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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
Bench Shows for Husbands.

Davenport Democrat: Bench shows
for husbands, as tried out in Chicago,
have struck the east as being an
eminently proper thing. At the Chi
cago show the blue ribbon was award
ed to the husband who was always
cheerful before breakfast. In the
east they think this was but amateur
trifling with great and burning
question. 1t is suggested that had it
gone to some husband who acknowl-
edged that his wife cooked better
than his mother, or to some man who
chortled with joy when his wife's
winter hat bills came in, then it would
have had the ear marks of real
bench show But apparently Chicago
has made a good beginning; SO lei
the good work go on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
Churches without Pastors.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: At the state
Baptist convention in Vinton, the fact
was developed that there are some
thirty Baptist churches in this state
that are without pastors, but these
are all small churches. Perhaps here
may be some way of solving the
problem Of supplying the small
church. Why do we not train people
for such places. from which they can
grow into a wider sphere, IL they are
fitted for that sphere. Why not have
q man learn trade or cultivate the
soil, or devote himself to some other
calling, instead Of trying to devote all
his time to small congregation or
making iong journeys in order that
he may be able to serve two congre.
cations Perhaps the man who had
good practical knowledge In addition
to his education for the ministry
might be better able to view and dis
cuss many matters than is he who has
simply theoretical knowledge Of
the working end of life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
Land in MacLean county, Ill, is a

Land in MacLean county, Ill, is adj
vancing in price at marvellous speed.
Specific instances are cited by the
Burlington Hawk-Eye as follows:
Near Durand 400 acres that were
bought for 81 an acre in 1868, have
just been sold for 5000 per acre. SIX
years ago George Flessner bought
big farm in Palestine township, pay
ing SITE per acre. -Four years ago
the improved part of the land was sold
for $500 per acre Henry Vessel
bought the unimproved land paying
SITS per acre for 1t. He has Just re-
fused $275 for the same land. And
yet the idiot, who wants to get rich
quick, will carry his money to q
bucket shop gambler, and then wall
over the crookedness of the other fell
low, instead of kicking himself
It is only question of time, and not
very long time, until the above
prices will be duplicated in Iowa.
The man who invests in Iowa land
is practically certain of a large profit
in the near future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
Bound To Come.
Guaranlr.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Guaran-
tee Of bank deposits is coming. It is
going to be entirely voluntary on the
part Of the banks; none but a per
fectly sound and well conducted bank
can obtain guarantee and the pub
lie confidence which will Immediately
be inspired in the bank which is guar
anteed. 1t is all coming about in the
old, old form Of mutual insurance Of
bank deposits. The attorney general
has just held that this form of in
surance is entirely legal Insurance
of bank deposits will accomplish the
same security for depositors as gov
Iernment guarantee and be much more
business like in its operation and far
lesr paternalistic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
A Poirt to suffragettes.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Before
the Iowa Equal Suffrage association
(women) enters upon a militant cam
paign for the ballot in Iowa, It would
do well to ponder over comment
made by Winston Churchill, presi-
dent of the board of trade OF London,
and one of England's famous states
men.
A suffragette had hurled stone
through the roof-light of the hall In
Dundee where he was speaking and
pausing in his address Churchill said:
These poor, silly women are throw
ing away cause which decently han
died, might easily have been carried
to success"
The American woman never fails to
excite respect until she ceases to be a
woman. With respect for her gone
goes her hope Of receiving considerate
treatment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

Strong argument in favor of wide
awake and efficient Commercial Club
is advanced by the Dubuque Times
Journal, which says that the great in
dustrial growth of the next decade or
quarter century is likely to occur in
the upper Mississippi valley. 1t is
further suggested that of fifty or more
towns in which the protector of new
enterprise might choose to start one
offers about as many advantages as
the others and the choice is most
likely to fail upon the city that has
an aggressive organization equipped
to meet the reasonable demands o.
the new conner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

Buffalo and Boston both voted in
favor of the commission plan of city
government last Tuesday. In the for
mer city the vote stood three to one
in favor of the proposition. In Boston
q modified form of the plan was en-
dorsed. It provides for the nominal
ton of mayor by petition and with
out party designation, four year
term for that official with the right
to recall him at the end of two years
and city council, also non-partisan
of nine members.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

Breathitt county, Kentucky, held an
election Tuesday The result is still
very much in doubt, but some Of the
incidents in connection with 1t are
thus summarized in the columns of
the Peoria Herald Transcript:
Two judges are freed in the foot
hills, two more are in hiding. One
ballot box has been burned together
with the house that was over 1t, q
mob is getting ready to fight the
militia, the telephone wires are down
and it looks like snow. An election
is no summer picnic in Kentucky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05


A recent bulletin issued by the bu-
reau of statistics gives an interesting
and suggestive analysis of the com
merce of the gulf ports of the United
States for the fiscal years 1899 and
1903. 1t sacws that the exports of
merchandise through the gulf ports in
creased from s194,0o0,00o to $41O,0OO,-
600 in ten years, which is 112 per
cent, while the increase in the Allan.
tic ports was but - per cent in
that same period. The principal ar
ticles in which the increase occurred
are cotton, meats, lard and it's com
pounds, flour, tobacco, mineral oil
cotton seed oil and cake, lumber
phosphates, corn, rice, rosin, turper
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

I1e washington DemOcTaC mas Oh
served that If boy has { sweater with
school lettering on it he does not for
get to wear it.
Rev. George D. Rogers of Washing
ton, Iowa, has resigned to accept the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
at Clinton.
The Omaha Bee foresees that when
Breathitt county gets over its election
ruction some Kentuckians will breathe
freer and some others not at all.
Explorer Henson was colby re-
ceived when he went to Philadelphia
to lecture Luckily he had his fur suit
and his reindeer sleeping bag with
him.
The Sioux City Tribune has noticed
that the men who never boast that
they could run the government better
than it is being done, are the ones
who get the chance.
| According to Farmer Bennett of
West Cheshire, Conn, the hog milt
or spleen, indicates an open winter;
a November warmer than October, no
ice until after January and an early
spring.
Two questions of vital Importance
are slated for attention when the
State Teachers association begins its
annual meeting in Des Moines. One
is the pensioning of teachers. The
other is the revision of constitution
and bylaws.
The Muscatine Journal is seeing
things. THE bicycle brought lis the
bloomer girl The auto has whole
coterie of nightmares in its train,
! and asks, rs the aeroplane to treai
us similarly? Are we, when we learr
! to fly, to become a chittering, chat
tering, chirping, squawking race? i
| the era of song to succeed the err
of honks? Is the noise Of many human
t voices raised in singing to be addet
+ to the sound of motorists slang, tn,
sight of the motor costumes and tn
= smell of the gasoline? Is this ney
/ terror as well as the actual DANCE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
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THE GATE CITY is on sale at the fol-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
WHAT'S Liable TO hapnen.

Waterloo Courier. II you start out
to buy an Iowa farm you had better
take blank deed along with you. If
you don't, the farm is likely to adj
vance S. an acre while you are gone
after one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

A new invention pumps the morn
ing's milk into the kitchen through
the keyhole, avoiding any early dis
turbance Of slumber and generally
affording quiet for the family and rest
for the hired girl. The next thing in
order is an arrangement to convey It
to the several members Of the family
while they are still in bed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

The Chicago Post asserts that 1t
was a prejudiced correspondent who
cabled the story that Mr.. Roosevelt
Jumped behind tree to escape a
charging elephant. 1t reasons that
everybody knows Mr.. Roosevelt would
have made the elephant climb the
tree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

The idea of naming a big battle-
ship 1.-THE Delaware" is objected to by
the Marshalltown Times-R Republican
on the ground that it is ridiculous in
the light Of the fact that the state #
is named for isn't big enough to set
a post in solid enough to tie the ship
up to o. nights.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

The philosopher of the Sioux
City Tribune is probably right in his
conclusion that all unmarried people
remain single from choice some
body's choice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

Candy may be sent through the
mails provided the boxes containing
1T are securely wrapped. Young men
can no longer plead the postal regula-
lions as excuse for their parsimony or
neglect
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
a Valuable Hint.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: If the
suffragists of Iowa are in need OF
funds, they might arrange a corner
on seats in the gallery at the next
session Of the legislature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

A contemporary deplores the fact
that all men are liars, but it is still
more unfortunate that all women
seem to know 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

A New Jersey judge sentenced a
wife-beater to go home to his mother.
in-law. That was real Jersey JUS
tice.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
Refuses TO be Sacrificed.

Burlington Hawl-Eye: So far the
Central Baseball Association has
maintained its integrity 1t refuses
to be sacrificed upon the altar OF the
Tiree-I league.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

y Missouri is willing to pay $1,000
for state song. Folk songs are
barred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

According to Judge Grosscup.
women are not fitted for big things.
How about the new hats?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

keokuk, Iowa ~. November 10, 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

to the life and limb Of both the avia-
tor and the innocent under-stander,
to be added to the present drawbacks
of our sports and pastimes?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Washington Democrat has OBJ
served that If boy has { sweater with
school lettering on it he does not for
get to wear it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05
OFFICIAL REPORT
OF The COUNCIL
Published BY Order 81 the City For
the Benefit and lnforma-
tion Of the citi-
zens.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings Of the Last. Session
Are Herewith Given in
Full Detail and
Complete.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
Keokuk, Iowa, Nov. /. 1909.

Council met in regular session, May
or on presiding and all the aldermen
being present on roll call except Alder
men Hickey, Swanson and Mccormick.
The reading of the minutes of Oct
sober and October 18, 1909, was dis
pensed with and on motion of Alder
man Johnson were approved as
printed.
Monthly Salaries.
Charles Of. October salary IS SO 90
H. T. Moore, October salary 125. 90
Jas. Brehany, October salary 60 90
Geo. Markle, October salary 5000
J. ROSS Robertson, October
salary $500. .. 100 90
A. T. Marshall, October salary $500
Paul Luedtke, October salary 60 90
Chas Forman, October salary rs. 90
VIM. Mclaughlin, October sal
airy $500. ,.. so. 90
Jas H. Farrell, October salary IS. 90
Thos. Dunn, October salary. As. 90
John ]. Dunn, October salary 500
H. T. Moore, clerk, October
police department pay roll 10000
H. T. Moore clerk, October
| police department pay roll 245 90
HIT. T. Moore, clerk, October
fire department, pay roll. 500. 90
H. T. Moore, clerk, October
fire department pay roll. 1887
4 lOIdl SI,IOC W
On motion Of Alderman Johnson the
salaries were allowed.
Board Of Health Account.
! Joseph Haubert. meat 1893 Ii. 80
Constitution Democrat Co,
4 printing 1880. .......... % 90
Richard Evans. special officer
board of health ........ 50. 90
IOlal ..,......... %. oU
On motion of Alderman Johnson the
bills were allowed.
General Expense Account.
i Constitution Democrat Co.,
i printing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..S 257 "a
G. w. Todd & Co., protecto-
graph ...i..... ....... 80 90
H. T. Moore, Office expense 40
J. Spring. supplies ..... IS
Harrison & Dietz, ice 1880. SO
! Sam C. Westcott, supplies 80
Bowman-Boyer Co., weighing
coal .... ...... 81 AZ
A. T. Marshall, Office expense A so
Gate City CO., printing ..... ITO GA
4 Ed. M. Robertson, October sal So 90
L. M. Coffey, M. D. salary and
expense $3.50. ........ 26 90
A. Weber Co., hardware 49,. 95
Iotal ...... ....-....... > 59S W
On motion of Alderman Johnson the
bills were allowed.
Fire Account.
Blake & Lowe, shooting 1913 8 &c
Constitution Democrat Co.,
printing .......... ~ 0(
Elite & PRAISE, plumbing -. ~ 2s
Henry Scharfenberg. harness 5 81
!. O. A. Talbot Co., feed ..... 208 8:
! The Central dry goods .... 35 81
G. J.. Becker. brooms ....... 2 OF
II. Schmidt & Cons Co, lum-
Der ......... $1,000. Ii s,
Peter Wolf. shoeing ...... 3 q
A. Weber Co., hardware ..... II Z;
e. L. Ingersoll, oil ....... / Al
S Dollery & Woolley, supplies
$ and repairs ............. 70 O.
e J. M. Wright, fling saws ~. s.
Harrison & Dietz, ice ...... Al II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

Rev. George D. Rogers Of Washing
ton, Iowa. has resigned to accept the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
at Clinton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

CONTINUED on page ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-05

The Omaha Bee foresees that when
Breathitt county gets over its election
ruction some Kentuckians will breathe
freer and some others not at all.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-07-16

that nalne the lac was never known
to me, though that could well be aud
me not lalow it. but in all the read.
ing / have done, and | have done con.
siderable of it. that particular saint s
has never appeared in any book
of ancient or modern lore that has
come under my observation. | think
probably the prefix saint to the name
Deroin was the work of some inven.
tive genius of the %irreverent species
The candidate for eannoniZation must
be dead the fun space of four hun
dred years before his name can b.
raised to the exhalted dignity of a
saint ON earth.
| hardly believe any Deroin lived
that long ago, and if any did, and he
was at all like the race that lived III
the vicinity of the old town on the
Missouri in the early history of Ne
braska, all | have to say is, that |
very certain the church would not
have made Il saint out of that kind
of material.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-07-16

Many people with chronic throat
and lung trouble have found comfort
and relief in Foley's Honey and Tar
as it cures stubborn coughs after
other treatment has failed. l.. M.
Ruggles, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "The
doctors said l had consumption, and
| got no better until / took Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t stopped the hem
orrhages and pain in my lungs and
they are now as sound as a bullet"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-07-16
"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Some of the Important Events OF the Pioneer Days
of Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska, as
by the writer, who has spent fifty
enc years here.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-07-16
New Land Chances
Flathead Indian Reservations:

Flathead Indian Reservation: Register 1t Kafspel,
Mont, on the Great Northern Railway.
Couer dAlene Reservation Register at Couer
dAlene. Idaho. buy tickets to Spokane)
Spokane Reservation: Register at Spokane, Wash
ington.
Registration dates July 18th to August 5th, inclusive.
This is another of the remaining few chances for this genera
ton to obtain good government lands. Call on nearest
ticket agent for descriptive leaflet. showing conditions, ex-
cursion rates, train service etc.
The Burlington.Grea Northern, Spokane and Seattle
train takes you through the wealth producing Wenatchee
fruit country, and shows you the wonderful upper northwest
empire; every mile is interesting.
Big Horn Basin: A splendid choice of the govern
ment irrigated lands is still left to homesteadeIs in this fast
growing country.
320-Acre MondelI Lands: Thousands of acres of
these larger sized tracts are now available Tor free home
stealing in eastern Wyoming and are going fast,
EMTsIEFn D. GLEN DEAVER, GENERAL AGENT,
S1 Land Seekers Information Bnrean. Omaha, Neb.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-19
MRS. LEMP GRANTED
DIVORCE WITH
AL|MONY
Six Thousand Dollars a YeaI
and Custody Of Child Award
ed Wife of ST. Louis Brewer

tBy MOrutuR J0Hfuht rucrth' t~"'e" "h~A
ST. Louis. Fcb lS.--A decree of di-
vorcc. with ailmony of $4,000 a year
and the custody Of her son, was
awarded Mrs. William j Lemp, Jr
today. The decision followed SEN
sational trial .asilng several weeks
Judge Hitchcock stated that the
sole ground for divorce recognized by
him was descrtion. which had beer
established lie said that Lcmp had
absentcd himself from Mrs. Lemp ioi
year
"Thc plaintiff Is not entitled 10 q
decree on other ground stated in hci
petition" said the court The is
sues on those grounds are decided II
favor of the defendant.
Mr.. Lcmp is given the society ol
the seven year-oid boy from Satur'
day morning to SUNDAY evening OF
each week Mrs Lcmp has contcndeo
strenuously for an award of alimons
in gross. her attorney asking foi
100000. This would have given hen
an income of more than thrice IN,
allowance granted by the court The
net result Of the suit IS regarded as
somewhat of compromise.
The suit was flied bv Mrs lcmr
last autumn II was followed short
ly by her husbands cross complaint
and both bills We're frequently
amended before the case came t'
trial
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-19

Washington. Tcb lS- The post
office hill, carrying appropriations of
over Se3e,O00.00O was passed by the
senate today after a stormy debate,
during which Senator Pcnrose. IN
charge of the measure, mace an an
CRY assault upon senator LaFollctte,
who had entered into a general criti-
cism of the senate committee be
cause Of what he termed their un-
warranted delay in reporting great
appropriation bills. MIR. LaFollctte
declared that the senate had permit
ted Il glut of important legislation to
be disposed % in haste during the
last days of congress and had sug
gested that IL would be no calamity q
all Of these bills could not be acted
upon In the regular session saying
that reorganization of committees
would allow the special session to
consider them and other important
legislation
Responding in angry terms Mr.
Penrose declared Mr LaFollette's
criticisms sounded more like the ar
guments made 10y vendor of pa
tent medicine, from the tail board OF
a cart In a village of Wisconsin than
those OF a senator Of the United
states.
At 5t20 the senate adjourned
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-19
COOPERS' DEFENSE
MUST SHOW
ITS HAND
State HATS After Introducing
Damaging eStimony
Against Alleged MurdererS Of
CarmaCk

NASHVILLE, Tenn Feb ts.-Absence
OF some state Witnesses ana desire
on the part OF ,ha defense to ar
angc its plan of procedure caused
an adjournment today until saturday
in the trial of the Coopers and Sharpe
charged with numbering Former
senator e W Carmack
The state has satisfied itself with
offering testimony to prove that sen
ator Carmack was murdered i'm Nash
willie bY Robin j. and Duncan H.
Cooper that John sharpe, when he
heard the shots, knew what theV were
without looking around. and that prl-
or to the killing several conferences
had been held. This. the state con
tends. is the foundation for proof OF
conspiracy
The state stops here and waits for
che defense to offer its case.
Attorney General McCarn has sub
poenaed siXty-four witnesses and has
used scarcely score. The others
will be held in reserve for rebuttal
The defense has not issued sum
mons but says its Witnesses Will pt
present without cburt process BS
not issuing subpoeuas il prevents tht
state from knowing its witness
names.
The only incident of today's testi-
mony was the states attempt to prove
by Implication that the pistol hol-
stcr found in the dead senator's over
coat pocket was put there by one o'
The attorneys for the defense When
a few weeks ago he went to th'
norgue and examined the oVercoat.
Two witnesses testified that Tn
holster was not i'm the pocket ~heI
the senator was killed. II was fount
In the pocket by General WasMaEt9r
Of counsel for the defense. when h'
tried on the oVcrcoat.
Dr. r. +. Fort. 10 whose inllrmar,
Tho two Coopcrs walked aiter lh'
shooting. detailed how the defend
ants came TO him
Robin cooper had pistol sho
wound in the right shoulder JUS
above the collar bone" said the Wit
ness 81 dressed the wound There
was no point of exit. and assume
she bullet is still in the young man
shoulder When | started To dres'
/ the wound Robin asked for tonacf'
an "a cigarette paper | got them ou
ii his pocket and found in his over
coat an automatic revolver \ bul
Z let had passed through thc hi'
sleeve of his overcoat but had no
touched his person