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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
Business With Mexico.

Mexico has become one of the heaviest for
eign purchasers OF American motor cars parts,
tires and accessories. The purchases in this
line for the SIX months ending June 80 were
valued at more than $15.000,00o. and the VOL
hme has increased since Americans do not
ordinarily regard Mexico as a land having
much use for automobiles. Such extensive
buying surely affords presumptive proof of
restored peace and order and reviving pros
perity in that long-dstracted country, if no
other evidence were at hand.
Mexico seems TO be developing under the
Oregon regime into one of this nations best
all-aruund customers 1t does not, and never
will, approach our northern neighbor, Canada
In that respect, but it bids fair to offer soon
. far more profitable market than ever before.
Its demand for motor cars and other products
Is certain to increase as result of the sat
isfactoryf adjustment made with the Mexican
government in the matter of petroleum taxes
the Tampico OIL field.
Final adjustment of the big point still at
issue; the validity of American ownership of
Mexican minerals acquired prior to the adop-
ton of Mexico's constitution is expected
soon as a result of a decision by the Mexican
litical recognition of Obregon's regime at
Washington seems to hinge on that. With the
resumption of diplomatic relations both coun-
tries stand to benefit more than ever from each
others business
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
No Strike Likely.

Reports sent out from Chicago, Cleveland
and other cities forecasting the possibility of
general strike the railroads of the coun-
try Will not alarm the public. The people have
enough confidence in the intelligence of the
railway workers to believe that industry will
not be crippled by a transportation tieup. The
significance of the strike vote in progress
among the trainmen and other railway organ
izations is misconstrued by many, no doubt
The real meaning of the vote unQuestonabiy is
that the men are opposed to wage cuts and
changes in working conditions but that does
not necessarily mean that they would go on
q general strike in preference to accepting
reductions.
Railway employees are generally conceded
to be among the best paid workers in the
country. They succeeded in obtaining repeat
ed Increases and concessions during the war
period. many of them based on the theory that
war conditions had advanced the cost of living
There has been general liquidation in other
lines and the cost of living has slumped to some
extent The railway labor board, to which the
wage and working condition problems on the
railways were referred, ruled that reduction
in railway pay aId readJustment of hours and
rules are warranted 1t is not likely that the
railway men will care to make a general fight
against the ruling of the board in an effort to
retain all that was granted to them as war
time emergency concessions. 1t is a matter of
common knowledge that the railway COM
panies have had a hard struggle TO make both
'nds meet since they have been turned back
o the owners following a period of govern
nent control. The high cost of wages and
materials neeessitated increase in freight and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
Treatment Worse Than the Disease.

/ Treatment Worse Than the Disease.
A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
II have taken quite a lot of mi
sraine-6 to tablets daily of mi
| graine No. l. Please write me the
effect of it's constant use. l haze
been taking these at this rate for
several months. They have dead
ened the pain for which they were
taken, but appear to have brought
on an peculiar condition which wor
ries me.
''I have lost my appetite and 1
have lost considerable weight. My
| finger nails and lips have a blue
| color. Can migraine produce these
! results, or might they be caused by
the pain for which they were taken
What effect does migraine No. l
| have on the heart pr. E. c.
without knowing exactly what
"migraine No /" contains-there
are many different mixtures sold as
migraine tablets, capsules, powders
or pills-it is practically certain
that the pain killer portion is one
/ of the coal tar derivatives usually
present in so-called migraine tab
let's, headache remedies, grip RENE
dies, and cold" remedies-namely
acetanilide sometimes disguised
under the chemical name of pheny-
lacetamide), or phenacetin also
called acetphanetidin) or antipyfin.
These coal tar derivatives have the
peculiar power of interfering with
the oxygen carrying function of the
blood cells and of producing cya-
nosis, which is the blueness or
duskiness of the surface, particular
ly noticeable in the lips and the
finger nails.
When drug works such havoc
with the blood, the safety limit has
been passed and disaster inpends.
as this unfortunate correspondent
may not live to realize if the habit
is continued longer.
The drug whether acetanilide,
phenacetin or antipyrin land there
are several other less popular coal
tar derivatives with about the saline
effect) certainly deadens pain and
all other sensations if you take
enough of it. But at the same time
it seriously impairs the vital oxy.
gen carrying power OF the blood
and weakens the heart. There have
pSen sCpieo vi uedIHS liOlu 'lHeSS
coal tar pain killers, in a few of
which cases the coroner's verdict
has plainly placed the responsible |
ity on the poison, but in most of
them the facts we're never made I!
known to the public.
That the laity should be per-
mitted to purchase and abuse such !
poisons without any restriction !
whatever is an unfortunate condi-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
The Daily Short Story

! guild hand toward the inner office
the door of which was slightly ajar
After a hesitant moment the new
! CONNER seated herself. Kath. hav-
! ing concluded a slow, scornfui sur
! vey of her companion on the wait
ing list. cupped her round chin in
her palm and directed her gaze
through the window.
Then Rand hurried out from the
! inner office and walked straight to
Kath, without once glancing at the
newcomer. "Ahem!" He drew an
other desk chair as close as posi-
Bile to the one which held the suilen
! one, reached out and seized one of
her chubby hands in firm grip
, y "Ahem! Now, my dear" he be-
gan. kath's heavy-lidded eyes, wild
ened to their fullest and travelled
past his shoulder to the other wo-
man who was slowly rising from
her seat. Then Rand turned and
looked. Releasing the hand he
held he rose to his feet. turned his
back to Kath and faced the tall,
slender one with a copious wink
In true movie" fashion he regis
tered his confusion and guilt.
"Ah-er-how do you do? Had
no idea"
Then he turned: "Ah-some 9TH
or time, Miss Berry" But Kath'S
chair was empty On the street
floor Rida and Lillian waited. They
bounced upon Kath as she emerged
from the elevator.
Tell us-what did he want to
see you about?"
"Girls"-the shaken one was no
longer charry of speech-"take 1t
from me that mans a wolf clear
through-if his wife hadn't hap
pened in
Up in the office a pair Of young
people had fallen into swivel chairs,
weak from laughter.
"A 'peach'-an .Adonis' is one
thing, Cousin Sue; but sheep is
n bird of another complexion. That
girl doesn't talk much, which
makes her a sort of an oracle
around the office. l may have to
spend the rest of my life here and
I'm not going to begin as a sheep
in VOLTS clothing-so / staged
the little affair on the spur of the
moment, knowing you would be
along TO help me out Tomorrow,
I'll be an out-and-out wolf" The
mild Sylvester threw out his chest,
flung on the raccoon coat ard pre-
tended to leap savagely at his eous-
in
She rocked with another gale of
laughter. But didn't think you
had 1T in you, Sylvester Rand"
cried Sue
They went out to dinner togeth-
err, Sue and the boy-man-wolf cous-
In of hers. In the soft glow of the
table lamp her eyes we're very gen
tie, warm and maternal as she
studied him. Tomorrow he would
be scorned numerically by the en- !
ployes OF the company But that
was as nothing to being thought a
sheep-men were like that =
He looked up then and held her
FLUSHING gaze with masterful eyes. |
This time, Sue, you're going to
accept me /
Anyhow. that's now modest Syl-
Vester, now vice-president OF the
company, became a VIOLIN State
street. /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

Marie Zumback, reared in Joliet basement
prison, where her mother had kept her, for IL
years never saw daylight or breathed fresh
air When humane officers found her she had
the mind and body of child of years. Moth
ing can be done with Marie, says the best OF
medical science after months of labor. Dr.
Sigmund Krumholz pronounces the case hope
less and says Marie must end her days in the
condition she was found. That shows the
power and importance of good environment in
youth. What happens to the sapling deter
mines the tree
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
Vera Z. Rogers.
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
diyte, Inc.)

f! Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
diSte, Inc.)
They were discussing the new of.
| flee manager-that is, Rida and
! Lillian were Kath was the listen
j ing portion of the trio. She sat II
the bright sunlight streaming
through the broad window, with
out a blink Of her heavy lidded
| sepia-brown eyes. Her dimpled
| fingers played lazy tattoo on the
/ typewriter before her. Once she
turned her head, like a languid sun
/ flower, toward the twitterirg pair
and that was all.
! The new nan had disappeared
! for a few moments. In the mean
time he was catching it" from the
office.
what do you think of him,
Kath?"
Nifty little golden-brown mus
tache, Ell, kath?"-
Let Kath alone. Can't you see
she's asleep-like a sweet Persian
tabby in the sum-"
"a peach. An Adonis, isn't he
Kath?"
"Adenoids? You've said it,"
shouted Sour Grapes" from his
high stool.
Didn't you just love the way he
romped in with his raccoon coat
and motor goggles?" gurgled LII
liam.
Kath spoke for the first time that
day:
"wolf's clothing." Her tapping
preserved IT'S steady. lazy rhythm.
"Woof! Wool" Another high
stool" took up the cry.
That's not a wolf--it's a bear!"
He's bear-he's a bear"
danced Rida toward, the water
tank. II was empty. but an ex-
cuse in case of the sudden return
Of Authority. She stopped at
kath's desk.
What did you mean by VOLTS
clothing, Kath?"
"She meant a sheep in VOLTS
clothing. He's a sheep-he's a
sheep" warbled Sour Grapes"
saving Kath an answer.
Every high stool and swivel
creaked under It's weight of assia-
uous attention to business when
Authority returned The detail
ran hoothly, for the force, in
spite of spirits, overnight, was q
competent one. Sylvester Rand
made vigorous use of his handker-
chief when he entered. His keen
gray eyes were dancing as they
sought the floor. AS a matter of
fact he had heard every word
learned in the space of three min
utes that he grew on trees, was
Greek god and was that most pitiful
of objects-a sheep in VOLTS cloth
ing. Sylvester was a modest man.
but that last was a bit thick for a
chap OF 26. He stepped to Kath's
desk.
Miss Perry, will you remain after
) this evening, l want to discuss
And the office listened
to a man. kath raised languid
eyes, which had grown a little wild
or, and nodded.
At 5:15 the company's outer Of
flee door opened and a tall. slender
brunette, enveloped in furs, entered |
Her deep. blue eyes, in contrast to !
her dark hair, were alive and
Her glance fell upon
he waiting Kath, who, dressed for |
he street, was seated before her
covered up typewriter. Sullenness |
vas developing in her sleepy face: |
Is minutes was entirely too long |
or even the best of office managers /
o keep Kath sitting around.
els Mr.. Rand here?" asked the
brunette sweetiy.
The disgruntled one moved a Ian
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

ny question By writing The Argus luform5~
eturn postage. Be brief All inquiries ar
{" each Individual. No attention will b.
mitted to eat pork. The Enfield
rifles, which were put in the hands
Of the Sepoys had cartridges
CREASED with tallow and lard II
was necessary for the soldiers 10
bite these cartridges with their
teeth. On May 10, 1857. the Sepoys
mftinied in Meerut, when native
troops rose and liberated some Of
their comrades who had been in
prisoned for refusing to handle the
English cartridges
Q. When Jerusalem was burned
by Titus, how many people yere
killed? E. H. B.
A. Jerusalem was destroyed In
70 A. D.. 100000 inhabitants los
ing their lives.
@. What kind OF a card game is
all tours? w. D. T.
A. All tours is the original form
Of the game called seven-up or old
sledge. The all tours family also
hs Cdt4-
fornia jack, auction pitch, smudge,
pedro and einch or double pedro.
@. What foods will add iron to
the blood? ]. G. r.
A Foods rich in iron are: dried
lima beans, dried navy beans, beef
steak eggs entire wheat grain,
oatmeal, dried peas, prunes. raisins
and spinach.
@. II a colored man went 20 the
north pole with Admiral Peary,
what was his name? E. A. T.
A. One member OF the Peary
party was Matthew A. Henson, a
colored man.
@. Will 50-mile gale uproot
trees and damage houses? c. R
A. The weather bureau says that
winds of 40 to so miles per hour
should not seriously damage we'll
built houses or uproot trees hav-
ing proper root system particularly
4 devoid Of foliage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
Uhp Unn1hHtnttr
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE
WHO pIsrNrERs THE UNI4ovED CUES.
BEWARE!
THRILLS.

81 ought to write a pome today,
| think / really orter.
What shall the subject be-" l asked
Our Handsomest Reporter.
"I think" said he, "a pome on thrills
Would be a real ripsnorter."
All me, my time for thrills is past,
The winds of life are chilling.
But though / do not feel thems now,
To write of them I'm willing,
For well know the happenings
The young man thinks are thrilling.
l know them-but dare / reveal =
The memories that fill me?
Would it be policy to tell
OF things that used to- thrill me?
Believe me, no; for if l did
I'll bet friend wife would kill mel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

Q. What kind of engines did the
ZR42 have? K. L. D.
4. The power plant of the ZR-2
consisted CT six Sunbeam Zoos
sack" engines Of $50 horsepower
each.
@. Is mind reading q fake or 0
fact? l. E. E.
A. Muscle reading, wrongly
termed mind reading, is often pos
sible by close attention. Every
complete mental process expresses
Itself in movement and while in
many cases these movements are
involuntary they give an inkiing Of
the object or direction of the agents
thought.
O. Have there been any changes
in the game laws of the different
states? Il. O. L.
A. Forty-two states held regular
lesinlatfve sessions in 1921 and all
except five Of them revised their
game laws to some extent.
@. How do the diamonds lately
found in Arkansas compare IN
quality with South African dia-
monds? W. a. G.
A. The geological survey says
that the Arkansas diamonds and
those of South Africa are about the
same in quality
@. What is the Greek equivalent
for Lord have mercy upon us"
which is used in church services?
F. r.
A. The Greek translation for
this expression iS"Kyrie Bleisou"
@. What is the story about the
Sepoy rebellion being caused by the
Sepoys being forced to eat meat?
]. O. H.
A. Sepoys are the native British
Indian soldiers. In religion they
are for the most part Mohammedan
and Brahfnan. One considers the
ow sacred. the other is not per-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

The real tragedy of the Fatty Arbuckle case
is that another idol and ideal Of kiddieland has
been shattered. Children had put Arbuckie on
a pedestal as a king of clean funmaking. II
puzzles them how Fatty be in jail Youth
forms its ideals from youths heroes. Ideals
are shattered with the wreck of movie hero
as surely as the Black Sox left hole in the
heart Of every American boy lover of clean
sport
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
RAIL BOARD TO HEAR PEySsY,

Chicago, Sept. 20.-The Penn
sylvania railroad was granted per-
mission by the United States
railroad labor board to appear
before ii on Sept 26 in support of
Its plea that the boards order that
new election of employees repre-
sentatives in the negotiations over
working conditions be held should
be annulled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

An eastern manufacturer left his two daugh-
tiers an annuity of $500 each SO long as they
remain unmarried and continue to take music
Lessons That makes Cupid chuckle. Neither
money nor art worry the little love god when
ha fnds the right mate
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

SHOULD you open the paper tomorrow eve
ming and fail to see this Ark of Asinity cut
ting its usual course through the editorial
ocean you will know that the Handsomest Re-
porter has turned ugly and massacred the
pilot
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

II dancing makes the feet larger we win
soon be a broad-shouIdered nation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
~ EXCAVATED WHEEzE.


Mac: At the Y. W. with the Stockholm
Mathematician l called his attention to the hu-
man rapid calculating machine that so prompt
ly told US how much we must pay for our
lunch. Yes he came right back, she Bur
roughs right down to our pocketbooks.'
LARRY.
A SIGN on the Rock Davenport
ferry reads, Everybody Pay His Own Fare"
AS the ferry crosses the state line about mid
way of the classic Sire of Streamlets the idea,
one coRjectures, is that Cap Henderson doesn't
propose to run afoul of the W. k. Mann Act.
Gosh!!!
[From a United Press dspatch.l
District Attorney Brady visited the
hotel where the party took place and
with aides taking the roles of Arbuckle
and his guests, reenacted what the state
will claim was the story of the fatal
afternoon and particularly the alleged
assault by Arbuckle upon Miss Rape.
YEP; WE PEDESTRIANS ARE THE
EDUCATED FOOLS.
Mac: Passing along the same street at the
same hour for several mornings l have noted
with some interest that a gentleman whose
task is carrying coal from the street to a base
ment window arrives for duty in his ford. Has
the day passed when the proletariat walk to
work? EVERETT TRUE.
DIR. SUN VAT sen says we must either
light the Japs with words now with bullets
alter. Let's fight EN- now and let General
Dawes furnish the fighting words.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20

Washington reports that the average man
should have $524l cash. Average men are
hard TO find these DAYS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
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Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21
1THE SFASONSpo


n FTEN we meet people who say that they don't
| like summer, others who don't like autumn, and
~ once in while who doesn't like spring
Seldom will anyone admit-or boast that he likes
all the seasons equally. And yet if man were to
keep record of the days in the year that simply from
the point of view of weather and physical comfort he
enjoyed there would probably be no that would
establish deceive claim to his favor And if there
any such it would almost certainly not be spring
People are generally governed in their likes dis
likes of the by the extremes rather than by the
average of weather displayed. Persons of cheerful
and optimistic spirit likely to remember season
by it's shining days rather than by its stormy ones and
persons who easily affected by adverse circumstan
take their strongest impressions OF season from
those days when it is at it's worst. By that reasoning
it might appear that to such persons all seasons are
equally bad and that to the others all equally good
But impressions are relatives and anyone who shud-
ders and shvers in cold weather is pretty to pre-
fer summer however hot it may be- and one who really
suffers from heat is likely to think that winter is the
best time of the year.
The law of compensation that Emerson preached APP
plies in attitude toward the If did not
have foggy and windy and rainy days, we should not
appreciate nearly much as we do sunshine and blue
sky and soft breezes. If looked out into Ut
ter backness of night, with blasts of wind and snow
beating against the paneS, should not lock up at
and stars and the silent spaces of heavens with
quite the same love of their beauty. Even the most
wonderful things in nature might grow stale in our
eyes there no contrasts in the circumstances OF
their appearance. Youths Companion.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21
BEATS JACK AND THE BEAM
STALK

II have for the past nine years
owned a farm in Kansas, and my
present tenant writes me about this
years crop of corn" said c. F. Tor
bert. "He says a boy recently
climbed cornstalk to see how the
corn was getting along and now the
stalk is growing faster than the boy
can climb down. The boy is now
plumb out of sight, Thre men had
undertaken to cut the stalk down
with axes and save the boy from
starvation, but it grows so fast that
they cannot hack twice in the same
place The boy is living upon moth
ing but raw corn, and at the time of
writing he had already thrown down
over six bushels of cobs. wish
that we could raise corn crop like
that in Alabama. Birmingham
News.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21
MONEY THROWN ON THE WATER
RETURNS TO YOU in A FEW DAYS

PART, however small. of every dol
lar you spend in your own town
comes back to you. The more money
that is spent in this town, the more
there is to he spent WITH YOU.I
no matter Whether your business N
farming, dry. goodsing, restaurant.
ing, numbering or laboring.
This is true of every town and
city in the land. But the town tbSy;
can coax money f.on the people ot
other towns. soon becomes SO pros.
porous that people flock to it, and
that's how wealthy cities are made.
1t is the duty of every man and
woman in this community to spend
every cent he intends to spend right
here. 1t is his duty to himself. SO
that his own property, his own busi-
ness, his own job will be worth
cling market.
blocks and businesses and jobs are
IL -
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21

Something must be done to curb
the reckless automobile driver. Too
many accidents are being charged TO
the automobile When human life
is at stake the law should be en-
forced. Let it be done. Let every
violator, regardless Of ;yho he is or
where he halls from. be made TO
keep within the limits of The law as
to driving and public traffic.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21

The merchant who orders his sta
tionery, especially the very same
kind he can get at home end for the
same price he has to pay elsewhere,
should not kick" when the people
order goods from the mail order
markets. Some business men are
for their town just merely for the
business they get out of it anyway,
and have no interest in the upbuild-
ing question.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21

Five years from now al automo-
biles will be equipped with Kitchen
etts and bedroomettes, and homes
win be abolished Atchison Globe.
Yes, but if we continue - manufact-
ure and sell automobiles and moon
shine. whiskey, who'll be living to en-
JOY these then? 49,
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21

Last week a man was shot to death
near Rutledge, d baby was found
dead in Richland creek, a court
house office and residence near
town was entered by intruders.
Which is it, Bolshevism or normally,
Well, probably neither Rutledge is
only 33 miles from Knoxville.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-21

Man down in Alabama died from
rattlesnake bite. We don's do that
way in East Tennessee. lIave some
thing better die from the effects of
the antidote.