The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-29


~Those Bisouit," 1t Would Seem, Is Correct.
(From a short story, Milan independently.
Nancy's tremulous voice broke the tension.
There! l forgot those biscuit"
tFrom the same, Monmouth Atlas.
Nancys tremulous voice broke the tension
There! l forgot those biscuit"
DRY AGENTS OFTEN KILLED."-The
Argus.
Now. just how often does one have to kill a
dry agent before he's dead?
THANKS. BUT. TELL US, WASN'T ONE OF
YOUR EAT-GRANDMOTHERS
A BIT-ER-UNCONvEN
We have laudsd the poet who SO easily sings.
OF this thing, and that thing
And still other things.
We have Landed the poet but hurrah for the man
Who stands in his glory
A real American!
Business of apologizing
L.. "A. CAPRICCIO.
One Of our great was
Scotch-Irish. one Of them was Danish, one was
English and We suspect little French infiu-
ence now and then. And although the whole
family tree was transplanted before the revo-
luton. We have been accused of being IRISH
and fighting Irish" at that Could you believe
it? "A. C.
"IF." asks the Aledo Democrat, "a man
can sail three miles from shore and take a
drink legally, will he fly three miles high and
do the sameT If you're asking US. no. He
will take one illegal drink and then 20 sky
ward.
"Sir, You Pat the Matter Clearly.o
Frem the De Smet, s. D., News),
The moving picture, like hepkoesna
rrfrf rgffff picture. like the spoken
drama. 10 too valuable to have it dragged
down In the mud.
SURE; PASS THE PICKLES. PLEASE.
Sir: City merchant reading sale bill in
country printing Office, Lunch on ground"
Really, l would prefer mine on plate. :"
Can you serve one out Of this? WERN.
MEN Tor perhaps We should say males) are
having their cheeks rouged, their ear lobes
"pinked" and permanent" waves put in their
hair. What is needed now is something to
take the permanent kink out of their alleged
brains.
WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
REFERENCE TO COG WELLS"
Sir: Among others in this mornings mail,
we found the following epistle. Maybe you
oan tell 10 what the man wants.
Kind friends l hope yu will be kind
enuf when you read this writing to give
me- your attention. l tried very hard to
locate your address, hence have written
to beg in making my inquiry Of some
cog WHEELS that have sean on A small
portable black smith machine if your
co. makes them cog WHEELS for | want
those also one twice as large az the
largest one on the machine Sirs l hone
your co. can furnish the outfit if YOU
can please write to me what the cost of
the three cogs WHEELS l will anser to
your reply and say to your CO. that the ,
Information that cause me to ask YOUR
co. to write the address to whom can fur
nish said inquiry Sirs if have the priv
lige Of sending my order in to your CO.
for those cogs WHEELS and three 12-inch
spindels fitted. your CO. for those coRs
WHEELS and three 12-inch spindels fitted.
your co. will receive plenty Of orders
only OF . larger size with about six coks
to the inch, II the mold has to be made
to make the large cog whell please write
and tell me, for time is going by have
to have pacience to wait. Sirs this Gov
eminent has . large AVIATION fields am
trying to improve'on the method of ayut-
ing. Sirs l hope you will understand
this and reply to same and oblige. A
friend" M.
HOLD HOPE FOR EARLY START ON
HARD ROAD."-Headline
No, Anastasia. that doesn't refer tn the
hopes Of the bootleggers.
ACROSS the river hizzoner the mayor
seems to maintain tight grip on his goat, in
spite q his comradss' efforts to annex It,.
sH! rhsssi aicsaphoas IN our desk.
4 r NC.