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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-10
COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION

Miss Lou Harris, Rock Island county
superintendent of schools has re-
turned after three-day sour
of the country schools, where sns
found conditions to be satisfactory.
She visited several districts ana was
well satisfied with the situation Inc
school buildings we're all warm anu
comfortable and the attendance goou
The largest school visited was as
trict 81, where % pupils we're en-
rolled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-10

Monday we offer special all day
full bleached, all linen table dam
ask at 45e a yard.
Monday, 3 to / o'clock, pure linen
silver bleached damask at 3Sc
a yard.
Monday, to o'clock, all of our
dollar a yard bleached table dam
asks at 72c a yard.
Remember, napkins to match
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-10
Pre-lnVentO1
A Brief Review

We pause for a moment for
glance back over the old year Just
closed. At its progress and achieve
ment and We see that quality.
economy and service were the
factors which counted most.
II has been great year for the
quality store. for the store of ser
vice: and as we step out into the
New Year OF 1914 full OF courage
and hope. with the assurance that
We have your confidence more fully
than ever: that this big store. " IN
all its modern improvements is
the connective link between pro
Queer and consumer and the means
OF cutting down the cost OF living
for the people OF this entire com
munity. we ask you 10 note the
savings here.
When you buy an item here for
csc 20 s5c that you'd pay a dollar
for elsewhere. or when you pay
US Sc for an article that is a dime
al other stores. remember that the
high cost Of living is reduced just
that much-i5 to 20 per cent. every
day. right along.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-10

Tuesday at 10 o'clock those
heavy cream bleach damashs at
$50 a yard.
Tuesday, to 4 o'clock, all our
beautiful s1.25 damasks, at SIC
the yard.
Monday and Tuesday at IL
o'clock each day, Stevens and
Don's pure linen crashes reduced
from 111Ac to zee for one hour
he table damasks if desired.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right. She was so poorly and
weak that l often had to help her dress
herself, but now she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy. Mrs.
MARTIN HELvIG, Plover, Iowa.
Hundreds of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
If you are iii do not drag along and
continue to suffer day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcge-
table Compound, a woman's remedy for
woman's illc.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter win
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
MACHINE CLEANS OLD BRICK
Mortar and Cement Seraped OFF Quick.
ly, Making Blocks as ServieeabIe
as New Ones.

Among the recent grants Of patents
there has been n to a Philadelphia
inventor which will be of great inter
est to builders, contractors and gu Oh
persons. 1t is a machine which at
tends to the matter of cleaning bricks
which have been taken from an old
building, and after passing through
this device the brick issues as clean an
new and just as serviseable.
This machine is portable. and can be
taken anywhere and operated On the
site Of a demolished building. taking
the old bricks and Transforming them
into shapes as good as new for many
purposes. 1t weighs about four hum
dred ponds and Is four feet long. It Is
operated by two men, but this comb.
nation OF machine and men has a ca
pacity OF Is bricks per minute at q
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
Brick-c Cleaning Machine.

rate Of so cents per 1000 bricks. The
capacity Of one man is about one thou
sand bricks per day by hand.
At n side of the machine there is
a pair of coarseiy toothed plates, M
being stationary and the other moving
back and forth at regular intervals.
One man places the end of an old
brick between these plates and the
mortar or cement is cleaned away for
the distance Of about an inch. The
brick thus prepared is thrown into a
trough, and the second man takes it
and places the cleaned brick into an
opening, which is supplied with a pair
of sturdy knives. The brick is auto.
tmatically seized and held in place.
~whereupon a plunger thrusts it
through the opening, and as it passes
along the knives clean off the foreign
matter.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
| INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
co NOTES "a

Most Of the type used by Chinese
printers is made in japan.
A process has been devised by
which rubber is made to cling to steel.
A machine has been invented for
washing large quantities of eggs rap
idly.
Mineral waste in the United States
IL estimated at 81. zoo, 900 a day by the
bureau Of mines.
Experts are now pointing out the
danger of putting too much power
into light automobiles.
Mercurial ointment not only will
prevent flrearm barrels from rusting.
but also will loosen any lead deposits.
An of the Australian states are
well supplied with iron ores, New
South Wales having the richest de-
posits.
A method has been invented In
Germany for spinning kapck fiber
into yarn so that 1t can be woven into
textiles.
Because copper is an important me
dunn Of currency In China its mining
is vigorously controlled by the gov
eminent.
Aluminium foil for wrapping pur1
poses is being produced that is only,
one-sixth of one-hundredth Of an
inch thick.
Natural gas consumption In the
United States In 1919 was $50, O00.-
100000 cubuc feet. at an average price
Of 1904 cents per thousand.
In Germany there has been invent.
cd q process using compressed air for
hardening steel where only certain
parts of the metal require hardening,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
SAFE STORAGE FOR GASOLINE
London Concern Uses Water to Fill
Space Made Vacant When Liquid
10 Drawn OFF.

The loss by evaporation and consid-
cradle of its danger is eliminated by a
new system of storing gasoline which
IL used by a London concern. Air is
always excluded from the storage tank
by making use of water, which fills the
space which is not occupied by gaso-
line. In other words, the tank is al
ways filed completely, nc matter how
much the quantity of gasoline varies
As the gasoline Is drawn OFF its place
IL taken by water, and as the two do
not mix the gasoline is not in the least
affected by the close presence of the
water, the latter always seeking the
lower part of the tank. Under this sys-
tenn no dangerous gas can issue from
the tank. as 1t does when a tank of the
ordinary construction Is being filled.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
TAKE NAMUR FORTS.
GALLANT WORK OF GERMANS
CROWNED IN SUCCESS.
ON WAY TO FRANCE
WILL NOW MARCHE0N PARIS
Most All Belgium-France Frontier Now
in Hands of Germans.-Namur
Forts Finest Could be Built.
City Well Protected.

Berlin, Aug. 25.--(By wireless by
way of Nauen, Germany, and Sayville,
L. I.)-An official announcement made
public here today says that the city
of Namur and five of it's fort have been
captured by the Germans. The bomb
ardment of the four other forts con-
tinues and their fall seems imminent.
Washington Hears Of 1t.
Washington.-A concentric advance
of all the German armies toward Paris
is probable; the .Semois river, Longwy
and the greater part of the Belgian
French frontier being in German
hands, according to a wireless dispatch
to the German embassy from its for
eign office.
Forts at Namur Work of Expert.
The fortification of Namur and Liege
formed the finest examples of the
work of the famous Belgian military
engineer, General Henri Alexis Brial'
mont, whose reputation was world.
wide.
The defensive works of Namur were
not so strong as those of Liege, but
the position OF the city was much bet.
ter for military purposes. All are pro.
tected by hardened steel domes, gen
orally eight of them in each fort, and
the artillery, consisting of modern
heavy disappearing guns, is very
powerful
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
sun,rohr intensified

By Reflection from Ocean Beach and
Desert Sand unrelieved by Foliage. Winds
and Mineral Laden, Poisonous Dust, all
bring Eye Troubles in their wake-Granu
and Watery Eyes, Impaired Vision and
Eye Pain. Reliable Relief is found in
Murine Eye Remedy, Mild and Harmless.
If you Wear Glasses, Try Murine. Doesn't
Smart. Feels Fine. Acts Quickly. Is an
Eye Tonic compounded by Oculists-not a
"Patent Medicine"-but used in successful
Physicians Practice for many years. Now
dedicated to the Public and sold at
soc Per Bottle. Murine Eye Salye in
Aseptic Tubes, 25c and SOC. Sold by
Druggists. For Books, write to Murine
Eye Remedy Co, Chicago.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
RREVITIEs.

By permission of the court, Mrs.
Deary, widow of the late William
Deary, lumberman of Deary, idaho,
will dispose of a share Of the estate
to A. w. Laird and associates of Pot
latch, Idaho, to clear up Indebtedness.
Stock in the Potlatch Lumber com
pany and other lumber companies
will change hands in the deal. The
estate is valued at more than 81 ,000,-
900.
For a consideration of approximate
iy> 100000 the controlling interest in
the American Savings Bank & Trust
company, including the transfer Of
the bank building, owned by the trust
company, passed put of the hands of
Michael Earles of Seattle and Edward
Hickey of Butte, Mont, whose COM
bined holdings of 1,173 shares, with
the interest of some smaller stock
holders, were purchased by a syndi-
cate composed of John Howard Haak,
lumberman and banker, of Portland;
Martin Woldson, railroad contractor
and banker, of Spokane; John A.
Campbell, former owner of the Port
Blakeley Mill company; DR.. Rufus H.
Smith, one of Seattle's wealthiest
real estate operators, and w. J. John.
ston, owner of the Plymouth Shoe
company of Seattle. Under the deal
James A. Murray, well known capital
list of Butte, Mont, and James P.
Gleason of Seattle, the original organ
izers of the bank, become president
and vice president, respectively.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
RESINoL STOPS DANDRUFF
AND SCALP ITCHING

If you are troubled with dapdruff
eczema or other scaly, itching scalp
affection, try shampoos with resinol
soap and an occasional treatment with
resinol ointment. You will be sur
prised how quickly the trouble disap-
pears, and the health and beauty of
the hair improves.
Resinol soap and ointment also heal
skin eruptions, clear away pimples and
blackheads, and form a most valuable
household treatment for sunburn, heat
rash, etc. Sold by all druggists. Pre-
scribed by doctors for 10 years.-Adv.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

The statement that one of the big
Chicago mail order houses is about to
invest 100000 in the construction and
equipment of a distributing station in
Seattle is neither a prosperity item,
nor a tribute to the common n of
the purchasing public in a common
wealth that boasts of its progressive
ness and loyalty to home interests.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
Attack Northern Belgium.

London, Aug. 25.-A dispatch to the
Times from Ostend, sent today, says
that 10000 Germans are attacking Ma
lines, a Belgien city, 10 miles southeast
of Antwerp. Skirmishes are general, in
northwest Flanders.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
Accuits Colorado euardsmen.

Denver, Col, Aug. 25.-Findings of
the courtmartial which tried % Off
GERS and men of the national guard of
Colorado on charges growing out of
the Ludlow battle of April 20 were
made public today. All the defend
ants were acquitted.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GIRL
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daugh-
ter's Health.
Plover, Iowa. =" From a s1nalI child
my Is year old daughter had female

WSdhness. L SPOKE
to three doctors
about it and they did
not help her any.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V Vegetable Com
pound had been of
great benefit to me,
so / decided to have
her give it a trial.
She has taken FIVE
bottles of the Vege-
table CoYnpound ac-
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

The interstate commerce commits
sion has suspended advances on grain
and grain products from st. Paul and
other points proposed by the Union
Pacific, from August 3, 1914, to Feb
ruary 3, 1918.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
Putnam Fadeless Dyes will las
until the goods wear out.

Russia has 1872 miles of naviga-
BILE inland waterways; Germany H.
293; France, 1862; England. 1906; Hol-
land, $3.50; Sweden 1887, and Belgium,
1440.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

More than often real trouble is de-
veloped by being in a constant state
Of apprehension that there is trouble
coming. 1t is a wise old saw that ad-
vises to never trouble trouble till
trouble troubles you"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

Shake into Your Shoes
Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful. swollen, smarting, sweat
ing feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores. Don ac-
cept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress A.. S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y. Ad
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

The skeleton OF what he claims 10
the Oldest prehistoric man yet found
recently was discovered in German
East Africa by a Berlin scientist
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

Are you the same man who ate my
mince pie last week?"
mo, mum. I'll never be tn same
man againi"-New York Mail.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

Forgiveness is the noblest of re-
venges. but ability to forget wrongs is
a blessed gift.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and GRADUATED Eyelids; No Smarting-
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
Helping Kidneys
By Clearing Blood
A Function Greatly Assisted
By a Well-Known
Remedy.

Most readers will be Interested To more
clearly understand why analysis of urine is
so important. In the use of S. s. S. To
purify the blood, its action is a sthmulant
to the myriad of fine blood vessels that
make up the constructive tissues of the
kidneys. All the blood from all over the
body must pass through the kidneys, They
act as testers and assayers. And according
to what they allow to pass out in the urine.
both as to quantity and materials, the
health of the kidneys and the quality of the
blood Is determined. The catnlytic energy
forced by =. s. S. Is shown in the urine.
1t is also demonstrated in the skin. And
as the blood continues to sweep through
the kidneys the dominating nature OF
5. s. s., acting as it does through all the
avenues of elimination, shows a marked
decrease of disease manifestations as dem
onstrated by urine analysis. This assist
nnce Is a great relief to the kidneys. The
body wastes are more evenly distributed to
the emunctories; their elimination Is slim
ulated by the tonic action afforded the
liver. lungs, skin and kidneys. Thus, in
cases of rheumatism, cystltis, chronic sore
throat, huskiness of voice, bronchitis. asth-
ma and the myriad of other reflex mdica-
lions of weak kidney action, first purify
your blood with s.. s. s., so 1t will enable
the tissues tosrebuild the cellular strength
and regain the normal health.
S. s. s.. is prepared by The Swift Specific
Co., 527 Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, and IL
you have any deep-seated or obstinate blood
free advice.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28

In Germany there has been invent.
ed a process using compressed air for
hardening steel where only certain
parts Of the metal require hardsning,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
LYNCHINCS IN 1918.

Fifty two persons, fifty-one color
ed and one white, were put to death
by mobs in this country in the year
that has Just passed. This * twelve
fewer than the number lynched in
1912. 1t is the smallest number of
lynchings in one year since records
have been kept
Not all of these iynchings were
merely "a kind Of wild justice.
Twenty -one Of the persons killed
We're accused only: there had been
no conviction, no weighing of evi-
dence. Several innocent persons were
put to death In Greenyille. Ca, a
black man Was lynched for a murder
Another man confessed to the crime
few days later At Houston, Miss,
negro accused Of murder was
lynched II was later discovered that
he was the wrong man Two appar-
emily innocent eolored persons were
put to death at Germantown. Ky At
5partanburg. ;. c. the bravery OF a
sheriff prevented a mob from lynch
Ing colored man accused OF rape
lie was later acquitted by white
Jury
IN only ten Of last years lynchings
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
TIGHTEN THE BR1DLE.

The following editorial on the len
ten season and Whit il means to us
is frm the pen of Walter Rauschen-
bnsh. d d., the noted professor Of
church history at the Rochester
Theological seminary:
40 say no is usually harder than
to say yes When we say no to
The request of a friend, we know We
are disappointing him When we say
no to our own hankerings, we have
To breast the current of our desires
If We say YES, We can float down the
current
ITO say no may be real declara
ton of independence. 1t informs the
world, the flesh and the devil that
you don't have to. and are still
master of your soul
Psychologists call the faculty Of
saying no to your own desires the
faculty OF inhibition, and they agree
hat modern life is not training that
faculty in most people Children are
allowed to do what they like and to
learn only what tickles them. On
that plan, of course. the movies and
he tango have the right of way and
the multiplication tables aud the Ten
Commandments go into the discard
Then, by and by, we wonder at the
strange increase in divorces. dope
fiends and white slavery.
Tent appeals to our faculty Of in
hibtion. We are asked to restrict
our food and hush down our amuse-
ments, and to give time to the seri-
ous side OF life.
Some people need this more than
others Those whose main business
IN life is good feeding and amuse-
ment may well slow up and return to
simpler ways If they will devote
their I.enten meditation to the ques-
ton who is doing the work that en-
ables them to play. and whether per-
haps their excess of play is balanced
elsewhere by an excess of toll. it will
please the Master whose humility
md sufferings they desire to re-
member in Lent
Most OF us need special times to
stop and think, TO take stock, to
change our ways. and 10 pray. Lent
lives us that chance.
Ii will surely do no man harm to
tighten the bride rein over the neck
Of his desires for while and TO
practice athletic training. IT VIII
test to what extent We are slaves OF
instinct ami fashion. or free masters
Of ourselves
If. at the same time. a man viii
AXE tine time and energy set free by
Lenten abstinence TO give extra
service to some higher cause that he
believes in. it will speed up the com
ng OF the better day"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17


prohbitory laws and the other re'
,ersing the Judgment Of the Pontotne
county district court IN finding I. w
Grant guilty OF embezzlenent and -
ing his sentence al one year in the
pcnitentiary.
Judge thomas II. DOYLE, handed
down two opinions. one reversing q
one year conyistion upon Jim Case ii
pontotoc counts on a charge Of grand
larceny of ten hogs, and the Other
affirming lie sentence in the peni :
tentiary upon Sameson Dick on a
clarge of killing Andy Williams III
Atoka county.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17

was rape. proved or alleged, the
crime which reused the mob's frenzy.
To call the roll of states in this
matter may savor too much Of bring
ing indictments against whole peo-
PIES. Yet ten lynchings in a single
state. Gecrgias record. and nine in
another Nlississippifs. with the other
thirty three distributed among thir-
teen states. suggest that something
more than the blind forces of coinci-
dence was at work.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
BRyAN'S LLAMA
WILL Be KILLED

New YORK, Mar. Comfortably
housed on the after deck Of the
steamship Verdi, which arrived here
last night, and keeping company with
a large number CT bankruptcies ami
birds consigned to the Kansas City
ZOO, was a llama which the mayor Of
Buenos Aires presented to Secretary
Bryan. Having foot and mouth dis
ease the animal will be killed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
GOLO|E NEAL SUES FOR
DIVORCE FROM CONVICT

Goldie Neal today brought suit for
divorce against Raymond Neal Neal
was recently convicted of theft and
sentenced to the McAlester prison.
He is the young man who stole a
saddle from Mrs Robert Huston
about two wears ago. The wife
charges non support The couple
have a child one year old
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
SOLD OLD COAT FOR So
HAD $1,000 IN POCKET

st Louis, Mo, Mar l7-Mrs. Sol
Meyer, lr., Of this city soll one OF
her husbands old coats for s. few
days aso. She thought She had made
snch bargain she told her husband
about it, Then he reminded her taat
the Old coat had beea iae family safe
W denosl vault for Ions time. Last
night Mrs MeNer irautitally asked
the police TO find the old clothes man.
tie Old coat had iewelry valued at
81 eco which was hidden in the coat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
DECLINING TOWNS.

A striking warning that the towns
are losing their population more rap
idly than the open country Was
sounded at the twenty sixth annual
convention in Kansas City OF the
Southwestern Lumbermen's As5ocia
tion. The organization comprises T.
800 retail dealers in Arkansas. Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma and Kansas
Nine states were cited in which g..
$50 towns lost population, while the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
HOUSE AND BARN
OWNED BY N|SSLEY
DESTROYED By FIRE

A two-story, five room house and
barn. full OF hay and grain, belonging
to T. J. Nissley, located just one
ha.f mile north OF 2lsi street, were
buInel 10 the ground today about
noon Hri,ton Friedley and family
occupied the house. INT the family
were ID town when the fire occurred
The origin # the fire IS unknown.
The property was partially covered
1y Insurance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17

population OF the whole country in
ereased II per cent ont OF III coun-
rs seats in these nine states, I'll, or
nearly 2S per cent, lost population
although they are the political ad-
ministratiye and business centers OF
population
This decline Of the town is greatest
in the richest ana most tAickly set
tied parts OF the nine states Wis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-17
SuFFS IN a SNARL

Washington, Mar. l7--With various
ment pulling at cross purposes in at
tempting to influence the senate as
TO when It should vote on the resolu-
tion proposing a constitutional amend
ment to extend suffrage 10 women,
uhe fate Of that resolution was still in
doubt today.