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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15

Mrs. Briggs, the lecturer and illus
traitor at the free bakery school, Ger,
talnly did take the ladies of Keokuk
by surprise. Her success was in
Simultaneous, judging by the enthus-
iastic interest of the large number of
ladies present There is no mistake
about Mrs. Briggs being expert in her
work-she is simply wonderful The
baking school is sure to be popular
with the housewives of Keokuk, as
there is so much that is practical and
useful in everyday housekeeping
taught by this expert Everything
she does in her work is explained in
an understandable way AS each
recipe is put together the consistency
of the dough, as it should be is shown
and you are told how to control the
temperature of your oven, to secure
results that are unfailing and satisfac-
tory 1t is noted in the work of this
expert that she has no failures in bak-
ing. She serves what she bakes to
the ladies present, as it comes from
the oven. The K G. Baking Powder
used by Mrs, Briggs in her work GER
tainly gives an astonishing result. if
the food baked with it, is any criter-
ion to go by. Ladies who have tried
this modern, never-failing powder are
generous in their praise of it, and are
advising their neighbors and those
those they are interested in to order
25c can from their grocer and in
sist on his sending it to them at once.
The Cooks Book" which goes free to
users of X. c. for the return of the
coupon found in each can, is the most
practical and valuable ever written
by Mrs. Hill, our greatest authority on
culinary art. If you want to make
some one happy give them a Cook S
Book for Christmas. One dollar is
not more than its value
Special subjects for Wednesdays
class: White cake with lemon filing
gold cake, one egg mullins, doughnuts
and nut biscuits. These will be found
to be very delicious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
4SADou.s sss!!shlptslp oysters.

"Sealshipt' Oysters are dish fit
for King They have flavor that
causes the epicure to smack his lips
for more.
The only way to get the true oyster
flavor is to buy "Saealship' Oysters.
"Sealshipt" come direct from the
beds, packed in alright, steel contain
ers, with ice around the containers but
not in contact with the oysters. Seal
shipt" is tle only method of shipping
that retains the original, distinctive
oyster taste. You get solid natural
sized meats The price of ''Sealshipt"
is higher than for tasteless, soft, in
cost less, since they go so much far
Their But "Sealshipt'' Oysters are
worth more than any oysters you ever
saw-you will agree to this after you
have once tried taem.
Notice how temptingly "Sealshipt"
Oysters are displayed in the Pure
White Porcelain Case bearing the Blue
"Sealshipt" Trade Mark-your guar
anty of purity and excellence.
Sold by Frank j. Ewers, Jos. Hau-
bert NJ L. Hoffman and Geo. Imme-
CART
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
NILSSON TELLS Of
| farm PROSPERITY
,,,,. Of All Farm Products For 1908
Were Record Breakers Accord
ing to Secretary Of
Agriculture.
TOTAL is s7,788,ooo,oo
Corn Still Holds it's Place as King
Rural Wages Are Higher
and the Exports Are
Growing.
TOTAL IS s7,788,ooo,oo

WASHINGTON, December 14.-Ac-
.ording to the annual report of Sec
,0arv Wilson of the Department of
agriculture the farm value of all farm
,roducts of 1908 reaches the most ex-
,raordinary total in the nations his
ory-s7. IT'S, 100000. This is about
tour times the value of the products
II the mines, including minerals, oils
and nrecious metals. The farmer con-
tribltes 81 per cent of the raw mater
,sIs used in those manufacturing in
dnstries which depend mostly or con-
siderably upon agricultural materials,
and these industries use 40 per cent
nj all materials used in all industries.
The gain In value of farm products
| h 1908 over 1907 is $3.50, 100000 and
vonld have been much larger had not
tbe prices of cotton and hay been low.
| The value of products in 1899, the
census year. being taken at 100, the
yaue for 1908 stands at 1875; for 1904,
| At 1871; for 1905, at 1874; for 1906 at
liS; for 1907, at 1853: and for 1908, at
|]e5. During the last ten years the
wealth production on the farms of this
country has exceeded the fabulous
sum of 100000, 100000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
WILL ATTEND
THE INAUGURATION
Cousins of President-EIect Taft Viii
Go to Washington and Visit
for Two Weeks.
[Gate City Special Service.l

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 15.-Mrs.
Byron w. Woolverton and her sis
ter. Miss Jessie Fyfe, both of Spok-
ane, cousins of President-elect Taft,
whom they have never seen, will at
tend the Inauguration ceremonies and
ball at washington, d. c., March a.,
after which they will visit the Tafts
for two weeks. Mrs. Woolverton
said that Mr.. Taft's mother visited
the Fyfes in southern California,
when the president-elect was small
boy. The Fyfes moved to Pierce,
Neb., afterward. coming to Spokane
six years ago. The relationship of
the two families is established by Mr..
Taft's uncle marrying Mrs. Woolver-
tons aunt Mrs. Woolverton received
several letters from Mr.. Taft before
and after his election as chief exc
cutive of the nation, and in the last
he invited them to visit at the White
House.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
SS7 $50 500 $40
independents.
ST. Peters Defeated.

The st. Peters bowling team, after
winning the first two games by mar
row margins, slumped in the third
last evening and lost the match by
100 pins. In the final game the
DreXels came up strong and several
high games won the match.
The hard luck of the evening may
be attributed to Hesbacher. In the
second game he was rolling in great
form. With 200 mark apparently
cinched he got but one pin on a
spare, and Immediately following with
two strikes, rolled off the alley after
the double. Failing down completely
on the spare and also on the two
strikes lost at least 81 pins and pos
sibly many more. Had he made 200
he would have received a box of
cigars. His score was 1874.
High average went to Britt with
16S, and high game to Hesbachcr
with 1914. The summary:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Farmers Are Prosperous.

The secretary concludes his review
for 1908 with these words: "The farm.
er had many reasons for his Thanks.
giving in 1908, as he did in recent
years. He has reaped as well as sowed.
He has obtained more of the means
With which to improve his farm, to in
crease his capital, to become more
generous consumer of the goods of
other producers, and to add to the
things that count Off a better living
and more pleasant life"
In regard to department finances
Secretary Wilson says:
The amount estimated for the fiscal
year 1910 in the regular appropriation
bill is S14,61O,626, which includes s720.-
900 for agricultural experiment sta
tons In addition there will be per
manent appropriation of S3,0O0OOO for
meat inspection, a permanent appro-
prlation of $624,000 for additional al
lotments to agricultural experiment
stations under the Adams act and
100000 for printing and binding I'M
der the public printer, making a grand
total of $1S,744,626, which is an in
crease over the fiscal year 1909 of So
oS4,520, or 1877 per cent. The princi-
pal items of increase each year are for
the maintenance and Improvement of
the national forests and for acrrying
into effect the provisions of the food
and drugs act The appropriation for
the national forests is Offset by the rev
enue from the sales of timber and graz.
ing, which amounted to $3.50, 374 80
during tale year ended June 80 1908
making the national forests practically
self-supporting
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Results Last EVENING.
Drexels majority ........... lo6

The Keokuk Club defeated the In
dependents last evening at the Keo-
kuk Club alleys before large audi
ence, and by the teams victory
jumped into first place with a clear
title. The Independents started out
in great style and held the Club bowl
ers to a margin of thirteen pins in
the first game. A slump in the sec
ond, however, carried them back near
ly one hundred and fifty and the final
game was lost by over fifty pins.
The best bowler of the evening
was Taber. He tied for high game
with Walter Mas, each making 1879,
and had high average with 1856. Smith
was very consistent in his work dur
ing the evening and finished With an
average of 172.
For the Independents, Cook had
high average with 100. The sum-
mary:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15

healthy condition. During the many
years in which it has been in general
use we have yet to learn of single
case of cold or attack of the grip hay
ing resulted in pneumonia when this
remedy was used, which shows CON
clusively that it is certain proven
tive of that dangerous disease. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic ard may b.
given as confidently to a baby as to
an adult For sale by Wilkinson &
Co, pharmacy, and ]. F. Kiedaisch &
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
tiles Cureo at Home By
New ABSORPTION Method

If you suffer from bleeding, itching,
blind or protr ding Piles, send me
your address, and | will tell you how
to cure yourself at home by the new
absorption treatment; and will also
send some of this home treatment free
for trial, with references from your
own locality if requested Immediate
relief and permanent cure assured
Send no money, but tell others of this
offer. Write today to Mrs. NJ Sum
mers, Box P. Notre Dame, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
TAI 726 s44 77o1.S
How 20 Cure a Cold.

Be careful as you can you VIII
occasionally take cold, and when yo.
do, get medicine of known RELIABLE
ity, one that has an established repu-
tation and that is certain to effect a
quick cure. Such medicine is
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t has
gained world wide reputation by its
remarkable cures of this most COM
mon ailment, and can always be de-
pended upon. 1t acts on natures
plan, relieves the lungs, aids expector
alton, opens the secretions and aids
nature In restoring the svstem tn q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15

shipping tropical fruits. They may be
successfully shipped to any point with
in thirty days direct communication
with Honolulu. In Porto Rico highly
favored Java coffees are being plant
ed to take the place of the Porto Rican
coffee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
jury Fails to Aaree.

WAYNESBURG, Pa, Dec. 14-The
jury in the case of j. B. F Rinehart,
ex-cashier of the Farmers and Drov-
ers' National bank, charged with forg-
cry and wrecking said institution,
failed to agree on verdict this morn
ing and We're discharged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Farm Wages Higher.

Commenting on the increase in farm
wages and the work of experiment sta
tions. Secretary Wilson says:
The extraordinary prosperity of the
farmers, following their low financial
condition a dozen years ago and earl
Ter, has enabled them to pay higher
wages for farm labor than before. From
1895 to 1906 farm wages increased in
a greater degree than general prices
did. The percentage of increase Of
prices of all commodities, as indicated
by Bradstreet's index, was sc per cent,
while the wages of farm labor by the
month for the year or season without
board increased SO per cent and with
board Al per cent; wages by the day in
harvest without board increased 46
per cent and with board SIS per cent;
the wages of ordinary labor by the
dav without board increased Sc per
cent and with board 81 per cent. In
the matter of wage increase compared
with prices, the farm laborer has Jared
better than tle workingman employed
in manufacturing and mechanict in
dustries
The relations of the office of expert
ment stations with the state stations
have never been more cordial than
they are at present They are doing
more scientific and practical work.
They are carrying their studies more
thoroughly over the states and reach
ing larger proportion of the farmers
and their problems. During the year
they published 459 annual reports, bull
letins and circulars, which were sent
to over 774.000 addresses. The Alaska
stations devote their attention prin-
cipally to live stock, horticultural
crops and cereal growing. The Kodiak
station has about sixty head of Gal
loway cattle. Horticultural investiga-
lions at Sitka are quite promising. The
Hawaiian station continues work in
the diversification of agriculture and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
GREAT SUCCESS
MRS. BRIGGS MEETS AND INTER.
ESTS THE WOMEN OF
kEOkUk.

Lecturer and illustrator of Free Bak.
ing School in Session at Duncan
ScheIl Furniture Co.'s Bio Store,
Astonishes and Holds Entranced
the Large Class That Witness Her
Finished and Artistic Work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15

Foley's Orino Laxative cures chron-
lie constipation and stimulates the
liver Orino regulates the bowels so
they will act naturally and you do not
have to take purgatives continuously
Wilkinson & Co. and j. r kiedaisch
& Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Rustin's Widow Goes to HaverhlI

HAVERHILL Mass, Dec Mrs
Grace Rustin, of Omaha the widow
of DR.. Fred Rustin, arrived here to
live with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George c. How. Mrs. Rustin brought
her two children, as she expects to
make her permanent home here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Corn is Still King.
Secretary Wilson SAYS:

Secretary Wilson says.
For the first time, this year the val
ue of all farm crops equals $4,000, 000,-
| 0OO and of this total the value of the
corn crop is about one-third; wheat,
| hay and cotton combined make more
I than another third, and the smaller
crops the remainder. Never before
has the hay crop been so large in guam
tsy, nor the rice crop, nor the sugar
beet crop, nor beet and cane sugar pro-
dnttion The production of barley has
been exceeded in only one former year,
and cotton by only two years at most.
The highest crop values in compari-
son with former years are held by
corn wheat, rice, all cereals, potatoes,
sugar beets, possibly tobacco. by beet
sugar and by beet and cane sugar COM
nlned. Next to the highest value was
reached by hay, barley, oats, sugar
cane and cane sugar, and perhaps by
cotton.
Although the farmer gets hardly 20
cents pound for his butter, between
and cents a quart for his milk and
about ~ cents for each egg, yet the
value OF the farm products of the
aalry COW is getting close to $S00,O00,-
poV and the value of the eggs and poul-
ry produced on the farm is worth as
much as the cotton crop, seed includ-
70, Or the hay crop, or the wheat crop.
Inc aggregate value of animals
sold and slaughtered and of animal
PRODUCTS at the farm amounts to about
'afeeelghts of the value of all farm
Efoducts, estimated upon the census
Iasis, and is getting nearer and nearer
ss0OO.ooO,0 900"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
Exports Of Farm Products.

Inc exports of agricultural products
! the fiscal year 1908 were valued at
IiVl7OOo,ooo, an amount greater than
Eor any year, except 1907, the reduc-
Eon of sS7,ooO,OOO under that year be.
~ chiefly due to the falling off in
Tslae of cotton exports.
lhe exported cotton was valued at
|''0'VOo,ooOO, the grain and grain pro-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
ducts at s215,ooo,ooo, and the packing
house products at S1e6 nm onn

ducts at $215,000,000, and the packing
mouse products at $196, 100000.
Inc imports of agricultural products
IN l9oS were valued at $540, 600, 900 in
the countries from which exported. a
reduction of 100000 below the val
ue for 1907. Imports are mostly silk.
wool, hides coffee various vegetable
flbers and oils, fruits, sugar and mo,
lasses, tea and tobacco. The exports
OF forest products are beginning to
decline, chiefly in lumber and timber
The imports of such products declined
in 1908 mostly because of India rub
Der, but there were gains in imports
OF pulp wood and wood pulp.
The total exports of the United
States in 1908 were apportioned in
value as follows: Animals and animal
products, 16 per cent; cotton and cot
ton products, 81 per cent; grain and
grain products, IL per cent; all other
products chiefly sustained by agricul-
ture, 6 per cent; forest products and
other products chiefly dependent upon
them 8 per cent; exports that are not
agricultural nor of forest origin,
either fully or in principal degree, 81
per cent.
The exports of domestic agricultural
products in 1908 being worth s1,017,-
100000, the exports of foreign agri-
cultural products s540,O0O,000, a bal
ance of trade of the enormous value of
SASS, 100000 in favor of the farm pro-
ducts of this country results, an
amount exceeded only in 1901 and 1895
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-15
.z,yy,zlCzh
HeasIfh
Never Fails to Restore
tray Hair to its Natural
Color and Beauty.

no nnatter how long ithas been gray
graded. Promotes a luxuriant growth
OF healthy hair. Stops its falling out.
ana positively removes Dan
arun. Keeps hair soft and glossy. Re.
fuse all substitutes. az times as much
In Sl.OO as Soc. size. Is Not q Dye.
u ana soc. bottles, at druggists
oeno e Tor free book " The Care Of the Hair. -
Phlo BAY Spec. Co., Newark, N. ].
Hays Harfina Soap cures piu,,s.
red, rough and chapped hands. and all skin dis
eases Keeps skin fine and soft 25c. DRUGGISTS
Send &c for free book 1.-THE Care OF the Skin !,
For sale by Wilkinson G. Co. and ].
F. kiedaisch G. Sons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
F1tl,1,:.aarp 20 1903

account of the tournament, and prints
fine likeness of the winner. In COM
menting on the game in France, the
paper says that altho bowling has
only recently been imported from AM
erica, it promises to become a most
popular sport in France.
MIR. Bowen has been made vice pres
ident of the recently organized Bowl
ing Club of France. For his place in
the tournament he was awarded a gold
bust and gold medal
Mr.. Bowen was an enthusiastic
bowler before he went to Paris, and
While a resident of Chicago held the
city championship for two years, his
record score being 2S6.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
CANADIAN CROP REPORTS.
How One Farmers Winter Wheat Crop
Realized $38 Per Acre-His Oats
$37 Per Acre in Southern Alberta.
coaldale, Alta, Nov. 10th, 1907.

Coaldale, Alta, Nov. 18th, 1907.
/ beg to say that this year we had
$40 acres of grain, consisting of 1877
acres of spring wheat and 1872 acres of
oats. The average yield of wheat was
SO bushels per acre and oats "a BUSH
els. We We're offered $1.OO per bushel
for wheat and SO cents for oats, maxi
ing the acre values for the two crops
$500 and $500, respectively.
We also had so tons of hay worth
$500 per ton, and 500 bushels of pota-
toes worth 60 cents per bushel, the
latter off 21s acres of ground.
Our best yields this year were 107
acres of wheat making Al bushels per
acre at $1.00 per bushel would be $41.00
per acre; AZ acres of oats, yielding 50
bushels per acre were sold for so cents
per bushel. Proceeds $4,000 per acre.
l might add that SO acres of our oats
were stumbled in.'
During the spring of 1906, we hired
about 800 acres broken by steam. We
put in and harvested SIS acres of grain
last year, did the remainder Of our
breaking, worked up the ground and
SGCuSu tIllS year eIltlIc SIOp, put III
acres of alfalfa, and acres of garden
potatoes, trees, etc, all with one four
horse team. During harvest we hired
other teams; but, aside from this, and
part of the breaking the one team did
the work of raising practically 10000
bushels of grain, worth $4,000.
Yours truly
W. H. PAWSON, JR.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
TRIAL JURORS DRAWN.
venire Of Sixty Drawn for March Term
of District Court.


The venire of trial jurors for II
March term of the district court ~;
drown Wednesday, On the order
Judge j. NJ. Parker sixty names we
drawn Wednesday. on the order
port on the second Monday of Il
term, March %. Following are Il
names drawn
F. w. Hopkins, Marion.
c. d. Darling. Eden.
w. Ii. II. Townsend, Marshalltown.
Daniel Snyder, Marshalltown.
r. r. Howard. Washington.
c. T.. Patterson. Marshalltown.
Nelson Ulery. Liscomb.
ED jackson. State Center.
Henry A. Miller. State Center.
II. r. Norris. Marshalltown.
r. d. Dennis, Iowa.
Oliver Nichols, Marietta.
j. ID. Rockhill, Vienna.
c. c. Carroll Marshalltown.
a. J. Bonham, Eden.
j. w. Cooper, Marshalltown.
J. B. Field, Marshalltown.
II. w. Beeson. Iowa.
w. n. ItShtl, hliiIl.
Willard Hauser. Iowa.
T.. j. kearns, MarshalltoWn.
George Grant, Eden.
Perry Woodruff. Marshalltown.
j. w Melton Marshalltown.
B. Laughlin. Marshalltown.
p W. Ward. Marshalltown.
l.. p. Clemens, Marshalltown.
Robert Slice, Logan.
7. c. Collins. Marshalltown.
w. NJ. Schafer, Liberty.
Ross Hopkins, Logan.
l.. w. Pence. Jefferson.
Charles Smith, Logan.
j. j. Mcpherson, Linn.
w. w. White, State Center.
e. X. Peterson, LeGrand.
w. f. Putnam. Linn.
B. l.. Pyle, Marietta.
R. b. Reeder, Marshalltown.
w. A. Gait, State Center.
c. H. Hicks, Taylor
E. w. Cornick, Linn.
w. S. Bentley, Marshalltown.
j. B. Simmons, Marshalltown.
F. l.. Hays. Linn.
e. Weishaar, Eden.
Lewis Schneider, Marshalltown.
b. c. Glass, Vienna.
c. Strand, Green Castle.
d. A. Rudy, Liscomb.
Thomas McLarnan. Marshalltown.
A. w. Good. Bangor.
Frank Clemens, Minerva.
+. E. Rupert, Timber Creek.
William Elder, Minerva.
c. d. Greenlee, Linn.
G. +. Cherry. Marshalltown.
+. II. Haskell, Timber Creek.
G.. A. Burg, Marshalltown.
George Egbert, Jefferson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20

Miss Mitchem and Miss Zug played the
overture introdu cling the third act, and
Mrs. Lloyd the bridal chorus. Miss
Smith sang The Lark Now Meets His
Watery Nest (Parker,) and Miss
WATSON followed with a piano number,
Suppe, Morning Noon and Night"
Miss Smith sang, in closing, The
Swallows" by !cowen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20

Ito YOUR and send It to you on strict guar.
antee Of satisfaction or money refunded and have
put my price 80 low that anybody, rich or poor can
buy it, Remember. make 1t to your order-send 1t
to you-you wear it-and II doesn't satisfy you you
send 1t back to me and will refund your money,
The banks or any responsible citizen in Marshall will
tell you that s the way do business-always abso-
Iutey on the square and have sold to thousands OF
people this way for the past nve yesrs. Remember.
use no saves no harness, no lies, no fakes Just
give YOU straight business deal at reasonable price
G. E. BROOKS, s727 erooks BLDG. Marshall. Mich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
The editor Of the Mennnhis

The editor Of the Memphis, Tenn.
"Times" writes: "In my opinion Foley's
Honey and Tar is the best remedy for
coughs, solids and lung trouble and to
my own personal knowledge Foley's
Honey and Tar has accomplished many
permanent cures that have been little
short of marvellous" Refuse any but
the genuine in the yellow package. Nc
Bride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
BOWEN FRENCH CHAMPION.
Former MarshalItown Boy Captures
BOWLING Honors at Paris.

The European edition of the New
York Herald gives an extensive ac-
count of championship bowling tour
ney held at Paris, France, in which q
former MarshalltoWn boy, Palmer L.
Bowen. captured the European cham
pionship The Paris edition of the
Herald gives even a more complete
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
Local Meather Record.

The extremes in temperature We'd
nesday were % and 1, as against %
and 10 for the day preceding. At 1880
this morning was registered, as COM
pared to II at the corresp onding hour
Wednesday morning.