Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

A Sixteenth street DADDY mas maze the as
covery that the government imposes war tax
on infant food necessities and exempts canary
seed. Here's food for a bird OF a story for
some enterprising reporter. Tweet, tWeet
Germany complains that might before
right" dominates the whole allied treaty. Back
ing water on her own argument Might before
right was the kaiSers creed when he set out
to humble the whole Of Europe. you'll remem-
Der. Germany objects to taking dose of her
own medicine.
Chicagoan tried to die to avoid marrying a
girl. If he gets away with it she ought to make
desirable timber movie vampire
Texas voted for prohibition and defeated
woman suffrage. Down in the Lone Star state
the husband still allows that he is capable of
running things without any interference from
the other member of the sketch. Anyway, as a
former Texan, now resident here, remarked,
you know. in the provinces you can't get
household help, so it's not convenient for the
wife to mix in politics. She's got to be at
home to get up three squares every day. Then,
too down in Texas most of the women have a
habit Of having house full OF kids"
When you get back from New York and
begin telling your friends where you had all
those swell meals don't forget that Sherry's
has closed.
The Spanish chulos, we told, bids fair
to become more popular than the tango. Tip
TO girls planning to indulge: Engage wrest-
ling teacher forthwith.
Jim Colosimo, the Chicago restauranteur,
known one of the 'immuneS," has been fined.
Jim may knock around the ordinary individual,
whose money he gets in exchange for his kick
medicine, but this last time he made the mis-
take of humping against a newspaper reporter
who was on duty. The fact that Krum is the
name of the reporter made no difference.
hfgh-saIaried empIoye OF one of the Chi
cago packing concerns has been divorced by
his wife after she had discovered that he was
kick. This may, or may not, be one explana-
ton of the growing cost Of pork products.
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John D. Rockefeller has returned from his
winter stay in the south. "Neighbors say he
is in splendid health" reads a dispatch. John
D. hasn't been interviewed, yet, however.
o.
Uncle Jack Higgins, 1O1, took an aeroplane
trip at wabash, Ind Well, when you get to
be that old probably you, will be willing to
take the same chance.
H. c. of L. note: "Holstein bull brings
S125,O00 at stock SALE
Ludwig. former king OF Bavaria, who is
bugs, believes his side won the war. He wants
to return to Munich in triumph at the head
permitted to do that little thing.
Man pinched a woman in a Chicago theatre.
When he got outside he was pinched by a
policeman.
Thomas Hamm has been arrested in Chi
cago for posing army officer. He admit
ted that he wasn't the Hamm that am. But,
having been married only three months, the
court dismissed him with a reprimand.
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DR.. ]. G. Massec of Dayton, Ohio. says all
college girls swear. Yes swear to be true to
three or four boy admirers perhaps.
The Ford-Tribune trial should have been
staged during lent, when folks have more leis-
ure time at home evenings. 1t was certainly
poor management to have it pulled off at the
season of year, when most men are busy with
their gardens and such.
The director of the Ohio bureau of juvenile
research claims that many feeble-minded wom-
en- get by on their shapes. Street car con-
ductors concur.