too,
but he didn't have to bear children
and ave them hanging to him all day
long and be up with them at night.
Today he's hearty and strong and
young looking-and look at mel"
Oh, Yes, "a woman uan endure as
much as a man." The trouble is that
h is made to endure SO much more
planned for the tasks she is made to
assume.
Do you know why SO many moth
ers do not nurse their babies? No,
it isn't ~selishness, in most cases. The
average mother would rather nurse
her babe. It's because the mother
must work too hard and worry too
much; because the mar of the family
and the other children must be at
tended to, and expenses must be kept
down.
Then it is that the husband prob
ably complains about a crying baby
and the expense Of modified milk. So
the modified milk is stopped and the
child is raised somehow-or there's
another little mound in the cemetery.
Talk about race suicide-most OF
it's Involuntary. and most Of it could
be prevented if society (m6re than
half Of which is masculine) would
deal more gently with women.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
OF I TER
Footwear Has Attention

The voge for shorter skirts calls
FOR prettier shoes. For the last two
or three seasons 1t would seem that
Women's shoes had been as dainty and
attractive az they could be made. Now
that fashion has decreed hat the
skirts are to be shorter. the shoe
are scurrying around to dis
V new styles in footwear which
will be even more attractive than those
which have been brought out before.
Styles in hosiery also receive much
attention and colors are favored.
Those matching the gown are among
the foremost in favor, also the shades
Of tan and gray. These are seer with
black or white shoes. An illustration
tune worn by a young girl. 1t con-
sisted of a white dress and shoes, with
belt and hosiery of bright red.
When buying hosiery it is economy
to buy guaranteed lines, for they
wwear SO much better. and the firms
which will give a guarantee know that
they are making a good article.
Some people claim that hosiery
wears better if it is washed before it
is worn.
To prevent stitches running down"
it is a good plan to put a stitching
around the top before wearing, but
care must be taken to stretch the
stocking to its utmost when it is in
the machine or the thread will break
when it is worn M the work be OF
no avail.
Precipitation is as wearing on hosi-
cry as the rubbing caused by walk
ing, and it will make them wear
much longer if they are changed
every day or two, and the soiled ones
washed at once and not left for the
regular wash day."
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06

That seems to be the motto that
Bully the English Sparrow believes in
and tried to live up to. 1t is a good
motto. Yes, indeed, it is a very good
motto, when it is rightly used. You
know hat to persist means to keep
trying and trying and trying over and
over again. So it is always perfectly
splendid to persist in things that are
right. But always be sure that you
are right before you persist, because
II You don't you may fare no better
than did Billy.
When Farmer Browns boy pulled
Bully's nest out Of the hole in the
apple tree in the Old Orchard and
tore it to pieces and carried away
the six eggs that were in it he thought
that Bully Inc his wife would surely
leave the Old Orchard. That is why
he did what seemed like such a dread
full thing. He wanted them to leave
the Old Orchard. because he knew
that If they didn't the other birds
would, and that would be truly dread
full. He knew that the other little
feathered people simply couldn't live
with such noisy, quarrelsome neigh
bors as Bully and his wife, and
wouldn't live there. He knew that un-
less something Vas done the Bullys
would have the Ole Orchard to them
selves the next spring, and then how
the worms n the insects would
thrive on the trees! But he couldn't
quite make up his mind to kill or real
ly hurt Bully and Mrs. Bully, so he
thought that if he tool their eggs and
destroyed their nest there couldn't be
any baby Sparrows to grow up and
make more trouble, and then perhaps
Bully and his wife would go away
from the Old Orchard.
But Farmer Browns boy didn't
know Bully. No, indeed! He didn't
know how persistent Bully can be.
The next day he visited the Old Or
chard to see If Bully had left. What
do you think he found? Why, he
found that Bully and his wife had a
new nest half built in the very same
He tore this to pieces only to find n
other on the next day. And so it was
on the following day and the day aft
er that. Farmer Browns boy Just
had to admire the spunk and persis-
tence Of Bully n Mrs. Bully.
you certainly deserve to be left
alone" said he, "but J can't do 1t,
You are a nuisance, and SO you have
got to go II 1 have to come down hero
and break up your nest every day all
summer"
A day or two after that Farmer
Browns boy found no nest when he
put his hand in the hollow Of the tree
"At last they've given up" thought he.
II hope they have left the Old Or
cahrd for good" He was almost W
Of the Old Orchard on the other side
when his sharp. eyes caught sight of a
little bird just disappearing in a hole
in the very last tree. He walked un
and pounded on the tree. Out popped
whom do you think? WHY. Mrs.
Bully. to be, sure!e She and Bully were
building q nest there, It took Farmer
Browns hoy three days TO make Bully
and his wife understand that they
couldn't build there or anywhere else
in the Old Orchard. Finally thew gave
up and new away. And where do YOU
think they went? Why. straight TO
Farmer Browns barn; end there. way
! up under the caves, where only the
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
.
TRIED AND TRUE RECIPES =
Spicd GRAPES

spoon and to seven pounds Of
fruit, weighed raw. add one cup
full of vinegar after the grapes have
been boiled and strained to remove
the skins. With the vinegar add three
and one-half pounds of sugar and
two ounces each of cloves and Gin
namon sticks tied in a c~heesecloth
bag. Boil pulp, vinegar and spices
together until thick like marmalade;
then put in glasses.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
Where the Flower Is Worn.

A few weeks ago fashionable women
thought they had struck the newest
note when they began to wea their
artificial flower somewhere under the
left ear. but fashion forever eludes the
grasp Of it's devotee. And now just as
we have readjusted the artificial f1ow-
ers on all u gowns fashion changes
her mind. The left hip is now the cor
rect point for the rose or poppy that
lends distinction to the gown. A new
green satin evening frock shows a
large pink rose on the left hip and n
of the new Permet modes Is a ream
color taffeta with a large black velvet
skirt at the same point. Whether or
not we shall wear the boutonniere
chosen for our fall suit on the left
hip Of the skirt is a matter for spec
ulation. Stranger whims than that has
fashion taken.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
Chicken Croouettcs.

One pint Of finely chopped cold
chicken. one ~teaspoonful salt. one-half
teaspoonful pepper, one cupful cream.
four eggs, n teaspoonful of onion
juice, one tablespoonful Of lemon
juice, n tablespoonful of lemon
three tablespoonfuls of -four together
add the cream and cook e a mod
crate fire until it thickens. Add the
chopped chicken meat and ~seasonings
and boil two minutes. Pour Eel it
two of the eggs we'll beaten, and
when throughly mixed, cool and
shape it into c%roquettes. Dip them into
egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
Crane Pie,

Remove the skins from the grapes
bring grapes to a boil and press
through a sive in order to remove
the seeds, add the skins to the pulp
and cook fifteen minutes. then add
n cupful of sugar to each two cup
fuls of pulp. a tablespoonful of but
ter n teaspoonful of cornstarch.
Bake in a hot oven between rich crusts
sprinkle over with powdered sugar
and serve hot.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
The Soldiers Dream.

Our bugles sang truce, for the night
cloud had lowered,
And the sentinel stars set their
watch in the sky;
And thousands had sunk on h
ground overpowered.
The weary to sleep, and the wound-
ed to die.
When reposing that night on my pal
let Of straw,
BY the wolf-scaring fagot that
guarded the slain;
At the dead of the night a sweet Wis
ion 1 saw,
And thrice ere the morning 1
dream 1t again.
Metthought from the battle fields
dreadful array.
Far, far I had roamed on a desc
late track;
Twas autumn. and sunshine arose on
the way
To the home Of my fathers. that
welcomed me back.
I new to the pleasant fields traversed
so oft
In life's morning march. when my
bosom was young;
I heard my own goats
bleating aloft,
And knew the sweet strain that the
corr reapers sung.
Then pledged me the wine cup. and
fondly l swore
From my home n my weeping
friends nearer to part;
Ny little ones kissed me a thousand
times DER,
And my wife sobbed aloud in her
fullness Of heart.
"Stay, stay with us-rest, thou art
weary and worm:
And fain was their war-broken
soldier to stay;
But sorrow returned with the dawn
ing Of morn,
And the voice is my dreaming a
melted away.
Thomas Campbell.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06

VOTES OR PRIVILEGES
FOR WOMEN?
BY e. K. Wooley.


Copyright. 1914, by e. X. wooley.)
II never give up my seat in q street
car to a woman any more" remarked
a middle-aged man. "Women want
equal rights with men-and they can
have EN-, so far as I am concerned.
SO when I get seat first + keep it I'M
less some real old woman gets in front
OF me. or q woman carrying a small
baby. "A woman car endure az much
as a man IL she isn't handicapped with
old age or small children"
Here is what I heard q doctor say
the other day. He is q specialist in
women's ailments.
THE life insurance companies
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06

pint of cream which has been whip
enough Juice sand pulp from ripe
grapes to makela pint; mix with it n
and one-half cupfuls Of sugar and two
teaspoonfuls Of lemon extract. Place
on the ice to chill; then add to the
half-frozen mixture and finish ffreez-
ing. Let it stand two hours before
serving to "ripen."
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06

longest ladder could reach them, they
built a nest and raised their young.
Farmer Browns boy said that such
boldness and impudence deserved a
reward, and go as long as they were
out Of the Old Orchard and not both
ering other birds he would leave them
alone.
And now in the Old Orchard there
was great rejoicing, for now no one
wanted to move away. and for the
first time every one there looked on
Farmer Browns boy as their friend.
Next story-Farmer Browns boy
misses a duck.