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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

from diseased cows suffering from.
tuberculosis, milk which has been
produced under unsanitary conditions
in the barn or yard, will be given TO
these infants whose lives will be ter
minated by various disorders, com
monty summer complaint, occasionally
tuberculosis of the bowels.
Two important things are here con
sidered: One is to so far as possible
prevent the breeding OF flies by re-
moving garbage and waste and pour
ing kerosene oil on stagnant pools
The other is to protect the food sup
ply against insects of all KINDS, par
ticularly the fly, and see to y tnas
little children are given wholesome
food free from disease germs OF dirt.
Personal comfort and freedom from
annoyance of this pest. to say nothing
Eof the Importance of preserving me
health should enlist the active CO.
operation Of every householder Y
making use Of the simple, sensible
suggestions to which the clrcular
printed above calls their attention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
Spring Fever Patients Prayer.

Spring Fever Patient's Prayer.
Ship me somewhere west of Ennui,
t'other side of Have-to-W Work;
Pin blooming tag upon me. h.ll me
to the town of Shirk;
Purge my sordid recollecticns OF the
TESTERS bells and cap;
Find me some Utopian section where
there's no one does tap!
Ship me somewhere west OF Ennni,
get fishing rod for me;
Get me bait and then, doggone "
go away and let me be!
Never mind about provisions from
grocer's musty shelf
Deviled crabs and like divisions!-let
me forage for myself!
Let me stay there. west of Ennui
way beyond the toiling zone
am selfish, but, doggone me, prefer
to be alone!
Ho! my bones are fairly achin' for q
camp along crick
And the music of the bacon as It siz
zles on a stick!
Buffalo News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

The Sioux City Tribune INDUCES in
caustic criticism of the State college
at Ames because of its 226 graduates
this year only seyenty-one are grad
yates in agriculture. OF the remain.
ing 155 graduates, thirty-six are
learned In electrical engineering;
fifty-six in civil engineering; twenty.
five in mechanical engineering; four
in domestic economy and twenty-five
in plain science. The Tribune under.
stands that the State college at Ames
is an agricultural college, and sug.
gests that it is as wise in education
as in making shoes that schools stick
to their lasts. The answer to this is
that the State college at Ames is not
an agricultural" college simply.
Its proper name-indicative of it's
character-is the Iowa State College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and
1t is doing splendid work along both
lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

The Rockford Register processes to
have great respect for the boy who
takes hold of the lawn mower with
as much enthusiasm as he enters upon
a game of ball. The Cedar Falls Rec
ord, on the other hand, has no use for
such fellow. 1t argues that condi-
tions are entirely different, saying as
to this:
"In showing lawn mower there is
no inspiration from competitive skill
and agility The element of sport is
entirely eliminated and cold PROPOSE
ton stares the youngster In the face.
With ball it is different. The mind
does not dwell upon physical exertion
but has a more exciting theme to give
buoyancy of spirit. The lawn mower
affords healthful exercise and is a
great appetite producer but it lacks
the excitement that comes from vigor.
GUS rivalry and nervous tension to be.
come a very popular means of amuse.
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
Why DO They Do IT.?

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: When
ever, in the course of human events,
a class of high school students APP
proaches commencement time, So
called. tense atmosphere is deemed
the first requisite, and, as it appears,
the desideratum is realized, finally.
only If the tension be of the progress
sive sort and feed upon itself until
the diploma is delivered and the com
mencer'' toppled headlong into the
world from the perilous pinnacle to
which he has been elevated, in some
part by. nerve-racking method of tug
ging at his own intellectual boot
straps.
It's fierce. Formally. Illusion.
Mimic world Starch. Curling irons.
Vision Splendid
Hitch Your Wagon to Star"
The real need of the moment is for
someone to indicate the place to get
off, some one to strip off the tinsel
OF illusion, something of hint of the
jog in the road just ahead. But the
graduates, poor things! their heads
already splitting, get instead super
dose of the same soggy stuff upon
which they so long have been mentally
feeding, metaphysical nominations and
| philosophical strivings.
/ Rowing, Not Drifting
| How would Riding for a Fall, do?
1 The rowing is bad so high up
There isn't enough, water. When il
comes to the aquatic the association
is with humility, with the lowly. Wa
ter spurns pinnacles and precipices.
Now, it may be that all this is ouit,
Interchangeable, indeed, it all has The
! prestige Of an established institution
/ This serves only to render the casr
the sadder. 1t tends to take ava,
hope. And the slight chance 70,
change which may still exist SHOULD
not be let die without an effort Il
save it. It seems worth while to saw
word in protest against Che practice o
4 pushing the poor graduate to extreme
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
FLAe DAY.

Today is Flag Day. set apart for OBJ
servance in honor of old Glory" and
1t is gratifying to note that the occas-
ion is making stronger appeal with
each succeeding year. More and more
the beloved emblem is being display
ed on this day, and more and more it
is being honored as it deserves. In
some localities public exercises are
held and address delivered in exal-
tation Of the flag. The example is one
that should be followed everywhere.
BY another year Keokuk should have
a public meeting. under the auspices,
say, of the G. A. R. and D. A. r. and
other patriotic societies. Meanwhile
and all the time let 1t be generally un
derstood and acted upon that there is
no more patriotic and effective way OF
paying tribute to the honor and glory
of the flag than by doing nii that is pos
sible to be done to promote the princi.
pies for which 1t stands.
1t should not be necessary to legis.
late against dissertation of our cou1.
try's emblem, but lest anyone should
be tempted to make use of the Stars
and Stripes for unworthy purposes the
Iowa general assembly has passed a
rigid enactment on the subject. The
text of the section is as follows:
Sec. 5O2S-a Misdemeanor. II any
person shall publicly mutilate, insult.
trampie, upon, or defile, by act, any
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
Sisters New Spring Hat.


Sisters got a new spring hat, one Of
these wastebasket things;
On the top it's kind of fiat, bare Of rib
bons and of wings.
It comes down around her neck and it
hides her ears from sight:
Gee. / don't see why girl wants to
be a screamin' fright.
After pa took one look he let out a
dismal sigh;
Sisters hat hid half her nose and hung
down across one eye;
Pa he stood and gazed while. then at
last he sadly spoke;
There was something in his voice
made me think his heart was
broke.
"And they made me pay for that" pa
asked in dismal tone,
AS he looked at sisters hat and seem
ed panied enough to groan;
Made you pay good money which !
have worked blamed hard to get
All I'VE got to say is this is the Biggest
outrage yet.
do you s'pose that any beau, while
you've got that on says he,
Would come in and try to win you
away from ma and me?
| There's no use, If you must wear sucf
blamed outlandish thing,
To expect we'll have chance 10 ge
/ rid of you this spring
Still, guess it's hard to make womel
lose their loneliness;
/ 1t don't make much difference, afte
4 all, the way they dress;
Every night some fellow come courtin
sister just the same,
Though she's got new spring ha
that pa calls a sin and shame.
Chicago Record-H Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
WHAT AiLs THE WORLD.

Bishop Quayle of the Methodist
church at Kansas City, not unknown
In Keokuk, was asked the other day
what allied the world and replied that
1t was badness" AS the most effect
i've remedy he recommended Metho-
dist mourners' bench. To quote his
own words:
It is badness that is troubling the
world. and not politics and policies
and tariffs and schedules. Sin, sin is
responsible for SO per cent Of the
trouble. II i could bring the world to a
Methodist mourners' bench would
solve the problem. You hear much talk
OF socialism and the Utopian condi-
tons that are expected to come with a
regime OF that sort, but tell you you
cannot renovate the world in Job lots,
and socialism will not do; the world is
individualistic, 1t is not communistic;
but Methodist mourners' bench
would do the business"
The good bishop is right, beyond a
doubt Sin is at the bottom of every
thing that is wrong, and the way to
abolish sin is to reform the sinner.
This must be done by dealing with the
sinner as an individual, and not by
dealing with sinners In job lots, as
Bishop Quayle says. AS means to
this end the old-fashioned Methodist
mourners' bench has never been sur.
passed. Some Of it's work has had to
be done over again In few cases, bu!
results on the whole have been quite
satisfactory Nothing more effective
has been devised to date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
An Advertising Story With a Point

manager OF Ie
publishers es
to his Office % ah
Mr. Parker why ne nau az
he had IN prominent piock on o
his Hau
advertising for the fact taat
making although my
has greatly all my
right along ana nov
store known 70
the people, so that cheaper oca
advertising will follow me- r PARK
that he WITH this merchant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

In an address to newspaper men at
Des Moines one day last week Harri-
son Parker, advertising manager OF
the Chicago Tribune, said:
II heard this morning that Iowa
each year produced $660,000,000 OF
wealth. didn't know it before
If you could let the world know /,
through advertising, thousands of PEG
pie would come here to get part of this
wealth"
There is no doubt that such a re
suit would follow The loss of popula
ton would speedily end If Iowa's re
sources and advantages were giver
the wide publicity they deserve.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
need trouble himself about the posi-
bility Of breach at this time or in the
near future.
Mutual lntroductions.

"Doin' any good?' asked the cur
ious individual on the bridge.
ANY good?" answered the fisher
man in tae creek below. why, :
caught forty bass out o. here yester'
day."
Say, do you know who ann" asE
ed the man on tle bridge.
The fisherman replied that he did
MOI.
Well, ! am the county fish ana
game warden,
The angler after moments thousat
exclaimed, Say, do you know who !
amp
No" the officer replied.
We'll, I'm the biggest liar in the
county" said the angler with a grin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
KEEP OUT The FLIES.


The press bureau of the department
OF tuberculosis under the direction of
the board Of control Of state insti-
tutions Is sending out a circular let
ter containing instructions and infor-
nation for the public that has for its
object concerted campaign against
the dangers Of the fly pest. The rec
concentrations are direct and simple.
and If people well disposed to preserv-
ing the health of themselves and their
families will heed the warning and
follow the advice that numerous in
sect nuisance will have its field Of
activity and length of its life largely
limited. The following suggestions
for summer" are given:
In combat against tuberculosis II
is necessary to take into account
every factor which may in any way
directly or indirectly spread the dis
ease. AS summer draws near it will
! bring as usual its swarms of flies
and other insect life, and there is nc
greater nuisance than the house flies
which infest the homes Of our people
/ IlOWSNSl, IL piOpCI oduildIlOA w az
observed about the premises which
people call their homes the common
house fly would be much less prev
alent than 1t is.
All garbage, manure, cesspools
open drains. and other unsanitary con
/ ditions existing about the house o.
| barn will produce an incredible mum
Der of flies, as in decaying matter o
1 all kinds the fly breeds. The frs
measure to be carried out, therefore
Is to remove all kinds of garbage ant
manure and to close all open drains
which may lead from cesspools or on
/ closets. The next measure OF pro
4 lection is to screen the house and Y
4 diligently exclude from the kitchen
the dining room and the livinl
apartments these little pests. We hav
become so accustomed to the fly tina
while we look upon 1t as an unmitl
gated nuisance, yet tolerate its ia
4 milarity, and for this reason many
tragic story has been written full Q
the most heart-breaking sorrow.
Flies are great germ carriers. Thei
feet are so constructed that they ar
little cups. This enables them t
walk on ceilings. These vacuume
feet become splendid agents in tn
transmission of germs Of typhoi
fever and tuberculosis. Recent inve.
LEGATIONS made by the Merchants A,
sociation of New York reveal the fl
as being responsible for vast amour
of contagious sickness.
1t is urged that the people sha
with one accord protect themselve
against germs of disease which ma
readily be carried into the home b
the fly. The food supply should b
thoroughly protected against flies;
rigid rule should be established in G.
cry home which should be enforce
in every instance, and no fly shoul
be permitted to crawl over the foe
which is to be set on the table fl
human consumption. Milk should /
especially particularly cared for.
should not only be protected from I'll
fly, but from dirt as well. Many II
tie babe will be killed this year
Iowa by carelessness. Flies will ca
ry germs pf various diseases to IL
nipples on the bottles of artificial
fed infants, and bacteria will be i
troduced into the child's body. Mi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

In speaking in behalf Of a reunited
country President Taft declared in a
recent address that what we have
got to do among US all is to restrain
the fools" The best place to make
beginning. beyond all question, is
in Georgia among the Daughters Of
the Confederacy Of that state, who
have just erected a monument to The
monster Wirz. Women capable O
such folly wouldn't hesitate at any
thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
A,.vARNINc FROM COLORADO.

!
I ing vigorous campaign against ianu
wildcatting operations by "disnonest
eastern SPECTATORS in partnership Win
few Colorado renegades." and Calls
mon the press Of the country TO come
to its aid FIRST, In the interest 81 sen-
eral fair dealing between the cominu ll-
tiles Of the nation; second, ana m
tensely, in the interest OF your own
thrifty and aspiring people VINO are
homeseekers; third, and chivalrousiy,
in the interest of Colorado, which Is
making a determined warfare againsc
companies and persons sometlmes
ignorant, but usually willful FRAUDS
who would misuse her good name 10
seduce the small investor beyond her
borders into impracticable- projects.
The Denver paper names the wildcat
concerns it is after, and goes on 70 say
Of their operations:
They exploit large tract as choice
fruit and farming land, when much q
it is mere refuse.
They claim as profitable aoJunct
the presence of underlying precious
ores where such do not exist, or nave
not been proved in paying quantities.
They offer tract of five or ten
acres as farm" capable OF sustain
ing family, when but few of the ten
acre tracts they advertise would sup
port one person.
They advertise their extensive worst
area as If it were as good as their limit
ed best acreage.
They exploit their inaccessible
mountain sides and shifting sand
dunes as choice sites for prosperous
and happy homes.
They assure water for irrigation
where none or an insufficient quantity
is available.
They issue pretended contracts for
an irrigation system without any Sc
cure financial provision for such sys-
tenn
They make agreements which bind
| the 'homeseeker to pay his money and
leave themselves in position of braz-
en- irresponsibility.
They adopt an illegal lottery plan
for the distribution of the fake farms
among the buyers Of their contracts.
They combine the lure of gambling,
the Illusion of mining in nonmining
region, the pretense of orchards and
farms amidst crags and moving sand
dunes, and the assurance of an irri.
cation system where no adequate sys
tenn is practicable, and without finan
cial security for any system; all OIL
these upon a basis Of profit to them
selves which would be unconscionable
4 If their enterprise were legitimate
and which is cold blooded robbery ii
view of the almost worthlessness O
much of their area.
/ They attempt to bride the press o
| this state. by overpaid advertising. in
to editorial commentator Of o
silence concerning their brigandage.
They threaten to bring, and publicl
announce falsely-that they hav
brought libel suits against the news
papers, and criminal proceeding
4 against the publishers who are expos
: ing their graft.
The Gate City knows nothing as t
the truth or falsity OF these charge,
but it would be prudent for anyon
contemplating an investment in Col,
, RADIO lands to inform themselve
i thoroughly in the premises.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
Col. Mike Mcdonald

Des Moines Capital: Hon. Mike
Mcdonald of Bayard, Iowa, was elect
ed commander of the department of
Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic,
and the people of his home town have
given him public welcome with can
non firing and flags waving. Mr.. Nc
Donald is Justly esteemed by his
neighbors and by al who know him.
His service as a mtmber of the leg
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

A st. Louis politician who murdered
another politician was himself muir.
dered by political friend of the poll
tician who was first murdered. This
seems to be a rather drastic way OF
purifying ward politics, but there can
not be two opinions as to its effec-
tiveness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

The Manchester Press doubts the
ability Of John Cownie to buy hats for
the girls at Mitchellville. but the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican declares that
the Press doesn't know Mr.. Cownie-
not even one side Of him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
OfLonu Standinn

Denver Republican: The friendship
between the United States and Ger.
many is too firmly established to he
overturned without good cause; and
since It has existed unbroken from the
beginning Of our history, no American
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Foley's Honey and Tar is especiaf
" recommended for chronic throat
and lung troubles and many suffeF
ers from bronchitis, asthma and con-
sumption have found comfort and r.
lief. by using Foley's Honey and TAI
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Bishop Doane OF New York told a.
graduating class in leading girls
school the other day that their woman
hood would gain nothing by suffrage
and is losing every day In its dignity
and its true influence by the historical
clamor which is employed in the pur-
suit OF this chimera.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
An AntIdote.

Brooklyn Life: II wonder II he ever
thinks OF his divorced wife?"
Its not likely. You see he has 50
much trouble with his present wife
that he has not time to remember
former woes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Anna B. Dam and Chas. |. Gosh
were married in Dubuque recently and
those who heard the minister go
through the marriage ceremony said
1t sounded like steamboat mate talk
Ing to the deck hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

A contemporary explains that the
difference between church and a
divorce court is that one is marriage
altar and the other a marriage alter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

that papers which print pictures of
the new pantaloon gown should never
wonder at the existence OF crime.
with all their activity in various
parts of the country we ought to
read Of dead railroad train robber
now and then" says the Davenport
Democrat But they appear to lead
charmed lives"
The Burlington Gazette says that II
all the Smiths in the Ninth district
continue their allegiance to Congress
man Walter L. Smith that statesmen
need have no fear of Byers or any
other budding ambitions.
1t rests with the saloon keepers
themselves to say whether Iowa shall
have prohibition or not" says the
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. "ln the
spirit in which they observe the law
depends their continuance in bust
nesss 9
The minister of Congregational
church in an Ohio town has the young
people to write him letters in which
they told the sort of husband or wife
each would like. He will compile
| statistics to see just what kind Of
young man and young woman is MOS,
popular in that town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Thought for the day: The only
good fly is dead one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Between grand juries and tornadoes
Oklahoma is having the time OF its
life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette declares
that papers which print pictures of
the new pantaloon gown should never
wonder at the existence OF crime.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

Hats of! The flag is passing by.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-14

keokuk, iowa .......... June ~, 1909.