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Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05
"Me Sabe," He Replied.

sure l understand. | thought it was
quite settled when we left Pobi that
we should come here"
eyes, so it was" he acknowledged
awkwardly. He bit his lips.
He could not tell her that his brain
was sick with the effort to grapple
with peril that he knew now beyond
question lurked aboard the ship. and
that, because it was unseen, because
he could not identify it in the form
Of any one, or two, or all aboard the
ship and fight it in the open, had made
the hours since that morning like a
hideous nightmare!
"Tll-I'll explain tomorrow, Miss
Mackay," he said hurriedly. "You
mustn't-''
I'm mott" she laughed "I'm onlv
keeping you" And pushing him play.
fully toward the companionway. she
| ran out onto the deck.
A moment later, Wallen, at the foot
of the ships ladder was running his
eye sharply over the half score OF
shore boats that pushed and bumped
against each other and the gangways
platform, and whose occupants at the
! prospect of fare were screaming
! and yelling in a frantic effort to at.
tract his special and undivided atten
| ton.
A Malay boatman had the strate
gic position alongside the grating.
| Wallen UnceremOniCuSly nushad tht
craft away with his foot, and beck
oDed to :: f"'i:s:sG,I*u who was next il
i"'t e.. " .:r'-.f' 'nto the boa
Kay wa.
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05

Now that the lives Of women are
filled by so many interests, tailored
suits have manifold duties to perform
and therefore the demand for the
fancier styles has outrun that for Sc
verely plain designs. But both kinds
present their claims in the seasons
offerings and both are represented by
examples of excellent designing.
Even in the fancier suits. skirts find
1t eXpedient to remain quite plain
They etface themselves in favor of
the blouse or smOck. One is more or
less dressed up" according to the
blouse worn. and it may vary all the
way from "a shirtwaist to an embroid-
cred and beaded dinner or theater
garment.
Fancy" is to be understood as a
trade term for the type of suit that is
most sought for. These suits are NOT
much trimmed, but they are enriched
with embrOideries or fur or tucks or
braid, all used with originality and re-
straint The cloth suit, at the left
OF the two shown above is a type of
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05
WalIen's visit to "DrInk-
House Sans" saloon COM
pliCates matters.
(TO BE CONTINUEDA
Speakers Sore Throat.

"Clergyman's sore throat is, accord
ing to DR.. John J. Levbarg of New
York, due to an incorrect method OF
breathing, which causes the sbaake,
or singer to use his muscles incorrect,
and thus overtax the throat. Th,
proper way to breathe Is to use tn.
diaphragm and the lower ribs, keer
ing the upper chest full OF sir.
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05

Example speaks louder
than words, so If the
house mother wishes to
train maids or children
to be thrifty, she must
first be thrifty herself.
1t takes but a moments
thought to turn off the
light when leaving a
room, even for q short
tim \ and tho t,1rpipO off
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05

the styles favored, with collar aiin
border of fur IT indulgcS in narro"
girdle of the cloth. with hanging ends
at the back. that are allowed hand
some fiat silk taSSels as u finish
The utility suit at the right "' INC
picture depends upon tucks and but
tots for its embellishments ana iS as
smart in its way a. lis drcS~ier rival
Ii is a sturdy looking affair in "i.""
one can face wind and weather. ="
a-traveling or To business. an" Nhl
stand much wear and still come mp
smiling.
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05

Liver Pie.-Cut calves
liver into strips using
one pound, parboil five
minutes in boiling water
to cover, drain and ron
in flour. Fry two slices
of bacon until crisp. re-
move and cook the liver
in the fat untiI brown
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05

Announced by all the trumpets of
the sky,
Arrives the snow, and driving DER
the fields,
seems nowhere to alight; the
whited air
Hides hills and woods. and the
heaven,
And wells the farm house at the
gardens end
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05
HeKTCHEN
GABINEf{3%zzAA s

there IS no possible good in splash
inc other people. ."-Iiuxley
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05
THRIFT IN LITTLE THINGS.

wastes that multiplied by hundreds,
make the great wastes in many homes.
Jackson County journal., 1919-12-05
GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAMILY
TABLE,

When dish is both good and eco
nomical 1t is bound to be popular.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
PIT GOSSIP

FURNISHED by (. W. Wagner Co..
members of all exchanges. Rock Island
Office suite 800 Best building. phones r. l.
7Sn and 751. p. J. Mccormick. maDager) .
Morning news of the world half
suggests further general initiation
in things consumed by the public.
The other fifty per cent of the world
news points to an amazing mixup
of values and cost struggles that
defy analysis. The socialistic trend
is obvious. Ben Tillet demands in
ternational standard wage scales.
Chicago street car men ask 81 per
day and carpenters IS. Great Brit
ain is excited by the government
announcement of an increase of
81. 80 in the pit mouth price of coal
and of four cents a pound in bacon
and by the declaration that the gov
eminent will renew a stringent food
control and rationing system for the
whole population. 1t is also declar-
ed that the railroad rates again will
be raised. There are food cost rows
in Itay and France. The trend of
affairs abroad favors some kind of
food price conservation on this
side. That foreign food buyers will
England can pay her debts, etc, on
her current coal costs is not indi-
Gated. The International wage and
cost problem is in the spotlight.
Lifted to first place by profieering
and initiation. local bulls have drop
ped corn and are active in oats.
Oats trade is very large. Many pro-
fessionals declare corn unsafe at
50, and they refuse to buy. Parts of
Kansas were 104 yesterday, Nebras-
ka 100. Corn belt temperatures yes
terday were mainly IS to go. Fore
cast contains some showers
Grain opened higher. Offerings
light. Some attention paid to the
news indicating further initiation of
wages.
Sept. rye sold $142 on July 10.
Advance is due to local buying on
belief rye is out of line.
Oats in Kansas and Nebraska
have ripened and are being har-
vested while corn is just coming to
the tassel in southern Kansas.
Corn crop reports from all sec
tons very good.
Excellent oats crop reports sug-
gest further raising Of crop to-
tails.
Around Rock Island some oats
crops are poor and some corn dam
age by hail.
Around Kankakee and Champaign
corn and oats neevr looked better.
Around Champaign oats estimate
run 80 to so bushels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
WEEKLY PROVISION
AND GRAIN REVIEW

Chicago. July 12.-Omcial fore
casts of a bigger yield of corn than
expected have brought about set
back this week in the value of tire
December delivery of that grain.
Nevertheless, scarcity of present
supplies, together with new top
record quotations on hogs, nearly
nearby deliveries temporarily 10
around the once increditable price
of So a bushel. Compared with
week ago, corn quotations this
morn ranged from 2Ac decline to
Ss4c advance, oats were &c to sac
up and provisions varying from
47c down to a rise of 65c.
Cleavage became daily more and
more pronounced between the old
crop of corn and the new. The
steepest single upturn was in the
July delivery, With made one
nearly vertical ascent of 7c- Trad
ing in the old crop appeared so diff
ficuIt that the bulk of business fin
alIv conferred in the December OPP
ticn. 1t was at this juncture that
the government crop report became
public and had a decided bearish
effect on December. Resumption
Of trade relations with Germany
led afterward, however, to consit-
cradle buying.
Increased export demand togeth-
er with adverse crop advances car
RED oats up TO the highest this
season. Good sized stocks abroad
and here checked to some extent
advances in provisions, despite rec
ord breaking upward swings Of the
hog market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
MAYOR BEERSA
CANDIDATE FOR
STATE SESSION
City Executive of AledO Announces
His Candidacy for Delegate ct
Convention.

Mayor C. A. Beers of Aledo to-
day announced his candidacy as
delegate from this senatorial dis
trict including Rock Island, Mer-
Ger and Henderson counties, to the
constitutional convention at
Springfield.
Friends of Mayor Beers had cir
culated a petition asking that his
name be filed as a candidate for the
position but not until today would
he state definitely whether or not
he would consent to run. The pc
tition was filed today, the first legal
day for fling.
Mayor Beers is one of the Lead
ing men OF Aledo and is prominent
in business circles of the county.
Aledo is assured of two candi-
dates to the senatorial convention,
as Captain Oscar E. Carlstrom,
while not having as yet filed his
petition, announced today that he
would do so in the course Of the
next few days, probably the first Of
next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
CHAUTAUQUA AT
new BOSTON TO
START MONDAY
Five Days Meeting Promises to
Attract Large Crowd as Program
of Merit is Planned.

New Boston begins its gala week
Monday with the opening of the
New Boston community chautau-
qua which is to furnish entertain
ment for the home folks and peo-
pie of Mercer county for a five
days period. The chautauqua
promises to be the best ever I'M
dertaken in this part of the coun-
ty. 1t will cover a five days per-
iod with IA sessions. Each day the
program will begin at O'Clock,
and there will be sessions at PAS
in the afternoon and S:45 at night.
Monday afternoon the Harry
Bennett Scotch Enter aiament COM
pany will open the chautauqua.
In the evening a lecture on The
Divine Rights of the Child" will
be given by Mother" Leonora
Lake, and this promises to be one
of the big features of the week.
AS a prelude to the lecture there
will be a number of selections by
the Scotch singers.
Tuesday morning will be deyot-
ed to a junior chautauqua. At the
afternoon session there will be an
instrumental concert by the Mozart
Orchestral Ladies' company. In
the evening, after a prelude by the
Mozart ladies, there will be a lee
ture on Pearls and Perils," by
Frank 3. Willis.
Wednesday the junior chautau-
qua will again be held. In the aft
- 49,
cital and a talk on New Fads and
Fancies," by G. P. Bible. In the
evening there will be a dramatic
musical play, Just Plain Duty"
by a group of young women.
Junior chautauqua will open the
Thursday morning session, and the
feature of the day will be the Roy
al Hawaiian Singers and Players,
who will sing both afternoon and
evening. The evening address will
be On Community Efficiency" by
James S. Knox.
Friday, the closing day of the
chautauqua, the juniors will again
have charge of the morning ses-
sion, and the afternoon, and even
ing entertainment will be provided
by the Victor Columbian band.
The evening concert, in two parts,
is expected to be an event extra
ordinary.
Preparations are being made to
entertain the largest crowds ever
gathered in New Boston, and the
committees in charge have taken
every precaution to handle the
large numbers Of people so that
everyone will be thoroughly salts
fed and pleased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
Weather Forecast

Chicago and vicinity: Probably
a thunder shower this afternoon or
tonight; slightly cooler tonight
Sunday fair and cooler; moderate
southwest winds this afternoon
becoming northerly tonight.
Illinois: Unsettled with local
thunder showers this afternoon or
tonight in north and central por-
tions; slightly cooler tonight in ex-
IRENE north portion; Sunday gen
orally fair.
Missouri: Somewhat unsettled
but generally fair tonight and Sun
day; continued warm.
Wisconsin: Fair and cooler to-
night; Sunday generally fair, fol-
lowed by unsettled at night
Iowa: Somewhat unsettled, but
generally fair tonight; warmer in
north portion Sunday.
Indiana: Thunder storms this
afternoon and tonight; cooler in
extreme northwest portion; Sun
day fair.
Temperatures Today.
CanadiaA Northwest-57 to GS.
clear.
Northwest-50 to 81, clear.
West-60 to rs, part cloudy.
Southwest-72 to rs. clear.
Ohio Valley-62 to 70, clear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
ALEDO PERSONALS

Mrs. Eek Willis returned to her
home at New Boston last evening
after spending short visit in this
city with friends
George Blee Cooke of Chicago
arrived in Aledo last night for a
short visit at the home of a friend,
Ben Duvall.
Miss Pearl Houston returned
home to Keithsburg last evening
after spending the day in this city
with friends.
Miss Frances White departed last
evening for Lincoln, Neb., where
she will make her home with an
aunt.
County Judge Friend L. Church
and Guy H. Carroll of Aledo are
home following a few days visit
at Peoria.
Sheriff John P. Fleming and C. c.
Lutrell arrived in this city yester-
day afternoon following a visit CT
several days in the tri-cities. The
trip was made by auto.
Rev. A. E. Moody and the group
of IL girls who have been camping
since Wednesday on Keg island
New Boston, returned this after
noon. An enjoyable time was had
John Maddox of JOY was a bust
ness caller in Aledo yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
CORN GAINS AS
TRADE STARTS
WITH GERMANY
Renewal of Commercial Relation
With Foe and Soaring OF Hogs
Boosts Prices.

Chicago, July 12.-Corn advanc-
ed sharply today, Influenced mere
or less by the resumption of trade
relations with Germany. Continued
ascent Of hog values tended also to
strengthen the corn market Be-
sides, there were further misgiv-
ings about possible ill-effects from
abnormally high temperatures
southwest. Opening prices, which
ranged from &c to IA c up. with
September 194 to 1941z and De-
cember Isl to 1924 were followed
by material further gains, although
temporary setbacks interviewed.
December touched the highest
price yet this Season. The mar
ket closed nervous at FAC to 51sc
advance. with September at 1861
to 1851 and December at 1.645s
to 1.647s.
In provisions. no important re-
action took place.
Oats rose to new high levels for
the season. Crop damage reports
put the bears at a disadvantage.
After opening Ac to 13sc higher,
including September at TIC to 7Sc,
the market scored additional gains.
Provisions were frmer with
grain and hogs. Buying, however,
lacked volume.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
HUNS GLAD TO PAY
TO SEE CIRCUS OF
YANKEE SOLDIERS

Coblenz, Friday, July 11.-(By
the Associated Press American
soldiers who captured Cantigny
and scored various other victories,
against the Germans are perforpa4
ing in a three-ring circus this IfGek
for the entertainment of the sol
diers along the Rhine. Hundreds
of German civilians paid an admis-
sion fee of l mark.
The First division is presenting
the circus at Montabaur and the
first performance was given today.
The circus will continue four days
with two performances daily. EZ-
cursion trains were run today from
Coblenz TO Montabaur for the bene-
tit of the soldiers Of the Second and
Third divisions.
The opening performances today
were witnessed by at least 10000
persons. There were side shows
and refreshment stands and all the
other accessories of a regulation
circus. In the daily parade in Mon
tabaur army trucks camoufaged to
represent circus wagons rumble
over the cobblestones of the town
along with elephants, bears. lions
and ponies from the Hagenback
circus.
All the human performers are
soldiers, including bareback riders
and acrobats. There are wild west
features with Indians and a stage
coach and all the fittings, and Ro-
man chariot races.
The Germans appeared to enjoy
the circus as much as the soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
IOWA WIPES OUT
CHARGE AGAINST
WOODWORTH CLU3T

Des Moines, Iowa, July H.
Members Of the Iowa commission
to the Panama-Paciic exposition
we're cleared Of charges made by
G. NJ. Pierce in the Iowa Home
stead of Incorporating funds, by
the retrenchment and reform COM
mittee at the report Of its investi-
cations, made public today.
The report states that there were.
however, some irregularities in the
filing of vouchers and reports by
the commission, but declares that
the members acted in good faith.
The investigation came as the re-
suit of charges in the Iowa Home
stead over the signature OF J. NJ.
Pierce, publisher, that thousands Of
dollars were unaccounted for.
The charges were directly
against Woodwork Clum, secretary
Of the commission. but also includ-
ed all its members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
SEEK LECTURES
FOR IMPROVING
MERCER HOMES
County Bureau EndeaVOring to OBJ
tain Course Which VIII Aid
IL in EndeaVOrs.

The first meeting of the new
board of directors of the Mercer
County Home Improvement bureau
was held yesterday afternoon with
six of the nine directors present
when the meeting convened. Miss
Elsie Gildersleeve, advisor, and
Mrs. ". H. Clark, president of the
board of directors, presided.
Arrangements were made to keep
the bureau open Saturday after
noon from to o'clock during the
absence of Miss Gildersleeve, who
leaves next week for Hudson, Ill,
for a months vacation. Mrs. c. V.
Duvall, secretary of the board, will
be in the Office during the hours
the bureau is open Saturday after
noon. Other matters were discuss
ed and reports from officers who
terminated their services a few
weeks ago were received.
The proposition of procuring the
Ross Crane company of Chicago
for a series of lectures on better
home methods was considered. The
company is headed by Ross Crane,
head of the art department of the
Chicago Art institute, and is an or
gained project in the interest of
community welfare and efficiency.
Three programs are arranged and
lectures illustrate how living con-
ditions may be improved and the
home made more attractive. Wheth-
er or not the funds necessary to
procure the feature can be raised
is not yet known. The board and
Miss Gildersleeve are much in ia
vor of procuring the company tor
the series of entertainments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
St. Louis Livestock.

St Louis. July 12.-Hogs. re-
ceipts 5000: slow; top price p. 60 f;
bulk 22.00922.60; heavy %. ESQ
$3.50; medium 2215@ 22.65; light
%. O0@22 so; light light 21.75@
22.00; heavy packing sOws, smooth
10 50629 so: rough 17.50@19.5O;
pigs 13O0021. %.
Cattle, receipts 400; practically
40 market; weeks sales show gen.
eral advance of 81 to $3.50. Beef
steers, medium and good 1880
I4.75; common 1L25@12. so; good
and choice 13.00@14.50; common
and medium 10.0O613.0O; butcher
cattle, heifers 50@14.75; cows
S.00912.O0; Gamers and cutters
6.256S.5O; veal calves 1850
1900; feeder steers S.25@1L25;
stocker steers 7.50@1O.75.
Sheep, receipts 700, steady;
lambs, 81 pounds down 14.0O@
1900; yearling wethers 10000
11e0; ewes, medium and choice
. Z5O@S.0O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
NOT FORCED TO
STINT ON MEAT
OR WHEAT FOOD
Government Says Excessive Retail
Prices of Beef Are Not JUS
titled at Present.

Federal supervision Of the pack
ing, sale and distribution of meat
products has been declared by the
department of agriculture to be the
only solution for the present stu
alton.
Meat prices to the consumer, it
says, are so high that he is deny
ing himself, and prices for live
stock, especially beef and lambs,
are so low that the producer is
losing money.
The department emphasized that
save food" signs should be disre-
garded as to meat, especially bees,
and wheat products. Faced by the
largest wheat crop on record and
with many cattle raised in re-
Spouse to the demand for meat
production for the army now ma
turing, the American people, the
department asserted. must realize
that no necessity for conservation
of such foods any longer exists.
The entire meat situation, based
on conferences with senators ana
representatives from livestock pro-
ducing regions. was summarized
by the department as follows:
Europe needs our surplus pork,
but is filling its beef requirements
by importations from South Amer
lea and Australia. Prices of beef
cattle have fallen sharply since
March ! on account Of the stop
page of exports for army use, and
a slack demand for Deef at home.
due to the continuation of beef
conservation under the mistaken
idea that such conservation is still
necessary to feed the people OF
Europe
Beef producers ard lamb pro-
ducers who sell their products at
this time are confronted with the
danger of heavy financial losses
which would tend to restrict pro-
duction and cause a serious short
age in future.
have a satisfactory and permanent
solution of the problem until the
manufacture. sale and distribution
of meat products are officially su-
pervised by authorized agents of
the government, working in CO.
operation with state and municipal
authorities. whose onlvs aim is to
serve the public at large and not
any particular class.
when the federal government
is enabled by law to maintain a
Just supervision over the meat
producing industry that will pre-
vent unfair dealings, speculation,
and profteering by furnishing the
public from an unimpeachable
source all the facts with regard to
the industry, and when the states
and municipalities are enabled by
law to exercise similar supervision
over intra-state and local business,
then only can we expect to have
fair and stable markets in which
producer and consumer alike will
have a square deal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, July 12-Hog receipts,
1000; market very uneven. mostly
10c higher than yesterdays best
time: top price. $500, a new rec
ord; bulk, 21.5O022.90; heavy
weight, 221O a 2295; medium
weight, 90@2300; light weight,
21.S56 23.00; light lights, 20.4O@
2265; heavy packing sows, smooth,
21.35@21.90; packing sows, rough,
20.5O@2125; pigs, 19J00G20.25.
Cattle receipts, 1000; compared
with week ago, beef steers, and fat
she-stock. 75c to 1.50 higher; best
grades advancing most; Gamers,
low grade cows and calves. SOC to
Use higher; bulls, 75c to 1.25 high
er; stockers and feeders, steady.
Sheep receipts, 5000; compared
with week ago, fat lambs mostly
Csc to 40c lower, wethers, yearlings
and ewes 25c to soc higher; feeder
lambs, Csc to SOC lower; other feed
ing and breeding stock steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
MILITARY RITES
FOR SOLDIER WHO
DROWNED IN EAST

A military funeral will be held
over the remains OF Private Will
liam Raymond Johnson. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. E. Johnson or near
New Boston. who met his death by
drowning while swimming at Camp
Monroe, Va, last Saturday. Ser
vices will be held tomorrow after
noon at 8 o'clock at the Aledo Meth
odist church and will be conducted
by the former pastor of the Bay Is
land church, which the young SOL
der formerly attended. The Aledo
band will play and the young mans
comrades from Battery B and other
returned soldiers will act as a mill
tary escort to the body Intermept
will be made in the Aledo ceme-
terry.
The body arrived in Aledo last
evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
SAY, LOOKIT THIS
RHODE ISLAND TO
HAVE 4 PCT. BEER

Providence, R. l., July 1.-Two
and three-quarters per cent beer
intoxicating?
Certainly not. says Rhode Island.
The police commissioner Of
The police commissioners OF
Providence announced today they
would issue licenses on the theory
that beer of per cent alcohol n,
strength is not intoxicating. Beer
containing that amount or less will
be authorized for sale unless con-
gress intervenes.
Several months ago the Rhode
Island state legislature passed a
law defining 1 per cent beer as non
intoxicating.