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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Mushrooms and ToadstooIs.

Occasionally the dispatches tell of persons
who have died as the result of eating toad
stools. The impression given is that toad
stools are poisonous while mushrooms are
edible. Mycologists use the term interchange
ably. The term, toadstool, given indscrimin-
shaped like an umbrella, originated from the
old belief that when these mushrooms came
up in hurry, as they always do, the toads
used them for chairs. Such mushrooms are
also known as frog stools or toad caps. Musn-
rooms take various forms. The oyster mush-
rooms, growing on trunks of trees old
stumps, have no stem and no umbrella like
cap. It is as much mushroom the agari-
Gus campster or common meadow mushroom,
which, when open. has a cap like a parasol
and a straight stem. The common link caps"
seen growing around trees and stumps are
generally known as toadstools, but they
edible But one must be sure of the edible
variety. Most of the puff balls edible and
they are mushrooms, but they bear no resem-
blance to the toadstool A little white puff
ball with peculiar markings looks so much like
a golf ball and grows in such profusion that
it is annoying to golfers. There is no one or
one dozen ways of distinguishing edible from
poisonous mushrooms. The only safe plan is
to submit the specimen to some one who knows
something of mycology. There is no cure for
illness following a meal of such mushrooms
as the deadly Amanita. There are, however,
many safe and delicious mushrooms TO be
found, but one must know them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
More School Facilities.

Facilities for education of the young must
keep pace with the growth of a city. This en-
tails additional burdens upon the taxpayer, but
he realizes that it is one of the essential obi
cations incumbent upon the enjoyment of the
privileges of American citizenship. The Rock
Island school board has decided upon a special
election for Oct. Is for a vote upon a proposal
to increase the school levy in order to raise
needed funds to provide for the expansion of
the school system. 1t is sincerely to be boned
that all citizens will not pass this matter over
lightly, but that they will turn out and give
their endorsement to the program that has been
proposed by the school board. One of the i'm
provements contemplated is a central high
school to be erected upon a site already pro-
cured An athletic field will be feature. The
present high school building a crowded. In
another year there would be no room to ac-
commodate the increased classes. The DIan ia
to continue the present high school as a tu-
NOR nigh school, Rock Island has one of the
hnest public school systems in the state and
CITIZENS are justly proud of it While the tax
rate has been high in Rock Island other COM
muhlues have shouldered equal burdens an
prec1ating that if there is to be progress there
must be readiness to meet the ACCOMPANYING
financial responsibilities.
In addition to the need for enlarged school
facilities, the cost of operating the schools has
increased considerably in the past few years.
making woefully inadequate the total realized
from the school levy. So that it is imperativa
that the board have additional funds. In view
OF all the circumstances there should be no
opposition on the part of the good citizen to
the endorsement of the school boards prono-
sition to be voted upon Oct 15. The school :.
the backbone OF the community. Yon serd
your children to school to be prepared for
useIui lives Therefore you have-a resnonsi-
oAity that you should not shirk when vopr
schooi board asks you to share in the contr;
button Of increased financial aid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

THE old Nest is q simple story OF home
and mother. She is just like your mother
After all. all mothers are alike. ready to sac
riace and suffer anything for their children
The mother in "The Old Nest" has reared her
brood of youngsters, and one By one they DRIFT
away and for a Time in the new interests they
have found in their remote homes, forget her
The onfv one who remembers Is the son who
fails In his ventures away from home. OF
course, eventually there comes day when all
of the children gather at mothers knee again,
and the scene is that is beautifully illus
tratiye of the love we all have for home, no
matter where it is or how humble it may be,
and the surroundings OF our mothers and youth
In THE Old Nest" you are carried through lie
from the cradle to manhood. with all of the
trials and struggles of maturing life, with al
ways mother standing nobly by with watchful
eye over her offspring. OF course father Is
there, too, but he's just like other fathers.
While he loves his children, still he does not
get as close to them nor understand them as
does mother.
There are tears and heart jerks in 1.-The
Old Nest" But there is comedy also. Sitting
near the writer last evening at the Fort Arm
strong was a forid faced man who laughed
and cried alternately. He said viewing the pic
ture was just like visit back to the home
OF his boyhood for him He laughed at~the
antics of the youngsters, for he had been one
of them, and he wept when he recalled some
of his neglectfuI acts towards his mother, now
gone.
The Fort Armstrong is playing to capacity
business during the engagement of THE Old
Nest. This is as it should be. It's won
derful picture and beautiful theme. The cast
is superb. You'll instantly fall in love with
the mother. You'll feel just like going up on
the stage and giving her hugging like you
used to give your mother. Don't get the no
ton that all is sadness in 1.-THE Old Nest. 1t
isn't. There plenty of laughs. It's just a
simple story of the average home, and you'll
agree that there is plenty to laugh at and cry
over in the life of the average American
family.
You owe it to yourself and to those respon-
sible for bringing out such clean and sweet
picture as 1.-The Old Nest" to see it during the
engagement at the Fort Armstrong.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Elevating Anusements.

The tendency in the moving picture indus
try the past few years has been to serve a
class of productions with just enough sugges-
tiveness of the improper to arouse the curiosity
and whet the appetite of those seeking the SEN
sational for thrills under the guise of amuse-
1uted and protested against the demoralizing
drift in the industry. and there have been graft
flying responses from producers in the form Of
a healthier line OF attractions although the
Objectionable still persists and reaps its har-
est among those who never seem to tire of re-
hashing of indicate situations and themes.
The answer of the producer who serves this
form of entertainment is that the fact that
such pictures are more largely patronized than
pictures treating OF less sensational subjects
is proof that the former is the kind of stories
that are desired by the public. and that the
public ought to be served what it desires. In
other words, some producers would have YOU
believe that the American picture patron does
not appreciate productions based on more eIe-
waiting and homely themes.
You may you may not agree with the
producer. But If you want proof right here at
home Of the appeal of the picture OF the sweet
er and simpler kind, picture you would not
be ashamed TO take. your mother, your sister.
your wife or your sweetheart to view, You are
urged to drop in at the Fort Armstrong theatre
during the next three days. You will see THE
Old Nest. In the whole story there is not a
nude woman an unfaithful wife or q murder
So if you are in search of such thrills you are
advised to remain away. But in 1.-THE Old
Nest" you will be given some drives at the
heart that will stir you and appeal TO your
better impulses and after you have left the
theatre you will realize that you have listened
to sermon that you would have gladly paid
three times the admission price To have lis
tened to and you will feel better for having
whiled away a couple of hours in the theatre.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
The Happy Epitaph.

The recent death Of Prof. George Trumbull
Iadd calls to attention his happy choice Of an
enitanh With what completeness his phil
osonhv is expressed: 81 have lived and loved
and labored All is we'll" Life is gift, but
like the biblical talents, it is received II ways
that differ Regard that timorous spirit who
is cowed by nature or by circumstance or by
sinole inertia; content to edify idly in calm
backwater of existence; risking nothing OF his
vital capital; adding little to the small sum
of his experience; satisfied with making the
world no worse having thought toward the
lettering thereof; negative, neutral, level; has
he lived? thousand times no. What rewards
might have been within grasp! The humble
inception of effort does not necessarily limit
it's possibilities; man decides such things hln-
self The mute, inglorious Milton who con-
sents to his own silencing has not lived; he
has occurred and vanished. That is all
AS for loVe-man would lead but a chill
life without it, for there is young love and
thsfe is married love; there is love for par
J +ents and then that most terrible of all loves,
the love for ones child. When the gift of life
is conferred there comes with it the posi-
bilty of at least one of those, and to that
happy majority of men comes fulfllment also.
To love-certainIy essential feature part of
the very structure of living. And yet, if life
without love is unthinkable, life without labor
is impossible. The sweat of Adam bedews US
all The plow waits and the hand must be
set thereto. The wheels must turn and the
hammer descend whether we will Down
the centuries man has learned to regard his
work seriously anodyne for the dulling
of dark pains that dwell in his mind, or
through clever mastery, as instrument of
gainful preservation for himself and his own.
But whatever the form, be it low drudgery or
high creative self-expressions, work is human
ity's surest heritage, bugbear or blessing, as
you will. To have lived, with learning and
depth, with vigor and with direction; to have
loved and known faith and fire and the terror
that chokes; to have labored-yes, to the full,
to the last gasping ounce of strength; if these
be accomplished, then of surety all is we'll.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Cancer of the Stomach.

Cancer of the Stomach.
Little has been added to the
. treatment of cancE from about
the time of Christ, according to, DR..
Charles H. Mayo, until the recent
development of serum therapy, en-
doctrine (ductless gland) treatment
X-ray treatment and radium ema-
nations.
From what has been accomp-
lished in the brief period of their
use" remarks DR.. Mayo, II predict
the possibility of surgery becom-
ing an adjunct to these methods
especially to radium treatment
instead of the major method Of
treatment"
standing-the important or major
method of treat ment for stomach
cancer is operation.
In 1915 DIR. William J. Mayo
called attention to the probable in
huence of hot foods and drinks
taken as civilization developed, a
change from the natural food in
take of primitive people, the de-
gree OF heat often being greater
than the tender epithelium lining
the stomach can bear.
Often patients apply at the Mayo
clinic for a general examination be-
cause OF loss of appetite, loss of
weight and strength with increase
in pallor, and are found to have
extensive cancer of the stomach
without distress or appreciab BILE
bleeding. In 1929 cases in which
a diagnosis Of cancer of the stom-
ach was made. in 1919 and 1920, the
conditions were considered too far
advanced for operation in slightly
over half the cases.
Any one of 40 or older who be-
gins to have stomach trouble" or
dyspepsia" Of some kind, which
fails to respond to the ordinary
medical and dietetic treatment, as
sociated with loss of weight and in
creasing weakness. must bear in
mind the possibility of cancer as
the cause. Other causes may &C
count for such impairment OF
health, such as chronic nephritis
(Bright's diseased, diabetes, tuber-
culosis, or syphilis, but cancer is a
very common disease and no family
is immune to it
Certain popular ideas concern
ing cancer of the stomach are
rather misleading. Although ten
derness or a lump or a hardened
place may be felt by the examiner,
and the patient may find evidence
of fresh blood or of old blood ("cof-
fee grounds'D in material vomited,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Cov-nu Arc Not RuuiONS.

Please give the recipe for curing
corns and bunions that you pub
lished some time afo. CA NJ Sd
Answer-A bunion is not a corn
grown up. 4 bunion is a partly
disiocated great toe joint, perhaps
covered by an infiamed or infected
bursa (sac). Operation is the only
cure for established bunion. This
was the formula l printed for
corns:
Calicylle acid, so grains.
Flexible collodion, II ounce
Keep tightly corked or it. will
thicken. Paint the corn every
night for a week or more, when it
will soften and easily come away.
Poor Circulation.
Please advise me the symptoms
of poor circulation. CA P. To
. Answer do not suggest symp-
toms.
Sweating in the Armpits.
In your department 1 found a
formula for liquid for excessive
perspiration in the armpits. l used
it and found it very good. 1 have
miSIaid the formula Please repeat
it and oblige. ". NJ. ID
Answer-Aluminu chloride, ~
ounce. Distilled or rain water, 8
ounces. Mop the armpits with the
liquid on a brush or cotton, and
allow to dry before dressing. Use
this daily or alternate days for
three or four times, as needed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
EaEasA ITH TAI KS
BY WILLIAM BRADY RAD nd.

these signs occurring rather late in
the disease.
DR.. Mayo comments on the fire.
ouency of cancer developing in the
side of an old stomach ulcer. The
patient may have had the gastric
ulcer or ulcers for several years,
and then experience some of the
suggestive symptoms above men
toned. This is in line with what
we know of the exciting factors of
cancer in various situations. Can
Ger of the tongue from burns Of
smoking or from the irritation of
broken or decayed teeth; cancer of
the skin from some prolonged
slight irritation; cancer OF the
neck of the womb in mothers of
several children; cancer Of the
breast among women; prolonged
slight irritation seems to arouse
the anarchy of cell life which con-
stitutes cancerous degeneration
BY the time man or woman Is
40 or more he or she ought 10
know enough not to trifle with 4
case of alleged stomach trouble.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

@. What size is the largest
watch in the world? G. G.
A. A watch nine and half
inches in diameter has recently
been placed in the national muse
UNI in Washington, D. c. This is
said to be the largest watch in e1-
istence.
@. Just where is the Muscle
Shoals power project located?
A. The government project Of
Muscle Shoals is the Muscle Shoals
dam. known as the Wilson dam.
near Florence, Ala, which has a
normal population of about 1000.
Muscle Shoals itself is a rapids Of
the Tennessee river and is the
end OF navigation of that river until
above Knoxville, where the river
is again open to navigation.
Q. Is Neufchatel cheese cream
cheese? G. U. S.
A. NeufchateI cheese is not list
ed as a cream cheese, since cream
cheese is usually made from milk
having about per cent fat, while
Neufchatel cheese is made from
milk having only four per cent TAT.
Q. In what mine explosions were
most lives lost?
A. In the United States the
greatest loss of lives occurred in
the explosion at Monongah, W. Va,
Dec. 6, 1907, when 35S men were
killed. This was exceeded at Uni
versal. Great Britain, in 1913, when
439 lives were lost; at Radbold,
RUhrrevier, Germany, in 1908.
where the loss was $50; and at
Courriers, France. in 1906, when
l ,0Sq was the total.
Q. How can peppers be peeled
for canning? F. T. NJ.
A. Place the peppers in a hot
oven from six to ten minutes until
the skin cracks ana biisters, but
do not let them burn. The skins
can then be removed easily with a
slender pairing knife
O. Was Saint Patrick the apostle
to the Highlanders as we'll as to
the Irish? ". r
a Saint Columbia, a Celtic mis-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

Washington. D. C. Give fun name and
eturn postage Be brief. All inquiries an
to each individual. No attention wI!l DE-
sionary, founder of the monastery
St. Louis on the island of that
name, was known as the Apostle to
the Highlanders.
Q. What causes a wax to form on
the limbs and trunk of a peach
tree? a. G.
A, Gumosis is a rather general
term applied to a group of troubles
the evidence of which is the exuda-
ton of gum from points on the
trunk, branches or twigs. There
are nearly 20 primary causes OF
cumming or gumosis. This IL
cludes several fungus diseases, one
or more bacterial diseases, injuries
due to insects, physiological trou-
bic resulting from unfavorable
soil or climatic conditions and
others.
Q. Has a memorial ever been
dedicated to the author of "On the
Banks of the Wabash" P. 2. F.
A. Dresser Drive, which skirts
the Wabash river in Terre Haute'
Ind, is named for Paul Dresser
who wrote On the Banks OF the
Wabash" this being known as III
diana's song"
Q. Is there any grain that the
Hessian fly does not bother? Q. l.
A The department of agricui-
ture says that the Hessian fly Goes
not attack oats at all. 1t is chiehy
injurious to wheat, but sometimes
Injuries barley and grain.
@. Was a baseball game ever
postponed because there was 10
one to see it? Nj. T.
A A game between the Alien
town and Lancaster clubs, sched-
uied for May 81. 1855, was post
poned because there were no spec
tators. A large parade was Inc
rival attraction.
@ Is it true that d horse closes
his eyes when he is running away:
W. NJ. c.
A a horse does not close his
eyes entirely when running away,
but narrows them down until they /
appear to be-closed>
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
The Daily Short Story

for Miss Hetty, the little house and
the big garden.
One day she said to me: Uncle
Jerry, God brought Tom to Glen
arden" and. shyly, land to me.
Surely, surely, he couldn't take him
away now-not even in the war"
And again: There's no one now
but Aunt Hetty, except Tom. Oh, if
only I'd had mother" l thought
she'd cry then, but Mary never
cried, although her eyes were often
soft in their unshed tears.
And the years passed, four in all.
Meanwhile Toms folks moved
away. We lost track of them, al
though Mary heard occasionally
from his mother.
Then the war ended. Tom should
be coming home. The Glenarden
not Tom His outfit hadn't been
discharged yet. However, letters
still came from France and Mary
was patient Her lovely eyes lost
their look of fear; the war was
over, so Tom was safe.
The winter and spring wore into
summer. Then one night while l
sat smoking in the dark garden
heard a vaguely familiar football
Tom 1 said to myself, and in
stantly, as if in echo, heard Mary's
voice by the lilac:
Tom"
And then, MARY"
heard them again in the garden
after that. They walked up and
down on the other side of the hedge,
speaking so low l could not hear,
so l did not go away. There was
some pleasure to be near their
sweet reunion. l don't know how
long it was until heard Mary say:
Tom, tomorrow's Saturday
night. Can't you stay? We can go
to the movies"
But why tomorrow, particular
Typ The mans voice was a little
strained, 1 thought.
Why Saturday night?" Mary
showed surprise. why, the NOV
les, Tom, in the town hall"
Movies" Tom grunted. rs
that all you've had to think of back
here?"
"Oh, Toni" Mary cried in alarm.
'NTom, dear, you don't understand
It's Saturday night; we always
went to the movies and had pop
corn"
An electric feeling of something
amiss stirred the air. l wanted to
crash through the hedge and ex-
plain to them, but Tom was saying:
Movies and popcorn! Good
heaYes, have I come back to that?
Mary, thought you were differ
ent, somehow, from other girIs!"
Mary cried out: "Oh, Tom. YOU
don't understand. 1t isn't the
movies and popcorn; it's the old
memory, our old happiness
But there was no answer. Tom
had gone.
Then l heard the sobs of a heart
broken girl My heart ached for
her suffering and for him. True,
he did not understand, and she is
truly different, somehow, from 9th
er girls.
After while in the town the
gossips began to ask, Where is
Fom?' Apparently no one knew of
his brief return that evening. Fin
ally the village had it that Tom was
among those unnamed dead.
All, but Tom is somewhere out
side, as hurt and sore as the sor-
girl. Surely some time he
must grow to understand. Surely
he years will bring him back. /
The years robbed them of each
2ther-they must pay them back.
And Mary is patiently waiting,
smiling sadly, and bravely telling
he villSge wags: He never came
back"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

Chemical science promises some startling
innovations, but it's best not to postpone the
buiIding of that new home in the hope OF get
ting your winters heat from the suns rays ana
having electric illuminants as cold as the fire.
~fys light.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

The Greek consul in New York city asserts
that the 1921 American girl Is "spny. won
der how hs says that in Greek
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Argus Information Bureau


Bureau, Freder D. c.
Individual No attention wI DE-
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Chr TnnthHtnttp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DULL CARE-
WHO DrsINTERs THE UNLovED CUSs.
| DWARF!

THERE Is just room for to quote the
revered Hearstaminer's eght-column screamer,
WILDER CAPTURED BY HERALD AND
EXAMINER"-without comment, for it speaks
Tor screams) for itself-before we turn the
balance of this colyum over to Cactus, bless
her hearti She has the Tri-City Women's
Press club (who promised to get out this col
yum for one day and haven't made good beat
mile. Attend: land Cactus has divine
right to split inhnitives as often as she
pleaSes-)
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01
GREAT POET TRUE GENTLEMAN
CsrlyIe's Pen Portrait OF Schiller
Among Finest Of the Tributes
PAID 70 HIM.

la his dress and manner. a. IN all
things. he was PLAIN and Unaffected
Among strangers. something ,ht and
retiring might OCCASIONAL! be- %
served III him IN III own familY Or
among his select friends. he was kind
hearted free. and gay A. II little siIild
la public. his external appearance had
nothing ia IL To strike OF attract 81
an unrrr~uning ASPECT wearing plain
apparel his looks ~ hr walked w"r,.
constantly bent on tAc -ruund 81 thnt
frequently. ~ We are told he failed
TO notice the salutation OF passing
acquaintance but if he hrn;d IT, he
would catch hastily AT his hat. ami
give his cordial Guten Tag Mndrsty
simplicity. total want ~ all pnr:iic
or aficclntion We're conspicuous IL
him. These are lhc usual cuncoIu
tanis Of true greatness. and >rrs" 10
mitigate it, >pl"ndor. Common thiHs~
he did AZ common man Ills euIi.
duet In such muit-l> MAS uncalculat.-l
spontaneous ami therefore natural
and pleasing Thomas oarllIc