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Evening journal., 1921-09-17
Spirits Of The
DeImarUia Press
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

From the clifford Chronicle.
II is for the best interests OF the
children OF Delaware, that the split
between the State Board of Educa-
ton and the Delaware School Aux
iliary Association has been adjusted
TO the satisfaction of both bodies
and for the bettorment of future
conditions OF the school buildings
n this State.
From a few newspaper editors
ton which cropped out between the
StSe Board and those interested In
thel State Auxiliary-especially was
thisAebulition directed at DR.. Joseph
OdeA. the secretary OF the body
which has done much already and
proposes TO do much greater work for
the school properties OF Delaware.
Since the adjustment OF the mis-
understandings. a building program
has been started which will distrib-
ute new and modern school build
ings for a dozen or more rural sec
tions OF Delaware. that will cost to
construct Aabout three hundred
thousand doAars.
AA'Hf lAhAtIH HiHOOl
and their equipment is given with
out restrictiont for the use OF the
children in rural schools. They win
be equipped with sanitary toilets.
the best system OF ventilation and
heating. so thatAthe cost OF opera
ton will be held. within reasonable
limits and conform to the needs OF
the various communities.
DR.. Odell may be all that his
enemies proclaim him to be-but the
fact remains just the same. that he
has presented to the people Of Del
aware new thoughts, new methods
and new and better systems for con-
ducting the public schools OF Della
ware. All have not been workable
under the financial program as pro-
vided by the Legislature, but they
have by modification brought about
changes which are better than the
old systems under which the people
saw their money paid for public
school education, very largely
wasted.
The syndicate OF papers from New
ark in New Castle county. follower
in Kent and Laurel in Sussex have
made bitter criticism OF DIR. Odell
who is acting as the distributor OF
the two and one-half million dollar
gift OF Pierre du Pont towards the
rebuilding of the white schools OF
Delaware, as well as his splendid
gift to rebuild all the colored school,
throughout the State.
Their post-mortem was held 6
little too early over DR.. Odell. for
the settlement OF the misunder
standings as made between tn,
state Board Of Education and tn,
Delaware School Auxiliary Associa.
ton, has resulted in his continuing
the work on larger and more rapiC
scale. The school question in Del
aware can not be again made to Gu
a political figure, such as it was uset
to create during the last campaign
The new law has relieved tn,
owners OF real estate from a heav.
burden and in Sussex county espec
tally, the people very largely pais
their school tax OF twenty-five cent
on the hundred dollars OF assess
ment. without realizing that the,
were paying any school tax what
ever. The adjustment has relievei
a serious problem for the people.
Evening journal., 1921-09-17
ROE GAs METER ROX.

The coin box on the gas meter. In
the basement OF the home OF Mrs.
George Collision. 10s South Frank
lin street, was broken open yester-
day morning and robbed OF about
$40.
Evening journal., 1921-09-17

An interesting acrobat John Williams Cragg OF Lon
don He's 76 years old but stlll performs daily on the
trapeze and tsht wire, for diversion though retired
That's thrilling life DO thrills and excitement age us
prematurely' Health experts say so. They're right.
lCragg is an exception. proving the rule
Evening journal., 1921-09-17
MADISON FOLK DRIVE.

A vigorous membership drive will
be opened on Monday evening. by
the Madison Association. Thomas
NJ. Monaghan will make known
plans for the campaign at that time.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30

door, every one further on who is
TO receive mail. is kept waiting just
SO long
Consider what a minutes delay
at each stop would mean in the ag-
gregate service. For example,
carrier making, say 800 stops on
trip. il delayed one minute at each
stop, five hours would be consumed
in such delay. and he would not be
able to serve more than about half
OF his territory. Any portion Of
delays would result in belated de-
livery to other patrons in the same
proportion.
When this is taken into consid-
Grafton. the necessity for residence
mail receptacles may be easily IN
derstood, and it is on this account
that the campaign for mail recep-
tacles will be continued in Rock Is
land with the hope that the city
will eventually be 100 per cent in
this respect"
The postmaster also stated that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
RECEPTACLES TO
SPEED DELIVERY
sinety-Eight Per Cent of Rock Is.
land Residences Have Mail
Boxes.

Patrons of the Rock Island post
ONCE" said Postmaster Harry P.
Simpson, in statement given out
today relative to the response to
his request that residences be pro-
vided with mail receptacles, have
cooperated more thoroughly with
the postoffice than is the case in
most cities, in this as in all
things.
1T is gratifying to this office to
know that over IS per cent of the
places Of abode in Rock Island
houses, apartments and other
places of dwelling-are now equip
ped with mail receptacles. There
are in Rock Island 1851 residences.
of which 6,926 have mail recep-
tacles. Several of the carrier
routes are 100 per cent in this re-
spect This is a remarkable show
ing, and one of which the Rock Is
land postoffice is proud, for it is
the result of persistent systematic
effort made necessary, not by the
fact that the people are disinclined
to acquiesce cheerfully with the re-
quests OF this Office, but it is a
matter often overlooked because
the importance of it is not always
readily realized.
The fact that Rock Island house
holders have cooperated so uni
formly in this respect is all the
more appreciated because there is
no postal law of compulsion in the
matter. 1t is merely a matter of
departmental policy that has been
in effect for some years purely in
the interest of service, and to this
end postmaSters are expected to
urge its importance upon patrons
of the service. The residence mail
receptacle speeds up the carrier on
his rounds, and the delivery of mail
to the remote section of a route
is delayed just to the extent that
the intermediate householders have
neglected to provide mail boxes
II the carrier is obliged to stop
only long enough to deposit mail in
a convenient box and sound the
signal. he is enabled to proceeI
rapidly. But if he is delayed until
he can summon some one to the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
FRACTURES SHOULDER.

Moline, Sept. Hjalmar Eek
berg's shoulder was fractured yes
terday afternoon when he fell from
the top OF the front porch OF the
Swanson residence. I134 Fifth ave-
nue.. He was partly unconscious
when he was picked up DR.. Henry
Arp attended him. Mr. Eckberg.
who resides at I140 Fifth avenue,
had started to do some repair work
on his neighbours porch in the
morning. but he was obliged to
stop because OF Illness. He tried
10 do the work after dinner, with
the result that he became dizzy and
fell
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
RESERVE REPORT
SHOWS UPTREND
Granaries Implying Labor Stu
alton Better But Collections
Are Slow.

According to the Federal reserve
report on business conditions just
issued by the seventh district, some
improvement is noted in the under
lying situation in the middle west.
Corn yribs and granaries in the
corn belt states in the district are
now partially empty, for the first
time in more than a year. The ex-
port demand for corn continued
throughout the last month and is
still in evidence. Furthermore, the
quick response to the last treasury
Offering of certificates of indebt-
edness, in a 20 per cent oversub-
scription of the original quota as
signed to this district. indicates
an accumulation OF funds.
A noticeable step toward normal
cy Is the REIMBURSEMENT that has TAX
en- place in the labor situation. The
employment situation shows some
provements, taking the district
as a whole.
While the market movement of
agricultural products continued
heavy during last month, thus con-
tributing to the repayment of loans
at the banks, there is complaint on
the part of retailers that this move
ment has not progressed sufficient
ly to enable the consumer to liqui-
date his Indebtedness at the stores
Despite slowness IN collections,
however, the merchand.s ng situa-
ton reflects Improvement: the re-
ports indicate the re1lenishing Of
stocks by retailers and increased
retail sales compared with the pre-
vious months; however, the volume
OF business measured in dollars is
approximately 10 per cent below
a year ago.
Counter influences are at work N
the grain market. The heavy carry
over stocks of grain from last year,
together with the foreign credit Sit
uation, tended to hold prices Of ag-
ricuItural products in check. In
view of the foreign crop shortage.
prices of rye. cats, barley and corn
are regarded as unusually low. Not
withstanding the marketing of corn
by farmers which has taken place.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
JOHNSON TAKES
HIS POSITION As
CASHIER or BANK
Especial Moline serviee.l

tSDecsAi moline oafNtcS-A
Moline, Sept 30-Friends of C.
V. Johnson will find him 1T Jhe
cashiers desk at the Fifth Avenue
SAVINGS hank tomorrow ana every
day thereafter. He takes the place
of Nelson H. Greene, who goes To
Talulla, Fla, to assist his father
in business.
Mr.. Johnson, in 1919. terminated
20 years of public service. having
served 10 years respectively as al
derman from the Second ward and
as director of public accounts and
finances. His entrance in politics
was made in 1899 when he was
first elected alderman. He retired
to private life with the discontin-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
MASON CITY GETS
METHODIST MEET

The Upper Iowa Methodist con-
ference. in session at Davenport
yesterday. voted to hold its 1922
session IN Mason City. Rev H. 5.
Wilkinson of Iowa City in extend
ing the invitation said that chief
among the conveniences which Ma
son City had 10 offer was the proX-
unity of the city jail which, he said,
was next door 10 the church where
the conference sessions would be
held
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
Read how to get one of these Rugs Free

On Sept. 9 we received the following
letter:
Answering your letter of September 9Th Mr.
Schnadig issued instructions to the effect that Spen
Ger Furniture Company to have exclusive sale
on Pumans in Davenport, Iowa
Sincerely
GEORGE ". RITTER.
For the Pullman Couch Co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
HARDING WILL SPEAK.

Moline, Sept. S0.-W L. Harding,
former governor Of Iowa. has con-
scented to give the main address al
tie NEE ing of the Black Hawk di-
vision OF the Illinois Teachers as
sociation. Friday. Oct. 81, at the
Moline high school.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30
DAVENPORT SCHOOL
GETS MRS. GRAHAM

Mrs. ]. C. Graham, wife of the
head OF the theory department Of
Augustana college. has taken the
post of assistant in the department
of muse, st. katherine's school,
Davenport. The school reopened
for the years instructions yester-
day with an enrolment of SO girls.
the largest since the World war
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30

uarce o. the commission form OF
earer4 acat and sent 70 work for
the ffclIre Psow compaUy.
DUrf1S : IS lcag residence in Mo-
line Nr. Johnson has won many
friends and through his public
service this friendship has been
strengthened
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30

there are a number Of business
heuses in Rock Island which for
their own convenience and protec-
ton. should provide means OF re-
ceiving mail either by means of re-
ceptec !es or a slot in the door.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30

there remains on the farms some
of last years carry-over of market
able corn; this IS attributed to the
low market price
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-30

Washington the United States
is
L. the
willing
dispute.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07

b The Federal government and New
Arsey State Department of Health
H. cooperating" with city health Of
V.rs in establ;Ghing clinics for the
treatment OF venereal diseases.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
KNOWLEDGE is POWER.
Oneeighth of All Illness Due to Vene-
real Diseases.

real Diseases.
The United States Public Health
Service reports that not less than one
eighth of all human illness is due to
the so-called venereal diseases. These
diseases are p~reventable. The New
Jersey Bureau of Venereal Disease
Control estimates on a conservative
basis that there are at the present
time o less than 100000 cases of
gonorrhea and syphilis in the state of
New Jersey. These diseases are cura-
BILE, and the State Department of
Health is endeavoring to get these in
fected individuals who are menacing
the health of the public to go either
to their family physician for treat
ment, or to the government clinics,
which are being established in the
principal cities of the State. At the
present time %one-fourth of the entire
revenue of New Jersey is spent for
the maintenance of institutions for the
care of the insane, diseased, blind and
criminal. These inmates are public
charges, largely because they have in
herited or acquired syphilis or have
been infected with gonorrhea. Society
has permitted these infectious and con-
tagious diseases to spread, and now it
is paying by high taxation for the sup
port and maintenance of these mental
and physical units.
The expenditures for the care of
these detectives cannot be curtailed,
but if the need for a constantly in
creased appropriation for the future is
not desired it is imperative that at
this time something shall be done to
prevent the further spread of these
insidious diseases. This is your in
dividLll responsibility, and that of
your community. The New Jersey
Bureau of Venereal Disease Control is
prepared and equipped to cooperate
and assist you in the fight and control
of these diseases.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
TIL ny SHALL NOT OPEN

II Rnton.-The campaign for the con-
troll and eradication of venereal dis
ease depends upon the suppression of
pros ~itution. The United States Pub
lie L salth Service, in cooperation with
voluhYtee agencies, closed about one
hundrked and fifty segregated districts
during the war. Twenty-Five States
whicht previously permitted "Red-light
Districts" to flourish have now pro-
hibiteId them within their borders.
Manyl small letter States were already
free from these vice institutions.
Thdkre are at present less than twen'
ty-fvt regulated "Red-light Districts"
in the United States. New Jersey is
free from any recognized district, but
it is Essential that the public shall see
that necessary laws and regulations
are lIasSed to make it impossible for
theseI to be reopened when the war
time regulations are automatically re-
novel;. However, it must be remem-
bered that clandestine prostitutes usrl-
ally lOutnumber licensed prostitutes
where there are "Red-light Districts
and when these districts are prohibited
the c4lndestine prostitute still remains.
These are just as dangerous in spread
ing venereal diseases as the profess
Sional ONE immortality must be
made as difficult as possible by the en-
actment and effective enforcement of
repressive measures if these enemies
of society, who profit through the ac-
tlvlties of the underworld, are to De
curbed. Wherever prostitution is
profitable, those financially interested
viii not only supply the prostitute, bu
will also foster licentious desires anf
create an artificial stimulus for vice.
The New Jersey State Departmer
of Health, through the Bureau of Vene
real Disease Control, is attempting t.
eradicate gonorrhea and syphilis b!
means of medical treatment of all in
fected individuals and by suppression
of prostitution that there may be NJ
new victims of these diseases.
1t is essential that you cooperate
the responsibility is yours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
Ss
The Home Town Paper

How the heart grows soft and tender
while its columns you're peruslng-
Every item is familiar, every name
you know full well.
And a flood of recollection passes o'er
you while you're musing
On the past, and weaves about you
an imaginative spell.
You can see the old home village once
again in fancy, seeming
To be clasping hand of neighbor and
of friend and relative;
And their faces rise before you as
you're idly, fondly dreaming
Ger the little country paper printed
where you used to live.
kansas Industrialist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
The Sandwich

When a person goes into a restaur-
ant and orders a sandwich he little
knows, nor little cares perhaps, the
history that's come down through the
centuries, as to just how the lowly
sandwich got its name.
But perhaps one pricks up his ears
when told that gambling was at the
root of it. To the same man, history
tells US, is due the credit for the nam
ing of sandwich and the naming of the
Sandwich Islands. He was John Mon
tagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich.
The Earl was considerable of a pub
lie man, it seems, a good debater, and
a sporting man. He was an inveter-
ate gambler. AS a result of this he
frequently gambled all through his
meal hours, sending out" the story
has it, for "a slice of meat between
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
Farm And Home Facts

Amt never any peace in our house;
Mas forever cleaning up.
Don't you dare to track that dirt in
Keep off the rug; put out that pup
Wisht my ma was like Bill Jones's;
She pops corn and helps pull taffy.
Every time Bill asks u gang in,
My ma thinks Bills ma is daffy.
"What with dishes and with washin',
Six to bake for and to mend
At least my house is clean and tidy,
But-tain't the place to bring a
friend"
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07

not been able to offer for years, and an unusually attrac-
tive assortment of womens ready-to-wear coats, suits,
skirts and furs, there is every reason to believe that the
brisk buying will be maintained throughout.
Every woman's garment reduced 25& to SOC.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
Most Eggs In Moon Period

Experiments have shown that more
eggs Will hatch if the hen is set when
the moon is new, or very close to that
period, and that the young chicks
Matched at that time will be stronger
more rapidly. On the other hand,
chicks Matched when there is no moon
are often more weakly and do not
make such strong and vigorous fowls,
nor are they such good egg layers.
Plant your seeds, set your eggs in
the moon. Try it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
Big Reductions In Our Children's
Wear Store

Little tots coats in ages 2 to 6 years, made OF line
quality chinchilla corduroy broadcoth and many other
high-erade materials in all the wanted shades.
Former price $500 to- $500. Now $500 to $3.50.
to 14-year dresses in pretty plaids, stripes and
plain shades of chambray and gingham. Value to sou.
Special $500.
2 to 6-year dresses in a wide variety of styles. Values
I'D to S4.OO. Special at $500.
All of our girls winter coats in ages 8 to 10 years.
one-fourth off.
$1,000 ones, 5000. 5000 ones,S16.5O.
$500 ones. $3.50. $4,000 ones,S22.5O.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07

Any farm that can afford a silo Ear
afford a bath room and septic tank
sewage disposal system. 1t all de-
ponds on how you look at it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07

! two pieces of bread there one has
it the sandwich.
And just to make the memory of
the inventor of the sandwich indelible,
Captain James Cook, that wonderful
navigator, named the Sandwich Is
lands for him back there in 1778.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-07
MARRIAGE AND DISEASE.


Have you accepted or proposed?
Under our present law it is illegal
for those to marry who are infected
with venereal disease. In the case of
either sex, a physical examination by
a physician is the~only proper method
of determining freedom from infec-
ton with gonorrhea or syphilis. Sixty
per cent of men have gonorrhea al
some time in their lives. This fact
alone is sufficient to neceSsitate a phys
zeal examination of all men before
marriage. But as all virtue is not con-
fined to women, so all vice is not ex-
clusively in the possession of men =;
thus it is necessary that women also
should be shown by physical eXamina-
tion to be free from venereal disease.
This examination can be made by d
physician of the same sex as the APP
plicant for marriage, so hat eve the
prude would be unlikely to object un-
less infected.
AS about 10 per cent of syphilitic in
f~ectiOnS are acquired i~nllocently, this
examination must not be looked upon
as a charge of promiscuity. One-fifth
of all married women have gOnorrhea,
q large percentage of which has been
oco1lired from the husband.
Ain examination should be under
gone as soon as matrimony is intel
Mated; then if disease is discovered
the marriage may be delayed until
c1re is obtained. This law should
Greatly reduce the amount of limo
aOntv n~cnnired Yenereal diseases.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-19
Discover Deadly War Poison.

The chemical warfare service has
discovered a liquid poison so strong
that three drops will kill any one
whose skin 1t touches, it became
known today.
Failing like rain from nozzles at
tached to airplanes, the liquid
would kill everything in the air
crafts path, according to high
official of the service.
A description of what the new
war weapon would do, in the opinion
of this official, follows:
Zone plane carrying two tons of
the liquid could cover an area 100
feet wide by seven miles long In one
trip and could deposit enough ma
terlal to kill every man there.
"The only limit to the quantity
of this liquid which could be made
is the amount of available electric
power. 1t would be possible for
this country to manufacture several
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-19
Fish Hatchery Site.

A deal has been closed and the
money paid for site for a federal
fish hatchery to be located at Sal
mon, Idaho. The purpose is to pro-
pagate Chinook salmon. The land
which adjoins the town was pur-
chased from Frank Marrow and a
new ten million egg hatchery is ex-
pected to be running the site next
July.
Spawn has been taken by the fed
eral government for q number OF
years, according to a statement made
Monday by the state game warden.
The government operated last year
above Salmon City ON the Lemhi
river where several million eggs were
obtained.
The deal just closed has been
worked mp for a number of years
and it is understood that a branch
hatchery will be installed to hatch
trout eggs. rs'.ie instaIIation of the
additional plant will provide for the
federal distribution in the district
of frys and trout finerlings.