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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12
CITY NEWS
Reading the want column?

Reading the want column?
Masquerade at rink Saturday nlght.
Bring your frienS- 20 Ayres & Sons
jewelry auction sale beginning sat
urday November IA at 2 p. m.
Not much time to throw away on
holiday shopping. Christmas is com
ing quickly. Better shop early and get
a choice selection.
Yesterday afternoon in the office OF
Justice James S. Burrows, occurred
the marriage of Sebastin Scherer and
Grace Mccartney, a Keokuk couple.
The activity among the real estate
men is expected to continue. lnpulr-
les for both business and acreage
property are coming in lively and not
a few are from out of town people.
Made in Keokuk" is becoming
quite the thing. An article manufac-
tured in this city is worthy of home
patronage. 1t is certain way OF
building up home industries and CIV
ing boost to Keokuk made goods.
Attend supper given in Trinity M.
e. church, Saturday, November IA.
Price Csc.
Gate City want ads do tne work.
Monday evening a found belt was adj
yertised. Last evening a lost $40 bill
vas advertised. Today both o. these
articles were returned to their own.
ars through The Gate City which has
the largest circulation.
You can buy Xmas presents at
Ayres jewelry auction sale at your
own price.
The steamer Eloise will arrive al
the local port on Saturday night al
ten O'CLOCK and will leave some time
during the night or Sunday with hel
sister, the Keokuk, so as to be ir
Rock Island by Sunday night where
the two will go into quarters for the
winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12
Piles Cured at Home By
New Absorption Method

If you suffer from bleeding, itching,
blind or protruding 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 toll 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, 1908-11-12

MAN WANTED QUICKLY by big Chi
cago Mail Order House to distribute
catalogues, advertise. etc. $500
week. $50 expense allowance first
month = experience required. Man
ager. 500 Wabash Bldg. Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12

WANTED Responsible, capable man
in Keokuk for district manager. Big
salary to right party. Office work.
Send reference. P. H. Yagla, Water
loo, -owa 12-3t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12
FUNERAL NOTICE.

HAMMEe-The funeral of the late
Mrs. John Hammes will be held from
the family home, No. 919 Bank street.
Friday, November 13, 1908, at 8 o'clock
p. m. Friends of the family are in
vited to attend. Burial private.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED Position as housekeeper
by woman of IS, with boy seven, ex-
perienced cook. Prefer place handy
to school. Address E this office. 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12

WARSAW SALE DAY, SATURDAY.
November IA. Commencing at 10
q. m. twenty to thirty head of good
horses. also some good mich cows
VIII sell anything consigned to this
sale. Huff and McAdams, Warsaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12
If You are. over Fifty Read This.

tt You are. over Fifty Read This.
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 Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-02-19
APPALACHIA DEPARTMENT.

Keep an eve out out for Full
Ter Bros big circular and look
at the great reduction IN their
prices.
George Bently. Of keokee. Is
preparing 80 move his family
60 Preacher about March LIST.
=. &. Collier was IN Norton
Saturday looking after business
matters
Get your meals at the Tip
Top Restaurant " QUIZ bee sat-
isfied
High waters Saturday were
the cause Of much iuconvcn-
fence to wagon traffic through
this vicinity.
Dr . ANlcy Giimer. of Big
Stone Gap. made a PROFESSIONAL
can to Chas w Bailey. who is
seriously nm.
Charles Lucas. of Lexington.
KY. an attendant at tho KEN
mcST State Asylum wa- in
town Friday enrnufe to that
institution with Wesley Collins.
90 'nnouc from Nhite-hurg
Fuller Bros prepay express
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-02-19

ANutfo the Wise Is suf
hcIDnf gef Vacciuafod. have
your children Nacmated and
tAu- Save the pound of cure and
unlimited worry and distress
from illness ANY physician
cam lo the work for Won
Various contagious diseases
are prevalent throughout this
section and one never knows
when they MAY come in con
tact with "a dreaded maladv
and either succumh themselves
or be- the indirect cause. from
negligence of this important
factor. Of thc sad necessity of
following the remains of some
loved One 20 the cemetery. or
suffer unlimited mental agony
while attending their bedside
through slowly dragging Of
lonesome winter nights
And now while the subject is
up keep your premises clean
and request your neighbor 90 DC
the same. Don't let one iota of
filth accumulate IL YOU can
accomplish your point any 9th
er Nay, enlist the services al
the health officer and town ser
geant, II Is both your prviies'
and duty.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-02-19
notice.
Real Estate For Sale.

Ia Pie 4. S. court. for tho Hcuern
District ~ Iirginia. IA me
matter ~ u. I. Brown. Bank
upt.
Pursuant 20 an order entered
I'm the above case on the nth
dav Of Nov. 1907. the undersign-
ed trustees will. on Saturday,
the 7th day Of March. 1905, at
10 O'Clock a. m, az the front
door of the United States Court
house. I'M the town of Big Stone
Gap. Virginia, offer for sale.
aud sell to the highest bidder.
the following real estate. situ-
ated in said town. and being
the property of said bankrupt,
to-wIt.-
One dwelling house and lot.
being Lot 40 3. oft Block 30.
Plat $40. i.
One dwelling house and lot.
being lot $50. ID. of Block lS.
Plat $50. b..
One store house and lot ON
East Fifth Street. adjoining the
GooiIoc Bros. store. and known
ae the Brown or Cornott store
house.
TERMS. One third cash. and
the balance in two eQu1 inc
-taIIments payable SIX and
twelve months from date oi
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
Mopehzed from Clyde HfcRs Drama
ofMe Same Title. Now Being Played
n New York by Ethel Barrymore.

led for the stage, procured position
with theatrical troupe bound for
America, made her initial appearance
in New York. andy
AS this vision passed before
Eleanor Anderson. gazing SO strangely
into the eyes Of her lone companion
In the railway carriage. she shudder-
ed with a terrible foreboding, But
the quickly-changing scenes that were
Whirling through her brain and APP
parently assuming form in the young
mans eyes, did not halt. Like the
Thousands OF films In a moving pic
ture machine. each OF them kept rat
Ting along until a succession of In
cfdents formed a definite whole.
Her Sisters Unhappy Plight.
Disagreeable as 1t was, the vision OF
Jane in America seemed TO stand out
stronger than anv OF the rest. There
was an American wife In New York.
unjustly jealous. She had suspected
that her husband thought too much OF
Jane, and had threatened to sue for
a divorce.
With this scandal logging her foot
steps the helpless and wholly limo
cent girl had fed back to England
and Under another name she was now
working In Birmingham bonnet shop
Poor Jane! She was indeed bad
sailoi--the sight of q man made her
giddy.
But what OF Eleanor Alderson2 Was
not she also bad sailor? Had not the
sight Of this youth sitting before her
caused giddiness that she could not
overcome? 1t had. but the giddiness
was not OF the kind that man usually
stirs up In the heart Of girl. 1t was
a weird and uncanny feeling.
Some unfathomable power seemed
to warn her against him. And an
other impulse equally mysterious at
tracted her toward the youth.
| As the last picture of Jane work
ing in the Birmingham bonnie. shoI
vanished from her mind a sudder
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
IN DETROIT THESE JOKES
ARE WOR TIL READING

Mr.. Knaggs--That's for your first
husband. I'm sorry e died!
Learning.
The Assyrian scratching some HE
roglyphics on a brick. What you
writing?" asked his cbum.
Hanged IL know" responded the
engraver. but / guess some OF those
psychologists OF the Twentieth Cen
fury can translate IL all right. '--Phi!.
adelphia Public Ledger.
Occupied.
How is it he doesn't get along bet.
teri"
Hes unfortunate In his friends"
How 500"
80 many OF them are succeeding
that Il keeps him busy explainins
that their triumphs ale a string al
flnkes."
How u VIII Advance.
Talk about foresight"
i"WeIl?"
"Old Gotrox left a thousand tons OF
coal In trust, not to he touched until
the youngest child is Of age"
Hang Him.
See that fellow? He's a murder
err" ----A---
1.-THE deuce you say"
Yep. He's one o. those simplifiei
spoilers"
At the Eank.
The cashier--Come here just a min.
ute.
The teller-lcounting money Cant:
= have my hands in the doogh.-The
Northern Budget.
..
The New Tenants
,rrhey seem To be having duet r.
the next suite"
Yes. the man Is practicing on the
-cornet, while his wife talks. "--ctevn
land Piain Dealer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
~>~~--~- BY ~~~~~~
J. M. IOUCHBOROUGH

| hotel, as he had volunteered to do.
But after she had engaged room
and babe him feeble "good-by" that
seemed to have more than cordially
in it. Ernest rushed up to the cleri
of the same hostelry and secured,
quarters FOR himself.
II suppose am q fool" he M
tered. with all the chances l
| had and being rated as a goo
catch here am chasing at the heel
or a fortune-teller. l wonder wha,
Laura Herriard would say"
This thought startled him. An e,
preston of fear came over his fesI
tues, but he quickly dismissed X VIII
frown and a snap of his niger
Laura Herriard knew the best societ
people In London, and she had intrs
dnced him to them. She had do
1t all because she expected TO becon.
Ernest's wife.
Left widow by the death OF
cousin OF the Bickley's, she persisten
| ly logged Ernest's footsteps. Tn.
heir to the Buckley fortunes liked hef
because she battered him. Flattery.
however. is ragged and uncertain
moose with which to lead q man
to the altar. And that moose was I'M
tremendously pulled from the vic
TINS head by the train that CARRIE
Ernest to Edinburgh.
Pulled from his head 1t was. bi 1
not broken. One end OF it WAS SIT
held In Laura Herriard's dainty hand
A shrewd lassoer on the plains OF Low
was this woman, and she possesse
the skill, the cunning and the wickes
ness to make 1t an evil day for Elei
nor Anderson when she met Ernes
Buckley In the railway carriage bour
| for Edinburgh.
Yet behind all the villainy a.
lrlotting In life there stalks Grim F. II
In armor. ready when the occas
presents itself to lean forward W.
the flashing sword of Right and strj
hard and true for pure and he
soul.
tTo be Centiaued.y
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
ToDAY's BEST STORY.
The Supple Salesman.

Asa Goddard, one OF the leadir
spirits OF the American Automobi
association said at q dinner in We
eester, apropos of some new auton
bile legislation:
ITO get this thing passed, we mu
be diplomatic, we must be suppl. '
must not. though, go In our ipl
macy and our suppleness to 81
lengths as an automobile salesman
know.
"A friend OF mine went to this m,
and said:
81 want an automobile
"'Yes, sir. A good one?' said Il
salesman.
""Yes. What will first-class m
chine cost?'
"'well. q really frst.class MACH
will cost you from six to seven tho
and dollars. i II isn't economy, y
know. to-
Great Scott. man! ! can't 20 .
Ahigh as that. Haven't you got som
thing which
"'Oh. yes.' said the salesman. We,
got splendid line from sixty-ffty u
Nothing better going. II isn't eco
omy as I was Just about to say.
pay fancy price just for name a
STYLE -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
CHAPTER u.

Erncst's uncle--A Weird Thought.
The youth started forward In appfe-
henslon. Quickly regaining her com
posture, she checked him with ges-
ture.
IL think the rolling OF the train
made me feel faint" she murmured.
But why were you staring at me SO
strangely" he asked, 1T was positive
ly uncanny. Are you Ill! Can help
you Ii any way?"
NO." she said, Il must confess that
for few moments did gaze at you In
most brazen manner"
1T was not brazenness," he said
earnestly. There was something aw-
fully queer about It, And the queerest
part is that while you sat there for
Just a few brief moments looking like
priestess in the Delphic temple re-
cefving revelation, could no. help
thinking of my uncle, Arnold Culling-
worth Why should he SO suddenly
break into my mind?"
well. am a fortune-teller by pro-
fession." she began.
"A fortune-telleri" interrupted tho
youth with enthusiasm, isn't that ro-
manticl Maybe it explains the whole
business. I'll wager that thousands
OF good spirits are lowering around
you all the time. Please tell me your
name II must sound supernaturally
impressive. For my part, / am Ern-
est pickley."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
Tommy Todd. H rs M gss1s j e
BY WEEK JONES.

bling Crimminel cowerd Bfore him
heer sed jams jonsun thee Grim
minei was Hay A desprit fite q bee
shot
wei Jams jonsun sed IN u Don't like
tit rite A book yurself
4 sed u r A sissy emmy way & we
scrappd Til muther rang Thee bell
for supper
viii? rite me A book like kipplings
with the Soldiers
make me Thee big & jam jonsun
thee smawl / q lett me Lick him good
2 times inn Eech chapter
Sc u Later t
tommy
deer unkel tack an isthmus Is A
narro peece OF Land joining 2 bigger
peeces like At panama
+ sed z Teacher
then what? Is thee sence OF diging
A canal att panama when lit VIII
spoil A perfectly good ismus
taus 36asaa 10 sftirs A new BOOK
tits cAwld jams jonsun Thee cheef
| OF Thee bukkaneers
tits pritty good 2
thee hero (itts jams jonsun him
SELF Agen tits A shame) sits on A
kegx OF powder a ser 1 vii drop A
lifted candel In2 this 4 bio Awl hands
perdfshun q thay Civ up Thee boot7
& Tbf6 caDtiv gerl
We NJ Try ut when We can Get A
bareR Of powder
= = : -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31

A Bar to Faith.
pa" complained TIE boy. so long
as 60 to the same school with Tom
my Trn can't be Christian Seient-
ist."
"what?" cried the pillar OF the new
church; why can't you?"
cause It's hard ID believe that a
punch on the jaw is all my imagina'
ton. Catholic Standard and Times.
~ Unseen Power.
Howell--Do you ever feel that you
ere controlled by some unseen pow
er?
Henpeck--Yes; when my wife is
gnes her orders over the telephone
Exchange.
Sure Enough.
De Broke--There IL no show for a
poor man In this country.
Hyker--whats the matter with the
6ve-oent aters?-Chicago News.
Her Loving Friends.
Nan--where do poor. dear LII and
the husband she managed to get at
last expect to spend their honey
moon?
| Fan-There won't be any honey
moon. She's wasp--Chicago Trib'
une.
t---- = profitable Trip. ~
How did Harry enjoy his trip
abroady
VERY much; he looks happy, and
has gained 115 pounds
"One hundred and fifteen poundsT'
Eyes, and she's an heiress'--
Brooklyn Life. II &
do you drink, colonelf"
What else do you think a Kentuck.
ian would be In thu -NzwtA fer stfih "a
-
| --------- sympathy.
Mrs. Knagg-What We, wearin. that
black band round yer hat for7
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
Queer File, That
]. Lincoln Steffeus
ts.s the Temerlty 10 Tell the Board
Of Commerce What He
Thinks.

them the plans and specifications model city should begin with
the poor and unemployed
What7 No posies riveront promenade group plan
Of public budngs3 wearing OF buttons vocngs OF the
of dooryardsa emphasis upon population
and bank clearances?
Incedible Such emphasis upon of these breth
rem goes back bevond the when the rich
young should do be saved and was told TO
sell all that he had and give to the poor
and undismayed disciple OF tins
system municipal salvation suitably revised and
brought up date.
got deep into the trouble and
he ought whats apckng on OF our American CITIES
he didn't of his seed we know
zen on friendly gave them something think about
And that's reassuring process
Now these are sayings sseens spoken out OF
bis knowledge the shame of American cities:
with the banking probfem never WITH the
unemployed problem
AT any hour one get of the
ket; from the labor market, report
Socialists making the gains they because they are tn
ing Of the labor problem
It's not so much case municipal of
! bad system
The greatest of clean city government IS the puoc
service corporation
Of greater importance than good business prosperity of
the individual integrity of the municipal government
Detroit bad enough for warning nor good enough TOT
Inspiration.
Cleveland governed city its people have
harmed how
your bravey unitedly fight off municipal
Toe. Don't be afraid of a long traction
There no service greater joy anything than
The bad is also good him the side OF re-
form.
The greatest stumbling the path of reform the
public business who have in the belief that
they buy support and buy of opposition
certain lawyer arose. desiring Mr. steens what
relationship between the ovch and the problem OF
y the unemployed
cities replied saying that when some
get they there others who fail get
the overch and the latter
n Were the overpoor.
Both products of imperfect civilization In good time
will already made start-towad that stage
justice democracy where will be compelled
in shadow of starvation.
Mr. Steens The Times yester-
unemployed of New York had right be heard For
HE history organized charity had broken down in New
York
M public governmental facilities for directing
places where labor is needed tenn
porary relief could be afforded.
} insuHerable cad" and subst
tute splendid soldier Of the good"
At the time applaudng that spirit of breadth and
ressveness the Board of that permits Detroit
ear spoken and in the strength of conviction
Something has been said the Indebtedness of Mr. Se
fcns plea for a model city,
We that way. He couldn't fastened his Cos
PEI Of unselhsh patriotic Detroit definitely he
tried.
His remarks only in the of the illusions
IF the gentleman in the poker game who said
Il don't be personal but ths oneeyed galoo
present pack an ef he don't
quit il III shoot his other eye outr
f
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
A Word Of Caution.

Clerk-zIf you please. sir Il shall Aal
TO ask you to excuse me for the re
of the day. / have just heard Of
IAN addition to my family.
|. Employers that SO, Quiils7 WI
is it--boy or. girl?
Clerk--well, sir, the fact is--er
somewhat embarrassed) It's two boz
Employer--Twins. Ell? Young ma
I'm afraid you are putting on
many heirs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31

That ]. Lincoln Steffens, editor
of the American Magazine, is an
insufferable cad.
either that or man with the
courage of his convicions.)
Fancy a guest of the Board OF
Commerce, sitting among the elect
spirits OF Detroit's business. pro-
fessional and social world. telling
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
In Financial Terms.

I'VE teek ever the Biuks compa
and we took over the Wtnka compN
and we were doing -nne.s
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
II Err

and strong premonition of love. tragedy
and loathing came upon Eleanor.
And with all the monotonous rafting
of the carriage as ii tore along the
rails seemed to evolve itself into a
continually repeated sentence: Talk
to-him, Talk-to-him! Talk-tc-h him!
were the words.
The girl. strong-minded and inde'
pendent as she was, grew weak. She
shuddered and gave little exclama'
tion OF fright.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31

In the first-class compartment
OF a railway carriage bound
for Edinburgh sat strangely
- fascinating girl She was tall.
litha and com handing In ap-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31

Mrs. Knagg-whar We, wearin, that
black band round yer hat for7
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-27

that the proposed purchases were in
vestigated by a committee of three
disinterested directors, who knew the
facts and advised the purchase. The
directors declared that this action has
been approved by the stockholders
CT the Union Pacific, and that it would
be- unwise, unwarranted and detri-
mental to the interests of the com
pany to attempt to cancel the pur-
chase or question its validity.
Furthermore, the board declares
that the board is opposed to it as a
matter of business policy. The di-
rectors stated also that they had nc
knowledge that any directors of the
Union Pacific had any interest in the
100000 shares of the Illinois Central
stock purchased by the Union Pacific
from Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and they
were informed by that firm that nc
directors held any such interest.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-27
MAKES LIFE MISERABLE.
Troubles that Keep Half the Bis
marck Doctors Busy.

Troubles that Keep Half the Bis
marck Doctors Busy.
Half of the prescriptions the Bis
marck doctors write are for troubles
that result directly from a weakened
stomach. Strengthen the stomach
muscles and increase the secretion
of gastric juices with Mona, and
you will find that common affliction
indigestion, with its headaches,
dizziness, depression Of spirits, spots
before the eyes, nervousness, sleep
lessness and general debility-has
been. overcome.
II Mi-o-na did not have an unus-
ually curative effect in stomach dis
orders, it could not be sold on the
guarantee given by Lenhart Drug
Co., to refund the morey unless it
does all that Is claimed for it. They
give an absolute, unqualified guar
antee with every SO cent box of Mi
o-na that the money will be refunded
unless the medicine cures. You GER
tafnly can aeicrd to get Mi-o-na from
them on this plan.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-27
BUSINESS men
ORGANIZE ASSN
Nearly All Business Men Of
City Organize Association
for Mutual Protection

At the instance of the Commercial
club meeting of the business men
of the city was held in the club rooms
Thursday night and a permanent or
ganization effected for the best inter-
ests of trade.
A temporary organization was eff
fected by the election of H. L. Reade
as chairman and after matters of in
terest to the local trade were dis.
cussed, a committee composed of
Messrs Best, Knowles, Hoskins, Mel
son and Young was named to work
out the details and report at a meet
ing to be held at the same place
April 2. There were 26 merchants
present and considerable interest was
manifested in the proposed organiza-
ton.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-27
Buster Brown

Again we are to have Buster
Brown" as the management of the
Atheneum announces the little fun
maker and his bevy of attendant girls
for :. "his year Master Reed,
who plays Buster has fully demon
strated that he is the right little
con1ique in the exact spot, for he is
so Immersed in and imbued with the
spirit of Mr.. Outcault's character
that those who have seen him declare
that he is not only playing part,