Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-14

Not His Business.

Not His Business.
guilty."
Path and phwat are yez there fur If not
to find out?'-Exchange.
Rise in Value.
Dauber-'T got more than I expected for
my last picture
Friend-"Why, I thought your landlord
agreed to take it in lieu OF next months rent"
Dauber-"Yes, but he raised my rent
Exchange.
A whole lot OF folks thought, it a sure sign
Of the times when the Elks elected Frank Rain
an grand exalted ruler Wednesday. Yet no
body said anything year ago when Campbell
was elected to the same Office
Women will vote the way their husbands
tell them to-"
Guess you haven't had much experience
with women"
Cy DeVry of the Lincoln park, Chicago, ZOO
Is trial before the board of control on
charges of intoxication. He says if his pets
could testify he would be acquitted. 1t is al
legged he struck a park officer while drunk His
defense is that he gave the officer only what he
deserved. He says his pets know that he never
chnStises them except when they need it And
anybody who has obserg ed Cy moving among
his pets knows he loves them and that they
love him.
Oswald remarks that if the candy girls on
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In Maine an autost going eight miles an
hour was fined for speeding. In this instance
the speed was in his system. He also had a
Quart in his pocket
A circuit of theatres for negroes has been
launched. There will be houses in all the
large cities. And Mr.. Brown is the president
of the enterprise. If further nominations are
in order, We propose Mr.. Black for one of the
offices.
Mr.. Muser has become partner in of
the chief Chicago bond houses. Any remarks?
a Hammond Ind woman saved her hus-
bands life by hitting him in the head with a
plate She had put rat poison in his food when
he had accused her of unfaithfulness. Just
as he was raising some of the doped food to
his lips she relented and hurled the plate at
him The facts came out when the husband
had his wife arrested for assault and battery.
When she told her story the hubby almost
tainted The judge discharged the woman.
The news item failed to state, however, whether
the plate was broken.
send us your Palm Beach suit and duck
suits and you will enjoy the hot weather" ad-
vertises Indiana laundry. If we did we'd
all have to duck.
Suicides among German officers are in
creasing alarmingly," says Geneva dispatcn.
Shocking If true.
The editor OF Colorado paper prints a
piece in his paper pluming himself on the
! birth of a child in his home. He states that
he wishes to correct the notion of giving too
much credit to the stork, remarking that he
Eye ED is some bird himself.
A Chicago newspaperman dropped dead
while horseback riding. Well, it wasn't a horse
on him, anyway.
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graduated from the Chatfeld, Mimi, high
school recently.
The name Of President Wilson was Kissed
during an address in New York by Hiram John
son. Which proves that the opposition has be-
come overheated and is losing ground. If
there election tomorrow the president
would be reelected by the votes of 95 per cent
of the people. Johnson knows this to be so.
That's the reason he is blowing up.
England is to make public the evidence CIV
en- secretly at the inquiry into the sinking of
the Lusitania She also might tell why Great
Britain failed to give protection to the liner
after knowing of the threats to sink her thai
had been made in yelled advertisements in New
York papers.
A bride of few mouths walked through her
home the other night while her husband was
asleep. Her footsteps Weakened him. He
thought her burglar. He fired his revolver
He killed her. The moral of this is that wives
should never so anywhefe without telling their
husbands.
French girls, who appear in public bare
legged, complain that they receive injuries from
spurs when dancing with American army Off
GERS Accordingly dance hall managers have
! ordered the officers to remove their spurs when
dancing They must be dancing the shiny in
the French cafes.
! Familiarity breeds contempt for mosquitoes
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