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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-13
Joshua G Ford who Died this Morn
ing was Perhaps One Of
the Oldest citi-
xens.
WAS SO YEARS OF AGE
Came 70 this City Eleven Years Ago,
From Illinois Cancer the
Cause Of His
Death.

Joshua G. Ford. perhaps the Oldest
man In this city. died at his home
this morning, at Ill South Sixteenth
street at the ripe old age OF SO years.
Death came shortly before O'Clock.
Death came after over ten years OF
snfferfngs caused by cancer OF the
mouth. he having suffered from that
disease since 1898, when he FIRST came
10 this city from Illinois.
He was born in Lexington, Kentucky.
May 4th. 1877 and was soldier all
through the Mexican and Civil wars.
After serving his country in those two
strtfes. he moved to Illinois where he
engaged as farmer. which vocation
he has followed during the greater
part OF his long life
Married Three Times.
He was married three times, to his
last wife. Louisa j. Montenay, on
October 3 1899 in this city. His eight
children who survive him were OF his
first wife.
Those who survive this venerable
CID man besides his wife are the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. G. D. Humes of
Keokuk, Mrs. Herman Sikkema of
sellyille. Ill. Mrs. E. B. White OF Clar-
ion. Iowa Mrs. Ella Frederick. and
Mrs. Albert Terrell Of Omaha. Nebr.,
and three sons, Enoch OF Libby, Mont,
William, Of Colchester, Ill. and George
OF Winfield, Kans.
Arrangements for the funeral viii be
made later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-13
Interested In Civic Affairs.

Intensely patriotic and interested in
civic affairs, he served for many years
as member OF the school board Sand
at the time of his death was vice pres
ident of the local park commission.
Personally he was well liked and re-
spected by all men. He was honor
able in all his dealings and leaves the
goodly heritage of an untarnisled
name to his sorrowing family. He was
a stalwart member of the First Pres.
byterian church and took an active in
terest in its affairs In his death Bur
lington loses one of its best citizens,
his business colleagues a wise guide
and associate. his friends true heart
ed man and his family good husband
and wise father.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-13

When man knows too much he is
not we'll balanced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-13
Annual Outing Of TIRE EIks VIII Take
Place this Summer From Sat
urday, July n. Until
August is
FAMILY DAY. THURSDAY
Ladies' and Children VIII Take Poser
sion Of the Grounds for One
Entire Day Of Each
Week.

The annual summer outing OF the
Keokuk Elks. is approaching and not
only are the members Of the local
lodge becoming interested, but the
members OF their families are begin
ming to get worked up for the old
custom OF having the ladies' and CHILD
rem take charge Of the camp grounds
one day Of each week viii be followed
out and each Thursday OF the camp
season will be ztven oyer entirely to
the families OF the members, when the
ladies' and children win have full con-
troll Of the place
The members always enjoy the ont
ing which takes place at the coolest
spot on the inteYurban line, the camp
being pitched in Dickfnson's grove
near Crystal Glen, ma high breezy
point along the bluff Sleeping tents,
big screen enclosed dining tent and
rest tents are provided, a baseball
diamond is laid out and everything il
done for the amusement and rest OF
the campers. Some of the members
sleep In camp but the majority Of
them go over ON the afternoon and
evening cars and spend the evening In
camp returning on the late cars after
supper
At previous camps when the ladies'
we're invited. they attended In great
crowds and the camp was lively
place when II. was filled with ladies
and children. This summer the usual
good times Will be enjoyed by the
guests.
The camp committee has Issued the
first bulletin. which has been sent
out to members, being as follows:
Bulletin No. 4.
Dear Sir and Brother Camp
Eleven viii open on Saturday, July "A.
1903. The camp will be in operation
until August 16, 1909 Each Thursday
from 8 a. m. to IL p. M the camp will
be open to the mothers. wives. sisters,
lady friends and children OF Elks
The camp is well furnished with
sleeping tents and cots.
Each ledger will be required to
furnish his own blankets.
Prices are as follows. Lodging 15c,
breakfast ] sc, dinner 25c. supper Csc,
Sunday dinner SOC. Sunday: supper
80. Nothing free except T. 8. and A.
The following rules of the camp
will be strictly enforced:
No tabs allowed.
No privilege coupons sold to any
person except Elks In good standing.
No firearms allowed In camp.
No dogs allowed In camp.
No one is allowed to disturb sleep
ers.
CHAs. S. ABELL,
GEO. w. HARDIN.
j. ROSS ROBERTSON,
HAROLD JOHNSON,
J. LEROY WOLF
PAUL T. PECHSTEIN
Camp Committee.
See your card reads October 1st,
1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-13

BURIAL IN BURLINGTON
Body Brought . that City fer Inter
ment-Hi Death Was Caused
by Apoplexy At Min
neapoiIs.

shocked and grieved when news was
received of the death Ct William
Lyons, WHO for NANNY years had ex-
tensiye interests In the lumber bust
ness in Burlington. Keokuk and other
Iowa towns The Burlington Gazette
contains the following sketch OF his
life:
William Lyon was born In Linden.
Pa, on May II, 1S47, where his boy
hood days were spent like other boys
at play and school until sturdy lad
OF IA, inspired by love for the union
and reverence for the stars and
stripes, he saw the way and enlisted
and marched south with his older COM
rades for his country's sake. His in
teIligence and aptitude for mechanics
soon won the notice of his superiors
and the drummer boy became wor-
thy member OF the pioneer corps and
helped blaze the way through south
ern swamp, stream and forest to APP
pomattox Court House.
His Life in Burlington.
The war at an end and peace de-
clared, he returned north and on Aug
ust 16, 1856. was married to Margaret
A. Barley. witt whom he came west,
reaching Burlington December "a of
that year. Here he has since resided.
His early days in Burlington were
spent as a carpenter and contractor
until his marked ability and rare tai
ents caught the attention of the late
E. D. Rand, Esq, who needed just
such a man as superintendent of the
Burlington Lumber company's big
sawmill. He accepted Mr.. Rand's Of
fer and since that day has been one
OF the mainstays and chief factors Of
that concerns steady growth and ma
terial success. Mr. Lyon was an in
valuable mill man. One migat truth
fully say he stood unique among his
colleagues of the Mississippi valley.
He knew his mill like the parson does
| his book or an inventive turn OF
mind many Of the improvements of the
idlIeI ud5 L1ii are uue 70 His uuliiiu &
energy and splendid genius. A BUSH
ness associate and fellow 1umberman
described him this morning as nat
ural mechanical engineer" and as one
who said II thing would work was
never mistaken In his assertion. But
Mr.. Lyon was more than a saw mill
man, he was an excellent judge of
| timber and was altogether a man of
affairs In addition to being superin-
tendent of the above mentioned com
pany he was vice president Of the
Rand Lumber company of this city
with ramifcations in numerous Iowa
| towns.
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A corpulent man carries an advance
agent to announce that rare exhibit
ton of brains Is coming
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
Obituary---Garthwaite.

John @. Garthwaite was born in
Durham Co. England in the year 1912.
When years old he came to this
country with his parents in the year
1S46 and they settled on a farm in
Little Grant where he spent the most
part of his life, except three years in
Ohio aud three years as soldier in
the Civil war. In the year 1872 he
was married to Miss Lucinda Hale
of Ohio. There were seven children
born to this union of which two died
in infancy and five are living. He
leaves to mourn his loss four brothers
and one sister, his bereaved wife and
nve children: Alice Wayne, Myrtle
Garthwaite and Roy and Only of Lam
caster and James w. of Little Grant
Mr.. Garthwaite coming to this coun-
try when a small boy in a early
day had all the experience of a
pioneer life, plenty of hard work
and few comforts, but he grew to
manhood and in the year 1862 he
enlisted as a soldier in Co. c..
Second Wis. Cavalry and served
during the war. John was a good
soldier. always cheerful and willing
to do his duty. During sickness he
always lent his aid. When they
were scarce of help care for the
sick he was detailed to help take
care of them. In the year 1865 he
came home and settled on the old
farm and has lived there ever since.
Mr.. Garhtwaite was good neighbor,
kind father and a good husband.
He would sacrifice himeslf to &C.
commodate others. He was always
willing to help in time of sickness
and death. He died on April 90,
1909 and was laid to rest in the Little
Grant cemetery, Rev. Morgans OF
Lancaster officiating. A large num-
Der of friends and neighbors met to
pay their last respects to good
neighbor and kind friend.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
The Power of Love.

We have been asked to reprint the
following and are only too glad to do
SO. It is an eloquent, vivid word
picture from the late FatherVaughan s
lecture Power of Love- and doubt
less is familiar to many Lancaster
citizens:
Men in blue and gray who looked
with hate into one another's eyes and
tried to shoot away the life of a
brother, have crept close together to
die in the trembling twilight. Men
and horses lie heaped in confusion.
Men with their threats cut. and men
with their scalps lying bare and
their head raised to Heaven. and
they are crying: Water, my God !
water and in all Gods world there
is not a soul to answer. Yes. there
is an answer. See there come two
women, stealing over the battlefield,
creeping along under the beams of the
moon Is it some mother, come out
to look for her son in the midst of
death Is it some woman who seeks
the man to whom she has pledged
here lover All, no. The cross OF
Christ is on her breast, the bonnet of
ST. Vincent on her head. Two little
Sisters Of Charity, alone with God
and night. How they move without
fear through that valley of death and
of darkness How tenderly they stoop
Ger each dying soldier For them
there is no North or South, no blue
or gray, no nationality, no creed. no
denomination. In every soldiers up
turned face they see the face of
Christ. How tenderly they moisten
the parched lips, how they cool the
fevered brow. how they close the gap
ing wound, how they murmur words
Of consolation in the dying ear, how
they take 3 last message to bring back
TO the mother and the wife and the
Lowell ones far away Even there
even in the death and the blood and
the carnage of battle-the power Of
love rules supreme. And stamped for
ever on that fag-the Stars and
Stripes-stamped forever is that lesson
of love. that as it leads on in the
vanguard of civilization it may teach
to the world Americas story: the
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of mantle glorious, the SPLEEN
did lesson of love. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
Flag Day June IA.

The American Flag association, a
society formed to promote reverence
for and prevent the dissertation of the
flag of this country, has issued call
to the people of the land of the free
and the home of the brave" for the
proper observance of Flag Day, June
IA.
The stars and stripes, within the
recent past. have come to possess new
beauty for friendly eyes and new
terror for the foes of liberty.
The American Flag association
respectfully appeals to the governors
of all the states of the land and to
the mayor of each American city, to
herald the coming and celebration of
Flag Day, June IA, 1909, by proclama-
ton; it calls upon every public
officer. every teacher of the youth of
the land, and the editors of all news
papers, the daily instructors of the
youth of the land, to call public at
tention, to arouse enthusiasm, and to
provide for public exercises and general
celebration of the day.-Ex.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
CROPS TO BE TESTED.
Farm at Grant County Asylum Selected
by Agricultural College.

The growing of farm crops as tests
and demonstrations on Is farms con-
nected with county and state institu
tions in Marinette. Brown, Win
nebago, Fond du Lac, Waukesha,
Dane, Grant, Vernon, Monroe, Trem-
pealeau, Chippewa, st. Croix and
Marathon counties is now being be-
gun by the department of agronomy
of the College of Agriculture. Uni
veristy of Wisconsin. This work
includes variety tests Of grains and
forage plants; growing of pure seed
for distribution in the locality; rota-
tions for various crops; testing and
selection of seed corn for breedin g
plots; introduction of new plants
suited to local conditions; eradica-
tion of smuts and weeds; crop man.
agement with respect to the character
of soils; and the holding of farmers
meetings in the neighborhood to
demonstrate the various phases of the
work.
These tests and demonstrations
have been inaugurated upon the
farms of the following institutions ::
-Marinette County Asylum, Peshtigo !;
State Reformatory, Green Bay; North
ern State Hospital, Winnebago; State
Prison. Waupun; State Industrial
School, Waukesha; Mendoza Asylum,
Mendoza; Grant County Asylum,
Lancaster; Vernon County Asyl um,
Viroqua: State School, Sparta Trem
pealeau County Asylum, Whitehall ;
State Home for Feeble Minded, Chip
pewa Falls; ST. Croix Asylum, New
Richmond; Marathon County Asylum,
Wausau.
The work is being supervised by
Prof. R. A. Moore, and G. P. Norg ,rd
is looking after the field work,
planting crops, ETC., and making re-
gular visits to the various institutions.
In the vicinities of several of these
farms Mr.. Norgord has collected sam
pies of seed corn from farmers and is
testing them at Madison for germina-
tion. He will return selected high
and low testing ears to the farmers TO
be planted as dem onstration of the
importance and value of seed testing
and selection. The dates Of the farm
ers' meetings to be held at these farms
will be announced in thu local press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
OF Interest to Old Soldiers.

Any old Union Soldier or Sailor
who served 80 days or longer in the late
war OF the Rebellion. and who went
west after the war and made home
stead entry in any state in the Union
for either 40, so or 100 acres before
June 22nd, 1874. has a claim coming
to him from the Government.
1t does not make any difference
whether he proved upon his home
stead entry or simply left it,
There were thousands of old soldiers
who went to Kansas and Nebraska
after the war and took up eight acre
home steads and when the grasshopp.
ers and hot winds came along simply
left their entries and went back east.
Each of these have claims.
Under a Supreme Court decision
these claims are assignable. r. N.
Peale, 46S Judge Building, Salt Lake
City, Utah, perfetcs the title to these
claims and will pay the highest
market price for same
If the soldier is dead the widow or
heirs can sell this right.
If soldier never made an entry he
has nothing to sell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
F. w. VAN DUSEN PRAISED
Son of Local Physicians Wins Success in
Chosen Calling.

Frank w. Van Dusen, son of DR..
W. b. Van Dusen of this city is max
ing name for himself in musical
circles of Chicago, as can be seen by
the following clipped from the Chi
cago Musical News:
Mr.. Van Dusen is one of the teach
ers of Chicago who has very swiftly
risen to place in the first rank among
the younger members and whose
activities are as varied as they are
successful.
Mr.. Van Dusen is personally very
modest, and leaves it for his friends
to find out his merits for themselves,
but this they are at no loss to do, for
on the concert stage or the organ
bench he is always thoroughly at
tractive, and in the class room his
work is productive of fine results
always
In the American Conservatory this
teacher has a large class of piano
pupils, many of whom are we'll
advanced. some of them being already
good pianists and experienced teach
ers.
Whenever these pupils play in the
College concerts they invariably re-
feet much credit on the painstaking
work of the teacher.
Mr.. Van Dusen is also teacher of
organ and has in his class many
promising young organists, some of
whom are already in professional
work, among this list may be named
the oragnists at Wicker Park M. E.,
Garfield Park NJ. E., st. Paul s
Lutheran and the Park Ridge M. e.
churches.
Mr.. Van Dusen has been for three
years organist at the Sunday morning
services held in Bush Temple, and
has made there a fine reputation for
himself along the line of church
WORK.
Besides caring for his large class
at the American Conservatory, MIR.
Van Dusen finds time to teach at the
Illinois College of Music, and to act
as director of the organ department of
the Siegel-M Myers Correspondence
School of Music.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
STATE UNIVERSITY
IS HONORED ABROAD
British Delegation Praised School
Highly.
Said that it Responds to Every Need of
Humanity-Knits Together Pro-
LESSONS and Labor

The controversy over the state uni
versity appropriation has recalled the
British view Of the state school. as
expressed by the Hon. William Henry
Jones, member of parliament, who
visited this country with the Moseley
delegates who had for their purpose
the study of higher educational
methods in America. He was much
impressed with the growth of demo-
cracy in education here, and found
the state universities much superior
to the old privately endowed colleges
of the east.
Mr.. Jones said it would be diEcUlS
to name the first five great American
universities, as we have so many in
situations of unquestionably high
standing and large purpose, bat that
if he were to do SO seriously ha
probably would have to name thsxas
following the sun-Harvard. COTnells
and University of Michigan, thes
University of Wisconsin, and the
university VI OdI1lOTu1d'
To name the first ten, he said,
would be still more difficult, as that
would put larger number of great
institutions into competition, bnk
that, if he were to do so, it would bes
almost impossible for him to add any
five of the first list mentioned tha6
did not include the state universities
of Illinois, Nebraksa. Minnesota, anGs.
possibly. Kansas and Tennessee.
He stated that if there was any one
college that would have preference
with him it probably would be the
University of Wisconsin.
This university" be said, Ia
strong in numbers. It is democratic.
where merit alone counts; its stand
ing in scholarship is of the highest
its degrees are recognized by every
university in the world; and it's
spirit and purpose are as broad and
inclusive as the universe. Unlike
the older colleges of the east, it is mot
circumscribed and hampered by con-
sentative, classic curriculum, noE 1E
it intimidated by its benefactors, as
are some of the colleges founded by
the predatory rich.
sit is the wholesome product of
commonwealth of 3, 900, 900 Of people
sane, democratic. industrial and pro-
gressive; with ideals. and unafraid OF
ideas. It responds to every need OF
humanity it knits together the pro
fessions and labor; it makes the fine
arts and the anvil one. There are
many of these state universities that
have much also Of this; but to this
must be added the natural endow
ment of the University Of Wisconsin,
: its location is sublime. "-Mllwau-
kee Sci tinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
Archery by Mail.

Playing chess by cable is a thor
oughly familiar feature of that game
in this part of the world, but playing
active outdoor match games by mail
is a new thing in the way of sporting
contests. Out in Atchison, Kan,
there is an archery club that recent
ly played a match game with the Chi
cago Archery club by mail, each team
shooting on its own grounds and mail
ing the scores to their opponents on
the following day. And they found it
exciting at that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
CAN YOU SPELL THEM ALL?
Words Used in Recent County Con-
test.

The following is the list of words
that racked the brains of the spelling
contestants in the recent successful
school event. Have some one read
them over to you and see if you can
do any better than Miss Elva Maiben,
of Joint Dist. No. 4. North Lancaster
and Liberty, who spelled SO out of the
100 correctly.
Here is the list:
Develop, grammar, parallel, ana
lysis, burial, divisible. committee,
pursue, together, fulfill, necessity,
accident, neuter, express, occur,
tongue, license, certain, influence,
recess. irrelevant, expect, hygiene.
ceiling, muscle, several, geography,
cemetery, prairie, genuine, Sec
rotary, believe, receive, truly,
bingham, anxious, accomplish. forci-
BILE, massacre, statement, impatient,
heavenly, desolate, angel, angle,
diamonds, burden, camel, cannon,
whether, weather, accommodate,
judgment, lettuce, cautiously,
changeable, disappear, origin. terrific,
professor, shield, exhilarator, in
temperance, correspond, irresistible,
enough. privileges, vegetables, kero-
sene, sugar, benefited, separated, re-
commend. utilize, supersede. diph-
iberia, erysipelas, architect. principal,
principle, Watterstown, politician,
ambitious, embarrassed, English, juici-
ness. colossal, inconsistent, excellent.
negative, Wednesday, merino, alpaca,
exceed, bounteous, sickle, nickel,
picnickin abbreviation, villain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-19
EX-BADGER DEAD In DENVER.
Former Boscobel Man Was Cousin to
Ex-Postmaster General John
Wanamaker.

Denver, Colo, May 15.-Jonas E.
Wanamaker, one of the pioneers of
the state, died yesterday while driv-
ing home from Golden with his wife
and daughter. Death was due to
heart failure.
Wanamaker had spent few hours
at the old ranch near Golden and
while driving home, with no signs of
fatigue, his head dropped suddenly on
his wife's breast and before she could
speak TO him he died.
Wanamaker was born eighty two
years ago in Columbus, Trumbull
county, Ohio, from where the family
moved to Boscobel, Wis. In 1858,
with party of about twenty-five, he
left Boscobel for Pixies peak.
Wanamaker was the cousin of John
Wanamaker the wealthy Philadelphia
and Chicago merchant.