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The Rock Island Argus from Rock Island, Illinois • 4

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THURSDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS AUGUST 5, 1926. Davenport Brief si OEEF GLUBSTO HAVE EXHIBITS SPEAKER TELLS ABOUT GLORIES OF EXPOSITION ing 100,000 people, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each, week. Booklets containing full information about the exposition will be placed with the Mississippi Motor club by Mr.Mulford in a few dtya for free distribution to motorists. BETRAYED. Absent-minded Business Man (tj he kissed his wife): "Now.

dear I'll dictate a couple of Rio Revels. Constellation, and Admiral Dewey's flagship, at Manila, the Olympla." Livestock Show. Mr. Mulford called attention to the International livestock show to be held In Philadelphia Sept 12-18. "Illinois Day" to be observe! Sept.

16. Prses to the valae of 165,000 are to bo awarded. He spoke also or the pageant, "Freedom, a $750,000 spectacle, consisting of 63 scenes. There are 5.000 people in the The pageant is given In tly stadium, seat Is now la full swing and the early estimates of 60.000.000 people passing through the turnstiles between June 1 and Dec I will be reached easily and probably surpassed. If the attendance during July can be used as a criterion.

"More than J25.000.000-has been spent by on the exposition which covers 2,000 acres. League Island nary yard, largest in the United States, is part of the exposition and here are moored the oldest American warship afloat, the AT COUNTY FAIR Official Radio Aaaooneer of Philadelphia's Sesquieentennlal Broadcasts. Tonus; People's Farm OrrnlxtIon To Display Calves and Plg-s At JosHm- Davenport has purchased the Biloxi hotel In Biloxi. and a gradual enlargement Is planned. A 40-room addition of concrete construction will be completed by Jan.

15 and a 60-room addition Is planned to be completed by the winter season of 1927. Albert and John Le master, farmers living on the Harrison street road, swore out replevin proceedings and secured the help of the sheriff's offices in recovering eight head of their cattle penned up by a neighbor, George Kory. The cattle had wandered into the corn field on the Kory farm and Kory refused to give them np until the Lemaster brothers had reimbursed him for his corn. The annual playground city tennis tournament has opened at the Lindsay playground courts. I.

S. Jones, city playgrounds champion, is defending his title against such players as Clay LeGrand. St. Ambrose academy and trl-city high school champion, Conn, Ochs and Kimball. Calves and pigs raised by baby Frank B.

Mulford. official radio announcer for the sesquicenennial international exposition at Philadelphia, delivered an address over charges of intoxication after they had been arrested near the city limits on Brady street road where they had a fight In the automobile In which they were riding. The Rock Island Stove company will be among the firms who will have an exhibit In the merchants' arcade at the Mississippi Valley Fair. According to Secretary Pat Bacon, every foot xf space in the arcade has been sold out. mm Dr; Gerald Pothoof.

president and manager of the Chiropractic Psyco-pathic sanitarium in Forest park, and Mrs. Pothoof, left for New York city where on 7 they will aail for Europe. They will take their own automobile with them and tour the continent. Pleading guilty to a state charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance, A. Verschaetse, a farmer, living near Long Grove, was fined $300 and costs and given a 90-day suspended ja llsentence.

Work of dredging and enlarging the Credit island bathing beach has been completed by the dredgeboat Admiral of the W. G. Block company and the beach is now In flrst-class condition. George M. Bechtel Sc.

Company of "beef clubs of Rock Island county Herman Zwerti members of the ffrm of Ewert RIchter, transfer merchants, was elected grand vice chancellor of the grand lodge. Knights of Pythias, domain of Iowa, at the annual session of the grand lodge in Des Moines. He Is also district deputy for the 14th district of the organization. Ed "Pekin" Orth, Davenport police character, fell asleep on a pile of ties after Imbibing generously of hooch, and awoke in a bed at Mercy hospital where he was taken after a switch engine struck him. He was hit by a Chicago, Milwaukee St.

Paul railway switch engine as he had slept close to the rails. His Injuries were not serious. Licensed to wed: Benjamin Mott, Newell. Iowa, and Lena Fits. Brighton.

Bennle Schumacher. Davenport, and Bessie Fits, Brighton, Iowa; Francis Carlin and Mildred both of Davenport. Frank Konen, Ed 'Cressman and C. H. Herr of Cedar Rapidsrlowa, and Charles Parrish of Baltimore.

were fined in police court on station WHBP, Rock Island, last night in which he told of the wonders of the exposition now being held in celebration of the 160th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Mulford said that the sesquieentennlal exposition has broken all records for promptness in opening. "It opened on June 1," he said, "and. was complete in every detail by July 1, whereas the world's fair at Chicago, planned for 1892, opened in 1893.

and the San Francisco exposition opened 60 days late. "The exposition at Philadelphia i will be exhibited at tb 33rd annual 1 county fair at Joslln, Aug. 24 to 27. The ftural township baby beef i Iub, in' which 23 boys and sjlrls' are enrolled, will exhibit calves, and Drury and Rural township, which hare pig: clubs, will exhibit both calves and pigs. Drury will hare seven pig.

entries, and i Rural, 12. Leaden of Clnbs. W. M. Wilson of Milan is leader of the Rural townshlp pig club, and i T.

Watson of Illinois City of the I. Drury township group. J- All aninsals will be taken to the fair grounds on the opening day, iaid Judging will be done on the i second day. The boys and girls will remain at the fair grounds during the week in charge of their entries. After the fair Is over the calves PUBLIC 5CTICE.

After this date I will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than myself. LEONARD B. LOVEWELL. Aug. 3.

1926. (Advertisement.) and pits will be shipped to the Chi- if riff it 4 ago market wun tne exception oi i he prize winners, which probably be taken to the International Livestock exposition for display. Names of the boys and girls en-! tered in the various clubs follow: Bnral Township Calf Club. Walter Anderson, Richard Metz- ler, Raymond Long, Marjorie Long, Robert Metzler. Clarence Hammer- llDck, Lester Anderson, Morris An- 7Tm' i.i...

a iL iJ Jtfe 1 derson, Edgar Anderson, Charles Beck, Edith Beck. Francis Beck. JVerle Beck, Ralph Normoyle, Alvin Nelson. Chester Solomonson, Arv4d I Nelson, Walter Nelson, Marlon An- WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Ttrndm MmAa XX S. Off.

i i i. derson. Grace- Lonjf. Earl Wynn, John Parks and Billle Parks. 1 Rural Township Ply Clnb.

Raymond Long, Ralph Normoyle, i Robert Metzler, Charles Beck, I Richard Metzler. Marjorie Long, Dorothy Beck, Clarence Hammer- llnck. Verle Beck. Walter Hammer- 5 Jinck and Frances Beck. i Dmry Township Pig Clnb.

i Rodney Workman, Walter Krueger, Bradford Shirkey and Leo Bopp. To Muscatine, Aug. 11, steamer Capitol. (Advertisement.) Ice By Wire Constant dry cold preserves foods longer. Frozen delicacies from the "colder than ice" compartment.

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