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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
Cullible Americans.

The eternal gullible" still dominates very
large number of American people, as the fraud
department of the postoffice department can
testify. The latest evidence Of this is the re-
Spouse of thousands Of American people to cir
cular Advertisements issued by German, Aus
TRAN and other European concerns to sell
powders which, when dissolved according to
instructions, would produce wines, beers and
other alcoholic beverages, according to the
powder purchased. These foreign concerns are
trading upon the reputation Of Europe as be-
ing the home Of wines. beers and liquors. The
United States postoffice department some time
ago issued fraud orders against these advertise
ments and warned the people not to send their
money. However thousands Of Americans have
been gullible enough to believe in the advertise
ments rather than the statements Of the post
office department with the result of losing their
remittances. Il
A very significant requirement contained in
these advertisements is that the money remit
ted must be American currency. Whenever
the postoffice department finds mail addressed
to these concerns which have been declared
frauds, letters are stopped opened and the
money returned to the sender where that is
possible. It should be clearly stated that I'M
der the United States law Of these powders
contained any sort of alcohol, even though it
were in dehydrated form, their importation
would be prohibited. In other words, il the ad-
vertisements were not fraud the articles ad-
vertised could not be brought into the country
SO that in any event it is perfectly foolish for
people to answer the advertisements. 1t should
be stated, however, that an analysis of the pow
ders has shown that they do not contain any
alcoholic possibilities that they are advertised
to possess
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
The Muscle Shoals Problem.

Senator Capper expresses confidence in
Henry Ford and his Muscle Shoals proposition
He believes that MIR. Ford is the best man in
the United States to handle the Muscle Shoals
job 1t is case, he says, Of either the develop
ment Of the project by Mr.. Ford or by the gov
eminent, and he prefers Mr.. Ford to the gov
eminent. He has confidence in Mr.. Ford's
ability to smash the fertilizer trust. 1t was
Mr.. Ford, Senator Capper asserts who breathed
the breath of life into Muscle Shoals. He be-
neves the Nord proposition in the main is fan
alike to Ford and the government and he is Of
the opinion that it will be accepted finally.
As Senator CappeH sees it, it Is Ford and the
people ON the one side and the fertilizer trust
and the private water power interests on the
other and that in the end Ford and the people
will win.
Senator Norris, on the other hand, a mem
ber Of the senate committee on agriculture, to-
gether with Senator Capper,, condemns the Ford
proposition unsparingly and proposes develop
ment Of the project under government owned
and controlled corporation. Senator Norris
asserts that M. Ford has made no guaranty of
any kind to reduce the cost of fertilizer The
Ford proposition assures to his corporation an
enormous profit, the senator declares; instead
Of providing for repayment to the government
Of the entire Investment the total payments
amount to less than three per cent Of the in
vsstment and nothing on the principal
1t will be recalled that the senate commit
tee rejected all proposals. for developing Mus
ole Shoals, including that Of Senator Norris for
government development and operation Where
there Is such wide divergence Of opinion, how
10 the average individual, lacking the intimate
knowledge that Ii essential, going to be able
to reach q conclusion? The net result of all
the discussion Of Muscle Shoals that has &C.
cupied tho attention q the country during the
last months is that the public mind. instead of
being clear - to tho facts, 10 confused. It is
impossible to decide who is throwing dust and
who 10 not-who is right and who is wrong.
Until there can be clearer understanding
Of the subject, and until congress knows it's
own mind better, the safer course will be to do
nothing about the matter. 1t isn't any more
necessary to accept Senator Norris proposition
than It 10 to accept Mr.. Ford's. At this dis
tance It appears that the NORTH proposition
would put the government into business a. ef-
fecenaliy ~ he declares the Ford proposal
would put It After witnessing the govern
nsnts failure in the shipping business and in
a. 1aAaemsnt a The railroads. few paon,s
Foo0dh1 f1uUord aV-1nr4hsr ventures a ~
: 9uQnGIunnunp4Rn 49,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
The Daily Short Story

Another block. silence.
Don't you think this is rather
improper" she queried softly.
Rather" was the answer.
Two blocks silence
THAT is my house. The one with
the slantng roof and the high
fence"
May 1 see you again."
Yes. but why?"
Il know. but. you're SO DIFF
ferent from the other girls. these
f1appers. =. so quiet and soft-like. . .
the others are-to noisy always
on the go. never tired -"
At this juncture Flop's sleepiness
disappeared. The cold air Of the
night had cleared her brain. She
felt like herself She wanted to
walk the high fence, climb in the
window, and pull this young mans
nose. but she. didn't.
AS soon as she had climbed into
her soft bed she knew the reason
why. What had he said! He liked
'em tired and soft-like. the others
were too noisy. funny. and she
had said Friday night. What would
she do? He would find out Friday
that she was noisy, always on the
60, too. She buried her face in the
pillows and sobbed.
1t was Z o'clock Friday night.
Flop was putting the finishing
touches to her hair in front of her
bedroom mirror. DARN" she said
to the reflection. II can't help it.
I've tried everything. Walked al
most all day in hob-nailed shoes On
rough roads. spoiled my nails
working in the garden all week.
| but don't feel the least bit tired
IL feel just as poppy as any flap
per in town, and he said he liked
them soft and tired-like. Ding!"
Suddenly she had an idea. Her
eyes fell on pair of small, pretty
pumps lying under the bed She
would put them on because they
made her feet pinch and her head
ache.
At s o'clock a rosy young lady
answered the Jingle of the door
bell. She was sorry she was tired,
she explained to the young man on
the doorstep. She had walked a
long way that afternoon and her
feet were sore and she had cut her
finger on the bread-knife.
They went into the parlor and for
an hour sat soberly talking. OF
course she couldn't play with the
sore finger, and dancing was out Of
the question. Finally she could
stand it no longer. Murmurinx an
apology, she rushed out of the room
with amazing swiftness for one
with sore feet.
i Two hours later. they were still
dancing to the tune of the victrola
She had not been able to remove
the bread cut. 1T was q natural
occurrence, but she had changed
her shoes. They seemed to laugh
constantly together. and noisly.
4 Say" he said suddenly, do Won
mind il l tell you, but l thought
you acted rather queer the first par,
Of the evening. you were tirdi
weren't you!"
Eyes, rather"
u He looked at her admirinrIv
Say" he blurted ont, do yor
know what 4 peach you are? / liz
! EN- noisy With lots Of non An
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
The Fellow Who loot. Hi. Horn.

There is one motor pest who seems to es-
De the criticism which Is his due. though his
e3ow drivers have been censored for faults
Sr less annoying. He is the man who toots
his horn persistently when no is held by a
&fafac jam. 1t makes no difference to this public
aisturber that long string Of motorists ahead
him are waiting patiently and silently for
aNlf turn to proceed. Tho cause Of the block
makes no difference. The stoppege may be
I'D BY road construction which 70 Just ~
Nh for his benefit as anybodys. or It may
6'eaused By an accident to other human
belngs: the living may be mangled or the dead
being borne from the wreck. it is nothing to bis
life. - he toots and toots, to signify his i'm
patience and his, disgusting self-mportauee.
Take It all and all. he 10, more than most, one
Of those pestilsntial nuisancss mentioned in
The Nikada'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

Whenever child has any ear
trouble or dizziness Of hearing. tho
parents should 80 to II that : ply
siciau carefully examines the
child's nose and throat, for In the
great majority q cases Of impaired
hearing In childhood the cause r.
found In the nose or throat, some
thing In the nature Of adenoid
thickening Or enlarged tonSils or
fcAronic in6amnaxi0n Of the lining
Of the nooA chamber o. IN unsus-
pected foreign body lodged in the
nose chambers. The child with a
running ear almost invariably has
ZONE such trouble in the nose or
throat and successful treatment Of
the ear trouble depends upon cor
rection Of the underlying nose or
Throat condition. For instance, the
now populArfzed notion that q child
who has Adenoids necessarily has a
stupid expression and IL back
ward" In school scarcely holds true
for the majority Of cases Of ade-
mold enlargement for a. rule ade-
mold enlargement does not produce
such characteristic effects. Perhaps
slight deafness or. frequent, ear
aches or a running ear is more
frequently significant of adenoid
enlargement The. ear must be con-
sidered a mere branch or part of
the breathing tract.
! The ear cavity (the middle ear,
\ the space inside the ear drum
where the famous little hammer,
anvil and stirrup are housed Is kept
Supplied with air from the nose and
4 throat cavity by way Of the eusta-
chan tube. For perfect hearing il
is essential that the air pressure
outside and inside Of the ear drum
be the same. II the eustachian tube
becomes partly or totally obstruct-
ed, temporarily or permanently
then the vibration of the drum
membrane and the little hammer
anvil and stirrup is interfered
with. since the air in the ear ca
witty is being constantly absorbed
by the lining Of the cavity and the
60PYiy "a AICoA al 10 Cut VII W
obstruction Of the tube. The low.
iered pressure within the ear favors
congestion of the lining Of the cal
and drawing inward Of the ear
drum. These effects Of obstruction
Of the air supply of the ear &C
count for the deafness which 81
commonly accompanies a sever,
coryzo, some cases Of adenoid en-
.argement II the obstruction il
not relieved, the condition may q
on to a chronic low grade inflam
nation Of the middle ear, which tn,
old time doctors termed "catarrh,
and this is a common explanation
Of so called catarrhal deafness il
adults-neglect Of proper treatmen
Of the underlying nose or throa
trouble in childhood.
Almost all acute earache II
children are Inflammation of tn
lining Of the eustachian tube an,
the middle ear. This Inflammation
is almost invariably secondary t
Inflammation in the nasal lining
or the throat. II the inflammatio,
is of moderate severity the ear
ache generally subsidies in a fe,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
A FLAPPER TALE.
BY Fanny Richardson.
Copyright, 1922. by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl

(COpyllBnt, 1SLZ, Dy Inc whether
Syndicate, Inc.)
Flop was so tired that she didn't
care much what happened, which
meant that nothing would happen,
because one usually has to hop
around bit to keep the old world
stirring. So she found a quiet cor
ner sheltered behind a large palm
leaf plant and through the chinks
watched the dancers. She vaguely
hoped she was not seen. because
she felt conspicuously wall-fiower-
ish, even behind the protecting
palm leafs; she didn't really care,
she felt so tired. :. so tired.
Dreamily she pictured herself
sliding about on the floor, q viva
cious little flapper with Haunting
skirts and fy-a-way beaus hovering
about her ''The life Of the party
she had always been called. She
sighed and unconsciously murnur-
ed out loud, Its a great life if you
don't weaken"
1T sure is"
Flop turned her bobbed head in
establishment. 1t was evident that
she was not alone behind the palm
leaf plant ! A young man, a tow
headed person she had never seen
before. was sitting beside her, look
ing absently at the dancers. How
long he had been there she did not
know. 1t was on the tip of her
tongue to say, You have a nerve"
but somehow she felt so tired she
just couldn't say anything 49,. so
she didn't. But she kept getting
sleeper until, finally, she thought
she was resting on a soft cloud.
The last Of the dancers were
leaving. Flop opened her sleepy
eyes to find herself propped up in q
rather cosy manner against the
tow-headed boy. She rubbed hel
blue eyes. hoping to destroy the
vision, but it remained. The young
man seemed unconscious of the
blue-eyed inspection. He sat non.
chalantly looking out through the
palms as il still watching the dane.
ers. Flop managed a rather stupid
"What"-and gazed at him, oper
mouthed. He turned and said in q
matter OF fact tone, SHALL we e
noxw
Flop's head was still soaring il
pink clouds. She managed Eyes.
Then she stammered But Jim wal
going to take me home. He brough
me. hid you see, was so tire
Of it all"
! That's all right" said the youn,
man. II guess Jim has gone Their,
are only two couples left. He prob
ably looked for you, but We ar,
pretty well screened in here"
He disappeared to get her wraps
Flop sighed. She still felt tire,
and here was Adventure rich
here around the corner and sh
she couldn't play up to it,. sim
Iply couldn't. Oh, for the nice, sof
bed in her cool little room.
u Almost Immediately the youn
man returned with her wraps an
they were soon briskly walking O.
1.-THE street. Flop said not q wor
, for two blocks. Then suddenly sh
murmured Its rather late ism
IT."
'1a<A3.s said her companion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

Three Of New Yoeks Leading cAurchmen
are guarding over Darvinism. One rsfefss to
two othsrs - -Bahoon beostsrs." Not nice
language for . high. churchman to indulge.
yoa viii ~. Rev. Howard Chandler RoAhins,
dean q the Cathedral Of 81 John the Divine,
and Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick. professor At
he Union Theological college. are taken to
task By Rev. ". McPherson. Baptist minister,
for their allegsd rspudiatioa Of Genesis. He
demands that thslr churches b. taken away
irom thsn an1 tAat NY sstsblish NV church
~ ~ callsd - Church for ne DssosndaAts q
SApss" Dr. uakAsrson sayS that "ons shoald
akuzaly On = his own company. and
e As1s taly dsal sse his own crowd TO pay
III. an - sasfsfE lnsslf a. II
- Ana1pesOsr 0llllsG - 1ecAss IN
49, 1gedo1 U-1ahno-Wp
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

washington, D. C. Give full name sno
return postage. Be brief. All inquiries ~
t to each individual. No attention WV !"
of days in the Book Of Common
Prayer, and some prayer books als
still printed in this style. In gen
eral usuage the term has come "
mean especially fortunate or au-
spicious days in a persons llie' .,
days to be remembered because u
some important event or benefit:
@. What is the value Of poultf!
raised in the United States IN .
year? l. NJ. Y.
A. The total value of poultf!
raised in 1921 is as follows: Chlc.'
ems, s373,500. 900; turkeys, sl2'sW
600; geese, 100000; duc aa.
$4.900,000; guinea fowls l,s00'ooV'
pigeons $1,400,000.
@. What was the origin OF the e.
preston "a year and a day.?
A. Under the rule Of commo.
law, fraction of a day was no.
recognized and. the last day OF any
given period of time was consul.
cred completed for legal purpose.
as soon as it began. Therefore, -
provide for the actual expiration u
a full calendar year it was neces-
sary to add a day.
! Q. How many OF the men WY
had been educated at West Po'a'
served in the Civil war? H. 0. NJ.
/ A. OF the cadets living when W.
Civil war began-including .ns
class Of 1878 per cent serse.
with either the Union or Coniede'.
ate forces. Over 70 per cent Wea'
N the Union army.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

@. When were the first college
boat races held in this country?
P. T. l.
A. The first races held were be-
tween boats owned by Yale stu
dents in Boston harbor in 1874, the
contestants being an eight-oared
gig and a dugout canoe. The first
intercollegiate race was rowed by
Yale and Harvard crews in eight
oarde barges over "a two-mile
course on Lake Winnipesaukee in
1852.
@. How long was Theodore
Roosevelt gone on his trip to South
America? C. d. D.
A. Roosevelt sailed for South
America in October. 1913, and re-
turned to his home in May, 1914.
@. How are petroleum stocks
classified. L. H.
A. They are classified as pro-
ducer's stocks; pipeline and tank
farm stocks; and refinery stocks
and stocks held by other consum-
ers.
Q. what is a red letter day?
G. L. C.
A. Formerly red letter days were
those SO indicated in the calendar
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
ORR Unatl1HtnllR'
rxs cnAn11s-Axe u. x1a1D
HglFI1UDe . anA

VIEWING the immosal, degenerate and
murderous antics Of Some m1Mbors Of the SC
human race % depicted u the duly press We
arrive at these sage oonctumcne: Inas VINE
there are numerous males and fs1aA1ss IN the
world there lhre few men and women; and al
though ma6y Of these males and females ara
married there Is . paucity OF husbands and
wives.
Ho hum :. year ago We sAooA have
wrapped the foregoing idea IN . bundle q
rimes before delivery.
Today, alas! our Muse - ned; tn fhc& We
fear the durn' things dad. In truth, We
scarcely have the time to spout In waltmasoaic
rime; and, anyway, since Miss Monroe haa
panned the nations poets 20 because they post
ixe in grooves. 1t seems to NJ that It behoovsa
poet who would save his face ct ones -
change his awkward pace.
FIR
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

II you entertain any doubts a. to the grow
~ popularity Of golf with the masses visit
tedH island. where the city Of Davenport main
N1eaS public course Many Rock Islanders
aro daily patrons there. But Rock islanders
shepld not be compelled to 30 to another state
t6play the game There should be public
coerse here. 1t Is hoped the near future will see
such q project started by the municipality.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
HEALTH TALKS
= William Brady. M. q.


hourp and 10 vefy serious aftsr-
elfects are noticod. Il the imam
nation u severe II goes on to sup
puration Il 'gAthsrins'') and then
the ear drum breaks and the ear
runs for several day1. Whatever
the severity az the Inflammation It
d dangerous always. The child
should b kept quistly IN bed.
Nothing except glycsrin - warm a.
bearsble should be dropped in the
ear. An infant should receive .
hot bath. An older child should
have . hot mustard foot bath In
bed. Usually q saline cathartic II
adyisable-for . child half a bot
tie OF solution Of magnesium ci-
trate. Any earache lasting more
than 4 day demands medical atten-
ton.
Questions and Answers.
No symphony for Faint Lady
Axatn 1 enclose q stamped self-ad-
dressed envelope and request you
to mail me a copy Of your famous
Symphony. I do not know why l
received NO reply to my former re-
quest. u. n. y.
Answer can suggest two pos
sfble reasons. Perhaps your for
mer request was written with a
pencil and the address became rub
bed of in the malls. Or perhaps
you felt tired when you wrote the
address and called It "City." Every
day, in spite of every possible care
on my part, a number OF replies
are unbelievable for some such
reason. Besides, l decline to veal
out my eyes trying to read scrawls
made with a lead epncil.
! Should Money Be Disinfected?-
Should money and jewelry be disin'
fected after it has been used by>t
person who has tuberculosis? I
so, in what manner? M. H.
Answer-It is unnecessary. NJ
evidence that coin or paper, none!
or jewelry carries any disease. 1
any such risk we're involved, clean
ing of the coins and jewelry will
soap and water would suffice, o.
laundering of the paper money. Al
. practical rule, paper money
cards, newspapers, magazines ant
books, if not too grossly soiled, ma!
be safely passed from the hands o
person ill Of infectious diseases Il
we'll persons. One need never hes
itate to receive money-of cours'
one never does. But one need neve
hesitate to borrow books from
public library, for instance No
need one be concerned whether tn
library people have fumigated o
attempted to disinfect books whicl
have been used by persons ill Of in
fictitious disease.
i Buttermilk-Is buttermilk harm
full to a thin person? have bee
told not to drink it unless l wan
to lose weight and l certainly can
not afford to do that. H. A. D.
Answer Buttermilk will nc
cause loss of weight. Buttermil
and skinned milk are about eque
in unutritive value; a quart of but
| termilk or of SKINNED milk yield
as much food energy as pint c
'Ifresh milk, about 165 calories.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

speaking Of fiappers, you're the
incest little fiapper l know" Flop
pulled his nose and laughed. In
wardly she said, Aren't men Pc
cultaffs
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

u financial circles are Specializing il Thomas
r. Ryan will come to the rescue OF his son, who
hS JAILED for millions in New York Being like
meGe fathers. probablxhe will. despite that tho
uon II not deserving Of assistance from him
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

~ Former Kaiser Wilhelm is asking SO word
/. for his new book His word to other nations
\ safew years ago wasn't worth 30 cents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

BE Mrs.. Asquith says that America Is too rich.
she must have earned more from her lectures
y than she expected. The next time she visits US
welr expect her to reduce the fee at the door,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

Some Americans have been killed in Mex
leo, but the records fail 70 show where any
. Of those who remained at home have been
harmed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

The two pugilists who met In New York
Thursday night possibly decided to take the
safe course by not doing anything that would
create a suspicion that they were engafed in .
prize fight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

!. In the olden days women at the bathing
beaches used to attract favorable comment by
= the clothes they wore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

,esr Paris fashion creators have decided to un-
!, cover the ears now that the women are wear
+ iing longer skirts. Ear muffs are no longer
i needed to shut out impertisnsnt remarks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

\ Houdini escaped from locked safe under
water. Well bet he can't get out Of no-button
underwear In an upper berth.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

~ A Chicago girl Of has been sold BY her
- parents to defray board bill. When she
3 sxvws up she will realize what great help she
r has been to her folk1
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

An Oklahoma minister has been unchurched
because he married two young persons while
kAhtv were attired in bathing suits. Back in
kblical days they married 'em when they wore
lesa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29

observe that people who ought to know how to
hold on to 1t don't
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-29
FOR CLYTIE.

There's night somewhere
With moon of beryl hue,
Red stars, xanthic stars, jet stars, too,
In bowl of livid blue
A night that we could reveal IN
AS poppy foxes do.
Low, weird whisperings,
An odor damp and cool,
Velvet moths with pansy wings.
A furnished copper pool
Where all the shades 20 revelinr.
The ghost Of every fool
BINNY KORAS.
in July Pearson's