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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05

Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of
other ingredients by asking at any
drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" which
darkens the hair so naturally, so
evenly, that nobody can possibly tell
it has been applied. You just dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time By morn
ing the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is that, besides
beautifully darkening the hair after a
few applications, it also brings back
the gloss and lustre and gives it an
appearance of abundance.
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is delightful toilet requisite
to tmpart color and a youthful ap-
pearance to the hair. 1t is not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-
vention OF disease.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
Drive FOR THRIFT
STAMPS Now.ON
Indications Are That Campaign Being
Waged in Rock Island Will
Be . Huge Success.
ORGANIZATIONS IN SWING TODAY
Boy Scouts Take Up Work IN Behalf
Of Sale Of Certificates This
Morning.

The thrift week campaign in Rock
Island, being waged for the sale Of
war savings stamps, today gave every
promise Of being a complete success.
With today being the first general
working day Of the week, the cam
paign settled down in earnest and
there was every indication that high
ly satisfactory results would begin to
show themselves by tonight. The
work done yesterday was somewhat
hampered by the holiday under the
fuel administration order but today
those who are bending their efforts
to make the drive in this city a sue
cess, had started their organization in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
POSLAM PROVES
PACIfYING BALM
TO ITCHY skin

Try Poslam for any bad case Of Ec-
zema, particularly when nothing else
seems to help and tie itching is al
most intolerabie
Poslam is so active, stops itching SO
quickly. that it does away with much
uncertainty.
This directness-this getting right
at the TROUBLES a quality exclusive
in Poslam. Poslam possesses heal
ing energy in such concentrated form
that one ounce OF Poslam Is worth
pound OF Ointments less efficient. Use
1t to drive away any eruptionaI dis
turbance OF the skin.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 2433
West 18th ST., New York City.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05

1.-THE Federation Flashlight" is the
name of a magazine which was issued
by the Churchman'S Federation of
Rock Island. 1t is to be issued at in
tervals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
IT LOOKS LIKE 1T
is HERE AT LAST
THAT WARM SPELL
Here it is at last!


That much touted warm spell prom
ised last week by the weather bureau
for this week and which had up until
today shown no signs OF developing,
is on the way for tonight. according
to the forecast issued today by the
local weather Office.
The forecast is: Partly cloudy to-
night and Wednesday; much warmer
tonight with the lowest temperature
about fifteen or twenty degrees above
zero; warmer Wednesday; fresh south
to southwest winds"
That ought to take fall out Of the
grounding theory.
The temperature, was below zero
again last night, the minimum being
6 degrees below. At this morning
it was 3 above and the highest yes
terday was 4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05

Banks have given every cooperatioa
booths for the sale OF the stamps -
ing installed in each Of the local 4.
nancial institutions. varioSs cluhs
throughout the city have pledsed
themselves to the support Of the can.
paign and the mail carriers are ca.
tinuing there work in behalf OF n.
war thrift stamp. The campaign wIll
close Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05

usual proportion. The wheat
millers have been required to pro-
duce one barrel Of flour, 1856
pounds, from 264 pounds of wheat.
This is white flour and repre-
sents from 2 per cent to 4 per cent
higher extration than from last
years harvest.
To assist further in conserva-
ton, Monday and Wednesday OF
each week are to be observed as
wheatless days, and one meal OF
each day as a wheatless meal.
This applies both in the home and
in the public eating place, and on
such days and meals no crackers,
pastries, macaroni, breakfast
foods, or other cereals containing
wheat should be used. The only
exception to this is such small
amounts of flour as may be need
ed for thickening soups or gravies
or as a binder in corn bread or
other cereal breads.
On wheatless days and at wheat
less meals, the food administra-
ton urges that baked bread in the
home be other than wheat bread.
Where bread is purchased either
for use in public eating places or
in the home, Victory bread should
be used. If no wheat substitutes
can be found, the federal food ad-
ministrator in each state will an
nounce the mealt be observed
as wheatless meal in his state. If
no meal is designated, the United
States food administration pre-
fers that the evening meal be
wheatless.
1t is further desired, in order
that meat and pork products be
conserved, that one meatless day,
Tuesday, in every week, and one
meatless meal in every day be OBJ
served, and in addition, two pork
less days, Tuesdays and Satur-
days, in every week, be strictly
kept BY meatless is meant with
out hog, cattle or sheep products.
On other days use mutton and
lamb in preference to beef or
pork. By porkless is meant with
out pork, bacon, ham, lard or
pork products, fresh or preserved.
Use fish, poultry and eggs.
For local situations, where ex-
ceptions are necessary, applica-
ton should be made to the state
food administrator,
In view of the fact that the
merchants may not have a full
supply of substitutes on hand
owing to their inability to secure
same from the jobbers, the local
food administrator is authorized
to modify the order temporarily
and permit the merchants to sell
wheat flour with Is per cent Of
such substitutes as they may have
on hand. No merchant will be
permitted to sell wheat flour in
any quantity with less than %
per cent of substitutes.
In the event the purchaser of
wheat flour buys graham -four
and rolled oats. he must purchase
six-tenths as much OF these sub
stitutes as of wheat flour.
The merchants are required to
keep record of all sales of flour
where less than an equal amount
Of substitutes are sold with it.
The local food administrator is
authorized by the federal food
administrator that the order is
imperative and must be obeyed by
all local merchants under the jur-
isdiction of the Rock Island
county food administrators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies are Using
Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Hair that loses it's color and lustre,
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by a lack of sui
phur in the hair. Our grandmother
made up a mixture Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur to keep her locks dark and
beautiful, and thousands of women
and men who value that even color,
that beautiful dark shade Of hair
which is SO attractive, use only this
old-time recipe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
LOUNGING ROOM PREPARED.

Springfield, Ill.-Tired state sena-
tors will have place to rest their
weary bones next session. Improve
ments at the capitol will include the
preparation Of senatorial lounging
room, occupying the space which is
now a corridor along the east side OF
the senate chamber.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05

progress In . manner that besnni4
result-getting.
The Boy Scouts Of the city "a.
took up their part Of the camaeis.
They received literature and ~.
needed supplies direct from their =.
tional headquarters in New Yort
No definite figures on the sales -
date were available although il ~
thought that an estimate Of ~
amount of stamps sold would BE- MAJ
at a meeting OF the county orranI,ss
ton On the campaign which Wa hela
at the Rock Island club this afte,.
noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
a!s[hodtG.
In the Movies.
WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.
Spencer Square-Mary Pickford in
stella Maris;" Pathe news.
Majestic-ElizabethR isdon in Moth
err" also news weekly.
Black Hawk-"The Girl Who Did
Not Care"
THURSDAY.
Spencer SQuare-Mary PickfOrd in
stella Maris;;" Pathe news.
Majestic-ElizabethR isdon in Moth
err" also news weekly.
Black Hawk-Episode No. II of "The
Fatal Ring" THE Secret Of the Noun
tains;;" Pathe news.
Dancing Coliseum tonight.
Dancing Coliseum tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
Daily Bulletin
Food and Fuel

The United States food admin.
istratfOn, through its local board,
prepares the following statement
Of prices being paid wholesalers
by retailers for the staples named
and the retail prices which should
he charged in Rock Island, Mo.
line and East Moline:
SUGAR (Per 100 Lbs.)
Consumer
Retailer pays should pay
Best gran
ulated SOB .oss5
FLOUR (Per Bag.
well known advertised mill brands
in cotton bags.
Il Dbl. 1855 to ESQ ESQ to 800
Is Dbl. 1871 to LAS las to 1.55
RYE MEAL (Per Bag).
1919 lbs. los 12O to125
GRAHAM FLOUR Per Bag.
10 lbs. -. so to So IS to 20
CORN MEAL (Per Bag.
Yellow, 10
lb. go. 81 to go .65 to 20
RICE (Per Lib
F'ncy head .O91a to 10 IL to 10
Blue Rose .OSs4 to 90 10 to IL
BEANS Per Lib
Nay hand
picked Is to .16 Is to 10
Lima 80. Is to .16 Is to 10
CHEESE (Per Lib
Full cream
cut -. .s7 to IS SO ..s5
Brick
whole .2s1s to 80 "a to IS
Brick-cut
to order .2S1s to 80 SO to .371s
SYRUPS.
(Per doz. cans) (Per cam
Blue cans:
11k-lb. 1921 to 1.s5 10 to Is
5-lb. 49,. .3.95 .401. to .43
lob. ....74O rs to so
Red cans:
1k-lb. ...1 55 TO LOS, Is to .171a
5-lb. .4.65 to AIS AN to so
10-lb. $50 to 900 STU to .9212
POTATOES (Per BusheD.
Per Blu. 15O to1.62 LIS to1S7
MILK, EVAPORATED per CAM.
Large cans 121a to .1S IA to Is
Small cans .06A to .O6ta .O61a to .O71a
EGGS per Dozen.
candled,
storage Sc IS to go
BUTTER (Per Lib
Creamery,
fresh =. 81 to so "a to 81
Creamery,
storage AS 81 to .53
Dairy go. AZ TO As AS to 81
= OLEOMARGARINE.
lib. car
ton 80. .26 to 80 80 to 81
2-lb. car
ton go. 81 to &c SO to 10
Other commodities will be added
from time to time.
Note-Consumers are advised that
the prices above quoted are for the
day following publication. The con-
sumner should not pay in excess Of the
figures quoted. The consumer will
lend cooperation by trading elsewhere
if his dealer attempts to charge in ex-
cess Of the foregoing figures. Prices
are interpreted from time to time by
the Rock Island county food inter-
probation board, representative body
COAL PRICES.
Maximum prices to be charged for
coal, according to figures set by the
Rock Island county fuel board. for
orders Of less than two tons, are as
follows, per ton:
Springfield, prepared. ......... $3.50
Franklin county, prepared. .... $50
Fulton county, prepared. $40
Mercer county, prepared. ....... $50
In deliveries to the hill section,
where the consumer hauls the coal
himself, $3.50 may be deducted from
the price In level sections, where de-
liveries are made by the consume,
81 may be deducted from the fore
going prices.
Dancing Coliseum tonight.
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p pler and dlsembarkcd. had AZ
tanned another one OF my ambitions
was somewhere in France" We
slept in the open that night on the side
ot the road About six the next morn
ing we were ordered 10 enrain. !
cooked around for the passenger
coaches, but all ] could see on the sid
ing were cattle care. We climbed into
these ON the side Of each ear was
a sign reading "Hommes 10, Cheveaux
g" When we got inside of the cars,
we thought that perhaps the sign
painter had reversed The onder of
things. After IS hours in these trucks
we detrained at Rouen. At this place
we went through an intensive training
for ten days.
The training consisted of the rudi.
ieents of trench warfare. Trenches
had been dug, with barbed wire en-.
tanglements, bombing saps, dugouts,
observation posts and machine gun ON.
placements, We We're given smat,
tering Of trench cooking, sanitation,
bomb throwing, reconnoiterng, listen.
ing posts, constructing and repairing
barbed Wire carrying in" parties,
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enlisted. Why don't you join? Now
IS the time
This argument ought to get many
recruits, Empey so 20 out and see
what you can do"
lie then gave me a small rosette of
red, white and blue ribbon, with three
little streamers hanging down This
was the recruiting insignia and was
70 be worn on the left elde of the cap.
Armed with a swagger stick and my
patriotic rosette, | went out into Tot
tenham Court road in quest of cannon
fodder.
Two or three poorly dressed civil
ians passed me, and although they ap-
peared physically 1T, / said TO myself
"rhey don't want TO join the army;
perhaps they have someone dependent
on them for support" so I did not ac-
cost them.
Coming down the street I saw a
young dandy top hat and all, with Il
fashonably dressed girl walking be-
side him. ] muttercl, "You are my
meat and when he came abreast of
me l stepped directly in his path and
stopped him with my sWagger stick,
saving:
"Nou would look fine In khaki why
uo. change that top hat for % steel
hanet? Aren't you ashamed of your
Snlf. a husky Vuliug chan lfltp Won I'm
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did not matter. On one side OF the
disk was inscribed your rank, name,
number and battalion. while on the
other was stamped your religion.
c. of f., meaning Church of Eng
land: II. c., Roman Catholic; W.. Wes-
leyan; r., Presbyterian; but If you
happened to be an atheist they left il
blank, and just handed you a pick and
shovel On my disk was stamped G. Of
T.. This is how got it; The lieuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
was not sure of the religion Of the
British army. so l answered, "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
c. of Il.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
Of five religions | was unlucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory
The next morning was Sunday. |
was sitting In the billet writing home
to my sister telling her of my wonders
full exploits while under tlrc--al re-
cruitS do this, The sergeant major pu'
his head in the door Of the billet ar4
shouted: &c. of +. outside for church
parade'
kept on writing. Turning to me- in
a loud voice he asked "Empey, aren't
you c. of E.?'
l answered, "Ycp"
In an angry tone, he commanded,
'Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, ser
geant major"
81 did so. Somewhat Modified, he
ordered, "Outslde for church parade
| looked up and answered, 81 am
not going 10 church this morning"
He said, "Oh, yes, you are :"
| answered "Oh, no I'm not Put
| went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 120 rounds Of ammunition
wearing our tin hats, and the march
10 church began. After marching about
five kilos. we turned of the road into
an open field. At one end Of This field
The chaplain was standing in II limbef.
we Ioruleu SellClINl' Ul"uHu hiI''
overhead there was a black Spcck cir
cling round and round in the sky. This
was q German Fokker, The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-right eye on the airplanc.
We Tommies We're lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we wcr1
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon
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tance we could see their flashes. which
lighted up the sky with a red glare.
Against the horizon we could see
numerous observation balloons or "Sau-
sages" as they are called.
On The afternoon Of the third DAYS
march | witnessed my first airpiane
heing shelled. A thrill ran through me
and | gazed in awe. The airplane was
making wide circles in the air. while
little puffs of white smoke were burst
ing all around it. These puffs appeared
like tiny balls of cotton while AFTER
each burst could be heard a duh
'plop.' The sergeant. Of my paioonl
Informed us that it was a German air
plane and wondered how he could tell
from such distance because the planei
seemed like little black Speck IN the
sky. expressed my doubt as to
whether ii was English. French or Ger.
man. With a look Of contempt he fur
ther Informed us that the allied anti
aircraft shells when exploding emitted
white smoke while the German shells
gave forth black smoke, and, as he ex-
pressed it, "It must be an Allemand be-
cause our pom-poms are shelling. and
] know our batteries are not of their
hally nappers and are certainly moi
strafeing our own planes, and anoiher
piece of adyicc--don't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
Zine and learnt something"
I Immediately quit "chucki,g my
weight about from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve bllefs |
we were marching along, laughing. and
singing one Of Tommy trench ditties:
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n major, two of them were exploring
their shirts, paying no attention to the
occasional shells which passed over
head. The major was writing letter
cvery now and then he would lay aside
his writing-pad. search his shirt for Il
few minutes, get an inspiration, and
then resume writing. AT last he fin
ished his letter and gave it to his run
ner." ] was curious to see whether he
was writing TO an insect firm, so when
the runner passed me | engaged him
in conversation and got glimpse at
the address on the envelope. IT was
addressed to Miss Alice Somebody, in
London. The runner informed me
that Miss Somebody was the majors
sweetheart and that he wrote to her
every day. Just imagine it, writing Il
love letter during 'cootie' hunt; but
such is the creed of the trenches,
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7 have taken n bath and put on
brand-new underwear; in fact, a cont
plcte change of uniform. and then
turned in for the night. The next morn
ing my shirt would be full of them. BIZ
is common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under a tree with their
shirts over their knees engaging in a
shirt hunt"
AZ night about half an hour before
flights out" YOU can see the Tommies
grouped around n candle, trying in its
dim light. to rid their underwear of
the yermin. A popular and very quick
method is to take your shirt and draw
ers, and run the seams back and for
ward in the flame from candle and
burn them out. This practice is dan
gerous, because you are liable to burn
holes in the garments if you are not
~lreful.
Recruits generally sent to Blighty
for brand of insect powder adyer-
Used as Good for body lice" The ad-
vertiSement is quite right the powder
is good for "cootles;" they simply
thrive on it.
The older men of our battalion were
wiser and made scratchers out of
wood. These were rubbed smooth with
bit of stone or sand to prevent splin-
ters They were about eighteen inches
long, and Tommy guarantees that a
scratcher of this length will reach
any part of the body which may be at
tackled. Some Of the fellows were lazy
ana only made their ScratcherS twelve
inches, but many a night when on
guard, looking over the top from the
fire step Of the front-line trench, they
would have given thousand "Quid'
for the other six inches.
Once while we were in rest billets an
Irish IIuSSar regiment camped in an
open field opposite our billet. After
they had piCketed and fed their horses,
Il general shirt hunt took place. The
troopers ignored the call Dinner up. -
and kept on with their search for big
game They had a curious method Of
procedure. They hung their shirts over
hedge and beat them with their en-
trenching tool handles.
asked one of them why they didn't
pick them off by hand, and he an
swercd, "We haven't had bath for
nine weeks or change of clahbcr. II
tried to pick the 'cooties' off my shirt
| would be here for duration of war.
After taking a close look at his shirt, !
agreed with him; it was alive.
The greatest shock a recruit gets
when he arrives at his battalion in
France is to see the men engaging in u
'cootic' hunt. With an air of con
tempt and disgust he avoids the com.
pany of the older men. until couple
Of days later, in torment of itching
he also has to resort to Il shirt hunt
or spend many 4 Slecpless night 0t
misery. During these hunts there arc
lots of pertinent remarks banded back
and forth among the explorers, sucl
as, Say, Bill, I'll swap you two little
ones fer a big one or, "I've got Il
black one here that looks like Kaiser
BILL"
one sunny day in the frontlinl
trench, saw three officers sitting ont
side of their dugout Ccooles' are "a.
respecters OF rank; have even notice
a suspicious uneasinesS about certain
MelI-knoMn generaO. ono Of lhem wa.
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10 his desk I Immediately followed
This action by throwing le kilograms
into the wastehaskot. Then Ue looked
ut each other in silence die WAS
squirming in his chair and felt de-
pressed and uneasy
The telephone rang and I answered
It. 1t was a business call Tor me. re.
auestlng my services for an out-of.
town assignment Business Was net
very good, SO this was very welcome.
After listening to the proposition I
seemed to be SWayed by peculiarly
strong force within me- and answered.
u am sorry that cannot accept your
offer but / am leaving for England
hext week. aud hung up the receiver
The lieutenant swung around in his
chair and stared at me in blank aston.
lshment. A sinking sensation camc
over me. but defantly answered his
look with, "Well, it's SO. I'm going. "
And l went.
The trip across was unevenlful.
landed at Tllbury England, then got
Into string of matchbox cars and
proceeded TO London, arriving there
nbout 10 p. m. took a room in a hotel
near st. Pancras station for five and
six--fire extra" The room was minus
the fire, but the extra" seemed to
keep me warm. That night there was
n Zeppelin raid but l didn't see much
of II, because the slit in the curtains
was too small and | had ne desire to
make ii larger. Next morning the tel
cphone bell rang, and someone asked,
"Are you thereY ! was, hardly Any
way I learned that the IcpS had re-
turned to their fathcrland. 50 | went
out into the street expecting to see
scenes of awful devastation and a COW.
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CHAPTER ".


The next morning the draft was In
spectcd by our general. and we were
assigned to different companies. The
boys in the brigade had nickuamcd
this general Old Pepper, and he GER
tainly earned the sobrquet. ] was as.
signed to p company with another
American named Stewart,
For the next ten days we rested
repairing roads for the Frenchies, drill
ing, and digging bombing trenches.
one morning we were informed thai
we were going up the line, and oul
march began.
It took us three days to reach re
serve bilets--each days march bring
ing the sound of the guns nearer anC
nearer. At night way off in the dis
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CHAPTER III.


Upon enlistment we had identity
disks issued to us. These We're small
disks Of red fiber Worn around the neck
by means Of string. Most Of the Tom
mics also used little metal disk which
they wore around the left wrist by
means Of q chain. They had previous
~ figured it out that il their heads
were blown off, the disk on the left
wrist would identify them. If they lost
their left arm the disk around the neck
would serve the purpose, but if their
head and left arm were blown Of. no
one would care who they were, so il