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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
The Day i'm Davenport

let this office know, we could keep
them well supplied" say those in
charge of the Office.
Obituary Record Frank C. Stef-
fen, a well known Scott county
farmer, died at o'clock yesterday
morning at his. home six miles
west of the city on the Telegraph
road. He had been sick since last
September. Deceased was born in
Davenport, Dec. 81, 1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Strong, zoos
Ripley street, are mourning the
los of their son, Alvack Henry
Strong, who passed away Sunday
morning at o'clock after lin
gering illness. The deceased was
born in Davenport, Sept. %, 1907.
Dies of Diphtheria-T home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph q. Lehman oil
1850 West Fourth street, was quar-
antined late Saturday night when il
was found that Harold, their s.
year-old son. was suffering from q
severe attack of diphtheria. The
little child steadily grew worse and
passed away at 8 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Harold was born Aug
10, 1915, at Burlington, Iowa.
German No LOnger-At a spe-
cial meeting of the members of the
German Mutual Fire Insurance as
sOclatiOn, held on July at the
Times auditorium, the following
resolution was adopted: THAT the
name of the German Mutual Fire
Insurance association be changed
to the American Mutual Fire and
Tornado Insurance association OF
Scott county, Iowa"
Have Woman TeIler-The First
National bank of this city holds the
distinction of being the first loca'
bank to employ a woman teller
Miss Frederick Paulsen of Preston
Iowa, has been appointed to this
place at the bank. For severa
years Miss Paulsen was assistan,
cashier of the National bank al
Preston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

land how Eloise ever stood it l can't
see. She insisted it was an inspir-
ing situation and seemed to thrive
on it, wearing a different gown ev-
cry night and having her hair mar
celled till it's a wonder the roots
endured it,
Eloisc.' I would say to her,
think of the hordes of unattrac-
tive girls sitting at home darning
stockings simply because they have
not single beau to dress up for
and release your clutches on three or
four of yours. It's pure selishness to
corner the market, and I'm sure il
Mr.. Hoover finds out you are hoard
ing admirers as you are something
dreadful VIII happen
Il give YOU my word there were
tears in that child's' eyes. Mother
she said. they wouldn't leave If I
set off dynamite underneath their
chairs!' And I guess it was true.
When a girl is really fascinating
all her family can do is to stand it..
OF course, If Eloise ate all the candy
Greenfield brought, her face would
be a sight, but her father and | en-
JOY it very much, and when Harry's
flowers Overrun all the vases in the
house | take bunch to my sister.
whose daughter would be amazed
and surprised into nervous chill
If anyone as much as picked her n
bouquet of Gandelions! always
believe in cheering up those who
suffer. ! can't do much with Per-
cy's books OF poems. but they do to
weight down things as well as make
the library table look literary!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
TAKING No CHANCES.

A prominent real estate man tells
this one: He states that he recently
sold lot to a religious sect whose
teachings are considered by many
as rather radical, and they intend
ed to build a church upon it. He says
that he was to get a small part of
the total amount down, and the bal
ance in payments. When the
preacher and some of his elders
came in his Office TO get the deed
and he had reached that portion
calling for the name of the grantee,
he inquired who he should make it
out TO. He was told by the elders
and preachers 10 make it out to the
Lord Jesus Christ. He said DO YOU
mean that?" and they answered
Yes" Whereupon he said Hold
| on here; if I was getting cash for
this, l would not care who it went
to, but l may want TO fOreclose on
| this property, and I want the name
of some one whom I can get ser
vice on" J.R. o.
(The Docket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

If any proof were needed to show Lenine, the Boil
sheyik premier, has voluntarily delivered coun-
try to Germany far ne able, it is fur
nshed in the haste he has shown in trying to atone
for the assassination of Count Mirbach. Though
Germany by its acts has repeatedly repudiated
Of its agreement with the present Russian govern
ment, Lenine seems to nourish no resentment On
the contrary, he has shown a serenity through it all
that has been more than suspicious The haste and
completeness with which he disavows respon-
sibiity for the tragic end of kaisers ambassador
is the first real manifestation of on his part
that has been noted since Russia's collapse began.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Soda I'm the Griddle Cakes.

Is it unhealthful to use soda and
buttermiIk for making griddle
cakes, mullins and corn bread?
IF. A. h
Answer.-No. The sodium BIZ
(saleratus) reacts with the Tactic
acid of the buttermilk to produce
carbonic acid gas to leaven the
dough. the same gas as is produced
by the fermentation of sugar or
starch by yeast. The by-product
is lactate of sodium. which Is
harmless.
Inheritance of DefOrmity.
If one parent possesses a body
deformity will the child inherit i
similar deformity? &c. VI. c.
Answer-If the deformity is one
with which the parent was born,
there is a tendency for some of
the children to inherit it. If It Is
an acquired deformity there is no
tendency toward inheritance.
Bright Light and Baby's Eyes.
Kindly tell me whether a bright
light injuries the eyes Of a young
baby. L do not think it does, but
l should appreciate your opinion.
TX. B. S. b
wer.-Ordinary diffuse day
light doesn't injure the baby's
eyes. Direct sunlight should be
kept out of the eyes: 1t is one of
the thousand superstiHons of the
ignorant that a baby must be kept
in darkness. Bright daylight is
healthfuI for the baby and good
for his eyes in his waking hours
The old time nurse kept him in
the dark to conceal the dirt that
she was afraid to wash off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Man Power.

We read much Of power these days; human
power Is better term, because it emphasizes the
act that the women and children also constitute
treat factor in this war In the final victory every
nan woman and child in America can and should
part
In comparing the power Of Germany with
hat Of the United States it must be borne in mind
hat much larger proportion Of the manual labor
If the power Of the nation is performed, and is
nerted by the German women than by the women OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
The Bakers Problem.

From until Sept. 1 a serious situation will
face the bakers of the country, according to W. NJ
Campbell of the national bakers service board. Nor
malIy the country consumes 5O,OOO,OOO bushels Of
wheat month but the amount available till the
harvest comes on the market will not be more than
1450O,O00 bushels month. Bakers use in ordinary
times about 40 per cent of all the -four
It is obvious that the proportion Of substitutes
now employed III the making of bread is not great
enough to make up for the deficiency This means
that consumption must be greatly reduced, the
amount of substitutes must be vastly increased,
there will be flour enough to go around among
the bakers nor bread enough to go around among
the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Our National Problem.

Our problem, says the federal reserve board is
convert less essential into essential credit
and to convert less essential into more essential
production and distribution of goods The saving Of
ing of labor and materials in the adjusting the bus
mess of the nation to a basis. Our best hope
of avoiding competition between the government and
its citizens for credit, money labor, and materials,
which only result in credit and price imitation
and higher costs of living, is saving
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
MFSSENGFR SHELLS.

For some time past the German,
have been making usa ot a spe'la4
message" she'll both for llasOA
work within their llnes ana ~
throwing propaganda material mo
the allied trenches
This missile is a Tin tabe. abou'
ten inches long and one finch in al
ameter. with wings at ia base. ~
top OF the shell contains box
destined 10 enclose messages; pr
low Is a space filled with hre"otas,'
at the base there as a shotgun c@Is
ridge, the explosion on which ~
pels the whole and lights the ~
works in midair This proleel'ls =
fired by "grauatenwerfar' sI.u
uda by rife, and can be thrown
distance OF 600 yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Continued tomorrow
PtID e5OO FOR BRICK,

Five hundred dollars for the FIST
brick for the new Young Women's
Christian association building was
presented by Mrs. George Dewey
at the meeting OF the business
women's council In Washington,
Mrs. Dewey's gift was at once
matched from the floor by the mem
bers Of the club, who voted that an
equal amount be taken from the
club treasury 10 hasten the time
when work could begin on the new
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

and myself but she's so tender
hearted she couldn't hurt a fy
.''Whcn I'm making so many o.,
the poor things unhappy. mother,
she says; I just have 10 be nice u
them,
AS Won saw wish She had a pug
nose or wore Hat heels or some
thing!"
you poor thing" sympathi1eu
the thin woman who had been turn,
ing the heel OF a sock and hadn ,
wanted 10 talk, anyhow. I'm sl'1
mine are both boys"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
The Light in
the Clearing
Bv IRVING BACHELLER
Copyright 1917. The Bobbs-Merrin Co.

house. Aunt Deel sat By the stove
old Kate by the window looking mi
at the falling dusk. How still the
house seemed,
There's one thing forgot ." sal5
as | proudly took out uf my wallet
the six one-dollar bills which | uad
earned by working Saturday and
handed three Of them to nv aunt
| and three TO my uncle, saying:
That Is my Christmas present
| to you. l earned II myself"
/ remember so well their aston
lshment and the trembling Of their
| hands and the look OF their faces.
It's grand-ayes!" Aunt Deei
said in a low tone.
She rose in moment and beck
oned to me and my uncle. We fol-
! lowed her through the open door to
the other room.
III tell ye what Ia do" she
whispered. I'D give EN- to OIL
kate-ayes, She's goin' 10 stay
with us till tomorrow"
So I took the money out Of their
hands and went in and gave II 10
the Silent Woman.
That's your present from me-
said.
How can I forget how she held
my arm against her with that low
| ing, familiar, rocking motion OF a
l&oman who is soothing a baby al
f%er breast and kissed my coat sleeve.
She released my arm and, turning
to the window, leaned her head
upon its sill and shook with sobs.
/ he Il 81
/ turned to my seat by the stove
! could dimly see her form against
the light of the window. We sat in
silence for a little while.
Aunt Deel broke in by singing in
low tone as she rocked:
My days are passing swiftly by
And Ia pilgrim stranger
! Would not detain them as they fly,
These days OF toll and danger"
Uncle Peabody rose and got a
candle and lighted It at the hearth.
wal, Bart, Wen do the chores,
an then / warn We that we're goin'
TO have some fun he said as he
got his lantern. There's eoin' TO
| be some or Sledge played here this
evenin' and l wouldn't wonder Il
| Kate could beat US all"
/ held the lantern while Uncle
Peabody fed the sheep and the two
COWS and milked-a slight chore
! these winter days.
There's nothing so cold on earth
as fork stale on a winter night"
! he remarked as he was pitching
the hay. Wish I'd brought my nit
tens"
you and I are TO 90 to bed
purity early" he said as we were
going back to the house, Yer Aunt
Deel wants to see Kate alone and
git her to talk if she can"
Kate played with us, smiling now
ana then at my uncle's merry ways
and words, but never speaking II
was poor fun, for the cards seemed
to take her away from US into other
scenes so that she had to be re-
minded of her turn to play.
Il dunno but she'll swing back
into this world ag'in," said Uncle
Peabody when we had gone up TO
our little room. Il guess all she
needs Is TO be treated like a human
bein' Yer Aunt Deel an I couldn't
git over thinkin' O. what she done
for you that night in the OF barn.
SO I took some O. yer aunt's good
clothes to her an a pair o boots
an asked her 10 come to Chris mas.
She lives in a little room over the
blacksmith shop down TO Butter
fields mill, 1 told her I'd come
after her with the cutter but she
shook her head. l knew she'd rath-
err walk"
He was yawning as he spoke and
soon we were both asleep under the
shngles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Keep the baby out of crowds. Don't take it to
places of amusement 1t doesn't for moving pic
lures" This advice given by the Chicago health de-
partment is good enough to be passed along to other
cities including Rock Island, where there par
ents do realize how peculiarly susceptible
infant is to contagious diseases which adults in
fair health are ordinarily immune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Every true American will be glad that Secretary
McAdoo has recovered from the throat trouble that
led TO his visiting the Pacific coast few weeks ago
1t is hoped his Improvement will be permanent The
country needs him just
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
lIIHIEEsAANTqN TAnLdKS
BY MlLllAM, 4 BR RAD f1o.

eve can see where the cancer ter
inmates and healthy tissue begins:
and no known medicine will de-
stroy the cells which make up can
GER and leave intact the cells
which make up healthy tissues.
Hence it is pure superstition to
imagine that a paste or external
application will eat out the cancer
but no affect healthy flesh.
Compared with modern surgery
under local or general anesthesia,
the use of a caustic paste in the
treatment of any surface cancer IS
crude, uncleanly and exceedingly
painful, as easily controlled as a
stab in the dark or a dynamite
blast, and always subjecting the
victim to the grave risk of septi-
but not affect healthy flesh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
the people

1t is hardly to be expected that Colonel Roosevelt
will accept Colonel Lynchs invitation to to Ire
land help the recruiting campaign there, though
the field is that might naturally appeal to two
listed fighting man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

In Memphis, metropolis of dry state, they are
selling cockais-T. s. cocktails. they called and
they are % cents each. The purchaser gets thrift
stamp served in a glass Whether they effective
thirst quenchers stated but hotel keepers say
they find the demand for this particular kind of
cocktail brisk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

There may be difference between beer and near
beer, but the food administration refuses to discrm
mate in ordering reduction of 80 per cent in the
materials used in manufacture for the coming year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Sixty-eight degrees is to be standard temperature
,or dwellings next winter but it does follow
sssariIy that one is expected to burn coal in the
middle of the summer to bring the thermometer up
20 that figure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Women even breaking into the army. They
are being given places as cooks in the base hosp-
!als in this country and considered for the
same work in aviation camps. thereby relieving men
or other duties
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Employees Get Raise-An increase
in salaries for all carriers and
clerks at the Davenport postoffice
has been granted by United States
postal officials. The increase will
become effective at once. The in
crease allows the Davenport office
81 900 a year for all new carriers
and clerks with a raise of 5000 aft
er the first year.
Are Rabbits Demonstrated! -Rab
bits may be domesticated animals
and then again they may not, &C
cording to a statement Assistant
County Attorney Realff Ottesen
filed with County Auditor Joe Wag-
ner, clerk of the board of super
visors. If they are, E. II. Smith,
1881 Harrison street, rabbit fan
cier, is entitled to $50 from the
county. If they are not the ruling
OF the supervisors (which disaIlow-
ed his claim for that amount, will
stand Mr. Smith recently pre-
scented a claim for $50 for six rab-
bits. which he claims were killed
by dogs. The board, ruling that
rabbits did not come under the gem
eral head of domesticated animals,
refused to grant the claim.
Care for Runaway - George
Brunswick, runaway of tender
years, who claims to hail from
Lynnville, Mo, was taken Sunday
to the Wier farm near Long Grove
st the orders of the district court.
Young Brunswick has been in the
hands of juvenile authorities for
some time. They have been unable
TO locate his parents or friends.
Surplus of Farm HandS-For the
first time since the United States
employment service office was
established in Davenport, farm
hands seeking jobs were turned
away Yesterday. The heaviest run
of unemployed farm hands the Of
fee has ever experienced came yes
terday morning and continued
through the afternoon. IF farm
/ ers who need help now would only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
The Farmers Patriotic HELD.

'oNtI IdIU, III, bUIIeJIn1.
A farmer recently hired a lad to
help him do chores. One morning
he told him to take some salt with
him and salt calf out in the pas
ture. The boy took a quart of salt
and Thoroughly rubbed it over the
calf, working it into the hair. A
gang of colts in the pasture scented
the salt and got after the calf. They
licked all the hair off the calf and
nearly took the hide off too.
THE people in Germany refuse
&c believe that there are a million
American soldiers in France. Don't
hear the Huns at the front express
ing any doubt about 1t though.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

Thrive by Thrift. Buy
War Savings Stamps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Watson, What Do You Make of
This

Watson, What Do You Make of
This!
81 saw a girl who was wearing
a war bride veil and white stock
ings with birds on them worked in
silk" writes J. G. G. DO you sup
pose that combination means her
husband is an aviator?'
A CONTEMPORARY says: Uncle
Sans idea of it is that a brewery in
the hand is worth two in the Busch
family"
NEWSPAPERS in st. Louis an
nOunCe, as though it were some
thing unusual, the fact that fell
low who tried TO enlist had his heart
on the right side. S. ID. S. main
tains that that's the side any fel-
lows heart is on, who tries %
enlist.
WITH July heat turned on in
earnest and a million Americans in
France making it still hotter for
the Germans, the kaiser will wish
before the summer Is over that he
had looked for a place in the shade
instead of a place in the sun.
WRITING to Doc Brady an anx-
ious reader says;
IF l fail TO take a walk every
day, the next day my limbs are so
trembly and my head so dizzy 1 can
hardly walk. Please advise me in
this matter"
We have no idea what advice Doc
will give. but before we could give
any advice we'd first want to know
where the patient walks to when
he does walk.
WHO is the Rock Island 4dist
who makes quite a good thing out
of picking pedestrians up and haul
ing them for nothing, he having
found $3.50 under the seat of his
Henry the other day after giving
his gratis rides to a number OF
plOdders whose pockets could not
withstand the shaking and jump
ing movements Of his machine?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Again, We Have the Conventional b

IIhe AIedO DemOCraD.
The bride was becomingly attfred
in gown OF white georgette creme
and carried large bouquet OF white
roses. Her going away gown was
OF lavender poplin with hat and
shoes TO match. The groom wore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

THE Russian situation, which
has again come to the front, is
about as confusing as ever, but
there is at least one person over
there who would give one a clear
vision of the affair if but permitted
to do so, it seems. He is desig-
mated as the chief Moscow COM
missioner" After the assassination
of the German ambassador and a
revolt, in Moscow he sent out a
wireless dispatch in which he said,
Il beg to announce that the mutiny
was caused by a group of cheeky
fools and was suppressed without
difficulty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
.cHOIRDg MD
d use II ID S
SAFETY FIRST.

Crush the kaiser and his crew,
Safety First
For the world, and me and you,
Safety First.
Their place was never in the sun,
Let their race be quickly run,
Down with bloody Turk and Hun
Safety First!
Never let them chirp again,
Safety First
Another war they'd soon begin,
Safety First
Give them all they want of fight,
Crush them for the cause of right,
Let them all go down in night
Safety First!
Never let them raise their head,
Safety First
Villains all are better dead,
Safety First
Never mind their weeps and walls,
Take the plan that never fails,
Dead men never bring home tales
Safety First!
WILLIAM HENRY DIXON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
the conventional black.

IT'S all very well for the fuel
administrator TO insist that the tenn
perature in homes be kept down to
68 degrees next winter and threat
en- to prosecute all violations of the
order. but it seems he's enforcing
THE same order for summer.
n n K.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09
Good Reading for the NeighbOrs

tSan Diego, Cal, SUM
Wanted-To trade a trOmbon
for a typewriter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-09

A CONTEMPORARY says: "Uncle
Sans idea of it is that brewery in
the hand is worth two in the Busch
family"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
GOVERNMENT SENDS
John B. LORD HERE
.,.,h.r Of United States Govern
uen.'s FOOD Commission VIII
speak on Conditions
over There.
NO ADMISSION CHARGED
patriotic Citizens Are Contributing
in order That Lecture May
Be Free to the
Public.

1ohn B Lord, who has been on tne
,.a,ian front, the western front, in the
.rancbes and in the army Ktchens,
~ who in fact has been in toucn
. aaI all the things that Americans OF
today are so vitality interested IN, VIII
sneak on these subjects Sunday nigni
a, the free public meeting to De helu
IN the Grand opera house. Mr.. Doro
T. member of the United States gov
ornment's food commission, and mas
bean in Europe studying at first hand
.bo nroblems of the allies. The gov
ernment is sending him out to tell peo-
ME of his visit to the trenches. the
rnined cities of France, the municipal
kitchens of London and other inter
esting and important places. HIS VS.
n here and the meeting will be under
the auspices of the U. S. government,
your government, which is taking this
means Of telling you about conditions
"oyer there.
Keokuk people are invited and urged
10 attend this meeting Sunday night.
The speaking will commence at eight
o'clock. and there will be a half hour
band concert beginning at 1925 O'Clock
bv Keokuk Concert band under direc-
ton of W, H. Bower. Hazen ! Sawyer
will introduce Mr.. Lord to the aud
fence. Besides Mr.. Lord there will be
two other speakers, another member
Of the commission, and a woman
spaker who will have something inter-
estng to say regarding the food prob
lem from the woman's standpoint.
sell rnnroSantafivpS
are to tour the state of Iowa this COM
Ing week, and the first stop will be at
Fort Madison Sunday afternoon and
Keokuk Sunday night. They viii ar
rive from the east at Fort Madison
Sunday afternoon in time for the meet.
| Ing there, and will be brought down to
Keokuk by auto for the meeting here
Sunday night.