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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
stetson's "UneIe Toms Cabin

Stetson's "uncIe Toms Cabin
The moving, mirthful, kaleidoscope
production known as Uncle Toms
Cabin" will be presented at the Grand
on next Monday evening, by the cele-
brated Stetson Company. There is
SO much OF incident, iollity. tender
sentiment. lively dialogue. spectacular
situation and poetic justice in ancient
Uncle Tom that 1t will ever be of un-
dying interest to the multitude Il is
all very well to be superior TO the
charm OF this entertainment. but it
furnishes pleasure 10 thousands and
there is no offering so enjoyed by
young and old alike. The cold critic
is met by the logic OF the box-ofsice
and throws up his hands The grand
old story illustrates the vagarses OF
life and the versatility OF human ma
tEre. The Law of compensation so
dear TO Emerson. Is strictly observed.
The pathetic death OF Little Eva has
no sooner covered the audience wita
sorTow's pail, than stunning cake
walk comes TO restore the flooded Or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
PERSONAL
sauerkraut a. Immegart's.

Sauerkraut a. Immegart's-
New ags, dates and Aimeria grape
ST Oak Hail Candy Store.
You can buy Xmas presents al
Ayres' scwelry auction sale al your
own price.
A beautiful psrfumed chrysanthe'
rlu1 given away tomorrow with every
bottle OF Rose Bud Cream. McGrats
BTos. Drug Co. Fifth and Main.
Better secure your seats tomorrow
sor Uncle Toms Cabin. Don't wait
until you are too late to get seats.
The Grand will be crowded.
Tie box Office viii be open tonlor-
row and tomorrow evening, for the
sale OF seats for Uncle Toms Cabin. "
See the big Uncle Tom" parade
-1oaday.
Patrons of The Gate City want col
uan yesterday got results from their
announcements money and merchan-
disc being found through announce
msnts in this paper. AS result
producer this paper is able TO deliver
TIE goods.
President Howard Elliott CT the
Northern Pacific is expecting a heavy
northwestern travel next year, and
has ordered ninety-thrse new coaches
10 be placed in the t-ans-continental
trade. President Elliott was former
IL with the Burlington route and had
headquarters in Keokuk-
4 large brick press was shipped
yesterday 10 Marine. Texas BY the
Scott Manufacturing Co. of this city.
There has been slight fall OF snow
n this vicinity today. The winter sea
son is rather late in starting this year.
The first snow that stayed on the
ground and of any import at the begin
ming ot the snow season fell on No
venber 9Th OF last rear.
4 pitcher and q first basenlan from
Indianapolis have written letters to
he keokus base ball association ask
lg for TROUT on the team next sea-
eca- Both report themselves as hav-
ls good records and Lou Stene has
sziitan them to forward complete re-
cords for investigation. Il is possible
hat the players may prove TO be good
men and for this reason their names
have not been given out A meeting
Of the directors will be acid in a short
time 10 elect officers for the coming
season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13

the merely dropping soul The s,el
son Company is the acknowledge
leader In the production OF Har!s|
Beecher Stoves masterpiece. Til,
cast IS logic In number and well dis
tributed. The hounds and ponies, tn,
music and scenic effects, costumes and
accessories are all OF the best at
tainable. Specialties glitter through
the evening like stars in
wtntry sky. There is buck and win
dancing IN the slave market. Ead
one is better than the other, so t
speak Eliza crossing the Ice is sal
to be strong piece Of acting, aide
BY 3 scene marvelously realistic
Opheiia from New England grow
larger with the years aad has bar
work to maintain the proper seyerit
of manner. In the Wm- Kib5le-Ste
son Company there are al kinds
dramatic greatness Il is class b
itself. Go see It The prices will b
CSC. 35c, and SOC. and the sale
seats opens tomorrow morning.
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CITY NEWS

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next No1dsy night
4 S2ecssl p~iess o. al sscss SATURDAY
AZ Se1r Saos Sso-e-
FSssA asr c>asolsts ana bon eoas,
Oak Ean CsaSs Store
Prices sar Ssstsozss U1css TON =
Caesa wl1l - Is. s. and 50 ots
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Mrs. G=c-gs = Is1sz-s All neither.
N-s, Azz v27FV sggs1s7 Lara srriv-
- Eoz Eea.- y Y, where Ms
jenkins rtSs-ss s1-1g he SIMMER.
Her -sosas-- wao Is So yesrs az age
s1li s-s-,5 eAs -zEes- here with her
6s1sasar Despite her s1va1csd age
M-s yaaw-a<sszsa -esztns 81 oF her
faculties al ssa,o5 TIE lczs trip from
re sast vev eel
The asesza. y fifteenth sna Bank
stress a-e sssi1 Increasing IN interest.
Eevsa having uafse1 aiready with tie
church Elder Cory Is preaching *
eslIeas gospel sermons wtica are cor
arli1s believers and convincing those
Eao are out OF Christ Mrs Collins
with her excellent choir. Is rendering
noble service for the Master Rev.
Rhodes with MS earnest zeal Is also
doing good vors for Christ ard she
church. Elder Corr VII preach sun
day at y 3 N and 7:5o pm. Al in
yised
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
CITY NEWS

Sealshipt oysters at Immegart's.
MASQUERADE at rink Saturday night
Engage Raee's orchestra for dances.
Choice dressed poultry at Joseph
Haubert's market.
Special sale Saturday on handmade
chocolate drops, 1oc pound. 6oe Main.
Special sale on our S9c chocolates
at 20c per pound on Saturday at
Burke's, 5e4 Main street
Fresh nut candies made today with
new nuts. Oak Hall Candy Store.
The advance sale of seats for I'm
Gle Tom" opens tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.
The ladies are especially invited to
attend Ayres & Sons great jewelry
auction sale. Chairs will be reserv-
ed for them.
The United Presbyterian church cot
tase meetings of last evening were
held as follows: Harvey Beach, 142S
Timea, Mrs. W. E. Wilson, 915 Timea;
Mrs. Cobus Buss, GIT Blondeau.
Quincy will be the Saturday victim
OF the Keokuk football team and quite
number of rooters expect to accom-
pany the team on this trip.
Special for Saturday from 2 till 9
p. N. regular CSC latest fad hanging
pipe rack and mission match safe at
1Sc. Limit of one to customer. Dun
can-Schell Furn. Co.
Read Ayres & Sons announcement
OF gigantic auction sale of jewelry
and diamonds, watches. etc.
New nut meats. Peacons, Almonds.
Filburts. Brazirs Black Walnuts. Oak
Hail Candy Store.
The students OF st. Peters school
will begin in gymnasium work next
Monday evening and from that date
on the gymnasium will be the scene of
much activity The boys and
girls OF the Keokuk high school will
have use OF 1t during the week and 1t
will be in use every evening.
Ayres & Sons bought too many
goods this fall and must unload
watches, iewelry, silverware, etc, at
auction at your own price.
There are two rehearsals going on
at the present time for amateur min
strel shows about Thanksgiving time.
One is to be given at st. Mary's
school and the other at st. Francis de
Sales home.
Attend Ayres & Sons great auction
sale of fine jewelry. watches and all
other goods. commencing Saturday,
November Il at p. m. and continu-
i,g daily at and Z p. m.
The sacred cantata Queen Esther"
is to be given in the near future, un-
der the auspices of the choir of St
Mary's The Virgin church. Choris-
tiers OF the other churches are invited
to assist in the rehearsals and pro-
gram The first general rehearsal will
be Monday evening at 1880 o'clock at
Parish hall, s14 North Fourteenth
street.
Puckechetuck lodge, No. 4S, meets
every Friday evening at 5 o'clock. j.
r. Hellenthal, N. G. George W Imme-
CART, Per. Sec.
At the meeting last evening OF some
or those who are to take part in the
entertainment TO be given for the ben
eft of the base ball club. It was de
icded to give the people of keokuk
something entirely new instead OF an
old time minstrel show An enter
tainment similar to minstrel will
be given but new to Keokuk. A re-
hearsal will be held Sunday afternoon
at o'clock at which time the chorus
will be given its first workout. Joe
Martin will be stage director and
Fred Dressed will have charge of the
chorus.
Remember that Ayres & Sons gi-
gantic auction sale viii begin Satur-
day, November II. at . p. m.
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Raw Lungs.

When the lungs are sore and m
famed, the germs Of pneumonia and
consumption find Judgement and null
tiply. Foley's Honey and Tar kill1
the -ough germs. cures the most OBJ
stinate racking cough, heals the lungs
and prevents serious results. Tha
genuine IS in the yellow PACKAGE
Wilkinson & Co
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13

John Murphy. editor of the Bur
lington Post. was in Keokuk for a few
hours yesterday on his way home from
2 visit TO old and familiar scenes
around Luray, Missouri. Mr.. Murphy
started to learn the printing trade ST
Luray. worked at kahoka and Keokuk
later in Burlington where he made
his home and has nice bushes; and
has fine residence Mr. Murphy is
one OF the ablest writer's in the state
and 1t is pleasure to have a chat
with him.
Hunters TAX. Notice.
No hunting or trespassing on our
land.
". K. HowES.
A. NJ. JOHNSON.
E. A. JOHNSON.
]. W. JOHNSON.
B. a. NELSON.
HARRY JOHNSON.
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TO THE HOUSEWIFE.

TO THE HOUSEWIFE.
Ask your grocer for Dimond's Fresh
Rye, Bucswheat and Graham Flour,
Pearl Corn Meal and Honiny made
from new corn.
KEoKUK MILLING co.
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LET'S BEAuTIFY KEokuK.

In Galesburg last week, as we learn
from the Peoria craftsmanship,
they awarded prizes for the finest
lawns and best kept streets. This is
an annual competition. 1t has been
going on for upwards of ten years.
Each year the competition becomes
keener and the result more noticeable.
Prizes are offered for the best look
ing residence block; for TIE best and
neatest formal garden; for the best
and neatest place; for the best flower
garden; for the best kept vacant lot:
for the best kept vegetable garden;
for the neatest back yard and for the
best display of flowers.
The result of this long competition
is noticeable all over Galesburg. Her
residence streets are noted for their
beauty. Her court house park is de-
clared by critics to be one of the finest
in the country. There are no badly
kept school yards or vacant lots. Why
shouldn't the same be true of Keokuko
If Galesburg people can become inter.
ested in beautfying their streets and
/ lawns, and make their city noted for
/ its attractiveness, why should mo- the
/ people of Keokuk take pride in making
this community equally beautiful Keo.
kuk has recently been criticised for
its lack of attention to its appearance
The indictment is a grave one and
should not be allowed to hold good for
a moment longer than possible. The
way OF escape has been pointed out bv
Gaiesburg in an organization of an
Improvement club which offers
I. prizes for the best kept streets
and premises. There is real
need Of such an organization in this
city and it could accomplish tncalcu1.
able good. Some existing oreaniza.
ton, the keokuk Commercial club fo,.
instance, should take it uron itself 10
call a meeting for the formation Of a
! club for the promotion OF civic beantv
In the absence of cali from tbo+ a.
like source it would be entire,v nron
er for some private citizen to take ~
initial step in the matter. The ,,o+o,
power which now seems pretty ,o,,
assured promises to make Keol,rl,
bigger city. Let us organize amon,
ourselves without loss of time TO n.lo
1t more beautiful one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

far more than the unnecessary twenty
five WAC were soldering" on the
original job.
During the boom labor had some
thing of a scarcity value, and natural
~ the workman, through his union
made what he thought was the best
bargain for himself. He became
thereby one of the most important con-
tributory causes for the panic. The
workman and he principally. can re-
store boom times by the creation of
new wealth. The capital to run a
great boom is. simply the surplus Of
created wealth over that part of it
which must be consumed to maintain
the producer. 1t is the employment OF
such wealth which finances the boom
and 1t is the absorption of this wealth
In fixed forms, or its waste by fire
Hood, war, Or other causes. which
checks the boom and produces tie
panic. In the long period following a
world panic when such wealth Mas to
be recreated, the workman, union or
otherwise, has an admirable opportun.
ity to study elementary economics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

Returns almost complete from the
election in Ohio look as if the voters
there had been afflicted with an cpl
demic of the itch. In remarking this
fact the ST. Louis Republic, Demo
cratic paper, is moved to say:
ut was scratch, scratch, scratch
with them. Taft ran $4,000 ahead OF
Harris, the Republican candidate for
governor. and came out with a plural
ity of nearly $4,000 over Bryan Jud-
son Harmon, the Democratic candidate
for governor. received nearly $4,000
more votes than Bryan, only $4,000
less than Taft. and came out witt a
plurality of some 1900 over Harris.
One moral of these figures, as of the
unanalyzed vote in Indiana. Illinois
and other states, is that Taft was by
all odds the strongest candidate the
Republicans could have put up, and
that if he can't make his party keep
its promise of genuine tariff reform
the congress to be elected two years
hence will be Democratic"
If it wasn't for the hope that
springs eternal in the Democratic
breast and buoys it up after each sue
cessive defeat there wouldn't be any
Democratic party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

is water. Every cent paid to a work
man above the value of the wealth he
creates is water. He is in fact doing
the very thing on which is based the
chief complaint against capital.
Not much more than year ago, or
ganized labor did not allow brick
layer to lay more than 700 bricks a
day. A very good man can lay 1900.
There are more bricklayers than Jobs
Tor them now, and the same bricklayer
today who was laying 700 bricks is
now probably laying 1,400 The diff
ference between the 700 and the 1,4OO
bricks is water. 1t is a charge made
for wealth not created. Bad work,
cheap work, lazy work, unconscien-
tlous work, wilfully slow work, all Of
them constitute water upon which the
rest OF us work to pay dividends.
Ihis applies not merely to organized
labor, but to all workers, professional.
business and others who demand and
receive more than they earn.
Nothing is really more Injurious to
the workman than what Is called "Ca.
canny" 1t is the embodiment of
the fallacy that tae workman benefits
by doing as little work as possible.
and thereby forcing the employment of
more hands. Everybody is injured by
that practice, and nobody more than
the Workingman himself The fact can
be stated with mathematical precision.
II fifty workmen are employed on a
JOB which really only requires twenty
hve, the extra twenty-five are consum-
ing wealth which otherwise could be
used to employ more labor. If on the
other hand twenty-five men are EN-.
ployed On the job and give their best
efforts, thereby producing more than
they consume, they are creating
wealth, which must be employed in
other labor, and will ultimately employ
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

(Londoner1 could not understand
what President Roosevelt meant
when he said: I'VE have them beaten
to a 'frazzle.'')
When it's shaken till it won't shake
any more,
wheh IT'S Tipped and tapped and
Hoped against the floor.
When it's ground into = nowdar .ra
is stirred into chowder,
When you realize there ism anv
core.
When it's pulpif1ed impalpably. and
squeezed
Till it's drier than the drv sab.r.
sands,
"hen 1t hutters like the tatters that
are breezed
On the scarecrow in the pleasant
prairie lands,
When it's twisted.
Twirled
And twiddled,
When it's grilled, and
Gouged
And griddled.
Wnen It's roasted and is toasted
TIL it's crumbled to crisp.
When it's sizzled and is fizz,.d
To the shadow of wisp
When it's pumped upon and bumned
upon
AND thumped upon and battered
When it's tumbled up and iumb,ed
And rumbled up and scattered
When it's smashed and crashed .nd
hashed,
When it's lashed and gashed and
dashed,
Exploded.
Corroded,
Knocked,
Shocked,
Perforated, decimated.
Desiccated, salivated,
lorn and worn and f1ipped to f,,ndar,
Scorched into heap Of cinders =
Fragmentary, yanked in two
ripped into n residue.
Shredded to flmy shade
or shadow doubly frayed
lhen receives the zle.dazzIe-
That's a FRAGILE.
Chicago Evening Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

1t seems to the Wall Street Journal
that with the passing of the presi
Dental campaign of 1908 new era
in American business is opening. In
speaking of what has been accom-
plished and the promise for the flu
ture it says:
Not only has Organism, represent
ing as it does all sorts of economic
vagaries, received its third over
whelming defeat at the polls, but the
President-elect, Mr.. Taft, enjoys in
a marked degree the respect and con-
fidence of his fellow countrymen;
and his first utterances since his cleo.
tion. while in no way indicating any
recession from the Roosevelt policy
of progressive business reform, do
breathe a spirit of encouragement
and inspiration to the hundreds OF
thousands of business men 1t is evil
dent that President-elect Taft desires,
first of all, a revival of industrial and
trade activity, and his first words are
addressed to the furthering of that
end. Mr. Taft in a peculiar degree
stands for that large middle class of
American people who, while opposed
to turning back, do not want to push
ahead so fast as to cause business in
terests of the land to stumble
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11
PRAISE FOR IOWA NEWSPAPERS

The custom has been for Iowa Re.
publican newspapers to put their best
thought and energies into the cam
palgns for their party and to find their
only reward in the consciousness of
duty we'll performed. 1t never seems
to have occurred to anyone to thank
them for their good work, much less
accord them deserved praise, until
Mr. E. r. Adler. himself newspaper
man, became the head of the Iowa Re-
publican Press Bureau Mr.. Adler
has established new precedent in the
matter by sending letter of acknowl-
edgements and thanks to the Repub-
ilcan editors of the state In his let
ter he tells why the Republican party
Is strong In Iowa and adds few
words of iuducious praise, as follows:
"As campaign of education the one
which has Just closed could scarcely
be equalled. The credit for this is
due in large measure to the Repub-
lican press of Iowa. Many of the is
sues presented by the opposition can
didates and press were such as to
appeal to the popular fancy Much
and reiterated explanation was nee
essary in order to put the voters right
on issues arising rapidly during the
past few weeks. Tho work was done
by the Republican editors in man
ner which proved effective, as the re-
turns indicate. Not only did the pa.
pers of Iowa publish more generally
the letters and literature Is.
sued from the state and ma
tional press bureaus but the
editors and publishers devoted
more space to political discussions.
The editorial work of Tie Iowa news
papers was noteworthy in it's grasp of
the real situation in the various com
munities of the state. Not the least
responsible for the handsome major
tiles was the way in which the news
papers laid aside preferences and sup
ported the whole Republican ticket
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11
"Watered Labor y

Wall Street Journal: During the
past campaign a great deal was said
about .watered capital" Nobody. now
ever, developed the courage to talk
about "watered labor
When plant worth 100000 is CAP.
italized for $1,0OO,OoO, 1t is correct 70
say that 100000 of that capitalization
is water. The stock market will at.
.ehd TO squeezing out the water that
peihg one of its most valuable func.
tons' and If the plant is well run and
improved out of earnings, the water
can be replaced by tangible capital
as for instance it has been largely in
the case Of the United States Steel
corporation. If in the erection of that
sloo'ooo plant labor union exacts bv
combination $3.50 day for unskilled
labor worth $150, the remaining 80
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

If Kennedy could defeat Tracy the
way he did without making a single
speech in the district the Burlingt ton
Hawk-Eye wonders what he could
not have done with his Democratic OPP
ponent by stamping the various
counties. The fact is says the
same paper. the campaign methods
of the Democratic press alone was
sufficient to defeat Tracy" The lat
ter statement is open to the suspic,
ion of being overstrong, but it is en-.
tirely within bounds to say that the
methods of the Democratic press
made Mr.. Tracy no votes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

THE Keokuk Gate City is quite sure
that the defeat of Colonel Hepburn is
national calamity Well. there
should be some consolation in the
fact that the country will probably
never realize it,
The Tribune should not be too sure.
No man is absolutely Indispensable
but Colonel Hepburn has played a
large, useful and honorable part in
national affairs and will be seriously
missed from the halls of congress
AS the Tribu e cannot be unacquaint
ed with his record OF notable achieve
ments it must be influenced by its
prejudice against him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

The Marion Register notes with re-
gret the defeat of Hon. David Brant
Tor state senator in the Johnson-Iowa
district. The Registers regrets are
shared by all who know the gentle.
man and by Iowa Republicans in gen.
eral. Mr.. Brant has had legislative
experience and would have been a
valuable member of the senate. The
Democratic brethren in that district
will have whole lot to answer for
at the final judgment day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11

billy" Sunday is firing some hot
shot into them at ottumwa. In one
Of his recent sermons he declared:
This town is going to hell There
Is too much joining church and not
enough Joining Cod There is too
much playing tag with God and hide
and seek with the devil
i sometimes wish could pull a
string and all the unpaid for clothes
you people are wearing would fall
off. Some of you men wouldn't ave
awning on but celluloid collar and
a par OF socks, and you women
Wouiant nave anything on but rat
and some hairpins."
Are conditions there really as bad
rs that?