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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

Strength comes from well aigested
and thoroughly assimilated food
Hoods Sarsaparilla tones the digest
i've organs, and thus builds up the
strength If you are getting run
down" begin taking foods at once
1t gives nerve, mental and digestive
strength
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
William Spencer.

William Spencer of Bunker Hill,
| H., died here yesterday afternoon at
As O'Clock at the home of his daugh-
! ter.tMrs ]. E. Merrick in West Keo-
&kuk.
He came here last May, intending
to spend year with his daughter
land had been sick most of the time
[since arriving. For the last three
weeks he had been confined to his bed
land passed away yesterday evening
from acute stomach trouble.
He was born in England on October
Zl6. 1928. and was member of the
Methodist church and of the Masonic
fraternity.
Besides the daughter in Kej;uk
he has. another daughter, Mrs. Adolph
Burmann of Bunker Hill, H., son O.
q Spencer of The Dalles, Oregon, and
a brother in Wisconsin. His wife
fdled seven years ago.
The remains have been taken to
Bunker Hill, H.. for interment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

FOR sALE-Don't let this bargain
pass. Two full lots, Groom house.
In fair condition, corner Park and J
streets. Price for short time. ST 600.
Splendid investment. See j. C. Para
die Realty Co. 22.2.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
ROOSEVELT OFF
FOR BIG HUNT

Continued from Page /.
Grosvenor Clarkson, Robert j. Collier,
Henry B. Needham. caspar Whitney,
W. S. Ward and Ernest ]. Abbott.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
|John Mcpherson, Former Well Known
Citizen Died in Chicago and
Will be Buried in
keokuk.
HE HAD MANY FRIENDS
William Spencer, While Visiting in the
City, Passed Away at the Home
Of His Daughter, Mrs.
Merrick.

John Mcpherson, one of the best
| liked citizens of Keokuk and man
who made everyone happy while he
was in their presence, died yesterday
morning at his home in Chicago, and
will +, brought here for burial to-
morrow.
His many friends here will remem-
Der him as a prince of good fellows"
for he was a most congenial man of
sunny disposition and full of good
{nature.
| He left Keokuk after the close of
the Coey pork packing plant. being
| engineer at the plant when it was
closed and went to Hammond. Ind,
where he was employed in the Ham
mond Packing Co. plant, removing
from there to Chicago where he made
| his home and where his death took
| place.
+ of his death and was born in Ireland.
He married Miss Mary Ryan in 1897,
and is survived by his wife and two
|children, Mary and John, besides his
Brother Alexander Mcpherson of
keokuk, and two sisters in Ireland.
He was a member of st. Peters
church, from which the funeral will be
held tomorrow morning, the remains
arriying at $40 o'clock in the morning
AID taken direct to the church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
SSSs|'|'|B|j}}!IEgIZ

The Wednesday Reading club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Scroggs on
Seventh and High streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

WANTED-Agents in every town;
pest selling household article, start
az once; large demand for goods; SIS
70 500 a week; success assured; inves.
lisate today Monroe Supply Co.,
So4 Broadway, Cleardeld, Iowa.
lntt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

FOR sALE-Three chair barber shop,
well located, doing paying business.
Cheap for quick action, Inquire s2s
Main street, ea.2t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
Safe home at Last.

SHARON. March 2S-Nearly three
hundred persons were at tae Erie de-
pot at Cleveland to see Billy off. The
father and Billy stood on the back
platform of the train Billy smiled
and waved his hand, while his father
made short speech. The entire trip
to Sharon was remarkable tribute
to the manly American boy and mer-
lean fatherhood and motherhood.
Whitla held Billy on his lap part
of the trip. The rest of the time Billy
sat facing his father. They both read
newspaper account of the kidnapping
Billy asked his father to give him a
pin, given 10 him by tle kidnappers
last night as a souvenir of his exper
fences. He took the pin proudly and
fastened it to his blouse. The pin
had an amethyst setting. Whitla said:
1T was nice of Billy's kidnapper. Mr.
Jones, to give Billy pin, but l real
ly believe could have purchased quite
a few like it out of the ten thousand
Billy noticed his shoe string unfast-
ened and bending over, fastened it in
secure bow. Whitla said: That's
one thing Jones taught Billy. Be-
fore he was Kidnapped, he couldn't tie
hie shoa cfrip ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
Admitted Paying Money.

Before retiring Whitla admitted that
he had paid the $4,000 to woman in
the candy store 1t was in currency
and bills. The woman he believed, did
not count the money. Whitla believes
the woman was an Italian but h. re-
fuses to disclose her identity.
Billy Gets Warm Greeting.
CLEVELAND March 23.-Billy
Whitla and his father were up early
this morning and spent little of tle
night in sleep They sat down to
breakfast at the Hollenden hotel a
crowd gathering in the dining room
and on walks outside the window. A
woman crossed the floor and kissed
Billy and said: God bless you, little
man. The crowd outside made such
a commotion that Billy stood up and
bowed. Everybody cheered. Billy
said to his father: Everybody is star
ing at me so | can't eat"
Tae mob damned at the door when
they left the hotel. All the way to
the station men jumped on the steps
of their taxi-cab and insisted on wiring
ing the boys hand. The police this
morning sent out the first general
alarm for pock-marked elderly wom-
an. From the boys story they believe
the kidnappers put him in charge of
such a woman. Tie boy does not
know where.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

FOR sALE-6 room couse with splen.
did lawn, cellar bath laundry, els
tern, fruit and shade. Near Y. NJ. c.
a. and postoffice. c. E. Alling. Bell
phone sos B. IT,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

Marshall County, Iowa. farm two miles
from Liscomb, will trade for Keo-
kuk residence, income or merchandise.
Paul B. Walker Fit Morgan, Colo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

Read The Daily Gate City, 10
cents week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
What Pat Grove Thinks.

NTUWt TTTlNS.
CLEVELAND, March 23.-Pat Grove
believes that unless the Whitla kid
nappers are caught soon they will pull
off another Job. He said Now
comes man hunt. Anybody can kid
nap boy but it takes shrewd man
to collect the ransom. The hardest
task OF all is to escape the hunt. Tlree
weeks. taking incoaspicuous leave OF
the city, singly, locating in some dis
tant city. As a guess, would say
Seattle. One year there. holed up
srom light, gradually changing the
money into other bila :.nd then
another big job for big stake-a
hundred thousand or more"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

FOR SALES room house. modern,
cheap. Apply 722 Franklin. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
Writing Autographs.

Passengers of the train came from
all the coaches to call on Billy and
his father. A great many had the
boy write an autograph for them. The
train was met by great crowd at
Warren, Niles and Youngstown. Fully
two-thirds of the citizens of Sharon
met the train. The street were jam
med in all directions. squad c. po-
lice made a passageway for the car
rage Mrs. Whitla who was waiting
on the porch, rushed down the steps.
clasped Billy in her arms, and llnelr
beside him and smothered him with
kisses. His gradmother and grand
father Whitla forgot their age and
feebleness and hurried to Billy's side
and kissed him. They then took Bill
ly into the house. He was tied but
happy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
FOR RENT.

LoST-Gentemans black kid glove,
lined. return to this ONCE. 1t
WANTED-At shoe factory, girls IA
to IS years old. Steady employment
at good wages. 23-St
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23

bill in the legislature making kidnap-
ping life Imprisonment instead of
five years as now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
THE F. MARIE REAL
ESTATE AGENCY
HAMILTON, H.
Buys. Sells and Exchanges keokuk,
Warsaw and Hamilton City
and Farm Properties.

We have unusual facilities through
our cooperative correspondents in all
parts OF the United States to dispose
of yo%r property or to help YOU locate
any where Tel US your wants and
we cen satisfy YOU.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Growth of Non- partizanship.

The Springfield Union, which for some time has stood for on-partizan- ship in city affairs, finds in the re- suits of the election in that city evil dence that a large number of voters are coming to the same way of think ing. The results showed that some democatic wards were carried by the republican candidate for mayor, while some of the republican strongholds were carried by the democratic can didate. This -partisanship was manifested chiefly in the mayoralty contest, the'voters sticking more close ly to party lines in their choice for other officials. This leads The Union to the conclusion that little attention is paid these days to party designations in municipal elections where the con- test is clearly defined and into which the personalities of the candidates en- ter" There is much to indicate that not only in Springfield. but in other cities adherence to party. so far as municipal affairs is concerned, is weakening. This is effect is not dis tnrhlng to The Lnions a strong Ie-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
NEW SERVICE.
New Haven to Enlarge Express Line:
 by Taking Hartford Concern.

The New Haven road through the Connecticut company will on the ex- piration of contract take oyer on Jan uary 15 the trolley system of express service of George F. Evans of Hart ford. the service in that city reaching to New Britain. Unionville, Windsor, Rockville, Manchester and South Man chester. By connecting at New Brit ain the express trolley system center ing at New Haven will now be merged with the Hartford system.
 The New Haven system now has nineteen trips each way to various points including four to Bridgeport, three to Waterbury. two to Meriden, two to Seymour. two to Stony Creek, and two to Wallingford, and also runs cars from Waterbury to Thomaston and Watertown and Woodbury From this last mentioned town there has been established a milk route to Wa terbury and New Haven.
 The trolley express business it is stated is also to be greatly ampli- fled on the Rhode Island system cen tering at Providence. The last report of the Connecticut company showed that for the year ending June 30. 1909, it's business in the state had increased from $137,463 to $224,294.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
ALUMNI DAY
At w. II. s.--Evening Address by supt. F. H. 6eede-Reception Committee Named.

All the plans for the annual observ- ance of Alumni day of Windham High school are perfected and the fine pro- gramme arranged gives promise of an unusually pleasant days activities. The exercises will be held in the Town hall and will include varied pro- gramme of ten numbers, musical and literary including an address by F. H. Beede of New Haven, a former princi- pal of the Windhoam High school.
 This year the festivities for the evening will be purely social. and dancing which is to follow the reunion. comprising members of every class that has been graduated from the school, is a new feature: 1873, George F. Taylor; 1874, Hon. Hadlai Hull, New London; 1875, Allen B. Lincoln, New Haven; 1877, Henry Huntington, Nor wich: 1873, Andrew F. Gates, Hart ford; 1879, Miss Hattie Merrow, PTovi- dence, R. l.; 1881, Mrs. A. c. Everest; 1882, W. P. Jordan; 1883, Miss May E.. Davison; 1884, George s. Elliott; 1885. Mrs. W. A. Buck: 1886, Mrs. T. Frank Howfe; 1887, J. D. Conant; 1888, Mrs. A. w. Gates; 1889, Mrs. A. I. Bill: 1890. Judge William A. Arnold; 1891, Robert H. Fenton; 1892, Miss Harriet Bass; 1893, Dr. c. E. Sinonds; 1894, A. N. Colgrove: 1908, Arthur Potter: 1901, Harold Lincoln; 1902, Miss Anne M. Bass; 1903, Howard Whitemore; 1904, Miss Verna Hastings; 1905, Miss May Everest; 1906, Ray Parker 1907, Miss Lillian Hibberd; 1908. Miss Cornelia Thompson; 1909, Miss Ruth Taylor.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
JEWETT CITY
Five Additional Fire Extinguishers to Be Provided-Mt. Vernon Lodge In- stalls Officers-Christmas Notes.

Five more fire extinguishers are to be ready for service soon. Two will be placed upon the truck at the hose house, and the others will be at the Town hall. Michael Shea's, on palmer avenue, and B. H. Hiscox's. on Main street. The other six are at Maurice Shea, Jr.'s. on Lower Main street; James Hopkins, on Factory Hill; Peter McArthur's. on Mathewson street; Gordon Willis, on Green avenue; Will liam Grenier's. on North Main street, and John LaMotte's, in Ashland.
 Officers of Mt. Vernon Lodge Installed.
 The installation of the officers of Mt. Vernon lodge. No. 75, F. and A. M
 took place on Tuesday evening. The following officers were installed by the retiring master. AM. Brown, c. H. Ray. marshal, assisted by Raymond F. Che ney, worshipful master: Harold D. Hewitt, senior warden; A. M. Clarke junior warden; F.. H. Hiscox, treas urer; George H. Prior. secretary: George Robertson. senior deacon; Earl Gilbert, junior deacon; Thomas B. Keen, senior steward; A. c. Brewster junior steward; J. w. Miller, tyler,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Paw Paw. Mich
Another Operation Avoided.

Another Operation Avoided. Chicago, III. -"I want women to know what that wonderful medicine, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- bound, has done for me. Two of the best doctors in Chicago said would lie if I didSnot have an operation, and never thought of seeing well day fgain. I had a small tumor and female troubles so that I suffered day and night. A friend recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it made me well woman. Mrs. ALvENA STERLING, Ii Langdon St, Chicago, Ill.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- bound, made from roots and herbs, las proved to be the most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female ills, including displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu- larities, periodic pains, backache, bear lng-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- ton, and nervous prostration. Itcosts but trifle to try it, and the result has been worth millions to many suffering women
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

weakening. This in effect is not dis turbing to thinking and unbiased men anywhere.
 The change that Is taking place in this particular is highly encouraging. It gives promise of better city gov ernment in the future than there has been in the past. It shows that voters and taxpayers are opening their eyes to their own interests and demanding for service in city offices men quail fled by character and ability for the work to be performed, rather than those whose sole recommendation is that they are straight party men" American cities should look after their own interests, and that they are beginning to do so is proof that they are not forever to sacrifice those in- terests by dancing to the crack of the party whip.-North Adams Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
STAFFORD SPRINGS
Tax Lists Mailed to Property Owners St. Edwards Parish Plans Christmas Festival.

The local postoffice is showing signs of the Christmas rush. It is expected that there will be a very busy interval between now and Christmas.
 The tax lists as revised by the spe- cial appraisers have been mailed to all taxpayers in town, in accordance with the vote at the recent town meeting. Miss Harriet G. Werner, assistant supervisor of music ill the New Bed ford public schools, is in town for the holiday vacation.
 Christmas Tree for St. Edwards
 Parish.
 There will be Christmas tree in St Edwards hall Friday afternoon for the children of the parish. The children of St Joseph's mission in Staffordville have been invited to attend.
 Alumni Reunion.
 Preparations are being made for the annual reunion of the High School Alumni association to be held in So- ciety hall on the evening of the 29th.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
WILL-IMANTIC.

Joseph Watt, marshal; John P. Cor man, chaplain.
 Borough Interests.
 Mrs. George A. Haskell attended the meeting of the Mayfiower club, which was entertained by Mrs. c. D. Branch at the Hampstead house in New Lon don on Tuesday.
 One of the featutes of the Christmas day celebration at St. Mary's church vii be the singing by the altar boys. who have been in training for some time.
 The Christmas exercises at the Bap- tist and Congregational churches are to be held on Friday evening at 7.5O, and at the Methodist church on Sat- urday evening at o'clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
A NATURAL COMPASS.
How the Trees Point the Way
 Through the Wilderness.

A famous Canadian guide of whom his friends assert that you could take him up in a balloon blindfolded and he would find his way home told long ago how he did it.
 '1s it true," said the New York man, that you can find your way back to camp every time and in the straight est line possible?"
 That's what they say" admitted the old guide, "and," he added half apologetically T should be ashamed of myself if it wasn't pretty close to the truth"
 But how do you do it?"
 ''We1l. sometimes knew pretty well wbers I am--I mean, in a general way and I feel the direction of the camp or whatever place it is I want to reach. You know that it is an entire ly different proposition from merely getting out of a forest or section of country The man who doesn't know where he or anything else is can all ways follow the streams and get some where some time if he holds out long enough.
 r But that is a different matter from taking an objective point, even imag- mary. and then going straight through the wilderness to that point Perhaps not many guides themselves can do that with absolute success, though 1t seems a very simple thing to me"
 Do you mean that you can hold a perfectly straight course through thick woods and across broken coun- try without a compass or sunlight to guide?"
 "As straight a course as could be followed in such country"
 What is your guide, the moss or growth on the shaded side of tree trunks?"
 "No. That's not to be depended on. Sometimes the dampness collects on the north side of tree, sometimes on the east side, sometimes on another slant. You can't depend on 1t, for 1t may be one thing in one ravine and just the opposite where currents of air and relative positions of tree and of water are reversed.
 "But there is one thing which in any general stretch of country is infalli- ble. That is the inclination of the trees. If you know what is the pre- vailing wind of the region where you are it seems to me that anybody with half an eye ought to be able to hold a straight course.
 "Of course you won't find the trees in thick woods bending at a decided angle as you will find those on ex- posed ground. But if you observe carefully you will defect enough va riation from a straight perpendicular to keep you going true. That's the se- cret of my sense of direction, and it's a secret every man in the woods can share."-N. Y. Sun. 
 Among the suicides. men predomin-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Candy Boat a1-2 Feet Lonq.

Mitchell Constantine, the Greek can dy maker at B. L. Princes, has made a fine candy boat that is on exhibition in one of the store's show windows. The piece of handiYork weighs about sixty pounds and is made entirely of candy with the exception of a thin wire frame. The smokestacks and masts and all the rest of the details are worked well. The miniature vessel is 1-2 feet long and consumed fifty pounds of sugar and three dozen eggs in it's construction.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
Woman's Club Enjoys an Interesting
 Proqramnne.

An interesting programme was ren- dered Tuesday evening at the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Willimantic Woman's club. The attendance was very good and those present were oe- lighted with the excellent numbers which were given as follows: Echoes from the State Convention, by the president; From Glasgow to Ayr, Mrs. Katherine J. Spaulding; Impressions of an Amateur Traveller. Mrs. Ella A. Baldwin; An Automobile Trip Among the Mountains, Mrs. Jennie F. Taylor; Notes and Views from Canada, Mrs. Arabella A. Boss; illustrations, An American Family 9broad.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
COLCHESTER
Grand Officers Visit Oliver Woodhouse Lodge-PIsns for Christmas at Con- gregationaI Church-Travel Club Suspends Meetings.

 There was a large attendance at the meeting of Oliver Woodhouse lodge, K. of F., in Pythian hall, on Tuesday evening. The annual election of off, cerS was held The grand chancellor. l.. Erwin Jacobs of New Haven, and other grand lodge officers were present. After the business of the evening ad- dresses were made by the grand chan cellor and associate officers. A recess was taken, during which the members and their guests marched in a body to Brother Wickwire's restaurant where fine spread had been prepared, the menu including oysters, sandwiches, cake, coffee. fruit and cigars. Visit ing members were present from Willi- mantle, Lebanon and ,Middletown lodges.
 Borough Notes. The Ladies' Missionary society met at the Congregational parsonage Tues day afternoon at o'clock. The study of The Gospel in Latin Lands was be- gun.
 Rev. and Mrs. E. c. Ingalls, were in Hartford Monday.
 Louis Baldwin of New Haven was here Monday.
 Sheriff wickwire left Friday morn ing for Hartford to attend court.
 Miss Minnie Bigelow, who is teach
 
 South Main street for the holidays. Christmas at Congregational Church.
 Next Sunday at the morning service in the Congregational church the pas tor will preach a special sermon for the Christmas time. At o'clock in the afternoon the Christmas Sunday school concert will be held in the church and will be conducted by Dr. A. L. Stebbins. The choir has been rehearsing special music for the day. The Christmas tree exercises will be held Tuesday after noon, Dec. 2Sth, at 4 o'clock. A num- Der of the children and the parents are to be away Christmas day. which is the cause of the latter date. The tree will be in the chapel.
 New Books for Children.
 A number of new juvenile books have been received at the Cragfn libra ", and will be catalogued and placed on the shelves in few days. The library will be closed on Christmas and New Years days.
 Located in Florida.
 News has been received from Joseph Kelly, who with Lyman and Perry went to Florida two weeks ago to play at a winter resort, that they arrived at their destination all right. Some of the party suffered from seasickness on the trip. as they went by boat from New York. They are about twenty miles from Jacksonville.
 Frank Stark of Millington was in town Tuesday.
 Charles R. Strong, from Exeter, was in town Monday.
 John R. Brooks, who has been work ing in New York for several weeks, is visiting friends in town.
 Miss Louise Weeks. who has been visiting relatives in Boston for two weeks, returned home Monday even- ing.
 On account of so many of the mem bers being ont of town to spend the holidays, the Travel club will not meet again until Wednesday evening, Jan uary 9th
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22

Tn the suit of M. D. Lincoln, admin istrator of the estate of John M. Mar tin. vs. the Connecticut company, de- cision has been handed down by the judge in favor of the plaintiff for $400 and costs. The case was tried at the last session of the superior court in this city, with Judge Sflas A. Robin son on the bench.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-22
I'll With Appendicitis.

Miss Loretta, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter Hoxie, who live on the South Windham road, was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in the ambulance Monday evening and is receiving treat ment there for what is believed to be an attack of appendicitis.