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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01

Ptnkham's Vegetable Compound. ]
was in bed much of my timewith pains
and had to have the doctor every
month. One day I found a little
book in my yard in Guthrie, Oklaho-
ma, and / read it through and got the
medicine-Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound-and took eight
bottles and used the Sanative Wash.
l atoncc began to get stronger. lhave
got many women to take it Just by
telling them what it has done for me.
l have a young sister whom it has
helped in the same way it helped me.
/ want you to know that am a
friend indeed, for you were q friend
inneed. Mrs. GEORGE HARDEE,
1O43 Byram St. Los Angeles, Cali
fofniai
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
GOES TO MAYO BROS.

Geneseo, ILL.,, July 1.-Mr. and
Mrs. Ben H. Judd Of North Aldrich
street went to Rochester, Mimi,
Thursday evening, where Mrs. Judd
Will enter the Mayb Bros hospital
for diagnosis. Mr.. Judd has been
in ill health for period of several
months and has be{n unable to find
permanent relief.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
NORMAL SCHOOL
BEING PLANNED
AT PREEAdPTION
Especial to The Argus

Aledo, July Ia To-day normal
school is being arranged for July
10 to 20 at Presumption, under the
management of Edward E. Gulick,
principal Of the Presumption schools.
It is planned to hold the affair
IN the assembly room Of the COM
munity high school building. This
will be an excellent opportunity for
teachers who are preparing for the
state teachers examinations SEIZED
uled for July 20-21. All Of the nee
essary branches will be touched il
desired. The school is being called
tho North Mercer County Normal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
AGED WOMAN FALLS
DOWNSTAIRS; LEFT
ANKLE FRACTURED
Especial Correspondence

Especial CorreSpOnoence.)
Cambridge, July 1.-Mrs. Isabelle
Reed, aged n years, fractured her
left ankle when she fell headlong
down the entire length of stairs at
her home in the wet patr of town.
She is reported recovering but due
to her advanced age it is feared the
accident may prove very serious.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
PICNIC TO CELEBRATE,

NoPcCtdI VUEEo6pOuuenCe.J
Sterling, ILL.,. July IA big pic
mic was held last ening in Rock
Falls by members OF the Rock Falls
Methodist church add friends. The
occasion was in celebration Of the
raising of over 5000, with which
the new church will be erected. Bids
will be opened today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
RECENT BRIDE
HONORED GUEST
Especial Correspoudence.l

NSHoA WI icoPouuSuCe.
Galva, July IA miscellaneous
shower was given Wednesday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. Elmer
Mammerlund, 400 East Division
street, In honor Of Mrs. Walter Lar
son. recent bride. There were 20
present. and Mrs. Larson received
several pretty and useful gifts. Re-
Treatments were served by Mrs.
Hammerlund.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
DIR. STEWART TO
VISIT BROTHER
Especial Correspondence /,

Galva, July I-Dr. d. F. Stew
art Of this city will leave for Chi
cago tomorrow to sec his brother
Doctor Robert Stewart who was
stricken with apoplexy week ago.
The Chicago doctor has been a
practicing physician OF the south
side n Chicago for the past 90
|yearA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
CONTINUE CASE
IN ALEDO COURT
Especial to The Argus.)

V0V03A " No 3AH6V"'v
Aledo, July 1.-The suit Of Ben
Flemming against c. C. Kurz-
dorfer, Of AledO. was continue yes
terday In the Justice court of w. D.
Emerson, Jr., yesterday until next
Wednesday morning At 10 O'Clock.
Attorneys agreed to the continu-
ance. Flemming is suing for the col
lection Of about $50 IN wages for
work alleged done for Kursdorfer
last year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
WORK ON MOWER
FACTORY. STARTED
ATPROP ETSTOWN

Especial 70 The Argu8)
Prophetstown. July 1.-The
Lawn Mower Co., have commenced
work on the second story Of the
main factory building and the work
will be rushed to early completion.
It Il rumored that they will man
xfacture washing machines in the
factory building.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
FINISHES SCHOOL
IN CALIFORNIA
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Atkinson, July Announce
ments of the graduation from the
High School at Los Angeles, Calf,
Of Miss Evelyn Adams have been
received here. Miss Adams is the
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. w. W.
Adams, former residents of Akin
son.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
TAKEN TO SANiTARIUM.
l2nooiol

Geneseo, ILL.,, July Matt Pow
ers Of South Center street. who has
been a sufferer with rheumatism
and confined to his home for several
months. was yesterday taken to a
sanitarium at Davenport, Iowa, for
treatment He was accompanied by
A. w. Van HOusen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
PARENTS Q TWINS.
Especial Corrjknondence. !

Erie. July 1.-AI pair OF twin
boys was born to 1lr. and Mrs. Row
Letherman of Portland township
across Rock river from Erie, at the
Sterling public hospital Thursday
aIte1noon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
BURGESS CANNING
y CLUB ORGANIZED
(special to The Argus.)

VOB0C18t % 1uo HBuu.J
Aldo, July LAT . recent
1itlss meettng at Burgess, . can
ming club vas organized. Ofncers
u the new organisation were select
cd - follows: Leader, Mrs. w. ].
Peters: presidsnt, Kathleen Nor
ford: vice president, Alma Brown:
secretary-treasursr. Gladys Brown.
Mrs. Peters viii b assisted In the
work By sevoeal other ladies.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01

r. flukQ6 IN y
Vegetable Com
pound. I have
taken it off and
on for twenty
years and it has
helped me change
from "a delicate
|girl to a stout,
healthy woman.
When l was mar.
|ried l was sick all
the time until ]
|xooL lydia r.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
AFRIEND IN NEED
AFRIEND INDEED
Writes Mrs.H ardee Regard.
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Los Angeles, Calf. "a must tell
Won thatf am q true friend to Lydia
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
Today's News Of WESTERN Illinois
Nesus Of Western
Illinois IN Brief

Atkinson-Henry Schehl has &C
cepted the position - manager OF
the Mutual oil station, % Sundays
and evenings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Whitted
have returned from q motor trip to
Mason City, Ill, to visit MRS.
Whitted's parents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01
GIVES REPORT
Of memorial /;
DAY FINANCES
Balance On Hand is S3.17-yms,.
Expenses Make Total Sun !.
= Of $lS7.1a
Especial Correspondence. ,


Geneseo, July Mrs. Alice W.,s /
treasurer Of the Memorial day fund
has recently issued a report ON thS
receipts and expenditures for ths
day.
Balance on hand from 1921 ..$22.sa
Subscriptions ............, 67s
Total $50. a
Expenses of day. May 80, 1927
Flags and express .Sl46S
WTedlns ................ 1900
Magnolia wreaths ......... 500
Armory rental ...........l $500
bdn0 ................. S5.75
A. Kilgore- (services) ....... LOO
Flag holders ............... .76
IoIdl ............... .$S7. Is
Balance on hand June, 1922, $3.17.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-01

Hampton.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
De Burney Of Detroit, Mich. Wis
tied yesterday at the home OF Mrs.
De Burney's aunt, MrA Charles s.
Lee.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-03-16
WE EXCHANGE FLOUR FOR WHEAT
Why Not Buy
|LAVO" or 81. B. M. PATENT"
Julesburg Flour

Women everywhere are demanding this
ter flour. Perhaps you, too, have wished
flour with the wheat's native sweet
|s-the uniform and dependable flour-a
pr not ''killed" in the milling.
Such flour is "FLAVO" and 81. B. M.
|rENT," and you can now get it at home.
are the makers of "Flavo" and 81. B. M.
|ent' for this community. Go to your
yer or ask us and we will see that you
supplied.
Our mill is modern scientific mill fully
|lpped for superior flour making. It i'm
rs flavor so appetizing and so delight
Y pleasing to place it beyond the reach of
parlson. Try it once; order sack today
enjoy this treat.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-03-16
WE ALSO BUY WHEAT FOR CASH

Any of the following dealers are pre-
pared to furnish our product and others will
be added:
Petersen Mere. Co., Julesburg, Colo.
johnson & Walrath, Julesburg, Colo.
Hudson & Krist, Juesburg, Colo.
Tucker Nero. Co., Big Springs, Nebr.
w. H. Wendt, Big Springs, Nebr.
Joe Scanlan, Brule, Nebr.
Farmers Store, Brule, Nebr.
]. Dressler, Ogallala, Nebr.
J. c. Starkey, Keystone, Nebr.
Tom Hamler, Lewellen, Nebr.
E. A. Buckley, Crook, Colo
Farmers Elevator, Tiff, Colo.
Jankovsky Nero. Co., Ovid, Colo.
]. Bennett, Ovid, Colo.
IErr mn M
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
SENT DIRECT FROM JUPITER
Ancient Peoples Had Odd Belief Con-
cerning Otherwise Unaceount-
able Shower Of Frogs.

Showers of frogs must have been
common enough in ancient Greece,
seeing that Aristotle gives them par
ticular name. Alluding to the pre-
vailing idea Of his time, which sup
posed them to come from Heaven, he
called them messengers Of Jupiter
Two carefully observed instances in
modern times have especially wrought
conviction among the learned. ..
The first was attested by whole
company of soldiers, who during the
French Revolution, We're on march
towards the north of France In the
open country they were assalled by
a shower Of little toads which were
dashed In their faces, falling with
torrents Of water. Astonished at such
an unwonted attack, and desirous of
satisfying themselves as to whether
this living shower came from above,
the soldiers spread out their handker-
chiefs on level with their heads,
and found they were soon covered.
After the storm, the astonishment
was general when the soldiers saw
this unexpected brood leaping about In
the folds of their cooked hats.
The second well-attested shower of
toads fell In 1884, in the town Of Ham,
in Germany, when the streets, roofs
and cutters were Immediately filed
with great number Of these young
creatures.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
Old krook.

Krook Is the name Of rather prom
inent but most uncanny character In
Dickens novel, BLEAK House." which
has much to do with the then dilatory
procedure of the Court of Chancery.
The system Dickens describes ceased
TO exist many years.
Krook is the proprietor of rag and
bone warehouse, where everything
seems to be bought and nothing sold.
He is grasping drunkard, who even-
tually dies of spontaneous combustion,
that Is, he is so saturated with liquor
that he takes fire and is consumed.
In note to this chapter of BLEAK
House" Dickens cites case of spon-
taneous combustion that took place
in Paris, France. and which, he said,
was we'll verified by medical authority.
1t was probably from that case that
Dickens obtained the idea which he
made use of In describing Krook's Won
derful death.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
LANGUAGE PRESS LOYAL

THE foreign-langdage press in this
= country rs more inclined to stand
with the United States than with the
homelands in discussions of the
European debt to America. The truth
is that thousands of our adopted citi.
zens were the purchasers and are now
the owners of Liberty Bonds, the pay
ment of more than half of which should
be provided through funds received
from abroad. Of course they will be
retired when due, whether the foreign
debt is paid or not, even if the entire
sum has to be raised by taxation OF our
own people, but the fact remains that
the bonds sold to raise money to send
abroad ought in equity and IN law to
be redeemed by the return OF those
loans.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
THE PRESIDENTS VETO

DRESIDENT HARDING'S veto of
/ the i'll. advised bonus bill while
temperate is nevertheless strong mes
sage that will greatly add to his fine
record already made.
Its arguments are unanswerable. In
entirely parliamentary language he
quietly skins the cowardly time-serving
politicians in both branches of Congress,
who voted for this unjustifable demand
on the National treasury at a time
when despite amazing reductions run
ming into. billions. the years expenses
will still show deficit Of nearly q
billion.
1t required wisdom and courage of a
high order to perform this wise and
patriotic act, and not only will the
country applaud it. but time will
abundantly justify it.
III highly gratifying to Delawareana
% know that our Senators, Ball and du-
Ponk and our Representative Layton,
1ptod against the bou1s blu.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
FLOWER-POT AS BRIDEGROOM
Unique Ceremony Which Transforms
Chinese Girl Into a Full-Fledged
and Privileged Widow.

China Is still land of strange Gus
the ceremony of d tlower-pot mar
riage.
When the man whom a Chinese girl
is to marry dies shortly before the
date fixed for the wedding, the grief.
stricken bride-elect sometimes takes
a vow never to marry. Should she
do SO, she goes through the ceremony
of wedding an ordinary flower-pot.
She Is now considered widow, and
upon the parents of her intended hus-
band falls the responsibility of main
tanning her. Usually she goes to live
with them.
In many cases, especially where the
family Is POOR great sacrifices are nee
essary in order that the daughter-in-
law (as she is now regarded) may be
properly cared for. But the parents
have no option In the matter And,
actually, they have no desire to shirk
their responsibilities, for the faithful
ness of the widow" brings great
honor to the bridegroom's family. it
being considered quite a disgrace
should the bride-elect not wish to
go through the ceremony of marrying
the f1ower-pot.
In the days before China was re-
public. the emperor, upon the facts
heing brought to his notice, had
handsome monument erected In COM
memoration of the widows" faith
fulness.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
FRlNKL!N'S CoLD-AlR BATH
AomeIy Philosopher Was One Of the
Earliest American Advocates at
the Open Window.

The cold bath in the morning is a
social fetch that makes two clear
divisions of mankind-the thoroughly
yirtuous who do not shrink from the
full rigors and the Laodiceans who
play with the hot water tap. AS Gus
tom it may be peculiarly English, but
one hears less Of a variation Of 1t
that has respectable authority. says
the Manchester Guardian,
Benjamin Franklin, while represent
Ing the American colonies In London.
wrote in one Of his informing letters
to French correspondent that the
shock of cold water hath always aD-
peered to me as too violent, and have
found 1t much more agreeable to my
constitution to bathe In another ele-
ment-I mean cold air. With this
view rise early almost every morning
and sit in my chamber, without any
clothes on whatever, half an hour or
an hour, according to the season, either
reading or writing. The practice is not
in the least painful, but, on the con-
trary, agreeable, and II l return to
bed afterward, before l dress myself,
as 1t sometimes happens, l make a
supplement to my nights rest Of one
or two hours of the most pleasing sleep
that can be imagined"
Franklin was sixty-two at the time.
He had still to live twenty-five Of the
most active years Of his extraordinary
career, SO that in his case cold-air
baths seem to have done no harm.
Franklin was before his time In his
belief in fresh air, and he wrote some
savage things about the "aerophobia
that at present distresses weak minds
and makes them choose to be stifed
and poisoned rather than leave open
the window of bedchamber or put
down the glass Of COACH"
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
The Telescope.

Tradition has it that about the be-
ginning of the Seventeenth century one
Jansen, spectacle maker of Middle
burg, Holland, constructed telescope
about 16 inches In length, which he eN-
hibited to Prince Maurice and the
Archduke Albert, who, appreciating the
importance of the discovery, paid him
a sum of money to keep it concealed.
Another spectacle maker, Lippershey
made application in 1908 to the states
general for patent for telescope
as also did Metius, professor of math-
ematics, but in the former instance, al
least, 1t was refused, as the apparatus
was already known. 1t seems certain
that the instrument was known more
or less about Europe, but the honor NJ
its invention usually is given to Calico
who was the first to describe the In
strument and exhibit 1t in complete
form in May, 1909.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
PROPOSALS!

PROPOSALS ADDRESSED To The
New Castle County state Highway
Commissioner, Room 1873, County Build
ing, Wilmington, Delaware, will be re-
ceved until II O'Clock noon, Whining
ton time On O'Clock standard time),
tuesday, September 26. 1922, for the
grading and construction of an i'm
proved highway, 16 it, wide, having a
Water-bound macadam base and asphalt
surface, by penetration or mired
method Oh the road from FairvieW
school to Pleasant Hill, u distance OF
approximately two miles, in Mill Creek
Hundred.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
taired at the Highway Commissioners
office, Room 1873, County Building, Will
mington, Del, on and after September
Is, upon making deposit of $500,
which will be refunded upon their re-
turn in good condition on or before the
day of letting.
A certified check or bond for $500
must accompany each bid. The Levy
Court reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
CHARLES E. CRUDE,
New Castle County State Highway
Commissioner.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
Euses Prevent Fires.

When an electric current flows
through a wire it makes the wire
warm, explains Popular Science. DIFF
ferent materials resist the flow to diff
ferent extents and are accordingly
heated to different degrees. Fuse wire
is made of an alloy containing large
proportion of lead, which gets very
warm when large currents pass
through 1t. Furthermore, since this
alloy melts easily, the current, if large
enough, may cause the fuse wire to
melt.
Wherever current is being consumed
In the house or factory, piece of fuse
wire is put somewhere in the circuit.
II through accident or design too much
current should be used the fuse wire
will melt, or, as is usually described
"blow," and stop the flow of current
before the copper wire inside the walls
can heat up and set fire to the house
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
HAD HIGHEST SOCIAL IDEAS
Marriage Relations Among Early AS
syrians Subjected to the strjctest
Code Of Human Laws.

Marriage relations among the early
Assyrians were subject to a strict code
of laws, 1t is now learned from val
liable cultural document made ac-
cessible to the scientific world in a
German translation of the cuneiform
text preserved in the Aslatic divisions
Of the Berlin Ethnographical museum.
The early Assyrian lawmakers had
this code inscribed on set of clay
tablets, unearthed during the excava-
tiOns of the German Asiatic society in
Mesopotamia. BY comparing this find
with other prehistoric documents, the
date of these tablets has been estab-
lished around HOO B. c., which would
coincide with the reign of Tiglat-Pile-
sar l.
The rights and duties Of married
women and the punishments imposed
for the infringements of these laws,
and as the marital relations Of ma
tion have always been regarded as a
reliable barometer of Its culture, this
discovery throws an Interesting light
upon early Assyrian social conditions.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
GIRL, 13, MADE A PREACHER
Is One of Seven Granted License by
Oklahoma M. E. Farley.

Is One OF seven 6rdhteQ d LtC6n8c py
Oklahoma NJ. z. Farley.
A thirten-year-old girl was among
seven persons granted license to
preach by the Northeastern Oklahoma
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church at Tulsa, Okla, recently.
She is Miss Fay Emery Of Miami,
Okla, who began preaching last sum.
mer in the mining districts near her
home. She Is in the seventh grade
at school and says her ambition Is to
become a foreign missionary.
The girl became church member
two years ago and Immediately be-
.ame a Sunday school teacher She
became interested In all church ac-
tivities and soon attracted the atten-
ton Of her pastor. Under the direc-
tion of the Rev. George A. Kleinsteip-
per, she prepared sermon and de-
livered 1t from his pulpit. Soon she
was urged to address regularly the In.
mates of the Old Ladies' and Mems
homes. Later she filled vacancies ut
Picher, Okla, and then preached at
Baxter Springs.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
SAMUEL D. Will SON, Az
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Depai tment, at its
office, Dover. Delaware, until 2 O clock
P. NJ, Sept. q, 1922 and at that place
and time publicly opened, for the con-
struction of State Highway, involving
the following approximate quantities
CONTRACT cK-sA, AT CAMDEN
100 lin. it. Is in I. c. Pipe zinc. Ex-
cavation)
140O lbs. Castings for Inlets
only Manholes
Outlet
a Catch Basins, Concrete and
Steel
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23

PROPOSALS ADDRESSED To THE
New Castle County State Highway
Commissioner, Room 1873, County Build
ing, Wilmington, Del, will be received
until II clock, noon, Wilmington time
I'll O'Clock standard time), Tuesday,
September 26, 1922, for the grading of
the section of the Lancaster Pike be.
ginning at the intersection of the Lam
caster Pike and the North Star road
and extending in westerly direction
for a distance of approximately .87
miles to the Pennsylvania State Line,
in Mill Creek Hundred.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the Highway Commissioner
office, Room 1873, County Building, Will
mington, Del, on and after September
Is, upon making deposit of $500,
which will be refunded upon their re-
turn in good condition on or before the
day of letting.
A certified check or bond for $500
must accompany each bid. The Levy
Court reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
CHARLES E. GRUBB.
New Castle County State Highway
Commissioner.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
Instinct Of Prairie Dogs.

Prairie dogs seem to have some
kind of foreknowledge of the wealth
er If observers at the New York Zoo
logical park are right. Now and then
the large members Of the colony loosen
the earth round their mounus with
their forefeet, then shovel the soil up
ward with their hind feet. Other
members work insideN the burrow,
throwing out earth to aid in the build
ing. When a dyke has been built, the
animals tamp the earth down with
their heads-an amusing sight. As
these operations invariably take place
before storm, the obvious purpose is
to build dam that will keep the wa
ter from running into the burrow.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-23
Purpose.

Ambition Is more than wish; 1t Is
desire intensified into determined pur-
pose. All that is needed for the ac-
complishment of our ambitions is de-
sire SO strong that we will sacrifice
whatever may stand In the way Of our
success. The law of compensation
never fails. If we would gain one
thing we must give up another. How
many people have you known who
complain of failure through bad luck,
when your own knowledge Of them
tells you that their downfall came
through lack Of really trying? They
were not willing to forego pleasures
or extravagances which interfered
with their success.