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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-11

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-11
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
Honesty Without a Fuss.

An incident worthy Of comment is reported
by the postoffice department. A woman at a
Maine summer resort wrote to her husband in
Washington, asking for money. He got two
$50 gold pieces and IS gold piece, placed them
in pasteboard coin holder and mailed them in
an ordinary envelope without registering the
letter. When the letter arrived at the office IN
Maine the envelope ana coin holder were brok-
en- and torn and the gold pieces were gone. The
woman wrote the postoffice department and ex-
pressed the belief that some mail clerk had
stolen the money. Much to her surprise she
received the gold pieces by return mail.
This is what happened. The gold pieces
were SO heavy that they fell out of the holder
and envelope. At the postoffiee in Boston a
mail clerk went to headquarters with a $40
gold piece and IS gold piece. He explained
that he had found them loose in a mail sack
A little later another mail clerk went to the
same Office with $40 gold piece and similar
story. The gold was Immediately sent to the
office in Washington, and when the letter from
the woman in Maine arrived the ownership
was established. The clerks who found the
money will receive no special reward, No men
ton is made OF their names. So far as the
mail service is concerned it was all in a days
work. The government mail clerks practice
honesty without making any fuss about it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
Remembering the Constitution.

Indiana has county superintendent OF
schools who IL greatly exercised because out Of
Is applicants for teachers certificates who
were asked by him to quote the preamble to the
constitution Of the United States only two made
the attempt, and they made poor job of it. He
might ask the same question of some OF our
constitutional lawyers and see how they score
before passing sentence on the luckless aspir
ants for teaching positions because there are
some things that all of us know more about
than we can tell, and only few Of as have
the happy faculty of learning things by heart
The teachers who failed may comfort them.
selves with the thought that the most ingrained
fanatic often is he who has chapter and verse,
page and paragraph most ready to use and
never fails to try to .confound his opponent, who
may or may not be in the wrong. But there is
this hopeful thing that is recorded about this
highly disguised Indiana official and that is
that he has issued orders for general and in
tensiye study of the constitution in all the
schools Of his bailiwick during the coming
school year. This will be good thing for all
concerned and will give them a chance to alb
sorb the spirit II not the letter Of the palladium
Of our libeties. We don't need to know the con-
stitution by heart to understand what it means,
and unfortunately there are too many people
who think or at leas say that it means some
hing it doesn't.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
The Physicians Charges.

That the physicians of our land may vary
their charges according to the presumed wealth
Of their patients has long been an accustomed
practice. The poor are favored in many re-
spects because the rich are assessed what they
are able to pay. 1t is not bad custom in the
main. In this respect it is interesting 10 note
that an English Judge has decided that doctor
has right to charge well-to-do people more
than he would demand for the same services
rendered to those who are poor Here in this
country some doctors, including the 6istin-
guished Mayos. carefully adjust their fees to
the patients annual income taking the precau-
ton, before making out their bills, to ascertain,
through the commercial agency and otherwise,
just about what that income is. To that plan,
and in the case Of the Mayos and that of men as
generous ps they, no reasonable objection can
be made, and as matter of fact it is made
rarely, II ever, though the fees 1t produces are
sometimes very large Doctors are not like
grocers They do great deal free Of charge
to the poor. With that thought in view they
are entitled to make bigger charges to the rich.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22

- ~ voei1 49, "a a. 80 - tlud
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snn1I - 4 onfllee INA - = T.
Deoes ~ cr6of.
- sesiksss hays - reserained ~ -
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~ n rsiIsssd DEopsrty. and thy hsvs heEsd
u ~ injSnceioa q ~ c6art, and vefy ggo0ee-
y q The psopls ars prcsd to know tAak -
seriksn hsve hssd their heads % vell n sgeA
! Strained situation. 10 one II entitled =
praise fce obsving NJ laws, but vhers thsrs =
such Z large number of msn idle II = rarely
that thsrs Isn't boms outbreak on the psrt.cf
ths less conservative that reflects discredit On
the whole personnel and ne cause for whicA
The night i bsing carried forward
II 10 unfortunate that 50 many railroad
WORKERS. should b In Alensss in the commun-
ity, but The Argus has. faith in the men wha
are on strike IN remaining steadfast to tbS
peaceful procedure that they pledged them
solves to 1t the beginning of the dispute. Thus
no motter on what terms the strike is termin-
atsd, the men who are now in idleness will have
retained the respect and good will and SYM
pathy Of their neighbors in contending for that
which they believed to be right
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
Kansas Drops Campbell.

The defeat Of Congressman Campbell Of
Kansas for denomination in the Republican pri-
mary may not impress other sections of the
country with its full significance yet it had
meaning not unlike that Of the sting Of old
guard defeats in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa
and North Dakota. Campbell has been 20
years In the house and is now chairman Of the
powerful rules committee. Hardly any Repub-
lican OF the house could have been offered up
as q sacrifice BY the dwiPdling old guard with
more genuine regret Campbell was slashing
critic Of the late Colonel Roosevelt in
1917. and 1t was surprising that he could re-
main in public life through the turbulent period
with Kansas district to reckon with. Now he
has dropped while no one was looking. Camp
bell. probably. had become overripe for the
home folks. He win be missed in the house
where>tAe member who looks like Henry Clay
--or even Lord Beeconsneld, II you can imag-
Inc it's . feature for the gallery 70 gase q
EAse Y. aRpsars o. the door.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
HEATH r AXIS

tsr or o. more than q few weeks
duration are caused BY gonorrhea
qr syphilis. Two or : pcrcest are
{ansed BY, tuberculosis. But the
kreat majority are do - focal IN
lection, usually withsA strain or
typS Of bacteria called strepto-
cocci, he septic focus IN which
they lodge and thrive and multiply
and from which they fare forth in
to the blood stream to find some
nice tender joint lining or heart
lining or gall sac lining to attack,
being . depot or terminal some
where on the mucous surface.
Joints and their lining (ser0us)
membranes have q rather Inferior
circulation and the tissues and
cells are mono too well supplied
with nutriment. Many modes OF
treatment, aside from removing
septic foci and opposing focal in
lection, do good in arthritis by-in-
fluencing the local circulation and
hence the, nutrition of the tissues
and cells affected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
Strikers IN Peaceabls Contest.

It is greatly to the credit of the army Of
striking railrsad shopmen in this community
that there has not been aagle unlawful DEM
onstration on their part since the workers left
their employment in protest against the wage
reductions ordered by the federal railroad labor
board. Other cities have been less fortunate.
Elsewhere there have been armed clashes be-
tween strikers and guards. and nonunion work
srs. and there have been instances in which
property has been violated and lives sacrificed.
The leaders Of the local striking forces an
nounced at the outset that the public here could
rsst assured that there would be no unlawful
acss committed by them. They carried their
message to tie people through the press. hon.
sStly waiting that they -wers ,contending simply
~ their rights q American citizens. TAey
49,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22


paid 70 anonymous letters.l
\ @. How much canning and pre-
serving is done now by house
wives? E. c. NJ.
A. There is no survey in general
but farm housewives last year
either sold or kept for home con-
sumption 1,335,000 containers of
jelly, 9.500,00 cans OF fruit and
vegetables, and 715,O00 pounds of
poultry and meat canned according
to methods demonstrated by the
extension agents Of the depart
ment of agriculture and the state
agricultural colleges.
Q. Are the rings of Saturn solid
or fluid? ]. Il. S.
A. The conclusion has been
reached that the ring is triple,
consisting Of concentric parts and
that it is composed of a very large
number Of small satellites. II the
ring were solid some temporary
disturbance would suffice to dis
rupt it, nor is II more reasonable
to presume that it is liquid.
@. Why is there trouble in en-
forcing the decisions Of the rail-
road labor board? R. C. r.
A. The transportation act Of
1929, as the law is officially desigS
mated, gives the railroad labor
board no power whatever to en-
force its decisions. Section 313
reads: '"The labor board. in case
1t has reason to believe that any
decision Of the labor board or of an
adjustment board Is violated by
any carrier. or employe, or sub
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
The Daily Short Story

keep from surrendering to DOCTOR
wishes, when he saw the lines of
sorrow and disappointment in his
fathers face. They recalled to him
the doctors parting words, uttered
as the two of them faced each 9TH
er in the study on the night of their
alteration.
"You were born to be DOCTOR"
he had declared holly. "Some day
heaven is going to call upon you
to do your duty. Maybe you'll be-
lieve that" \
The words burned themselves
into Dams brain. Often they came
between him and his work. He
was thinking of them on a certain
stormy night in December as he
waited for an assignment in the
local" room. Suddenly Carson S
thin, metallic summons brought
him to his feet and sent him sour
, rying into the editors office.
You're a doctor, aren't you, Gar
rick?" questioned Carson, anxious
~.
"I-yes. in a way" admitted Dan,
reluctantly. i've got a degree,
but not much practice to speak
Of"
Your father is out on a case in
Hadley. Nick's wife needs a doc
tor right away. Think you
COULD"
I'm very sorry" Dan began
firmly. Il can't"
You can and will" snapped
Carson. ~This is an assignment
I'm giving you to help the wife of
one of the finest men that ever set
Ia line of type. Now get out and
don't come back here until you've
covered"
; Dan went. He dragged Lem
Parks out of bed and they drove in
LENS rusty little car to Merrimac
Bridge.
"Jingo!" calculated Lem, as he
pulled down the -clotted wind
shield. THE bridge is gone!"
I've got to get across that riv-
er, Lem" Dan muttered, grimly.
"Nick's wife is in agony over there
and I've got to help her"
You'll have to swim, then" re-
torted Lem, dfyly. "a boat couldn't
get you across in water like that. +"
"All right. I'll SWIM" said Dan.
Strap the kit on my back, Lem"
You're crazy" gasped the driv-
er. staring at him. You'll be
drowned like rat"
STRAP the kit" repeated Dan.
Lem obeyed him without further
protest, fastening the little black
valise to the DOCTORS back. - \
Dan slipped Into the icy waters
and the battle was on. He made
straight for Vicker's Mill, but the
force Of the current and the blind
ing snow and sleet carried him a
good mile beyond his destination.
He crawled up the opposite bank
and made his way Through the
storm. Nick met him ut the door
and ushered him into a room where
his wife lay on cot, moaning.
A dozen eternitfes might have
passed before Dan placed a tiny.
red, sQualling atom Of life at the
unconscious woman's side and
went out to find the troubled faith
er.
Fine boy" he announced, smfl-.
ingly. You're in luck, Nick"
Thank heaven" mumbled Nick.
You're q true son Of your dad,
Dan"
You were born to be q doctor. :"
his fathers words ran through his
brain again. Some day heaven IN
going to call upon you"
Going to succeed your dad,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22

OF course Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., Is a
whiz as reporter and Of course that's the
reason. the Hearst papers send him to get inter-
views with the great and the near great, and of
course that's why he always gets the inter-
views. and of course that's why he is given
two or three columns of m. o. l. valuable news
paper space to put 'em in, and of course that's
why his picture is printed in the papers
ali, Out! of a surety. OF course!!
HE ATE PART OF THIS BECAUSE YOU
CALLED HIM HER.
Dear Mac: Is it really true that you have
adopted vangie's Kid? How could you. Mac!
Don't you love US any more?
with inherited tendency to hoggishness
and stomach like bottomless pit she'll prob
ably be snoopin' around grabbing the very
morsel our longing eyes would feast upon. I'm
that >jealous I'd like to poison her!
II Vangie's offspring must be fed. would
like to send her to the odoriferous mess house
of that ridiculous, vociferous, pestiferous :.
[Why, Winnie! How you do talk!] They
wouldn't want her there but we might sneak
her in when no one was looking. She would
very likely get an acute attack of indigestion
and die instanter. We could have the chef ar
rested for murder but as usual we would just
naturally lack sufficient evidence to convict
him. After all this excitement cooled on a
little everybody would be happy for quite some
time WINNIE
UNCLE SAM to Cuba-Dam That Flood of
Alens."-Chicago Tribune headline.
We hope Uncle Sam wrote that. A verbal
rendition might be misconstrued.
But, Dear, Dear! Didn't They Get All Wet9
bushnell Corr. Galesburg Republican
Register.1
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Sharp and Dale
Sharp and lady friend, Miss Bricker of
Monmouth, ILL.,; Paul LeMaster and
friend, Miss Maud Ogden of Abingdon,
have been camping on the classic Spoon
river at Seville, certainly this CHEEKY,
bunch enjoyed themselves hugely, and
especially Friday morning while they
we're out bathing. and were caught in
- the splendid rain we had.
ONE of B. l. It's old contribs writes to
Rio Directing to the managing editors idea
that colyum contributions Should be shorter
and funnier". His naive ideas are worth re-
printing. Lissen:
-. While the lengthy article is seldom
read through. it serves very useful purpose
NO one understood this better than the lament
ed and revered B. L. T. 1t was his crafty Gus
tom to print long, inded contributions Tin
Guiding some Of the writer's) between which
appeared those \inimitable, snappy bits of his
own, which scintillated the more brilliantly by
reason OF the circumambient fog. 4. :"
There, dearly beloved you may find the
reason why We print some long offerings--or
you may not. Our difficulty lies in lack CO
ability to evolve 'inimitable, snappy bits" of
cur own to sandwich between the l. c's
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
More Spunk in Marriage.

Those happily headstrong young folk of the
screen and stage who recently cast off in their
matrimonial bark in spite Of the dire warnings
Of certain musical show manufacturer, now
have gone through fortnight of their marital
voyage without any outward signs of storms
Whereat the world need not wonder, il the
world will only stop and think Why shouldn't
Jack and Marilyn be happy in marriage? Both
went into 1t knowing they were taking sport
Ing chance. Florenz Ziegheld, Jr., once-be It
Secalled-the husband Of the temperamental
Anna Held. and himself picker Of and chooser
OF feminine pulchritude, as the Broadway writ
ers always insist while an adventurous spirit
still was conservative enough to lay odds that
Aarilyn couldn't marry Jack and get away
with modicum Of happiness But that has
made Mistress Marilyn only shake her bobbed
head and set out to show Mr. Ziegield that she
knows what she is doing. What spirited girl
wouldn't have done likewise? Here comes some
body along willing to bet she can't be happy
with the man of her choice Blight away she
up and takes the bet. accepts the challenge and
heads into matrimony.
Thinking 1t all over the whole thing seems
to be new tack In matrimonial adventure that
may have moral. Why not try the Ziegfield
frank system on the next young engaged couple
you are expected to felicitate? Instead of
wishing them all the happiness in the world.
Just step up and lay on odds-oA bet against
their making-a success Of marriage. Wouldn't
that seemingly be the best way in the world to
mako them determine to stick to each other
and be happy at all costs? For who would risk
tho chance OF hearing some Ziegfieldian wise
acres say on the day of divorce. Il told you seq"
Divorce runs rampant very often because it is
obviously fashionable and cleverly excusable
But would divorce have the same chance II
married couples were striving against the fate
full "I-told-you-sos"? The spunk, Of Marilyn
Miller is commendable. The spunk OF anybody
who defies divorce under trivial circumstances
Is equally commendable, the dire Mr. Ziegfield
to the contrary Notwithstanding. as they used to
say In the debating class.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22

learned . long while ago that
when reader writes that he has
gastrftis he means he thinks there
10 too much gas in his stomach.
These inedicd terms are confusing.
/ learned only recently that when
. reader asks forA something to
clear or purify his blood Ne usual
~ means he has soms pimples OF
other skin blemishss. And al
though pimpless and most other
skin troubles are not meye to be
associated with impure blood than
gastritis 10 with gas in the stomA
ach, I can readily understand how
such notions have been engendered
by the perusal Of the almanac on
long winter evenings. Probably
20 years ago the versatile valetu-
dinarian got hep, as they say In
Chelsea, to . new name for his
aches and pains, . name which had
a very gratifying fashionable ring
and sort Of lifted the gifted one
above the level Of ordinary 70 per
centers. 1t was neuritis, and the
term seemed admirably fitted for
any ache or pain With fashionable
possibilities. It suggested some
thing novel and original, something
new, in short For several years
to judge by the spread of this Sc
lect malady, the 400, ,figuratively
speaking, must have worked over
time discovering new treatments
for the new tits. There is still
magic in the term neuritis, for the
unsophisticated, but as a fictitious
diagnosis it is now practically pet
cred out. Perhaps the deluded
ones gained some inkling that ac-
tual nerve Inflammation is often
caused by alcohol. vulgar and even
humiliating infections, and indus.
trial poisons such as lead and ar.
senic. Often enough. at any rate
to keep well informed from boast.
ing of his neuritis.
One of the latest terms to achieve
popularity is arthritis. l find from
correspondence with readers that
arthritis enjoys the dignity of a
new disease in the estimation Of
the laity. One discovers this term
learns to pronounce the first az
long, and losses the old rheuma.
Tins III the ash can. Arthritis has
class, and nearly all the doctors
believe in it, that is, they admi!
that folks really have it ever
though the folks themselves thinL
they do.
Arthritis may be artful but not ir
the least artistic. 1t is nothing
more than another disappointing
medical term for joint inflamma.
ton. 1t doesn't matter whether
the joint Inflammation is a mai
won in honorable or dishonorable
battle. Some 10 or Is percent oil
arthritis cases Of chronic charac'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
THE CALLING OF DIR. GARRICK
By Mary Louise COrmier.

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
=, dictate, Inc.)
The old Garrick house sits firm
ly and impressively on the very
summit of Fox Hill. When it was
first built, this square, red brick
domicile with the quaint colonial
portico was the show place of Mer-
rimac Mills. Beneath its hospitable
roof DR.. Garrick. then a man of 2S,
and distinguished graduate OF a
leading medical school, introduced
his bride to the townspeople. There,
a few years later, was horn his ONLY
son. Dan Garrick. I
The doctor, true father that he
was, idolized that boy. With his
splendid practice he was able to
give Dan all the numerous advan-
tages> which had been denied HIM
self. There were neighbors who
said he spoiled the boy by giving
him too much education. But. to
such an accusation the doctor
would shake his head and smile
quietly.
I'm not going to live forever"
he would observe, shrcwdly. "and
when am gone l want somebody
to carry on my work. That some
body, think, will be Dan. Oh. just
wait and see-he'll make a, better
doctor than his dad!",
It looked as if his prophecy
might come true. In due course,
Dan graduated with honors from
the medical school-thc same
school that had given his father
a degree. Bursting with pride and
plans for the future, the doctor
brought out his new roadster and
drove to the station to meet his
Son.
I'm the proudest man in Mer-
rimac Mills. my boy" he confided,
happily, as they headed for the red
house on Fox Hill. Ever since
you were little shaver no bigger
than Aunt Chloe's Sam I've
dreamed of the day when you could
step into my shoes and carry ON
the good work"
"Oh, that so?" murmured Dan.
He squirmed in his seat and drop
ped his eyes hastily from his faith
er's face. DR.. Garricksgave him a
sharp, puzzled glance.
Anything wrong?" he demanded.
"Just this, dad" Dan explained.
II don't want to become a doctor"
In his amazement the physician
gave the wheel a sharp twist that
almost ditched the car.
"Doctoring isn't good enough for
you. I>suppose," hecommented, Bit
terly, thinking Of his crumbling
plans. But it suited me and it
suited your grandfather"
I'm not finding fault. with the
profession, dad" interrupted Dan,
quickly. "It doesn't appeal to me,
that's all. I think I'll try jour
nalism."
Journalism" echoed the doctor
between his clenched teeth. "Hang
journalism"
II Dan did not inherit his faith
er's taste for medicine he was heir
to something just as characteristic
"a stubborn Will. In vain did the
doctor plead, cajole, rage ani
threaten. Dan was firm. He ap-
piled for reporters job on /the
Merrimac News and got Ii. But
he left the Garrick house, and
when he and his father met on the
street they did not speak.
These meetings panied Dan al
most as much a. they must have
panied his father. He had to strug-
kleS with all his force Of mind to-