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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
SOCIAL EVENTS

and Mrs. Walter Schoefer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Davis and daughter
Marian of Moline, Ben and Roy
Somerson of Rock Island, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Somerson Of Coal Val
ley.
Mr. Kouski was in the service
nearly year and spent eight
months overseas, returning home
early last March, having been mus
tered out of service at Camp Grant.
The bride is well and favOrably
known in her her home town. The
couple will go to housekeeping in
a new bungalow that the groom
has pur ,hased and furnished at
Sterling.
Pre-NuptiaI for Miss POmrank.
Miss Rose Pomrank, whose mar
riage to Earl Trainer of Peoria is
being celebrated today, was hon
ored at a prenuptial party given
last evening by her sister, Mrs.
Richard Pewe, ia Eleventh ave-
nue.. The guests were relatives of
the bride The affair took the
form of an aluminium shower.
Covers were laid for 10 in the
dining room at a table which was
prettily decorated with flowers,
and where a delicious lunch was
served. Music, both vocal and in
strumental, was enjoyed during
the early evening hours. The bride
received a number of useful gifts
for her new home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
Efch-HagenlaD.

Chicago this morning to Henry W.
Eich of 1928 Eleventh. street, Rock
Island, and Miss Ella Hageman of
Davenport.
The new phez' for Amoo caId-
ron members have arrived and can
be secured from Mrs. Helen Rowe,
at 1928 Thirtieth street Members
of the caldron are asked to secure
theirs at once so that they will
have them by Oct. 10, the date of
the big grottO banquet.
The o. E. S. social circle will
hold an all day meeting Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Charles Sny-
der. 1924 Twenty-ninth street.
Those expecting to attend are ask
ed to notify Mrs. Snyder, calling
R. I. 1909. Articles for the bazaar
to be held Nov. 10 will be on hand
for making.
The PIattdsutschen-Sc hwestern
are to give card party Thursday
evening at Maths hall, to which
friends are invited. The games will
begin at o'clock.
Vashti shrine No. %, White
Shrine of Jerusalem, will hold its
regular session at the Masonic
temple Wednesday evening.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Fifteenth Avenue Christian church
will meet at o'clock Thursday
afternoon at the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

Stunning misses suits of velour checks
and novelty weaves, new close fitting
shoulders, tight sleeves, string belt and
pocket trimmings. Silvertone suits in rip
pie effects; colors, cordovan, navy, Pekin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

is one OF the biggest positions oil
the campus.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
"Canibals of South Seas"

the Solomon and New Hebrides
Islands. Assistance and protection
was furnished the expedition by
government officials, who supplied .
bodyguard of Is native soldiers and
so barrier boys. Thus escorted Mr..
and Mrs. Johnson, the only white
people in the party, went among
people who had never seen a
white face before.
After a year among these savages
the explorers set out in an open
whale boat to visit a forbidden is
land inhabited by a-race of canni-
balls known as the big Numbers"
tribe, the most repulsive and muir
derous human beings in existence.
These cannibals permitted them to
land but took them prisoners. The
timely arrival of British man-of-
war permitted them to escape, but
the experience of being within Is
minutes Of the roasting stones so
unnerved them that they were
forced to return home.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
KeLar on the Hindoo "Rope Trick"

cut the article from The Bee and
sent it to Harry Kellar, best known
of all American magicians. Mr.. Kel-
lars letter to Mr.. Baker is very in
teresting. He wrote:
Dear Mr.. Barker:
MANY hearty thanks for the news
clippings regarding the rope trick.
1t is interesting reading, but as our
English friends would say, tommy
rot The story of the rope trick
originated in the Chuddermunzil
club in Lucknow, India. A lot Of
officers of the British army met
there many years ago and snapped
Munchausen stories, and enc OF
them outdid the rest by telling them
the rope story. 1t appears that
some Of those present took the mar
rator seriously, and SO the story
found wide credence and never lost
anything by being retold. When |
was in India / inquired diligently
throughout that vast country for
some one that had ever seen the
rope trick performed, but ! searched
in vain.
"You will pardon me for closing
this letter so abruptly, but | am
propped up in bed and writing is
difficult. Yours sincerely,
HARRY KELLAR.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

were recruited from the stage, There
is Douglas Fairbanks, for example,
and George Beban and Dorothy
Phillips.
Geraldine Farrar deserted the
grand opera stage for the silver
sheet.
But the late Harold Lockwood,
remember, was a dry goods sales
man!
And Jack Mulhall, who supports
Mary MacLaren in that stars new
est Universal production, "The
Cracking Stairs" can claim no pre-
vious vocation at all. Before be-
coming a member of the old Bio
graph company he attended Colum-
bia university. Mulhall has sup
ported Miss MacLaren in many of
the stars special productions at
Universal.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
Do You Kn0W

Did you know that Eugene
O'Brien is going to be a Selznick
star, and will have his own leading
woman instead of being merely lead
ing man for Norma Talmadge?
That ooh, Boy" has turned into
picture form with Creighton Hale
and June Caprice in the leading
roles?
That Lord and Lady Algy,"
which William Faversham and Max
inc Elliott recently played here, is
to be made into a film with Tom
Moore as Algy?
That Fires and Faith" is the
name of the film which has been
made with the theme of the Saliva
ton Arny's work in war and peace?
That Alice Joyce is to play the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

EORTHOSE to whom the rev.
elations of travel in strange
lands are an enduring delight,
Martin Johnson's "Cannibals of the
South Seas" l0-reel feature which
comes to the Bandeis theater for an
engagement Of four days starting
today will have an unusual appeal.
Actuated by cravingior adventure,
and the desire to record the man
ners and customs of the last habi-
tats of cannibalism, Mr.. Johnson set
out from San Francisco in 1917, &C
companied by his wife, and after
brief stops at Honolulu and Samoa
arrived at Sydney, Australia.
Two weeks aboard a little trad
ing schooner landed the explorers
in the Solomon Islands, and from
here on for many months one ad-
venture followed another. Travelling
in small schooners, whale boats
and native canoes Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson covered $4,000 miles among
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

Hough. The company is headed by
Jack Boyle and Kitty Ryan and
boasts special pulchritude in large
chorus, and is deliberately invested
with scenery and costumes.
Theodore Koslof and his Russian
ballet will be seen at the Orpheum
for the week starting Sunday, May
LIS. As an exponent of the dance,
as a producer and purveyor of bal
let spectacles Koslof is one OF the
most successful of the Russian nota-
bles. With his act he carries not
only a number of premiere dan
seuses, but miniature ballet and his
own orchestra, Iand for each dance
he has fitting costumes and elab-.
crate scenery. Thus the series OF
dances are authoritative in every de-
tail, while for beauty, grace and ar
tistry they are quite apart.
A spectacular sceneic novelty
comes to the Empress theater as the
headline attraction the first hall OF
the week. The act features Dorsh
and Russell, two clever entertainers,
who introduced many musical nov
elites and play practically every ap-
pliance used in the railroad bust
ness as musical instrument. Talk
ing. singing and dancing are teatur-
ed by Mack and Maybelle. Society
and whirlwind dancing, equilibristics
and Juggling are introduced by Chiyo
and Chic, Nippin's versatile duo. Fa-
TINA and company, dancers, singers
and instfumentalists, headline the
show for the last half of the week:
Fatima's dancing Is the feature OF
the act. Fay and Emma Dean, DEM
onstrate their ability in the comedy
skit, leave Me Alone, Darn You"
Vada Clayton, the novelty girl, sings
songs that have been written ex-
clusively for her. Mack and Vel
mar, feature hand balancing.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
Suratfs NeU Act
W ALESKA SURATT, who sue
" cessfully created for herself a
faua.n az thousands IN The

W ALESKA SURATT, who sue
" cessful1y created for herself
following of thousands in the
motion picture world, now comes to
meet this following face to face at
the Orpheum this week. THE Pur-
pie Poppy" the playlet of Russian
revolution that serves as Miss
Suratt's vehicle is stirring little
tragedy written for her by Paul M.
Potter and c. V. de Vonde, with
scene laid in Greenwich village,
New York City's Bohemia In this
Miss Suratt has an excellent sup
porting company, including Will
liam H. Turner, Joseph CRANKY,
Joseph Green. Ralph ,Delmore and
Thomas Hardy. That is a play in
which Miss Suratt will thrill and
please her movie followers and
make new friends of those who may
not have followed her career on the
screen.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

The -Four Husbands" declared
one Of the most successful musical
comedies that has been offered in
vaudeville comes to the Orpheum
for the week of May Is. The music
and lyrics are by William B. Fried.
lssAsE. Tbs book i BIZ Win y.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

heroine in . screen version of
Charles Klein's play "The Third De-
greet"
That the first of three Paramount
Drew comedies made by the late
Sidney Drew and Mrs. Drew has
been released7 1t is called "The
Amateur LIAR" and Albert Payson
Terhune wrote the scenario.
That Mary Pickford had a birth
day last week, with the gifts rang
ing from a horse with silver mount
ed saddle and bride to a diamond
necklace and a little canary?
That Longfellow's "Evangeline"
is to be screened with Miriam Coop
er in the title role?
That Dorothy Phillips of the
Heart of Humanity" is to play a
dual role in the new picture which
her husband, Allan Holubar, is now
directing?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11

Aviation gave the author inspira.
ton when he wrote Going Up"
Conan & Harris musical piece
which comes to the Brandeis the
alter soon, for four nights and a spe-
cial matinee. It was . New York
success and at present in Chicago,
Is receiving the most favorable pop
uiar acclaim.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
~ ECENTLY The Bee published
X an article from the London
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n ECENTLY The Bee published
X an article from the London
~ Times, in which a number of
Englishmen exchanged views and
experiences as to various exhibi-
tons of magic. One of the topics
discussed was the "Hindoo Rope
Trick" so often recounted, in which
the magician losses rope into the
air, where it remains as if fastened
to something; he then sends a boy
up the rope, and the lad disap-
pears; the magician follows, SEEM
ingly in anger, and he, too, disap-
pears. Soon the limbs of the boy
begin to fall, and finally the man
gled body. The magician returns,
wipes his bloody knife, kicks the
scraps of the boy together in heap,
throws cover over them, says a
few magic words, lifts the cover,
and there is the boy, smiling at his
masters cleverness. Those in the
company referred to admitted never
having seen the trick, or any one
who had, but all had heard of it,
and several gave differing versions
of how it had been narrated to
them.
George Barker, who is interested
in thaumaturgy in an amateur way,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-11
When They Started
breaking in" is the magic phras,

Breaking in" is the magic phrase
of stage and screen.
It is the basis of "reminiscences.
When a stage favorite or a cinema
stars begins-"Now, when I broke
into the game" you may make your
self comfortable and prepare to hear
the choicest tale in the REALTORS box
of narratives.
There is, for instance, the story
Of Crane Wilbur, the erstwhle
butcher, and Carmel Myers, the
daughter of a rabbi who planned an
academic career for her, and now
prominent among the Universal
stars.
Eddie Polo, another Universal
player, was member of the Sic
grist-Silbon troupe of Barnum &
Bailey circus fame.
Violet Mersereau was a society
And Edna Purviance a stenog-
rapher.
Harry Carey has probably had a
more varied career than any of
them. Street railway superintend-
ent, lawyer, manager, prize fighter,
miner, expert swimmer and engi-
neer are only few of his vocations,
and he is a graduate of New York
university.
Many noted players of the screen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15

head and face, and j, K Shelton, 8
former member Of the Ne!folk &c"
lice force, suffering from shock
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
BIG FIRE RACES
More Than 80 Persons Hurt in Con-
flagratior in Long Island. City

More Than 30 Persons Hurt in Con-
flagratior in Long Island. City
New York, Sept. 15.-With more
than so persons injured and the
damage already done estimated at
from i've million to ten million,
weary fIremen last night still were
fighting a threat of further explos-
ions of oil tanks at the fire which
practically wiped out the Stone and
Fleming Oil Co.'S. plant in Long
Island City yesterday.
Five tanks of crude oil were burn
ing late yesterday. Should there
be a sudden shift of the wind from
nor,a TO northeast, many additional
tank; in plants nearby would be
threatened, as we'll as thousands Of
tons of coal.
The fremen were working in
short shifts. So exhausted had
they become that when relieved for
brief rest they lay in the streets
near the fire zone and went fast
asleep.
The 20 acres Of fire swept terri
tory looked like a scene in war-dev-
astated France or Belgium. Tanks
were crumpled up, huge steel grid
crs lay in a tangled mass, few walls
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
REINSTATEMENT REFUSED
Police Authorities Of Boston An.
nGunce New Force is to be En-
ployed With Better Pay
Promised

Boston, Sept. 15.-Police Com
missioner Curtis shut the doors of
the Police Department in the face
of the striking policemen Saturday.
He announced that he would not
renstate the men who had aban-
doned their posts. Att evening roll
call can be made it known that the
officers and members of the union
whom ne had suspended had been
finally discharged, and that he
would proceed at once to build up
a new force.
The commissioners action follow
cd the strikers acceptance of the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
MadamNevada
Gifted Palmist and Clairvoyant

uIcICGS, IFOHl CNt
cradle 70 the grave:
tells every person
what steps in lii
to take to better.
themselves; what
part of the cour
try is best for then
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15

were loft standing, and burning oil
continued to flow along the surface
of New Town creek.
Mayor. Hylan made two trips to
the fire yesterday morning, and
once was standing within $50 feet
of a tank when it exploded. He was
deluged with water and oil, but in
sisted that he had not been in any
danger, and after praising the
work of the iremen and police,
drove away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15

suggestion of President Gompers,
Of the American Federation, of La
Dor, that they return to work with
out demanding Immediate union
recognition, but with out relinquish-
ing any of their claims. 1t found
support in an opinion by Attorney
General Bruce Wyman and a state
nlent by Governor Coolidge. The
Attorney General held that the po-
ice officers, having deserted their
posts, had made their places va
can't and that the commissioner
could fill them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
GULF HURRICANE
Sea Wall. Saves Galveston From
Serious .Damage.-Wires
!. Are Down

: Are Down
Driving :furiously into the Texas
cast, principally in the section
southwest of Galveston, the tropical
hurricane that has skirted the Uni
ed States coast nearly week, ap-
,arently has swept inland near the
Mexican border.
Wire communication was inter-
|. .upted in most of the affected area,
md the extent Of the storms dam
oge could not be learned accurately
last night, but there were no re-
ports of fatalities.
Brownsville and Corpus Christi
apparently felt the brunt of the
storm, which, weather bureau offic-
ais believe, has passed into Mexico,
yhere it will be dissipated in the
Mexican mountains.
Galveston, where considerable an
:iety has been felt, apparently was
truck by the edge of the storm
urea, and the city was saved from
my considerable damage by the
powerful sea wall, constructed after
he 1900 disaster.
Water was reported to depth Of
six feet in sections of Corpus
Christi, and information received by
he weather bureau at at San An
.onio said the water was three feet
ieep in the lobby of Corpus
Christi hotel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN.
Chicago Party Lose Lives When
Automobile is Struck By Mary
land Grade Crossing

Crisfield, Md, Sept. 15.-Edward
w McCready, a wealthy Chicago
manufacturer, and Miss Margaret
steinbach, a nurse, of that city,
were instantly killed Saturday
morning and the formers eight year
old daughter, Sue Ann McCready,
died few minutes later, when the
automobile in which they were rid
ing was struck by train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, about ten
miles from here.
TRY a Gazette classified ad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
Rheumatism

a completely washed out of the sys-
tenn by the celebrated Shivar Min
eral Water. Positively guaranteed b!
money back offer Tastes fine; cost:
a trifle. Delivered anywhere by on:
Alexandria Agents, F. S. Harper,
Inc. Phone them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
8 KILLED, 3 HURT
WHEN AUTO UPSETS
Norfolk People Victims of Virginia
eBach Road Accident


Norfolk, Va, Sept. 15.-l'hree
persons were killed and three others
injured when an automobile II
which they were riding on the Vir.
GINA each road, near here turned
turtle yesterday afternoon.
The dead are Clyde E. Chapman
al years old, an insurance agent
resident in Norfolk for a number OF
years, and a native of Smithfeld
Va; his 5 year old daughter, Con-
stance Skinner Chapman, and c.. c
Bailey, owner of the car, 36 years
old, of Norfolk. The injured are
Mrs. Clyde E. Chapman, suffering
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-15
SEEKS HALF HOLIDAY
1000 Employees Ask President for
Saturday Afternoon the Year
Round

Seven thousand employees of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
Washington, through their twenty
ghree trade organizations, yester-
lay telegraphcd President Wilson
;equesting that all government en-
oloyes be granted half holiday
Saturday the year round.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-27

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-27

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ON paved boulevard .IU feet frontage.
NrkNfll PARK NnulTlON
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-27

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-27

WILL UNn nrI pn} .nsh fnr Four Tulsa
property Do .ul shut pI.p,russ over
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The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-01
Red Cross
Banks Busy

WASHINGTON, July S1.-In CO
operation with the American Bankers
Association and the War Department,
the American Red Cross has estab-
lished banks at the rehabilitation
camps in this country where men can
make deposits to banks in their home
towns or wherever desired.
The total deposited at these banks
up to July 4, was $1,132,077. Of the
1861 men demobilized in camps
having these banking agencies, H.
262 made deposits, an average of
$100.52. A teller is generally sup
piled by some bank or clearing house
in the vicinity of the camp, the Red
Cross lending clerical assistance or
financial aid when necessary and con-
Quoting a campaign of information.
This banking service maintains at
fourteen of the fifteen rehabilitation
camps now in operation, and prior to
the abandonment of six camps there
were nineteen such banking agencies.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-01

sunken, black circles and pale
cheeks-I was restored to health
by the Favorite Prescription Of Dr..
Pierce" So write many women.
Changed too in looks, for after tax
ing DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton the skin becomes clear, the
eyes brighter, the cheeks plump.
Druggists sell it in tablets or
liquid. It's a woman's best tenn
perance tonic, made from wild roots.
WHISTLER, ALA.-rI was bothered
with backache and headache and was
not able to do my work until tried
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and
l can say l ana now able to do all my
work, such as cooking, washing and
ironing, and even cutting wood, where
before l used this medicine / was
almost an invalid and did not care
whether l lived or died. Mrs. ELIZA
BETH CANovAN, Carr Street,
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-01
Mistress and Maid
In the Same Plight

WASHINGTON, July 3O.-The
high cost of everything is particularly
binding on army officers who have
no other means than their rather mea-
gre salaries.
The wife of one, a military man
thus unhappily situated, advertised
for a girl to do general homework.
The notice was responded to by a
particularly neat and competent
young colored woman. The details
were soon settled-number in the
family, hours of meals, days out, no
laundry, how often the drawing room
had to be busted, when the silver had
to be cleaned, fbc.
what wages do you expect?" ask
ed the housewife.
"Ah couldn't wo'k TO- less an $50
a month";" replied the candidate.
But, Mandy, that's impossible.
My husband is only first lieutenant,
and we can't afford to pay such
wages"
"That's too bad" replied the maid.
"But yo' see, nah husband he's a
Lieutenant too, and All mus have
that much to keep him goin'."
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-01
UNION TEMPLE
StBYL.

On last Wednesday afternoon about
five o'clock, the great monster death
entered our community and claim
ed Miss Cornie Morrison. She was
the beautiful daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Morrison. Cornie was
loved by all, both young and old,
She always had a pleasant smile and
kind word for all. She leaves to
mourn for her father, mother, four
sisters and five brothers, besides a
host of friends. We hope Cornie has
gone to better world where there
will be no suffering. For six weeks
she was in great agony. We, her as
sociates, will miss her so much. Let
us say, Goods will be DONE" She
20 years months and s days old.
The beautiful floral offering showed
how highly she was esteemed. Inter
ment took place at the Union Temple
cemetery Thursday, August oath, at
800 o'clock.
Rev. M. H. Carder preached an ex-
cellent sermon ut this place Sunday
morning.
Miss Nina Dunn, If your city, spen,
the week with Mr.. S. N. Dunn of this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Robertson
and Mrs, Cora Moore and children