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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
THREE TRY IN
SAME ROOM
House IN Hannibal Which Has One
Room Which is Regular
Death Chamber.

Hannibal Post: In the same room
In which two other girls had previously
attempted suicide, Miss Beulah Van
camp, % years old, Of Barry III, tried
to end her life at 2 o'clock this NON.
ing by drinking the contents of an
ounce bottle Of laudanum, at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Leonard, No.
20G North Third street. Prompt action
on the part Of Mr.. Leonard who
quickly summoned doctors, probably
saved her from death. Disappointment
in love affair is the reason assigned
for her attempting such a rash act.
She was resting very nicely this after
noon and according to attending ply
sicians, will 500 recover.
Miss Van Camp boards at the Leon
ard home and is employed at the Star
Shoe factory. Yesterday she appearer
to be worrying over something and
limited that she intended to lend it
ALL" One OF the Leonard family stat
ed tonight that she told them early last
night that her lover was hiding from
her and she believed she was tired Of
living. However, they thought she
was only vexed. and in short time
everything would be alright. But it
proved different.
The attempt of Miss Van Camp to
commit suicide is the third that has
been made at the Leonard home with
in the past year. Last September
Miss Emma Beltz, a young woman of
Hull, H.. who was boarding at the
! Leonard home tried to end her life by
drinking a quantity of laudanum, but
was unsuccessful, doctors arriving in
time to save her. The reason for her
act was also a disappointment in a
love affair. The other girl who at
| tempted suicide at the Leonard home
by drinking laudanum was Miss Hat
| tie Leonard. 19 years old, and like the
others she was unsuccessful. Each OF
| the girls who have tried to end their
/ lives at the Leonard home occupied
1.-THE room In which Miss Van Camp at
tempted suicide this morning In each
case the would-be suicide was disap'
pointed in love and believed she would
be better off dead than alive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Brave Fire Ladies'

often receive severe burns. putting
out fires. then use Bucklen's Arnica
Slave and forget them. 1t soon drives
out pain. For Burns. Scalds. Wounds,
Cuts and Bruises Its earta's greatest
healer. Quickly cures Skin Eruptions,
Old Sores. Boils. Ulcers, Felons; best
Pile cure made Relief is instant. 26c
at Wilkinso. G. Co.. ]. F.. Kiedaisch 4
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
For Every Housekeeper
Easy Way TO Rid the House OF
COckrOaches, Rats, Mice, ETC

where your druggist will refund your
money il it does not do the work.
Apply Stearns' electric Paste az
night. In sinks, pantries, ETC., and IN
the morning you can sweep up pan
ful of dead cockroaches.
Use it where there are rats and mice,
and after eating it, they will run out
of doors to die.
All reliable druggists sell Stearns,
Electric Paste; OF. box Zoe. 10 =.
box s1.oo, or sent express prepaid
Stearns' Electric Paste Co., Chicago,
Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

IT is the easiest thing in the world
to rid the house Of rats. mice. cock
reaches, waterbugs, ETC.. by using the
old reliable stearns' Electric Rat and
Roach paste, which has been on the
market for thirty years.
II is ready mixed for use and as it
is In paste form, there is no powder
TO blow away and get into food.
See that every package bears tie sig
nature Of J. J. Kearncy. and then You
VIII get the genuine; the only guar
snteed exterminator. the only one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
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A small company OF friends we're en-
tertained at an informal musical this
afternoon by Miss Parsons in honor OF
Mrs. Frank Rollins of Kansas City and
Miss Florence Brinkman who delight
ed those present with their artistic
program.
The Christian Endeavors OF the
First Christian church. gave we'll
attended social on the lawn of the
Anderson residence at 914 Blondeau
street last evening. Ice cream and
cakes were served and those who at.
tended spent an enjoyable evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Buying the First Bond.

In the lives Of most people there are
few moments that are not only big
with Importance, but remain long in
the memory One of these moments
may be the first sight of the ocean;
another, when great snowclad noun
tains first come into view. Still an
other, though, perhaps not quite SC
romantic. is that time when the aver
age man or woman draws his or hel
savings out of a bank and buys the
first bond -Moody's Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Monv neonle with chronic throat ano

Many people With chronic throat and
ling trouble have found comfort and
relief in Foley's Honey and Tar as 1t
cures stubborn coughs after other
treatment has failed. L. M. Ruggles.
Reasnor, Iowa, writes: The doc
tors said | 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 ouiiet
Wilkinson 4. Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
500 Reward. 500.

4 TIE readers Of tl1i. paper viii be, pleas
ed ia. learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has ben able
to cure IN all its stages. and that Is Ca.
tarTh Halls Catarrh Cure y the only
fraternity. Catarrh being consfitu-
tIonai disease. requires n constitutional
Treatment Halls Catarrh Cure en-
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
thereby estroying the founda ion OF
the eissase. and giving the patien,
and assisting nature In Doing Its work.
The pronrIetors have SO much faith In
Its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II
falls TO cure. Serd for list OF testimon-
ials
Toledo. O.
Scid by Druggists. &c
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

When the stomach falls to perform
its functions, the bowels Decome de-
ranged, the liver and the kidneys con-
sested causing numerous diseases. The
stomach and liver must be restored to
a healthy condition and Chamberlain s
Stomach anu Liver Tablets can be
depended upon to do it. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by Wilkinson
& Co. Pharmacy. J. F. Kiedaisch 4
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
PERSONALS.

George Ackley OF Rock Island who
has been assisting the office force at
the lower lock in installing new
system of bookkeeping left for his
home this afternoon.
family left today for an extensive trip
in Colorado.
Professor Jesse BENJAMIN and
Thomas F. Talbot has returned
from ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
FUNERAL NOTICE.

BALBACH- The funeral of the late
Andrew Balbach will be held from the
family residence, No. IT'S Concert
street. Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Friends of the family invited to at
tend. Burial private.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

Total assessed valuation $67S, 093,6 6S
Tax to be raised-s2,S00,n0o.
Levy-s.4 mills on the dollar.
If all the assessed property pays its
tax the total revenue would be 81
sos. 900, or $4,000 in excess of the
amount needed to pay tae states
bills. This margin will protect the
state against any deficit caused by de-
linquent tax payers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Don't GET a divorce.

A western judge granted divorce
on account OF ill-temper and bad
breath. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
would have prevented It, they cure
Constipation, causing bad breath and
Liver Trouble the ill-temper, dispei
colds. Danish headaches. conquer
chills. csc at Wilkinson & Co, J. r.
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
4 Fact, Hut Indefinite.

While out walking with her papa
and mamma one day, Florence, aged
four. ran some little distance ahead.
AS she got near a mule hitched to a
farmers wagon, the animal began to
bray. She wheeled instantly. and run
ming 70 her mother as fast as she
could go, said in round-eyed astonish-
ment: "Oh, mamma, sumfin said sum-
in.'-Thc Delineator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Report Of State Executive Council at
Des Moines Gives Figures
Which are Very In
teresting
FARM LANDS BOOSTED
Council Orders Increase In Twenty
four Counties Of State and State
Levy is Placed at "a
Mills.

Railroad assessed valuations are
left practically unchanged, interur-
bans are boosted in several instances,
and farm land valuations are ordered
increased from to 5 per cent in
Itwenty-four counties by tie state ex-
ecutive council, which yesterday com,
pleted its work at Des Moines of as
sessment and equalization, and an
nounced that the tax levy for state
purposes this year will be S.4 mills on
the dollar, reduction of one-tenth of
mill from last year.
The assessed valuation Of the Bur
| lington line from Keokuk to Burling-
ton, operated as the St. Louis, Keo
kuk and Northwestern, was reduced
/ from $4,000 mile to $4,000 mile.
The Iowa and St Louis, a coal line
belonging to the Burlington, was re
duced from $500 a mile to $4,000 a
mile. The assessed valuation of the
Kansas City, ST. Joseph and Council
Bluffs, a subsidiary OF the Burlington,
was increased from $4,000 mile to
| $1,000 mile.
Where Increases are Ordered.
! Counties in which an increase OF
farm land valuations is ordered fol-
low:
Five per cent Polk. Plymouth, How
ard and Wapello.
Four per cent-Dallas.
Three per cent Fremont. Monona
and Palo Alto.
Two per cent-Adsms. Butler, Cal
houn, Cass, Chickasaw, Clinton. Floyd
4 Lucas, Lyon. O'Brien. Union, Whine
4 bago.
One per cent-Clay, Kossuth. Mad.
son. Marion.
i For one county, Johnson. farm lane
valuations are ordered reduced pei
/ cent from the figures reported by the
county auditor.
Assessed valuations in all othel
counties were equalized by accepting
the values returned by the county
auditors without change. In all coun
ties the valuations of personal prop
erty and town lots were accepted
without change.
Telephone property valuations have
mot yet 5een worked out because mol
all of the companies in tn
state have reported. Tie fig
ures used by the council in al
irving at the total assessed Valuation
! fof all property are estimated for tele
. phone property.
The council made public the follow
lowing table of assessed valuations
showing how the levy was determine
upon:
Personal property ..... ~
i Lands and town lots .... 4S3,4S1,s6
| railroads ...... 63,6s6.41
(. I,+erurhans S04.55
s,eening cars 1884
Exnress nronerty SCI ,9S
Equipment cars. etc ... lo0,s0
I Telegraph and telephone
I nronertv ... $4,000
> Total assessed valuation s6TS, 093, Sc
! Tax to be raised-s2,S 100000.
Levy-s.4 mills on the dollar.
If all the assessed property pays II
: tax the total revenue would be 81
:. sos. 900. or $4,000 in excess of tn
4 amount needed to pay tae state
bills. This margin will protect tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Chronic.

away down in her heart said the
boarding house philosopher. every
woman is pessimist. When any
calamity happens she always wants to
know the worst, and isn't happy until
she heers it
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE The Mathew Aston
home. One of the best river view
homes at Hamilton. room brick
house; lots; plenty of fruit and good
water. Terms to suit. Call on or adj
dress H. G. Williams. Hamilton. H..
If.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

Health Rules In Nutshell.
Moderation is the best temperance;
temperance is the best diet, and diet
is the best doctor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED Men to learn barber
trade. Thoroughly practical course
by free clinic and careful instructions.
Life scholarship. tools given, board
provided. Some money earned before
completing. Send for catalogue. Mo-
Ter Barber College. St. Louis, Mo. tt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
Ants as Good as Compass.

In Australia there are ants which
build their nests along north and
south line so accurately that a travel
er may direct his course by their aid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28


We deal with our men on similar basis.
Cur Copy Staff is made up of the ablest men
we know. Each can earn more here than any
where else, so long as he holds his own.
But, when any man lets another outscll him,
the other has his place.
For advertising is war, and expensive war.
The stakes are tremendous. There is no room
for incompetents.
Men or agencies must rise or fall by their
victories or their defeats.
So, we make no contracts with our brilliant
men, and we ask none from any client.
There is way to know if your advertising
brings the utmost results that are possible.
There is way to prove easily and quickly
If we can sell more than others.
The proof can be given without any commit
ment on your part. It will be such that no man
can dispute it.
The result may be worth thousands of dol
lars to you. We have made it worth millions
to some.
# you are interested, ask us to state the way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

PAINTERS WANTED Apply I'M
mediately to George Loder, foreman.
Plenty of work at fair wages for first
class painters. The S. P, Pond Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
No Advertiser Signs Contract
When He Deals With Us

The usual advertising agent before he
shows results wants a one to three-year
contract.
hen you must cling to that agent-wtat-
ever the outcome-for the full term agreed.
Il is buying pig in poke" It is also a
poor way to place men on their mettle.
We have abandoned contracts.
Our business is solicited on one basis only
on the claim to outsell any other concern in the
field.
We expect to be compelled to make good.
That is why we pay our Copy Chief $1,000
per week That is why we work in Advisory
Boards, each session Of which costs us 81 per
minute.
We combine our ability-mass our expert
ence-to invariably fulfill our claim.
Then we abide by results.
Advertisers may come to us without any
commitment. They may start in a small way,
and expand when results are apparent
They may quit us the moment another con-
Germ shows the power to sell more than we.
Thus we are held to the mark. We cannot
relax, for our accounts are ours only so long as
no better man shows up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

26c; imitation creamery. firsts. 22c.
EGGS. strong: nearby white, fancy. 30
@S2c; mixed, 24@26c; fresh firsts, %
@241sc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

That is the only right way to place advettis.
ing, SO that is the way we accept.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28

pENELofE:
VERONICA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-28
TODAY'S MARKETS.
Daily Range Of Prices.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 2S.-
Open. High, Low. Cloce.
Kansas City Live stock.

Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY 2S.-Cattle receipts.
1000; steady to 1oc lower; steers,
81 25@T.65; stockers, So. 1905 90.
Hogs receipts, $1,000; 10 to 15c low
er; heavy. 81 .55@7 .65; pics, $3.50
TOO.
Sheep, receipts, 5000; 1oc lower;
muttons s.25@5.25; lambs, Sc. 600
7.50.
New York Produce.
| NEW YORK, July Isl Dressed pcul-
try dull; live. unsettled; both I'M
changed.
Cheese, steady.
Butter, quiet; steady. Creamery,
extra, 26@27c; state dairy tubs, 200
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-02
LOOMS ITEMS.

The lth of July will not be permit
ted to pass entirely unobseryed, al
though there VIII be no general cele-
bratlon. All the lodges OF the camp
have combined and viii hold union
picnic at McDanicl'S grove, SUNDAY,
with basket dinner.
The band boys will give lth of july
dance in Eagle hall Monday evening,
thr 9th.
Eugene Wehe, who has fruit farm
AZ Cashmere, was Il visitor in town
during the past week on his way to
visit relatives at Nehesville. In old
days Mr., Wche was frequently to be
seen on the streets, but it. has been So
long since he was here last that he is
almost a stranger.
Mr.. and Mrs. ChaS. Shull were visit
ors in ConcOnuIly for couple of day :
this week
The local bail club is not winning
many games this season, owing to a
run of hard luck, but opponents, are
compelled to play ball to win against
the boys. Last Sunday a close, inter
esting and exciting game took place
between the local and Conconulll
teams. resulting in favor of ConconulIy
by the narrow margin Of e to D.
John Barman, late of this place, has
purchased blacksmith shop in Con-
conuily and his family will join him
flom Seattle. MIR. Barman tried dii-
ferent portions of the coast, but found
no locality that would compare as a
place OF residence with old OkanQgan
county.
y. Il. Tillman has purchased the
boiler and engine at the old lvanhoe
mine, and will install the same at his
slwmill, ol4 Douglas mountain, which
he intends starting up again in short
time.
Earl Harlins and Wallie oalter, two
well known young men formerly of thi.
place, and late OF Seattle, have gone
to Baker City, Oregon, where they
have secured employment.
VIII Judd i, now working at the
Nighthawk mine.
Henry Bahrs has gone outside on
mining business.
ii. W. llarrj, left this week ON a
business trip to OroYlie.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-02
A SURE GO.

The Wenatchee daily World of last
Saturday says that -four mule team
outfits passed through the city yester-
day en- route to the Okanogan country.
The wagons were loaded with scrapers
and grading outfits, and the drivers
gave it out while in the city that were
going to the Okanogan to work on the
Oroville-Wenatchee railway. Besides
the teams they had lot of work horses
which they were driving up" Now,
whether the information secured by
the World from this party was true or
false, as to the object and destination
of the party itself, the fact remains
Just the same that construction of the
proposed Oroville-W -Wenatchee branch
Is no longer prospect with an uncer-
tain time of realization, but a certainty
of the very near future. AT one time
this spring the fear was entertained
that actual construction would be post
poned another year, and there were
good grounds for that apprehension.
Recent developments have settled all
doubts, and there is hardly any doubt
bat that dirt will be flying along the
proposed line in a very short time, un-
less, of course, the company changes
it's plans and cancels orders already
promulgated. Wenatchee is as much
interested in the building of the road
as is Oroville, and both places will be
greatly benefited by the completion of
! the line. We trust that the opportun-
| ity will be given in an early issue to
announce the Inauguration of work.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-02
BAND DANCE.


There may not be anything going on
here this year in the way of a general
4th of July celebration, yet the date
will not be permitted to slip by with
out some kind of recognition, although
that recognition is to be reduced to the
size of social dance. The band will
do it. Monday night is the date when
it is to be done. That organization
has arranged to give dance in Sigrist
hall on the night of the 9TH. 1t will
be mild method of celebrating, but
it has the virtue of being free of siren
uousness, yet at the same time supply
ing a large per centage of pleasure to
the exertion employed. The orchestra
will supply the music, which is equivo-
lent to saying that that important fea-
ture will be the best that can be pro-
cured. No doubt large number of
devotees to the pastime will seize the
opportunity to turn out and take some.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-02
BACK FROM THE FAIR.

Chas. S. Sigrist and Miss Jessie Mae
Sigrist returned home Wednesday
evening from their trip to Seattle, and
were accompanied by their mother,
Mrs. G. Nj. Sigrist, and youngest broth
er, Grover, of Congress, Ohio, and Il
sister, Miss Anna Sigrist, of yelling
ton, Ohio, who will spend the summer
in Oroville. Mr.. Sigrist was very fa-
vorably impressed with the exposition,
the beauty of the grounds and hand
some buildings. He reports the ex-
hibits as numerous, and representative
of the resources of the northwest. He
also states that while the Okanogan
display is good, the space occupied is
not more than one-third the size of that
of other counties, which would Indicate
that some one had blundered. He heard
much inquiry regarding Okanogan and
believes what is on exhibition will at
tract the attention of many people to
this county.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-02

oooyant, confident, prosperous. enter.
prlSing, fully coguizant of the sunorjor
advantages of their SURROUNDINGS and
cheerluIly hopeful of the future, Tbev
sa" townsite that is without = cam
terpart in the state, Il country attr,c-
1--WE to look upon, nouri,hino tow,
with every appearance of stability. and
thousands OF acres of the very choicest
land that are only awaiting capital to
supply the water that will make them
as productive as any ON earth. If more
bright, intelligent, progressive men
ike unto these Wcnatchee yisitor.
would only take the time to come mn
mere and see with their own ewes whal
the country really is like the deyelon-
lheht OF the country would be rapid
Feeling that they are surrounded hy
the richest land on the Pacific coast
the people here invite investigation.
and are willing to abide by the YER
dlct of those who come and see.