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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-13

Estate of August Rain, deceased.

Estate Of August Rain, deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed administrative of the estate
of August Rain, late of the county of
Rock Island, state of Illinois, deceased,
hereby gives notice that she will ap-
pear before the Hon. Benjamin Bell,
Judge OF the probate court of Rock Is
land county, at the probate court room,
in the city of Rock Island, at the June
term, on the first Monday in June next,
at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
Dated 23rd day of March, A. D., 1916
JULIA ANNA RAIN,
Administrative.
Schriver & Schriver, attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-13

Leyee Board Meets-The levee i'm
prOvement commission met in the
offices Of Mayor Mueller in the city
hall yesterday afternoon and discussed
and threshed the matter of building
depots and yards for the railroads
along the river front The question
of where the new buildings and yards
were to be placed and within what
time limit were threshed out. The rail
officials agreed to build the freight
house and yards within a year at the
foot of Harrison street. The question
Of the passenger terminal was next
discussed and an agreement to build
within four years was made by the
officials and the commission. The ques-
ton of Strengthening the tracks and
the kinds Of buildings to be placed
along the river front were also dis
cussed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-13
LOCAL MARKETS.

April 13.-Following are the whole
sale quotations OIL the local markets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-13

to trial in the district court yester-
day. The stop proved to be about a
block from his destination, the school
teacher AYERS. The rest of the story is
related as follows: "At the stop in
question was an elevated platform
Mr.. Lyon carried a typewriter, pack
age and an umbrella. There were nc
lights on or about the platform. He
failed to observe the steps at one end
of the platform and stumbling at the
top fell to the bottom, a distanS OF
five feet. In the fall he received a con-
cussion of the hip, knee and other in
juries."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Persimmons as Food.

The only fruit, says bulletin of
the department Of agriculture, which
equals the persimmon in its value as
food is the date. Nevertheless many
persons with fine persimmOn trees in
their possession are allowing the fruit
TO go to waste, either through ig-
norance of the many uses to which it
may be put or through prejudice.
There is a saying in the persimmon
country that persimmons are good for
dogs. hogs and 'possums." This, how
ever, is declared to be gross injustice
to a very valuable product.
One reason for the neglect of this
fruit is the mistaken idea that per-
simmons are unfit to eat until they
have been touched by frost As a
matter of fact, much Of the best fruit
is lost every year because it ripens and
falls to the ground, where. not being
touched by frost, it is left to rot Such
persimmons as are not edible before
frost comes are a late variety of the
fruit. and the reason that they pucker
the mouth is because they have not
yet ripened. In general, the best fruit
is that which ripens just before the
leaves fall.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Married.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
the firm.

Miss Leah Pearl Greenwood and Mr..
Alfred S. Thompson of Stoughton were
the principals in quiet wedding that
took place at the home of the brides
mother at $50 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, Rev. w. Hooton performing the
ceremony. The couple were attended
by Miss Helen Greenwood, sister of the
bride, as bridesmaid and Arthur Thomp-
son, brother of the groom, as best man,
only immediate relatives being present.
After the ceremony wedding break
fast was served and the newly married
left by auto for Koshkonong station
where a train was taken to Chicago for
a brief wedding trip. On their return
they will make their home in Slough
ton where. the groom. is employed in
the plumbing business. The best wishes
of a-large circle of friends are freely
rendered the young people.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
CONGREGATIONAL Church Notes.

The Beloit College Glee and Mandolin
Clubs, composed of 35 men, will give a
concert at the Majestic theater Friday
evening at s o'clock. This is the 31st
annual tour of the clubs, and they have
achieved an enviable reputation. A
few years ago the. Beloit clubs were
chosen by the Santa railroad to give
a series of concerts along their line to
the coast. This year the clubs are said
to be larger and better than ever. The
concert will be given at popular prices
of 25 cents for children, 35 cents for
general admission and so cents for re-
served seats.
The subject of the sermon next Sun
day morning will be Prayer and
Choice The evening service will be
biographical study of Amos, the
Prophet. The subject of the mid-week
service will be 1.-The Masters Spirit !"
MARVIN r. BRANDT, Minister.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Take Steps to Begin Work on Inter
urban Road.

j. E. Jones, president of the Wiscon-
sin Interurban System, accompanied by
J. E. Sawhill of Chicago, in charge of
the financial department of the new
interurban system, arrived in Madison
Wednesday from the east to make
preparations for starting work upon
the new line which comprises road
extending across the city to Washing
ton avenue, from Madison to James,
vile, from Madison to Portage, and
from Madison to Prairie du Sac. l3e~
The company will ask for bond is
sue of approximately 100000 to
build, electrify and properly equip the
new line of about 112 miles of track.
The Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings
bank of Chicago will act as trustee un-
der the mortgage. Counselman & Co.
of Chicago will act as managers of the
syndicate which will take the first
$500, 900 of the bond issue. The bal
ance of the bond issue will be taken by
large financial institution in the east
as soon as an equity is established by
the proper expenditure Of the $500, 900
which the syndicate under direction of
the syndicate managers will provide. -
Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Porter

Mr.. and Mrs August Kersten are
moving on to Mrs. B. Beach's farm.
Dennis Casey Jr. and Miss Hazel
spent few days in GAINESVILLE last
week.
O. Haakenson Jr and John left for
the south Monday night on land seek
ers' excursion.
Robert and Kathryn Earle who attend
school in GAINESVILLE, spent over Sunday
with their parents here.
The Misses Hannah and Esther
Whaley of Stoughton were week end
visitors at the home of their sister,
Mrs. E. M. Nalan.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barrett and Mr..
and Mrs Frank Boss were among
those who attended the "Birth of
Nation" in GAINESVILLE last Thursday.
In response to invitations about 125
friends and neighbors assembled at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Nalan on
Friday evening. Progressive cinch of
% tables was played, first honors being
won by Glenn Ludden and Mrs. James
Barrett, while consultations went to o.
A. Fessenden and Mrs. Frank Boss.
At midnight a delicious supper was
served, after which dancing was in
dulged in until the ''wee sma'' hours,
when all guests departed declaring
Mr.. and Mrs. Nalan royal entertainers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
The Jumping Frog Story.

1t was in the Angel Camp bar that
Mark Twain heard from an exploit
called Ben Coon the jumping frog
story Clemens related it TO Artemus
Ward. who urged him to write it. to be
included in book that Ward was pub
fishing. Clemens dallied and sent 1t
TO the publishers too late. but they
handed it over to dying paper called
the Saturday Press. which gladly gave
it pride of place in its columns on
Nov. Is. 1865. Professor SidgWscs
synopsized it in Greek form for his
book Greek Prose Composition" and
thus arose the legend that the jump
ing frog story originated in ancient
Greece. a legend in which Clemens him.
self believed till Professor SidgWick
undeceived him in 1899 by telling him
that the Greek version was merely a
translation OF Clemens own work.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Indian Ford

The Ford was we'll represented at
the Mortified auction Tuesday
Mrs. Emma Greenwood of LaMoille,
Mimi, visited local relatives last week.
Miss Georgia Glidden of GAINESVILLE
spent Sunday at the Chamberlain home.
VIM. Price and Adolph Ellingson
were recent business callers in Slough
ton.
A goodly number of our neighbors
were at the Caldwell party Monday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens of GAINESVILLE
were over Sunday guests of the Hin
kle family.
Mrs. Shirley Hurd took care of our
little ones while the teacher, Miss Gull
len was in GAINESVILLE last week.
Mrs. Anna Cox was fortunate enough
to receive an invitation to attend the
play at the Meyers at GAINESVILLE on
Sunday evening.
Herb Abblet and Franklin Clough
drove over west of Union Monday and
came back Tuesday with the house
hold goods of Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
. Clough. Hubert is working for Silas
Hurd.
Mrs. Kittie Chamberlain and Miss
Genevieve and Miss Gladys Anderson
spent Tuesday of last week in James
vile and took in the big show, ''The
Birth of a Nation" Mrs. VIM. Cox
and Marion and Miss Cullen drove
down on Wednesday to see the play.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25

Six grapefruit for 25c at Conn's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Tobacco Notes

H. D. Morton, Milwaukee broker,
was visitor in this market Tuesday.
Mcintosh Bros. opened their ware
house for handling the new crop Mon
day.
Nearly every vacant bit of ware
house storage is being crowded to the
roof with bundle leaf by the buyers of
low grade leaf.
Geo. E. Gary of Madison was down
Tuesday for short stay. He reports
that with three receiving parties the
P. Lorillard Co. is taking in about two
million pounds weekly. He hopes to
have his purchases in now in about
three or four weeks.
Mr.. Leo Bait, president of the Com
peer Cigar Co., of Reading, Pa, called
upon friends in this market the latter
part of the week while en- route home
from trip through the west. Some
years ago Mr.. Bait was stationed here
with the United Cigar Manufacturers
Co. for a time.
Mr.. Will Eisenlohr, who has been in
charge of the indianapolis distribution
branch for Otto Eisenlohr & Brothers,
will remove to Philadelphia soon and
assume the duties of sales manager for
the firm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Fred Hutson Entertains Wisconsin
Friends at HIS Florida Home.

February 1st, 1916, is a day that will
be long remembered by the Wisconsin
people, who accepted the kind invita-
ton by Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Hutson to
hold the first annual state day picnic at
their home, rightly named Breeze Crest.
The tables were set on two porches
surrounding two sides of the house,
from which we had beautiful view of
the hills and lowlands, surrounding
the village of Greer.
At 1890, forty three Badgers" and
two invited guests sat down tie tables
so loaded with the good things prepar-
cd by the ladies, that there was hardly
room to 'tchink in" the necessary
knives and forks. The menu began
with grapefruit and ended with straw
berries, and in between was long list
consisting of fried chicken, escollaped
potatoes, baked beans, Boston brown
bread, etc. After dinner we adjourned
to the large living room where the af-
ternoon was spent in social intercourse,
songs and instrumental music, reminis-
censes, etc., with Mr.. Hutson as mas
ter of ceremonies and he made a good
one. Before leaving state organiza-
ton was effected with F. G. Husson as
president. A hearty vote of thanks
was given Mr. and Mrs. Hutson for
their hospitality in giving the use of
their, house for the day and for the
hearty efforts put forth by them to
make the occasion such success. =
Zephyrhills Colonist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Sumner

Fred North has the whooping cough.
Miss Edith Marsden has been i'll with
the mumps.
Morten Pierce lost horse last week
and the rest are sick.
B. Messmer and wife were Black
Hawk visitors Wednesday.
A. Plum, wife and daughter of Albion
visited the formers parents sunday.
Mrs. Clarence Bunting and son spent
last Thursday with her sister, Mrs.
Daily.
Fred Punzel and Marvin Bickle will
leave for Clyde Park, Montana, next
week.
The party given in honor of Fred
Punzel Jr. Monday night was enjoyed
by all present. A number were present
from Fort Atkinson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
CORRESPONDENCE
East Porter


George Bublitz spent last week in
Madison.
Herbie Herried and 1;fe spent Mon
day in Stoughton.
Frank Walker and family spent Sun
day at the Albert Christian home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Grunzell enter
tanned at card party Wednesday eve.
Miss Frances Zacharias is home from
her work in Hinsdale for short vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Eph Ellison and Miss Florence
Zacharias were GAINESVILLE visitors We'd
nesday.
A number of our young folks attend
ed the dance at Tolles hall Thursday
evening.
Ernest Haylock and family spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Jensen.
Mrs. Heber Zacharias spent last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmar Zacharlas
in Edgerton.
Misses Irene Boothroyd and Jennie
Oleson spent Friday afternoon at the
Jensen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lien and two lit
tie daughters spent Sunday at the Chas.
Nelson home.
Misses Eleanor Jensen and Edith
Gardiner attended birthday party for
Miss Mary Hansen Friday evening.
Herbie Herried and family spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Herried's Sis
ter, Mrs. Bert Holverson, near Slough
ton.
Mrs. Mary Watson visited with Mrs.
Jas. Spike last week. On Tuesday they
visited the formers son, Claude Wat
son, and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eph Ellison, MIR. and
Mrs. Maurice Hartzell and Miss Flor
ence Zacharias spent Sunday at the
Steril Hartzell home.
Mr.. and J. S. Marsden and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gardiner Jr. were
Sunday guests at the VIM. Gardiner Sr.
home. Little Sammie Marsden re-
manned for longer visit.
Besides those mentioned last week
who attended ''The Birth of Nation"
in GAINESVILLE were Mrs. Chas. Nelson,
Mrs. Ella Peach and son Roy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Haylock and family and
Mrs. Albert Christian, who all went
Thursday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Our Policy

We believe that there is only one
way to build up a successful bust
ness, and that is to give the GUS
toner all that he pays and a little
more.
d. .~2ss.-s
We believe that you should get a
full dollars worth for every dollar
you spend.
Our policy has always been to
sell only the highest grade mer-
chandise at the lowest possible
prices. That this policy is work
ing out successfully, is attested to
by the large number of people who
patronize us. Are you one of them?
u
nEEA0 m l1BTNIInnn
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Greek Fire.

'Greek fire. is a mixture of naph-
tina. inter and sulphur, highly inf1am-
mable and very destructive. In the
Grecian wars it was tied to an arrow
or discharged through tube.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
C c H. HITCHCOCK
JEWELER
Common Council Proceedings.
EDGERTON, WIS, Feb. 81, 1916

Resolved by the Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil, That the salaries of city officers and en-
ployees be fixed as follows for the ensuing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25
Nest Porter


Ole Amundson delivered cattle at
Evansville Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Earle spent last
Tuesday in GAINESVILLE.
R. Stearns was caller at the home
of Louie Seep on Friday.
Grant Walrath was business caller
in this vicinity ON Monday.
Robert Fessenden is spending few
days with Edward Casey.
Cal Whaley of Stoughton was bust
ness caller here Tuesday.
Oliver Maybe delivered his tobacco
on Wednesday at Edgerton.
Jesse Earle of GAINESVILLE was caller
at A. Browns on Tuesday.
Miss Nettie Armit spent Sunday with
her sister Annie at Footville.
Miss Nora Mccarthy of Whitewater
spent the last of the week here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Maybe spent
Tuesday with friends in Magnolia.
Mrs. John Conley of Edgerton spent
over Sunday with Mrs. Chas. White.
Robert and Katherine Earle of James
vile spent the week end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Earle.
William, Frances and Desmond Nc.
Carthy spent the last of the week al
the home of Mrs. M. Mccarthy.
The Misses Margaret Earle, Mar.
jorie Mccarthy, Katherine Maybe,
Marie Logan, Messrs. Dan and Clar-
ence Mccarthy and Archie Maybe
spent Sunday evening at the home OF
Mrs. M. Mccarthy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25

Roll call on resolution-Ayes 6.
Aid. Stark offered the following res
olution and moved it's adoption:
Resolved by the Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil, That the sum of $500 be paid to the Mayor
for each regular meeting attended and that the
sum of 81. 90 be paid to the aldermen for each
regular meeting attended during the ensuing
year.
Roll call-Ayes g..
Mayor Skinner announced the ap-
pointment of election officers as follows: :
Inspectors of Election George Rae,
John Dave, w. j. Schumacher.
Clerks of Election-H. B. Knapp, A.
w. Shumway.
Ballot Clerks Henry Bunker, A. W.
BartZ.
Appointments were confirmed.
Aid. Jensen moved that the mayor
and chairman of the street committee
be empowered to secure the services OF
an engineer to prepare plans and specT
fications for the proposed street inn
provements.
Carried.
On motion council adjourned.
III. B. KNAPP, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-25

Alex Ely was home for few days
visit this week.
Several high school students visited
the schools here Monday.
Curtis Jessup and family move ontt
the Post farm this coming week..
Lawrence Kramer was down iron
Madison for over Sunday with his par
entS.
The teachers here took their visiting
day last Friday, visiting the Albion
school in the morning and some of the
Edgerton grades in the afternoon.
Dick Pease was very much surprised
when about 25 friends and neighbors
dropped in on him Saturday evening
Cards and dancing was the entertain
ment of the evening.
The debate for the Social Center or
Feb. 25 is, Resolved, That the U. 5.
put an Embargo on Arms and Amuni-
ton of. War" Maurice
Thompson, Florence White and Heller
Fessenden. Negative-Baxter Sayre,
Ivy Christensen and Emma Berg.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
North Platte Man
Joins British Army

North Platte, Neb., July 1s.--(Spe-
cial. I'D. Z. Ward, = inachinist in the
Union Pacific shops here, will leave
North. Platte Monday for New York
from where he will sail for London to
join regiment forming to go to the
front. Ward is a veteran of the Boer
war, having served through the cam
paign with Bethcuen's mounted in
fantry, a South African regiment. He
came to the United States ten years
ago. Ward has three brothers in the
British service, two being lieutenants
in the Royal field artillery and third
a sergeant in an Australian infantry
regiment. Mrs. Ward will accom-
pany her husband to London, where
she will remain with relatives until
Mr.. Wards return. Ward Is the Sec
ond North Platte man to 60 to the
British army, "Scotty" Irvine, another
Union Pacific employee, being at pres
ent with the British expcditionary
force on the Mediterranean.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16

lis true, that from this point of view.
German aeroplane is rarely sighted,
while French aviators are constantly
on the wing.
| A dramatic and startling novelty
has been presented by the allied avia-
tors in this great offensive.
French and British airmen have
actually co-operated in the infantry
charges. They have swept over the
battle field at as low an altitude as
800 feet and some Of the more daring
swooped over the struggling armies
at as low a heighth as 800 feet.
These airmen have ignalled to the
French artillery telephones the pre-
else position of the German guns and
the location OF the German forces
waiting for the French assault. They
have taken great risks of being hit
by shells from their own guns, but, ac-
cording to the officers, everyone es-
capped.
The French have developed on
great scale their aerial torpedoes,
which are charged with a higher ex-
plosive than the large-calibered shells.
These torpedoes can be hurled half
mile and fired with such rapidity
that a second will leave the ejector
while the first is still in the air.
Scarcely More Than Name.
The village of Dompierre is scarce
ly more than a name. The resistance
made by the Germans here, as in all
the other villages in the neighborhood
seems to have been most tenacious.
In the cemetery the vaults were
used as bomb proofs and the cement
and, iron ratings around the graves
as barbados. The French concen-
trated their gunfre on the cemetary
at Curlu for half an hour before the
obstinate defense of the Germans was
crushed. They used skrapnel shells,
which filled the air with curious
green, opalescent vapors.
One of the dramatic episodes OF
the fighting was the storming Of a
cliff known as the Gendarme's Hat,
which formed the side of an old
quarry. The Frenchmen reached the
top and halted in the sunlight, wav-
ing their helmets and handkerchiefs
and cheering madly.
Reorganized, the defenses in the
occupied territory is vastsengineep-
ing work. Light field railways are
| thrown forward OF the newtline, num-
erous solid roads are built sacsoss the
country and the ring Of hsmVier on
metal can be heard in the siiitervals
of artillery fire. The Whole region
is busy with preparations forsholding
the newly won German ground and
for moving forward. The controlling
mind of all this is General Marie
Emile Fayolle, an elderly artillery
commander, who had been retired
two years before the war began.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
AVIATORS CHARGE
WITH INFANTRY
French and British Flyers
Sweep Over Field at Height
of Few Hundred Feet.
GERMANS LOSE BALLOONS

Dompierre, Picardy, July 15.-(Via
London. IA string of great balloons
You can count sixteen without
glasses--is the first obvious thing that
a reporter sees on this front. Next
his eyes wander to the uncountable
batteries in action. Above them the
aerial telephone stations swing be-
You'd the trajectory of the German
gun fire.
On the German side, not single
balloon is visible. Fifteen have been
burned in the air by secret contriv-
ance, known only to the allies, since
the offensive began. The German
artillery is blinded because the allies
have now obtained the mastery of the
air, according to the confident claims
of the British and French officers. 1t