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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

way OF Spokane7
A READER.
A.-The Lincoln Highway h
not yet completed- Ii does not
extend 90 Spokane. but goes
through san Frsncisoo.
please give me the
correct pronunciation and
meaning OF pro TEN: of en-
tente? These words are used
80 much In connection with
the present European war
and | have heard SO many diff
ferent pronunciations. would
like to know for sure which
Is correct.
Also would like to know
how Cocktails, the name of
the colonel who had charge
of the Panama canal, is pro-
nounced. Thanking you.
am, FLORENCE.
A.-Entente Is pronounced as
though IL were spelled anfant,
and the las" sound the same as In
the word aims. Ii means am un-
derstanding.
Pro tenn Ia pronounced Just as II
is spelled. with the 20" long and
the sc" short, and means for the
time being.
Goethals Is pronounced as
though it were spelled .sGaytais."
OWN you please tell
me N possible what county
Davenport. Iowa, il In?
At is In Scott county.
Own you please tell
me IL a marriage license is re-
CURED in Canada? Can
marriage ceremony be per-
formed there on Sunday. and
would the couple have to be
identified there?
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Alt is necessary TO have q
license or publication of bonus.
There il no specification as to the
day a marriage shall take place. IL
Is mot necessary to be identified.
Q--Can you tell me IL any
nurses are TO be sent from
America to the seat of war,
and also where to address the
Red Cross Society of Amer
fca7
A WOULD-BE RED-cROSS.
A short time ago a number
of nurses left America 90 render
their services ON the great battle
field of Europe. | cannot say N
more win go, but You may obtain
the information by writing to the
National Red Cross society,
! WakhfnQfou m a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Copyright, 1914, by the News
paper Enterprise Association.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Q-Wish you would please
answer some questions for
me. | have been looking for
mail from Germany for some
time. Can German mail
reach the u. s. not?
Does the United States owe
a debt, and If so. how much?
MRS. u. A. X.
! A.-At the present time, ns
nsAil Is sent from Germany.
The United States debt a
Present is over ~, 200, OOO, 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Q.-Why was Mrs. Wilson
OF the White House called the
first lady of the land?
CAROL.
A.-The wife of the president Is
called the "first lady of the land
because she IL the wife of the head
executive of the country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Own you please tell
me through your columns
Whether the Lincoln Highway
IL finished? Does il go by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

OWN you please tell
me n possible what county
Davenport. Iowa, il In?
At Is In Scott county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

TIT Is neCessafy 20 have q
license or publication of bonus.
There Is no specification az to the
day a marriage shall take place. IL
Is mot necessary to be identified.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Q.-Can you tell me IL any
nurses are TO be sent from
America to the seat of war,
and also where to address the
Red Cross Society of Amer
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02
way Of spokaneg

way of Spokane7
A READER.
A--The Lincoln Highway h
not yet completed Ii does NOT
extend 90 Spokane. but goes
through san f'rancisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-02

Own you please tell
me IL a marriage license 10 re-
CURED in Canada? Can a
marriage ceremony be per-
formed there on Sunday. aud
would the couple have to be
identified there?
AN M N CTTnCEnTnLTD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

much discarded magazines, quilt
pieces. little bits of silks and laces
are needed here at WATERFOWL. / am
teaching doll dressing and their pleas
ure in doing something for some child
is pathetic. II the women's clubs or
other organizations would take up this.
\ woman's club, for instance. could
supply literature, magazines, papers.
have been told at one time some club
did this very thing. Especially should
/ like TO see the women OF the sur
rounding towns get an interest in this
dividend-paying happiness culture"
The curative effect OF play and pleas
ing work is more than medicine, thinks
DR.. Neff. who is the embodiment oS
motherIiness herself. The Outlook has
asked her for an article on the work
she is doing. and the Craftsman maya
zine has an exposition of the work in
= late issue.
Fourth OF July was the scene of
much merriment at Watertown, where
a real old-fashioned basket picnic and
racing program took place, TO which
tri-city folk were invited. Recently.
when the circus came TO town, DR..
Campbell contributed two special car
loads to swell the audience. and not
a hitch OF any kind occurred.
In the new spirit at work in the
state preserve. the people OF these cit
les should take much pride and lend
encouragement No doubt DR.. Camp
bell would resent it as sentimentality
that IL is purely whole-heartedness
and whoIe-souledness that impels him
to serve so well the people in and out
OF Waterfowl. Nevertheless. ii is ap-
parent he possesses a wealth OF feel
ing for humanity at it's worst. a quail
ity not as frequently encountered as
should be in this goth century of Chris
tianitr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Echoes.

An echo is a sound repeated from
some obstructing surface so that a
person in the path of both the original
and reflected waves hears the sound
twice. Sound being produced by
waves of the air, when such waves
meet an opposing surface as a wall
they are reflected like light waves.
The sound so heard as if originating
behind the rejecting surface is an
echo. An echo returns to the point
from which the sound originated if
the direct and reflected sounds sue
coed one another with great rapidity,
as happens when the rejecting surface
is near, the echo only clouds the orig
inal sound so that it is not heard dis
tinctly, and it is this which interferes
with the hearing in churches and other
large ngs.-Philadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
EXCURSIONS ARE
BECOMING FEWER
Trips Along the River Will Be
Made for Few More
Weeks This Season.

Local people will have only a few
more weeks to take trip on the river
this year, as the season is swiftly
drawing TO a close. The steamer Morn
ing Star will make two more trips to
St. Paul and return. The next trip
will start tomorrow afternoon, when
the boat will leave the local port at 8
o'clock, and the final trip will be Sun
day, Sept. 6.
There will be only one more trip
made by the Morning Star to the Keo-
kuk dam, which will be Sept. II.
The ST Paul and Quincy will arrive
in Rock Island tomorrow. the former
coming from St. Louis and on its way
to st. Paul, and the latter from St.
Paul on its way to st. Louis. The
boats left their ports on time and both
carried a large number of passengers.
The steamer Sidney will take an ex-
cursion tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock to Muscatine and Will return
at 1880 o'clock in the evening.
The Helen Blair will take out Is
weekly excursion tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock through the locks to
Hampton, returning late in the after
noon.
Last evening the steamer G. W. Hill
took out an excursion given by the
Caaba patrol of Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
POCK ISLAND TURNER'S TO
COMPETE IN DAVENPORT

Active turner's Of Rock Island will
take part tomorrow with the Daven-
port Turngemeinde. the Northwest
Davenport Turngemeinde and the FL
bridge Turner society at the 62d annu-
al stiftungsfest at Schuetzen park
The stiftungsfest commentaries the
founding of the society 60 years ago.
The big anniversary event was 10 have
been held last Sunday, but was post
poned on account of rain. Several
OF the active class Of the different so
cieties have been training for the
prize turning exhibition for several
weeks. In addition 10 the turning z
concert and dance will also be held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
WILL RAISE MAJESTIC AT
END OF THE BOAT SEASON

The sunken excursion steamer Ma
festic, lying on the rocks just above st.
Louis. Will be raised. So says Captain
ID. w. wisherd OF the WJsherd lines.
u is the intention of the captain TO
take the steamer G. w. Hill and sew
eral barges at the close OF the season.
which will probably be about Sept. 10,
and raise the stranded boat.
Bulkheads will be built around the
cash in the hall OF the big excursion
boat. following which the sand and
water will be pumped out. II IS ex-
Docted that the boat will rise of its
own buoyancy. when freed Of the car
go Of water and sand.
There are two holes in the hull. one
received In the first crash and the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
FOSTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Watson at
tended the ordination services held at
the Muscatine Baptist church Friday
for Hal Z. Norton, former pastor of
the Baptist church of Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. D. \. Kleinst and son.
Norton, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Chase of near
Fruitland, Iowa.
Miss Josie Freyersmith of Musca-
tine is spending the week with Miss
Arizona Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Spickler viii en-
terrain the ladies of the Pine Bluff NJ.
L. Aid society who will give an ice
cream social at that place Wednesday
evening. Sept. .. There will be free
band concert by the Schmidt Bros
band of Muscaune. Every one is in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Foster spent Sun
day with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Foster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Fetelman, Sr..
srent last week with relatives at Will
ton, Iowa, and attended the Wilton
fair.
The date Of the Drury township
Sunday school picnic Is Saturday,
Sept. >.
Several OF the friends of Mrs. o. r.
Bress gave her a pleasant surprise
Saturday afternoon by gathering at
her home on the occasion of her birth
day anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs Morrow of Nebraska
City. Iowa, who have been guests at
the d. l.. Ripley home since Saturday.
returned Wednesday, having driven in
their automobile. Mr.. and Mrs. Rip
ley accompanied them home where
they expect to spend a month.
Mrs. {. McGrecr and Mrs. William
Nussbaum spent Thursday at the d. y.
Kleist home.
All the news All the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
WHY WOMEN SUFFER


Many Rock Island Women are Learn
ing the Cause.
Women often suffer, not KNOWN the
cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness. ner-
vousness,
Irregular urinary passages weak
ness, languor-
Each a torture OF itself.
Together hint at weakened kidneys.
Strike at the root-get TO the cause.
No other remedy more highly en-
dorsed than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Recommended by thousands
Endorsed at home.
Here's convincing testimony from
Rock Island citizen.
Il have used Doan's Kidney Pills
with such fine results that l am glad
TO tell others about them" says Mrs.
westerdal. OF $50 Thirteenth St. Rock
Island. u had severe pains in my
back. which kept me in misery. After
stopping. I had trouble in straighten-
ing and my kidneys were weak. All
these troubles left me when l took
Doan's Kidney Pills"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Westerdal had. Foster ilburn
Co. Props. Buffalo, n. Y.-(AdvJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO COME TO CITY
Expect Big Attendance at An
nual Institute Which
Opens Monday.
INSTRUCTORS AMONG BEST
niss Lou Harris, Superintendent of
Schools, Secures an Able
Corps for Meeting.

Beginning Monday and lasting until
Friday OF next week. the annual Rock
Island county teachers institute will
be held in this city under the direction
OF Miss Lou Harris, county superin-
tendent OF schools.
The session will be held at the high
school and several hundred teachers
are expected TO attend. as under the
new state school laws they are re
quired to attend the institute once a
yea.
For the institute Miss Harris has
secured able instructors. Professor ].
c. Brown of the Horace Mann school.
New York City, will be the instructor
in arithmetic. while Miss Mile Beck
OF the Rock Island public schools will
have charge of tbs music. She is ar
ranging TO make the musical portion
OF the program a feature and plans on
securing excellent vocal and violin
solos.
Mrs. Emma Longan of Kansas City,
Mo, will instruct in parliamentary
law. Miss Marie Byrnes of Freeport
Will have charge of the primary de
partment work.
The instruction in literature will be
conducted by b. W. Cowlin of Elgin
and C. y. Faust OF Chicago will teach
penmanship. Miss Anna Canty of this
city will have charge of the instruc-
ton of playground work for rural
teachers.
Program.
The following program will be car
ried out each day:
MORNING.
9:O0-9: 10-Devotions.
9:10-9: 55-Professor Brown.
100000: 45-Professor Cowlin.
10: 15-Miss Byrnes.
AFTERNOON.
1901 40-Music.
Sectional meetings.
1852: 30-(City teachers Mrs. Lon
gan. Rural teaches, Professor Faust.
1903: 15-(City teachers), Round
table. Mrs. Longan. (Rural teachers),
Miss Canty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

was disposed for sale or barter vast
quantities of goods of every descrip-
hard and liquid-that were
considered useful or ornamental in the
proud savages' home. The average
Indians word was considered gilt
edged, and on four and six months
promises, generally bought all the
powder, lead, guns, traps and dry
goods desired, conditioned upon paying
a rousing good price in peltries. So
the business was all done on credit
and from the long duration of the Gus
tom here recited the beautiful island
below Davenport gained the well
known name of Credit island.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Notice to Property Owners.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the board of local
improvements of the city of Rock Is
land, Illinois, having let a contract
for the construction of a sewer and
water main on Twenty-eighth street
from Fifteenth to Sixteenth avenue,
and the same having been completed
and accepted by said board on the 25th
day of August A. D. 1914, and the
said board having filed in the county
court of Rock Island county, Illinois,
on the 25th day of August A. d. 1914, a
certificate showing that the said I'M
provement conforms substantially to
the requirements of the original ordi-
nance for the construction of the
same, the cost thereof, the amount
estimated by them to be required to
pay the accruing interest on bonds
and vouchers, issued to anticipate col
lection of the assessment for said i'm
provement. A hearing will be had on
said certificate, as to the truth of the
facts therein stated, at the county
court house, in the city of Rock Is
land, on the 10th day of September A.
D. 1914, at the hour CT 900 o'clock a.
m, or as soon thereafter as the bust
ness of the court will permit. All per-
sons desiring may file objections on
the hearing and may appear on the
hearing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this
25th day of August A. d. 1914.
H. NJ. SCHRIVER,
r. R. REYNOLDS,
WALLACE TREICHLER-
Board of Local improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
MEMS FURNISHING STORE
IN HARPER HOUSE BLOCK

A Pwelankey and G. Gettleson,
young men who have been in business
in Davenport, have leased the quarters
in the Harper house block formerly oc-
cupied by the Nierl jewelry store and
will open there within the next few
weeks what is to be known as the
Mems Fashion Shop. They will go
east next week TO make purchases.
The new store is to be one of chain of
which there are several in Iowa. 1t
viii deal exclusively in mems fur
nishings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
MEESE TO SPEAK
ON BATTLE DATE
Moline Historian Secured for
Credit Island Gen.
tennial.
EXERCISES IN DAVENPORT
Agrees to Tell Something New About
the Early Settlers Across
the River.

William Meese of Moline will be the
principal speaker at the exercises on
Credit CSuburban) island on Sunday,
Sept. 6. to commemorate the Tooth an
niyersary of the battle fought there
between a force of British and In
dams and an American detachment
under the command of Zachary Taylor,
who later became president of the
United States. In accepting the invita-
ton to! be the orator of the day Mr..
Meese told Secretary Norwood of the
Greater Davenport committee that he
would make public for the first time
certain hitherto unpublished and I'M
known fragments of history relating
to the Credit island battle and to the
early days of Davenport.
How Island Was Named.
Most of those who have interested
themselves in the celebration want to
know where j"Credit island" is located
and express surprise when told that
Credit island" is the real name of
Suburban island"
Credit island came by its title hon
estly and Harry Downer's history of
Davenport and Scott county contains
an interesting explanation OF its chris
tening Here it is:
I'm the early days of this section, as
far back as 1915, the Great American
Fur company did a thrifty business in
this locality, selling goods to the In
dams and taking pay in peltries. II
was the custom of the Indians to go
on tick They were good paymasters,
il is said, but giving cash down was
no part of their commercial training
AS a matter of fact it is a good deal
so with people of today, who are not
purely savage. 1t was the custom or
the noble red man. as soon as his del
icate wives had gotten in the corn,
beans and papooses gathered In the
fall. TO put out on their annual winter
hunt after furred animals, but they
had no ammunition at that time OF
the wear. having used it all the pre-
yinus season. Besides, their personal
wardrobe was out of repair and their
suuaws and daughters desired some
thing stunning for the winters gale
ties. Under the circumstances what
could an Indian, or even a white saw
age. do, but to run on his face"
What would you do yourself? You
would use your credit; so did the In
dian.
Traders Customs.
ut was the custom OF the traders to
appear along in September and for
the better protection of their goods
and chattels and horses from uDfore-
seen stampeding invasions. they al
most invariably betook themselves to
the island in question. There they
were visited in canoes by the Indians.
who swarmed hither from the country
all around about TO trade. The traders
would erect temporary stores in which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

other caused by the sunken hulk chat
ing against the rocks of the reef.
Il do not anticipate much trouble
in raising the Majestic" said Captain
Wisherd. we intend waiting until
the lowest possible stage of the water
before commencing operations. The
boat is not badly damaged.
Captain Wisherd is plotting the big
steamer C. W. Hill during this north
ern trip. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Wisherd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-13
ALEXANDRIAN DROWNED.
Frank Roberts, Well-known River.
man, Loses His Life.in PamOn-
key Creek.

W. E. Balm received letter today
from w. E. Dixon, of Marshall Hall,
stating that Captain Roberts, of
Alexandria, was drowned last night
in Pamonkey Greek where his boat
was loading pulp wood Tor this city.
The letter stated that the body had
been recovered and asked that the rel
atives of Captain Roberts in this city
be notified.
Frank Roberts was the name OF the
unfortunate man. He left here ten
days ago, in command of the pungy
:"R J. Marsh" to load wood pulp at
down-the-river landings. He has not
been heard from since his departure.
The deceased was 55 years old, and
he is survived by two small children
residing in this city.
The WashinNton police boat Vigil
!ant went down the river this morn
ING presumably to bring the btdy
either to this city or Washington
She returned early in the afternoon
without it, however.
I The steamer Charles Manchester
touched at this port on her way up
/ the river at 2:15. Her officers hao
heard Of the finding Of the body OF a
drowned man, but their unfortunate
had not identified it.
Later in the afternoon people "he
reached this city from the scene o7
the drowning reported that Roberts
fell overheard and was after some
difficulty rescued by parties on tn'
pungy He was rolled and flnall3
taken to the cabin of the boat, 1t De-
ing supposed that he would revive
His death, however, followed. IL i
said he had been a sufferer from
weak heart. :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-13
COURT OF APPEALS.

Wytheville, Va, June 13.-Proceed-
ings in the Supreme Court of APP
,1eals yesterday were as follows: Hon
aker ct al VS.. New River, Holston and
Western Railroad; argued by ]. Pow
I'll Royal and S. H. Williams for ap-
pellant, and w. J. Henson and George
E. Penn for appellee, and submitted.
Mrs. Mamie Bane VS.. Adaier ct al,
md Bane, administrator, VS.. Adaier
ct al, argued by JAMES D. Johnston
appellant, and R. Z. Jackson for ap-
9ellee, and continued until Monday
morning.
Next cases 10 be called: .toi<aStGn
VS.. Johnston; Straley vs.. Esser ct
ais. Hartford Fire Insurance Com
oany VS.. Farris; Newberry VS.. Watts,
Mitchell Transparent Ice Company VS..
Triumph Electric Company.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-13
Makes Attack on Former
Governor and Criticises
His Record.
AN APPEAL TO LABOR.
Says He Called Out Troops in Rich
mond During Street Car. Strike
Without Any Reason.

Richmond, June 13.-Louis o. Wen
denburg, candidate for Congress
against A. J. Montague, the incum-
bent, made an impassioned appeal to
the voters in Fulton last night, bas-
| ing his argument chiefly on the
grounds that he has proven himself
to be friend true and tried of the
labor interests, and that he had rep
resented them in court without favor
or price The meeting was held in
the hall of the Junior Order Of Amer.
ican Mechanics. Mr.. Wendenburg
attacked Congressman Montague for
; the part the latter took during the
famous street car strike of 1903, and
called to mind the fact that he repre-
sented the strikers in court, and that
he cleared four young men suspected
of having spiked the street railway
tracks in Fulton. Congressman Mont
ague was Governor at the time, and
Mr.. Wendenburg charged that he
called out the State militia without
due reason. and that the troops were
responsible for killing done without
cause. The speaker declared Mr..
Montague has not been in Washing
ton for ten days. He has declined to
meet me in joint debate on matters
which may be of Importance to the
!.people of this district. He has neg
Iected his duties for ten days in order
to tell the people of this district what
he has done for them. What has he
done?' "Look in the Congressional
! Record ard see for yourselves. Con-
gressman Montague can harlly have
any special reasons for doing any
thing for this district. He is not a
native here and to the manner born"
+! MIR. Montague spoke at the auditor
ium of the Jefferson Hotel last night.
The former governor spoke for little
more than an hour and quarter.
The Speaker.re .refrained from enter
/ ing into any personalities whatever
confning himself to the argument as
to why he thought his record merited
his return to Congress from the Third
district of; Virginia, rather than that
he be superseded by his opponent in
the present campaign. Not once was
Mr. Wendenburg mentioned and only
indirectly was he referred to.