The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-10

Englishman who, when chahed about the odd
pronunciation Of such English names as "Chol-
nondeley," squelched his American "kidder"
with this: "But you Americans have odd pro-
nunciations, too. For instance. you spell It
'L-a-n-s-i-n-g' and pronounce it House"
Without sScratch"! The Goodies Showed
Unjust Dissemination.
(From the Reynolds Press).
Corporal Frank Preihs of the U. S.
marine corps recruiting staten in Rock
Island was . guest on New Years day
at the Petit home. On April 2, 1917, in
Chicago he enlisted on the same day that
r. E. Petit did and the two men served
through the war In same company. Al
though taking part in four major opera
lions. Corporal Preihs went through with
out a scratch.
DOESN'T it beat the dickens how inconsid-
erste some persons are? On days when we
have plenty of material on hand to fill this Silo
| OF Stiffness the morning mail brings US contri-
buttons On days like this when our alleged
! brain is as barren Of ideas as an infant vireo
is of feathers not q single Offering is received.
| IF you we're at q local movie t'other night
and watched the pictures caught on the wing
you will appreciate the vireo smile. II you
didn't see the pictures-never mind; the col
yum tonight will prove its aptness.
Isn't This Strain on the WALT
(From the Milan independently.
WORK WANTEDAWe do soldering.
saw sharpening. lock and gun repairing.
| ETC., at a reasonable price. Am located
on east side Of town hall c. A. Mich
olson.
| AMERICANS CAPTURE TWO TITLES IN
TENNIS PLAY AT NEW ZEELAND."-New
York Tribune.
Not to speak of the dent they made in its
photography.
| Obviously, TWINS Long Search.
| (Frcm the Aledo Times Record).
Please listen, friends, while tell-if may.
OF something that happened % years ago today:
A beautiful little baby girl was born
Away down in Tennessee on December morn.
And. then, my dear friends, In an informal way,
We are celebrating that event today.
In selecting name, the parents searched for
something sensible and sane,
And therefore called her Nancy Jana.
(Continued-if desired).
"ORANGES refuse to grow where It
freezes" writes California lady to the Reyn-
olds Press Therefore am not in the orange
belt"
Joe Howard used to vocalize regretfully
about why picked lemon in the garden Of
love-" but We never heard anybody call EN-
oranges before.
How Many Years, D'teu Guess, Since tho
| Sentinel Printed Thisl
| From the Sherrard Bulletin).
| Theseus was preparing to fight tho
Minotaur.
"You will be up against hard PROMO
sition" remarked one Of his admirers
| Yes. l know" said Theseus but.
don't you see. il get the decision can
challenge Jehries."
| Without another word he proceeded
to get reputation. -Milwaukee Sentinel.
AMONG other BRANDS Of illicit LIQUOR con-
fscated at Rockford, ILL.,. were several gallons,
take 1t from the United Press, of creme de
mint" 1t isn't often one sees two lanruaxes
used to name one brand Of hooch But perhaps
the correspondent sampled it before writing his
story.
IT seems that our New Years hone that
the colyum would cleave . pathway through
the alleged short story to the bottom Of the
page has been taken seriously bv someone
around this shop. 1t has been limited that the
path has already been cleared Well, all right!
Now. B. L. T. hasn't anything (much) on us.
Tonshun!!
RONDEL.
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