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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

mon. To suppress it or, at any
rate, limit it, the church synods
passed DEGREES that such fighting
could not take place on certain
holy seasons, or on certain days.
1t was so arranged that only So
days in summertime were left Tor
fighting These ediCts were not
very scrupulously obeyed. Some
times the king lent the truce th6
weight OF his authority and thus
made it the peace of the land.
Q. How far is it around ms
earth by airplane? c. u
A The distance around inc
earth by airplane would differ ac-
cording TO the latitude, The pTac-
teal route from New York via San
Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama
Shanghai, Rome, Paris, LondoA,
back to New York is about zz,o'V
miles. The only part Of this Trip
that has not yet been Travelled ~
airplane is the 6,237 miles from
Yokohama to San Francisco
@. What counties are included
in the parliament Of North Ireland
A Antrim, Armagh, CaVau'
Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Lon
donderry, Monaghan and Tyrone
are the counties represented IN lAe
parliament of North Ireland
@. What is the benefit derlVet
from yawning? G. r :.
A. The public health service
says that yawning restores th7
equilibrium of the air pressure 6e-
tween the middle ear and the out
side air. The result is often feel
ing of relaxation.
@. Where is the largest Catholic
church in the world? J. K.
A. The largest Catholic church
in existence is St. Peters at Rome.
The seating capacity can hardly %
estimated as much of it consists
of corridors, etc. The building COZ,
ers nearly four acres of ground ana
is said to be the scene Of the ;oF-
ture of Christians by Nero and the
martyrdom Of St Peter.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
The DailZ Short Story

! isn't the square thing for a girl to
go around with more than one fell
low
What did you say to that?" in
terrupted Rose, breathlessly.
Well" Jennie blushed, well, 1
said that didn't think it was right,
either. if a girl was engaged and
-and-what do you know? 1 was
so surprised; he said he always
thought we were-and, he'd been
saving up for i ring" she ended in
"A triumphant whisper.
Jennie" Rose squealed, How
wonderful"
Jennie glowed. Rose was a list
ener worth having. Some of the
others, the Smith, for instance, had
not seemed sufficiently impressed.
A proper interval for her announce
ment to be assimilated and she con-
tinued:
"Of course, l have known CIar-
ence the longest, but Jean is so i'm
petuous. She giggled, and then
added soberly: Clarence hasn't
anything but just his job, and Jean
will have quite a bit when his
grandmother dies. But Clarence
might make the best living, after
all. He is steady and sometimes
l think Jean is sort of-well, not
lazy, exactly, but-he has been out
have plenty of money-and then,
he's so easy going. Bertha and
Jimmy both think"
i !,
lovers were the chief topics of the
office conversation. She asked ad-
vice of everyone, from the time
keeper to the office boy. swearing
each one to secrecy. Then one
morning she appeared with the US
ual diamond on the usual finger
and blushingly accepted congratu-
lations. The girls gathered around
laughing and talking, even the boss
himself deigned to notice it. asking
playfully, We'll, how soon do l lose
my stenographer?
Later, at an opportune moment,
Rose bounced on her.
$50 it is Clearance, after ALP" she
marvelled.
Said Jennie, supposedly, why.
Of course; who else could it be?"s
Rose felt properly rebuked. Il
thought perhaps, JEAN" she put in,
feebly.
jean" Jennie smiled superior
Have you told Jean? What did
he say?' questioned Rose eagerly.
"Why just told him 1 was sor-
ry, but 1 couldn't see him any
more. Clarence objected"
Rose was not content. She want
ed more information.
do you feel awfully happy?" she
persisted.
Jennie smiled beatifically. "Clar-
ence says"-the old familiar strain
says that it just had to
be. Fate intended US for each 9TH
err"
Within the year the works were
sold out, the office force scattered,
and Jennie and Clarence were mar
ried.
About a month after Jennie's
wedding Rose bumped into Jimmy
back for a brief visit. AS they
waited for their respective trains
they chatted over old times.
SO Jennie and Clarence got mar
ried after ALL" said Jimmy
Rose nodded. yes" she said, |
and to think how near she came to
jean"
"Jean!" Jimmy stared, then
laughed. why, old Jean had no
more thought of marrying Jennie
than a new born babe. He had a
Ell back home. Told Jennie all
about her and Jennie reciprocated /
by telling him all about Clarence"
"Oh," sid Rose, thoughtfuily.
Silence for while, then, as If |
talking to herself, Rose murmured |
slowly, Clarence always did be-
Iieye in fate"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

When woodrow Wilson visited a theatre in
Washington recently he was recognized by only
a few persons. And time when, in the
same theatre, whole audiences arose to pay
HIM tribute. Thus passeth earthly glory. Most
men who have had it don't discover the hollow
counterfeit it is until it has passed from them.
A sense of humor must be comforting to man
when he learns how he has been tricked.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
Notions and Prices.

company which operates a chain OF 10
cent stores across the continent has given out
its figures for the seven months ending with
July. They show that customers have spent
nearly thirteen hundred thousand dollars more
this year than last in this class OF goods In
ethsr words, where father used to-bring home
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

huge triumphal arch, commemorating
more than a century of peace between Canada
and the United States will be dedicated Sept.
g. It's erected where the new Pacific highway
crosses the international border at Raine,
Wash. The world is Uttered with war monu-
ments. This is one of the first peace monu
ments. We all hope for more of them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

The mother of u boys has been struck by
lightning. Needless to say she will recover
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

Having recovered its Sterling silver, it IS
understood the state of Illinois is now await
ing return of its Small change.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

Those against the maternity bill evidently
don't believe the little things in life count.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
CIR UnnthHtnttp
| HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
| DULL CARE.
i WHO DrsINTERs THE UNLovED CUss,
BEWARE!

MAYBE this isn't quite up to Whitcomb
Riley, but Riley happens only once in two gen
erations. The writer who is ventilated in the
Rock Island tIll.) Argus, has evidently gone to
school to the Hoosier poet, and, we think, to
seme purpose Perhaps he also takes The
Tribune and follows Briggs:"-Literary Digest
Aug. ~.
GROWING UP.
BY Binny Koras.
Gee! But l wanted to grow up
wanted to put on longies
And smoke cigars,
And be man
With a payday on Saturday.
wanted to grow up
And have somebody to buy sodas for,
And take to the circus
Once in a while
We all did, then:
Pat, who could throw any kid in town.
And Dom who went to the Advent church,
And said the world was coming to an end
In Nineteen-hundred,
And Brick Top and Eppie and Skin and Spider.
We all wanted to grow up
And become pirates and millionalreS and
Soldiers and Presidents and
Owners OF candy stores.
And all the time we were eating homecoming
And wearing holes in our pants,
And talking Hog-Lantin
And doing what two fingers in the air
Stood for;
And saving stamps,
And making things we read about
In The Boys World. Q
Do you know how to play mumble-de-peg.
And skim rocks.
And tread water,
And skin the cat?
Do you know what a stick on the shoulder
stands for
And what "Comggery wiggery meggery'
means?
Skin is running a wheat farm now.
Up in North Dakota.
Pats on the road
Selling something or other.
Brick Top never grew up, quite,
And was making darts for kid of his own
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 1 heard little freckle-face
Whistle through his fingers
And tell feller called Curley
What he was going to do when he grew up.
WHEN the foregoing lines were printed in
this colyum July appended a paragraph
which said we had a feeling were going
to achieve affectionate regard for Binny
Korag-that he was as expressive as John V.
A. Weaver. Perhaps should feel fattered
thai the Literary Digest has approved our
judgment and (perhaps) we are.
BINNY, we joyfully anticipated at the time,
would help US fill lot of colyum space. Alas.
he allowed affectionate regard to grow
cold, for Growing Up" his first and last
contribution. Consider yourself PACED, Binny!
1t is now up to you to prove that you are not
one of B. L. It's multitude OF one-shot minds!
Ia Which Time Is Measured by the
Patter of Little Feet.
IFrom the Atkinson Qll) News.l
Word has just come from Mr. and
Mrs Robert Vessel of Exline, Iowa that
another little daughter has come to add
happiness to their home. Mrs. VESSEL
lived here for a number before she moved
to Iowa
1--WE been a suffragette for twenty years.
the senator [Shermanl told his audience"
says the Peoria Star.
His enemies have oft suspected him Of mas
uueradng as a man but the most ardent of
them never dreamed of this!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
No Raeilli In Rocks.

Question: friend who mas Deen
in a tuberculosis sanitarium pre-
scented me with several books which
had been read by different patients
in the sanitarium. / placed them
in the sunshine outdoors, ana
turned the pages to sun them thor
oughTy over several days. But l am
afraid of them. l have been severe
" criticised for having even &C
copied them. Must l burn the
books? MhS- =. ". M
Answer-If the books were not
vis;bly soiled when you received
them there is no reason whatever
for destroying them. Books seldom
carry infection Your critic is a
victim of phthisophobia-
or exaggerated fear of tuberculU-
sis.
What to Eat for Constipation.
Question-Please tell me what to
eat for the relief of chronic cons1-
patton, and what not to eat.
NJ. w.
Answer-whole wheat dishes of
all kinds, fresh fruit to begin
breakfast each morning, plenty of
water with meals or between meals
as you prefer, raw cabbage (sal-
ads), turnips, beets, cucunbers,
celery, greens, potatoes with
skins), lots of butter and other
fats, berries with seeds, brown
rice, corn dishes of ali kinds, oat-
meal, wheat bran. What not to
eat is of little Importance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

In some parts of Mexico, the
wild hogs, savage beasts in their
natural state. are domesticated and
trained to serve as watchdoga
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
Argus information Bureau

The
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nony
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29

International trade shows Germany is max
ing her marks In the world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-29
Well, What TIL
IFrom a short story in the Muscatine ia.

ike an OCedn Oh q stormy night
THERE are various reasons (see Briggs)
why various persons renounce the grand old
game of golf The following conversation,
overheard on the Arsenal links, sets forth a
! reason that even Briggs could not have
imagined
Prominent Man approaching equally prom
inent matron): why, my dear Mrs. Soandso,
how is it that you never play golf any more :?
haven't seen you playing for long time"
Prominent Matron: We'll, I'll tell you Mr.
X You see I've used my club long to hold
up the window that it has lost all its spring"
ASIDE to Knute: We are desolated to have
missed the Litry Dijist you mention Send US
a nice, juicy extract, will you? Mislaid your
card until today.
NEW and used ladies and mems wheels for
sale; in perfect condition. Hodge Tire & Sup
ply Co. 629 So. Spring. Main 7863.-Illinois
State Register.
Gosh! Didn't the Emancipation proclama-
ton put stop to this sort of thing?
The Pampered appointment of Mr.. Lueder.
lFrom the Quincy Wing Journal
The Chicago Tribune, in COM
menting on the appointment says:
while Mr.. Lueder's appointment is
not surprise, having been humored as
far back as last May -.
THE o. in O. prize today must go to The
Argus for this line in editorial: :" So
with the girls who wear bobbed hear"
AhCpuc NC DOUpeQ ears. DID the girls
bob EN- or have they really got EN-?
sH-H-H-H, THE GIRLS MAY HEAR YOU.
Sir: An Argus headline says: THE sleeve
makes the dress" B. " D.! B. vi D, Chilly
in the winter, Il. Y. D.!
SOLOMON PIFFLE.
ALTHOUGH the 1921 bathing season is
nearly DONE says the Providence Journal, mot
shark scare has stirred an Atlantic resort
Evidently the sharks have understood the I'm
tllity OF trying to compete with mystery ships
and such"
SOMEONE must have thrown q copy OF the
Providence Journal into the ocean. A five-foot
blue nose" was captured by life guards at
southampton beach last Friday.
MR. AND MRS. SIMPSON Visit at Bitter
Whig-Journal
Mebbe that's what made it bitter
LLOYD GEORGE, says a headline, is keep
Ing the Irish peace door open.
TO keep tho Irish from kicking Il OF the
92essSS r E NC
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@sA. 1sI H III. M8
BY WILLIAM 8RApV I'D.

her crown of glory, though IL often
becomes alarmingly thin and luster-
less. owing to her Ignorance or ne
giect OF the care of the scalp. The
only logical reason we can see for
the greater prevalence of drought
of the dome among men is the I'M
hygenic headgear OF the ugly sex.
The hatband, gripping the scalp
like a torquinet, impairs the blood
supply of the hair roots; and the
rest of the decoration Just excludes
the best OF all hair tonics, sunlight,
and the most effective of all germ
icides, sunlight. Then the ubiqui-
tous. pestiferous little microbes
get busy, and it Is goodbye fond
thatch we now must leave thee
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01

Seen at his headquarters in Lexing-
ton, Colonel Whitehead vouchsafed
other highly enlightening information
not only about the breeding work in
progress, but also of the utility Of
the thoroughbred horse; the intimate
relation between racing and the main
tenance and Improvement of the stand
ard of blood lines and the Importance
of the thoroughbred to the State OF
Kentucky in particular.
'The immediate concern of the
American Remount Association" he
said, "is to save riding and driving
horses and the high-class race horse
from extinction. We want to produce
a truly American type of cavalry
horse-a horse with breeding and
quality, as well as bone and substance
- wsight-carrler and the best gem
er!l purpose horse known-a horse
that will weigh from 1000 to 1,25O
pounds, standing from Is hands, l
inch, to 16 hands, tight made, with
good gait and action--a walk, trot, gal
lOp horse that can carry weight and
follow the hounds across country
that the family can drive to church,
and also one that can hold his own
at hard work on the farm-a horse
that can be used to advantage and
economically any and everywhere, ex-
cent in heavy draft.
This type of horse has splendid
looks, quality, action, ard vigOr-a
wonderful all-purpose horse for the
farmer and one that can be kept at
q minimum cost
tary use will be met by the progeny
OF this breeding plan, dependent pri-
marily upon the size, quality and
blood lines Of the mares used in breed
ing.
Among the stations to be placed
throughout the United States this
spring viii be over one hundred head
Of hieh-class registered thoroughbreds
big horses, with plenty of body, bone
and substance. These stations, placed
in the stud through Government ageD-
cies, will be available to farmers and
Government does not expect to make
money, but to make It possible and
feasible for the farmer and breeder
to get tie service of q high-class, APP
proved stallion for their good 'aares );
the object being to produce animals of
real value and use that will earn their
keep-bring a handsome profit when
mature. We expect the progeny at
maturity to make general-purpose
horses-cavalry horses, riding and
driving horses, show horses, hunters,
race horses, polo ponies, depending
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01

largely upon the mares selected for
breeding and the care selected in rear
ing colts. They viii belong to tn,
breeder-the Government, will have
no strings on them. The owner will
be privileged to sell them to whomso-
ever he pleases 1t any time. They
will be horses admirably adapted to
work in both peace and war times.
But the Government will depend
upon them for its supply; and the i'm.
pOrtance of the horse to the modern
army is to be fully realized by the
comparison of figures already cited
pertaining to the use OF the horse in
the last great war with those Of his
use during the Civil War.
"As regards thoroughbred horses
racing, every practical horseman
knows that it is, first and foremost,
vitality necessary in order to test the
quality of individual horses-it is the
final acid test that goes to measure
their value for breeding purposes,
and is thus decisively instrumental in
the work of preserving and improving
the thoroughbred horse as the race up
on which depends the preservation
and improvement of all our other kinds
Of horses and mule mares.
Meanwhile, the evolution of thor
Oughbred horse racing has given the
world great out-of-door sport-one
that the world truly enjoys, II the
attendance at Our metropolitan race
courses may be taken as evidence of
popularity, and which, wherever prop.
eriy conducted, is assuredly healthful
and innocuous, insofar, at least, as
concerns its effects on the great ma
jority of normal-ninded citizens.
"The State of Kentucky is IMMENSE
ly the richer for her industry OF breed
ing thoroughbred horses and its con-
conxnitant seasons of racing. Millions
and millions Of dollars are invested 10
property throughout the state as a re-
sult-nOr is this taxable wealth con.
fined to the holdings Of millionaire en-
ihusiasts whose establishments ara
located in the Bluegrass District, by
any means.
MANY Kentucky farmer is also a
breeder of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
often the male Of a colt or FLY meta
him more than the products of sea-
sons work on the farm.
Undoubtedly the sport Of racing
thoroughbred horses is tremendous
business asset to the state. Facts such
as, l daresay, the Kentucky Jockey
Club readily can adduce in this con.
nection very well might astound Ken
tuckians who have never considered
the subject IN its substantial and ma
terial aspects"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01

brethren in other sections were
more meritorious. However they
now see hope Frightening the hori-
zon. Getting back again to our
contemporaries request for Con
crete cases." let him only be patient
and before the ides of November he
and his party's bosses in Ohio Coun-
ty will be pretty well fed up" on
cases, concrete and otherwise. We
wouldn't think OF exhausting our
ammunition this early in the bat
tie.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01

Why so much rancor on the part
Of the Republican on the question
Of post Office appointments? If it
believes in the spoils system, good
and well. II has a perfect right to
its opinion. But the party II rep
resents now has the power, SO why
don't they ignore all civil service,
as they say the Democrats have, and
proceed to dish out the pie? The
mere fact that Harding's new order
makes a pretense of retaining the
merit system. proves conclusively
that he feels on the defensive be-
cause OF the change ordered II is
perhaps unfortunate.r-from their
point OF view. deplorable. that in
SO many local instances the Repub-
lican applicants seem TO have failed
IN me test Of merit. II is humiliat-
III % think that their political
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01
BASEBALL NOTES

The Hartford and Fordsville base
ball teams again tried conclusions
on the local diamond Sunday after
noon, resulting in a victory for the
visitors to the tune Of to 8. Bat
teries: Hartford, Bozarth, p, Turner
lie; Fordsville, F.. Bowman, p, c.
Bowman, &C. The feature of the
game was the spectacular perform
ance of Berry d. Walker, of the
locals, in stealing home while the
ball was in the hands of the visit
ing pitcher. Hartford and Fords-
vile are now tied, each having won
one game.
The McHenry Majestic Ball Team
journeyed to Rob Roy on Saturday
afternoon and played the team Of
that place closely contested game;
the Majestics winning the contest
4 to 8. This was the first contest
in which the Majestics have used
their rookie southpaw. Mathews,
but Mathews while only youngster,
worked like a real Lacquer. Bat
teries: ,Majestics, Mathews and
Phelps; Rob Roy. Monroe and Will
liams.
The American Legion Team of
Leitchfeld came down to McHenry
and crossed bats with the McHenry
Majestics on Sunday afternoon.
While the Majestics only secured q
few hits off the delivery Of the
Legion pitcher, at the close of the
game then scores stood to in
their favor. Batteries: Majestics,
PARROT and Phelps; Legion Team,
Washer and Lowrey. Mr.. Edward
Duke. of this place. gave good ac-
count Of himself as member Of the
McHenry team.
At Island the same afternoon
Beaver Dam lined up against the
Mclean County ball tossers. Score:
Island s. Beaver Dam. 9. Mr..
James Glenn, of Hartford. was in
the Beaver Dam lineup. r.
A game between Beaver Dam and
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01

We certainly are blessed locally
with public spirit. Not TO be out
done by the city's establishment of
municipal fish pond, the County
authorities permitting the operation
Of more or less continuous ball
game in the Court House yard. We
are in favor of letting the Riddles
enjoy themselves within reason,
but the use OF the county's proper
~, right in the heart OF town. as a
practice diamond for baseball en-
thusiasts who wear spikes and hurl
ball across Main treet like a can
non, looks to us like going too far.
This practice. II persisted in. will
mar the beauty Of the public square
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01
SEED

Southern Queen Sweet Potatoes, per n. &c
Sudan Grass Seed. per pound $3.50. .0Sc
Fine whippoorwill Peas per bushel SAX
Tenn. Millet, per bushel ...... 2.4O
Orchard Grass per bushel -. 49,. 2.5O
Soy Beans, per bushel :. ...... ...3.45