Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-28
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THANKSGIVING DAY 1917

THANKSGIVING DAY 1917
.et us give thanks. and lift our ring
ing voices.
Though not for plenty, nor for paths
of peace;
1et us rejoice. as a strong man
rejoice
TO run his race;--nor pray for swift
release:
We who have doubted. dumb with in
decision.
Nor turned our faltering footsteps |
toward the Right,
We who have needed not the surer
vision,
Let us give thanks-for we have seen
the light!
Let us give thanks that once again, |
compelling.
Our flag shall float for Freedom to
the skies.
Ten thousand times ten thousand
voices swelling
Proclaim our service and our sacrlnce.
Let us give thanks-an undivided
nation,
One purpose now, we press toward
the goal,
To thee our fathers God and our
Salvation,
Let us give thanks--for we have found
our SOUL
ROOSEVELT ROBINSON.
RUTH Law has been refused an
avjator's commission. This may be
taken as an excuse for the suffragists
to begin picketing campaign at the
war department. The ruling IS that
there is no place in the flying service
for a woman. But we'll wager If Ruth
were given the opportunity she'd ma
a place. She has shown a few things
to some of the best of 'em already in
her brief career Of froliEking among
the clouds.
APPARENTLY there is too much
bull in the Bolsheviki government to
suit the Russian embassy in America.
All of the attaches at Washington have
been slipped the blue envelope and
told to hunt for other Jobs where they
can connect with real money.
| SIR: am one of your readers that
| took Doc Brady's bunch to turn a
/ flock Of somersaults in my room IN the
morning as health exercise. am
large man and did not tell the mem
bers of my family of my intentions
Well, the first time / went over my
two feet hit against my dresser and
dislodged several articles thereon, the
shower striking the floor. My wife was
| first on the scene and she got looB
at me before / had regained my feet
/ was on my back with my feet against
the dresser. She laughed for at leasi
! five minutes. She was so amused thai
she got me laughing also, and we bott
kept it up until we were almost ex
hausted. Before we had finished m,
two daughters and my son were OF
hand. and they joined IN the chorus
They all agreed that they never wonlt
j have believed it was in me. | tolt
them that it wasn't; that l had failet
to complete the trick. But | do wlsl
to testify to the efficacy of the stunt
was in good humor all day, as wer
the members of my household who say
Ime in my plight I'm going to per
sist, but / have selected larger reon
. for the performance. It's easy enougl
to get started, but the difficulty is ii
; finishing satisfactorily. Give my re
CARDS to doc, and tell him for me tina
, he is a brick. L. NJ.
f AND speaking of fireiess days, on
, or two week would be a great hei
{ towards holding the coal pile in checl
= IF the turkey has any goblin
to do, he had better get it out {
q his system tonight.
? HEARD AT THE ILLINOIS.
i She-"I drank two highballs la
!, night"
q He-"You did,"
o She-"Did / do wrong?"
n He-"Don't you remember"
/ 1T cost s122,S24 to elect. Hyla
MAYOR OF New York A mere bag
8 telle. The tiger can raise that su
. by a single wag of his tail.
,of YOUR old friend who AYERS tn
q be takes a morning cold plunge hi
10 already entered upon his pre-wint
% Dragging Do You believe hin
# Neither do we. The easiest way tn
you can prove his insincerity is f
g you TO fill the tub cold from the riv
% tomorrow morning and fall in, "
n will conclude that man who wou
70 try it the second time is not right
n the nut Still there are ever so maj
Of our good people who claim tn
they do it regularly the year throug
/. OF course in the summer it's plea
= ure. But in the winter-well, "
~ try it and coin your own descriptic
- IT is said that it will require
=. 100000 American soldiers to put G
the kasier's eye. Inasmuch as W
helm is supposed TO have two of Z
the inference is that it will reuui
eo twice that number to complete t
j. operation.
ne FRITZ kreisler, despite that he
ne an Austrian subject. is doing his
I'll for America He has Cancelled {
gagements that would have brous
him $4,000 in gate receipts this S,
ia son because Of attacks that have be
rs made upon him due to his belonging
" an enemy nation. 1t is in order Il
n those who are to be denied heari
on Fritz on his famous cello turn |
admission fees over to the Red Gro
IN THE president has ordered that