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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

stimulating action of electricity is
what makes the plant life grow so
much better and quicker than under
natural conditions The electrical
ton is maintained for some hours
each day but is shut off at night.
Gooseberries yielded II per cent in
crease under it's subtitle influence:
strawberries, $3.50 per cent increase.
tomatoes, none. In another plot car
rots yielded SO per cent increase and
beets 80 per cent with an increase of
l per cent sugar content under SINH
lar treatment.
Twenty acres of wheat were treated
with discharge wires at considerable
height and high tension current; the
electrified wheat gave a better quail.
ity of flour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
GROWING Crops With Electricity.

In England they are experimenting
on growing wheat and vegetables with
the aid of electricity. The tests so
far have been very successful on a
small scale at the experimental sta
ton.
A number of wires are stretched
over the field high enough from the
ground to permit the farming opera
lions to 60 on underneath. These
wires extend all over the acreage
under experiment. and are supported
by posts in long parallel spans, pro
tected by high-tension insulators.
Electricity is supplied at a pressure
of 100000 volts AS soon as the wires
are charged leakage Immediately
begins. Brush" discharges take place
all along the line; that is, the eiec.
tricity "fzzles" off the line with pc
culiar buzzing, audible to the ear and
with a glow which is visible In tn"
dark. Anyone walking about below
the wires can distinctly feel the effect
of the electricity on the hair. This
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
SOUR FOOD and
Classy STOMACH
Begin Today and Rid Yourself of stom-
ach Trouble Which is a Det-
rinnent to the Whole
Family.
EASILY ovERCoME NOW
Eat Your Favorite Foods Without
Dread of Indigestion or Other Up
set Feelngs-Five Minutes AZ
ter Taking Diapepsn You
Feel Relieved.

Some people think they have Indis-
gestion, others Catarrh of the Stom
each, others. Nervousness, Cancer or
Dyspepsia, etc. Call it this if you will.
but the real name for your trouble is
Food Fermentation, with only partial
digestion. Everything you eat turns
to either Acid, Stomach gas or Stom.
ach poison, which weaken the diges-
tive organs, causing a lack of gastric
juice. Your food sours, is only half
digested, and you become affected
with loss of appetite, pressure and
fullness after eating, burning sensa.
ton, feeling of vomiting, heartburn,
water brash and tenderness in the nit
of the stomach, Shiny tongue. bad
taste in the mouth, constipation,
nausea, belching of gas, dizziness;
sick headaches, mental depression and
many other common symptoms.
You can cure all this by not eating.
by not putting any food in your stom-
ach to ferment; but how about the
nourishment needed to sustain your
bodily strength? If you are a stom-
ach sufferer, either man or woman
young or old, whether you call it Indi-
gestion or any other name, go now to
your druggist and give cents for a
case of Papes Diapepsin.
Every possible kind of Stomach
trouble is readily cured by Diapepsin
which takes right hold of the food in
your stomach and digests it alone.
without the help of the stomach. Just
as if your stomach wasn't there,
After few days use of Diapepsin
your Stomach will again be in good
working order, your meals will thor
oughly digest and your intestines will
be clean and fresh, and you will have
no use for laxatiyes or liver regula-
tors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
1000 EXPECTED
TO BE PRESENT
Biggest Y. NJ. c. A. Meeting of the
Year Will be on Monday
Afternoon at Grand
Opera House.
WILLIAM E. SWEET
WILLIAM E. SWEET
A Prominent Western Business Man
VIII be the Speaker and Many
Are Expected to be
Present.

The biggest meeting of the year.
1000 men are expected to be pres.
emit.
At the Grand opera house next Sun
day afternoon the largest meeting of
the year for men is expected to be held
at which a western speaker and
man of prominence will mack the ad.
dress. This is to be the Sunday af-
ternoon meeting Of the Y. M. C. A.
and William e. Sweet of Denver one
of the leading business men, presi-
dent of VIM. E. Sweet and Co., NUM-
cipal and Corporal Bonds and presi-
dent of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, will make the address be-
fore an audience which is expected to
number 1000 men. Every effort is
being made by the Y. M. C. A. to make
this meeting grand one and a big
one
An orchestra under the leadership
of A. W. HUDSON will give a half hour
program preceding the meeting and
during the meeting Mrs. Emily Collins
OF Sandusky will sing several solos.
A reception committee with C. R.
Joy as president will receive Mr..
Sweet at the Y. M. c. A. building at
800 O'Clock and escort him to the
oper1 house. This committee will be
composed of seventy-five of the lead.
ing association workers of the city.
About the Boys.
Boys secretary, H. T. Powers, has
made a chart after a careful review
OF the work done in other associations
OF the state and finds that the Keokuk
boys department is above the average
OF those of Iowa The association is
sixth in membership, second in the
number of boys on committees sixth
IN attendance at rooms, third in stu.
atoms secured, second in social work,
sixth in summer camps, fourth in num-
Der of club members, first in night
school, first in subscriptions, fourth in
Bible study work and third in Sunday
meetings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Watched Fifteen Years

For fifteen years I have watched
lhe working of Bucklen's Arnica
salve; and it has never failed to cure
any sore. boil, ulcer or burn to which
it was applied. 1t has saved us many
doctor bill,' says A. F. Hardy Of
East Wilton, Main. CSC at Wilkinson
& Co. and ]. F. Kiedaisch G. Son drug
store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
The keokuk Water Power

Fort Madison Democrat: Prospects
regarding the Keokuk water power
project have taken a turn, as repub-
lished recently in the Democrat from
the Keokuk papers, that indicates the
success of the proposition. That the
indication may be fulfilled is the
earnest hope and desire of all Fort
Madison people. With the water
power project in effect, not only would
Keokuk be immensely benefited, but
Fort Madison also-and the interven-
ing twenty-odd miles as well. It would
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

In the treatment of the dread malady
The method at the present used by
the Pasteur Institutes involves the use
of a serum made from the blood Of
rabbits inoculated with the germ OF
rabies.
DR. Klein went step further and
In reporting the case to the Pasteur
institute believes he has opened new
field in the treatment of hydrophobia
and other germ diseases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Weather Conditions.

The barometer is high from the
Central Mountain region to the Cen
tral valleys, with the area of highest
pressure in the Central Mississippi
and Ohio valleys. which has been at
tended by cool wave from this Miss
lssippi river to the Atlantic coast,
freezing temperature reaching Ten
nesse.
The northwestern low barometer is
moving through he British posses
SONS north of the Dakotas, and the
emperature is rising slowing west of
TIE Missouri river.
Fair weather has followed the rains
on the Atlantic coast and there have
oeen lifht snow flurries in portions of
the lake region.
Fair weather, with rising tempera-
lure is indicated in this section to-
night and Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Stop That I1lCli6esti01lg
h0dol viii do it. If it fails it costs YOU nothng.
All forms OF Dyspepsia can be traced to Indiseston
Indigestion hurts in so many different places.

Indigestion hurts in so many different places.
There may be simple discomfort in the mouth
stomach or bowels-this is Just the beginninq
The use OF kodol should be the end
You may have pains in the head or be attacked
by an overpowering sleepiness in the daytime and
wakefuness at night
You may have aches in the Joints, tremblino in
the limbs, bowel troubles, heart palpitation dis
ordered nerves-even falling hair
The thing is to keep the digestive apparatus
rlght-then you will be right.
Kodol will do this
Try 1t the next time you feel bad from what
ever cause. If the trouble comes directly from
indigestion, it will be over almost as soon as Won
have swallowed spoonful of the LIQUID kodol
will tone up the system.
Kodol is liquid because nothing in dry form,
can be SO combined to do all that Kodol does
Because it is liquid Kodo reaches the snot
quickly. kodol relieves all pain anywhere in the
ngestlve tract, almost instantaneousy Kodol
takes care OF all undigested food wherever found
IL works as Nature does, extracting the nourish-
ment and expelling the refuse SO that the body
gets all the benefit of every bit of food taken into
the mouth.
These are facts. Prove them BY a free trial Of
Kodol. 90 "
kodol is as harmless as it is helpful
There is nothing mysterious about it,
We have perfected liquid which duplicates as
exactly as possible all that Nature supplies for
about its value.
There Is nothing like Kodol; nothing but Kodol
which WILL do the work which Kodol does
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
New Cure for Hydrophobia

NEW YORK, Nov. By making a
serum direct from the blood of the
mad dog which had bitten his pa
tient. DR.. Morris j. Klein claims to
to have made marked Improvement
have cured 10y of hydrophobia and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

usher in new era of prosperity in
America French tnanciers already
are showing more interest in American
investments and they believe the reflex
In Europe will be most important. The
published comments are all favorable.
That Taft's election means a continu.
alton of the policies of Roosevelt, but
In less strenuous and sensational
manner, is the general opinion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Winter blasts, causing pneumonia,
pleurisy and consumption will soon
be here. Cure your cough now, and
strengthen your lungs with Foley's
Honey and Tar Do not risk starting
the winter with weak lungs, wien
Foleys Honey and Tar will cure the
most obstinate coughs and colds, and
prevent serious results. Wilkinson G.
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
If You are over Fiftv Re,d rh,.

Most people past middle-age suffer
from kidney and bladder disorders
which Foley's Kidney Remedy would
cure. Stop the drain On the vitality
ard restore needed STRENGTH and vigor.
Commence taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy today. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Mind Your Business!

If you don't nobody will. 1t is your
business to keep out of all the trouble
you can and you can and will aeop
out OF liver and bowel trouble If you
take DIR. Kings New Life Pills. They
keep biliousness, malaria and jaundice
out of your system. Csc at Wilkinson
& Co. and ]. F. Kiedaisch & Son drug
store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
A Word for Hobson.

San Francisco Call: Let us not for
get that EIobson is brave man. a
good American and patriot. If we
can not share the grisly terrors that
he pedales at least we can meet him
on the cordial, common ground of at
tachment to our own United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
MCKINNEY WINS
BY NEARLY 1000
Reelected to Congress From Four
teenth Illinois District Over the
Democratic Opponent.

ALEDO, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-James McKin-
ney, Republican candidate for congress
has carried the Fourteenth Illinois dis
trict by over six thousand majority
over McEniry, Democrat. The latter
carried only Hancock county. The ma
jorities are:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Inward Effects of humors are
worse than the outward. They endan-
ger the whole system. Hoods Sar-
saparilla eradicates all humors, cures
all their inward and outward effects.
lit is the great Alternative and tonic.
whose merit has been everywhere es-
tablished
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
FiIipinos are hapnx.

~, m,,ANlLA, Nov. 5.-There was an
~. s'uslastic celebration of Taft's cleo
h.. today. Sugar and tobacco In
.,a' have confidence in Taft and
-'Ae Wright, whom they expect to be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Taft Popular In Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 5.-The
election of Taft is popular in Russia,
for the people We're favorably Impress
ed by the ability, geniality and
straightforwardness of the future Pres
ldent as evidenced during his stay in
this city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
EVERYBODY WANTED
TAFT ELECTED
Not Only the People Who Could Vote
But the Boys and Even Pris-
oners Were for Him.

Not only did the voters of the coun-
try want Taft for the next president,
but those who are deprived of voting
were also for him. The Keokuk and
Fort Madison Y. M. c. A. boys elect
ed Taft by their vote and an election
held by the inmates of the Fort Mad
ison penitentiary, was also sweeping
republican victory
Warden j. G. Sanders passed out
sample ballots to the men and there
were 3S3 votes cast, the, result be-
ing as follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Fowler Candidate for Speaker

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Charles N.
Fowler. chairman of the committee on
banking and currency of the house,
elected for the eighth time, announces
himself candidate for speaker in the
next congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
ToDAy's WEATHER FORECAST.
Indications for Iowa, Illinois and Mis-.
souri, Wired From Chicago.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Fair to-
night and Friday; warmer Friday.
For Illinois and Missouri: Fair to-
might and Friday; rising temperature.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Fri
day; warmer tonight and east portion
Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Austria Welcomes the News

VIENNA, Nov. 5,-The majority of
the Austrian newspapers welcome the
eletclon of Taft as a promise of eau
uous and progressive administration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Paris Sees a New Era.

PARIS, Nov. News of the cleo
ton of Taft is received with great sat
isfaction in the business world of Par
is, where it is considered certain to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Palma is Dead

SANTIAGO, Cuba, Nov. 5-Thomas
Estrada Palma the first president of
the Cuban republic, died last night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Mckinney. McEniry.

Rock Island, Hancock and Warren
counties estimated two years ago Nc
Kinney carried the district over Math-
ews, (dem.) by 5,505 majority
Mercer county elects the Republican
county ticket by about 1900 Deneen
carried the county by 731, and Taft by
1880. Abbey and Campbell, RepubE-
acns, and Whelan, Democrat were
elected to the legislature in the Thirty
third district.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

There is no other digester which will take tho
place OF any or all of the digestive processes There
are some which Will take care of one ortwo classes
OF 1000. There is one but Kodol which will
always supply any element needed no matter what
IL IS NO other will entirely and naturally relieve
stomach and bowels
lndgestion must end entirely if all the dipestiva
functions are to be resumed Kodol bopins lis work
~ soon as II Is taken into the mouth Ii continues
~ ~ tie stomach and intestines 1t mixes with
1000 ana begins digestion as quickly as the sana
elements 40 when supplied by the natural digest
i've apparatus. ee''
.. rood then can't ferment. 1t can't harden and
hoaoi IN the home, means healthy stomacha
Healthy stomachs, mean clear brains and strong
bodies. 1919 o sV'ons
Clear brains produce good work Strong bodies
make life joyous. o'e'
Ihese are facts. Prove them by free trial Of
Our Guarantee
20 to your druggist today and get dollar bottle.
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Don't hesitate, every druggist knows our guar
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inns offer applies to the large bottle only and to
put one In family. The dollar bottle contains 2h
times as much as the fifty cent bottle
kodol is prepared at the laboratories of r. G.
Dewitt & Co., Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
River Bulletin.
I'D. /. age. Height. CHING. R'nfall
Local Observations.

ivy. Bar. Their. Wind. Weather
pm. 30 25 81 NE Clear
., am. 80 26 Sc Clear
nlVer above low water of 1864,
wv tenth; change in "a hours,
fall tenth.
Mean temperature, 46.
~, temperature, SIS.
"ihlmum temperature, 81.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

mean growth and prosperity for both
cities and interlying country that are
almost incalculable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

the chief figures in their affairs the
next four years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Her End Came in Peoria and Body Ar
rived in keokuk Last Evening
and Taken to Home
Of Daughter.
WAS A CHURCH MEMBER
a Member of St. Peters Catholic
Church and Services Will be
Held There Tomorrow
Morning.

The body of Mrs. Bridget Croak, a
former Keokuk resident, who passed
away Tuesday evening at 8 O'Clock in
Peoria arrived in Keokuk last even
ing and was taken to the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Charles Johnson, 1927
Fulton street. Funeral services will
be held at ST. Peters Catholic church
Friday morning at o'clock. During
her residence in this city Mrs. Croak
was a devout member of st. Peters
church
The death of Mrs. Croak came after
quite a long illness caused by dropsy,
she being sick since July. Until three
years ago, when she moved to Peoria.
the deceased was a resident of Keo-
|kllk and although not born in this
city was resident for most Of her
life. She was fifty-eight years of age
and had been widow for about fif-
teen years.
Lived Here.
Mrs. Croak was well known in Keo-
kuk and had many friends. She made
many friends during her long resi-
dence in Keokuk and was respected by
many.
The surviving relatives are the fol-
lowing: Daughters, Mrs. Maggie
|Brumbaugh, of Peoria; Mrs. Charles
Johnson of Keokuk; sons, Charles of
Peoria; John and William of Chi
cago; and Walter of Keokuk; sister,
Mrs. John Turner of Hamilton; and
|eight grandchildren.
The sympathy of Keokuk people is
extended to the relatives in Keokuk,
Hamilton and Peoria
Friends are invited to the funeral
services tomorrow morning at st.
Peters Catholic church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
For President.

For President.
Taft (rep0 -. .................1S 1888
Bryan (dem.) -. ................15 S
Chain (pro) -. ............... 81
Debs (socialist) -. ............ 9
Watson (people's) -. .......... 1
Hisgen (ind) -. ......... O
For Governor.
Carroll 1913, White $50. Brown 90,
McCrillis 10, Cowles /, Weller 0.
Secretary Of State.
HAYWARD 1S9, Ruge, 159, Humphrey
81, Strauss 8.
Attorney General.
Byers 1872, Rogers 14S, Harvey II,
Willis s.
For Congress.
Kennedy 1876, Tracy 1877, Holmes II.
For Legislature.
Lee TAT, Jones 173, Lachmann 121,
Reitz 1863.
County Auditor
Heying 14S, South 1885,
County Treasurer.
Smith 262, Reimbold 100, Walker 81.
County Recorder.
Chambers 237, Mohrfeld 1o1. Thor
81.
County Attorney.
johnson 2o5, Craig 121, Nilsson 80.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
County Attorney.
Justice of the Peace.

Justice OF the Pedce.
Masters 361. Alley 13.
Blanks mot voted upon) rs, mutt
lated ballots Is, votes counted 3S3.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The biggest meeting of the year.
1000 men ere expected to be pres.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-31
A Georgia Picnic at the End Of War.

- c. = '~''S az hiC EUQ OF war.
General Elzey lent his ambulances,
and we had charming little picnic
under the management of Captain
Hardy" writes a Georgia girl In her
wartime diary. published in the April
Appleton's. I'VE left town at scycn
O'Clock. before the sun was too hot,
and drove to creek ten miles out,
where We spent the day In beautiful
grove, SO shady that the sun could
not penetrate at MONDAY. General FL
zey and all the stan were there. Our
amusements were cards, fishing In the
creek. rambling about through the
woods. and sitting In little circles on
the grass, talking about what we are
going TO do under the new order of
things. Some comlcal pictures were
drawn of our future occupations, and
We guyed each other good deal
about our prospects. | am to take In
washing; Nett to raise chickens and
peddle them in a cart drawn by Dixie;
Captain Erwin is to join the min
strels, and Captain Palfrey to be
dancing master-but down in the bot
tom of Our hearts we felt that there
is likely to be little occasion for
laughter in the end.
The drive home was rather hot and
dusty, and our enjoyment was damped
by the sight of the poor soldiers that
we met. trudging along the road; they
looked so weary and ragged and trav.
elstained Many of them. overcome
with fatigue, were lying down to res:
on the bare ground by the roadside.
felt ashamed of myself for riding
when they had to walk. These are the
struggling remnants of those splendid
armies that have been for four years
terror to the North. the glory OF
| the South, and the wonder of the
world"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-31
Two Breaks win Ono Stone,

The late w. e. Gladstone was not a
figure who suggested humor, unless 1t
was to his great rival. DisraelI. who
once described him as "a sophisticated
rhetorician. intoxicated with the exu-
berancs of his own yerboslty," but
there was humor In his comment when
his house IN Harley street was attack
ed one Sunday by thousands OF work
ingmen, who were only driven off by
double line of mounted police. Glad
stone gazed upon the debris OF his bali
aud then remarked YEARLY TINT Tho
mob has broken the sabbath."--B Bell
man.