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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
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Next Sunday evening the Baraca
and Philathea classes viii have part
in the service.
South Park Presbyterian -This eve
ming at $50. the Christian Endeavor
society will hold its annual watch
party at the church. All from the In
tarmediate age up are invited.
The Juniors will hold New Years
meeting at AIS Wednesday. Prayer
| s. vices at 1880 Wednesday eSening.
! s77ltsd Presbyterian The mid-week
{ kr. ser service will be held Wednesday
J at 1870.
Next Sunday morning and evening
le Capiis will be filled by Rev Gard
/ na- Robertson Gf Charlottesville,
Iva.
regfs.s P-sxt; ssrll22 a-There ein be
= s{.zw 1ear'a sYe Get Together
/ Parry" at the church sf?5s evening. -
ginning promptly at s o'clpy.k, Tnere
will be a. continuous program until
midnight
The usual mid-we4k service OF -
votionals and teacher training will DC
held Wednesday evening, beginning at
1890 o'clock. The study of the second
book Of Thoroughly Furnished will
be begun.
The choir meets for its regular re-
hearsal Thursday evening.
The Woman's Mission Sturdy class
will meet with Mrs. c. l.. Safer, 10l5
Thirteenth avenue, Friday afternoon.
Broadway Presbyterian Regular
prayer service Wednesday evening.
Thursday afternoon at 4, Mrs. Stew
enson will meet at the parsonage, all
= girls over Is who desire TO organize 9
Camp Fire Girls group.
Friday afternoon at $3.50 the Ladies
Aid society will meet at the home o.
Mrs j. H. Hauberg. The ladies vii
r work on Red Cross articles.
+. The regular monthly supper Of the
!. teachers and officers of the Sunda!
t. school will be held at $50 Frida!
evening in the church parlors
First Nsthodist- evening a
7:30 there will be meeting of tn
Boy Scouts at the church.
= Wednesday evening at 1880 New
Years prayer service will be held
+ Thursday afternoon at 3 the Won
s ans Foreign Mission society will NEE
with Mrs. ) r Noftsker, 936 TWEEN
= tieth street.
l. The Ladies Aid society meets 70
business Friday afternoon at $50.
Next Sunday morning there will b
e communion service and reception {
De new members. IN the evening til
S, meeting will be in charge of con
mittee of women of the congregatio
; with a special program to be given
Free Method lst-There will be
watch meeting this evening beginnin
II at $50 o'clock
lie Glass meeting Tuesday evening {
re the church.
Spencer Memorial Methodist
n Prayer service Wednesday evening
be The Ladies' Aid society will me
be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at Il
ne home off Mrs William Gauiey, 6;
v Fortieth Street
eh The Y. L. A, girls will hold a holids
party Thursday evening at the pa
SIS sOnage. The ladies are to invite the
at husbands to the affair.
", Friday evening the choir will no
rehearsal in the league room OF II
NJ. church
It's Trinity Episcopal Holy Commune
ne will be celebrated at $3.50 New Year
nd day, the new rector, Rev William
Essex of St Louis. will conduct Ii
tn services, his first as rector Of q
f. local church
h, Trinity guild will meet Wednesd;
or afternoon at 2;30 at the home of MI
III. H Chase. SIS Twentieth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
Funeral Of William +. McCrossen.


Funeral services for William + Nc
Crossen.. 9l6 Ninth street were held
at o'clock this morning at the home
OF his son-iu-iaw, J. L. Schmidt. 1S2S
Rockingham road, Davenport Inter
ment was in Holy Family cemetery
Davenport
Mr. MeCrossen, aged 81. died at his
home at l0:45 Friday morning He
has been a blacksmith for 80 years in
Davenport and was one Of the pioneers
of the business in that city. Two
years ago he was forced TO retire on
account OF Ill health.
He was born April Il, 1860, in Phil
adelphia, Pa, where he learned the
blacksmith's trade. He was united In
marriage to Miss Sophie n. Willhoeft
in 1882. who survives together with
the following children: Mrs. ]. l..
Schmidt of Davenport, Charles, Will
liam, John and Lester, at home -Four
sisters survive. Mrs. Il. ~ Engell,
Mrs Paul Koch. Mrs Robert Ebert
and Mrs. D. II, Bsyles; three brothers,
Charles, Michael and John, and two
grandchildren, Lenora and Lucille
Schmidt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
Oak Grove United Presbyterian

Oak Grove United Presefteriah-
This evening a watch service viii be-
gin at 8 O'Clock for the Older mem
bers OF the congregation and commun-
ity. There will be a program OF speak
ing. music and refreshments.
PRAYER service Wednesday evening
at 1880 O'Clock.
Friday evening the second annual
waffle supper for boy scouts ana theif
fathers will be held at the church
Emmanuel Lutheran -There "a 81
services this evening ct 9:36. THO
Senior branch of Che Ycta' People S
society will hold a watch carty tfs5
evening.
Tuesday morning a, - sa@yicea
will be held at the church Thursday
evening there will be service a. $50
with communion.
Evangelical Church OF Peace-There
will be no New Years service In the
| church and no confirmation class re
searsal this week.
The ladies' society will hold its
monthly business meeting Thursday
afternoon In the church.
Zion Swedish Lutheran-The Young
! Peoples society will hold a watch
party this evening at the home Of Miss
Irene Olson, 1900 Eighth avenue.
There will be church services Tues
day morning at 1890. The congregs-
ton will hold its annual meeting at 2
Tuesday afternoon.
First Swedish Lutheran-There will
be services at 1915 Tuesday morning
at the church.
Wednesday evening the regular mid
week prayer services at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Stromquist, 1924
Fourteenth street.
Thursday afternoon at 2:30, the
Ladies Aid society meets in the an
mex. Mrs. Charles Oberg and Mrs
Adolph Peterson will be the hostesses
| Thursday evening at 8, the Young PEG
pies society will meet in the church.
, Saturday afternoon at 2:30, the con
: frmation class meets liz the annex.
Grace Lutheran-There will be New
Years day services at 10 clock Tues
day morning.
The confirmation class meets Wed
! nesday evening at T. The choir meet
for rehearsal at the same hour.
The Ladies' Aid society will NEE
Friday afternoon with Mrs. r. S. Cald
we'll, 1909 SeYsnth avenue.
= Second Christian-A watch meetin
of the Senior Endeayor society will b
. held this evening at the home Of Mr.
Nettie Maxwell. 60l12 Ninth street
!. WednesG-y afternoon the Ladie:
:, Aid society will meet with Mrs Fishe
% 1924 Second street.
- First Baptist 3. Y P. L. wi
!, hold watch party this evening at tt
church beginninsst s o'clock Thel
i will be an admission fee of 10 cen
n charged.
M Wednesday evening the annual COZ
n gregationsl meeting and supper will
40 held at the church, the latter to
~ served at O'Clock. Following Il
as supper there will be devotional ser
40 ice and the annual election Of churc
I'M officers will take place.
is A meeting Of the Workers ella
will be held Thursday afternoon
$50 at the home of Mrs. W. H. Keele
/, l72S Nineteenth avenue.
Bible Study class meets at the Y.
C. A. Thursday evening at 7:45.
The Woman's Mission society NEE
Friday afternoon at PAS at the hon
Of Mrs. A. J. Riess, 1861 SecOl
,. avenue.
ed whjle cirts win he baId Sa+,trdav q,
d, ernoon at o'clock at the churC
ny There will be organized a Juni
ne guild.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
MAKE TWO RUNS.

The fire department made two runs
this morning. The, first was at $50
to Fifteenth street and First avenue,
where a4quantity of ashes was burn
ing on thesraiIroad H-Yacks. The sec
ond call came at $50 to SOB Twelfth
street. where chimney was burning
ont
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
To Our Constituency!

E pleased TO that the year of 1917 in this
w store has registered the largest poune of bust
ness both wholesale and RETAIL recorded by this ins
tuition his has been made possible by the unting panstak
efforts of three hundred employees efficient
and intelligent cooperation of the department managers
throughout this organization In thanking the public tOh
also this public thank employees for their services
ch responsible such large for these and
the public that during the 1918 v
be spared to make this store real delight which to shop
and merit the continuance of support
ing
Wishing and all Happy Neuu Year that tuU include
early just and enduring peace for all time and for
all people.
Respectfully,
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
NEW EXPLOSIVE BEING USED
Roehambolite, introduced by French on Western Front, Has Terrible
 Effect on Enemy.

ROchambolite is q new and terrible explosive that has recently been intro duced on the western front by the French and employed in the defense of Nerdun, says the ArgOnaut. The ex- plosive, when tested in action at Yer dun. was found to possess a most ter rible and demoralizing effect upon the Germans.
 The explosive Is a powder which, upon ignition, changes into a molten metal and a very large volume of gas in an infinitely small space of time. This sudden change in volume and the terrific heat which is generated cause an immense pressure on the walls of the vessel that contains It. shattering the walls and hurling the molten metal and wall fragments in all directions. spreading death and de structiOn in their path.
 The effect of this molten metal on the Germans can hardly he imagined Pieces of metal upon striking them i'm mediately burn their way deep into the flesh, even to the bone, causing intense pain and suffering to the vic tim. So deadly and so demoralizine have the French found this explosive to be that they are now utilizing it on the entire front.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
TEACH LOVE FOR THE FLAG
country's Youth Must Be Educated to Reverence Emblem for Which
 Brave Soldiers Died.

Memorial day is with us once again. In the cities, towns and villages of our nation the staunch old soldiers of the Grand Army Sof the Republic march under the folds of Old Glory to dec crate with flowers the graves of their comrades. With them at the ceme- teries where thousands of the little marker flags fiutter in the May breezes. indicating the last resting places of those who bravely met the call when their country needed them. gather the Sons of Veterans, Daugh- ters of Veterans, Relief Corps, Span ish War Veterans and various other military organizations, and-one must not forget them-the children. It will be observed as have been the many Memorial days that have preceded it., but it Is not the same. On this Mem orial day in 1917 our country faces a situation of momentous importance, filled with gravest dangers as we'll as greatest hopes for the future.
 For those sleeping beneath the sod the roar of the battle is over, the thunder of the great guns is no more. But for these young men and women and for the children who gather with the veterans what lies in store? Love for the flag that waves above the
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
New Mexico.

The oil business in Eddy county is booming
 The old silver mines in the Bullard peak mining district, west of Silver City, are taking on renewed life and activity.
 It is reported that the low-grade lead-zinc ores Of the Magdalena dis trict will find profitable market at the new process plant at Waldo.
 The Copper Jack Mining Company of Alden, Dona Ana county, filed incor paation papers with the State Corpor- ation Commission. The capitalization Is $500. 900.
 The Empire Zinc Company is en- ploying 15O men in the operation Of it's mining property and mill at Han over. A thousand tons of sulphides are being shipped monthly, together with 250 tons of high grace carbonate ore
 Perhaps the largest mining deal so far this year was that concluded whereby seventy copper claims in the Burro mountain district, totalling l. 700 acres of mineralized ground were optioned by Chicago and Fl Paso cap italists.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

become of the old cow?" The general opinion was that We had seen the last of her. On the morning of the fourth day. father. my brother and I took a walk over the field to see if we could find any trace of her. We saw many terrible sights. Dead soldiers were lying around thick; dead horses, and many cowskins and heads; from this last we soon came to the conclusion that our COW had been killed for food like the rest, so we gave her up. As We were eating supper one evening a week or more after the battle. we heard a familiar believing in the street. Everybody. sprang from the table and rushed out There stood our dear old COW. looking as happy as it Is possible for COW to look at being home again. Next day We discov- cred that she had bullethole in her neck and one in her side. She was not severely hurt. however. and both bullets came out eventually. We found out later that all the COWS in that par ticular field had got out in some way the first day of the fight and had wan dered of about ten miles from town, beyond the firing line. After the bat tie they all found their way back to town.-Albertus McCreary. in Me Clure's.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Colorado.

Silverton sent 173 cars of ore to the smelters in April.
 A carload of concentrates of molyb- denum was shipped from Pitkin.
 The Julesburg Oil Company is pre- pairing to drill for oil in the vicinity of Julesburg.
 The Mid-Continental Oil Company will install large pump at its well near Milner.
 The State Miningd Commission places Colorado mine output in 1915 at si4,OG0,521.
 The Columbine Oil Company at Pueblo has received a car of casing for use in drilling operations.
 The Cresson Consolidated Mining and Milling Company made a net profit during March of $152, ,316.70.
 The Akron Oil Company will install a standard rig and drill to take the place of the rotary used on Well No. l.
 The Raleigh Mining Company will build a tramway from it's property at Bonanza to the railroad station at Shirley.
 Preparations are being made by the Sunnyside Mining Company for the immediate erection of the 500-ton mill at Eureka.
 Further information about the Key stane strike at Aspen says the vein is eight feet wide and very rich in lead and silver
 In Gilpin county the c. H. w. Min ing Company continues to increase it's production from the Hampton mine in Russell gulch.
 The Tungsten Mountain Mines Com pany is doing great things in develop ment of its extensive property on Tungsten mountain.
 The outlook for the Breckenridge district and for it's energetic neighbor, the Ten Mile district, for 1917 is ex- cellent and a much larger output both as to tonnage and value is predicted.
 The dividend paid to the stockhold- CTS of the Wellington Mines Company. Breckenridge, about April Eth was s2O0, 900, making a total of Si.i00, 900 which the stockholders have received to date in dividends.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Arizona.

The Jackman molybdenum mines in the Wallapai mountains, fifteen miles east of Kingman, are undergoing de- velopment. A camp has been estab- lished and c force Of men sent in.
 It is stated that every available cop per prospect in the west portion Of Arizona has been and is being devel- oped, since the war began, and there are now millions of tons of the red metal being produced in the South west where not an ounce was mined prior to the war.
 One copper mine in the Globe dis trict recently increased it's output from 35,O00.0O0 pounds a year to TO- 100000 pounds by bringing in new mines and erecting monster mills for concentrating the ore. Another syndi- cate paid s2,0OO,00O for 2.000 acres ad- joining it's mining field in another copper district while capital stock is being doubled throughout the copper field, output is being doubled, and ev- erything possible done to prepare the United States for it's share in the war.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Dark Doinos.

A Long Beach. Cal. man. discussing coming election said: That reminds tpe of the time I ran for mayor of Long Beach. In the course of my campaign a colored gentleman agreed 10 deliver 15O colored votes. The off rial count after the election showed l received just 101 votes. Next day I met my coIored friend. told him I knew positively whence came one of those 1O1 votes. but asked him what became of his 1jo colored votes. Look yeah. Missa Bess,' replied the Ethi- ppjap boss, jess fifty of those niggahs iour e-crossed me-"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Friends Make Tommy a Sot.

Sir Alfred Pearce Gould. speaking at Kilburn recently and referring 10 the effect of drink on soldiers. said that the British Tommy was not a drunken sot; 1t was the civilian population that was at fault. Hospitals should be a sacred retreat for soldiers. he said, yet they would hardly believe how difficult 1t was, even there, to protect the men from the introduction of drink from outside. He knew of one paralyzed and helpless man who was found hopesessly drunk after his friends had visited him.-London Times.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Teach Children the Lesson.

Yea- by year Memorial day sees fewer id soldiers participating in its exercises. The time is fast approach ing when the pious office of laying flowers and raising flags on the graves of the hero dead will be left to gen. eration that has no personal recollec- tions of the Civil war. May children preserve and cherish the sacred tradi- tions that have been passed down to them from patriotic fathers and moth CTS
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
A Unjoue Metaphor.

A unique paraphrasing of a time hnnored metaphor is recorded in the Outlook by Mary Dewhurst. reporting food riots in New York. One of the hungry women among those who pre- .ented their grievances 10 the board ,f estimate cried out: "We come to vou gentlemen here with tie beeg heads and you tell us that there are so laws to let you help us. You can aot take the sails out of our wind Ike that"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

medicine l took. Every month since l was . young girl had suffered with cramps in my sides at periods and was never regular. saw your advertise ment in the newspaper and the picture of . woman Fho had been saved from an operation and this picture was im- pressed on my mind. The doctor had given me only two more days to make up my mind 80 sent my husband to the drug store at once for bottle of Lydis
 E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and believe me, soon noticed change and when had finished the third bottle l was cured and never felt better. Igrant you the privilege to publish my letter and am only too glad to let other women know of my cure. Mrs. THos. MCGoN. IGAI, 3432 Hsrtville Street, Phila., Pa.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

graves of these patriots whom we honor on Memorial day must be fos- tered Patriotism must not be al- lowed to die. The young men must not be allowed to die. The young men must sdiffen their shoulders and stand straight in a resolve to hold fast to the principles for which the old vet erans beside them stood. The children who lovingly place flowers upon these graves must be imbued with a never dying love of country.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Duck Flew 2ooo Miles in 60 Hours.

Two mallard ducks wearing silver bands on their legs killed near Mobile, Ala, by Dr. Shelton C. Frederick some time ago were released originally by Jack Minor of Kingsville. Ont. Doctor Frederick received a letter from Mir. Minor giving details of the remarkable record in flight made from kingsyille 10 Mobile. The mallards negotiated the flight of approximately 2.O00 miles in 60 hours.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
aadish Seed Pods Picked.

The young and tender seed pods of some varieties of radishes are some times used for pickling like capers; in fact. the Madras or rat-tail radish is grown exclusively for Its pods, which are eaten cooked and also used in pickle making.-United States Depart ment of Agriculture.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Wyoming.

Three or four rigs will be worked in the Vernon oil field five miles south of Glenrock.
 Eastern oil men have become busy in the Sparks Butte vicinity six miles south of Douglas.
 The Superior Oil Company brought in a well on the Elk Basin property in the Elk Basin field.
 The Ohio Oil Company has brought in its second well in the Sage Creek field. north of Lander.
 At the present rate of production
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Anniversary's Meaning.

Loyalty to America-that is the theme for Memorial day as for no other since that sacred anniversary was established. There is scarcely a day in the year when in one way or another we are not concerned with the question of our rights and privileges {; let Memorial day be that on which we take special thought of our duties.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Town Turns Back on Tramps.

On the ground that no man ought to be unemployed at the present time, the guardians of an English town have de. cided to ignore the existence of tramps and to provide neither food nor lodg- ing for them. They will have their re- ward. for the fraternity will give the place a wide berth.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

of the first day of the fight We had put her in pasture as usual. This pasture was near the edge of town. Of course we saw
 n O { h Tn 2 of her during the three days of fighting. Often one of us W oul d s ": "l wonder what has
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

III my ba0c anu Oeck
 until I nearly went
 crazy. I went to
 different doctors and they all said 1 had female trouble and
 would not get any relief until l would
 be operated on- ! had suffered forfour |years before this
 time, but l kept get
 lting worse the more
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Oil From Soy Beans.

oil mills on the Pacific coast have been operating for several years with soy beans imported from Manchuria, and have found a ready sale in that re zion for oil, cake and other products.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
Trv homjnv Instead.

One simple way to solve the potato problem is to eat hominy instead. One would think that daily indulgence in potatoes was absolutely necessary to sustain life.-Chicago Tribune.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
WESTERN MINING AND OIL NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Prices Quoted for MetaIs. New York.-Lead. 10hc bid. Bar silver, 7i&c.
 Copper-Casting brand. $26.62ls. St. Louis.-Spelter, $9.22.
 Boulder.-Colorado- tungsten concen- trates. co per cent. sl7.00 per unit Crude ores, 50 per cent. sl5.oO; 25 per cent, s9.40q12.OO; 10 per cent, $s.109 1900 per unit.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
ALL FOUND THEIR WAY HOME
Battle of Gettysburg, and Reached Places of Safety.

We had an old COW that had been In the family for years, and the morning
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
AN OPERATION INVERTED

Philadelphia, Pa-"Ons year ago I was very sick and I suffered with pains
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

The first United States flag to go officially 10 the battlefieIds of Europe Is in charge of Arthur c. Kimber. ad- vance guard of the second Stanford unit of the American ambulance field service. The war department author ized Kimber to take the flag to France. fl Is the gift of the American League If California.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-03-26
WE CAN DO TIT,

WE CAN DO IT. For nr.f class wora ana prom ?, delivery phone Main 1S1 and the Peoples Steam Laundry wiu esn and get your laundry.
 ". J. Wu4ILAM0OD ProP.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-03-26
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT.

In the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska, January 25, 1917..