Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
SINGLE AND HAPPY.

TIOul the dCllUHs tluty Spedk plain
er than words, appearances. and
stories carried by women gossipers.
ii is reported all over Huntington that
/ am married and have a family and
ood-for-nothing husband to support.
| deny that report. l am not married
and never have been. l am what you
would call an "Old Maid" that is
very pretty name and 1t is no disgrace
and, more than that, am not ashamed
of it. l think it no honor to be mar
ried either. if I'd get man like some
women do. | belong to the Methodist
church and I'm Christian as we'll as
church member. If were like some
girls would have been married years
ago. l am very well contented at home
with my father and mother, if l did
chase down at the mission after
"crazy idiot" there are two sides to
everything). am not engaged either
My father is hard working, honest
and respectable man. He works at
the factory. My mother is a good
Christian woman. but she is not very
strong and cannot get to go to church
very often on account Of her health
being SO bad.
MISS HAZEL Cassidy.
Huntington CIV. va Herald-Dis
patch.
ONE of the German newspapers is
said to have defied the kaiser. But
not more than once.
A WOMAN who has sued for d.
vorce in San Francisco makes sew
eral charges, the strongest of which
is that her husband is lover of lin
burger cheese.
WAR has its compensations in va
Iious directions. For instance, a cor
net band in an Oklahoma town has
t been broken up because the major
ity OF its members have been called to
the cOlors.
MANY tri-city people had a per-
sonal acquaintance with John l., Sui
! livan. the former king of the squared
circle, who has taken the count. Old
timers will recall his meeting with a
Davenport blacksmith. The latter
was celebrated locally for his pugil-
istic prowess. Sullivan was a COM
parative youngster then. He had his
reputation to make. His manager an
nounced he would meet all corners and
give sum of money to the one who
would stand before John l.. Il
certain number Of rounds. The
blacksmith was urged by hi.
friends to accept the challenge.
He did so. The blacksmith was youth
full and made his home with his moth
er. The latter sought to dissuade her
son from meeting Sullivan. Don't
you know" said the mother, that the
boy is making his living that way.
Don't go In now and beat him up and
make fool of him before the world
That might put him out Of business
as fighter" The blacksmith would
not heed his mothers plea. After the
scrap had gone a few rounds he
wished that he had. Sullivan, about
twenty years ago. jumped or fell from
Rock Island and Peoria train while
, enroute from this city to the Distil-
lery town. Whether it was an acct
dent or an attempt at self-destruction
was never learned.
| THE kaiser has had another birth
! day, but we haven't heard that he re-
ceived any remembrance from the
White house, unless 1t was a bunch
to watch his step. that PershinK will
get him If he doesn't look a little
bit out
ONE of the New York critics said
that prominent actor performed well
in new part that he appeared in
The actor wanted to know what he
meant, saving that the comment was
too deep for him.
PANSY reports that she knows .
Rock Island husband who tries n
have company at his home six nights
every week to keep from fighting witt,
his wife. On Sunday evening they
attend prayer meeting together.
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