Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10

Senator Harry New of Indiana appears also
to have had q past But he isn't as game about,
it as the.late Grover Cleveland was.
The Chicago Journal prints an editorial ask
ing the people to live up to the lake. visit
will convince you the folks are doing more than
that. They, or at least the pretty girls are,
living above it.
You didn't notice evidence of much excite
ment over the Fourth of July by returned SOL
diers. Young men who had passed through
the hell of the Argonne couldn't see much In
fighting frecrackers or waving revolver or ex-
ploding blank cartridges.
The biggest fight at Toledo occurred dur
ing the weeks before Jess and Jack stepped
into the ring. Think of the reams or white
paper wasted in specializing on an affair that
was over in a few minutes
Iowa farmers are offering SIS a day and
maintenance to workers. Still. you'll occa-
sionalIy run across an able bodied man who
says he can't find anything to do
Introduce bill for fathers day"-Head-
fine Another bill on the first of the
month won't make much difference to father.
Kansas woman was told by her miIkman
that his best COW had gone dry. She suggested
that he sell the animal for dried beef.
Those who wrote commencement essays on
lhe league OF nations possibly have been dis
appointed at the final draft of the compact and
surprised that their advice was not needed.
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Philadelphia reports an unusual increase in
water consumption. If water is used as a sub
stitute for the beer and wines and Whistles, in
like quantities, cities may be obliged to enlarge
their intake pipes.
The great task now before the American
peoDla is to make-the wheat crop safe for
democracy.
In England it is said the people are indulg-
ing in entertainment expenditures unheard or
before, despite that poverty exists as of yore,
with little heed given towards its amelioraton
The London Times prints column OF adver-
tisements from persons seeking aid. Here is
sample Clergyman, bankrupt, seven children.
Will kind person take and educate boy or
IL? Groveland Road West Bournemouth.
Charles A. Petit. a Texan. in 1914 waEered
$500 with friend that he could enlist for ser
vice in the war and come through alive. He
did but was wounded % times He
must have suspected that the enemy had been
in on the wager to get his money.
girl arrested for theft in a Davenport
store, was before Judge Donegan. She pleaded
guilty. He gave her choice between five years
in reform school and returning to her mother
in Blue Grass. Me, back to the kerosene
lamps? Never. It would kill me-" But, after
little time to think it over, she decided in
favor of Blue Grass and mother She is IT,
and one of the most beautiful girls seen in a
Davenport court in years She had been going
the clip. with joyriding, river excursions, and
everything, and as a side line was studying
thievery. She was caught Just in time to be
saved the court believes. She simply lost her
head when she got under the glare of the city
lights
In the great diamond mines of South Africa
workmen are subjected to X-ray examination
at the end OF the days labors. Recently
negro was made to cough up $1S3,00O in gems
If he had managed to get by the guards he
would have been assured bright future.
At Camp Taylor, LOuisvilleI an army major
has been court martialed. He is to be tried
Gated And he didn't kill injure anybody.
either. DRINKS are at the throttle of
machines in Rock Island every day. We don't
mean to say that the police see them But they
might if they looked little closer. The auto
is daily growing to be more of menace in
Rock Island, simply because it has not been
curbed. The cutout is a positive distraction.
There is no excuse for its use in most in
stances.
The body of DIR. wilkins, the wife murderer
who suicided in prison, was claimed by wom-
an who never saw him in her life. She wrote
the prison officials stating she believed him
innocent. The body was given her and it was
cremated, in accordance with the request Of
the deceased. The doctor was without funds
when he took his life. If it hadn't been for
the unknown friend he would have been buried
in a paupers grave And Wilkins died believ-
ing he hadn't friend earth.
Twenty years ago glove trust was formed
backed by millions. And ever since the interests
have been handing it to US.
Francis Bushman probably by now has some
respect for the adage that your sins will find
you out
LING.