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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
NORWICH BUILDER DOING MUCH WORK

buildings costing s1,os2.111. These figures compare with 210 permits granted in >the same cities in the first week of April, 1919. for buildings cost inf $S37,S55. and 133 permits in 1918 for buildings costing $230,050.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
A Quad City Clearing House.

tri-city clearing house association may
be good thing. but . quad-city association
should be better. East Moline's financial
strength is growing and its banks must be
counted in on any local organization to ex-
pedite the transaction of business
As for the headquarters they should be in
Rock Island. whether 1t be a tri-city or q quad
city affair. Walt Rosenfeld calls Rock Island
the nerve center Of the community. 1t may
also be said to be the center Of financial in
dustrial and commercial gravity. East Mo-
lines leverage Of distance on the one side is
Offset by the greater bulk Of Davenport on the
other.
A quad-city clearing house. located in Rock
Island looks like a step toward efficiency. but
far be 1t from the rest Of US to wish to tell
the bankers how to handle their business.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23

full woman and misses her old
home so much"
But Mother Doane died sudden
ly before the young people moved.
Ruth put on the black gown she
had worn to the funeral and went
with her husband to the Office Of
Mr.. Gray, the lawyer, to hear the
will read.
Mr.. Gray explained that Mrs
Doane had made her will six
months before, after a visit from
her physician, who told her abe
could not live more than a wear
Her money had not been lost in :
foolish investment as everyone but
himself and thought. She merely
wanted to find out how many peo-
pie loved her for herself. Then. in
his customary dry manner, with !
slight rustic Of paper and adjust
Ing Of spectacles. Mr.. Gray read in
. monotonous voice many things
without interest until he came ID
the following:
Il give and beQueath to my old
est son, John, 5000, to my young
est son, Victor, 5000, and the
residue Of my estate I give and be-
qusath to Mildred. beloved wife Of
my son. John"
Various minor requests followed,
and the will ended with the be-
QueathAi Of my heavy cashmere
shawl to my daughter-in-law,
Ruth.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
MIRANDA.

The Latin adjective mirandus is
responsible for the existence Of
charming Miranda, q name forever
associated with poetic fancy. Mi
randa signifies admirable" or
worthy to be admired" and, aside
from its harmonic syllables, claims
the right to fame through the kindly
omces Of Shakespeare.
When the master dramatist wrote
The TsmDest," he called his beau
tiful and modest heroine. daughter
Of Prospero. Miranda. She 1t was
who. bought up on q desert island
with the delicate spirit Ariel. and
the savage and deformed Caliban ~
her only companions, became the
object Of the love OF Ferdinand, son
Of the king Of Naples, who was
shipwrecked on the island.
The exquisite love story which
the poet dramatist wove about the
young couple and the efforts Of the
young prince to prove the sincerity
81 his devotion by performing the
loNest mental tasks prescribed BY
prospero. has made the name Of
1flxa1dA ca Is Tie lose hgutnes e
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H2art @pH0mo
44,!IDrObIQ1n
oy j MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am q
married woman with three chill
dren, two girls, aged sixteen and
ten, and a boy fourteen. My hus-
band wants me to make the older
daughter leave home. She il q
good little girl who never gives me
any worry. He declares she must
leave because won't make her
give up her money she works for.
She dresses herself nicely and also
her little sister. She earns ten
dollars q week.
She never goes except when she
asks me and always comes home
and tells me just where and with
whom she has been. She also tells
me of the places she is going and
only goes on Saturday and Sum-
day.
Her father Is OF a mean DISPOSE
ton and 10 always cursing and
makes life miserable for the chill
dren and me that almost hate
him. It seems that I cannot live
with him another day. He pro-
vides well. He will not hear to me
leaving home or having company.
I work hard raising big garden.
almost an acre, and caring for a
COW and chickens. doing all of my
housework and washing. But he
will not give me q dollar. Then I
have to work for others.
I have left him several times.
but always gone back because he
wouldn't leave me alone. He
would coax and plead with me and
say he would do better. But he
was only worse. / see I must
leave him again or live in trouble
the rest of my life.
My lawyers advice 10 to leave
him and take the children by Law
and make him support the two
small ones. but we are buying q
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homo and hate to part with it
and my furniture. l can easily
prove he makes life miserable. I
hate to leave my children with
him, but I cannot take care Of
them without my home and furni-
ture. A CONSTANT READER.
l hardly believe that divorce
would make you any happier. As
you say, you would have to leave
your home and furniture and you
would have difficulty in living COM
fortably away from home. II you
are able to bear your trouble q few
years longer, you will be In . bet
ter position to leave, because your
children can take care Of them
selves.
You do too much work. Tell
your husband that you are not 60
ing to take care of the garden or
the cows any longer because you
need your time for Homework and
you do not feel able to do both. He
cannot make you work without do
ing you violence and that would be
illegal. He would be arrested,
fined and dishonored in such . way
that he would not dare hurt you.
You must be more fearless and let
him know that rs his wife you earn
your share in his property.
Perhaps it would be better to
ask your daughter to pay . little
board, q dollar q week II her faith
er would be satisfied. The money
should Cd to you, however. because
her upkeep falls upon you. Refuse
absolutely to take the money II the
father 10 going to benefit by 1t. II
the money goes to you It would b.
| . good plan to start bank account
for your daughter. Later II she
marries. which she probably will
she will be grateful to you for saw.
ing SO that she will have money
! to spend at that time.
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Complaint Is made on behalf Of some Rock
Island service men in the matter Of annual
vacations. Certain employers are said to have
rSfussd to give the usual period OF with pay
tAis summer on the ground that men have not
~ back IN their positions for full year.
Il m employee has taken new position
rlncs returning from the army the objection
10y b considered valid. Where the individual
fseurned to his old job after being discharged
4 = different.
Drafted men had no opportunity to choose
between the army and private employment and
II = only fair to them to count the year as one
ck continuous service. At least in determining
~ whom vacations shall be given. Men who
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
I LlIILB uOYB oxYoRN.

~ $500 hicol, ~ 49, 1870
oas syDtem. end the eane 6ieeaees
eoncerned With Tie lungp ard liver
m concerned With Tho brain and
the fSet. A tailor q q M4ll Qual-s
ified TO diagnose and Dro6Gfihe for
lung or liver trouble g ii milliner
d to prescribe Tor Z dieoaSe Of the
brain, and Z shoe dealer eompare4
favOfably with either Of these 9TH
Of specialists In his ability todd
agnoee and treat the ailments Of
the feet. Thus far. however, the
mflliners and the tailors are .
trffle slow in grasping the golden
opportunity to serve the gullibis
public a. head specialists and trunk
specialists. They should ask the
shoe store foot specialist" for .
few pointers in this profitable
game. There 10 no reason Why some
authoritative manufacturer Of near
wooden cloth should not issue I six
lessons-by-mail course In, say, tor
sopractic, and, when the clothing
salesman has conned the lessons
well, grant the young man . beau
tiful diploma to hang in the store
for the dedication Of the simp
trade. Likewise, there are many
bright young women working sew
en- or eight long hours at the mil
l.nery trade who should be assign
ed to take some hatter's course in
beanoprfctic and earn . colossal
diploma, wherewith to decorate the
shop and prove to: credulous Gus
toners her ability to prescribe for
their head troubles. It is a great
life, but some of US are not getting
all We might out Of 1t. l offer this
hint to the clothiers. hatters and
any strings. / should be pleased
to undertake the preparation of
convincing and extremely plausible
advertising copy for any such mer-
chants who may desire to grab q
little Of the money which Ii tenn
porarily entrusted to lavish hands.
No one can keep fit or do his
best in work or play. religion or
crime, without absorbing at least
two miles Of oxygen per diem on
the hoof. Too many people imag-
inc they can get 'along without the
oxygen, but they find sooner or Ia
ter that 1t is impossible. This pan
demic Of foot and mouth disease
which Is putting such large num-
bers of otherwise useful individu-
ais into the inefficient class must
be broken or the race will surely
! make q sad and early finish. We
are stuffing entirely too much en-
ergy into our mouths and letting
out entirely too little through our
feet. The mixture Is too rich
More oxygen absolutely essential
to save the machine from prema-
ture senflity
The only way we can advantage
ously absorb more oxygen IL
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Sc - W. 80 40! y 81 81 <
~ lkaf e l6fon $1,000 = hArs -
lDepls1e Il " y ! nesh1qA - spAat i1a't
Isoa1sGb - = nseestt v 60 5nss lil1hl
s. tllu = sssst9 than thsix hewisdss 8
raste13o6
0afheftng mushrooms without 1ome special
knowisdte y them = - danserouss - putting
pn1's hand into den q rsttls Snakes. In Eu-
Popsaa countr1sss aoms s6rt q snD1EvistonA 4
maintained ovsr the production ~ saie =
mushrooms. but the public has No such pro
lection here. Anyone can sell any kiud d
fnnsi he can md buyer for and thers u no
comeback II tie former guessss wrong.
Fortunately the National Geographic 10
ciety comes 70 the rescue with set Of rule
for the guidance Of thoseswho think thsy can
not ct along without mushroons md herr
they are:
Avoid fungi when IN the button or un-
expanded stage; also those in which the
nesh has begun TO decay, sssn II only
slightly.
Avoid al fungi which have death
cups, stalks With . swollen base sur
rounded By sac-like or scaly envelope.
especially II the gills are white.
Avoid fungi having milk Juice. un-
less tho milk - reddish.
Avoid fungi in which the cap, or
pileus. il thin in proportion to the gills.
and in which the gills are nearly all
Of equal length, especially II the pileus
10 bright-colored.
Avoid all tube-bearing fungi IN which
the flesh changes color when cut or bro
ken or where the mouths Of the tubes are
reddish, and in the case Of other tube
bearing fungi experiment with caution,
Fungi which have sort Of spider
web or hocculent ring round the upper
part Of the stalk should in general be
avoided
Do not collect mushrooms in or near
wooded areas except for study purposes.
Do not accept mushrooms from SELF
style expert, even il you have to disoblige
dear friend. Learn the subject your
SELF
That an animal insect, squirrel, tur-
tle etc. has eaten Of a mushroom is
no criterion of the edibility Of that mush-
room for man. Insect larvae thrive and
grow fat on the violently poisonous
Amanita phalloides.
Soaking or boiling in water does not
render q poisonous species edible
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
Today's Events

The prince Of Wales. NO. ' ~
ing Australia, celebrates nis
birthday today. X
DR.. Jacob Gould Schurmsnn
close his career as presioens
Cornell university with to's
commencement.
DR.. Clifton D. Gray today wa
inaugurated president Of Bates ~
lege in succession to the late us
Colby Chase. ID
Commencement week. o
university will be brouen. =
close today with the grsduat
The claaseo oe 1o10
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
TlHQE DAILY SHORT STORY

the corner Of the street before Mrs.
Doane returned for the evening
meal. In the dining room a light
suspended in parish dome OF
kaleidoscope gla3s tried to lend a
festive air to the occasion and to
counteract the effect of the smoke
tinged wall paper. There were two
long tables and two small ones In
the unoccupied corners. At one Of
the latter sat Mr.. and Mrs. Doane.
Tonight it was impossible for them
to exchange q word as the occu-
pants Of one Of the long tables
young men from the mill-were 4
little more hilarious than usual.
The tides out, Lizzie" bawled
one youth. a. he thrust into the
hands OF the bewildered waitress
an empty milk pitcher.
Don't skip me with the baker,
wagon" complained T. greedy fel-
low, - an ornate and furnished
cake basket nearly spilled its
wares In careening from one end
Of the table to the other.
Mr.. Doane YEARLY pushsd back
his plata with . sigh. glad to reach
the quiet Of his room. where be
sank into Z chair near the table
and began to all his pipe.
Don't smoke tonight" protest.
4 4 - axka-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23

n A even more serious coal situation IL said
q 61is& In this country this season than there
nv y year, or two years ago. Only 40 per
<1k time il being put in. on An average, BY
~ mines, which means . restriction of output
66f miners. Operators are not losing much
lfoeause prices are steadily advancing, buyers
tdding against each other for supplies that
tisy must have. Already coal at the mines
n some cases is selling for more than double
What Il brought few months ago.
The trouble is all laid at the door Of the
s1ilroads, which are able to handle only 40 per
r1Dped a. they are by strikes, inefficient help
md lack Of cars and motive power. Diversion
~ railroad cars already has been ordered by
~ Interstate commerce commission to deliver
c1sl 70 points in the country that are distant
sfSon the mines. and an even further discrim-
ination In favor Of fuel Is likely to be neces-
airy to avert an acute famine. The situation
Z n said to be particularly bad in the New Eng
lSa1 states and at points in the northwest. in
Asncss being cited in which there has been
NJ delivery for weeks and local supplies are
eatirely exhausted
Rock Island. having mines within few
miles and being better situated with reference
i - transportation facilities than most cities,
n probably will not suffer for want Of coal.
\ Dealers are confident that they will be able
a get enough. though at advanced prices.
\ Quotations are steadily climbing. No special
scGmpsign has been undertaken to impress the
!. people with the need for early purchase of next
! winters fuel and buying 80 TAR has fallen be-
4 low that Of the early part Of last summer.
Events are bearing out the prediction that
Il those who wait longer will pay more.
The railroads hold the only hope Of relief
Anything which strengthens them. increases
t1ar facilities and efficiency Of operation and
n doefeases the disanection among their en-
J5oyes will help nightly toward better living
clpAitions all over the country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23

the most attractive place in the
town. and he is willing to hold it
for. US q day or two, Won't it be
fine to have our own home, Ruth.
with everything Just as we want 1t,
and get away from this distracting
placer"
Mrs. Doane drew q golden ten
drill from her beautiful hair and
wound 1t around her finger for a
moment before speaking. Every
word came slowly and deliberately
from pouted lips.
"Victor, you know very we'll,
after the time was hurt last win
ter the doctor said I must be care
full, SO / couldn't possibly do house.
work. Now don't interrupt by say
Ing there will be maids. This is
Q mill town, with ito endless pro-
cession entering the mills and leav-
ing one for days without any help"
Then because she hadn't yet
learned that too many excuses
weaken Z cause, she added: Think
how horrid It would be for you II
the furnace man should be sick
and You might even have to shovel
snow, to ~ nothing Of the extra
expense? r
After much patient Arguing. Mr..
Doane knew that the only thing
was to tell his brother, John, Who
lived in = small apartment and
wanted . house, about the bar-
gain.
Johns wife. Mildred, came to -
Ruth the next day. She vas heam-
ing with happiness over the
thought q having ! real Aona Al
though not q. beantifd @ Rnth.
she was moee attractive n 6or ~
1matic0.
.AAl wstve aaluea leotAar noeas
Ito eone - M IN aelv - =
elltMo1 = 1l = - -
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= :
sddrsss and sncloss twe-s.t. damp for ret
.conAdebtiAl. The replies bsdas ~ disssG
paid TO anonymous lsttsfsl.
Q. Are diamonds conductors or
insulators to electricity? A. o. L.
A. There are no absolute insu-
lators. Diamonds have q very
small quantity Of conductivity and
are elassed q. non-conductors Or
insulators.
@. Were there any men sent to
military prisons during the World
war for refusal to submit to sur
gical operations! n. r. W.
A. According to war department
records. IS men were convicted by
general courtmartial for refusing
to submit to surgical operations and
sentenced to be confined In dis
ciplinary barracks.
Q. Who was known a. The Little
Giant! R. C. C.
A. This title was given to
Stephen A Douglas, referring to
his great intellect and his small
stature.
q. what = . writ Of habeas cor
ppsi c. q. L
a TAis i ! Wit issasd s. !
Judge o. ! eoaEt T. shaSs ~ bo1y'
Wrought beeore The jndes o. eonrt.
n o1k56eo = n 4 yeeo6A
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J BOARD OR NOT TO BOARD.
81 BY Jessie A Parsons.

(coDyright. 1920, by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.)
IhAt proves what I have always
interrupted Mrs. Doane. shat
NJ generations ought not to live
eether. II Molly thinks her moth
nt6rferes with the children, how
a worse It would be II 1t were
10 mother who was living with
~ unfortunate comment kin
Z ri "a idea In the irresponsible
1 81 pretty Mrs. Benton, who
IDLY gave 1t expression.
5ow q victor's mother, dear !
is seem 70 mo she was look
s69Ey we'll the last tnme l went
- Mr."
Z - couldn't have anyone bet
~ 70 tor her than Kate Steph-
r. keplied Mr.. oDane. As ia
1oc1l1ng veil, there's nothing
lor The mattsr with her *
* she's always broodins
less q hsr money"
y she, misoos her homo,
Is Was vofy lovsly and Kate
k16t house b anything bat
1alke, oyon u abe ID . tower Of
kflh.R Then, seeing that some
ynn wrong. oho turnoA hof
SSka Into another channel.
8wendeFfully warm ttoy kesp
ncepls she exeleimed - she
m : spleaAil paint about
- h01Da~ aIIoo6 4ro.
weSo - lleet eom1pet-
Nlo4oe. oely tNtee !ehe
= =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23

war message, which was read b re
schools and posted on the e.
walls of France.
Avenues, streets, squares -
bridges Of ancient cities were y
named for the president. Men II
ed up Mt. Blanc with the starD q
stripes in their hands, to bestos q
name Of Wilson on an Alpine ~
1t was neither Woodrow VII
nor yet the president Of the Uail&
States who had the power q +
fuse the peoples in a fraternity \
faith and unity the allied frcet +
home and abroad. The maa 4
the magistrate had become Z %
Dol of freedom, the banner beall6
Of a hope, the tongue Of the dc
heavily burdened masses Of ~
stricken Europe, giving voice \
their mute longing for emandpltlGl
from militarism and imperialim
A mighty force had laid hold NJ
him, making him its mouthpietf
its megaphone. and giving his voB)
such q dominion over the minds \
men as the words Of none Oh
ever had welded.
With the downfall Of the ezIls
the most sinister partner IN u
Entente, and with America draw
into the war. the president saw u
conflict. in the light Of those tn
events which happened within thfee
weeks of each other, as a strugglA
between the free peoples and asts.
cratic government, fight to mako
the world safe for democracy,
war against war. That alignma
simplified the issue to the populal
imagination, making the war sseI
at least no longer a wrestls II
power and trade, but a duel b.
tween democracy and autocfae|
with the American president g.
| the German kaiser typifying u
| contending hosts.
The president himself has saaI
admitted that some Of the hop
I, which he innocently awakened q
suited in metaphysical tragedy:3
Was it all only a dream? Was u
! beautiful vision which rose betol(
a despairing world only mirae|
of the desert, the desert which u
war had made? The years, NOT u
hours, will answer.
However far the reality ~
prove in the sequel to have falle1
short of the ideal, this republics
chief was at least enabled to dooa
the autocracies which he had chat
lenged. The German and Austria
emperors themselves made Pres
dent Wilson the arbiter OF thel
fate when their governments can
to him as suitors for peace. u q,
wireless of the Nauen tower d.
called London or Paris, those ~
sers might still be wearing mel
crowns; but when instead wan
ington was called, the answer naa
ed back from the White house M
the peoples of Germany and Az
itria must speak for themselves g
fore the president would refer
the allies the request for an ailnu
tice. That was the death senfe9o
of kaiserism, and down We
thrones that had stood an ase s
The rest: The presidents lcu
ney to Europe, the treaty ana =
battle over it, are history SUI !
the making. Many years must
before that extraordinary chap's
in the story of the presidency :. \.
be finished and may be told y =
spirit of historical impartiaiity.
published by special arransems"
Syndicate.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Lost3 One Cellar Button.

My boy. aged s years, swallowed
. brass collar button. My wife
wishes to call . n. D.. castor oil,
maxnesia citrate. No button has
come through. Ny wife 10 all
worked up about it, no rest day or
night. say don't bother. Nature
will take care Of the matter-am I
right or wrong? q. r. NJ
ANSWERED. It was . gold but
ton your wife might have some ex-
cuse, but . mere brass one Is
scarcely worth fretting about II
1t was more than 48 hours ago that
the boy swallowed the button, it
probably has come through unno-
ticed. In such cases give no
physic: merely feed the child. Il
old enough, generously for day
or 10 with potatoes. bananas and
such foods to give bulk to the in
testinal contents to cover and car
~ along the foreign body. 1t Is
likely to leave the bowel In from
48 to s6 hours. He is your boy and
yON 0uVUW uAv0 AAA o. 00ys A<SS
your wife wait till her boy swallows
button II. she wants to try her
treatment.
Here's . Query Clean from TERRA
del fuego
I saw something about lupus in
your article. Please tell me what
to do for q spot as large as the
palm Of the hand on the cheek that
the doctors said Is lupus. l am
afraid to let them treat 1t for fear
they will make It worse. (Mrs. o.
d.
ANSWER-Back in dear old Fu-
ego your fear Of the medicine man
may have been justified, but here
in North America you should not
feet that way. Lupus Is tubercu-
losis Of skin. and the sooner you
begin treatment the better the out
look for eventual cure.