Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17
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President De Valera, judging by the recep-
ton he received in Chicago, must have imag-
ined he had discovered an Irish republic. Bet
Chauncey Olcott is jealous.
Belgian count has married his American
stenographer. And he Is taking her back to
MS homeland, where he owns extensive estates.
The American girl doesn't always have to be
of the 400 to corral the. big ones. She'll win
no matter her social station if she is permitted
to LET her light shine.
Alvin C. York, the greatest hero Of the war.
has been offered princeiy sum to act in the
mosies. His pastor objects, saying the under
taking would damn York to hell. II his posi-
ton is correct Satan will have to enlarge his
quarters.
Three Egyptians Hanged for Killing Eng
lishman. Headline. three-to-one shot, so
to speak.
No doubt you noticed that Joseph Cantel-
Ioup is wealthy fruit merchant Of Farrell
Pa.
An expert has discovered prune wine has a
real kick. Who remembers when he told a
friend he was full of prunes?
John A. Farwel. a wealthy Chicagoan, has
been arrested for wife abandonment. His de-
Tense is his wife was a poor girl when he mar
But he denies her what he promised her at the
altar-love and companionship- Those are the
things that count with true woman. Money
is secondary.
Two girl bathers were arrested by a Chi
cago policeman for trying to vamp couple
of young men. Oswald protests. "Theda Bara
gets away with it right in front OF our eyes,
and we pay TO see her do it, he writes. 81
only saw her pinched once. That was by an
other woman during hair pulling bee"
Cuba Wants to Buy Merchandise in the
United States. '-Headline. Well, who is stop
ping her?
DR.. Haldensen, the Chicagoan, who got
reputation by refusing to operate to save the
life of a deformed baby, died suddenly in Ha-
vana where he was having a high old time,
with wine, women, song and everything. The
he gained from his refusal to save the kid,
but his conscience was meyer the same after
the incident
from London to Southampton to catch a steamer
for New York. You simply can't lose some
women.
General Pershing is soon to return to the
United States. And perhaps he won't get
welcome. All the world loves fighter, and
Black Jack will be made to understand that
fact as he never has before.
Some one has asked why so few American
officers were killed in the war compared to
the losses in leaders the British side. Sim
ply because the American officers didn't go
across to get killed. They went over to kill
the Hun. Trouble with the average British
oHicer is he's too slow in seeing the point.
That goes for the point of the gun as well as
with the joke.
Berlin Refused Rhine ntrol"-Headline.
Well, Berlin has enough Rhine already.
Steel mills in the Indiana harbor region are
expanding $1OoO0 900 in factory expansion.
Still, you'll occasionally hear some crape-hang
er say the future of the country looks dark.
The king of Roumania is looking for a wife
for his son Charles. the crown prince, who
shot himself recently because he was forced to
separate from the girl of his choice because
she was not of the nobility. And the crown
prince will marry the one selected for him, and
they will live in misery ever after
Jack Lait is trying to fill Ring Lardner's
shoes on the Chicago Tribune One admirable
quality about Jack is his nerve. He seems
willing to try anything once. He ought to
have stopped after trying once to act as sue
cessor OF Lardner. Lait is a volumnous writer,
and is witty in some directions, but he'll never
fill the void left by Lardner. The latter ere
ated new brand Of humor, and those who
his daily contribution. silly though it
was, won't be satisfied with something the edi-
tor attempts to offer under claim that it is
Just as good.
A Texas boy enlisted in the navy for four
year term two years ago, when he left behind
an S0-acre farm. Oil has been discovered on
his place and today the wells are spouting oil
at the rate of $4,000 a year. And he has been
refused his release by the government. He is
afraid he will die before he is allowed to enjoy
his new fortune. He probably will if he thinks
hard enough about it.
But the rank outsider in a race often has the
inside track
JMC