davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
The Daily Story
Salon Diaogue-By William Chandler.

What a pity it is said Betty Cham
berlin to me. that Harry Ashurst is
going to throw himself away on that
Perkins girl"
What's the matter with Ida Per-
kins9" 1 asked.
"Oh, nothing replied Betty, only
she's not half good enough for Harry.
Why don't you interrupt the pro-
ceedings p
How could I do that?"
step in between them"
You fatterert One would think to
hear you talk that 7 could have any
man I want for the asking
$50 you could and not half try"
Betty tried hard 10 conceal the pleas
ure my appreciation of her flowers
gave her. but failed.
There's one man I Couldn't
sWho?''
THE first letter of his first name
is ]"
That's because you never tried"
My first names is James.
perhaps I will"
What would poor Harry do in the
meanwhile? He would be swallowed
up by Ida Perkins"
ooh. that affair could wait"
when are you going to begin on
me?'
You? On, you can wait, too. Good
Come and see ne soon. I
have something TO tell you"
Very soon. Go0dby!"
This scrap of conversation, which I
am free to admit was not concentrated
wisdom, occurred at the glove counter
of Jones, where I met Miss Chamber
lin. The next time I saw her was at
Mrs. Winters salon, so called from the
brilliant dialogues that take place
there. Betty was tied 10 Ashurst He
was a graduate Of a scientific school
and could drown her in a pool Of ideas
seven feet deep. was sandwiched
two girls directly behind them.
We conversed with one another, but
had our ears open for what Ashurst
and Betty We're saying. One Of the
girls beside me was Ida Perkins The
only remark that could be considered
10 refer to the couple in front OF US
was made by Ida. It was this:
why DO you bright men get stuck
IN the honey OF stupid girIs?"
Leave out the you, and ! viii an,
5wer the question" replied.
But she wouldn't, and / confess I /
would not have been pleased If she /
lad
Betty made a Judgment with Ash /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

The falling OF Of immigration dur
ing the past year is a direct result of
the war aud very marked one. The
tide has not only been checked but
there are evidences that IT may soon
turn the other way and that We may
lose TO European nations some OF our
gain of recent years There is no cal
culating OF what conditions the war
Will bring about before it is concluded
aut il is only reasonable TO expect that
with peace restored the great nations
involved viii need ali their abIe-bodied
population for years 10 come IN re
building their ruined homes and re-
storing their waste places. The immi-
ration problem has lost its serious
S ass to this country for the present at
cast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
HenIYEs E0Hng CRITIC.

G. a. Henty. the writer for youth.
frequently go. letters from admirers
all over the world asking for his auto
graph and Offering criticisms of his
books In story Of the peninsuiar
war he made two boys disguise them
selves by staining their faces and
hands with iodine Shortly after the
book was published he received 4 let
ter from boy, who said he was a
chemists assistant stating that while
that special incident was represented
as taking place in 1908 iodine was not
until 1911, three years later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

general cooperation, not simply in
spirit, but physical, as we'll.
The anti-fy propaganda was never
50 well started in Rock Island as IL
is now THIS is the time to put in
the iicks that count. Let Us make
common lot and conquer the fly II
we can do this we can pull together TO
purge the city Of q lot Of other things
that 1t ought TO be rid Of and 70 land
some Of ths many things Of which
It stands in need,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

who don't know as much as other per
sons who know a great deal, but are
not constantly trying to show it eff i"
This was a trif1e mixed, but Ashurst
didn't seem 10 mind IT,
Some of the women here make. me-
laugh" Betty went on "They thirk
they're quite wise Don't they tire
you. Mr. Ashurst?"
/ Il don't know; some Of them do"
| II heard one of them just now talk
ling about the big European war. She
said the allies had the best generals.
only they had been short OF ammuni-
ton"
Which aIlies?"
why. suppose she meant-is there
more than one ally?"
I saw Ida Perkins and Belle Town
send-Belle was the other side of the
sandwich that had rae for a middle
look at each other. Fortunately for
Betty a lady passed her, bidding her
good evening and making a remark
about the weather So Bet was not
obliged to 80 any further into the milf
tary problems Of the great war. In
deed it had not been her intention to
do so. She had become inadvertently
drawn into it by attempting TO hold up
one OF her rivals ia an uufavorable
light
Are you fond Of motoring. MIR
Ashurst2" was her next remark "T
don't suppose you are. At least SO
busy man as you is not likely to have
time to enjoy himself"
Ashurst was the scientific adviser OF
q gigantic manufacturing corporation
He looked relieved that Betty should
have spared him the trouble OF an
swering the question she had asked
him Bet has beautiful eyes and
knows that they serve her better
purpose than her tongue, for unforB-
nately the latter member cannot wag
without drawing on her brain
1.-THE reason why / asked you IL yen
were fond Of motoring SIS that have
car, and if you could spare me some
afternoon about 4 o'Clock"-
Il should be very happy" was the
reply.
Don't you think an ice would cool
us? These rooms are very warm"
They arose and went elsewhere. Bet
had caught sight of Ida in rather too
close proximity to suit her.
The next time I saw Betty I coHgra--
ulated her on her engagement g Ash
urst. Didn't I tell your" I said, "thsr
you could if you tried?9
What's this 7 hear about you and
Ida Perkins," she asked, looking a. lae
anxiously.
"Oh, we're engaged too"
Thave never since regained the place
Z occupied in Betty's good graces. L
don't see why Surely she could not
have Ashurst and me too. Perhaps IL
had married any but the girl she rob
bed Of another man she might have re-
NAMED my friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

cream is permissible, and will often
be taken and retained when nothing
else can be.
There is Just one abuse connected
with ice cream, and that is soda water.
Soda water is bad dope for the stonl-
ach The less you drink Of # the
better for your health.
OF course. ice water is commonly
served with ice cream, and for many
individuals it appears to be harmless
but as a general rule cold water, with
out ice in It, is preferable. and GER
tainly safer, unless you know posi-
lively the source Of the ice. For ice
can and does occasionally, carry such
contamination as typhoid
It is safer, on the whole, to carry
your ice cream home and share 1t
with your own people. When 1t is
served you elsewhere you have got to
take chances on the personal clean
illness of the servants, and everybody
knows how easy It is for an innocent
carrier Of diphtheria Of typhoid bacilI,
or possibly tubercle baciIIi, to thrust
his or her germ-contaminated finger
into the cream or water you are about
to consume.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Weir Mitchell Rest Cure.
Kindly inform me whether there is
any particular place where one can
receive the Weir Mitchell rest cure,
described in one Of your articles some
time since.
Answer-Most any sanitarium or
hospital
Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Is physical examination. without
sputum. sufficient 10 diagnose tncip-
tent consumption
Answer-Yes, sometimes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

In spite of war. wet weather and
and other evils the optimist has a peg
or two on which TO hang hopes of the
early arrival OF the millennium, for in
stance the agreement Of the two lead
ing parties IN Portugal on q new pres
ident and the discovery by the Rock
Island county board that the practice
Of permitting its committees to pay it's
own bills Is illegal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

ment, but that the
government must
pUchase it from
the Wall street
controlled war
trust.
This was to
have been expect
ed. From the mo-
ment J. P. Nor
CAMS navy league
discovered that the
United States was
without a navy, it
might have been
g KIP e ct e d that
when c 0 n e r e S s
should decide to
build one, the J. P.
Morgan controlled
war trust would be
all ready 10 accept
the fat contracts
TO do it. It is the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

Stones Give I.iellt-so DO Brick.

Stones i've Llgllt--s0 DO Brlck.
Experiments made with vacuum
tubes and ultraviolet light bring out
the fact that the diamond ruby, and
emerald, as well as certain minerals
such as kinzigite, have surprisingly
dourescept properties In rarefsd
air certain diamonds emit a blue
huorescent Light. The ruby gives a
fine red phosph light, while
the emerald produces a crimson light.
But it takes an editorial vacuum and
an ultTa-vioIent Imagination to dis
cover a yellow sensational glare in q
pile Of paving brick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

More than likely the organ of OBJ
struction, IN it's frenzied efforts to trail
something 10 earth, is merely follow
ing its own footprints IN the mud
made on some previous excursion into
the woods This theory Is strengthen
ed by its claims that the tracks It is
following were made by some creature
with cloven h0ofs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

A st. Louis newspaper has opened a
''kickers' column and surprise IS eZ-
pressed that nobody has yet registered
q complaint about the weather. OBJ
viously the reason is that what we
have been getting this summer is con
sidered superior to the kind they rs
uaIiy have IN St Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

II the organ Of obstruction is really
80 obsesBed by q lust for gore as its
actions seem to indicate. why doesn't
it provide itself with q ny swatter
and turn it's hand to something useful
and something for which. if it applies
itself diligently. 1t might in time de-
veIop some apttude7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

Ex-mayor Roberts OF Terre Haute,
having been assigned to the laundry
department 1t Fort Leavenworth pris-
on. ought to come out Of the wftu-
ton with clean hands. no matte. nat
their condition when he entered it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

American consumption Of salt is now
running at the rate OF ten billion
pounds a year, according to the geo
logical survey, IN other words every
man, woman and child in the United
States on the average uses about 100
pounds Of salt a year against 30
pounds Of sugar Put these facts away
some place where they will keep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

The Chicago father-in-law who has
been sued for $4,000 By bis new SON
in-law because the bride in the case
has q wooden leg might file a cross
SUIT on the ground that the groom has
two glass eyes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
Right In Ii.

All the neighbors are laughing over
what happened to Miss Seresurn."
And what was that?"
There was panic at a sale of an
tlques she attended and she was
knoeked down. Birmingham Age
Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
Aug. 9 in American
History.

1593--Izaak Walton, noted angler, born
in Stafford, England; died 1888.
l7SO--Francis Scott Key, author Of
The Star Spangled Banner" born
in Maryland; died 1913.
lSSo-John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-Amer-
lean poet and journalist, died; born
in Ireland 1871
l9l4-Austrian troops invaded Poland
from Galicis~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

It behooves the colonel to stick with
the bull moose. Otherwise he would
find himself without trading capital
when the big show comes off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
Sidelights on the European War

London.-British motorcar manufaC-
! turers have catered to the rich, the
+ American to the average man, and that
is why the British are not able TO COM
+ pete against the American cheap car.
! This is the conclusion of a writer in
1.-THE Westminster Gazette, who puts the
case in these words:
I Il foresaw the trouble that was com
/ ing from America, and 1 knew that We
could not hold cur own against the en-
( lightened methods of that country un-
/ less we made a determined effort to
+ get rid of the effete system which now
makes us look rather silly as an au-
+ tomobiIe producing country in the eyes
/ of our competitors across the Atlantic.
THE British manufacturer appeal
has been mainly made to the volupt-
uary, and he has never seriously en-
deavored to consider the motorcar
from the point of view OF the million"
The AutoCar. a journal devoted to
motoring, asks editorially this week
what will become of the British motor
industry after the war. Il points out
that every day OF the war the Ameri-
can manufacturers become stronger
and stronger and the European weaker
and weaker. Protection is suggested
as a remedy. To this the Westminster
critic replies
The present trouble has not arisen
out Of free trade. nor can it be wholly
cured by protection. It is up to Brit
ish firms to assert themselves now by
throwing overheard all the wretched
traditions which are holding them back
to abandon the useless practice Of
producing too many models or con- /
stantIy changing them and of selling
them naked and bare, as is done in in /
cases without tires, without |
body and without the score of things /
which they know from experience the 4
user must OF necessity have. The Brit /
ish motor car must be made and sold /
as a complete thing, self contained and |
equipped as nearly every American /
cheap car is equipped"
No American manufacturer Of popu-
lar priced cars, the writer adds, dreams
Of consulting the buyer about the size
and shape of the body, the kind Of
lighting plant or self starter, the oues-
lion Of detachable rims and the like.
The American turns out few styles and
saves in cost by duplication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

II the casualty list is any cT1tsr-
ion the opening Of the new Des M0tnes
speedway was unusually successful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
Rock Island-From River to
River

The present summer has shown that
there is such a thing as too much wa
ter, even for tha watermelon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

Paris.-(CorrespoHdence OF The AS
soclated Press.)-Paris is beginning 10
feel the difficulties of logging war
prices, particularly food prices. Every
9hlng vas so cheap in the beginning,
ana remained so for months, that il
was possible for restaurants to make
slight and gradual encroachments that
We're not noticeable to the public. One
or two sous could be added to the price
OF dish here and there in the restaur-
ants without attracting much attention.
although it added from 10 to 30 per
cent to the income of the establish
ment
Patrons Of restaurants where there
are no prices on the bill Of fare have
not felt this, but even in some Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

7 fashionable resorts five sous to ten
sous have been added, almost imper-
Iceptibly, and supported until now the
customers Of those establishments are
/ beginning to ask why.
In the early days of the war. with
reduced help and reduced expenses,
some establishments, prohung from
the closing Of others, did more bust
ness than ever at a greater percentage
of profit. One popular priced house,
frequented by clerks and sewing-girls,
added 20 per cent to it's prices and re-
duced its portions 20 per cent. As
strong competitor next door having
closed, he did more business at 40 per
cent more profit and became rich iu
10 months. Other restaurants reopen
ed His increased prices became no
ticeabIe; he lost most Of his old GUS
toners and now he joins in the wall
of other restaurant men who were less
favored than he.
Scarcity Of men help, increased cost
Of meats and other provisions and de-
creased business are the reasons the
restaurant men gives for general adj
vance in prices.
Frankfort, Germany. - A surgeon
whose work is almost exclusively
among the Cossacks has shown the
medical world OF Europe q new Wrln-
kle in the speedy and handy healing of
dangerous wounds-especially when In
the field and far from hospitals. The
means consists simply Of applying 70
the wound a thick coating Of ashes
preferably made by burning cotton or
wool cloth-and then binding # up
with the bandage which every soldier
carries. The ashes seem TO draw the
pain from the wound, and to act cur
atively in q remarkably short space Of
time. The method is particularly ef-
rectiYe Ia saber and bayonet wounds.
London.-Joseph Pease, who was
minister Of education In the c~Iiuet
displaced by the present coalition q
few weeks ago, has been granted o
political pension Of $4,000 a year
This is only the 18th pension that has
been granted under the act permitting
such awards, passed IS years ago.
The last previous grant Of the kind
was made 10 years ago to Gerald Bal
four, who resigned in 1911, Henry
one Of the unionist leaders,
IS the only other member OF the house
If commons who at present holds
political pension
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

Aug, IS VIII be q Dun Day in Port
Byron.
port Byron Globe.
Port Byron band had been engaged
to play at the Farmers picnic in
Princeton on Aug. is. The ball team
has also been secured 10 play the
Princeton nine at the picnic. Friends of
the band and the Port Byron baseball
fans are planning to go TO the picnic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
The Honor Roll.

fKewanee Courier.
J, 7. Mayhew has entered the con-
test for midget egg honors with an
egg that is little more than q pill which
he brought to the Star-Courier office
this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09

II.
BIZ CLYDE H. TAyENNER, VI. c.
Especial Correspondence of The
Argusl
Washington, D. O., Aug. Now
comes the tip that Wall street will de-
mand not only vastly increased arma-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
A Parting Shot

Fine. That is what people said after
the performance on the Wonderland
when the boat passed up stream. It
viii be here again Saturday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-09
Give 1T to Him, Quick.

I5UIs6aa LaUsGTT-
p. C, Freytag wants his adip q.u
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28
MoTIcE ZOE PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, U.
S. Land ONCE at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, Aug. i8, 1915. Notice is
hereby given that John S. SEQ
comb Of st. Joe, Idaho, who on
May, 90, 1910, made homestead
entry serial No. O4649, for 81
NWH and E1a SW a, Section "a.
Township 46 N, Range 4 West,
Boise Meridian, has filed notice
Of intention to make five year
proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before
Warren T. Shepherd, Clerk of the
District Court, at st. Maries, Ida
no, on the 3Oth day of September,
1915. Claimant names as wit
nesses: Harry Miller, of st. Joe,
Idaho, Alfred Ducommupn, Of ST.
Maries, Idaho, L. H. Abr, of Fer
rell, Idaho, G. J. Ross Of Terrell
Idaho.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
Aug. 2O-Sept. %.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28
Judge Decides
Against Appropriation

Judge steele has decided
against the contention of the
county commissioners, the coun-
~ attorney and the great major
ity of the taxpayers of Nez Perez
county, in relation to the approp-
ration of s25O0 for the benefit
of the Northwest Livestock show
i'm Lewiston. He bases this de-
cision on former decision in his
court several years ago, and al
though deploring its effect, can
see no way in which any other
action could be hoped for. He
strongly uries the submission of
the matter to the supreme court
Of the state, so that the matter
of the right of the county COM
missiOners to make appropria-
lions for constructive purposes
may be finally determined. Inc
commissioners determined to ap-
peal the case to the supreme
court, and are hopful of securing
speedy determination.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28
Governors Daughter
Will Marry

San Francisco, Sept. 27-An-
nouncement was made today of
the engagement of Miss Leah Al
exander. daughter of Governor M.
Alexander of Idaho, to Michael T..
Spiro, a business man of this city.
The marriage is to take place
October 25. and will be followed
by a honeymoon trip to the Ha-
waiian islands.
Miss Alexander came to this
city from Boise, Idaho, about
three months ago to visit the
Panama-Pacifc exposition and
became acquainted with Mr.. Spiro
during her visit here. Announce
ment Of the engagement was de-
ferred pending the arrival of Miss
Alexander's father. When Gov
ernor Alexander arrived here yes
terday he Immediately gave his
consent to the marriage.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NO. O96Oy
United States Land Office Occur
dress is Occur d'Alene, Idaho, has
d'Alenc, Idaho, Sept. 2nd, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that
Robert Lang whose post Office ad-
this 2nd day of Sept, 1915, flied
i'm this ONCE his application to
select under the provisions of the
Act of February 18th, 1907 $50
Stat. $500 as assignee of Virgania
s.. Blanc, as administrators of
Lucretia Williams, deceased the
w y of NV u, Section 25, and
SW a of SW a, Section 33 i'm
Twp. "A, ~, r. 2, E. b. M.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
mineral character of the land, or
for any other reason, to the dis
posal TO applicant, should file
their amdavits of protest i'm this
office, on or before the 10Th day
of October, 1915
FRANK LANGLEY. Register
Sept. lO-Oct. IS.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION

No. O9b d
United states Land ONCE, Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, September 4th.
1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Robert Lang, whose post Office ad-
dress is Occur d'Alene, Idaho, has
This 9Th day of September, 1915,
Iled i'm this Office his applica-
ton TO enter under the provis-
ions of Section 23O6 r. S. u. s..
as Assignee of the heirs of David
G. Simth, William G. Boss and
'harles Montgomery, Lot 3, Sec
ion i-fi-2 e., b. NJ.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
mineral character of the land, or
for any other reason, to the dis
posal TO applicant. should file
their anidavits of protest in this
Office. ON or before the goth day
of October, 1915.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-28

fixed by appraisement, and that,
pursuant to such application. the
land and timber thereon have been
appraised, $4,000, the timber
estimated 100000 board feet at
S0.6i per NJ, and the land $4,000
that said applicant will offer rna,
proof i'm support of his apphca-
tiOn and sworn siatemtn ON the
10th day of December, 1915, be-
for the Register and Receiver, u.
S Land Onice at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho.
Any person is at liberty TO pro-
test this purchase before entry,
or initiate a contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a
corroborated affidavit i'm this Of
fee, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register.
Sept 2i-Dec. 3