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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
Butter and Oleo.

Manufacturers of oleomargarine and the
creamery interests Of the country are having
an interesting battle. 1t is alleged by the for
mer that libelous propaganda is being circu-
lated by the creamery interests in order to dis
credit the oeomargarine products. At meet
ing of the Institute of Independent Margarine
manufacturers, held at Atlantic City last week,
the newly elected president charged that 95 per
cent of the butter now being sold in the United
States is made from rancid cream neutralzed
with lime water. The retiring president de-
clared that only 43 creameries in the entire
country were meeting the governments stand
ards which permit to buy from them, but
the remaining thousands of creameries are per-
mitted to sell their uninspected product, no
matter what it may be, to the unsuspecting
public. The manufacture of margarine is so
rigidly supervised by the government that we
are not even permitted to lime as a disin-
fectant on the floor, while the centralized
creameries are allowed to use lime to disinfect
the cream from which they make butter for
your table"
Another speaker, classed as expert on food
values, enlisted the vitamine theory in support
of oleomargarine and declared that milk and
butter were not absolutely necessary for the
growth of child after the weaving period.
He declared that cotton seed oil contained one
fifth more vitamines than milk. He charac-
terized the milk and butter industry as uneco-
nomic insisting that it was the most extrava-
giant large industry in the country because
of the wastage.
On the merits of this controversy we do
not presume to pass. Doubtless much can be
said both for butter and for oleomargarine, and
as long as the public knows what it is buying
and the product-whether butter or oleomar-
garine-is pure, the consumer should expert
ence no harmful consequences.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
Caring for Disabled Soldiers.

The nation does not want to appear I'M
grateful stingy in caring for the disabled
millions who wore their country's uniform in
war time. Any legitimate arrangement where
| by these men can be helped to take up farms
or engage in such other employment as they
desire should be fostered by the government
with full public approval Everybody in pub
lie life and private life wants them to have
everything that possibly help them to re-
cover their health and efficiency. And for all
health or efficiency permanently lost the ma
ton expects to pay heavily. Regarding most
OF the provisions in the relief measure now
pending in congress there is like agreement
Regarding the cash bonus, however, there is
wide difference of opinion. There is serious
opposition to it. exemplified most strongly by
the United States Chamber of Commerce, which
presumably speaks for the majority of bust
ness and professional men in the country
These classes, who pay most of the taxes and
who have direct interest in the way the gov
eminent spends its money, do not consider the
cash bonus justified either by the plight of
the ex-servfce men or by the condition of the
federal treasury. They point out that the gov
eminent is having trouble enough to meet its
imperative expenses, and they do not see how
an additional couple of billions can be squeezed
out, at this time, without danger to the ma
tional finance and possible disaster to bust
ness. No matter what arrangement is made
to pay the money, they argue, the very fact
that another such obligation is assumed is
bound to prolong the industrial depression
Employment, and not cash gifts. they say, is !
what the service men need, and employment |
can only be provided by methods that are
sound.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
Open Air Curb Passes.

This week marks the passing of one of the
most interesting and spectacular financial in
situations in the Countrywide open air curb
market in New York city. On historic Broad
street, just around the corner from Wall street,
the curb crowd has been doing business for
many years under any and all kinds of wealth
conditions. Strangers visiting the great
financial district have been puzzled and amused
by the sign languages Of the curb brokers.
But all this now passes into history. The
famous curb market has been moved into its
new $2,25O,0 900 home in Trinity place two
blocks west of the spot where sun, rain and
snow mingled with the days business. Some
OF the old timers did not take kindly to the
idea of making the curb market modern in
stitution with a roof, and tickers to take the
place of hand signals. These continued to do
a little business at the old stand. But the prop
erty owners of Wall street and Broad street
Immediately objected and it is likely that all
trading in Broad street will be stopped. Thus
the old order changes to the new.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
MAGIC
BY BERTON BRALEY.

Where each moment brings you wizards spell
| Oh, never tell me that life is dull
When up in the arching sky,
SWifter than ever the hawk or gull
Sien mount TO the cIouds-and fly.
And who shall wall for lost romance
When, high from its towers hurled,
\ spark leaps over the blue expanse
| And flashes DER half a world!
Our voices travel on singing wires
With speech that is heard afar;
And We skim the roadWays magic tires,
As drive in a wonder-car.
With the harnessed strength Of q roaring
stream
We turn the great wheels of trade,
And what was only a dreamer's dream
Is builded, and shaped and madei
Life's dull. you tell me? And yet you dwell
In world Of marvellous power,
Where each moment brings you a wizards
SPELL
And miracle every hour!
Copyright, 1921, by Newspaper Enterprise-)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
Acute Laryngitis.

Acute Laryngitis.
The larnyX Is the voice box, made
of cartilage and housing the vocal
cords. 1t caps the windpipe. being
| the prominence in the neck called
| the Adams apple" The vocal
| cords are two elastic bands stretch
ed across the larnyx from points
fore and aft; their movements
approximation or separation) and
their tension are controlled by a
number of little muscles within the
larnyx, so that the voice depends
upon the state of these intrinsic
muscles. AS the larnyx is in front
of the gullet or esophagus, every
thing we swallow must pass over
the larnyx to enter the esophagus.
To provide for this, the Iarnyx is
equipped with trap door called
the epiglottis, which automatically
closes when we are about to swal-
low, except in unconsciousness or
occasionally through forgetfulness,
when the food goes down the
wrong way" and sets up furious
coughing or choking.
The sufffX itis-pronounced eye
It's nowadays, though some still
prefer eet-us-means Inflammation.
Larnygitis is usually caused by the
same infections that cause sore
Threats. tonsillitis, quinsy, coryza,
bronchitis and pneumonia. 1t is
communicable in the same way and
to the same degree, by dropIet or
spray infection and personal con-
tact; though Toms larnygitis is as
likely to be Dicks bronchitis as it
is to be Harry's coryza. Aside
from their prediction for the res
piratOry tract as a whole the germs
of the respiratory infections have
little local specificity, except per-
haps the diphtheria bacillus and
the diplOcoccus of epidemic menin-
gifts. But, come, come, let us drop
to a milder level We doctors just
can't be happy unless we unlimber
some resembling (but not very i'm
portanD technical terms occasion
ally.
Contributing causes of larnygitis
are unwonted overuse of the voice
in a high pitch. Any obstructive
lesion in the nasal passages pre-
disposes the larnygitis and bron-
chitis, through mouth breathing.
A frequent. irritating, tickling
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

somewhat higher had these two distinguished
citizens OF Baltimore belonged to the same po-
liticai party. Mr.. Bonaparte endeavored TO in
woke federal law, in prosecuting the New York
World for the publication Of charges of graft
relating to the Panama canal, on the ground
that the paper had been circulated on the mill
iary reservation at West Point, which belonged
to the federal government. The endeavor was
not successful and Mr.. Bonaparte, regardless
OF the merits OF the charges brought by the
World, undoubtedly suffered considerable criti-
rism which he would have escaped had he linn
tied himself to more usual legal processes.
The death of Mr.. Bonaparte recalls, again
the romance of his grandfather and beautiful
Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore. When, in
1903, Jerome Bonaparte came to this country,
rs a French naval officer whose ship had been
blockaded by the British in the West Indies,
and fell in love with Miss Patterson, then only
lS he was only 10 himself. The most that can
be said for him is that in an interview with
the emperor in 1906 at Alessandria he vainly
sought TO induce Napoleon to accept the young
American wife whom he had brought with him
to Europe. Napoleon was obdurate and refused
to rescind the order excluding her from all his
states. She returned to Baltimore, the mar
rage was annuled by imperial decree. Jerome
was married to Princess Catherine of Wuert-
temberg and in 1907 was made king of
Westphalia.
jerome Bonaparte commanded division of
the French left wing at Waterloo. After the
rise of Louis Napoleon he returned to France
and in the days of the second empire became
governor of the Invalides, a marshal of France
and president of the senate. He did not die
until 1860, but the beautiful American girl he
had loved in his youth lived until 1879 and
known as Nine. Bonaparte, bore herself with a
proud dignity which made her distinguished
figure.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
An American Bonaparte.

The American grandson of Jerome Bona
parte, who died recently in Baltimore, demon
strated, in private life and in his occupancy
of high public Office. little of the abilities and
happily none of the grave defects Of character
which are associated with his grandfather.s
older brother, the great Napoleon. He was
an admirable citizen and loyal friend amiable
and weu-disposed and With high ideals OF pub
Vic service.
Mr.. Bonapartes interest in civil service re-
form had made 4 bond between him and Theo-
dore Roosevelt When the latter chose him
10 be secretary of the navy, later making him
attorney general when the late William H.
Moody went to the supreme co1rt Colonel
Roosevelt know that he was adding to his cab
met a gentleman of high and unimpeachable
character. But his manner was anything but
that Of fiery aggressive leader and it can
not be said that his service either in the navy
department in the department of justice
was greatly distinguished.
At one time Mr.. Bonapartes legal abilities
were treated with almost crushing sarcasm
Ivy the late Senator Rayner OF Maryland, who
wss himself agreed all sides to be a great
lawyer; but who was Democrat and who
would doubtless have rated Mr. Bonanarte
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

@. What United States postage
stamp has a picture Of an airplane
on it? d. d.
A, A Scent stamp has been
printed which bears a reproduction
OF an airplane. =
Q. What kind of wood is used
for canoes? r. P.
A. Canoes are made of bass
wood. cedar, and other woods of
the same type.
@. Who introduced the sugar in
dustry into the Philippines?
A. Sugar cane has been grown
in the Philippine islands since time
immemorial, but it is considered
probable that the sugar Industry
was introduced by the Chinese,
since many of the early imple>
ments used came from China
@. How many crops of alfalfa
are raised in a year in the Solt
River valley? T. S.
A. Alfalfa is cut from six to
eight times a year in this Arizona
valley.
Q. VIII you kindly publish the
pTOuOuuCJd tIOu VI OHM 7 GIN
E. D.
A. The name Sim FTein is pro-
bounced Shin Fame.
@. What are the five highest cit
es in the United States? SGT.
4. Aea6viAe, Colo, Cripple \
Creek, Colo; laramie, Wyo.; San
Ia Fe, \. M, anu Cheyenne, Wyo.,
are the highest cities in the United
States, ranking in the order given.
O. How many negro registers of
he treasury have there been?
L. F. |
A. This office has been held by
our negroes: Blanche X. Bruce,
and 1S97-1S9S; Judson
". Lyons, 1SSS-1so6; William Y.
Vernon. 1eo6-19l1; James c. Ma
pier, 1911-1913.
@. Why aren't clouds frozen
when in an atmosphere below 80
degrees? H. E. K.
A. The weather bureau says that
clouds in an atmosphere whose
is below 80 degrees |
generally do consist Of particles OF |
snow.
@. Where did the New Orleans
Times -Pacayune" get the name |
'Picayune?" K. G. F.
A This name resulted from the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
EgsAlsIH TAlM S
BY WILLIAM j. BRADY ND.

7 cough; huskiness of the voice and
then usually complete loss of voice
for a whispering week or so; no
pain-in fact, often great relief for
the surrounding community.
Rest is the first remedy needed.
Even the effort to whisper after
prolongs the trouble. The sign
language should be resorted to. II
you don't mind the stain, paint the
front and root of the neck ONCE
only, for space the size Of your
hand, with tincture of iodine. After
that, If the irritation or coughing
annoys you at night, the best ex-
ternal application is the cold COM
press.
Two or three times a day inhale
the vapor or steam from a pitcher
OF boiling hot water in which tea
spoonful of compound tincture of
benZoin has been placed; use
towel or paper folded into a cone
to cover pitcher and your nose and
mouth. and inhale deeply for about
three minutes each time.
Take the cough medicines have
recommended for first aid in every
acute respiratory infection accom-
panied with cough, expectoration
or nasal discharge:
Sodium citrate ........... l ounce
Glycerin l ounce
Juice of one lemon.
Flaxseeds (whole) IL teaspoonful
Spts (oiD of peppermint. A drops
Water l pint
Steep the fiaxseeds in the water
20 minutes. strain, and add the
other ingredients. Dose. for adult,
tablespoonful in one-third of a
glassful of water every two hours;
for a child, a teaspoonful every two
hours.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Itching Piles.

You stated that in most cases of
itching piles the trouble proves to
be pinworms .. D. B.
Answer-No. l said that exam
nation in the majority of cases
assumed to be itching piles" shows
that the actual condition is some
thing else than piles, and pinworms
are found to be the actual trouble
in only a few such cases.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
The DAILY Short Story

She glanced at it carelessly. "Oh
you've been picked to enter the
prize waltz she explained. 1t was
all old business to Peggy, but to
Roger it was very, very new. He
backed fearfully away.
But l don't want to enter" he
stammered. Il can't dance, and ]
know it,
The girl clutched him menacing-
ly. You stay right where you
are" said, her eyes narrowing; and
Roger, experiencing for the first
time the delicious hypnotic spell of
the fair sex, remained. He was
tasting life. In fact, he was fairly
devouring it whole.
He entered upon the waltz, his
eyes watering with embarrassment,
his ears pink with modification.
and his heart pounding to suffoca-
ton. He thought he detected a
faint hiss from a watching group,
and he clutched his partner pain
fully. The spectator had only
sneezed.
He did not know how he ever sur
vived that waltz, and the wall in
which the music brought the dance
to an end might have come from
his own heart.
mo Is" he heard Numbered from
the stage, and he stood perspiring,
daZed.
The girl pushed him impatiently.
go up, stupid, they called your
number" she said, angrily,-
Roger shook his head dumbly. She
put her face close to his.
"One-half of that's mine" she
said, you had better hurry"
Positively, he was beginning to
fear his fair partner, and choosing
the lesser evil he made for the
stage, His corner had been
hermitage compared with this.
The man who had called his
number drew him aside. "The prize
is $50" he explained, with a cum
ming look; "$25 goes to you and S25
to the girl. 1t is customary for the
man to give his share to the girl,
too. We announce it from the
stage and you make yourself solid
with the crowd"
Roger looked at the crisp bills and
thought OF the torment through
which he had passed that night.
dollars would never
cover his suffering, but it would
help. He thought of some text
books he needed, and all vestige of
civilization seemed to fall from him
as he reached hungrily for his
Give the young lady her share"
be said bluntly, but 1 guess I've
earned mine, and can use it to good
Poignant suffering
has often been known to deprive
one of the last vestige of polite
ness.
The man with a wry face beck
ohed to Peggy, who minced across
he hail with an innocent little |
mile on her demure face, and amid
great deal of applause, the prizes
ere bestowed.
After the dance that night, "the
surveyed Peggy con-
over a bottle Of ginger
ale.
You only get $3.50 tonight, Peg
gy," he said CURLY. Were out S25
you know. thought you said you
ould pick them easy"
And Peggy, holding her straw in
ne hand, pocketed the money with {
he other, while she glowered into
pace.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

7 consolidation of two papers, the
Times-Democrat and the Daily
| Picayune. When the PiCayune was
established in 1897 there was ii
circulation in New Orleans a small
silver coin of the value OF "a
cents. It was commonly called q
picayune, the word meaning
small" In those days all the
newspapers in New Orleans sofa
for 10 cents a copy. The Picaylhe
in its first editorial announced tha'
it's selling price would be GA cents
as its name implied.
Q. What accounts for yellow
stains appearing on clothes Wheh
being ironod? l am sure they are
not iron rust stains. J. K h.
A. When a material has not Deea
rinsed sufficiently and is ironed wiz
soap still in the fabric. yellow STAINS
sometimes appear. Ordinary lalh,,
dering often IemOves them. anu
bleaching in the sun will help II tne
stain is persistent. This cOndlu9L
may be avoided by thorough Tln5-A5
of clothes.
Q. What makes children bowlsS
ged? E. H. J.
A. This condition is due to allow
ing a child 10 walk too early. or u z
or rarely, TO muscular coz
.raction before the child is put o.
his feet.
Q. Upon which finger does a man /
wear a wedding ring, when w
double ring ceremony is used!
D. d. D.
a A man wears a wedding TINS,
as woman does, on the finger Aez'
to the little finger Of the left manu-
@. How large must piece OF ICE
be to weigh so pounds? X I.
A In order to weigh 80 POUNDS .
piece of ice should contain aoou.
\, $40 cubic inches.
Q. Does the King of England nav
to belong to the Episcopal cnuIcn'
A. 1t is required that the ruler u
England be a member of the church
OF England, which is Episcopal.
@. What is Germany's religion
A. The state religion Of German!
Is Lutheran. Central Germany =
largely Protestant, the Rhine anu
Danube portions being Roman
Catholic. Germany is about .
percent Protestant and sc perceE'
Catholic.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

Admiral Sims complains that the United
States does not permit criticism of officers of
the armed forces. If he thinks that he has
not had his share no doubt there are in the
country citizens who are prepared to give him
all the criticism he Desires
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
CORNSTOCK 3 FEET HIGH

Canton.-An eight-foot stock Of
corn, taken from a field planted
March rs. was recently displayed
here by Frank Newton, a farmer
residing a mile and a half west Of
Canton
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
TARTAN RFALIVFF

Nalrobi, Africa.-A huge noness
attacked a donkey owned by a ma
tive lad. The lad attacked the lion
ess single-handed and dispatched it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

Certainly those Idaho folks have an eye to
business when they send out snowstorm re-
port for Illinois vacationers to read these days
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

There are a lot of statesmen in the world
who must envy Tex Richard the publicity he
has been getting
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08

WE have a feeling that we're going to
achieve affectiOnate regard for Binny Koras.
He is as expressive as John V. A. Weaver and
mot that we're Influenced by it, he fills up a
lot of cOlyum space
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
GROWING UP.

GROWING UP.
Geet But wanted to grow up.
wanted to put on longies
And smoke cigars
And be a man
With payday Saturday
wanted TO grow up
And have somebody to buy sodas for
And take to the circus
Once in while.
We all did, then:
Pat who could throw any kid in town,
And Don, who went to Advent church,
And said the world was coming to end
In Nineteen hundred,
And Brick Top and Eppie and Skin and Spider.
We all wanted to grow up
And become pirates and millionaires and
Soldiers and presidents and
Owners of candy stores.
And all the time we were eating home cooking
And wearing holes in pants
And talking Hog-Latin
And doing what two fingers in the air
Stood for,
And saving stamps
And making things we read about
In the Boys World.
Do you know how to play mumbledepeg,
And skim rocks,
And tread water,
And skin the cat?
Do you know what stick on the shoulder
stands for
And'what "Comggery wiggery meggery' means?
Skin is running a wheat farm, now,
Up in North Dakota
Pats the road
Selling something or other.
Brick Top never grew up, quite,
And was making darts for kid of his OVID
When l saw him last.
And Spider is yelling his head off
About Socialism and the class struggle
On street corners.
Don was with the Rainbow Division when the
World war ended
Yesterday I heard a little freckle-face
Whistle through his fingers
And tell teller called Curley
What he was going to do when he grew up.
BINNY kORAS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-08
The Doc, of Course, Gave Him An
Adjustment.

IF>rom the Clinton Qowa) Herald
A young man, a stranger came near
drowning at the bathing beach Sunday.
He got his mouth full of water and stran-
gled and was unable to help himself
DR.. Malthen, chiropractor, was on the
shore and went to his assistance and
succeeded in bringing him to shore. He
soon rallied