davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1922-07-07

dogs can lick a raccoon alone in a
fair fight"
Ted was busy writing down h
names TO identify his sketches as
Uncle Ben examined the fifth card.
This boy is mighty good eating.
baked with sweet potatoes. When
you run on to him suddenly he plays
dead"
"Possumr' shouted both boys to-
gether.
And this one you've marked No.
6 also lives close to the water. and
in the water. and under Il. and builds
dams and underwater houses and
his flat tail or top of the WATER
Uncle Ben paused IS h boys tried
to think. but they made all sorts of
wild guesses.
"Beaverf' he told them.
Should have known when you said
he built DAMS said Ned.
And here's another rare one. a
white weasel" Uncle Ben told them.
holding up ard No. 7. when Mr.,
White Weasel is skinned and made
into an opera Goa no is called
'ermine'."
I'm going to sec low many differ
emit tracks I can find and sketch, for
a collection" declared Ted.
And TIL help scout for EN- while
you do the sketching," said Ned,
which was how these happy cousins
started a most interesting collection of
drawings of wild animal and bird
tracks. Qfonday-'"The Motor Boat ~
Tomorrow-Merry Markings.
Copyright, 1922, by George Matthew
Adams.
, 1922-07-07

Some idea of the work entailed by the handling
Sof these loans is evidenced by the fact that at the
time the War Finance corporations powers were
enlarged by giving it authority to make loans for
"a agricultural and livestock purposes it had a staff
4of only so employees. Today in order to handle the
business connected with the revival of the agricul-
etural industry it has a staff of $50. 1t has 80 agen-
-cies established in various sections of the United
Estates. each in charge of a committee of public
spirited citizens who are thoroughly familiar with
the banking, agricultural and livestock conditions
of their respective sections. These committees
serve without pay. In making the loans above
enumerated the Wal Finance corporation has hand
led and approved 1900 applications.
, 1922-07-07
SENSIBLE, THINKING WOMEN

No longer doubt the efficacy of that
o~ld-fashioned root and herb medicine.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, because 1t relieves sne ailments
to which they are.afflicted. In almost
every neighborhcod there are living
witnesses OF its wonderful effects.
Therefore, II o doubt its value or
power to help you. ask your neighbor.
In nine times out of ten she has been
benefited by its use ors knows some
one who has 1t will pay you to give
this root and herb medicine a trial.
Adv.
, 1922-07-07

Worse chuckied Uncle Ben Hes
odoriferousr'
"Skunk?" asked Ted Uncle Ben
nodded and too up card No. ,. We'll
well. these little fellows are scarca
I'd like to trap about a hundred OF
EN- next winter"
Ted thought rapidly of all tho small
animals that had valuable pelts and
cried -Mfnk7-
Yes sir answered Uncle Ben. but
their fur isn't worth anything at this
season. and here" lie continued. pick
ing Ut carr No. 4. we have the jolly
little fighter. the raccoon. Very few
, 1922-07-07
Agricultural and Stock Aid

CONGRESS, under the present administration, cx-
" tended the life of the War Finance corporation
for the necessary and specific purpose # aiding the
basic industries and interests back to a state Of
normally.
A report of its activities from the date of its
organization up to and including june 10, 1872,
shows that the corporation has approved of loans
in the aggregate amount of $356,g39,92S. A little
over S9,000,000 of this was advanced to exporters;
s65654634 vas advanced to agricultural and live
stock cooperative associations and the balance was
advanced to banking and financial institutions.
The amount o, loans advanced for agricultural and
livestock purposes up TO and including june 10, by
items were as follows:
, 1922-07-07

How many ponies ought one to have
to play polo?
How many square miles In the At.
lantic ocean?
, 1922-07-07
The Old Piano

A dealer in second furniture hauled
! an old. square piano to the
dump" the other day and burned it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19

HARDING A LUTHERAN.
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 19.-President
Harding was reelected director OF
q lumber company.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
MOTOR CLUB IN
CAMP AIcN FOR
SAFETY RULES
Years Educational Effort Launched
By Directors Of Rock Island
Moline Divisions.

Arthur T. Huesing, president OF
the Rock Island division of the Mis-
sissippi Motor club, was asked by
the directors of that body last eve=
ming to name a committee Of five to
cooperate with similar Moline
group to prepare plans for a years
campaign for the prevention of &C
cidents by observing the rules of
the road, courtesy and traffic laws.
J. J. Burgess was appointed chair
man of committee on legislation,
and Ebert G. Don, chairman of the
service committee.
Mr.. Huesing and c. P. Skinner
have been nominated for office in
the state organization, and will
receive the acting support of the
club.
Approval was given to the plan of
establishing an arterial highway
along Seventh avenue east from
Twentieth street to the city limits,
The purchase of boulevard stop
signs was also approved.
Delegates will be named to at
tend the convention of the Illinois
| Automobile association in Chicago
Jan. 20 and 80.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19

The ice harvest on the Hennepin
canal will be started soon after
Christmas. dealers and store-house
men claim. The cold weather has
frozen the water to . thickness Of
nine inches.
Already the banks Of the canal
are beginning to take on the ap-
pearance Of the ice camps" Plat
forms and chutes are being erected
by several companies and it is ex-
pected that the others will follow
within very short time. No Rock
Island companies have prepared
for the harvest but several Milan
companies are already ON the job
and ready to start operations.
The weather today was consider
ably milder than that Of the last
few days but not mild enough to
cause any thawing. It is not ex-
pected that the temperature will
go high enough to delay the oper-
atoms which are already planned.
The thick coating of ice this win
ter came much earlier than last
when no activities were under way
until the first of January. With
only a few days Of real cold wealth
er not many realized that the ice
had frozen to a 9-inch thickness. 1t
was generally believed that the
thickness would not Exceed five or
six inches.
Skaters Busy.
For the last week skaters have
been enjoying themselves on the
canal which last year afforded such
excellent skating. Children have
been gliding over the ice on small
ponds in the parks and low places
for several weeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
Sul SCHOOL
Case LEAGUES
MAP SCHEDULE


DsAnits plans for the opering Of
the Sunday school basketball leagues
and the schedule Of games were
made at = meeting Of the Sunday
school basketball committee last
night in the 7. n. C. A.
The COMMITTEES consists Of Elmer
Ostsrmaun, chairman; H. L. Best.
W. H. Wood and L. r. Mapes. The
league will be divided into three
divisions: seniors, intermediates
and juniors. The seniors will be-
gin the season next Tuesday eve
ming, the juniors Friday Of the same
week and the Intermediates will
probably begin their season the
following Wednesday, Jan. 8.
The senior league will play Tues
day and Friday evenings and will
play two games each night. The
juniors will play Friday and Satur-
day afternoons and the intermedi-
ates will play their games Wednes-
day evening.
The churches that viii. be repre-
scented in the basketball league are
as follows
Senior league = Central Presby-
terrain, First Lutheran, First Meth
odist, Spencer Memorial, Egewood
Baptist, Fifteenth Avenue Christian
and the Memorial Christian.
intermediate league-South ParL
Presbyterian, Cleland Presbyterian
Milan Presbyterian. First Method
list and the Central Presbyterian.
Junior league = First Lutheran
Central Presbyterian, First Meth.
odist, Spencer Memorial, Fifteenth
Avenue Christian, Memorial Chris
tian, Cleland Presbyterian ant
South Park Presbyterian.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
WILL ENTERTAIN
| JObLESS ACTORS

New York, Dec. 19.-Actors and
actresses, unable to entertain 9TH
ers because they have no work,
will be entertained Christmas day
at the Stage Door inn. Plans are
being made for a festive program
from D. m. to 1 a. m, with a
Christmas tree, turkey dinner, and
gifts for all who attend.
Mother Allen, who is past 70,
and has helped more than 5000
girls. most Of them actresses, will
chaperone the party. The organ
izatioh is headed by Ethel Barry
more. honorary president, and
Margaret Allen, executive presi-
dent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
xoTHERS ENJOY
HOLIDAY PARTY

The Mothers club. organized un-
1er the auspices Of the Kings
daughters union, had a Christmas
party at the regular meeting yester-
by afternoon at the Rescue Mis-
sion. instead Of the usual program
session. Margaret Giles circle had
charge of the plans. There was a
program including songs by the
mothers, violin number by Miss
Frances RhOads. vocal solos by
Miss Marjorie Sala accompanied by
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
FINISHES COURSE
IN OPTOMETRY;; Is
TO ASSIST FATHER

DR.. w. G. Edwards. recently
graduated from the Needles Insti-
tute, Kansas City, arrived last eve
ming with his wife and family, and
will be associated with his father,
DR.. Henry Edwards, optometrist
1904 Third avenue.
He left Rock Island last April
to take up course OF study, now
completed, in Kansas City. He was
formerly employed by the Deere
Wagon company, and the Moline
Pillow company as an accountant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
kIDDIES. NEED
Pure MILK To
THRIVE Well
Majority of American Babies Are
Raised on Bottles =.
Now.

Springfield, Ill.-Keeping milk
pure is of the utmost Importance in
safeguarding infant life, DR.. Isaac
D. Rawlings, director of the state
department of health, declared to-
day in making a plea for a uniform
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19

tGDsasl l1sliss 11ss1AD
- 70 finance the East Moline
- Of Commsrcs WAS the
/ bpIc Of discussion It the an
\ nembership meeting last
- the city needs m org1nisa-
y function in behalf o. the
necial interests the members
u greed. but doubt was ex-
80 as to the financial ability
~ chamber to continue under
gesent system. A long list Of
Dquent members gives founda-
~ for this doubt.
1t while many Of the individuals
- not lived up to the obligations
- incurred when the chamber
erred into contract with the
herican City bureau, the business
"a professional men who dis
|nssed the clubs affairs last night
|Gpressed their determination t.
Dcharge honorably the obligation
- organization assumed.
s without Funds.
Il The chamber at present is facins
~ second annual payment to tn.
reau. and Il 10 practically with
IT funds. The original agreemen
inferred into with the bureau at tn,
lime TIE membership campaign wa,
eonducted year ago called TO
Ae payment to the bureau Ut III!
percent Of the membership fee,
nch year for three years. On tina
hssis the chamber stu owes tn,
hareau approximately 5000.
President James Westphal las
night appointed a committee o
three to enter into negotiation
With officers of the bureau in al
effort to effect compromise
Should the committee be success
ful in having the chamber release,
rom the original contract, it l
likely that the reorganization q
The commercial body to function in
dependently will be effected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-19
Turks FREE CHRISTIANS,

Angora. Dec. 19-The Kemalist
government decided to lift the en-
barge on the departure of Christians
from Anaolia.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

become victims Of the white-four
plague. which for fifty years has
been ravishing the land, striking
down rich and poor alike, and insidi-
ously gnawing at the vitals of al
most countless millions. The mil
crying out. "Qh. Lord, how long?''
Really. how long will the great
masses sleep under this white-f1o
anaesthetic? How long will those
people In authority, Responsible to
the invincibie electorate Of free-born
Americans. permit the shackles and
straitjackets of white-flour slavery
to poison, impoverish and finally de-
stroy the bodies. weaken and encum-
Der the mental and Intellectual
forces. and therefore warp and
starve the souls of q hundred million
free and liberty-loving American men,
women and children. who under the
federal Constitution are guaranteed
life, liberty and the pursui. q hap
piness"?
Speak Out and Call Your Order!
Time for action has arrived. You
can solve your Individual problem
by demanding of your baker or grocer
whole wheat bread, whole grain
cereals and whole-grain products
notwithstanding no other. The
law of supply Is invariably controlled
by the will and demands of the peo-
pie. Therefore stand up! Speak out!
Call your order! 1t will be filled.
Let's get together and exchange "the
broken staff" for "the staff of life"
The watchword of men Of vision and
force is do it now
Evening star., 1922-02-05

least a ifty-ffty split between the
hogs and cattle on the one hand and
US poor humans on the other.
The Old Mill.
About ten years after the civil war
the production of wheat and the de-
mand for -four became SO great that
the steel roller replaced the old stone
burr in the grinding of grain. Enor-
nous roller mills were established In
the great wheat centers of produc-
ton. The old mill up the creek.
with its gray-haired. kind-faced and
rugged old miller. soon became sweet
memories Of happy and healthy days
gone by. 1t is now curiosity spot.
Out of it We're ground sturdy health
and vital force, but the old stone
burrs now lie scattered upon 1.-THE
ground-mute monuments to noble
cause now all but lost. Some of you
remember the old song:
The green grove is gone from the
HILL Maggie. where first the daisies
sprung:
"The creaking old mill is still, Maggie,
since you and l were young"
And with the stilling of the old
mill by the ruthless and life-destroy
ing hand of modern civilization and
material progress began the stilling
of precious and countless lives
through the poisoning and undermin-
sulting early aging and decay Of that
part of the race who persistently, ig-
norantly and willfully feed upon
white bread and white flour products
and fill early graves.
.Pntent" Medicine and "Pntent" Flour
DR.. Charles f. Banks. senior sur
geon. United States public health serv-
ce. who has rendered excellent service
in matters of public health. declares:
''The enormous patent medicine
industry. which makes countless dys-
pepsia tablets. liver pills and stom-
ach bitters. began its growth follow
ing the patent -four industry, and
both have been growing side by side
until this country can now boast Of
the greatest aggregation of intesti-
nal cloggers and bowel coaxers of
any nation on the face of the earth.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The great American game Of consti-
patton Is now being played contfnu-
ously with laxative pills as pawns in
the various moves.
made obsession Of bread makers and
bread eaters. II the public once
knows the taste Of whole wheat
bread it will never go back to the
lifeless. pithfess taste OF white
starch sta , bread, d,,.r The .h human system
vitalizing elements Of the entire
wheat grain, but the roughage Of the
cereal Is natures j laxative agency.
1t not only supplies valuable sus-
tenance to the body, but 1t truly
, works while you sleep in a natural
way, with whole wheat flour re-
stored to the American dietary, con-
stipatfon would not only become d
lost art. but the sturdy vigor of our
forefathers would again appear in
a regenerated race"
White Bread and Constipation.
White bread and white -four prod
ucts are first among the principal
causes of constipation. In turn. con-
stipation is one of the largest con-
Constipation was fully treated in an
article by the writer and appeared
in The Sunday Star January as 1.-THE
Great Destroyer.D Since white -four
products are so destructive to human
life. actually paralyzing and killing
animals more quickly than does
starvation, are we doing the right
thing when we use It and fail to raise
our voice against 1t?
Millions of children are being fed.
and apparently stuffed, upon white
bread, cakes and the like. Such prul-
ucts tend to form lumpy accumula-
tions in the intestines. causing in
testinal interference and obstruc-
tion. Is it any wonder that children.
as well as the rest Of us. develop con-
stipation. appendicitis and many other
diseases when they attempt to get
away with stuff" so deadly in its
effects that strong animals quickly
su"eumb in few weeks to its in
sidious work? -.
"Oh. Lord, How LOng."
We, the anaemfc. rasty-faced and
diseased descendants Of our rugged
forebears-those men of iron and
steel, whose deeds of valor and pow
ers of endurance are forever engraven
upon history's pages--we. the degen-
crate Sons Of those noble sires. have
Evening star., 1922-02-05
TRIAL OF GOV. SMALL
Is SET FOR MARCH s
Ta1esmen to Be Drawn From Jury
Wheel-State Asks Fifty
Called Daily.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WAUKEGAN. ILL.,. February A.
Judge Clair c. Edwards today set the
trial Of Gov. Len Small to start March
6. on charges of conspiracy to en-
bezzle state funds while state treas
urer.
The state asked for fifty talesmen
a day and both sides agreed to have
the prospective jurors drawn from the
jury wheel instead of having deputy
county at large.
c. c. LeForgee, Gov. Small's coun-
sci, insisted on starting within a
week or waiting until April. but
Judge Edwards said he did not feel
delay until April was justified and
ended the argument of attorneys by
granting the states motion to start
March 6. &
Evening star., 1922-02-05
TRAIN HITS BOULDER.
Cumberland Man Is Injured in De-
rrailment on B. & o.

CONNELLSVILLE. Pa. February L.
w. T. Whitman. fireman. OF Cum
berland, Md. was seriously injured to-
day when westbound passenger train.
No II. on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road was deraiied at Pinkerton tun-
mel. near Mark eton, Pa The train,
a fast passenger from Baltimore to
Pittsburgh. struck a huge boulder
which had rolled down the mountain
side and lodged on the track. Pas
sengers We're shaken UP. but none
seriously hurt.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
WELL PRODUCES FISH.
Tiny Specimens Found at 1900

93Hy 1PCC1HIc1lS IUUIU UC 1,~OV
Feet Depth.
BAKERSFIELD, Calf. February 4.
An oil we'll on the Hitchcock ranch
south of Porterville at 1900 feet has
begun to produce--not oil, but fish,
according to word received here.
They were tiny specimens. appar-
emily from q subterranean stream
Evening star., 1922-02-05
DRY AGENT IS NABBED.s

Arrested on Charge of Helping
Operate Moonshine Still.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, February 4.
The commission of Prohibition OFF,
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The incest cathartic- laxative in the world
for grown-ups or children is candy-like
,'Cascarets." One or two tonight will clean
your bowels right. BY morning all the con-
stipation poison and sour bile will move out
Evening star., 1922-02-05

Ger Charles p. Reed was revoked yes
terday by State Prohibition Commits
sioner Brown, when he received re-
Evening star., 1922-02-05

thoroughly! "They work while you sleep"
Cascarets will not scken you like salts, oil,
calomel or harsh pills. They physic fully, but
never grippe or inconvenience. Ten, twenty
five, ffty-cent boxes at any drug store.
The Washington times., 1922-06-09
LAST OF KNIcKERBocKER
VICTIMS LEAVE HOSPITAL

After more than four months in a
hospital DIR. Clyde NJ. Gearhlrt,
prominent dentist. one OF the hun.
dred sufferers from the Knicker.
booker Theater disaster here last
January, was dismissed today by his
surgeon.
DR.. Gearhart is the last OF the
theater disaster victims to leave the
hospitals.
Buried for more than eight hours
under the wreckage of the roof OF
the theater after its fall DR.. Gear,
hart, with crushed and mangled feet
and legs, counted the lse beats of
the last minutes in the life of his
wife who died beside him. DIR. Gear
hart lost his right foot but a renl;rk-
able recovery has gwen him COM
plete use of his left foot and leg.
DIR. Gearhart went to his home,
1925 Columbia road. He will leave
soon for visit to his parents in
Columbus, Ohio. Before resuming
his professional practice, which in.
wolves frequent trips to the 'arger
cities of the country, DIR. Gearhart
will visit Europe to complete his re.
covery, returning to Washington
about October |.
The Washington times., 1922-06-09
civITAN CLUBS OF U. S.
CONVENE HERE IN 1923

Washington. as the place Of meet.
irG for the 1929 International Civitan
Clubs, now in session at Chatta-
nooga, has been unanimously select
ed. according to. a telegram received
and read yesterday at the weekly
luncheon of the local Civilians at the
City Club.
The convention for Washington
was secured through the efforts Of
the Washington delegates. headed hv
Ernest Greenwood, who was elected
first international vice president at
the Chattanooga meeting. The
deal for securing the convention
for the Capital was made last year
when Washington supported the
Southern States in securing the CON
vention for the South. and secured
the Souths pledge to support Wash
ington this year.
The convention will bring approx.
mately 5000 delegates to Washing
ton Ia 1923, and ways and means OF
securing funds to take care OF the
delegates will be taken up at. once
by the local club.
The Washington times., 1922-06-09
SENATE ASKED
To VOTE AGAIN
ON POLICE BILL
Jones Wants Reconsideration
Of Measure Making Change
In White House Force.

Recon sideratton of the Phipps
hill transferring authority over the
White House police force from the
District superintendent Of police to
the superintendent OF public build
ings and grounds was asked In the
Senate today.
Senator Wesley Jones entered a
motion TO reconsider the vote by
which the bill was passed late last
night. saying he was absent from
the Senate chamber at the time.
The motion was entered and until
It is voted upon the bill will be
held up In the Senate.
Strong objection has been been
made TO the measure because II
means that a number Of faithful
White House employees would be
forced to relinquish their positions
and accept other assignments and
beats on the District police force.
Senator Phipps told the Senate
last night that the object OF the
bill was to reduce the number of
policemen now guarding the White
House from fifty-four to thirty.
three. and to make other changes
in the direction OF efficiency.
The Washington times., 1922-06-09
ELKS INVITE PRESIDENT
FLAG DAY EXERCISES

Invitations to attend the Flag Day
exercises TO be held by Washington
Lodge. No. Is, B. p. o. Elks, at the
Sylvan Theater. have been forward.
ed to President Harding. Cabinet of.
ficers and members of Congress.
Members Of other fraternal organifa-
tions have also been invited. The ex-
ercises will begin at $50 o'clock Sun
day afternoon.
The committee In charge OF ar
rangements includes Benjamin. X.
Focht. honorary chairman; John Fl.
Outrich. chairman; Past Exalted
Ruler Patrick J. Callan, Vice chair.
man: Joseph Bittoni, secretary and
chairman of the various subcommit-
tees; Harry King, James A. Balder-
son, William Neumeyer, jr.. M. d.
Crowley, Arthur s. whitcopb, Am
brose A. Durkin. Arthur Marks and
Arthur A. Riemer.
The speakers viii be Senator Hef-
I'm OF Alabama and Congressman
Focht and Johnson OF Washington.