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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Contract Signed This Morning Giving
keekuk Man the Control Of An
other Play House For Five
Years.
rs A FINE NEW HOUSE
New Building Was Recently Erected
BY Rock Island Mayor at Cost
Of FIFTY Thousand DOL
lars.
Especial to the Gate City.1

DAVENPORT. Aug. 27.-D. L.
Hughes. manager of Keokuk, who but
recently secured control of the Turner
Grand Opera house N this city and
WHO manages the Grand opera house
at Keokuk. today secured control OF
another opera house, when the con-
tract was signed this morning by
wiich he secured control of the new
theater at Moline.
This new theater is one OF the hand.
soonest ones in the west and was built
by Mayor Rosenf1eld Of Rock Island at
cost Of $4,000. 1t is up to date in
every particular.
The contract signed today, gives Mr..
Hughes control of the house for a
period OF five years and will be opened
this fall by Mr.. Hughes who promises
the people Of Moline, as we'll as Daven-
port and Keokuk, finer line of theat-
rical attractions that the cities have
ever had before.
The above special dispatch to the
Gate City, received this afternoon,
tells OF another big deal carried
through by Mr.. Hughes and will be
good news to the theater goers Of Keo-
kuk. This gives Mr.. Hughes three
theaters. enabling him to have small
circuit OF his own and thus giving him
q distinct advantage and enabling him
to give Keokuk some Of the biggest
and best attractions on the road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Airshlp Made One Third Of the Dlo.
tanco When 1t Passed Over
Stuttgart This Morn
ing.
ARRIVES ON SATURDAY
The Ship Expeote to Pick Up Its Own
or This Evening and Arrive
At Capital To-
morrow.

STUTTGART, Aug. 27.-The Yep
pelin third passed Mt ten this morn
ing cruising from Friedcrichschafen
to Berlin. having made one hundred
and thirty miles in fve and half
hours. Engineer Durr dropped mes-
sage saying he expects to arrive at
Bitterlied, two hundred and twenty
miles away, tonight. picking UP Yep
pelin. and making q triumphant en-.
try into Berlin tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
hartman Guarded In His Meeetain
Castle like sae csAr ana No One
Ia Allowed Near The
Place.
CANCER BELIEF STILL
Mans Condition and Person Ii Aiddes
but Il Death Wishes Him, Il
VIII Penetrate all
Barriers.

TURNER'S, n, Y, Aug, s.,---aarri.
man has not walked hundred steps
sincc his arrival at Arden, He usea
an invalid chair when not sleepins
and sleeps much, His only open air
experience was few mements on the
veranda yesterday, Dr. w, q, Lyle,
his personal phyaician, ordered him In.
doors as coon an he was discovered,
Employees at the Hartman estate and
residents OF Orange firmly believe
that he is suffering from malignant
cancer with a grave operation pending
despite all denialH, Dr. Lyle made a
flying trip TO New York laet night He
Was asked point blanks "nld YOU 30
to arrange an operation FOR Ilarri.
mani" He answered that Il was no
ones hueiness but bis own why he
went,
Hartman Ii guarded In the noun.
tain fastnesaes Of Tower Hill closer
than the Russian Csar, No one Ia al
lowed within three milea unleas by
Harriman's orders and there are arm
ed guards thfougnout the mountain,
The estate covers an entire noun
tain OF fourteen square miles with the
home on n orag fcrty-slx hundred feet
high with but two possible entrances
the automobile road aud nn incline
railroad built TO carry materials to this
castle. The steepneeu OF the meun
tain and the heavy underbrueh tpalteE
1t practically Impossible TO pehe
trate and few mountaineere have ever
attempted H. None do now. fearing
the armed guards No one excep,
employees are permitted OH the In
cline railroad The automebile roat
is guarded The Erie operator al
Arden IL instructed not to send press
matter aud the telephone operator Il
instructed not to connect outsiders
with tho Hartman castle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27

indicat For lows, Illinois and Mis-
soufi, Wired From chio-ac.

For Keoluk and vicinity; Local
thunder shows1N tonight or Saturday.
cooler Saturday
For Illinois Partly cloudy With
thunder showers west portion tonight
Or Saturday, Cooler Saturday north
portion.
For Iowa. Local thunder showers
tonight or Saturday Cooler Saturday.
For Missouri; Generally fair to-
night and Saturday except probably
local thunder showers tonight north
portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
NO REFERENCE
TO BALLINGER
Conservation Meeting opened at seat.
tie and Plnchot Expressed Con-
tidcnce In TAFT.

SEATTLE. Aug. 27.--Pinchot open
ed today's session Of the conservation
lists by expressing entire satisfaction
and confidence IN Taft's attitude to-
ward conservation. He made no ref
erence to Bullinger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Paulhan Falls.

RHEIMS, Aug. 27-Attempting to
equal Lathams record this morning,
Paulhans aeroplane broke wing and
smashed to the ground. Paulhan was
not hurt. The machine was badly
wrecked, a heavy wind being the
cause, Bleriot repaired his machine
which was damaged in an accident
yesterday, and few 27 miles In a
high wind today in trial flight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
NEW WORLDS RECORD
Sailed Nearly One Hundred Miles
Through Wind and Storm and 4
Made a New Mark for ~
AeropIane.

rious revenge for the hard luck which
he experienced in his recent attempts
to cross the English channel. and his
indefatigable but hitherto unsuccess
full efforts to accomplish some notable
achievement during the present meet
ing by establishing new worlds rec
ord for distance of s5.SS miles.
Latham covered Is laps. or $50 kilo-
meters, in 2 hours Is minutes 8 sec
onds, and the full distance in hours
Is minutes 8 3-5 seconds. which also
are worlds records, the fight being
at the rate of about 6Sis kilometers
an hour. as compared with 5Sla miles
made by Wright at Lemans, and a
fraction under fifty. made by Paulhan.
Except for the one lap, speed records
made by Bleriot and Curtiss this
week, and Paulhan's time record in
the air, Latham now holds every rec
ord for distance and speed. Like
Paulhan. he descended only when the
gasoline tank was empty.
Nothing could have exceeded the
beauty and impressiveness of the pro-
longed flight. No other aeroplsEe here
compares with Lathanl's monoplane.
The slightly tilted planes from the
long skiff-like body give 1t a resem.
blance on the ground to winged ca.
noe. and while sailing high In the air
it looks like mammoth dragon fly.
For half an hour, with fiutterins
wings like living thing, it fought its
way through rain and wind at an av-
erage height of $50 feet, mounting
higher as the wind rose until during
the worst of the storm it was up fully
300 feet The contention that the
monoplane would be unable to live in
strong breeze has been amply re-
pudiated.
Latham, early in the day, with No.
13, another aeroplane of the same
/ type, made a flight of more than sew
enty kilometers, and after he had fin
ished in the afternoon Count De Lam,
bert covered lie kilometers (72.3)
miles, in commanding fashion. Three
flights, therefore, in single day total
| ed more than 210 miles.
Glenn Curtiss, the American, had
two practice spins, but although his
machine behaved splendidly, its speed
was disappointing. An accident which
Bleriot suffered about dusk may i'm.
prove Curtiss' chances for the inter.
national cup. While trying to alight
in front of the tribune with a passen.
ger aboard his big so horsepower ma
chine, Bleriot crashed into fence
the wings and propeller being broken
He narrowly missed killing several
Of the spectators. Whether or no,
the motor was injured, was not def
nitely determined. II so, Curtiss most
dangerous rival has been put at dis
advantage, as Bleriot intended to use
the wrecked machine in the interna
tional event, although he qualified
with another.
Rougier, also while giving an exhi
bition. landed among crowd lunch
ing in the grass and slightly injured
two women and man. Bleriot In
sists that his accident was not due
to recklessness, with which he wa
charged by the crowd. He asserts
that squadron Of dragons was NOV
ing across the field and crowded hin
toward the fence, compelling him Il
choose between landing among tn,
horses or into the barrier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Ed. Carter Killed Man.

NEW MADRID, Mo-, Aug, s7i-Ed.
Carter had trouble with Charles
Hand, who has been In charge of the
O'Neil Lumber comnany's mill In this
county. and attacked him with knife.
Hand was cut 80 badly that he died
within thirty minutes Carter ran to
1oud's mill IN an effort to escape,
but was caught and placed In jail by
Marshal Richards OF this city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Mot n Gunnnst Victim.

WAUKEsHA, Wis. Aug 2T-=
Frank x. Reidinger, who WIS Huppoe.
ed to have been victim of Mrs.
Belle Guinness Mt La Porte. Ind. Is
alive and we'll on q farm near Free
port, Neb.. according to a letter re.
ceiyed from him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Merenrv Al tos.

DuoUnIN. III. Aug. 27.The SET
sons heat record was broken here
Yesterday the temperature reacnins
toF The heat rrat.a II imposa'bie tnv
farmers to work in the fields.
crops are SUFFERING for the wsa
rain. corn especially being
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Boys Were countcrfeIting.

MT VERNON. H.. Aug. o7.-Geo.
and Clarence Breeze, sons OF wea'thv
farmer, were arrested here charged
with passing spurious 5O-cent pieces.
alleged to be of their own manufac-
ture.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Idaho Going Dry.

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 27.-Idaho
county. Idaho. voted dry" under the
local option law. Canyon county also
voted out saloons by a majority OF
1850. These we're the first local
option elections in the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
The BLESSING of Work.

Work is sorrows cure; its hands
may be like the hand of an enemy.
hut it's voice is the voice OF an eternal
friend,-St. Cuthbert.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
Daily River Bulletin.


Bar. Their. Vino. State
2s 4 B. m. 3o.0s IS Sc PtCdy
az Z 4. hi. 80. 90 rs s Cldy
River above low water Of 1864, 4
feet, 5 tenths,
62n tenperature, So.
III a xilnun temperature. s2
1inun temperature, "A.
nIxer crxcast.
M rtyer co1 tlaue q fall slow-
s ap b. gaosEyg
Ob#e ess
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
 Mince Pie Aeair.&,

Just as one day in early Ju walked down the road and al sudden a pranking breeze sea along and brought with it w early blossoms, so did you vest walk down street and suddenly and smile to yourself. For from s, unseen spot there came to you teasing, tantalizing,sspicy odor of mince pie.
 There be many ways ofx ETG when one season goes out and other comes in, but when the af of hot mince pie gets tangled up the rare October atmosphere, the know that fall is here and wir getting on it's snowshoeS.
 Nobody knows who first mad9m pie, nor under what circumstance. was invented. It has been cia' it came to someone in a dream; that will not stand rsasonipsf brings it's own dreams.
 Whoever got up the first h1n was a benefactor of .umanity you may bet all you like that ne she did not concoct any measly ls old rantand-mystery at such as the restaurant waiter across the counter at you. Som, pie criticise minee pie because !, never have eaten the right kind. A body who has tried to eat the thing pasteboard crust and hash inside not know what real mince pie is
 Real mince pie is as beaute as satisfying to the eyes anC senses as are the gorgeous gold leaves upon the trees, as tL cense of the distant burning lea as the pearly haze of the @T the flame of the sunseN in thii
 But when it is havoAed wHh ; ture polish and held in fpapier ma, it is a fraud and delusion, and W ever makes that kind of pie ought have to eat it or go to jail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Wild Turkey for Neu EnqLand

Alabama passed a game law one year ago prohibiting altogether the shooting of female wild turkeys. Pre- viously these birds were hunted the year around. The result of the en- forcement of this law has been a great increase in the number of wild turkeys, so that game wardens declare that there is no reason why every
 sportsman in the state should not serve to his family wild turkey gob- bier for Christmas dinner What can
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Laws and Locks.

There wGs once man who NEs afraid burglars might enter his hot by way of the front door.
 So he had double locks put e Then he had bolts at the top ant tom Later he had comI night-latch and spring lock q Then he affixed heavy bar at center of the door. And aft adornment he equipped the q a strong steel chain.
 Now, all this was all right odd part of itiis that he never On the. night latch, the spring lock always left open, none of the N were ever shot, the bar was alwa off its place and the chain was neve in use.
 But it isn't so odd when we reflec that he was a legislator who was al ways helping to pass laws that wer never enforced.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

be done in Alabama can be done in many other states. To be sure, some states would have to import their first birds and establish them on a range, but it can be done, and would add a new delight to the sportsmen of the state as well as add to the natural wealth of the states resources. How would it do to try turkey experiment in New Hampshire. Massachusetts and Vermont ?-Manchester Mirror and Farmer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
 High Cost of Beauty.

Though the prescription seems to have disappeared from the pharma- copia of modern beauty specialists" :" it was for centuries notorious that to feed on snake meat was the way to win perpetual youth; to cure goiter again. or any other swelling, all that was necessary was to munch viper. from the tail up. as it might be. a stick of celery; while yet another snake. if eaten, conferred the power of understanding all the tongues of birds.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Cir, as Currency

Sin is apparently an important fac tor in the economic life of southern Nigeria, for according to the report of the committee of inquiry into the ii- quor trade of the district. it is even used as currency. Tn the more back ward parts of the country" says the report, British coin is regarded with suspicion. The people are still in the barter stage, and for various reasons gin furnishes the most convenient standard of value. In five native
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

courts in the brass district where pc cuniary fines had been imposed, pay ment was made ill gin. contrary to the instructions of the government A church missionary witness named On yeabo informed us that fines were ta- ken in gin at Onitsha by the govern ment and that native crier sum- moned the waterside people in the name of the district government to eject chief, prcclaiming at the same time that every person who did not
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

attend would be fined 12 bottles of gin. In one school Bishop Johnson found that 60 of the 75 children be- tween the ages of eight and sixteen were regular gin drinkers.-Dundee Advertiser
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Corroborative Evidence.

"Bosh." says the skeptic, "wh- proof can you give me that mafa made of dust?"
 Why, look at yourself" argues tn other man. "Yeu have marble brow an alabaster cheek, muddy comple, ion and sandy hIir."
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
An Acknowledgement.

That "woman is as good as man"
 Is something that I've oft conceded. I've said in the eternal plan
 She is the element most needed But now from England comes the yto That women every now and then Art Seen smoking-with cigars preferreo'
 So, soon they'll be as bad as men aT
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Willing to Trust One.

Says man: "I never trust more than one woman at a time. Safeblow CTS and hod-up men won't have any thing to do with man who trusts any woman. l always make one ex ceptiOn."
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Vanisk1Ed Joy.

Oh, for that autumn long gone by Because there hustled in it A luscious. tempting pumpkin pie That had real pumpkin in iti
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

The Lord of Misrule had jur- i S d i c t on in both the great English univer. S i t e s from Chr i s t m a S to Twelfth day. He regulated the celebrations and directed t h e plays acted at this period, for which he re- c0iVpd a re olllar
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
Some of Them Are.

q hear that your son has invented an airship," says the friend
 Not an air ship" explains the proud mother. Tt Is one of these fns corrigible balloons"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

subject when he says in his Tive Points of Husbandry:" Yer Christmas be passed. let horses be
 let blood;
 For mamie a purpose It dooth them
 much good;
 The day of St. Steeven old fathers did
 use;
 If that do mislike thee, some other day
 chuse.
 The eommonsense reason for bleeding the horses on this day was that both man and beast had the three day following Christmas day as a holiday. In parts of Bohemia and elsewhere among the Slavic peo- pies of Europe the master of the house gets no work out of his serv ants from Christmas to Innocents' day, and in many sections the holi- day and general suspension of work is kept up until Twelfth day-Epi- phany Among the Valaks there is a very significant custom. On the morning of St. Stephens day the mistress of the house presents her husband with pair of trousers in token of her obedience during the ensuing year. Evidently the suf- fragette campaign has not reached into these remote Slavic regions.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

Because ne Overlooked the hafT Do not put all your eggs.' they $ < To Hiram Perkins. t.in one basket Now, Hiram had it in his head
 To some day own a treasure casKe Alas, he met the worst of dates n He thought of fortune in t siatheH But while assembling all hiS crates
 He did not thinks the egg5 to eFs "A burnt child dreads the fire"
 To Julius Miggles for his train' He waited then till things were (.
 Even a lukewarm chance disdalh Alas, although his fingers ne'er
 Were scorched by anything he na The fortune that might be his c,s s,,S,.
 To-day in other hands AH aatiu#
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
T1EIE oM TaNr | lNXIOMS HIf FAILED

Aim high" they said to William Brown,
 And he chose mo- tions elevated; To common things he gave a frown. He felt for great ness h e W a S fated. Alas, he did not rise to fame
 Nor realize his high ambition He put so much thought on his aim
 He quite forgot his ammunition. And, Hitch your " a g on toa star,"
 Was what they counseled Henry Walker. He wished to jour ney on and far Behind a steed t h a t W a s n o baker. Alas. the journey that he made Was not distin- guished by it's farness; His wagon led no cavalcade
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

 began this work this formed this
  dies not directly imagine the fables Cono be Greek traditions 
 Puarch also spirit skepicim
  believes altogether disbeeve obscure particles truth
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

ANY attempt trace the origin of the innumerabe myths
 supersons connected with the fees and fe
 of calendar with prob
 )ems The probability of their having been primarily of religious significance the potsherds,
 cults long forgotten and the possibility their having become garbed altered in handed through the years ago evidently this
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24

Holy Innocents' day, or Childer-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Fole in Pence, Girl Gone.

A good joke is told on one of our
over-the-river neighbors; who several
years ago had a family of good look
ing daughters, who were smart and
good workers. They, of course, grew
up and the boys, rs is natural, took a
fancy for them and wanted to marry
them, but the old gentleman for
some reason (perhapS best known to
himself) objected and used every
precaution to prevent any of them
from marrying, and especially one
young fellow, who was distasteful to
the old man. AS time passed on this
young fellow and his girl went on
with their counting unbeknowing to
old man. He had the house
surrounded with a strong paling fence
and there was no means of mgress ur
agrees, except through the gate.
which he kept pretty well guarded
both night and day. They knew they
would have to away if they got
married. So one mourning he awoke
to find a hole in an unguarded part
of the fence and his girl was gone
gone to get married against his viii
or wish. He was at his wits end.
None of the family claimed any
knowledge of the %elopement, but the
old man thought differently. Turn
ing to his other girls, whom he sus-
pected would soon follow suit, he
said: eff you want to go, go now
while the way is en."-Gafney
Is. C.l Ledger. ,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Advantages of White Breeds,

A well known Southern poultry
man who is making an enviable rec
ord with market poultry andswho~is
so we'll known as a fancier that his
name is becoming almost a house,
hold word says he raises white fowls
exclusively, not because white is an
emblem of purity and innocence"
but because he has proven them the
most profitable. He asks, whoever
saw a commercial poultry farm
where Black Leghorns were the lead
ing breed, or any other colored breed
the favorite, if depended on for
eggs?"
Every one knows. the record
White Leghorns have as layers; and
their early maturity makes them de-
sirable as broilers. But the large
breeds of white fowls are crowding
close on their records. OF the num-
erous egg records kept in the East
during the last year or two, White
Plymouth Rocks stand at the head OF
heavy breeds as layers. Some have
eQualed, if not surpassed, White Leg
horns-with this in their favor, that
their heaviest egg production is in
winter when prices are highest. A
White Plymouth Rock hen should
weigh seven and a half pounds and
be worth seventy-fve cents on the
market when no longer valuable as
a layer. Nothing can surpass a
White Rock, either for frying, roast
ing or the good old time chicken pie.
Mrs. c. S. Everts.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25

Washington, Special.-That ben
zoate of soda used as a food preser-
vative is not injurious to health is
the judgment of the referee board of
consulting experts, of which DIR. Ira
Remsen, president of Johns Hopkins
University, is chairman. This con-
clusion, which has been approved by
Secretary Wilson, ~reverses the find
ings of DR.. H. W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry. Three separate
Investigations were made by the
board, which, it is said, were in close
agreement in all essential features.
The conclusion reached by the refe-
rec board declare that the admixture
of sodium b~enzoate with food i'll
small of large doses has not been
found to ,injure, affect or impair the
quality or nutritive value of such
food.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Culture.

For a seed bed break thoroughly a
piece of dark, we'll drained soil, as
nearly free of grass as al be had;
make the rows two and one-half feet
apart and SOW the seed about one
inch apart about the middle of Feb
Fuary. A crop of pea vines grown the
year before will put the laid In fine
condition. A liberal use of high
grade fertilizer is essential to the
best development of the roots. The
delicate nature of the plants makes
hand picking of grass constantly nee
essary. The plants should be two to
four feet high when killed by frost in
the fall.
In February take up the roots and
promptly set in proper soil-bright
sandy 1oam-on six-foot rows, two
feet on the row, at a depth of ten or
twelve inches, according to the den
sity of the soil, deepest on highest
soil. Choose best crowns and extend
the roots both ways in the track, one
half each way. Cover not deeper
than three inches carefully by hand.
After the plants get up rake in just