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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
IncomparibIe Iowa.

Burlington Hawk Eye: There is
but one Iowa And there are no
others like her. In every country, in
every town, there are men who
thought otherwise, and who wan
dered away to other states and into
other countries. in the vain search
after that better than Iowa land.
and in the course of time they re-
turned well satisfied with the oppor-
tunity to again take up the battle
here at home.
Now and then we hear of some
one who has disposed of a fine Iowa
farm upon which he has toiled and
prospered. and who then regrets the
sale becomes respondent and ends
it all. Wiser are the men like the
farmer near Sidney, who sold his
fine 200 acre home at 500 per acre
and then went forth to hunt the bet
ter land of which he had been dream
ing. After long search he returned
+ to Iowa and he bought back 12o acres
of his former home place, paying s125
per acre, and glad to get it at that
figure. well satisfied with his bargain.
j He knows that there is nothing
better nothing as good elsewhere and
he will be contented to the end of his
days. And that is something worth
much money, worth many times what
he paid for it. Something that in
many cases money will not buy.
Many have located in other states
who would gladly come back if their
pride or their finances permitted
And they also are ready to testify to
the fact that there is but one Iowa
And that like unto her there are nc
others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Miss lockers Wedding Gift" and in
cidentally throws side-light on one
way OF booming best sellers Other
stories are: CAS- Played by the
Orchestra" by Marion Hill, theatri-
cal story on original lines. Being
Nice" by Dorothea Deakin, delight
full story OF a prankish girl. For the
Sake of the Kid by Theodore Waters,
a tale of the lower fve' of beggar-
dom. THE Tree the Rope, and the
Man." by Will Lexington Comfort, a
dramatic tale of the West. "The
Garden of Forgotten Things by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, is charming sketch
and The Nerve of Joe by D. c
Lawless, is another good story.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

The March Century is notable for
the number of its articles on public men
and public interests. The new Presi-
dent Is given prominent place in its
pages, With study published anony-
mously of his interesting personality;
picture, sketched by James A. LIE
Roy, of his character and methods as
revealed by his work in the Philip
pines; and first publication of two
letters of Mr. Taft, one declining to
be considered for the presidency of
Yale, the other accepting his appoint.
ment on the Philippines Commission.
In addition the "reminiscences of Ruth
erford B. Hayes in the white house
and the story of Our President Out of
Doors makes the issue decidedly a
white house number, as it is called.
There is a suggestive editorial re.
garding Poe in the March issue of 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02


required to do so by the ordinance, the
company will refund to It's patrons
eleven thousand dollars. The manager
said the falling off in pressure was
unavoidable on account of the colo
weather, but that he wanted to live up
to the regulations of the council ana
he did not want to take more money
from the people than they ought 10
pay; that if the service vas inferior
he did not xpect the people to pay
full price.
Heavens and earth! Think OF
gas company making a refund 10 les
patrons because of poor Dressule'
How much would Cedar Rapids gas
patrons have received in rebates y
they had been compensated for iach
OF proper pressure?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
The Millennium Dawns-in Minne,no,,.

The Millennium Dawns-in Minneanolje
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The mil.
lenium seems to be dawning at Min.
neapolis. In the Flour City there is
an ordinance providing that pressure
insures % candle power. The ordi.
nance provides also that there shall,
be a rebate of 4 per cent for every
point below 2S candlepower. The pas
Inspectors report for the month Of
January shows that the candlepower
for that month averaged only 81 Tho
manager of the gas company a.,
nounces that, because of the inferior
quality of the gas and because be l.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Greater New York has population
of 4,200. 900 and municipal salary list
of $4,000 900 or about $50 pa- capita.
The salary list has doubled the past
six years the era has been one Of
reform. but more attention has been
given to the collection than to the ex-
penditure OF revenue
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
AS TO Married Meme Riohte

Washington Democrat: Della Fair
cloth of Des Moines has sued her hus.
band for divorce and she alleges that
he slapped her. Well, has man no
rights any more? Why should not a
man slap his wife If she needs it?
Des Moines is so FUNNY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

There is bill before the legislature
of Illinois to put the clerk of the SUI
preme court on a salary. His fees at
present are estimated at $4,000 to
$4,000 year. The fee system is one
of the most fruitful sources of abuse
in public administration, says the
Debuque Telegraph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Six yaks have inst been put on the
Canadian governments experiment
farm near Ottawa 1t is hoped that
they will thrive for they are good
beef animals, almost as large as a
steer, and stand much cold
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The republicans have nominated
Capt Emery for mayor OF Ottumwa
He is banker, building and loan
man, national guardman, Y. NJ. G. A.
man and Billy Sunday man. If he
wins the transgressors will have a
hard road to travel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The lowest birth rate ever record
ed for England and Wales is the news
contained in the vital statistics for
the losing quarter OF 1908 England
and France may change places, in this
particular. if the French gain in the
birth rate the last quarter should be
maintained a few years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

1t is said that hard times are ex-
pected in Germany and that the tex
tile factories in silesia are now run
ming only four days a week while
those in southern Germany have cur
tailed their working time IA per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Marshalltown Times-Republican:
The mayor of Abba has supplement-
ed the Ottumw mayors proclamation
with one of a similar character. Abba
does not propose to receive the over
flow. However, Marshalltown is safe
from invasion while Oskaloosa re.
mains. They will never get past the
city on the Skunk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Keokuk is attracting attention from
all over the country due to the water
power activities. The enterprise is
rapidly gaining and its promoters are
prcpa g to make Keokuk more talk
ed about this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The prosperity edition OF the Han
nibal Courier-Post issued last week
does credit to the city and to the in
stitution printing the paper. 1t is a
fine piece of mechanical work, setting
forth the advantages OF Hannibal The
Courier-Pcst is live paper and is
doing a fine work for Hannibal anG is
entitled to the most liberal support
on the part of the citizens
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The battleship squadron fred over
2,0ot guns in saluting the president at
Hampton roads Putting the cost Of
each gun charge at the low figure of
49, the salute cost the people of the
United States exceeding $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The government has over 10000
900 worth of buildings in the Panama
canal zone. and no insurance is car
ried on them, for the government car
ries none on any of its buildings. But
the fire department there is excellent
and has been trained TO high state
of efficiency
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The younger people or China are
showing much dissatisfaction with
the old marriage customs and now
want to choose their own mates. The
Chinese board of education says that
children should not be consulted about
marriage, but it is bound to be over
ruled within a comparatively few
years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

vice. The motor boat when construct.
ed with due attention to comfort af.
fords pleasant, convenient and
comparatively inexpensive means Of
communication between ports along
the river.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The president of the New York Life
Insurance company is advocating in
public addresses the substitution of
federal for state supervision of life
companies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
keokuk, Iowa March 2, 1909.

:. is time that every citizen who
wishes to see Keokuk go ahead and
take front place in that procession
b. It Keokuk made goods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Congress is quite certain to give
Secretary Wilson little more than
s13 100000 for the Agricultural depart
ment The Iowa man win make a
showing altogether creditable with
such an appropriation, which is just
about enough to pay for one public
building in a first class city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

The largest cottonwood log ever cut
in the South was recently shipped
from Lula, Miss, and will be cut up
into $500 feet of lumber 1t is seven
feet in diameter and IL feet long, and
will have to be split by dynamite, A
cottonwood grows faster than any 9th
err tree in the country. but the one
which furnished the log is supposed
to have been 326 years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Story Book 1t appears to be a fore.
runner of further comments on the
great master of American literature.
AS a suggestion 1t is worth while.
The list Of stories in this issue is par
ticularly pleasing. "Mademoiselle
Jolie's High c" is the leader and is
a very clever and witty sktt, by j. l..
Berry. "The Innocence of Mrs. Mill.
wood, : b. Elliot Walker, is essential
ny 10 Story Book story-a bit risoue.
but clever, aytistic and surprising.
The Lady of His Dreams" by Robert
Carlton Brown is an automobile story
particularly timely in these days when
every hod-ca1rier travels in a Rel
Devil.
John Kendrick Bangs, author of "A
House Boat on the Styx,' "The Idiot. ;,
and numerous other widely read books.
contributes most amusing tale to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Spring business is beginning to as
sert itself. 1t is gooc time to pre-
pare to get your share of it Mr.. Mer-
chant, by using the columns OF this
paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
The Perry Best Way.

Council Bluffs Nonpariel: A good
way to avoid contamination by CON
flnement in an unsanitary Jail is to
keep out of 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Germany's first electric ferryboat
recently was launched at Dulsburg.
1t has a capacity for 645 passengers,
besides horses and vehicles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Davenport Times: The attacks on
the board of control, coming as they
do from the vicinity of Fort Madison,
are not likely to have any effect
with legislature 1t is difficult to
please the reservation all the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

British inventors have succeeded in
hardening tantaulm by an oxeygen
process which adds to it's strength
without adding to it's brittleness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Sea water for certain kinds of
skin disease is now much used in
France, and the method of treatment
has been introduced into tais coun-
try. The water is taken from the
sea 40 or so miles from shore and
80 to 40 feet below the surface. This
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Sioux City Jotrnal: Sometimes one
is tempted to believe Roosevelt does
not know he has stirred up congress
until he reads the newspapers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Cedar Rapids Republican: In
Evanston they had primary the other
day at a cost of s2S per ballot cast.
What do you think of that? And still
the primary has been heralded as the
poor mans salvation. The poor man
is finding out that he pays the bills.
or helps to pay them, and that is
about all he gets out of It,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

We have told our shootin' sheriff OF
our back-to-natur needs,
And he's used the hoe prom'sc'us on
our growth of human weeds;
We have closed the gamblin' places,
and the bood-by sign We slips
To the youth whose springtime fancy
lightly turns to poker chips.
We have had a hoss-thief raisin', and
the neighbors all agree
That a more upliftin' session this
here place will never see:
And we've painted sence We started
sev'ral pairs of high-heeled boots
All the pairs containin' Tribes OF
our gun-fghtin' galoots.
So we've put our bid in heavy for free
seeds from Uncle Sam,
And we're goin' to have college and
an irrigatin' dam;
Well show 'em that for farmin' that
is scienced and way up
Cactus Center's got the deadwood or
that measly Spotted Pup.
Denver Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
IOWA PRESS NOTES

Burlington Gazette: Among those
who will travel the trail back to lit
tie old New York along with Theo-
dore Roosevelt may be mentioned
Mr. Tom Plat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

is done to assure purity and then it
is sterilized. The water is then in
jected into the tissues of the patient.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Sioux City Tribune: But why
should any very considerable sum of
money be appropriated to provide
photographs OF the members of the
legislature for the purpose of adorn-
Ing the halls of the gallery of the
state historical building when pos
sibly the police department of Des
Moines would willingly do the photo
/ graphing for nothing?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

Read The Daily Gate City. ~
cents per week.
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Country upllft in Cactus Center.

Sence the Country Life Commission
called upon our rival town
There's heap of old-time notions
that'1l nevermore go down;
We've cut out the type of rancher-
and of all types he's the worst
Who thinks that irrigatin' means
a-quenchin' of his thirst.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02

There is a suggestive editorial re.
garding Poe in the March issue of 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-02
IAILA. GATE. CITY.
PUBLISHED By
The GALE Oily COMPAN /
DAILY BY MAIL.

G. e. sklRvtN Manager
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13

Paris Pattern No $500, All Seams
Allowed tailor-made in
style is this jaunty shirt waist, which
may be developed to advantage in any
material Three broad shoulder tucks,
stitched to nearly the bust line, give
ample fullness to the lower part of the
waist, and the long tuck either side Of
the center-front box plat is stitched
from shoulder to waist line The
sleeves are made in full length, with
link cuff, or in seven-eighths length
with a roll-up cuff. The back of the
model is plain, with the exception of
two tucks at the center, having the eff
feet of a boX-plait. The pattern is in
six sizes, 80 to AZ inches bust meas
ure For SO bust the waist requires
five yards of material 20 inches wide,
3B yards q inches wide, 2B yards
SO inches wide, or 21a yards AZ inches
wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13
ALCOHOL CONDEMNED.
Scientific Opinion Against the Use of
Alcohol In Any Form.
ROF. KRAEPELIN

OF. KRAEPELIN
of Heidelberg
agrees with DR..
Osler in the view
that alcohol is
a | W Us detri-
mental to the
system, and that
its use can only
b e jus ii fl 9 d
when it plays
the role of a
narcotic.
DR.. Fernet Of
Paris recently
made the asser-
ton that SO per
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13

Paris Pattern No. 1888, All Seams
Allowed. -Flowered dimity or lawn,
challis either plain or figured, are
suitable materials for this dainty little
dress, which is quite as easily slipped
into as a wrapper. The waist is gath
cred into the seamless yoke at the
front and back, and the long or three
quarter sleeves are gathered into
cuffs of the material. The five-gored
skirt is attached to the waist under
narrow belt of the material, and the
little rundown collar may be made of
the material or of white muslin, &C
cording to taste. The pattern is in
seven sizes, 80 to A inches bust meas
ure. For SO bust the dress requires
11h yards of material 20 inches wide,
81 yards q inches wide, 6% yards
SO inches wide, or 5% yards ~ inches
wide; width of lower edge of skirt
about 81 yards.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number OF pattern
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13
Elxlnn up an Excuse.

He came home from the direction
of the river with wet and sandy hair.
Johnny" said his mother, severely,
you have been in swimming?"
Nom" replied Johnny, nervously.
What is your hair doing wet?"
"Rained on It,"
well. how did you get that sand
mixed up in your hair? it didn't rain
sand, did it?"
Johnny was stumped for the mo-
ment Then he quickly responded:
''Yes'm. You see. ma, | happened to
pass under a balloon when they were
throwing out ballast,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13
Couldn't Tell a Lie.

George Washington, Jr., was trying
to dispose of a horse.
rs he a good traveller" queried the
prospective purchaser.
"He u.s." replied G. w. Jr. I'll
guarantee him to trot in 2:15."
"Trot a mile in 215?" queried the
p. p.
I'm not saying anything about dis
tances," replied the owner, "but he'll
trot as far as he can in 2:15"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-08-13

cent. of the population OF Par1S-maie
and female-was degenerating, owing
to an excessive use of alcohol. Like
Kraepelin, DR.. Fernet will not hear
of alcohol except as narcotic. he
strongly reproves the custom of many
physicians of recommending patients
to take an occasional nip as likely to
be beneficial. This, he says, is prac-
ticalIy sanctioning the abuse OF alco-
hol, and to the topper who receives the
advice that little is good for him, 1t
is much the same as the assertion by
a minister to a sinner that hell had
been proven an impossibility
Fernet argues out his theory against
alcohol in an interesting manner
Here is what he says in effect: Lite,
whether natural or human, is the re-
suit of vibratory energy always in ac-
ton. Heat, cold, anger, love, hatred
and any other mental, physical or
moral phenomena are the result Of
vibratory energy According as an
individual is mentally, morally or
physically strong, SO Is he capable OF
9XGrIlI2 lllOIG Ob lCoo VIZ 0NCA
force. If he does not possess this vi
bratory force he can stimulate 1t in
various ways. He must, however, pay
the price of stimulating his vibratory
energy IL he has recourse to alcohol
or drugs.
Each potion he INDUCES in creates
false vibratory action, which is eX-
pended to the detriment of the norm
of his vibratory power. At each reac-
tion the norm is sensibly lessened. and
can only be stimulated by recurrence
to the drug or drink originally used.
AT a certain stage of the use Tor
abuse) of alcohol the vibratory sys-
tenn is so entirely upset as either TO
bring on insanity or to cause the VIC
tim to become confirmedly alcoholic,
action or life being almost impossible
without the spirit. The vibratory pow
err. SAYS Fernet, is our best asset Ii
constitutes the first power that man
nossesses, and accordingly as he re-
spects or abuses it he is sound or de-
generate.
The stronger the individual the
greater is his power of exerting VI
bratory action, and this is what makes
men successful or unsuccessful, what
makes the stronger spirit suppress or
control the weaker, there being less
energy in the latter when opposed to
the former. Alcohol, creating, as 1t
does. even when taken in infinitesimal
nips a vibratory energy In excess OF
the norm is always detrimental to the
body and the mind, and can only be
justified when it is employed as a
sleeping drausht
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-10-07
SHOWED THEIR GENIUS EARLY
Mozart and MendeIssohn Were Mu-
sicians of Note Before They
Had Reached Their Teens.

Mozart may be said to be the only
child composer, although Haydn I'M
doubtedly would have been prodigy
if he had possessed the advantage OF
a musical father, instead of being
compelled to teach himself the rudi-
ments of composition.
At the age of II Mendelssohn had
written a violin sonata and two
pianoforte sonatas. Weber had COM
posed an opera when only 13, but,
unfortunately, the score was de-
stroyed by>fre. His ''Waldnadchen,"
written a year later, was actually
performed, however, at Chemnltz.
Vienna, Prague and st. Petersburg.
Beethoven, on the other hand, was
hardly a prodigy composer, but as
an instrumentalist he was considered
sufficiently responsible at Is to full
fill the duties of organist at the
Vienna Electoral chapel, with which
his family had long been connected.
Bach, Wagner, Schumann and
Brahms were also comparative late
development.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-10-07
LOOKED LIKE 1T.

Titles of books are misleading,
especially if you do not look within.
The story is told of a man, the
brother of a scientist, who went to a
bookshop to buy present. He told
the clerk that he wanted some kind
of a volume dealing with natural
history to give to his brother, a
zoologist. Could he recommend one?
The clerk glanced over the shelves
with a knowing air. At last he
pulled down a book.
"This would interest him." he re-
marked. cit is by one of our best
authors"
LET me see it." said the pur-
chaser.
The clerk handed it to him. On
the back, in large letters, was the
word Anthology"
Cali about ants" commented the
elsrk.-Youth's Companion.