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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03

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uncueon Meee,ns y " ~ neiu
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AZ O'Clock. All the members VINO
are e1pectlns 70 Ateno are asAeo
10 make tneir reservatfons u once
ny notiLyihE MIS-. >. ). oiieMeyer'
chairman OF the luncneon CONNIE
tee at K. l. ll22 or MRS. A. r. Saia
at X. l. S9SA Immediately. The
committee in charge OF the ar
rangements for the luncheon IN
Liedtke, Miss Millicent Spencer,
Mrs. c. l.. Thompson. Mrs. w. HI.
Bedell, Mrs. Sam Swftzer. Mrs. Ed
ward Manbard, Mrs. Clyde Mar
shall. Mrs. Lynn Ewing, Mrs. c. T.
Foster, Mrs. William Barth and
Mrs. e. e. Russell.
W. C. T. q. Meeting.
Mrs. Zena Hartzell Wallace of
Kansas City, a sister of Bishop
Joseph c. Hartzell, will speak in
the Iioline Methodist church, Six
teenth street and Seventh avenue.
at 8 O'Clock on Friday evening. and
members of the Rock Island w. c.
T. U. organization are invited to
attend. Mrs. Wallace is a union
organizer and a most successful
lacturer and her taIk will ha very
INT erest;no IN those Interested n
the work.
Animal Electiou
The woman's home missionary
society of the First Methodist
| church held its regular meeting
Tuesday evening at the home of
4 Mrs. s l. CLANCY. 1864 Third
avenue. and elected Officers for the
coming wear "a follows.
Rrasident-Mrs. william Ramser
First vice president-Mrs. C. A
Second vice president-Mrs. Min
ME Johnson.
| Pacordipv cncrafarv Mra T. II
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Picnic 1t Tower.

The Allegro circle Of girl reserves
held q picnic yesterday afternoon
and evening at Black Hawk Watch
Tower. The girls, about twelve in
number, liked out Twelfth street
to the Tower, where many lively
games were played. At 6 o'clock q
bonfire was built on the bank of
Rock river and picnic supper
served. Following the supper, the
girls roasted marshmallows over
the Goals and more games were
played. the group returning by
street car early in the evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Strspe.Crenk.

Mrs. Huilda Cronk Of Rock
Island. and John Strope Of Glas-
ford, ILL.,, were united In marriage
at II o'clock Wednesday mornine
at the home Of the brides dauGh.
ter, Mrs. John Jordan, 1894 Fifth
street. Rev. F. J. Rolf, pastor Of
the Evangelical Church Of Peace,
performed the ceremony, before .
small company Of relatives. Miss
Leona finger played the wedding
march. Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Har-
~ Donaway, the dAughter-in-law Of
the bride, we're her attendants
while John Jordan and Harry Don
away served the bridegroom. The
bride wore . white gown, and her
flowers were white roses. The lit
tie Misses Helen Jordan and Al
berta DOnsvay served IS flower
girls and were attired in white
from head to toe. Garden flowers
were used about the rooms.
A wedding dinner was served in
the dining room. after which Mr.,
and Mra. Strope left for their future
home on = farm near Pekin.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03

For the New England dinner &C.
|lset Z nice piece Of corned brisket
and cook In the fireless cooker over
night Now select two small firm
heads Of cabbage, one-half dozen
turnips, one-half do4en small beets.
one-half dozen medium sized car
rots, one-half dozen large onions.
Cut the cabbage in quarters and
plunge into cold water for one hour.
Pare the turnips, carrots and
onions and wash the beets, but do
not pare. Place part Of the water
In which the corned beef was cook
ed and add sufIicient water to cover
the vegetables and cook until all
are tender. When nearly done add
the potatoes.
To serve: Place the cabbage,
one-half turnip. one-half beet, one
half carrot and one onion ON q
serving plate and cover with .
thin slice Of hot corn beef and
serve.
Pot Roast of Beef-A shoulder
cut is a good one. For q three
pound roast have iron kettle real
hot Cut suet and fry out TASK for
q piece with your meat..it will not
be much; take out scraps. Cut
one large onion and fry brown. take
that out and put in meat, scar on
one side and then on the other till
a good brown (this closes the pores
Of the meat.
Have ready about three cups of
boiling water. Put onion on top of
meat. add boiling water and cover
quickly. Turn fire low and simmer
about three-quarters of an hour. or
until tender. Take out meat and
thicken liquid with -four mixed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Arc Presented with Picture.

Mrs. Walter G. Murphy of 1926
fourteenth street. entertained the
members Of the Margaret Giles cir
Gle. Kings Daughters, at her
home Wednesday afternoon. There
were Is members present and the
hours were spent working on the
towels for the July l bazaar. Miss
Amelia Dahlgren, matron of the
Lutheran hospital in Moline, pre-
scented the circle with a picture OF
the sun room, which the circle fur
nished as a memorial to the late
Miss Margaret Giles after which il
n named. A delicious luncheon
kKns served and the next meeting
Will be held at the home OF Mrs
c. Souders, 1882 F0rty-seconC
\ avenue. July Z.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Bridge-Tea for Mrs, Bassett.

Mrs. J. B. Bassett, who is soon ia
leave the city to make her home In
Ottawa, il the guest OF honor at a
bridge-tea being given by Mrs. 4
B. Duvon and Mrs. Hugh W. Craw-
ford. at the Outing club, Davenport
The guests include q company 81
friends Of the honoree.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Solo Dances II Garden Partv-

The Misses Ruth Blakemore and
Madeline Brown will give a dance
and Miss Irma Dorgan of Daven-
port, the solo dance which she gave
at the Musical club Federation
meeting last year in Peterboro, N.
H.. at the garden party which the
Rock Island Musical club is spon-
soring Friday afternoon on the
lawn Of the ]. r. Tuckis home, 1901
Fourteenth-and-a-half street. The
greater part Of the afternoon will
be given over to informal sociabil-
ity by the club members and their
friends, who will be the guests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
All Day Neeline.

Members Of the Eastern Star So
cial circle are reminded that an all
day meeting will be held at the
home Of Mrs. Cora Schillinger
1920 Thirteeqth avenue, Friday. II
is to be = sewing meeting and q
picnic dinner Will be served q
noon. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03

A. E. Gilmore will entertain at a
miscellaneous shower Tuesday at
the Gilmore home, Aliens Grove,
for Miss Halligan.
Need Two Playground Supervisors.
1t was announced this morning
that two playground supervisors
are needed for the city parks, and
anyone interested in doing this
work for the summer months is
asked to get into communication
with Mrs. H. S. Bollman at r. I.
z39. The work is to continue for
about ten weeks and will start on
June IL. The parks not yet sup
piled with leaders for the play
ground work are. Long View and
Thirteenth street parks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03


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McnAM 6peIleacn VA untte0 ln
marriage q aass bei!e btevens q
the Wapslpinicon valley June ..
l6lU. ana the family nome Mas -
tA1lteneo on one OF tho SpeHeQcR
farms Of the HICKORY Grove roa1.
~. spelletich retired Anont 1SSS.
coming 70 Oavenport VIA as Ie4-
iiy ana purchasing the present
home on Arlington avenue.
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vQlA Activities.
Commencement veAr ~ ~
wis 4. Chental n a-verv. hnev
one Snmafhinr sneciaI Is hAinr
! sivsn each dav Iaedinr mn 70 fhe
|: erndnaffon e1Arcisee ana he
alumnaa meeting Tuesday after.
NOM fhe IitArarv soca,fv entar-
tanned the aisters In the library
Miss teresa vidal. the trea sufer 81
the iunior class handed over tn
Miss Oual LafYerty the treasurer ~
the seniaor class. a check for 500
the rrceiuts from tia NAV nav
nsrtv which Is An unusuaIIv l.r1e
araount Miss Mavre Innp the
senitr class nresidenf rave the
,unior class a handsome nennant
in the class colors a ceremony Oh
! served each wear by the graduating
closs Miss Dorothy Deisenroth.
the senior class secretary real inc
last will and testament Inv which
The .uniors came int the n,sses-
sion of the school chronicle. Miss
Mary Sensell responded
Tuesday evening thu senic- AMI
iupior classes we're entertained al
The home of AIr. and Mrs ! II
Hauberg at an organ recital. After
tho concert there were refresh-
mems served
Thursday evening thu senior
class play. THE Tanning Of the
Shrex" is IN no given Rez,Iex the
clay ,her,. will be 4 number of
classic ,.arces. Following is the
cast of characters for fhp ner-
formanee
Baptista. a rich gentleman of
Padua Miss Alice Pryce
yincentio. an old gentleman Of
pisa Miss Agnes Coyman
Incentio SON ~ Vincentio
Mise Cuvdena uigvins
petrucbio esrtlsm.n of
Verona Miss GLADYS. BRADLEY
Grem;o Miss OnaI IaNertv
Hortens;o Miss Caroline Rn,fer
Tranio a servant
Mas ! oretta McManus
Riorde,lo a servant
M;ss M.r;. E,saa.;cL
crrm;o Mics veil. EraohiIi
c,,-tis Mics Me- III, a-;r o.an
a nad.nt M;ss 1cra,ta Mmenhu
Kafherina tho shrew
Miss Msvre Innv
p;n.ca Me. no-o,hv na;sarro,S
Haherdo shar ' pp
Mics E,iar MO. -thr
Nathan;el Mics Mar Fnnsil
Philin Miss Mildred onirlev
Josenh Miss Margaret Harrison
l,Servants-The Misses Iovola Hol-
fers Marie Coleman Reth Rrad.
lev and Helen Rink
Cook . Miss BESSIE Lewis
commencement exercises will be
held. Rev. ]. p Noonan of Des
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Complete Bazaar Plans.

The central committee and the
various committee chairmen in
charge Of the arrangements for the
Kings Daughters bazaar to be an
event Of Thursday, July l, held u
meeting Wednesday morning at the
home Of Mrs. J. r. Tuckis, 1901
Fourteenth-and-a-half street, when
they discussed final plans for the
affair. It is to be held on the
Knights OF Columbus lot on Seventh
avenue. between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. which is indeed
an ideal place for such a sale, and
In case of rain in the Trinity Par
ish house. which has also been Of
fered the unions. Many UNIQUE
ideas are to be carried out in the
booths. and great variety OF articles
to be sold.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Altar Society to Give Coffee.

|, The Altar society of st. Joseph'a
church held its regular meeting
yesterday In the auditorium. There
were about thirty-iive members
present. The afternoon was spent
In sewing and : picnic lunch was
served. Plans were discussed for
. coifee which II to be held Juns
- In the school auditorium. It
wa; decided also to have . porcsl
post sale in connection with the
coffee. The nGxt meeting Of the
soeiaty will b held June Is. Il
will b IN al day n6stiAG the
houys 70 - speat n sewing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Golden wedding Aaniysrsary.


Many tri-city friends will Be- In
terested in the golden wedding an
niversary OF Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Spelletich Of 1905 Arlington avenue,
Davenport. which will be ceiebrat-
ed At the homo June s with 4 home-
coming and reunion OF childreAYand
grandchildren at the anniversary
dinner to be served In the evening.
Their six children: Felix, nov il
the wholesale grocery business ia
Tacoma Wash. formerly Z suc-
cessful farmer OF Scott county:
Adam Of Fargo, N. D., where he is
In the transfer and storage busi-
ness; Mrs. William Leighton Of Jo-
liet. nee Miss Gertrude Spelletich.
. bride Of the past year: Kalman
Spellehch, secretary and treasurer
OF the G0rdon-van Tine COMPANY
and U. N. Roberts company: Nrs.
R. B. Cook and Mrs. Robert C.
Ficks Of Davsnporf. are ali here
and will unite In making the occa-
sion . most happy one and there
are four grandchildnaa, Il Edwin
Cock. ! junior ct the University AZ
Iowa. Kalman Co0k. q sophonOep
1t Princeton; ReAeft NckA. r., ara
little Hilla Kaye Sp4lleticA. the
daughter q n. and Ma KalHAn
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Luncheou For Brides. Hlect

Mrs. W. H. Bishop and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Bishop Kelley. en-
tertainsd at a luncheon ut Fejer-
vary park yesterday as = pre- nup-
tial courtesy in honor OF Miss Net
tie German and Mas Clara Fisher,
June brides: Twenty two friends Of
Miss German and Miss Fisher were
the guests. The decorations were
carried out in the four wedding
colors, Miss Germans colors being
pink and blue, and Miss Fishers
solors green and white. The CEN
terpiece consisted of q large basket
Of pink peonies. Miss R. Cram
mar OF Rutledge. Pa. . sister Of
Miss Fishers, was an out Of town
guest. The afternoon was spent in
playing 500. the prizes going to
Miss Emma German, Miss Nora D.
Barry. Mrs. j. H. German and Miss
Genevieve German.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03

half teaspoon salt. ons-A.n 81
spoon VANILLA extract, ~. ~,
sugar. two eggs. two hhi~ss.:
melsed hntter..
soAk The crumbs Ii th1 IN
I'll soft. Beat the eggs slifSfis al
beat the sugar into them ~ p.
the milk and crumbs the - l. !.
sugar. the salt, melted hssss5 Pa!
vanilla extract. Turn nv y
tered baking dish and bshsI
. knife inserted into Il $50 sss.
clean.
This bread pudding NAV !. =. !.
led. For variation add o. 49,.
|eitron and currants mixed 49,
attractive pudding may b - y
adding only the yolks q ~ -.
to the pudding. The Wits ~
beaten stiff. two and oue-haN Y.
spoons Of powdered suenr III
gradually beaten into them ~
10 spread roughly over tie w.
pudding, which Is returned = n.
oven to brown.
Vanilla Sauce = One Gun w.
one-half cup Of sugar, two tslIs'
spoons cornstarch. two tahleanos..
butter, one tablespoon vanilla
Mix sugar and cornstarch -
water and boil for 1--WE mirst.s
Remove from stove and add ~,
and vanilla
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03

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ese1lng 1t ! o'clock Miss
pahlheim, daughter Of Mr..
a. ~ Dahihe1m 81 ly3z EIev-
e1o1u4.s Moline, became the
~ Vincent Ha1gren, son Of
my Halgren Of 21N FIJI
street, Moline. The we'd
tp0k place It the home Of the
~ parents. Rev. G. o. More
~ pastor Of the First Lutheran
1eth. Moline, ofhciated In the
geace Of = company OF Is rela-
= and friends. The attendants
eet Miss Irene Nystrom, cousin
= ~ groom. - bridesmaid and
~ Miss Blanche johnson -
0Ner girl. A. the bridal party
loek their places before the i'm
eurlsed altar Of flowers ard ferns,
koAk Watt, violinist, accompanied
u Miss Adeline H0wkinsOn, rem
1StoA Hearts and Flowers" and
n 16g the ceremony the pianist
1tare1 softly, Il Love You Truly
M sOh Promise Me-"
TAe bride wore . gown OF white
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Good PuddIngs and Sauce.

Sugarless Rice Pudding - Now
that sugar is scarce and costly, try
this for rice pudding: Cook the
rice a short time first. then take
your baking dish, break two eggs
in it and beat light. Add one cup
of corn syrup (white) and one pint
milk. Stir we'll, add cooked rice
land raisins If you like).
Bake one hour or until done.
Plain Bread Pudding-Two cups
bread crumbs, one quart milk, one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Party Tor Mss Merrinan.

Mr.. Fred Lundahl. at her home,
213s fifteenth street, Moline. en-
tertained yesterday afternoon ct 1
delightful tea and bridge in honor
Of Miss Marguerite MerrimAn.
whose marriage to Glenn l..
Daysy ID to be an event Of June s.
Bridge was played Ut four tables.
The house was decorated with
spring flowers, lilies Of the valley
pred0minating.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-03
Entertain Endowment Society,

Mrs. w. A. Peterson and Mrs.
A. A. Milton we're hostesses yester-
day afternoon at the meeting of the
Augustana Endowment Fund socie-
ty, at Mrs. Peterson's home, 1921
Seventh avenue. The program was
in charge OF Mrs. Oscar Anderson,
who presented her niece, Miss
Gladys Anderson, in the following
program:
Two musical monologues, mot
Understood" ...... Leslie Horris
Men, Men, Men,. ....... Bowers
Three songs, THE Dandelion".
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-01
FINANCIAL NOTES.

Governors of the New York Stock Ex-
change granted yesterday petition sign
ed hy Cos members Of the organization
that the Exchange be kept closed on July
3 and 3, thus giving IFS members a straight
three day 'cession from business and large
brokerage houses an opportunity to COM
plete their usual half yearly audits.
The j. G. Brill Company has taken q
large amount Of business recently, the
untitled orders on hand being greater than
at any time, with the exception of the war
period, when the company was engaged on
extensive munitions contracts.
Pointing out that the world is short OF
iron and steel, the National Bank of Com
merce Of New York, IN a careful survey OF
the field, reaches the conclusion that
most Of the world must come TO the Unit
ed States for steel, and that the only now
notential competitor of this country is the
United kingdom, where the output of
iron last wear was Z ,2S9,0O0 tons and of
steel ingots and casting 1894, 900. In
1918 the iron production in the United
States reached 40 269.000 tons.
The statement Of earnings of the United
States Steel Corporation for the quarter
ended today will not be made public until
the last Tuesday Of July, but this did not
prevent Wall street from circulating es-
Inmates as TO what the showing may be
like According TO estimates made public
TODAY. net earnings will amount TO about
S50OO0.opO. which If continued for four
fun quarters would be equal 10 $40 share
on steel common. This S50,000.000 total
for the second quarter Of the year would
compare with a total of $40 0O0, 900 for
the first quarter Of 1920 and with s34, ,O00,-
900 in the second quarter OF 1919.
There was noticeably more interest In
General Motors stock and rights, yester-
day several 10000 blocks of the latter
changing hands within few minutes nea
the close OF the market, with one for &c, 900
rights.
stock offered TO shareholders for sub
scription at $40 per share Is likely to be
entirely absorbed with very little help
from the underwriting syndicate, it looked
as II those transactions III rights might be
IN nature OF final cleanup before the
payment date, which comes next Wednes-
day. IL may easily be that General Motors
will command materially higher price be-
fore very long, and favor also runs strong
ly 20 railroad stocks, equipment issues and
the steel group.
On sales OF a few shares American Rail-
ways preferred stock dropped 10 points
Yesterday, 70 80. Earnings OF the COM
pany are showing enough TO pay
the dividend on that issue, on the
prospective second-preferred stock, the
increased charge on the s., 5000 float
ing debt which is 10 be extended for FIVE
years and more than per cent on the
common stock after II shall fall back to
holders Of the National Properties bonds
which will default today. Holders of
such bonds, by paying an assessment Of
l715 per cent, for which they will receive
second-preferred stock, will get their
twenty-six shares of common stock which
is back of each 81 900 bond, or, not paying
an assessment, viii be allowed to retain
six shares of such stock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-01

Elbert Hubbard used TO sny we are not
punished for our sins, but by our sins.
The troubles which now confront tis are
the inevitable punishment for our past
follies.
The labor unions are now 50 strong
that they can paralyzc this country for a
time, but the reaction will wreck them
beyond all hope. Let us hope that wise
counsel will prevail among them and they
will be the first 70 see the need Of equal
izing all wag y and salaries, whether union
or non-lInio1, ON merit system and not
by coercion When say INERT" | mean
the kind Of employment, the drain on the
workers physical and mental resources,
the time required for preparation and all
matters Of that sort.
We must have lawyers, doctors, school
teachers, college professors, engineers and
many other workers, who require a long
and expensive training--and where are
these men and women TO come from it
better pay can be had by joining labor
union and then, after few days instruc-
tlon, have regular employment at short
hours and n wage in excess Of PROFESSIONAL
Surely, even the union man wants our
schools to be maintained so his own
children can be taught
Every crisis is supposed to produce its
great man. The crisis for labor unions
has come. A further abuse Of their power
will, IN my opinion, destroy them II IS
obvious that, sooner, or later, merit will
rule. Labor itself should propose n great
national investigation Of labor and fair
relative schedule should be promulgated
We will start as a basis with the housemaid
and let the union mems wives fix their
hours Of employment and their wages. and
then we will build all wages and hours n
employment upon this.
What about hours of employment Well
You could hardly expect me 70 be IN
sympathy with the short hours now
proposed / have averaged more like
eighty-four hours than forty-eight hours
a week. My first work was in a gas house
We all worked az least sixty hours n week
The stokers and coal wheeIers worked
eighty-four hours a week. / worked sixty
six hours a week. We were all q healthy
happy lot, with less dissatisfaction than
you can find anywhere now
Once when | was working as a s,Iperin-
tendent group of men came 70 me and
demanded an eight-hour day. ! said
Fellows, before we discuss this matter
| want N know If there is man among
You who is married and has children
whose wife does not have to work more
than eight hours a day. II there II, want
that man to hold up his hand and 7 will
show you either a remarkable man or a
damned liar Not hand went up We
talked H. all over in friendly and good
natured way. and they withdrew their re-
quest No, the truth IL that ar Pa s hours
have gone down from ten 10 nine, Mas
have gone up from fifteen 70 sixteen, and
when Pas went 10 eight Mas went TO
seventeen. The greatest hardshIps from
overwork fall upon the non-wage earning
mother As everybody slse shortens his
hours and decreases production, the prob
lem of clothing, feeding and caring for
children becomes heavier and a heavier
burden to the mother