davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08

ache, dullness, feverishness. sneez-
ing.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, surest relief known and
costs only a few cents at drug
stores. It acts without assistance.
Tastes nice. Contains no quinine.
Insist upon Pape's.-(Advertise-
ment.1
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08
GIFT of FURNITURE

The whole family can enjoy a
nice comfy chair, a beautiful
lamp or a handsome rug; but
there are Individual gifts like
tea wagons, fern stands, mir
rors, desks, smokers sets and
humidors which are appreciat-
ed by the recipient. Our big
third floor has many attractive
holiday offerings.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08

The woman who dOtes on the
beauty and fineness of her
undertakings is sure to be
pleased with several Of these
pieces for we have directed
our best efforts to the selec-
ton of exquisite lingerie for
Christmas showing. They
are the~highest expression of
refinement and beauty we
have ever shown. Particu-
larly the negiigee of brocad-
ed satin or soft silk. The
: new arrivals are attractive in
their colors and designs.
Priced $500 to- $5.93 less
>209o.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08
AND THE BABY

Of course he'll not be overlooked
not if you see the dainty, pref
ty little things we are showing
for his majesty"
Hand Knit Bootees and Sacques.
Hand Made Dresses and Bibs.
Hand Embroidered Pillow Slips.
Bath Robes.
Soft Sole Shoes and Moccasins.
Silk and Wool Hose.
Baby Caps.
Kozy Wraps.
Rompers and Creepers.
ALL LESS 300
Celluloid novelties including
large assortment of pretty rat
ties; Roly Poly, Carriage Clasps,
Floating Toys, Teething Rings,
etc. They are priced at 35c to
$1.9s-less 2OR.
Brush and comb sets, hand paint
ed and ribbon decorated at CSC
to E. ....... $500
Less 20&
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08
THINK TTTCOMB
Is STILL ALIVE
AND IN NEVADA

william NJ Titcomb of Daven-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08

ALI the news all tae time-The
Argus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08
These Much Wanted Yard Goods
Specially Priced for FRIDAY
On the Bargain Square

Hundreds of yards of Ginghams, Per
Gales Chambrays, Flannels, etc. will be
piled high for Friday. Many worth to
19c yard, special at 20
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08
iChri stmas +.
Z - - q a
{ - g d q

What tempting spot is our Candy Section these
days! The fascinating boxes, baskets and jars,
with their holly and ribbons offer many Christ
mas suggestion. And the candy for the Riddles
stocking don't overlook that while the assert
ments are fresh and varied.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-08

S1-inch Bleached slreeting. 2h yards wide.
equal to Pepperen ...............49c
4Zx56 Pillow Cases good quality, each . pc
2I-inch Fancy Outing Flannel. yard Toe
3-pound size Comforter Cotton. stitched a,5
pure white. opens up in one sheet. 2b-o
yards, each ..-....- . sac
Highly nercerized sateen. black and fnu
range of colors yard %.
Best standard apron check ginghams, yd. is1sc
turkish wash Cloths Il dozen limit 3 for 1Oc
Linen Finish Crash Toweliur. ward ~.
64-inch Table Damask. pure white ward aae
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
FcnCing-VcrbaI and Otherwise

She was young and she was pretty.
Those two qualities in a woman are
enough to cause the average man to
forgive almost any oftense. The rain
had ceased, temporarily, and she had
closed her umbrella, swinging it in a
graceful manner as she strolled down
Arch street. He was directly behind
and wanted to pass Just as he step
ped out to pass her, she swung the
umbrella at a traffic sign and he es-
capped being stabbed" by a quick
SideStep. Once more he closed up
The gap between them, intending to
get ahead as he was in a hurry.
Again as he got close the umbrella
made a semi-cirCular swing through
the air, and lodged, shoulder arms
style, across her right shoulder miss
ing his good right eye by a distance
so small he shudders to think about
it. Then he spoke. She let him pass
with guilty blush for her careless
ness. Hardly had he gotten 10 feet
ahead of her, when her however,
when her good training came to the
fore and, conscience stricken, she
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
WOMAN WRITER
HAS BUSY TIME
Scope Reaches From Police Court
to White House

a story of newspaper life in a big
city, such as only a woman reporter
can tell it, of thrills and adventures,
which none but a newspaper woman
or a Salvation Army lasse would be
apt to encounter, inside facts and side
lights on intimate connections with
people known the world over, ranging
all the way from ministers of inter-
national fame, physicians who have
established new standards of healing
for the world to follow, down to
prize fighters and even murderers,
will be told at the meeting of the
Brotherhood of the South Congrega-
tional church next Tuesday evening.
Miss Marjorie Dorman, of the repor-
torial staff of the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, will tell about her experiences
in the game Of publicity.
Mrs. Warren Harding and her life
in Washington, her social activities
and her private life will be one of
the subjects to be discussed by Miss
Dorman. Mary Garden, now in
charge of the Chicago Opera Com
pany, will come in for her share of
discussion, and many interesting facts
concerning her life will be revealed.
Irene Castle, the famous dancer,
whose husband lost her life in the
world war; Sir Philip Gibbs, Muriel
McSwiney, sidelights on the worlds
champion prize fight between Carpen-
tier and Dempsey, also will be told
in thrilling manner. All of these per
sons have been interviewed at various
times by Miss Dorman. The Carpen-
tier-Dempsey fight was covered by
Miss Dorman in company with three
other Eagle reporters.
The late EnriCo Caruso and his
wife will be discussed Princess Fa-
TINA OF Afghanistan, Olivia Stone, the
murderess and Dolly" Smith, the
auto bandit, all have been within the
scope of Miss Dorman's work, and
Will be dwelt upon in the course of an
hours talk next Tuesday evening.
Miss Dorman at the present time is
covering Dr. Lorenz, the famous
bloodless surgeon, during his stay in
New York.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
EDUCATION WEEK

Local pans lor the observance of
f.auca''on week which commences
ioflorro" ana ends Saturday night
"ere puolished IN Inc Herald Of last
iiurSo'S' lhey are called to the at
'eii'ioi do oeihs Oh vital importance.
me week Is 10 be set apart for this
pun pose throughout the United States,
pursuant TO 'he proclamation issued
os i'e''Ie"' fiarding.
ne american Legion Will have
ondise ol 'ne opening meeting at the
faiace lheater tomorrow afternoon at
'''o o CLOCK lhlS meeting should be
Inc oec's'oh ior the demonstration by
peop'e OIL 'hls Guy OF their recognl-
'ioii Vi the WISDOM o. the plan A
siea' duuiehce should be present to
s'e al '''iluSlaS'ic atmosphere to the
WI '"iu OUT LOT the week
mere are more IMAM 100000 boys
anu eif'S IN America who are not be
'ns Gu uod'e'' lheY ar" not taking
au 'al'ase Oh 'he laclIl'ioS OF the pub
nc scho"IS' IL Is not entirely their
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
Religion vs.. Collar

a good story is being told on well
known young man who plays piano in
one of the local theaters and who
rooms at the Y. NJ. C. A. lie pro-
missed a Y. NJ. C. A. official recently
that he would join the mems bible
class in the Methodist church. When
the appointed time came he failed
to show up. He made a new pro-
mise for the next Sunday. The offic-
ial went for him. He was not at the
appointed place. The Y. NJ. G. A,
man went to his room and pulled him
out of bed. He finally struggled into
his clothes, but he was out of luck.
He had no collar Il didn't come
after you for nothing" said the Y. NJ.
official, you're going, collar or no
collar" Finally an old size IA collar
was dug up in bureau drawer. But
what good was it on a 16 neck? A
safety razor blade lay nearby. The
Y. NJ. official was resourceful. The
razor blade was sharp. Two quick
cuts, a piece of string and the button
holes in the collar had heightened so
as to permit the IA collar to surround
the 16 neck. And the young man
Joined the class, literally dragged in
by the collar. Militant religion he
calls it.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
iiOhiItlDIGS

Sometimes there may come sense
of relief from the consideration of an
unpleasant. even horrible matter. 1t
is so in the knowledge that tuber-
cuosis is on the decrease; it is so in
the matter Of the number of homi-
oidcs in the !nitod states.
The news comes that the total NUM-
Der of killings in the United states
was 800 in the year 1920, while there
were 400 in 1919, a decrease of 500.
This is stated on the authority of the
statistician of a standard insurance
company.
Rochester was the safest of all Of
the 81 cities considered and st. Louis
the most dangerous.
OF especial interest here is tho fact
that the New England states, for the
period between 1915 and 1919, was
the best group of states in which to
live, while the Southern States, with
their large negro population, had the
highest homicide rate
Connecticut is but one of the New
England states. of course, and New
Britain is but one of the cities in the
state. Nevertheless Connecticut and
New Britain may take to themselves
some of the encouragement given New
England in this matter of homicides.
Certainly it is true that there lies
danger in long continued idleness. A
city known the world over as a
working City" the Hardware
Center of the world" could never be
stamped as an idle city. Work is the
greatest enemy of crime known. and,
except for the period through which
we are passing, work has proved its
worth here. This, irrespective of the
products of the workers.
life habit is hard to break. A city
which possesses the spirit of work
such has been New Britains will have
its law-abiding influence even though
there comes a period of comparative
idleness. A cosmopolitan population
has not changed this influence. There
is a feeling that the city cannot long
remain idle, its wheels turning slowly,
its industries comparatively inert. This
is the feeling that has made its pos
sible to carry on" and to keep car
rying on until the end of the unem-
ployment period.
And when that end does come;
when the whistles blow, the crowds of
workers troop daily to shops and
plants, and when business and pro
fessional men resume the talk of how
good are the times-when this comes,
those who have had faith in the city
will be rewarded.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
As PREDICTED.

News of the conference today
brings evidence that Japan will ac-
cept the 5-5-3 ratio as proposed by
the Hughes plan if she receives the
consideration she demands in the
Far East situation. This position has
been predicted freely as the final
outcome of the naval ratio matter.
What she will ask in the Far East
is another matter.
II is learned also that agreement
has been made to abandon the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. In its place,
reports have it, there will be an 'un-
derstanding' between the United
States, Great Britain and Japan to
keep peace in the Pacific. This, it is
said in reports slightly favorable to
the administration and the success Of
its conference. would not be in the
form of any "entangling alliance"
To those who view it impartally it
seems impossible to make enforcible
any such agreement which does not
possess sufficient strength to provide
means of seeing that it is carried out.
forcibly if in no other way.
The tentative suggestion, said to
have been made by unofficial Japan
ese outside the conference, that the
United States should not further for
tify American Pacific bases in the Pa
cific, and Japan be allowed to retain
the Mutsu, does not sound well to
American ears. Certainly this would
give Japan a. greater proportion of
strength than was allowed under the
ratio to which agreement has been
made lin principle"
Consideration of Russia is reported
as being planned by Secretary Hughes
to the end that her territorial integ-
rity be preserved 1t will be remem-
bered that some time ago Mr.. Hughes
expressed the hope that the confer
ence would take up the matter Of
considering Russia in the matter OF
Eastern Siberia. The latter country
Is natural outlet for Japans popu-
lation and the Japanese practically
occupy her now. Japan's full control
over Eastern Siberia would be viewed
with great displeasure, not to say
concern. by America, and wisely so.
Secretary Hughes, therefore, follow
ing the policy of both former Presi-
dent Wilson and President Harding,
may seek to gain an agreement by the
Powers to maintain the territorial in
tegrity of Russia.
There may be no doubt of this
countrys desire to protect the Rus
slams. It has felt that. as yet, it
could not recognize the government,
to the point of receiving delegates to
the conference,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
Dangerous Weapons

A man one time said that the only
real use he ever saw for an umbrella
was to protect ones self from others
who carried similar weapons on a
crowded street. one night during the
recent rainy spell a woman started tC
get onto a jitney near the Commercial
Trust Co. She carried an umbrella
Womanike, she managed in some UNI
accountable manner to get her UNI
brella crossWise of the door, thus
blocking her entrance. She tried
again savagely jabbing the offending
article under her arm rearwards as
She mounted the steps.
A man who stood one step lower
suddenly jumped back, and as the
bus started out he was heard to re
mark something about Nearly took
my eye out"
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
The Widows Mite

At another Goodcl service the col
lection plate came to a man who has
been one Of the leaders in the move
ment.. He too had never before been
solicited for a contribution and was
unprepared, He looked into his purse
and the only thing he had in change
was Il silver half dollar. ut cost me
so cents to go TO church." he said
later, At an evening service the same
collection plate reached woman
who was prepared remarkably well.
She held in her hand a % cent piece,
Said silver quarter jingled into the
silver plate and she calmly lifted one
dime and a nickel change out of the
plate then let it pass on.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
In December, Too

Evidently there has been little OF
no frost to enter the ground in this
city, according to reports which
reached the Wanderers ears. Friday
morning a passerby stopped Il few
blocks from Walnut Hill park on the
south side and picked several dande-
ion blossoms. In telling his story
to Frank G.. Barrett, sexton of Trim
ity NJ E. church, the latter said
That's nothing. Last spring Elmer
Wilcox, of the Central Junior High
school and myself planted a garden
in the rear of the church. Can ac-
count of this garden appeared in The
Herald at the time) on December I,
| picked beets and white radiShes
out of the same garden. And" he
added as an aftcrthought Il picked
Swiss chard out of my garden at 23
Hungerford court, on the same day"
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
FORD'S ROAD LAYS OFF $50.
Company Officials Assert Action Is
Due to slump in Business.

Springfield, Ohio, Dec. Moore
than $50 employees of the Detroit
Toledo & Ironton railroad. owned by
Henry Ford, were laid off for thirty
days.
Company officials said the action
was due to @ slump in business. Ship
ments from the Ford factory in De-
troit have fallen off and the coal traf-
tic has also decreased, the officials
said.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
RUTHERFORD APPOINTED
Local Representative Now Inspector
of Thcaters Under Orders of Super
intcndcnt Hurley.

Superintendent Robert N Hurley
of the state police department, has
appointed Representative Arthur N.
Rutherford of this city, special in
spector of the theaters.
Mr.. Rutherford entered upon his
new duties today and will cooperate
with state police experts detailed for
that special assignment, following the
disastrous Rialto theater fire in New
Haven Sunday night
Mr.. Rutherford was engaged in
making inspections at the local show
houses before the news of his ap-
pointment was made known.
All told there are about 200 houses
throughout the state to be inspected
by the state police and Investigations
by the department already show con-
ditions contrary to the law existing in
some of the theaters.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
TO BIBLE CLASS
BY THE COLLAR
Matters Religious AmuSG The
WandeTer ON His Travels

When Mark Twain wrote his fam
he crowded into his description more
kinds of weather than people In some
sections of the country ever dreamed
Of, Reading the story as boy in school
considerably less than half a century
ago, in state not in New England,
the Wanderer felt that the story was
somewhat exaggerated and passed it
over as simply a product of the vivid
Imagination of a humorist, Since
last Saturday the Wanderer has seen
snow, rain, hail, sunshine, ice and
slect, fog and haze and in spite of all
this has seen summer flowers and
talked with people who still eat
green truck from the garden.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

Tuesday The ship will sail on De-
eemher but will not accept mail
after the 9Th, The Sapelo Is being
substituted for the Alameda, which
was recently damaged by fire,
Another warning which should hr
needed by those who intend to send
Christmas mail abroad Is that Chris.
mas stamps or other adhesive char
ity stamps or labels should be affixed
to the back Of letters or packages In
addition, all packages must be sent
prepaid,
The foregoing ruling has been made
by postal authorities in Brazil, Brit
ish East Africa, Uganda. Antigua
Barbados, Bermuda, British North
Borneo, Canada, Cayman Islands Cy-
prus Gold Coast, Dominica, Falk-
land Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar Brit
ish Honduras, Guatemala, Union of
South Africa, jamaica, Mauritius and
dependencies Montsorrat, Nevis, Nor
way, Southern Nigeria, Portugal, st.
Christopher, St Lucia, st. Vincent,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, British So
maitland, Trinidad, Turks and Caicos
Islands Virgin Islands Briush) =,
Great Britain and Ireland, Southern
Rhodesia.
Every city official should read thor
oughly the report of the building
commission, compiled by Arthur ~
Rutherford, clerk of the board. and
completed this week There are a
number of recommendation which
invite serious consideration and ac-
ton by responsible public authorities
The report calls to the attention Of
the board of public works the dupl-
cation of the names Of streets. This
mas been done in several instances
and the situation should be remedied
without delay.
AS an incentive to building, the re
port recommends that when new or
dinanCes are adopted we take into
consideration costs of building,
plumbing and electrical work SO that
none of these codes will work bard
ships and discourage the erection Of
homes and business buildings in our
city This is a practical, concrete
suggestion, one of the gems Of thought
that are found so infrequently in the
reports Of city officials.
Continuing along the same line, the
report encourages the adoption of
codes that will meet the require
ments of our city for years to come
and not necessitate a continual re
vision of these ordinances"
Timely consideration is given to the
of seeing that building
lines are complied with and that
prompt attention be given by the city
engineering department to make re
quests for such lines
Taken all in all, the report is very
constructed,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
Go Ahead Backwards

She had been practicing on a type
writer. Her husband who is n sort
Of a rough and ready typist had been
telling her how to operate a machine
on the II. and l.. Gilt one letter and
look for anothcr) system. She und a.
took to put in the paper herself, and
of course got it wrong, "Gec,' she
remarked when. shown the proper
way, You have to put the old paper
in backwards to get it right don't
Won ."
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
MOOSEHEAD LAKE FROZEN.

Bangor, Me, Dec. 3.-Moosehead
lake was closed to navigation today,
last nights cold snap putting the seal
of winter on Names biggest inland
sea. Last year the lake closed De-
cember 10.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

1t was at II Goodcll service TIL,
usher was new, lie started toward
the front of the church with the col,
lection plate, but instead Of com.
mencing ut the first pew as did every.
one else, ne marched bravely into the
choir There was sudden scraning
Of chairs, The music appeared to be
confused Pocket books and purses
appeared from mysterious sources
and the collection went on, 1t was
the first time the collection plate had
reached the choir and the Vocallsts
were not prepared,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

Pessimsts say the words peace,
plenty and prosperity sound well, but
are obsolete--that the memory of eN-
periencing them all at the same time,
has faded completely.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

Make the most of present pep and
present moment: neither will come
back TO give you second trial.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

If a mans thought habitually wan-
der from his work he'll follow them
eventually, but not by his own vo-
lition.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
WILL SEEK REDRESS.

New York, Dec. 3.-Mayor Hylan
announced today he would seek legal,
redress if possible for the loss of re-
turns on the city's investment of
$500, 900 in the subways.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
Member of The Associated Press

Tho Associated Press In exclusively entitled
TO the uHo for republication Of all news
credited to II or not OthorwiFe credited
In this paper and also local news pub
ished herein.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

Strange how the sight of some
people remind of Darwin and his
theory.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

one of the things it is fair to strif,
is a balance with your bank
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

In value Of product figures, Con-
nectiCut stands twelfth in the national
list, according to a compilation by the
National Industrial Conference Board.
1t will be a surprise to many to learn
that Connecticut is so far down as
we are accustomed to regard ourselves
as being Of greater importance.
The conclusions of the board, based
on the latest federal census. show
that Connecticut products are valued
at 20 per cent. of all goods produced
in the country. New York leads the
union with 14.1 per cent Second in
line is Pennsylvania, with 11.6 per
cent Illinois, with 81 per cent. and
Ohio with ST. per cent. are ahead of
Massachusetts, which has a record of
ga per cent.
Other states which lead Connecti-
cut are: New Jersey, SO per cent;
Michigan, SIS per cent; California, 80
per cent; Indiana, per cent; Wis
consin. per cent; Maine, 2.5 per
cent.
Distribution of industry has re
manned approximately the same since
1899, the board reports, and the
growth throughout the country has
been comparatively parallel.
Never in the history of the shoe
manufacturing industry has there
been so much marked activity along
the lines of last reform. 1t is recog-
nized generally in the shoe trade that
shoes which lack comfort do more
harm to the Manufacturer and retail
or than can be Countcrhalanced by
the immediate financial gain. The
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

The tick of the typewriter keeps
many from living on tick"
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

to be ambitious. There would be no.
body left to trim.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

Inc helghpor muslcaI daughter
prompts the reflection that Heaven
learning TO play their harps.
Inc Surest way to make a marriage
5ucceSdiul Is TO XII off the relatives Of
Inc outstanding Characteristic Of
the typical American Is the faculty OF
beiAs busted again Monday morning,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03
Startled The Choir

sung out I'm sorry mister" Tn,
apology was accepted.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

The outstanding characteristic Of
the typical American is the faculty OF
being busted again Monday morning.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-03

The surest way to make a marriage
successful is TO Kill off the relatives Of
the contracting parties.