Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
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tiers has denounced the jazz and shimmy as
indecent and has asked the Methodist church,
at it's forthcoming national conference, to en-
dorse the saner terpsichorean exercises. The
indecent dances will continue just SO long as
the people want them, and the good church
folks will not acQuiesce to the request of the
masters association, for fear that in doing so
it would be encouraging just the evil that the
latter ostensibly is seeking to squelch. There
is question that the latest dance movements
are harmful. but it does seem that the devil
will have his swing just so long as there are
people with devilment in their makeup.
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The children of the late Charles Warren
Fairbanks are in the courts fighting over the
terms of his will involving estate of sew
eral millions. One of the compensations OF
dying poor is that one knows that there will
be no fight to disturb his eternal sleep. In
the Fairbanks case the daughter is the protest
ant She alleges her two brothers drafted the
will when the father was almost totally blind
and so weak he didn't know his own mind.
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A sufferer writes physician to ask if there
is any sure cure for hay fever. Rock Is
lander who has suffered with the disease a
quarter century says he has discovered the
only cure and is willing to give the benefit of
his find to the whole world free of cost. He
says il is death.
Says the Minneapolis Tribune: 1.-The brute
who entered with her father. wore beautiful
gown of white satin" When last seen the
society editor was boarding fast train for
an unknown destination.
One Way Out
Save Money by Dyeing," reads an adver-
tisement in a nearby newspaper.
And Mr. Carbon is secretary Of the Mexi-
can National railway.
The three Tanner children, left orphans by
the tragic deaths of their parents at a railroad
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rical benefit given by striking actors The
sympathy of the public performer for the
is what won the strike for him. You
never knew an actor unwilling to help the
fellow who needed aid But the managers. The
public knows them-and it may be wrong-as
fellows who stand behind the door counting
the dollars and beating down the performer.
Public sympathy was with the actor in his
strike, whether his cause was just or not.
One of the current popular pastimes among
wealthy men is telling through the newspapers
how they make a suit last longer than it used
to- before the arrival OF the high cost of living
They would better serve the present need if
hey would put the average fellow wise to how
they got the money to make the original pur-
chase The ordinary mortal doesn't have to
be told how 10 make a suit last longer. It's got
to last longer. whether it wants to or not.
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The latest picture of the president and the
mssus shows the former carrying straw
Nations is it possible he has forgotten the first
Of September has passed?
Says Madam Kolchak: MY husbands army
was the most democratic body in Russia" 1t
wasn't to be supposed she would say anything
less complimentary.
At Fort Wayne. Ind. Mr. and Mrs Crabb
nave reached the divorce court. You may or
you may not have any comment to make
The latest enemy of the cigaret evil is
New Highlander by name Adam Pufer.
James W. Osborne defendant in the noto-
-ious Ray Tanner case in New York. was
'ound dead in bed the other day. His picture
was printed in most Of the papers, accompanied
by a review of the scandal in which he was
possibly njustly-implicated He had won
anne as a lawyer, but bare mention vas made
If this fact. If you want to get publicity in
he big city get mixed up with woman with
hankering for notoriety.
Wilson Accused by President Of Costa
RIGA Headline. few years ago such an
tenn might have stirred notice. A little thing
ike an accusation has ceased to worry Mr..
Wilson. He grows fat on accusations
What is the good of earning money if you
Fon't save any?" inquiries a bank. Well. you
10 good to the fellow who gets it. anyway. al
hough you do fooIishly separate yourself from
An American soldier hunting deer in Ger
many has been shot and killed by native SOL !
liers. 1t is claimed the American fired first !
day we expect another note?
MAN Killed When Leg Gets Caught in |
Brewery Machine. Headline. We had sup |
,osed the breweries had ceased operation.
reader wants to know how to keep a dog !
rom barking Sunday night. Answer: Shoot |
lin Saturday |