Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-14

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'Doughboy to Run Against Roosevelt -
Headline. But in this case the doughboy has
no dough Roosevelt has.
It is estimated 100000 will be required
annually 20 finance the battle for worldwide
prohibition. 1t would be cheap at twice the
price.
| Doc Brady declares that fortune-telling is
all bunk. Most women believe the docs opin-
! ion, but that will not keep them away from
the haven OF the newest arrival in the telling
line. Women just naturally fall for the fortune
teller. They like to hear dream stun even
when they know it is all hokuIn. and they are
willing to pay their good money for it,
| Andrew Carnegie often expressed wish to
be q newspaper reporter. This ought to be an
inspiration to lot of young fellows who i'm
agine that the profession offers no rewards.
And Carnegie would have been a successful
reporter too. He might not have reaped such
harvest of dollars from it as he got in steel.
but he would have enjoyed the game more
than the cold business with which he was so
long identified. Reporting is human endeaFor.
The reporter gets close to men and nature. His
heart throbs with the motion of life, the sun
shine and the gloom Carnegie scattered mil
lions in effort to get the thrills in life that
come daily to the reporter in his regular work
routine.
The increased street car fare has driven
many persons who formerly rode to walking.
And most of those who have adopted the change
are surprised at the physical benefits. They
are discovering they are not only saving money,
bat improving their spirits as well. Walking
never injured anybody, but riding has.
lips that touch wine shall never touch
mine" Who wrote It? watermelon to the
one who first sends the correct answer.
Don't worry about Mexico stirring up more
trouble for herself Mexico lives on trouble.
1t is beginning to look as If Villa were not
half as bad as he has been painted. And that
the real double-crosser in that country is
Carranza-
In Charlevoix. Mich. farmer advertised
"for married man to milk cows" Write your
own whimper
CharIey~ehaplin wants to interpret Shake
spearean roles. We take it that he means rolls
Some one refers to him as the collector of
eternal revenue. 1t does begin to feel that way
to most Of us.
Rev. Raine has charge of a church at Peters
burg, Va. 1t is said he pours forth helpful
words every Sunday.
woman novelist is bemoaning that il a
woman holds onto her opinions she loses her
husbands love-and if she holds onto his love
she loses her identity But she doesn't say any
Lnlng ABOUT losing the huSDand.
Who remembers the old days when we got
our toes pulVerized standing in line for our
granulated sugar permit?
In considering the romance of furs one
thinks always of the wild free life of the wood
land. but the common alley cat of the cities
could tell different story.
Kentucky mountaineer says he is $50
years old. Probably if you had lived few
years, in the neighborhood of his home you
would feel that you had been in the land of the
living as long as he imagines he has been.
What has become of that mountaineer who
was getting SO much newspaper space few
months ago on the strength of the claim of
having killed more Huns than any other Amer
lean soldier? Remember his name?
In Chicago a wealthy couple who lost their
two children by death in the past few years
have adopted pair of little girls. one cripple
and the other sightless. We wonder what are
the thoughts of the couple who is satisfied to
ing of this beautiful human service by the Chi
cago couple
England asks the United States to welcome
the prince of Wales for the man he is and not
on account OF his rank. Bat if he weren't a
prince, how much ice do you imagine he would
cut this hemisphere?
The packers declare that the greatest propa-
ganda ever undertaken in this country is now
directed toward regulation of their business by
the government But the packers sales keep
on increasing and their profits growing Thsre-
fore they should worry The packers are not
afraid OF any governmental agency. They new
Ct have been since the perfection OF their pow
erfuI combination. They only fear the con-
sumner.
e. L. Ketchum is speed officer at Appleton
Wis.
JMC