Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-18

tAAE AS AAIGA a. AilELa-E AL iNEt r+E-F AayA
whilst the railway company is "boom-
ing" the German watering places. the
7. Germans are doing their best ia
bombing our seaside resorts on the
East Coast. Tt wen represents the diff
ference in method of the two nations
Yours faithfully,
BURLEIGH D. KTLBURN.
Steephili. Stdmoutb. Aug %. 1915.
London Observer.
Some Things One Could DO With a
Billion-DoIlar Loan,
Fiji up the coal cellar.
Pay the ice bill
Get that new fail outfit
Take up the remaining installments
on the encyclopedia.
Have the Palm Beach Numbered.
Donate Y TO get the weeds cut
on the vacant lot next door.
Peoria Journal
THE vets and drys are lining up
at the state fair at Springfield. The
vets SO far hold the pole, 1t was so
damp at the grounds yesterday that
the auto races were abandoned.
THE Moline baseball team was ars
rested yesterday for speeding in Dav-
export. Old Fan remarks that there
is little danger Of the O'Leary aggre-
cation being plnched on that account.
SOUTH Carolina will be dry as sa-
hara after Jan l. When the cover
nors. get together in future it is very
likely that the governor Of South Car
DINA wiz be told something bearint on
and alludin no the iuhospitableness of
one state executive to another.
NOW that a French surgeon has
demonstrated that putting a bullet in
the heart of d soldier is not necessar-
lily fatal, it viii be up to the enemy
to begin aiming at the ankles or some
other vital part Of the anatomy
la SALE is to have a boxing con
test tomorrow. An old friend has just
called over the phone to ask Tor
bunch We advised him TO lay his
savings on Ever Hammer. He ought 10
be an easy winner.
FACTORY has been built in Chicago
which viii turn out 100000 hairpins
a day Which brings up the question
again, what becomes Of all the hair
pins? Some husbands are convinced
the women swallow them. Ever no
tice q woman before a mirror doing
up her hair while she carries her
mouthful of hairpins2
Among the Great and Near Great.
Jess Willard, who a few. years age
was pitching hay in Kansas. is now
accompanied by a bodvguard to keep
the curious from touching his coat.
tail
William J. Bryan, former secretary
Of state, was in Washington this week
trying to land job for an old Ne
braska friend.
John L. Sullivan, who used TO travel
in private cars and make a daily at
tempt 10 consume the liquor supply in
the city he happened to be visiting. grabs
his ham and at railroad lunch coun-
ters these days while making connec-
tons for tank towns to address the
natives on the curse of booze.
Theodore Roosevelt. ex-president of !
the United States, unable to get space
on the front pages of newspapers. has
gone to Canada to argue with the FISH.
Billie Burke, who for years delight
ed her audiences in plays in which
she was fully clothed, last season slip-
ped into pajamas, and this year she
has slid into the movies.
I GREEN, a grocer in Blooming /
ton, is said TO keep only fresh goods.
THE kaiser is a regular reader of /
he Irish World, published in New
York It affords him many laughs at
he expense Of Cousin George. The
World refuses to believe that the
king loves the Irish. And per
1aps he doesn't.
You Could Do Anife-and-F Fork Solo.
piped this notice in a local eaterv:
For immediate service. call for the
I Wondered what would
Happen 10 the customer who didn't
appeal to the chief. IGNATz
NOW Vidzy has fallen alsozy
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