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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-11-18

Surgeons begin to sit up and take
notice at the frst call for football
teams
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-11-18

Some Rutomobilists are setting the
football players a terrible example.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-11-18

Higher prices for meat also show
hat prosperity is again on the JOB.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-11-18
STANCHION-MANGER
FOR CALF FEEDING

System Gives Utmost
BE Fed Individually BY
j. B.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
Ineian Monuments.

Indianapolis News: A dispatch
from Oskaloosa, Iowa tells Of the UNI
yelling at that place on Wednesday OF
a statute Of Chief Mahaska. Of the
Iowa tribe OF Indians. The dispatch
says: 'This is believed to be the only
statute ever dedicated to an Indian"
If by statute is meant monument this
is mistake for there are other monu-
ments to Indians, erected by white
men. There is one at Keokuk, Iowa,
in honor of Chief Keokuk, for whom
the city was named; one to Sha-tey-ya-
on-ya (Leatherlips), Wyandotte
chief in. Perry township, Franklin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
Steamboatinu on the pes Moines

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Though came to Des Moines over
land, in the early Sos" said Judge G.
G. Nourse, "and though half century
lies between then and the present, i
recall quite wildly the years 1S56-57-
So. when steamboats, piled the Des
MONIES river from Keokuk to this city.
then struggling village far out on
the western fringe OF civilization. Az
ter arriving in Des Moines, ! had oc-
casion several years later. to return
to the east. Accompanied by Mrs.
Nourse, / took passage by boat for
Keokuk. The river was at a very high
stage of water. In most places the
banks had been submerged and the
waters had flooded the lowlands. The
boat was making its way down stream
between Eddyville and Ottumwa-t the
latter then known as Louisyille-w when
I noticed we were swinging violently
toward the spreading limbs of large
tree. Mrs. Nourse was standing neal
the door, wholly unsuspecting danger
l had no time to give her warning, but
selling her by the arm dragged hel
from the state room. Instantly the
boat collided with the protrudinf
limbs, the ragged ends OF which pene
trated the state room exactly at thu
point where she had been standing
/ moment before. For minute or wv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22


dries. where starch IL easily obtained.
DR.. ]. r. Gibbs has made j study OF
the habit of starch eating. In the last
ten years he has had under obserya-
ton eighty patients He is quoted as
saying:
Il am told that IN some laundries
the starch is kept under lock and key
to prevent the employees from eating
it,, says he Six months Of starch
eating will reduce rosy checked
buxom woman to . shadow OF her
former self. Her cheeks Will lose
their bloom Her eyes will turn ulster
less. She will struggle hopelessly
against languor and lassitude. Her
digestion will become impaired. Her
blood will turn thin and white. The
red corpusclex In her blood will die.
She Will become hopelessly anaenlic,
in which weakened condition she can
not resist the ravages of even those
diseases which under normal condi'
lions are never fatal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

ofiicials, but city government is more
direct and less complex and desirable
results are alore readily obtained.
Another reason for more interest in
local matters Is that respons ibility for
acts and conditions is fixed and def
mite. A prominent railroad man once
said that the science Of railroading
was the science OF shifting RESPONSE
bility. The science OF city govern
nent under the aldermanic system is
much the same thing. Frunless at
tempts to locate blame have caused
the average citizen to become dis
gusted and lose interest in local mat
tiers. The better results in municipal
government under the commission
plan assure greater ana more general
interest in municipal affairsl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
THE COMMISSION PLAN.

The Illinois Daily Newspaper Pup-
fishers Association after an exhaust
i've debate, on May is, went on rec
ord in approval of the commission
form of city government, and then
appointed committee to urge the
house to pass the senate bill enabling
Illinois cities to try the experiment.
Daily newspapers are published IN
cities and their editors and publishers
are consequently in close touch with
municipal conditions in their respec-
tive towns. When newspaper men
representing :. large number of cities
unite in declaration that the present
system OF municipal government is
failure under conditions that have de
veloped during the last twenty-five OF
thirty wears that declaration is signifi
cant. The Rock Island Union in an
editorial reference to the subject says
"The trouble is not with any one, OF
with any few municipalities. 1t Is
common to every city in the United
States. both small and large.
"But the question is, If people take
IN local elections under the commits
sion plan than they d. under the ex
listing system will the commission
plan result t. any better city govern
ment than our cities have at present
"The experience of those few cite
4 which have adopted the commission
plan indicates that it results in bel
1 ter municipal government. both IN tn
enforcement of the law and In tn
handling of publ business.
The question raised by the ROCK Il
land paper is proper one but 1t
wholly academical. The experience
of every city that has tried the con
mission plan has been that under
people do take more interest In loci
matters than they did under the coul
cilmanic form of government, On
reason for this is that the individui
citizen is much more potent facte
under, the commission plan than unds
the common system. Not only has :
larger &oice in the selection OF eli
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

1t Thursdays session OF the Fed
Grated women's clubs OF Iowa AZ
Davenport, DR.. j. w. Kline OF Fort
Dodge urged the appointment OF meat
inspectors to inspect every meat mar
ket in the country and thoroughly
look over every piece Of meat sold .
see whether any tuberculosis germs
exist and thus help prevent the spread
Of the terrible disease of tuberculosis.
Most cases Of tuberculosis are traced
to infected meat, he claimed Or.
Kline estimated that there are ~
600 cases of tuberculosis in the
state of Iowa, sixty-five per cent OF
these being among women. He urged
the women to lend their aid in helping
to stamp out the disease, for with
out you we can do nothing, ne de'
clared DR.. Kline illustrated his talk
with charts showing just how the
disease is spread.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

At the annual convention Of the
Mississippi Historical Association to
be held in ST. Louis June Is, Curator
Edgar r. Harlan Of the Iowa historical
department, is on the program as
chairman OF the meeting. The asso.
citation is composed of historical So
cieties in the Mississippi valley, in
GLIDING wisconsin, Illinois. Ohio. Iowa
and others. The assignment OF the
craftsmanship to Mr.. Harlan is high
and deserved compliment to his
ability.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
rug STARCH EATING HABIT.

The Chicago Tribune sounds warn
ing against the starch habit, claiming
that in It's own way it is as terrible in
its effects as morphine, cocaine.
or drink. The most deplorable
nhase OF the strange appetite
IL that it makes it's first APP
neal to vain girls who desire to be
beautiful 1t will come as surprise
to most people that such a common,
supposedly harmless but not over
nutritious food as starch has the pow
or to enslave any one to its use. Yet
It Is said to be fact that there are
many starch eaters. most of then
Young girls employed in public laun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

It is estimated by competent author
ity that the value Of the output OF
automobiles for the current year VIII
reach the stupendous figure OF $l25,-
900 600. This is the product OF l5s
factories, 100 of which are operated
on large scale and manufacture all
but a small portion Of the machines
The same authority places the value
Of the plants which turn out these ma
chimes at $500, 100000. Whenit is con
sidered that this business has been
developed almost entirely in eleven
years the figures are astounding.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Santa
Fee Railway company is doing some
very practical temperance work. In
order to provide a counter attraction
to the saloon and to provide some
features not at that time permitted by
the Y. M. G. A., such as the sale of
tobacco and the playing Of pool and
billiards, the Santa Fee recently organ
lied about twenty railway clubs. which
have comfortable buildings at the var
ious division headquarters, where the
men may meet evenings or between
runs. These contain reading rooms,
sleeping rooms, restaurants, and facil.
tiles for pool and other games. Night
classes are held at some Of them. It
has long been claimed that where the
saloon is abolished. 1t is necessary to
provide substitute. The Santa Fe
company seems to be meeting the so
| cial conditions of its employees in q
satisfactory way. Al novel feature now
being introduced Is described in The
Chicago Tribune:
Employees of the Santa Fe railway
are being entertained this month In az
unusual manner and, incidentally
lthirty-one students Of the universit!
of California, who are furnishing thu
entertainment, are having the time o
their lives. In order to relieve thu
monotony of running engines, shovel
/ ing coal, and switching cars. and re
1 pairing track, the management Of tn
railway has engaged a glee and man
a dolin club OF the university to tou
the main line Of the system betweel
| Berkeley and Chicago, and give thei
concerts at the railway clubs MAR
tanned by the Santa Fe at its divisio
Headquarters.
AS a result, the railroad is now rims
ing with the college wells. songs an
music Of the "rah-rah boys" who lei
Berkeley Wednesday night In pri'
, ate car, and who are scheduled to a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The st. Louis Globe Democrat rises
to remark that
IF Speaker Cannon should appoint
another Lake Erie congressman as
chairman of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee. there would be shudder
along the shores OF the Ambraw, and
a splash in the waves OF the OKaW, as
both of these streams simmer IN the
same moonlight which shines upon
the Wabash"
The be-Democrat's geography -
all right, but its orthography IS not
above criticism. "Ambraw, SO pro-
nounced, is spelled Embarrass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

county, Ohio, about nfteen miles north
west from the city Of Columbus;
third one in Forest Lawn cemetery ii
Buffalo, N. Y, to Sa-goy-e-watha Cred
Jacket, a great Seneca chief, and
sstill another at Point Pleasant, W.
Va. to Cornstalk. noted Shawnee
chief. About three years ago a pub
lic-spirited citizen of Kokomo, Ind,
offered to give $1,000 to be used Ii
erecting monument to Kokomo,
Miami chief who gave his name ID
that city and who was buried within
or near the city limits. The offer wss|
conditioned on the city authorities ol|
Kokomo locating the spot where the|
chief was buried. but we believe the1
were unable to do SO. Chief Kokom
died in 1S45 or 1916 and there ISM
doubt that he was buried on or mel
the present site Of the city, but Il
early inhabitants failed to preser,
| any record or the spot.
Read The Daily Gate City. /
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
Arrangements have been completed

Arrangements have been completed
by the Wright brothers for the man.
ufacture of their flying machines in
this country, and they are prepared
to take orders from anybody VINO
wishes to navigate the air an
who can pay the price. The Wright
brothers viii, sell an aeroplane war
ranted TO move according to specifl
cations for $500. These machines
will be built to accommodate two voy-
ayers including the aviator, or the
aviator alone. Deliveries will be
made on or before the 1st Of Septem'
Der. Preliminary instruction In oper'
atlas the flyer will be given to those
who are accepted as pupils at Dayton
o the tome of the boys Already
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

rive in Chicago on May q, after hav-'
ing given concerts at Richmond, Bars
tow, Needles, Gallup, Albuquerque,
San Marcial, Ration, La Junta, Newton,
Chanute, Marceline and Chillicothe.
At Chicago it is hoped to be able to
arrange for concert for the benefit
Of the office force OF the general Of
fees and for the employees at Corwith.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Commencing Of the commandments
Hope is spreading through the coun-
A try. doubt is dwindling every
where;
Pride is filling breasts that lately were
infested with despair;
II the ways ahead we're gloomy but
little while ago.
Pleasing vistas lie before us where the
sweetest blossoms blow;
Rays of light are swiftly breaking
through the darkness tiat was
dense;
Shout 1t gladly the commencementsl
are commencing to commence.
All the old, perplexing problems that
have left us in dismay
Are about to be considered and will
soon be cleared away;
\ We who have been blindly cropping
shall be led up to the heights
Where we may behold a future that no
dark lorizon blights;
We shall soon have Information as to
how and why and whence,
1 For the annual commandments are
commencing to commence.
Hail to thee, o trembling maiden, and
to you, o beardless youth!
We are humble in your presence;
hand us out the burning truth;
Wisely lead lis forth from error; show
us where our duty lies,
Name the faults we ought to Danish
and the virtues we should prize;
It's a time for proud rejoicings and
for thanking Providence:
Light is breaking; the commence
ments are commencing to com
mence.
Chicago Record Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
Wharfs are Needed .

Red Wing Republican: Every town
along the Mississippi river should be-
stir itself in the matter of providing
suitable wharf and loading facilities
for river steamboats,. Right there lies
three-fourths. of the reason for the
neglect and decay of the river as a
common carrier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
keokuk, iowa May e, 1909
THE SILENT LIFE.

THE SILENT LIFE.
We live two lives; the outer seeming
fair,
And only laughter on the surface
lies;
Our inner life-no one may enter
there,
Where thoughts and hopes are hid
den from all eyes.
The lonely days Of wild revolt and
pain,
Then resignation for the dear
dreams gone;
The heart-hopes. half defined. then
crushed again,
Make up the silent life we live
nlone.
Stella Leerburger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

A Chicago pastor says the trouble
with this country is that there are SO
many millionaires who are not fit to
associate with the laboring man.
There may be something In the idea.
If they were fit to associate with la
boring men the chances are they
wouldn't be millionaires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Last Sunday seven-year-old Billy
Sunday, jr., conducted a service for
small boys at Marshalltown. During
the proceedings one OF the partici-
pants became obstreperous and insist
ed on playing the organ when the pro-
gram called for something else, where
upon Billy, 1r,, thrashed him. MUS
cular christianity seems to be caar-
acteristic OF the family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Mr.. Bryan claims that three-fourths
of the people of this country are Dem
ocrats at heart No apprehension
need be felt, however, as long as an
overwhelming majority of them c.n-
tinue to exercise their Judgment and
vote the Republican ticket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

In compliance with the demand Of
Des Moines officials for cleaner street
cars, smoking has been prohibited on
all cars in that city. Smokers are
not even tolerated on the rear plat
forms of cars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The Rev. Dr. Vaughn Of Chicago
says that the husband should rule"
the family. but the wife have absolute
control OF the cash The Marshall
town Times-R remarks that
Rev, Mr.. Vaughn doesn't seem to
understand that control Of the rev.
enues is the first essential Of success
full war
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Two more towns have gone cross
wise their names. Coldwater, Mich,
has voted for license and Rye, N. Y.
has gone dry. At this rate 1t will soon
be as risky to put faith in the name OF
a town as to Judge a mans political
principles by the party name he bears.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The dandelion is anothe-: Of those
things that, like truth. when crushed
to earth will rise again. The only way
way to get rid of it is to pull it up by
the roots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

It is still showing up in Canada and
Montana. Why people will persist in
living in such latitndes is Of necessity
explained by other considerations
than climate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

the passengers were paralyzed with
fright, but the boat swung clear, right
ed and kept on its course. The tact
was the boat had left the main chan
mel of the Des Moines and headed in
to the opening Of a large creek. But
the stage Of water was such that by
making short cut it returned to the
larger stream. 1t was one OF the few
occasions during my life Of eighty
years that am frank to acknowledge
was frightened"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

A monograph has been invented
which can be heard for distance OF
four miles. The utility of the inven-
ton is not entirely clear now that the
Populist party has gone out Of exist
ence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

a dozen or SO American orders have
been received. and there are sixty ma.
chimes in course OF construction in
Europe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
Roosevelt wouldn't nave thought 10

Roosevelt wouldn't have thought for
a moment OF going hunting on Sunday
at home, but he didn't hesitate to
shoulder his gun and go forth to Kill
game in Africa on that day. 1t makes
a lot of difference in such a matter
whether one is within the confines OF
civilization or in the wilds o. the dark
continent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The sweet girl graduate and the
lovely June bride will soon claim pub
lie attention along with "Pa" Belts
Indians and the contest for mayor Of
Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Eighteen Democrats voting for a
tariff on iron ore is properly cited by
an eastern paper as something in the
way OF ironical Democracy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

To make the punishment tit the
crime, Porto RIGA should be spanked
and sent supperless to bed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

One might about as well be rat
tlesnake in Texas as dandelion in
Keokuk this time Of year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Thought for the day: Do your best
and leave the rest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Charles City is to have a company OF
the Iowa National guard.
The Sioux City Journal suggests an
''outgo" tax on automobiles as rev.
enue measure.
Osceola has citizen named U. s.
Bond and the Knoxville Express Won
ders II they tax him.
The Charles city Press is impressed
with Senator Delivers command of
language and resourcefulness
The Mason City Globe Gazette sug-
gests that Porto Rico doesn't need the
big stick. Just a paddle will do the
business.
A public benefactor IS defined by the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil as one who
makes one dandelion grow where two
grew before.
The Chicago Tribune calls upon
some athletic, determined barber to
seize Mark Twain, tie him to a chair,
and give him haircut.
who's that a-hollerin' down yam
der in the branch 2"
That's the prodigal son. The old
mans a-whalin' thunder out O. MIN fer
runnin' away. Atlanta Constitution.
The Cedar Falls Record says that
Democratic loyalty to Mr.. Bryan Is
marvellous, and it predicts that he will
either be the next nominee Of his
party for President or will name the
candidate.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel has noticed
that when man has had good din
liner, and lights a good cigar, and sits
down to read a good story he can be
most nightly philosophical about the
troubles OF others.
A recent Democratic banquet IN Des
Moines was addressed by Col. Bryan
and Gen. James B. Weaver, which re
minds the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
that the alsorans are entitled to theil
little merry-makings the same as othel
4 persons.
4 The Iowa City Citizen sees an op
portunity for the Des Moines paper
to insist that Governor Carroll shoul'
return to the state all the money h
saves by milking that COW during tn
time he is drawing salary from TIL
state as governor OF Iowa.
They're calm don't We hear EN-
They're calm loud an clear;
z They're calm low and softlike
Still calm cant We hear?
An they're sayin' In the swayin'
OF the trees "Oh. come out here
A Where the sun is softly kissin'
] OF the brook, an nohow missin'
Q Daffodils and modest vio1ets
oh, won't you come an look ?"-D
ye hear?
t Circle Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22


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THE GATE CITY is on sale 1t the foa-
lowing news stands:
Hotel Keokuk. cor. Third and JohnscA-
Ward Bros. SIS Main street.
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Evaline B. Milford, writing in,
the Queen. says that the troubles Of
Turkish women have been very
much exaggerated. The aver
age Turk. she says. is cour-
teous, kindly gentleman who
treats his wife with great considera-
ton and respect. The wives of the
wealthy give beautiful luncheons,
drive fine horses with handsomely ap.
pointed carriages and their homes are
artistically furnished. The law guards
the rights OF women so well that the
majority of the Turks do not care to
place themselves in the power of more
than one wife. although the law allows
four.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The Jacksonville Courier thus
drops into verse la Silas Wegg,
to voice the panic OF the Lunatics
over their prospective fate:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Then it's Woe! Woe! Woe!
Here comes the DOGGY Man.
His names Frank Belt;
He wants our pelt;;
He'll get it II he can.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Read The Daily Gate City, 10
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

Charles City is to have a company OF
the Iowa National guard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22

The Iowa City Citizen sees an OPP
portunity for the Des Moines papers
to insist that Governor Carroll should
return to the state all the money he
saves by milking that COW during the
time he is drawing a salary from the
state as governor OF Iowa.