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

Fifteen cents, Mac; think of it. War tax on
movie, 15c.
THEN
California Port Wine, full quart .--.....S -25
F1ve-year-od Port and Sherry Wine (gal). liz
Guckenheimer Rye Whisky, 10 years old
Belle Nelson Whisky (gal) ..... IT'S
Mt Vernon Rye Whisky, years old (gal.). 2.4s
Do you remember the Iaddie in M Twain's
Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court"
who got tapped on the bean and woke I'D in
King Arthur's court? I wonder now; l won
der Anyway, I'm going to quit lodging the
fairly easy ones. for mebbe it will be Just the
kind of tap necessary to allow me to get some
1898 bargains. B. A. CCHUS
An Jokes Should Garry a Date Line
Such This.
rFrom the Sherrard QlI) Bulletinl
Hicks-Is Bjones doing well?
Wicks-Wen he has made fifty thou
sand dollars year for the last three So
years.
Wicks-Fact! He has been counting
an heiress since 1906, and she has Just
agreed to marry him.
WE haven't awarded Oddities in Orthog-
raphy prize for some time, have we? Wen,
today's winner is 'supposititious' in the New
York Tribune. A Chicago Tribune headline
containing "abcess" takes second money.
WOO1D VEL MY OEaAh, WE AXE JlEST
DYING FOR MORE CLIPPINGS.
Dear Mac: Do I'dare address you thusIy?
No onenses l hope. You will understand that
this is the first time have ever written to
you and do not know If you are in the habit
OF receiving letters from strangers who cali
you Dear Mac The purpose of this letter
is to send you a little clipping from the Argus
OF the 4th- l am a little late, but exnected
to see it in your coiyum without nv having
10 send IT in don't see how your eagle eve
passed 1t up
AThe devil" the overseer OF Zion and
successor of John Alexander Dowie
Would you care for any more cIfppings7
R q CURIOUS
LET R O. Curious be advised never to de-
lay sending us clippings on the assunDtion
that we VIII have seen them frst We bapaOit
time to read. That's the reason we DOM write
better colyum
IF YOU CASHED Fl GAS A WISE MAN
WOULD THERE'S NOTHING MORE
TO BE DONE
Dear Mac: TodsH received a letter signed
ing me q check for 1913 had been Tnsjied ~
me In error and would please return II sfI 7
had not cashed same?"
Now what the HEX would you do about this
here letter7 When this here check came I'm
burned If I didn't think 1t was belated re,oa -
milton OF the assistance given by the W
Atkinson News in providing headstones for
the Argus Cemetery Assn
Please advise Bookkeeping dem, - Law,
song When I'm Gone You'll Soon FORGET M
same to be rendered chorus selection witb
solo part bye. Smith. Yrs. P.G.D'
SIGN In window in Peory, nlinoy. re-
layed TO US by z B. K:
plain Sewing
Men and Women Alterations"
Does that We wonder come under the
classification Of plain sewing.
THE first real cheer during the world &C.
hes las played by The Argus star PLAYER,
went up yesterday afternoon when Rahs pntb
poled out tas the sport writer's saw" his Srs,
home run OF NYawk's tnternecine WARFARE
WhyF burned II We know. We cbeeraJ a
But our prediction that the Giants will ron
the series still stands VII COP
THE pest last line We have heard in weeks
just came from the lips of T l. W n n -
COME on; hurry up and carve the
chicken" I've the