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(Special Correspondence.)
MoBmonth, Dec. 8. W. H. Ma-
eon, poultry bnyer for Swift Co.,
'was killed by the fast 8snta Fe
psse enter train at Ormonde, east
r oT this city, late yesterday after
.' booh. lite track Mason was drir
, tag waa completely demolished snd
efaickens were strewn along the
. .. ImA M HI nnli ' nfiMji tnm
mmU IfaoAH frnm Main thJ
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. nd leaves the widow and two;
grown sons, Vint Mason, gemi-pro-j
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-' 1 (Special Correspondence.) :'Jr-
, , GIFTS THAT 1AST. , J Erie. Dec: 8. The following offi
, , All trt-city Jewelry stores will be - cers were elected at a" meeting of
pen every evening until Christmas, the Yonng People's society of the
beginning Saturday, Dec. 9, for the jrrie Baptist church Wednesday
convenience or buyers oi guts, mat
v ast. (Advertisement.)
Instant:
Quaker Oats
Cooks to jMrfettioa in
3 to 5 minute
The Quaker Oats flavor has
won millions the . world over.
,This brand dominates swherever -oat
lovers live, for we flake it
from queen grains only.
- Now there's a quick-cooking
' Quaker, made from those same
, queen grains. It cooks in 3 to 5
minutes. It is the quickest-cooking
oats in the world. '
The oats are cut before flak
ing. They arc rolled very thin
and partly cooked. So the flakes "
are smaller and thinner that is
; all. And those small thin flakes
cook quickly, 1 .
Say which you want In either
regular or Instant you get the
finest flavor oat flakes ever bad. '
la Imtont yon get the quickest
i coolant oat dish in existence. .'.
'There Are now those two great
reasonf tor 4 insisting on, this
brand. '
Rock River Camp 1204,
R. N. of Milan, I1L
' ' Will serve
Coffee aod "Hot . :
" Dog" Sandwiches
In . the Thompson Store ! Room
All Day and Evening on '
. Tueiday, Dec 12lh
Come in and try our lunch and
neip a gooa cause along.
Tgg WORLD'S
Will
ajjsa0aaaatswnwjsmgwssw,
notour? xiah
T0XZ2IC2T0W1T
' ' (Special CorrespondenesO :.
' Aledo, Dm. 8. Dr. C. C. Jodd H
Monmosth, seared by tt Mercer
term' borean to spesk at Ells to
day, this moraine notified the local
oftc that he would leave . Mo
movtb at It a. m.-by airplane tb
keep his appointment. This is a
new method for a short course
peaker to travel. ... v
REV. GUTHRIE ILL:
NO Slim) AY SERVICE
.', j -' .
Special Correspondence.)
. Aledo, Dec. 8. Sidney A. Guthrie,
pastor of, the First M. church,
who was confined to his home the
last week, sunerea a relapse niea-
day,
As a result It is announce
mat
there will be np . preaching
service in the chnrch Sunday.
t
YOUNG PEOPLE OF
ERIE CHURCH NAME
TEAR?S OFFICERS
evening: president. Dr. C. J: Peas-
son . vice president,.. Miss Carrie
wood: secretary, Miss Ruth
Glimpse; treasurer. Miss Callie
Wood Chairmen - of . the commit
tees: Miss. Carrie Wood, lookout
commute; Mrs. William Matthews,
social committee; Miss Callie Wood,
music committee. , The officers will ;
De installed eariy.,in January, a
social time and refreshments fol
lowed the business session.
ANNUAL DINNER TO
HONOR ERIE ELEVEN
' (Special Correspondence.)
Erie,.OeCv 8. ---The annual foot-
ball dinner of the Erie high school j
was held at the school building .
Wednesday evening. The dinner .
jwas prepared by Miss Buchanan tional convention, explained numer
1 nnd her. domestic Kr'pnc flnsq ... u
oacn jonnson acting as toast-
master. Harold
Sohrbeck .was
'eoted captain of the 1923 football
teBto-, , . '.j'. .'''.! .1' . i
CENTENARIAN WHO LIVED UNDER
25 OF 29 PRESIDENTS, IS DEAD
( (Special to The Argus.) ' ;
Alpha,; Deo. 8 David ;H.. Mc-
Laughlin, ' centenarian who lived
! under 25 of the 29 presidents of
j the United States, saw the first
j telephones, telegraphs, phonograph,
auiumoDiies ana airplanes, is oeau.
IHad he lived naUl Apr(l 16, 192?,
'he wquld have been 100 years old.
'. He was born April 19. 1823, In
Greenville, Mercer '.county,-Pennsylvania,
and was one of a family
of 10 children. In : 1862, together
with his family, be came to Illinois,
driving the entire distance with a
team and wagon. They settled in
Mercer county;: later .'moving to
Henry county. . : ' "
In 1861 Mr. McLanahlin, offered
his services in the -Civil war, but
Jws. rejected because of. poor phy-
that bakes with
Calumet and there
are millionsof them
has learned three im
portant baking facts.
First; that the never has
any failures, which means
no loss of time and ma
terial. - . -
Second; that her bakings
are always pure and
wholesome, which goes
along way toward perfect
health.
Third; , thst ' the greater :
than usual leavening '
strength : of Calumet
stands for economy be
cause she uses less.
resales are 150 fireater than that .of
nny other la-cacL ,
teis
M 12
yom get a
GHEATBST DAIZING PQVDHa
L3EQTtD. :
PURCHASE LAtID
Xeaaker e Ceatneting flr 8r
Twe Qeaams Orws Already e
wi to Ale.; y
(Special GomspoBdenee.)
Aledo,. Dee. 8. Through a reso
lution adopted yesterday by the
board of supervisors the county
win nravfda a fnad to nay for right
of war for. the state, hard, road
where la does not follow the exist
ing road Aledo citlsens have se
cured dedication north of this cHy
to the extent of 114,000; of, this
18,000 Is in Perryton township, and
M 000. In Mercer. The resolution
covers . not only this' -outlay but
also farther needs covering - the
bnlfdina- of the state hard read
from v the : Warren-Mercer line to
Aledn. r-orth to the Rock Island
county line; ' : ' - ? " -" '
iu biuiQing or tnis-roaa win re
lieve, the xounty- of the care of
some 20 miles f road and also the
construction . along the . five miles
north of Aledo. Y. V. Mamoreauz
of the contracting firm which holds
eight contracts for the grading and
building of bridges and culverts on
this strip was in the city yesterday
i and stated that two grading crews
had snipped .their v equipment to
Mercer county and wo'rk would
start soon on both ends of the five
mile section north of the city.,
SMALL ATTENDANCE
AT TALK INDICATES
LIGHT VOTE DEC. 12
(Special Correspondence.) '
Aledo, '.Dec 8. A sapall attend
ance was out last night to hear
Cyrus E. Diets of Moline speak at
the First Presbyterian church on
state constitution. The speaker,
Whn was mraher at the conatltn-
mirht not . be fullv understood.
Jnriirini? frnm th meetln there will
not be a laree vote out at next Tues-
day's election. .. v -.-
sical condition. ' Since the death- of
bis wife in 1903 Mr..i MeLeughlin
bad resided with a daughter, Mrs.
H. S. Sexton, at Onkvifle. lows.
His death occurred here Dec. 3,
after a' short illness. .The follow
ing children ' survive: - J. 1 1. ' Mc
Laughline, Greenville, Pa.; FVauk
B., Peoria; . Mrs. Jennie . Sexton,
Oakville, Towar five grpd6hildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral servfees were held from
the home near Oakville and the re
mains brought to Alpha for burial.
Services were held in the Alpha
Methodist chnrch, of which he was
a 1 member.' Rev. W.' H. Crane' of
Monmouth, assisted by Rev. Henry
Day of Alpha, conducted the serv
ices. 1
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Knox and Mr.
and Mrs. w. L. Biker sang. Inter-
ment was In the family cemetery.
Som.
.o;;iytrcaEi;i
lULAGECHriiiS
vhtm District- eV - tafat
JtnMe XPvtj. Wiped wwt T
. : Raaes Tjtorirv
(Special Carres pod en ce.)
niinaia Cltv Dec 8-LrtVla but
tV rsitf wntsins ,of Buffalo Prairie
tm morning. Aiu:m yeataraay.
most of the bunlneas district con
sisting .eritjenerl merchandtse
store' and a garagd. was destroyed
hy- flamee. A bank and pool room
are thn onlv bnsiness honSes atann-
owped and operated - by Carroll
Kissler. ' It is thought that a defec
tive lighting plant! was, the origin
of the Mase. With only -volunteer
fire fighters to cheek the blaze, it
soon spread to the; store nearby,
owned by Nordquist" Brothers.
Both' buildings were' totally de
stroyed, together v-with contents.
The cars burned -with the garage. -
The. Stove apd contents was cov
ered with insurance while the ga
rage was only partially insured.
Ptre trucks from Aledo- and
Reynolds were called ..and arrived
In' time to prevent further! spread
of 'the' fire.. ."Owners' of the b tore
plan to open up et once in a hall
across, the street from the burned
building: ?:.
MRS. T. TOBItl OF
SHEFFIELD DIES
(Special Correspondence.)
' Sheffield, Dec. .8. Mrs. Thomas
Tobin passed away, at her Sheffield
home Thursday morning at 1:20,
following a- long Illness. She was
a daughter of Patrick and' Cather
ine Coggins, pioneers of this vicin
ity, and was born at Barren Grove
65 years ago. After the Civil war
she. marrjed Thomas Tobin, a vet
eran of that war. .One daughter.
Miss "Mary, passed away a year ago
and the mother never fully recov
ered from the shock and. grief at
her . sudden death. - Her husband
and eigl children survive. The
children are: . John, Edward and
Benfamin, all at home, and Albert
of Casey, 111.; Katheryn at home
and Mrs. Winnie Collins of Daven
port; . and : Mrs. Margaret DeBarre
H4 Mrs. Eva Schaeffer of Kewa
nee,; Tbe funeral will fee held Sat
urday 'morning at 'St. ' Patrick's
church, Sheffield, at 10 o'clock, Kev.
W. M, , Murtaugh celebrating the
reqalem made, and burial .will bo
in ...UU ....... ' l
WILL HOLD TAG DAT
POE BAND AT ERIE
- (Special Correspondence.)
Erie, Dec. 8. The Erie band,
which hag recently been -organized,
will hold a tag day Saturday . to
raise funds for carrying on the or
ganisation. Professor Zerr of
Morrison is director of the band
and fine progress is being made.
The . first , appearance, of the band
in public will be at .the community
Christmas tree exercises, to be held
Christmas night ,
''. ISDS GEXESpO YISIX.
' Geneseo. Dec. 8.-T-Mrs; Mary Cole
Bickel of San Francisco, Cal., who
has ' been visiting for several
months at the home of her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Cole, left
Geneseo ' yesterday 1 for Hamilton,
Mont, where she will visit at the
home of Mr. I and Mrs. God
frey Shellhammer. After a short
visit there Mrs. Bickel will return
to-San Francisco,
Juat right!
Jus t the thing for emer
gencies. And just asgood
for regular eVery-Viay
meals. Always appetiz
ing, always wholesome,
always convenient,
always economical.
Prepared in the Heinz
spotiess kitchens, after
the recipe of a famous
Italian chef. :: -
HEINZ .
tetti
flasjxfr rarnW rmdy to
Spagh
Drary Tke - Spinsters' Coven-
a nsvy given: - By tne local
yenng people 'atv tko r Providence
chrch. netted UX. ' ' '
Mrs. M. Zollner received worf
Taeaday of the death - of her son,
Fred, at Albnqaerqae,.N. M. Mr.
Zollner was a, former resident ;
Taylor Ridge A series of revival
meetings Is being7 held at McCon
nell's chapel with Rev, 9. OllHs In
charge of the services sad Mrs. Oll
Hs otthsv singing; t v v ;
r.:is$ QUILLEN
17EDSG.ZIEGLER
(Special CorsMpondence.)
tianeaeo, Dec. 8. The marrlasj
of Miss Mildred Quillen and Charlie
Ziegler waa solemnized at the coun
try home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and -Mrs.. Calvin M. Quillen, one
mile south of Green JUver, at' 4
d. m. Wednesday. Dec. 6. .
. -The bride Js the only .daughter .of
Mr. and Mrs. Quillen. She. Is -a
graduate of the Geneseo township
high school with the class of lszz,
The' eroom is a, son of Mrs. Cath
erine Ziegler of Green River and
has been successfully engaged in
farming near Green River for the
past few years,.:
" The marriage ceremony was per
formed bv Rev. Van Wooley, pastor
of the Colon: Methodist church.
The single ring service was used.
. The bridal couple was attended
by Miss Nellie Woodbury, a cousin
of the bride, and Ernest Ziegler, a
brother of the groom- They took
their places under an arch of car
nations banked with ferns to the
strains of "Oh, Promise Me", play
ed by Miss Ruth Sten, who presid
ed at the piano. The ceremony was
witnessed by . numerous relatives
and friends; more than 100 of whom
were present.
At 5:30 o'clock a wedding supper
was served, the dining: room and) assistance of those who were hand
home being decorated in blue andi lcapped in-this manner. For years
white, . the bride's . chosen . colors, 1 sha was. president. of, this, organiza-
Misses Ruth end Pearl Sten. Bessie
Woodbury, and Clara Wcrthington
assisted In serving. '
The evening was most'enloya'bly
scent with games and music. Mrs.
Zipirlpr -was the reeinient of many
beautiful gifts which include much
silverware. Mr. and Mrs. ziegler. i aiouiciair, j., aua rs. cm ma
will be at home to their friends Purple of Baltimore. Ma., and the
after March 1 on the Lowe farm, ' three brothers, who reside in- Gen
nnr ftreen Bivr; of which he is to ! eseo. Charles Liebenkneoht has
be manager.
C. 17. CARLSON OF
ORION IS DEAD
- (Special Correspondence.)
Orion, Dec. 8. Carl W. Carlson,
aged 69, a resident of Orion for the
last 10 years, who had been a suf
ferer for some months past with
cancer of the stomach, died at his
home -' here - in the south pert of
town at 11:15 Wednesday night .
Funeral services will be held at
the home at 1 o'clock Sunday after
noon and at -the ppheim Lutheran
churcb. of which he was a member,
at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. A. D. Tre
den of the Lutheran church will
officiate. Interment will be made
in- the Opheim cemetery. , - ,-
AGED CITIZEN
IS SUMMONED
(Special Correspondence.)
Prophetstowh, Dec. 8. W. A. Cox,
aged 70, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Prophetstown,
died at 6 o'clock this morning, --
Funeral services will be' held at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the home. He is survived by his
wife and several children.
HIGHWAY GOLF
BODY FORMED
(Special to The Argus.) 1
Dixon, . Dec. 8. The Lincoln I
Highway Golf association, composed
of clubs of Dixon, Sterling,. Polo,
Morrison and DeKalb, III., and Clin
ton, Iowa, was formed at meeting
here Wednesday evening when offi
cers' were elected and plana made
for the first annual tournament of
the association here next June.
HEW CHARTER WILL .
BE EXPLAINED FOR
FARXI BUREAU MEN
(Special Correspondence.)
Geneseo, Dec. 8. A meeting un
der . the auspices of the farmers'
bureau will be held si the Geneseo
hish school next Monday evenlnr.
Dec. 11, at 8 o'clock, in: favor of1
tile proposed new state constitu
tion. It is planned to have two
capablo speakers here at that time.
Those whose, services are being
sought are indge Berglnnd of tJal
va, I1L, snd Judge Telleen of Cam
bridge. r.
i FARM BCXEAU SESSIOH8.
(Special Correspondence.) '
Albany.. Dev. '8. A meeting was
held at Community hall last nighu
under the anspices of the farm bu
reau. After a few farm pictures
-were snows. Judge Blpdgett of
Morrison gave an tnstractive inter-1
pretation of the messing of . the
new constitution, v .
r;c:.iiti, frihid
OFflFFUfiTED,
ANSmSCALL
Mrs. Learn Mel, Femer Beak
' deal of floaosev JHes- at Besw ,.
t ewLong lslad.(
Geneseo. Dec 8, Mrs. Lenora
Lleberknecht Metx, sister of Frank,
William and' Charles Lleberknecht,
died at her home:- Port Washing
ton; Long Island, N.Y., Tuesday
evening at :30 o'clock. Mrs. MeU
nod ben Ul durrng the past iwo
mtmths; " .
Mrs. Mets was born In Geneseo
Adam and Priscilla, Weberknecht.
Her early years were, spent In this
city. - In 1890 she aeoompanied her
parents to Tampico, Mexico, where
her father for three years was In
charge Of the United Sutes consul
ate. In 1897 she went to Zurich,
Switzerland, . where ' Mr. Ueber
kneeht also acted as United States
counsel.' ,.It was here that she met
Gnstave P. Metz of New Xork city,
then a student in the.' technical
schools Of yjat city. ; He later re
ceived a master's degree, at - the
University of Basel:. On June 3,
1904, their marriage occurred in
this city, the family ' having' re
turned' that her marriage might
take place in her own home. Since
their marriage their home baa been
in New York state and ' for a time
in New Jersey. -Since-the spring of
1921, they have resided at Port
Washington, Long Island, - where
they had built a. new. home. ,;
Mrs. Metz' many friends will re
member her for her happy disposi
tion which characterized her . life
and for the extreme desire to serve
others and make them happy. A
number of years, ago' sHe was af
flicted with deafness and adapted
herself to the new condition, mas
tering the art of Hp reading. De
siring to help'others similarly af
flicted. Mrs. Metz -assisted in or
I ganizlng a society for the relief and
non, which has enabled many to re
sujae their places in -useful occu-
1 pauon.
1 Mrs. Metz is survived by her hus
band, Dr.. Gustave P. Metx; her
i mother, Mrs. Adam Lieberknecbt
two sisters, Mrs. L. N DeVausney
gone to New York to attend the fu
neral services, . . ,.
Order your" "HOME PACKAGE"
of Christmas Candies from Young
McCombs tomorrow. (Adver
tisement.) .;:' .
inno
on fine tables everywhere.
DISTRIBUTED IN THE TRI-CITIES BY
DEE.L-WEO Sr.3PATJY
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vim In i' izr& I
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An Afei ait xrrsxnsQvr
OF OOESnO'7ED3
ATB3KSON WOMAN
(Special Correspondence.)
Geneseo, Dec 8 The marriage
of AmariSh Wlthrow of thts city
and Mrs. Laara McCnllough of At
kinson, 111., took place at the home
of her sister, Mrs. John S. Nowers,
In that city, at 3:30 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. The ceremony
waa performed by Dr. Fletcher De
Clark, of the First Methodist church
of Geneseo..
- Mr. Wlthrow has been a well
known resident of this vicinity for
many years, and Mrs. Wlthrow has
-been . resident of Atkinson, where
she is favorably known. She Is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Riley, pioneer residents of that
vicinity.
Following the service a wedding
supper was served, after which
Mr., and Mrs. .WJthrow went to
Davenport, Iowa, and .have since
,eft ror cufornl, where they will
spend the winter.
GENESEO P.-T. A. TO
HOLD BEGULAB MEET
' " (Special Correspondence.)
The parent-teacher ; association
will hold ' a meeting at the high
school at 8 o'clock, this evening.
Children from some of the grades
will present the health play, "The
Seven Keys." After the play and
the bnsiness -meeting- refreshments
will be served and a social hour
enjoyed. '.... I '
OBION I. O O F. HAS
; ANNUAL ELECTION
'- (Special Correspondence.)
v Orion, Dec. 8. Orion I. O. O. F.
have elected new officers for the
year as follows. The date for in
stallatton has not yet been fixed.
Noble grand A. N. Sayre.
Vice grand J. A. Stewart. ,
Secretary rJ. 'August Johnson.
Treasurer L. Samuelson.
1 J
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your . boweli
then feel
When you feel sick,
dizzy, upset,
bilious, when your head is dull or
iching, or your stomach Is sour or
gassy, just take one or two Cas
carets. . , -
As soon as the bowels begin act-
una no
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different! Farbest will in
stantly meet your every
expectation because of its
richness,delicacy of flavor
smoothness, uniformity.
For table use or for cook
ing, Farbest flils every re
quirement -high in food
value and economical in
cost, it has taken its pllce
' ' - . ....
SCOUTS PLIll
ARSENAL VISIT
ATROCKISUr
Geneseo Troop wni Alio tv-
"avenatrii
Raise tss Fssi,
(Special Correspondenesv
A meeting of the executive mJ
cil of the Boy Scouts was bat
Tuesday evening with Chair1
Charles Atwood presiding. AtnJ
time reports of the committee aLT
bers who had solicited funds fwoV
support of the Boy Scout tnZ
were heard. At the time this tl
paign ror pledges was dteraiM
upon it was decided to raise S
The amount which has beat aXi
scribed has reached 1340, a
which9 will enable ScosnaMar
Emil C. Bennett to better eqeistt.'
troop now in training and
organize another as there ai
uumner ui ouys see King ailBUM
to the local Scout organization
A trip has been planned for M
uoy ccouis 01 mis city lor toa.
row. The entire troop will be tak
en 10 me kock island arum
where the morning visit will bwh
at about 9 o'clock as it is (ltu
to leave ueneseo at 8 o clock, t'
permission of the arsenal con
mandant has been obtained and -cort
will be furnished for the rhit
to the arsenal. t
After the morning visit to tit
arsenal the Boy Scouts will be n.
tertained at dinner, after which il
- 1 visit will .be
made to the rtdln'
I broadcasting station. WOC. t th
4
Palmer School of Chiropractic it
Davenport. Before the return
Geneseo other points of Intereat h,
the tri-cities will be visited.
for
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j gases are cleared away, you vffl
I 'eel ' new perso.
Cascarets never sicken or ennf
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and 50 cent sizes. Any drugston
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