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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
HEARTS OF GOLD.
BY George Elmer Cobb.
Copyright, 1919, by the Weste


4NbWH paper GllOu-t
Eleanor Boyce trOd the shady
footpaths OF the park with eyes
cast down and a heavy heart She
enVaded the gay groups. for her
spirits were not in accord with fes-
tiyity or companionship. She came
to where they had been filing in
refuse and rubbish. Dismal and
grewsome as was the spot, at least
there she could be alone and think
out the problem of her sorry ex-
istence.
For over a month she had been
out of work, and but for the kind
heartedness of her landlady she
would have been without a roof TO
shelter her. IL was a poor place
ut the best, but there we're other
struggling beings like herself. She
was thinking just now of one of
these unfortunates. "a young man
named Dexter Brill. In his more
flourishing days he had been cour-
teous and cOnsiderate to her, had
Invited her to the theatre once or
twice. WAS n player Of the violin
and an excellent singer. and &C
quaintanCe with him had been a
pleasure TO Eleanor
For a week he had been aiiing
end Mrs Booth and Eleanor had
been faithful nurses and friends.
lsleanor had exhausted her last dol
t-r in the purchase Of fruits and
e c Brill had laughed at the anxi-
etiea Of those two. I'll be all right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

said. "but l am from the police de-
paTtment of justice, and il is nee
essary for me to question you.
How came you by that watch?"
Eleanor was flustered some
what, but she narrated a clean.
convincing story Could she lead
the detective to the spot where she
had found it? "Oh. surety" and
in the rubbish heap the officer
probed until he brought to light a
dozen similar pieces of valuable
jewelry.
He explained to Eleanor how
the jewelry belonged to a wealthy
society woman. The receptacle
holding them, silk bag. had dis
appeared, supposedly stolen bv
some servant. Now it appeared
that in some manner the bag had
found its way into the family dust
heap and thence to the park area
Mrs. Randolph DrexeI was a lib-
eral-minded lady. She insisted
upon seeing Eleanor. further upon
the bestowal of a generous money
reward. And that became the nest
egg of a fund later employed in
the purchase of a wedding trous-
seau, for when the landladz recit-
ed to Dexter Brill the story OF
Eleanor's unfailing interest in
him when he was i'll, his pent IN
love burst all bounds in full con-
fession.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

heap lot" better summer than me
BOB.
P. SITS mighty nice Of you tt
say you enjoy my letters, for
never had an idea anyone could
think them interesting. never
made a good grade in composition
I in my life. Maybe it's my spelling
! Dad always said that il was some
thing painful, but he's pretty fussy
as a rule. | imagine it's my pen
manship. They always did nag at
US left handed buffers.
If it annoys you to have me writ
ing-this is the fourth time, isn't
it?-you had better tell me straight.
If you don't, l probably won't have
any better sense than to write
again sometime. The mater is
mighty fine to me since l took a
notion to say I was sorry for the
way I acted when she first came.
I guess she likes me a little bet
ter. BOB
Your plans for the summer Ger
tainly had a sad ending. It was a
pity that your cousin should lose
his life here after coming back
from war full of hope that he
would regain his former health. !
am sorry, too, that you could not
have the pleasant time with him
you expected.
I think you should tip your hat
to your sister. II will pay to train
now for the man you want to be
someday. Some men think courtesy
and thoughtfulness is womanishN
They are wrong. They are Of com
mon clay and care more for eat
ing and money making than for the
finer things in life. In one OF
James BaTrie's stories a little Lon
don waif meets a rich man for the
second time and upon parting begs
him to do what he did the day be-
fore so her friend can see. He Of
fers her another shilling. which she
refuses. He had lifted his hat upon
parting and she did not want him
to forget.
I enjoy your letters and so do
many of my readers, because in
their letters they have mentioned
you with interest.
Thank you for wishing me so
pleasant a summer. II has been
very enjoyable, doubtless because
I have reached and passed the en-
yiable age of q.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
How Horse Medicine Works.

HOW Horse MEDICINE hOFkS.
AlOes is a profitable medicine for
a, druggist to sell or a drug-dis-
pensing doctor to give his patrons.
The more aloes you take the more
you need, and the more you need
the oftener you come back for
more pills. Then, too. there is no
law against attaching to aloes a
legend referring to something an
old Indian told grandfather.
Aloes move the bowels, or, as
Old Doctor Bunkem would say,
''purifies the blood" 1t is very
cheap. 1t is an herb, which fact
gives it the unquestiOning approx
al of many a gullible fellow. It
was originally used as horse medi-
cine. Some shrewd veterinarian
introduced it to the credulOus hu-
man race.
The congestion and irritation
produced by habitual use OF this
horse medicine as a physic are not
confined to the digestive tract and
the lower bowel. The medicine
also irritates the pelvic organs in
both sexes, and is one OF the COM
monty overlooked factors of annoy
ing functional disturbances of the
pelvic organs of men and women
hence a grand thing for the bust
ness of those who deal in alleged
remedies for weak men and weak
women.
The habitual use of aloes is a
prolific cause of piles, for the drug
invariably exerts a congesting ac-
ton upon the lower bowel.
Constipation is a comparatively
harmless state. The great Ameri-
can physic habit is responsible for
heaven knows how much minor
illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

In drawing a headline" on wholesale and
retail prices through fair price boards the
government is taking the sensible course to
reduce the cost of living. Nobody expects to
buy things for less than the cost of production
but everybody objects to contributing to ex-
Orbitant profits. Price boards have facilities
which the public has not of getting at the facts
and publicity will do the rest. The man in
business and who expects to remain in bust
ness has more respect for public opinion than
he has for sumptuary laws, indiferently
forced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

conHdentiaI, the repues DeinK sent direct
paid TO anonymous lettersl.
@. Has Finland been recognized
by the United States? T. F.
A. Finland has been recognized
and has sent minister to Wash
ington. His name is Saastamoinen
Q. What per cent of the people
are regular attendants at moving
picture shows? Y. F. c.
A Motion picture producers es-
innate that 20 per cent of the peo-
pie are habituaI movie goers. They
base their faith in the future of the
business upon a belief that event.
uaIly so per cent of the people will
get the habit.
Q. When did the federal reserve
bank system come into operation?
NJ. R.
A. The federal reserve act was
passed in 1913 and became effec-
tive in 1914 1t was regarded as
an outgrowth of the panic of 1907.
Of the Northumberland investiga-
ton and the emergency currency
act.
Q. Are there American steam
ship lines to the Dutch East In
dies? Y. D.
A. Before the war British and
Dutch ships carried all the Dutch
East India trade and whatever
America got from that part of the
world came through Europe Dur
ing the war the Pacific offered a
safer highway from tapioca, pep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

per. rubber, buffalo hides, tea, CO.
coanut oil, quinine. nutmegs. su-
gar, and American ships were
sent for these supplies and the
trade grew to $SO,OOO.0OO a year.
Now an attempt is being made to
hold this trade.
Q. What was Abraham Lin
coins ancestry? T. y. 7.
A. Abraham Lincoln was Amer
lean born of parents of English
extraction.
Q. What opportunity for en-
ployment does the merchant mar
inc offer? K. j. j.
A. The merchant marine is Of
fering employment to men between
IS and 30, paying them $50 a
month during their apprenticeship
and shipping them to a different
port each cruise. The director Of
recruiting, customs house. Boston,
Mass. receives applications.
Q. How can hair be removed
other than by shaving? p. N. NJ.
A. There are various applica-
tfons. the active agent in which is
quicklime. that will eat up hair
and take it off. This leaves the
roots, of course, and the hair will
grow out again. The lime is also
hard on the skin. Hair may be
taken out permanently by the eX-
pert use of an electric needle de-
veloped for the purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Senator Borah says congress cannot forbid
rail strikes. Congress represents the whole
people, who have right to forbid any volun-
tary act which threatens Widespread loss and
physical suffering. Congress can forbid rail
way strikes-but probably it won't at the
present stage of affairs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

The 161st anniversary of the
birth of Lafayette is being cele-
brated today with observances
throughout the United States As
this is also the fifth anniversary
OF the first battle of the Marine. the
day has a two-fold significance.
At the Lafayette day public ex-
ercises held in New York city to-
day the speakers will include Am
bassador Jus5erand. Myron T. Her
rick and DR.. John II. Finley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
GOOD SOUPS,

Noodle Soup-One egg. one-half
teaspoon salt, one cup -four, beef
broth or bouilIon cubes. beat eggs
we'll, add salt and your in well
sifted -four; mix 10 a very stif
dough and roll out as thin as pos
sible: dust very lightly with flour
and roll up like a jelly roll. wrap
in a cloth and let stand for two
hours, then cut slices from the end
Of the roll. shake Into strips and
drop into the boiling broth, cover
well and boil 20 minutes, stirring
once or twice, so they Will not
stick TO bottom OF the dish.
Some eggs are larger Than
others, so If egg is larger uae I''t'a
more -four.
Bean SOup-Look over and wasa
one pint navy beans; cover gener-
Ously with cold water; place On
stove and let come to boiling priu.
and drain of water; repeat tl'-
once more; then put in hot wa',..
an onion or two, and any scraps
of meat you may have on hand.
bacon, ham or rather lean s.u
pork. Cook four hours, adding
adding water as needed, then pat
through a colander 10 remove -
outside skins, put back on stove
and season to taste with pepper,
salt If needed and sweet cream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
The War a Year Ago

British advanced several miles
on wide front east of Peronne.
British transport Persic, carry
ing $500 United States troops, tor
pedoed by German U-boat, but no
lives lost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Fat. Nervous. FIabhy. SIeeDIesS

Last February I wrote you con-
corning your method OF reduction
and began the use of same in
March. I have lost 20 pounds and
have every reason to be pleased
with the results. Your exercises
have proved very beneficial and
my flesh is getting very firm. Aft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
MENU HINT.
Breakfast.

tTult.
Broiled Chops Grilled Potatoes
Toast Coffee
Luncheon.
Salmon Salad
Sliced Tomatoes
Cup Custards Tea
Dinner.
Cheese Canape
Baked Baby Lima Beans
Macaroni Griswalde String Beans
Lettuce
Berries Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
Household Hints

one-quarter teaspoon paprika. two
tablespoons sugar. two tablespoons
flour. two tablespoons butter. one
egg or two yolks.
Mix dry ingredients add egg,
vinegar and water blend with but
ter, cook until thick.
Rice Vegetable Salad-One-half
cup each celery, carrots and rice.
Marinate all separately with
French dressing. Arrange on let
tuce leaves in shape of a mound,
having rice at the bottom and car
rOts at the top.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

The president is still wearing his straw hat
for which he deserves the gratitude of those
who have neglected to make their fall invest
ment in headgear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Judge Pickle Of Texas, who beat up an or
ganizer OF negroes, is very likely opposed to
lynching during official hours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Edith Cavell may have been executed in
accordance with the rules of war, but the
United States and its allies will get a lot of
satisfaction out of the condemning of the man
who betrayed her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Don't be a gutter Stick with the civil
lied world in what it has started out to do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Another extension of credit of $4,000, 900.
making more than a billion and a half in all,
ought to help soften Italian resentment to-
ward the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

Governor Lowden has received 200 invita-
tons during the last month to deliver ad-
dresses 1t isn't so much what the governor
says as the way he says it that has them
going
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

The nose-kiss exists in races so
far apart as the Eskimos of the
Arctic region and the Maoris Of
New Zealand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

The president continues to say something
every time he gets up to speak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06
Argus Information Bureau

D. C.
will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

In the state of Washington farmer killed
three trespassers with three shots. Alvin
York is not so many, after all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-06

A woman writes the heart and home de-
partment of d, newspaper to know what il
means when she has been married 16 years
We couldn't quite make out the answer, but
it's our notion that it means that she has been
living with the same man 16 years. Perhaps il
means that she has several children. Hanged
if we know.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
50
Manu- LiueS Lost
And Damage Will
Run to Millions
State Troops Searching For ead List OF Known Dead y
Issued; Three Twisters Believed To Have Hit City
In Quick Succession; Hospitals Crowded With In
jured Persons; Doctor. And Nurses Hastened to
City. ss3sxt< :

Fergus Falls, Mimi, June 23.-Between sixty and
seventy persons were killed and more than hundred
were badly injured by the tornado which struck Fer
gus Fall late yesterday and tore large section of the
city, including the business district to pieces Thirty
eight bodies have been recovered. #
About 500 stores and residences were demolished
score or more persons missing The property
loss will be several million dollars. Virtually the entire
northwestern section of the city is in ruins It
bles the sashings around the mill Public build
ings and churches were destroyed. Hospitals are
crowded with victims but city officials said this morn
ing that they believed Fergus Falls would be able to
provide relief for it's sufferers
State troops began searching the wreckage short
y after daylight 1t is believed that than dozen
bodies buried in the debris which the Grand
Hotel. Fifty persons in this building when the
tornado About thirty of these victims dead
Much of the residence district south of the Red
river is waste.
Local citizens said they believe that three storms
struck the city in quick succession Several persons
corroborated statements that three funnel shaped
clouds The first apparently struck the town
from the northwest and tore through the Lake Aliea
district This. smash wrecked tn <srand HoteS
second cloud brought ;driylnE s1ls
from the southwest The third swept over ~ E1I
section}from the southeast. - - -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK BY
TORNADO Will E RUNNING AT A
RATE OF IS MILES PER HOUR
Engine Breaks Loose, and
Six Cars Leave Track;
Forty-three Out of 200
Passengers Receive Minor
Injuries; Marine Gives
Vivid Account of Acct
dent. =

While running at a rate of As miles
an hour. Great Northern Train No. 1.
west bound, was picked up by the cy-
clone which demolished Fergus Falls.
and was deposited right side up with
care at the top of railway embank-
ment near Carlisle. Minn.. shortly aft
or o'clock Sunday afternoon.'
OF the 200 passengers on the train,
43 sustained minor injuries. The rest
were uninjured.
Six cars left the rails The two Pull
mans, and the observation car remain
ed on the track. The locomotive broke
loose from the remainder of the train
and remained on the rails, running
some distance before it could be stop
ped.
Marine Tells Story.
A vivid account of the affair was
given this morning by James Brown,
a discharged marine, of Portland.
Ore, who passed through Grand
Forks on his way to his home.
I'VE were running along at fast
rate" said Brown. Suddenly the train
came to stop. and the cars began to
be lifted in the air. Everyone was
thrown out Of their seat and then we
alighted with a bump, on the top of
the embankment.
ut was some sight. There was
low black cloud flying over the prairie
and whenever it came to silo, house
or fence, the structure, whatever it
was, would be picked up like paper
and go whirling through the air.
Some of the silos which were flying
around looked like big balloons
Local People on Train. :
A number Of Grand Forks people
were on No. I when it went off the
track. Among them were Mrs. Rob-
ssrt Nash, who sustained slight brutses..
f1he was ,aceompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Carf.Na who had her little son
W {. Cross, son of Mrs. william
tary! SERVICE was slightly bruised
Charles Rickendorfer. and H. M. Will
son. who had also Just returned from
military service. and was on his way
tc see Mrs. Wilson. who has resided
at Ala North Seventh street, during
the war. 4
Rudolph Peterson. lust discharged
to visit his sister, Mrs. B. Sorbo, was
on the train. ~.
Injuries Slight.
According to r. P. O'Connell, claim
agent for the Great Northern. there
WOIc TO pdSScH6SlS ouI VI SVo. "AAo
were on the train who reported in
juries. These were all in the nature of
slight cuts or bruises except in the
case of Miss Ruth Kelly of Barnes
Vile, who sustained a dislocated ankle.
Mr.. O'Connell left for the scene Of
the wreck on No. 80 Sunday night.
and arrived there shortly after mid
night. He returned on No. 20 this
morning.
Arrive Today.
Many. Of the passengers who were
on the wrecked train arrived in Grand
Forks this morning. They were taken
to Fargo on Great Northern Train No.
4, which was turned around late Sun
day afternoon when it reached the
scene Of the wreck. They reached
Grand. Forks on Trains No. 9 and 20
which were run by way of Willmar
and Breckenridge. and on a special
No. 1 made up at the Twin Cities fol-
lowing the wreck.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
L.AS'IIilP | l||I'|' /! ] Of
!. CAllIP'iAl ll'' ,l|l, ! I
BEGUN / ! N TODAY
Industrial Program Of the
{ League at Stake; Both
Sides Claim Victory.

Bismarck, N. D., June 23.-The ref
erendum campaign which on June 26
will determine. for the present. the
fate of the industrial program Of the
Nonpartisan7 league, entered its last
lap today with both sides claiming
sweeping victory. Disinterested OBJ
servors are inclined to believe the re-
suit will BE close. There is no indi-
cation of any great slump in league
support among those who voted for
however, a large silent vote last fall
which must be taken into considera-
ton next Thursday, and there have
returned to the state since the last
election probably $4,000 soldiers who
were out of the country and unable to
vote last November.
The campaign has been conducted
with unusual bitterness and venom on
both sides, and there will be general
sense of relief when it is over Presi-
dent A. @. Townley of the National
Nonpartisan league has personally di-
rected the campaign OF that organiza-
ton, and he has had the assistance of
la number, OF speakers imported from
other states and of huge corps Of
organizers and local leaders. The In
dependent Voters association
Theodore Nelson of Fargo, has as
sumed the leadership Of the opposi-
ton to the league program, although
probably the most effective work in
this connection has been done by in
surgent leasuers such as Attorney
General LANCER, Secretary of State
Hall, State Auditor Karl Kositzky,
Senator F.sW. Mees Of Morton county
and simon J. Nagel of the state
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
twenty-five Foreigners Ar
rested; Mayor Gray Issues
Statement Telling OF The
Meeting. To lncite Riet
And Plot Against His Au-
thority; Refuses Pernais-
sion For Mass Meeting.

Winnipeg, June 23.-It was Of
fioially announced today that all
aliens hereafter caught partici-
pating in demonstrations against
the guardians Of the peace will
be taken In custody and placed In
an internment camp. More than
twenty aliens, charged with riot
ing, are I'm custody pending In
ternment, 1t WAS announced.
More than 100 persons are un-
der arrest as the result Of rioting
and the city was calm today.
Street cars resumed service this
morning, more than thirty cars
being in operation.
The Western Labor News In
this mornings issue declared that
the strike ia unbroken. Tho
newspaper suggests that q ''com-
mission with extraordinary pow
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
BIG PENSION ROLL.

Calgary. Alta. June 23.-Federal
statistics made public here by Lieut..
Col. George r. Philip indicate that
when all Canadian soldiers have re-
turned from Europe the governments
pension roll will total between $780,
100000 and $40.00O,0o0 annually. At
present it runs close to $4,000, 900.
Philip said. He is tn charge Of the
district pension office.
Canada at present, including the
thousands on the permanent rolls.
This total probably will be Increased
to $4,000. It IL estimated that about
100000 Canadian. soldiers still are
overseas. and that about Ii, 5000 OF
this total will be entitled to pensions
for short time. at least. Il. &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
TO TAKE A1RPLANE PICTURES.

Yellowstone Park, wyo., June 23.-
Arrangements are being made to take
airplane pictures of the Yellowstone
wonderland on July 5. Present plans
provide that Lieut.. w. NJ. Beck, will
leave Mather Field. Sacramento. on
July in 25o-horse power bombing
plane. His first stop on the tentative
ly arranged program is Ogden. Utah
from where he is to fly to Pocatello
and thence to the park.
1t is understood that the govern
ment plans to provide wide distribu-
ton for the films if they are sue
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23
SUMNER SCHOOL OPENS.

Bozeman, Mont, June 23.-County
surerintendents of schools and teach
ers generally. from all parts of this
state, are here this week attending a
summer school session at the Montana
college of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
DIR. w. w. Kemp Of the University.
of California and Miss Mabel Carney.
head. Of the rural education depart
ment Of the teachers college at Col-
.umbia University, New York, are to
be the principal speakers.
DR.. Kemp will give a,series Of lee
lures, one each day, on Educational
Reconstfuction problems" Il
Miss Carney Will discuss problems
peculiar to rural school teaching.