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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists business names and hours including PR Ohope priestmen Sarphal ogersthey and a few shop references. Mentions Prick Keats livery barn Dentists De W Grafton over a shoe store and CHACK KERNS Chippiancock Nursery amid nonsensical timing notes.
In a Chicago Herald tale, Mr Eberle and his wife suspect theft by servants after a series of vanishings from the pantry. A nighttime stakeout leads to a humorous misread of a break in as police and staff surprise four robbers dining at a table, with no arrests and a wedding feast to follow.
There is no doubt that the form of a roof has much to do with the draft of a chimney. The flat roof offers no resist ance to the passage of all, but as the pitch is increased the current is more and more disturbed until with a high bitebed and many gabled roof it is bro ken Into Innumerable eddies, some of which are sure to curl down and force the smoke and gases in the flue Into the rooms below. Chimneys on such roofs should be built higher than ordinary.
A fragmented court exchange highlights a clever attorney who stacks weak points to test a judge while a playful set of limericks and quips follows. The pieces include a Chicago Herald anecdote about touchy phrasing, two Irishmen sharing coins, and a bank joke about a baby's majority, ending with a quip about modesty and arrogance.
A child friendly column recounts animal intelligence with tales of two snails sharing a new garden and a clever ant using its bigger ally for travel and defense. It also notes Roy Champion Automobil W. Westcot Humphreys of Geeman town Pa as a prodigy in handling cars at age twelve. The piece blends natural history with light human interest about a young skilled driver.
Enthusiastic parents oppose a boy’s wish for a car yet his proved skill wins the day at a Philadelphia auto show. A dog named Carlo once carried brushes home for his master, defining a tale of clever animal aid. The page also recalls a school tale about correct grammar and a moral vignette on a child’s writing.
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