Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01


over $4,000 in payment of Nevada
gold wine to q swindler in a Gales
burg hotel this week when police
officer from his home town interrupt
ed the transaction II does seem that
the supply of western gold mines new
or will 90 dry And likewise that the
list of suckers does not seem to be
affected by the frequent public ex-
posures of the old confidence game
that was worked as far back as Noah's
time
a PREHISTORIC man thought to
have been buried 10000 years ago has
been dug out of a lava bed in Mex
leo If he could be Weakened for
few days he would likely note that
some changes had occurred since he
slipped away.
THERE is now talk of substituting
wood for coal as a fuel saving meas /
wood Have you tried it lately In /
Rock Island?
! GREAT Britain is enlisting women I
lin its naval service. It might be not /
/ a bad idea if the United States put
/ The busybodies who have been picket /
/ ing the White house on submarine
/ chasers. That would be more praise
worthy than chasing the president.
THE Bolsheviki premier is said to
al
sia's debts to the world. One guess
as to who put that notion in his head ?
The United States would be loser Of
many millions.
A FEW Of the fellows who are engj-
neering German peace plans in Rus
STA probably will go on an indefinite
vacation after the job is completed.
They will have all Of the money need
ed for the remainder of their lives.
and they will get under way before
the natives come to a realization Of
how beautifully they have been tipped.
THE Scandinavian countries insist
that they are neutral and want to
remain in that attitude towards the
} other nations Of the world One can
. almost see the kaiser smiling
PRINCE Albert Of Germany has
been operated upon for the relief Of
an ulcerous condition. It might be
added that the allies are using the
knife on another and larger ulcer that
! they expect to have cleaned up in a
: year or so from now.
Il THE anti-liquor forces of Moline en-
: gagged two detectives TO SPY on one
. Of the city hotels where it was suspi-
: cioned that traffic in drink was being
!, surTeptiously carried on After spend
4 ing two weeks in a futile effort to
get cli1ching evidence the sleuths hit
upon the idea Of renting a room-haF-
ing learned that this was the proceed
. ing followed-and requesting the clerk
:, to supply them a few bottles Of beer.
= They took a police officer to the room
!, with them. The officer was planted
. in closet. When the bottles were
=, tapped and the brew spilled into
N glasses the copper popped out and
\ placed the waiter under arrest. The
= mental laughed 1t wasn't beer. be
- explained He said that it was near
: beer and that he had removed the
- labels so that the two guests would
: not he disappointed. or course the
:, bit OF sleuthing was a failure The
= amusing part Of the incident is thai
- the hotel in question had been doins
large business in beer through sale.
:, in rooms, but on the day when The
:, detectives happened in there wa.
~ none in stock.
n LII Russell says the way to de
N feat old age is to pay no attention t,
Is it. lgnatz wants TO know il Lii eve
,e had touch Of rheumatic
S, THE Brighton Beach bath house
re were destroyed by fire the other night
j. Now when you go looking for you
d bathing outfit next summer YOU cal
re claim that you left it behind at Bright
on last season and that you just know
in that ii Went up in smoke. At tina
tie some of the suits were warm enoug
lg TO have started fire.
es MRS. De Saulles,= on trial in Ne,
or York for numbering her husband
tn bought turkey for her 81 fellow-pris
a oners in the AIineola jail. A wise
ly move. ii it were possible, would hau
rs been TO have treated the members {
re the jury
AFTER perusing the various az
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