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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
CONSIDER HALIFAX
FOR TITLE MATCH
RICHARD rs URGED

Halifax, n. s., Feb. ga group
of local business men has invited
Promoter Tex Richard to consider
Halifax as the scene of the Willard
Dempsey heavyweight champion
ship fight. A telegram to Richard,
sent by the Halifax Herald on be-
half of the business men, points out
that the laws of Nova Scotia per-
NIT 15-round decision bouts, and
emphasizes the accessibility of
Halifax.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE.

PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the 11th day of March.
A. D. 1919, in the city of Rock Is
land, in the county of Rock Island,
state of Illinois, primary election
will be held for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the
offices of mayor, commissioners
and police magistrate OF The city OF
Rock Island, Ill.
The polling places for this cleo
ton will be as follows:
first precinct-413 Fourth ave-
nue., Yoh's barber shop.
Second precinct Thirteenth
avenue and Sixth street. church
Third precinct-9O0 Third ave-
nue., store.
Fourth precinct-919 Sixth ave-
nue., city barn.
Fifth prectnct-11oO Seventh
avenue, Burris print shop.
Sixth precinct - 1120 Twelfth
street, church
Seventh preCinct-1609 Twelfth
street, MilIer's store.
Eighth precinct-Court house.
Ninth precinct Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue, church
Tenth precinct-S19 Fourteenth
and-a-half street, Kramer's store
Eleventh precinct - 1901 Fiji
teenth street. Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Twelfth precinct-331 Nine
teenth street, Sala building.
Thirteenth precinct-Nlneteen
street, Sixth avenue, church
- Fourteenth precinct-2016 Ninth
Avenue. Cassilly's store.
Fifteenth precinct-527 Twenty
second street, hose hose
Sixteenth precinct-S2I TWEEN
tieth street. Scnmid's store.
Seventeenth precinct-Rear 1923
Fifth-and-a-half avenue.
Eighteenth precinct-2700 Sew
enth avenue, Schneider's drug
store, rear.
Nineteenth precinct-172S TWEEN
ty-sixth street, Tasting & Pewe's
store
Twentieth precinct-2735 Sew
enth avenue.
Twenty-first precinct 631
Thirty-eighth street
TWenty-second precinct 1908
Thirtieth street, Olson's store.
TWenty-thfrd precinct - 1340
Thirty eighth street.
Twenty-fourth precinct - Forty
fifth street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, Peterson's carpen-
ter shop.
Twenty-fifth precinct - Forty
first street and Seventh avenue.
Longfellow school
Twenty-sixth precinct = 1900
Fourteenth avenue.
TWenty-seyenth precinct-Twen-
ty-first avenue, between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets. Cleland Pres
byterian church.
Twenty-eighth precinct - No. S
fire station, Forty-second avenue
and Twelfth street.
Twenty-ninth precinct - 100
Eighteenth avenue. Paridon's store
(which primary election will be
open at six (6) O'Clock in the morn
ing and continue open until five
(5) O'Clock of that day.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, this
10th day of February, A. d. 1919.
N. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27

sador Jusserand, French envoy to
Washington; General Hunter Lig-
gett, U. S. A; Madame Jusserand.
General Sumerall, commanding
Fifth army corps, U. S. A.; Miss Z.
Benham, secretary to Mrs. Wilson,
and General Leorat, French forces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
Municipal Matters
Regular Meeting Held Feb. IL, 1919.

City Council Chamber, Rock Is
land, ILL.,, Feb. II, 191S.-The city
council met in regular session at
O'Clock p. NJ, Mayor McConochie
and all commissioners present.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing held Feb. 10, 1919, were read
and approved.
Commissioner Rudgren submit
ted the following weekly payroll
for week ending Feb. Is, 1919,
which, on his motion, was allowed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27

French leaders. Seated at the Ia
Bile, from left to right, are: Major
General McAndrew, chief of staff;
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. General
Pershing, President Wilson, Gen
eral Hale, commanding Twenty
six division, U. S. forces; Ambas-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
SELLS FLAT BUIIDNG.

Sale of q Tat building at FIfth-
and-a-half avenue and Fourteenth
street to D. Burkey Of Tomah, Wis,
by G. a. Rooster, Jr-. was. an
nounced today. The consideration
was SIS 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27

This photo, which has just ar
rived in the United States. was TAX
en- at Montigny lie Roi, France. 1t
shows President and Mrs. Wilson
at dinner with the leaders of the
American expeditionary forces and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
1900

Commissioner Liedtke presented
an ordinance entitled IAN ordi-
nance authorizing the appointing of
& police woman" which, on his mo-
ton, was considered by unanimous
vote.
Commissioner Liedtke offered a
resolution that J. A. Wynn, Joe
Charles, V. Cellewert and McDole
& Richardson be granted soft drink
licenses. Carried by unanimous
vote.
Adjourned on motion of Mayor
McConochie.
NJ. T. RUDGREE.
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27
AROUSED ABOUT
TAXICAB RATES
People Rise in Protest Over
- Amounts Being Charged Con-
trary to City Laws.
no COMPLAINT DURING WAR.
Charge Drivers Have Taken 81 for
Carrying One Person Less
Than One Mile.

Rock Island residents and visit
ors are falling easy victims to the
taxicab owners and drivers. Hun
dreds of patrons of the taxcab
companies in the city are said TO
have paid over whatever amounts
are asked and without as much as
making a whimper.
But the ending of fighting over
seas seems to have changed the at
dtude of people towards paying
over cash in uncalled for amounts
and numerous complaints are be-
ing handed in, especially at the
Rock Island club.
Rock Islands taxicab rates are
fixed by ordinance and a charge of
80 cents for one passenger for a
distance not exceeding one mile is
all that the law allows. However,
it is said that many have been
forced to pay as high as 81 for rides
sometimes not in excess of six
blocks.
Section 8, chapter So of the city
ordinances pertaining to rates of
taxi fares is as follows:
1.-THE rates of fare to be asked or
demanded by the operator or per-
son in charge or control of any au-
tomobile, autocar, cab or other SIM
ilar vehicle licensed here under and
operated for the conveyance of
passengers for hire or reward
within the city, shall not be in ex-
cess OF the following:
Rates Listed.
HFor one passenger, not exceed
ing one mile, so cents.
For each additional passenger,
25 cents for the first mile
For one or more passengers, for
the second mile and subsequent
miles thereof. 25 cents for each
Apassenger for each mile or part
thereof.
FOR the use of any vehicle men
toned in this section, conveying
one or more passengers when hired
by the hour with the privilege of
going from place to place and stop
ping as may be required; for the
first hour, $3.50 and for each ad-
ditionaI hour or part thereof. the
rate of 50 per hour, and for each
passenger carried in excess of the
seating capacity of the car, 80 cents
for each additional passenger for
each hour"
People seem to be easy" Mayor
William McConochie said yesterday.
'"The city sets the rates, but the
people pay what the taxi drivers
ask, it seems. They should pay only
what they are required to by law,
but people are letting the drivers
bully them and they hand over
whatever is charged"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-27


Commissioner Rudgren submit
ted the following list of claims for
salaries, which, on his motion, was
, JIoxoJ bxy .napi-nnT1c UOfn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
General Pershinq,s War Map.

In installing General Pershing's war
map in the old National Museum build
ing In Washington, the commanders
room at the front just as it looked
when the map was in actual use, is
being reproduced as q setting. Here
will be the chairs used by the general
and his aids while they studied the
map, which changed hourly, night and
day, as reports came in and were re-
corded. The table &c which the officers
looked over documents will stand as it
used to at one side, and the walls will
be covered with the identical lineoleum
that was a background for the map.
The map was brought over in pieces
now Joined together, and the conven-
t1onal design of the lineoleum Is said
to give an odd kitchenlike domesticity
to the room in which General Pershing
watched history writing itself in a
very literal sense on the wall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.

A visit to the laboratory where this
successful remedy Ia made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the reli-
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman ills.
Over $50, 900 pounds of various herbs
are used annually and all have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal SUBJ
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes In
contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile bottles.
It ia the wonderful combination Of
roots and herbs, together with the
skill and care used in it's preparation
which has made this famous medicine
so successful in the treatment of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound which we are continually pub.
fishing attest to it's virtue.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
thin PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphats
to Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
TO Increase Strength, vigor
and Nerve Force.

Judging from the countless preparations
and treatments which are continually be.
Ing advertised for the purpose of malxina
thin people feshy, developing arms, neck
and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and
angles by the soft curved lines of health
and beauty, there are evidently thousands
OF men and women who keeniy feel their
excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are often due
20 starved nerves. Our bodies need more
phosphate than Is contained in modern
FOODS. Physicians claim there is nothing
tnat will supply this deficiency so well as
the organic phosphate known among drug
gfsts as bitro-phosphate,, which is mex
pens1ve and is sold by most all druggists
under guarantee OF satisfaction or money
pack. BY feeding the nerves directly and
by supplying the body cells with the nec-
essary phosphoric food elements, bltro-
phosphate should produce welcome
transformation in the appearance; the In
ishing.
Increase IN weight also carries with ft
a general Improvement in the health.
nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness, should disappear. dull
eyes become bright, and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom Of perfect health
CAUTION: - Although bitro-pho.pnate
Is Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
should not, owing to it's tendency to In
crease weight, be used by anyone who
ooes not desire to put on flesh.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

KIDNEYS.
.PURIFIES BLOOD

You can't expect weak kidneys to
hitter the acids and poisons out Of your
system unless they are given a little help
Don't allow. them to become diseased
when a little attention now will pre-
vent it. Don't try to cheat nature.
AS soon as you commence to have
backaches, feel nervous and tired. GET
BUSY. These are usually warnings
that your kidneys are not working
properly.
Do not delay a minute. Go after the
cause Of your ailments or you may find
yourself in the grip of an incurable dis
ease. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil cap
sules will give almost immediate relief
from kidney troubles. GOLD MED
ALI HARLEM Oil Capsules will do
the work. They are the pure original
Harlem Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in HARLEM, Hol-
land.( Ask your druggist for GOLD
MEDAL and accept no substitutes.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on
every box. Three sizes, sealed packages.
Money refunded if they do not quickly
help you.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Authors Handwriting,

If readers and admirers Of the poll
ished sentences of popular authors
could see the original manuscripts
from which their works are printed
they would be given interesting side
lights on the character and PERSONAL
ity of the writer's. The handwriting Of
G. K. Chesterton has been described by
an English editor as Shocking" w.
w. Jacobs, comedy writer Of the sea,
has all his literary work typed and
makes but few corrections on the fin
ished manuscript. Other English
writer's whose copy is reputed to be
neat and quite acceptable to a printer
are 81. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling.
Arnold Bennett and Sir Arthur Co
nan Doyle. Editors say they never
know what to expect from that i'm
aginative genius, H. de We're Stacpoole.
Sometimes his work is neatly typed on
good paper, but often 1t is scrubbed to
sheets torn from a copybook.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-R Root is
soon realized. It stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
SO many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is SO
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease It is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Immense Dock for London.

With the object Of regaining for Lon
don her former proud position as pre-
mier port of the world, a new and
enormous dock, capable Of accommo-
dating the worlds liners, is being con-
structed on the south side Of the Royal
Albert docks. It's water area is to be
GA acres and, by means of a floating
caisson, it's normal length is capable Of
extension to 910 feet-large enough
for bigger boat than even the $685.
foot Aquitania.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Migrants Fragrance.

1.-THE whisky topper usually eats
onions. Deliver me, then, from his
proximity in train or theater."
The speaker was Charles L. Chute
secretary of tho National Prohibition
league.
An Albany missionary" he went on
was visiting Jail. He asked a red
nsed inmate what his crime had been.
Il didn't do nothing says red nose
Honest to goodness, boss. I didn't dc
nOthin'.'
"'Well, anyhow, what did they
charge you with doingY said the mis-
s1onary.
burned If know, boss said red
nose. AS near as I can make out
they put me in here for fragrancy.'"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before.
For all these workers the frequent use of
Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes and
sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their
efficiency and insures needed physical COM
fort. 1t takes the Friction from the Shoe,
freshens the feet, and prevents tired, ach-
ing and blistered feet. Women everywhere
are constant users of Aliens Foot=Ease.
Don't get foot sore, get Aliens Foot=Ease.
Sold by dealers everywhere.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
No Pity There.

"Tm of very sympathetic nature"
"SO?"
eyes, feel sorry for any man In trou-
BILE. don't like to see dumb brutes
suffer-"
II know, but what are you getting
att"
Notwithstanding by tender feeling
towards mankind can't find 1t In my
heart to be the least bit sorry for the
Germans"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
on the Boss, Time.

From what you tell me, Sam, you
have been a busy man all your l1fe"
eyes, sab; yes, sah."
you've done a great deal in your
time and day, Sam, guess"
Eyes, sab. Dat is, rs done a good
lot in NAH day, but 1t was in de boss
time, sah.''-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Buy a Farm Now.

Because land Is cheaper than It will ever
be again. The u. s. Railroad Administration
Is prepared to furnish free information to
homeseekers regarding farming opportuni-
ties. We have nothing to sell; no money to
lend; only information to give. Write me
fully with reference to your needs. Name
the state you want to learn about. J. L.
Edwards, Manager, Agricultural Section,
u. 8. Railroad Administration, Room 20,
Washington, D. C.-adv. I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
The RuIinu Passion.

Mrs. Talkerton-Oh, dear! I wish
there was some way to break little
Gladys Of sucking her thumb.
Her Husband-Don't worry; when
she gets little older she'll notice that
it interferes with her talking. Then
she'll quit 1t herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Heard on the Train.

SIS this Mr.. Riley?"
"Eh-what?" said the deaf old chap.
"Is this Mr.. Riley?"
'Riley! Oh, yesw
81 knew your father"
"No bother"
81 say I knew your father"
"What?'
Neutrality-suspicious."
"Oh, did We? So did BOSTON
Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
The cuticura Toilet Trio.

The cuticura Toilet Trio
Having cleared your skin keep 1t clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. Mo toilet table is complete
without them. Csc everywhere.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Magicl Just drop little Freezone
on that touchy corn, instantly it stops
aching, then you lift the corn off with
the fingers. Truly No humbugl
Try Freezonel Your druggist sells @
tiny bottle for few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle Of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery OF noted Cincinnati genius.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

"Silence gives consent" the young
man remarked when he asked deaf
and dumb girl If ne might kiss her.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
GROWING Old.

When man gets so he can philoso
phize 1t means he is getting along ii
years.-Macon Republican.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
True to Form.

"What did you do with the play yoR
tried on the dog?"
"Made the fun bit more waggish.
fixed up the tail end and licked the
whole thing into shape"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

'The way Of the transgressor Is
hard" when he is trying to transgress
the laws Of nature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
FAKE" ASPIRIN
WAS TALCUM
Always Ask for Genuine
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin

If you see the "Bayer Cross" on the
package you are sure you are not get
ting talcum powder. Millions of fraud
ulent Aspirin Tablets were recently
sold throughout the country. Aspirin is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Observation-Disclosures Of Salicylicacid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Calling names in an argument may
make the chap called sore, but do
they answer his arguments?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Howell-That murderer was a cool
one.
Powel1-What do you mean?
Howell-When the Judge sentenced
him to be electrocuted on certain
day, he said: "Pm pretty busy man,
but I'll try to be there. judge"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Some are already using hard words
over the tax on soft drinks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

AS we have to live with ourselves
we should see to it that we always
have good company.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
lnnnortant TO Mothera

A daughter is an embarrassing and
ticklish Observation-Disclosures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
A Fair Pronosi+iop

MIR. Grabcoin, I've saved up $4,000
and want to marry your daughter"
( do you realize that $4,000 won't
last long nowadays?
} "Oh, yes, sir. But it ought to take
care Of us for at least six months and
at the end Of that time If I haven't
convinced you that I'm an ideal SON
in-law you needn't do thing for u.s."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Proof to the Contrary.

'sYonder girls face is chrome"
Indeed, then, it isn't; it's hand
painted"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19
Church Strikers.

Whats the idea of free pewsY
well, it gives every one chance to
stay away from church at a minimum
expense. Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Grand Rapids-Six out Of twenty
one saloon keepers in this city have
applied for a license for the coming
year, expressing confidence that the
country will not be dry after July /,
The license fee is 5000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

La Crosse-The annual banquet Of
the La Crosse high school alumni as
sumed war aspect when Miss Mary
Evans told of her experiences as a
member Of Base Hospital No. %, near
Bordeaux, France. Lieut.. Raymond
Grams told stories of negro troops he
led over the top, and Harry Roget
gave "reminiscences Of life in the
navy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Manitowoc-Nine weddings and
eight applications for marriage Ii
censes is days record here. During
the first ten days of June thirty
FIVE weddings have been celebrated
and the month promises to break all
previous records. One of the couples
to be married was Joseph Petska, 60,
and Mary Shelak, 81, well known res
idents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

Kenosha - Ledger F. Reed, Keno
sha boy who enlisted in the aviation
branch of the army, has been selected
to carry out the areonautic program
at the homecoming soldier celebration
July 4, and 6. Reed, graduate OF
the Kenosha high school will perform
all Of the stunts known to aviators, in
Curtis plane. The homecoming com
mittee voted $4,000 for the celebra-
ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

with all it's dangers and arriving home
safely, only to see his brother who
had remained at home killed by an
auto accident, was the experience of
Lieut.. Frank Johnson. When Ben
Johnson, the brother, alighted from
street car, he was run down by an
automobile and almost instantly
killed. The driver was arrested.