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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
What's In A Name?
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MILDRED
MARSHALL
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emperor and the Augusta his wife.
Thus Augusta came to be . favorite
feminine name in Italy. Germany
adopted it as Auguste, and contract
ed it to those other Teutonic favor
ties. Cute, Gustel and Asia. In Eng
land. Augusta appeared intact and
as such has dourished through the
centuries. The modern craze for
contractions and diminutives has
brought out the Gussie. which, alas,
Is more popular in this country than
the original stately Augusta.
The ruby, emblem of majesty, is
fitting ta1ismanic gem for Au-
gusta. 1t is believed to endow her
with courage, power, and wealth.
Wednesday is her lucky day and 3
her lucky number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

n Accordins to the New York. World editors
v 1rite or orators declaim columns about SEN
~ invsptisating committees. but neither
ss10uN cay ~ much as Abe Martin packs into
III sentence when he announced that II l ever
ut caught want t b tried by senate COM
s% Glttee.' said Bootlegger Ike Soles. t'day."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

with such = disease - tubofculoelS
should froe his mind once ana Tor
al Of the fool notion that muscu-
lar strength and physical health
are SYNONYMOUS or similar, II no
means to ct well. Muscles them
selves sap considerable energy and
the over-developed muscles Of the
physical culture freak probably
account for his we'll recognized
lack Of physical endurance, his
poor resistance to disease, and his
uniform obscurity or failure in all
contests Of IN athletic - we'll ~
mental character. The big mus
clog are parasites, sucking energy
from the body.
Persons with tuberculosis will
do we'll to cut out and save the
paragraphs I have quoted from
Pottenger. They contain words of
wisdom and experience. ! COM
mend them particularly to those
desperate gamblers who dare to
attempt to manage their own treat
ment Of tuberculosis.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Sailed PeanutA
I have been told that sailed pea
nuts are of special benefit to the
health. Kindly explain. L. B.
Answer Il suppose the peanut
man wanted you to buy some. Pea
nuts are very nourishing, whole
some food and the addition OF q
little grease and salt makes them
more palatable for some persons.
Coloring the Hair.
Is It injurious to color the hair
have . young husband. several
years my Junior, and in order to
keep up appearances I dye my
hair. A. n.
! Answer-I'd dye mine. IL I had
any, in order to keep q young wife
II. I married one. I know no by.
gicnic objection to coloring or dye.
ing the hair, provided the dye EN-.
ployed is not itself poisonous
some dyes contain lead. for in
stance. Let no reader now write
me to ask about q good hair dye
for l cannot recommend hair dyes
1t is best to have an experienced
barber or hair dresser dye tn,
hair. 1t is as justifiable for on
to. dye the hair, il desired, as it i.
to use rouge. face powder or mai
polish.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

- A German scientist 10 sure he has discov-
cred Mars signaling. The whole German gov
rssnment thought 1t was in touch with that
hery planet for good many years-and under
Its magnetic spell. But 1t found out its error.
Yet you cannot blame any Of tho people over
there for thinking they are seeing stars after
what happened to them during the war;
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

s The snake charmef who mistook RATHER
81. one Of her pets. should tie pink ribbons
= her fsvoritAA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
ONE YEAR AGO

British govss1msae proclaimed
me suppression oe the Sim Fsin
organisation.
Chancellor RAnner Of Austria
signed the peace treaty 1t st. Ger
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

Smugglers who jumped from booze-laden
bunch into the river and swan ashore when
pursued by the police. are believed to be vets.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

me- Shs only difference is that Harding talks
flRom the front porch and Cox from the back
ESlatform.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

Z man has been robbed Of fountain pen.
10 use in talking. this banditry certainly has
reached . point.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

A recipe these times for keeping cidel
weet II scrap Of paper.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

/ Well. the bobtail car seems to have beaten
retreat for the time being-but 1t may turn
III and bob back.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

wha speaking Of tho supply Of gasoline
hey Mace the accent on lean"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
INSIDE STUFF.

s4 INSIDE STUFF.
Thefe once Was college professor
i n mixht tell his nsme but I'll not)
Who vss one Of the wise, though mot know-it-
Ill, guys-
Hut honest, the man knew . lot!
Ono day - he at in his study
rypswriting great his
He arose with . start. clappsd hand to his
Hsclaiming: I'm stuhs BY : bes!"
Twas true; TWAS the bee presidential
That slipped the prong under his hair;
And to shorten my song) it was mot very long
Ere Prof filled the presidents chair.
He found the place much to his HIKING
That IL, for . short time, At least:
But Is time passed away. with every new day
HIS love for the old chair decreased.
At last when his. tenure Of once
Was swiftly approaching its end;
When enemies round him I'm malice did pound
him, 3Ge& lts
I'm told he remarked to . friend:
~Of course still have my convictions
With reference to Article Ten
But may not state, sir. twin b simply great
When r'm plain professor again!'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

& wen know IN . fsw days now. how Maine ID
ing to went"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

send back the ring and other ~
ents and tell him that the eaesI
ment is broken. Doubtless ~.
treatment will be . blow 70 r.
and he will want to make amelee
Do not renew the engagement ~
less you are sure be Is in es'
and has learned his lesson.
He has reason to be jealous
the other young man. An enssS.s
girl has no business going VI"
anyone besides her fiance.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We ~
two girls both is years OF ~.
Can you tell us how to get . u
steady? We have callers. out ~
steady ones. We are consioeIs
beautiful and are splendid dance'@
What Is the mater with US!
JAZZ BABIES.
Beauty and the ability to dane
will only give you empty pleas1,,,sss
Tho things worth having IN ~
are earned BY sweetness, cnA'
and right living. .,.ss
What man would DO satlss
with . Jazz Baby" A -,
Baby" might charm for one M M
but she would have no las..pss
charm. You must be intereshns
you expect to have man Cali y
you exclusively.
Dear Mrs.. Thompson: % WE.
\ girl meets . boy on the SUI
who should speak first. the oos :
the girl? -
4 60 When . boy walks home ~ =
school with q girl should sne
him to come In! c. d. =
a. The girl "a No
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
Argus Information Bureau

b. rns.
BE
CONFIDENTIAL No
to auonyu nal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
A Pfk@ Ponxi

Plkor P0nxi
Canton Corr, Peoria starr.
Down At Lewtstown they have a Sec
ond hand dealer who handles second
hand stuff no matter what It il. He re-
Gently displayed in his window second .
hand individual paper drinking cups. Il
10 alleged that the financial wizard had
frisked the paper cups out Of the discard
receptacles where thrown after being
used. The city board of health NAV
arise to the gravity Of the situation and
do some knocking
HARDING MAKES GREAT HIT IN MIN
MISUNDERSTANDING.
A HOME RUN, wasn't It? REMc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

THE citizens Of Los Angeles are bit mined
at the press reports depicting the great dam
age caused by earthquakes in Italy. Doubt
less the reports are, like stories OF climates
more salubrious than California's, grossly
exaggerated"
At Present Prices, sBreak" Is the Word.
(Ffom the Chicago Trfbune).
Not long afterward when Sergeant
Richard C. Two. who was taking the
course was discharged, the Schultz
Baking company was notified. and the
young man went to the Chicago COM
pany a. instructor in its break making
department At q salary Of 5000 year.
THE Atlantic, second largest Of tho four
great oceans, has an area of 10000 900 square
miles What . lot OF stock that would water!
A ~Teaoher Of the Old School" Of Course. Z
(From the Reynolds Press).
Miss Lois Rounds Of Illinois City be-
gan welding the rod OF correction at
Hazel Dell yesterday.
WHILE the thin limerick contest SINNERS
on slow fire, you might try this stunt on
your thinktanks. Write US perfectly good
poem of not over a dozen lines. nor less than
eight, in words of one syllable. Here's part Of
q sample we writ some years ago:
!. Monosyllablc.
What shall it be! "A bit Of verse!
No doubt but that were best.
The task will then prove not a curse;
With ease I'll meet the test g.
To. me it does not seem 50 hard
To make thing quite clear
With short words, for thought Is marred
At times by long ones drear
For facts are facts, and truth is truth,
Though both mans prone to twist
Old age would ape the ways Of youth
Youth longs for age, wist. d.
Man seeks for things he does not need,
Goods OF no worth he Graves:
To work for self he makes his creed,
To gain more gold he slaves.
Wealth? Fame? do not feel their lure;
| Such things too oft bring gloom.
| For Life is brief, and Death is sure
/ And wealth ends 1t the tomb.
A Pfker Ponxi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

THE citizens OF Los Angeles are bit miffed
at the press reports depicting the great dam
age caused by earthquakes in Italy. Doubt
less the reports are, like stories OF climates
more salubrious than California's. grossly
eIa9Iefatod"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The authority back of a market re-
port largely determines its value. Re-
ports from the bureau of markets. Uni
ted States department of agriculture,
are counted of peculiar value in the
maintenance of healthfuI economic con-
ditions in America because they sup
ply information that is comprehensive.
always up-tO-date, and unbiased.
What may be characterized as the
key positions in the governments mar
ket-repOrting organizations are the
market stations. These are branches
OF the bureau of markets maintained
in nearly a score of the larger cities,
and one of their chief functions is to
collect and distribute market news re-
lating to several or all of the following
products: Fruits and vegetables, live
stock and meats, dairy products. hay,
grain, and mill feeds and seeds.
Most of the branch offices are con-
nected by leased wire with Washing
ton and receive and distribute market
news daily. The original data are as
sembled and condensed into reports.
reviews and press articles which are
distributed according TO the leeds of
the market. Most of the men in
charge of this work have had technical
training and considerable experience
either in production or marketing.
4
The work of these men resembles
that of the county agent in that it
is localized, but it differs from it since
1t deals primarily with the selling and
not the producing phase of agriculture.
In other words. the market station man
begins where the county agent. in most
eases, leaves off. He is able to an
alyZe market problems comprehensive
ly because he meets dealers, shippers.
and buyers and is in daily touch with
local trade conditions.
The cooperation which the market
stations maintain with State market
ing agents in 81 states is a decidedly
helpful feature of the market news
service. The national service is con-
cerned chiefly with the wholesale mar
keting of produce shipped from one
state to another, but the state agents
are interested in local produce. both
wholesale and retail The national and
state forces often unite not only in Sc
curing information, but in helping to
solve special marketing problems and
conditions, such as the more rapid
movement of crops in seasons of heavy
production.
The service of the market stations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
Household on Land.

The housing shortage in Cincinnati
is presenting some unique problems to
the building commissioner, George
Hauser. The owner Of a hOusebOat
on the Ohio river asked permission
TO transfer the cabin of his boat to a
foundation which he has prepared on
Southside avenue. In the summer he
plans to restore 1t TO the boat, thus
using the cabin as an all-year-round
home. The purchaser of number OF
discarded cottages built for the gov
eminent nitrate plant at nncOr, near
Cincinnati. has applied for a permit
to bring them into the city and erect
them into fiat buildings by arranging
them three on top Of each other. He
contends that this can be done with
safety and convenience.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
STEERS STARTED ON SILAGE
Danger From Overlooking and Is
Much 7eIished.

Silage has largely solved the prob
lem of starting steers on feed. 1t is
bulky enough to eliminate danger from
overeating and unless cattle are ac-
custOmed to il they rarely eat greedily
of it at the start, according to George
w. Godfrey of Iowa State college.
Western range cattle that never saw
corn take to silage as quickly as those
of our native cattle that are not ac-
customed to it. When fed fodder these
western cattle at first pick off the
leaves and husks. leaving the stalks
and ears. With silage they get &C
quainted with the corn taste at the
start.
When grain is added to the ration, If
spread over the silage, it is more even
~ shared by the steers. Even when
cattle are going at once onto a heavy
grain feed start with sil2ge is best,
as it allows a more rapid increase in
Tive grain ration without danger.
a short preliminary feed of silage
al:O puts them in good condition to
mike the best use of the grain ration
Ia:er Silage has a place in every
feed lot that nothing else can quite
fill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
SyTnington Otis again.!
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
LEFT A NAME THAT ENDURES
Memory of Noah Worcester, Known
as First "Great Apostle of Peace"
Worthily Honored.

America has produced more than one
very famous cobbler. One of these
was Noah Worcester, known as the
first great Apostle of Peace" He 1t
was who founded the first great
peace Society of Massachusetts"
Born in 1858, he went into the war
against Great Britain when about Is
years of age, and fought at the battle
of Bunker Hill. He became so dis
gusted with the vices of the soldiers
life and the horrors of the battlefield
that he became a Halter of war and adj
vocate of peace. He worked in the
field all day and made shoes at night,
besides studying as much as he could.
He became a minister before 30, con-
tinuing to do farm work and cObble
shoes so as to exc out an existence.
He even taught the children of his
parishiOners for no pay, conducting
a school in his study. 1t was in 1914,
after he had written urging Christian
unity, that he published his famous
pamphlet, "a Solemn Review of the
Custom of War;" advocating the abOl-
ishment of war. interpreting literally
the New Testament doctrine, Resist
not evil" in line with the teaching of
the Society of Friends. Dying in his
S0th year he asked to have inscribed
upon his tombstone: "He Wrote the
Friend of Peace"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
hurt BY DOUBLE"
Englishman Victim of Unusual
Circumstances.
Reduced to Perjury Through the Opera
tons of Man Who Resembles Him
With Fidelity That Must
Be Remarkable.

Somewhere in England fiourisheS a
brilliant scoundrel who is committing
fraud after fraud in the name of Her.
bert Leslie Perkins, an impoverished
herb seller of Wolverhampton, writes
a foreign correspondent of the Kansas
City Star.
He is said to look exactly like Per-
kinS. even to tendency TO StOOp. He
dresses like him, has the same manner
isms and voice, and is sufficiently ia
miliar with Perkins past to assume
his identity before acquaintances-but
he cannot write like him.
For this theft of his personality Per-
kins has paid painfully. He has been
imprisoned five times. being acquitted
each time at the subsequent trial. Four
warrants are now out for his arrest,
and cloud of suspicion hangs over
him that may result in other warrants.
His savings Of $500 have been spent TO
earn his freedom, and most of his fur
niture and his wife'S keepsakes have
been sold TO support his family of six
children while he has been in Jail.
He was first arrested October 10.
1919, for fraud at Gloucester. Five
days after his release he was arrested
again and taken TO Chesterfield, In
DerbyShire. where he was remanded
for trial on the declarations of four
persons that there could he no doubt
he was the man who had defrauded
them. Yet he never had been in CheS-
terfeld before in his life. At the Der
byshfre aSsizeS he proved that on the
day of the fraud he was at the UttOx-
eter market in StaffordShire. Fourteen
old specimens of his handwriting were
produced. None of them was anything
like the criminals.
The jury promptly acquitted Per-
kins. While his friends were congratu-
lating him in the courtroom police
man pressed forward and arrested him
for other alleged frauds. They dragged
him Off to Hull police station. where
Perkins says he lay that night wonder
ing if he was mad or only dreaming"
In Hull he was again positively iden-
titled, and he had to remain IS days
in Hull prison before his trial. This
time he had "A witnesses to prove his
presence at various markets distant
from Hull on the dates that the frauds
were committed.
81 could have produced sixty wit
neSSes," said Perkins. "but it took my
last cent to pay the fares of the four
teen"
The operations of the "slick" double
hurt the police nearly as much as Per
kins. They have four warrants for his
arrest for a number of other frauds
committed at BurtOn-On-Trent Peter
borough. Bristol and Leicester. The
warrants are pigeOnhOled for the time
being. The police are Illuminating.
Penniless, Perkins hUSily is digging
up his herbs again and trying to sell
them but after y days in Jail and with
the shadow of prison bars still hover
ing over him he has little peace of
mind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18
COLTS REQUIRE MUCH GRAIN
1t Animals Are Compelled to Consume
Large Quantities of siIage They
Develop Slowly.

At the University of Missouri.
colts have grown from 5G2 pounds
in weight on September 10 to- S97
pounds on April q, on a daily ration
of S.42 pounds of One-half shelled corn
and One-half oats and rs pounds of
hay. Colts can consume small uuan-
titles of silage, but if they are
forced to eat large quantities of silage
they cannot be expected TO grow as
much as they would if fed more lib
orally on grain.
Bran. when available, and small
quantity of Oilmeal may be fed to
advantage to colts. Exercise. fresh wa
ter and good quarters must be fur
nished if best results are to be expect
ed, but it should be borne in mind
that the colt which arrives at its year
ling form stunted and thin will be
handicapped for the next two or three
years of its life and may, perhaps,
never fully recover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18

and state agencies tends to diSplace
many of the private agencies whose
scope of operation is apt TO be less
comprehensive. prompt, and reliable.
In addition to this general information.
which might be called routine market
news, various sections in the bureau
of markets render important service
by securing data regarding special
commodities. The fertilizer sections,
for example, have conducted inquiries
and made reports on the supply and
demand for fertilizers and fertilizer
material. The transportation sections
have rendered valuable aid in securing
complete and regular reports on ship
mentS, and also by expediting the I'M
loading and return of cars. Without
information on these related subjects.
buyers and sellers often would go far
wrong in their bargaining.
Prompt distribution of the infOrma-
ton which the bureau of markets rep
reSentativeS secure is essential to its
value. Reports are collected early in
the morning and ere telegraphed from
city to city so that they can be pub
lished the same day. In this way mar
ket information for the entire country
is placed in the city dealers hands a
few hours after it is collected, and
often shippers at remote country
points have the data the morning fol-
lowing its compilation. The reports
show not only actual sales or ship
ments of various commodities, but 9th
err important items which have a bear
ing on the markets.
Scope of information.
In the course of the year the infOr-
nation made available through the
United States department of agricul-
ture has to do with, the marketing of
between 100000 and 100000 car
loads of live stock and 100000 to $780,
600 cars of fruits and vegetables. The
movement of cotton, dairy products,
dressed meat, grain, and feed is COW
cred in the same comprehensive fash
ion. 1t has been estimated that the
departments market news reaches
from 100000 to 100000 readers
through the newspapers, while the
market bulletins, reports, reviews, and
special articles go to tens of thousands
| of growers and dealers. Obviously, the
growers and dealers profit directly
from the market news service because
of its completeness and fairness, but
of no less Importance is the benefit to
the public at large resulting from
healthful, abOve-board cOmpf titiOn pro
NOTED by easily Obtainable market in
| formation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18

wheat deals I've ever handled,
and I'd like to let you in on it.
What time can see you, and where?
ANY time at any place"
Meet me at Burton & Burton's,
then-brokers. you know, Board of
Trade-at eleven sharp. Don't fail.
It's big thing. So long. Must hurry.
Upon certain of the casual acquaint-
ances he had made in La Sale street
Fitzhugh had taken pains to create
the impression of being the scion of
highly respected family unknown to
the newspaper columns but possessed
of wealth. Hunt was one of those thus
deluded. Others he had impressed in
different wise. But every man who
met him believed him TO be a person
of means. 1t was an emphatic point
with him to see to that.
In a secluded corner and low tone
Hunt explained his project very con-
cisely.
September wheat" said he, opened
at ninety-eight and a quarter this
morning. A gang of bulls have inflated
it till she's like soap bubble-ready
to burst any moment. A gigantic bear
raid is coming off here tomorrow that
will send September wheat down like
that'-throwing a cigar end to the
floor. THESE bears" he went on,
kicking the cigar aside, "have got mil
lions behind 'em, and they're going to
claw the entrails out of those bulls.
They won't stop clawing as long as
there's a live bull left. They're going
to sell-sell-sel. It'll be the biggest
smash you ever heard of. And the
man who's heading this big bear raid
is none other than Symington Otis"
"Otis?"
"As you know, of course, Otis has
always been one of the greatest bulls
in Chicago, Has that reputation. But
all of a sudden he's gone over to the
other side. l found it out last night.
Only a handful besides myself know
it. 1t seems he's got it in for a fellow
who was associated with him in bull
charge a few months ago, and, he's
going the smash that fellow if it takes
the last cent he's got. That's Otis all
over. Once you get in bad with him
you might as we'll jump in the lake."
$50 l was once given to under
stand" said Fitzhugh quietly.
"You see where we come in, of
course I'm only an outsider myself
but you! Lord, what pile you can
make!"