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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-19
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AND KOREA PASSENGERS advised place baggage order
With the CITY TRANSFER CO. TIA Love) who
attention to all baggage orders" Phone 1872
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-19

The Bulletin makes Its own
scratch pads. makes them good and
big and sells them for Ave cents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-19

ROME. July s-Don Carlos, Spanish throne
died here today of apopexy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-19

PEACE AT SHAFTS PALACE.
TEHERAN July 18-The Shah is again establish
All is quiet. ,sa sitt
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-19

JEFFERSON DAVIS DAUGHTER DEAD
COLORADO SPRINGS July ls.---Marsaret Hayes
ferson Davis, is dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
A NEW MILEAGE BOOK.

The new mileage ticket book in
which the coupons will represent
cents instead OF miles is g great inn
provement in the railroad ticket line.
which all roads in the Western Pas
senger association will put into effect
January /. AS each coupon repre-
SCENTS two cents. the book will be
good in states that have a maximum
fare OF two cents and IN states that
have a maximum fare of three cents
The conductor in collecting the fares
from the mileage book. takes out the
coupons as If be were collecting the
fare in cash. The new interchange
able mileage book will be very ya1u-
able to travelling men especially, as it
viii save much time of purchasing
tickets and will be good on all rail-
roads connected with the Western
Passenger association and the South
western Passenger Mileage bureau.
The new book will enable man to
buy ticket on one road, and IL the
owner misses his train his mileage
book will be good TO take the next
convenient train even though 1t be a
train of different road.
The railroads that agreed on the
new book comprise the lines between
Chicago and Eastern Colorado, ter
ritory which includes the roads con-
nected with the Western Passenger
association. The territory consists of
the following states: The greater part
of Illinois, all Of Iowa, all Nebraska.
practically all OF Kansas. the greater
part of the Dakotas, and eastern Col.
orado, several OF the southwestern
states. meaning all those that contain
railroads connected with the South
western Passenger Mileage bureau.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
great deal OF good in the cause Of
cSvic retirement

4 food Inspector in ChScago has
been endeaForiug to ascertain the
composition Of nInce pie. He has
been going through . namber OF the
Enineeaiazt factories IN that city and
has found that something besides
meat and apples get into The pies He
found dried apples. but they we're
mixed with dirt, and in the apples he
discovered sand, leayes ana strings
The apples had been irnperfectly dried.
and the wormy parts were not fully
cut out The factories we're found 10
be dirty. tie utensils filthy. and the
EN- ployes that we're making the mince
we're attired In unciesn clothing Il
has been suggested that the inspector
ought TO make the manufacturer Of
such material live on Il for several
weeks Such punishment would emf
nentIy beis Tie crime As there is
DO Law against capital punishment in
Illinois the courts could not rule that
il zas unconstitutional on that ground,
but they might object 10 IT as cruel
and unusual None the less the sug
gestion is a good one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
Responsibility for letters.

A federal statute makes It an OF
Tense for any person to take a letter
from the postoffice with a design to
obstruct correspondence or pry into
the secrets OF another or to embez-
zle it, In case just passed upon
by the United States circuit court OF
appeals 1t appeared that postmaster
having written, stamped. and deposit
ed a letter in the mail, before 1t was
transported withdrew and delivered II
to defendant, who agreed to take IT,
with other mail, to the addressee;
but defendant, instead, secreted or
destroyed the letter -he court held
that when a letter is voluntarily sur
rendered to the party entitled thereto
the authority of the government
ceases. A letter must be surrender
ed by the postal authorities to the
writer of 1t, IL it is called for at any
time before 1t is placed in transit
The delivery of 1t to his rightful agent
would be the same as a delivery TO
the writer. The authority of the
government over the letter having ter
minated prior to the misdeed, no Of
! Tense against the United States was
committed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The question Of the amount Of food
needed 10 sustain life In the arctic
regions was heatedly discussed in the
polar dispute Harry Whitney. who
spent year shooting within the arc
tic circle, gives an idea In an article
in the Outing Magazine for December
OF what the Eskimo can do when he
trieg He writes:
Il shall never forget the feast that
thoge Eskimog had when we next
halted made careful note Of
what SIX men consumed within three
hours seven hares. one seal, about a
Ibucketful Of dried wslrus meat pre-
pared by Or. Cook for dog food while
at Annootok, and two large cups Of
tea and four biscuits per man. A good
part Of the seal and all the hare meat
they ate raw, like hungry dogs.
trained my camera upon them, but
the Eskimo have q decided objection
to being photographed while they eat
and out Of respect TO their wishes
desisted"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

A national civic congress is TO be
held in New York City December 9th
to 18th inclusive under the auspices
Of the American Civic Alliance Inyi.
tattons are extended to all the civic
and other organizations interested In
the public welfare TO send representa-
tives. The congress Is called to con-
slider and devise means for co
originating our numerous civic activ.
tiles throughout the country, and also
to consider and devise more effec.
/ tive method for the study and golu.
tion of our fundamental political
problems The congress viii be indie
pendent, non-partisan in character
and open to all organizations inter
ested in public welfare. It is beIiey
ed that such an assembly in which al
the civic and other important actiy
/ tiles of the nation are fittingIy rep
-ornntod will 10 ahic r. .ooo-eniiei,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

of registered letters and packages,
the postal employees OF our govern
ment handled more than a billion dol
lars in cash, and yet the total loss py
fraud, by theft, by fire and AL other
causes was only 38,050. do not ne-
lieye any other business is handled SO
carefully and SO honestly, notwitr-
standing the carelessness of the pub
lie. The dead letter Office receives be
tween 100000 and 100000 letters
every year, which either bear an In
correct or insufficient address. or are
left in the street letter boxes without
postage stamps. The amount of money
found in these letters varies from
$35, 1000 to $4,000 a year, and 1t is In
creasing annually. Taking into con-
sideration the increase in population
the careiessness OF the letter writing
public is growing rapidly During
the last ten years the number OF dead
letters have more than doubled, while
the population has not increased more
than 10 per cent, and the amount of
IQ0uGy IOuuu AZ uEdu iCttClo VOC ttAA w
times as great as it was ten years
ago. Notwithstanding all our public
schools, colleges and universities, and
our boosted advance In civilization,
the public grows more and more
careless in its correspondence, and the
largest number of dead letters are
those which are incorrectly addressed
The use Of postal cards during the
last few years has nearly doubled The
post card craze has possessed the
entire population, and that is one OF
the largest source Of revenue. The
number of postal cards carried
| through the mails last year wa smear
l,y a billion.
The increase in registered letters
1 has also been very rapid Ten years
ago the number was little more than
/ 16,000,000; last year the total was
more than 40,000.000
There are now nearly 10000 rura
/ delivery carriers who are paid $35,
0no. 200 year for carrying the letters
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

and newspapers to the country homes
In the United States, and together
they travelled last year more than =
million miles a day The rural deliy-
cry service is now thirteen years old,
and 1t has been the greatest success
OF any new idea that has been intro
duced into the administration Of our
government The Postoffice Depart
ment will renew its efforts to secure
law authorizing parcels post serv-
ice SO that farmers wives can do their
shopping. by mail, but the opposition
from the country merchants, who fear
their trade will be diverted to the
cities. is so determined. that it Is
doubtful whether Congress will act
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

A bin has been proposed and viii
doubtless be pushed during the com
ing session OF congress which has for
its purpose more thorough teaching
of the science Of agriculture in the
common schools. II is called the Davis
education bill II proposes that con-
gress make appropriations for the
several states first for the training
of teachers In agricultural science and
industrial practice Then later i
would make additional grants to the
states for giving sucsl instruction IN
elementary schools and district high
schools
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Governor Carroll is engaged in max
ing q thorough investigation Of meth
DDS Of securing good roads IN other
states With a view 10 making recon-
mendations for Iowa, az that is the
most important problem before the
administration He has asked espec-
tally In regard TO the use Of conyict
labor On the highways and has re-
ceived letter from Governor Sha-
froth OF Colorado on this subject
The Colorado governor stas-s that the
system Of working the convicts on the
roads Is found entirely satisfactory
there. Ii their record Is good they
get long days Of for each month put
IN on the public roads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Adegbert Sumner Of Waterloo Is
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the Republican nomination for con-
gresa IN the Third district against
Representative Pickett Mr. Sumner
wag for many years political pupil
Of the late Senator Allison and is
thoroughly representative Of that
eminent statesman'g high quality OF
Republication. II is also urged In
his behalf that he has extensive and
intimate acquaintance with men and
affairs at Washington which would
make him especially valuable to the
district II Mr. Sumner should enter
the lists an interesting contest would
be assured,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

AS showing the prices good Iowa
land commands some recent transfers
In different parts Of the state are Of
interest. An eighty-three-acre farm
two miles south Of Shenandoah be-
longing TO Ebert Read sold for 1903
per acre or 1890 II, s. Kirkpatrick
sold mis- farm two miles south OF Mon
tezuma TO John Bradley for s17s per
ARE. The G. VI. gtoughton farm Of
42e acres four miles southeast Of
osage has been purchased by II. ].
Simpson for $4,000. John Fritz
bought the Henry yogs rs acres north
vest Of Holgtein for 5000 per acre
Only few years ago 500 VAS The
topnotch price for Iowa farm land
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Cherry, H., the scene of the horri-
Bile mine catastrophe in which 300
miners were killed. was found by and
named after Frank w. Cherry, who
until two years ago was a resident of
Des Moines, where he was known as
Spectator and promoter While a
resident of Des Moines Mr.. Cherry
established the Inflated mine and con-
structed railroad from Davis juno
ton to Cherry-a distance of seventy
o. z,.ilne He intcrertc in tlao min
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The good brother Of the Waterloo
Reporter goes wrong after the fol
lowing fashion.
Speaking Of the recent election
The Keokuk Gate City lets loose this
whoop for home. n G. Baelir,
mayor-elect Of Cleveland. Ohio. Is a
former Keokuk man. FOn simply
can't lose Keokuk How about Pa
Be1ts Ism. he Keokuk man. ann
didn't he Loser
PA" Belt has been Jacksonville
man all bis life, bnt be will be iden-
tilted with Keokuk nenceforth and
will win.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

IL the Iowa susragsts persist IN
their announced program they snonld
not fail to enlist the cooperation OF
Carrie EatEon- Her methods coincide
exactly With what tfey hare In mind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

There is cause for rejoicing in the
fact that Professor Holden has decid-
ed to remain in Iowa He Is an ex-
cepionally valuable citizen and has
by no means yet reached the limit Of
his usefulness. Iowa owes more to
Professor Holden than it will ever be
able to repay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

II is not possible 10 treat the HOOK
worm disease surgicaiIy- There is no
chance for #. therefore. 10 become
fashionable with the public Or 70 In
spire enthusiasm IN the medical FRO
fession.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Speaking Of what the Iowa hunter
get for the dollar he pays for
license. an inquiry noted IN The Gate
City the other day the ottrnwa
Courier shrewdly suggests that It de-
ponds some on how well hunter can
shoot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The National Grange ID session al
Deg Noines endorsed equal outrage
When II comes 80 matter Of gallant
r. the taeoretscai agrtcnlturizts don't
proEoze to be oBtdone BIZ ANYBODY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

According to London paper, at
the recent aviation meetings there
were several British aeroplanes On the
ground" If they had been American
aeroplanes they would hare been in
the air
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

WI Ting-fang is said to have lost
interest in spiritualistic research. A
spirit claiming to be that Of his
mother couldn't either talk or under
stand Chinese Thereupon his dis
position to believe In such NANTES.
tations vanished with the spook into
thin air.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Kansas hen has laid an egg bear
Ing the prophetic Inscription. drought
1871 The st. Louie Globe Democrat
declares that this il what comes from
operating poultry farm 10 q prohibit
ton country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

4 Sioux CskY woman claims to have
Cured herself Of consumption By eat
ing tweIre lemons q day for twelve
dags The chances are that she
had nothing wore than bad cold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Papers throughout the state tell Of
dealers arrested for selling oysters
diluted with water. Grocers and
others should know by this time that
the pure food law was made to be
obeyed and that violations Of It are
costly experience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er tells Of Wisconsin man who was
deserted by his wife after he had
consumed nine bottles Of ketchnp,
one after another, and be has not
been able TO catch up with her since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Every time an Iowan remembers
that he lives In Iowa he ought to feel
Ike shaking hands with himself. says
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The early bird may catch the worm,
but IT IL the observation of the
Omaha Bee that the eariy political
slate inyftes hrickbats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Sixteen inches Of snow in North
Dakota. stand mp for Iows.-Sioux
City Journal
SIX inches Of snow IL northern ToEa
Sand Up for southern Iowa,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Tie Chicago Tribune declares that
some men would refuse to be angels
here on earth even if they could get
wings for 81 pair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Heredlty win tell Ruth BRIAN
Leavitt IL IectEring at $50 per and is
credited with being a good taIker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Pork is now the higaess In price
ii has been for thirty-seven years. No
wonder II has q metallic taste.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Tic indications point 10 cold fingers
before the corn Is all cribbed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The coal supply viii be exhausted
sn fifty years, and then there will
not be any mine explosions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Lieutenant Peary is making pro-
gress He aas dropped all mention
OF DR.. Cook In his lectures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The Charles City Press declares
that the progressive newspapers, those
in the front rank of reform, are the
biggest political liars In the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

The Fort Dodge, Des Moines and
Southern railway has placed an
order for 500 900 worth Of new equip
ment, including $50 new cars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
DAILY III NAIL

GAllsf - az<nL1A~ .. -
one year ...... -xS.VgF'Dur Months A~gy
6ix months 49,. is9sOne month ---.-s
Entered ia KeoEuk pcztofice ~ sos.1
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms in Is. sdy 80 -.
p. b. address and state EaetnsT
new or renewal order II change q -
dress is desired state both tne o'o ~
rev address, ~
rress money order. registered istle
The date printed on the address Of escn
PAPER notes when the scbsessptspn
ptfea. .ss -
pers promptly viii confer
diving notice Of the fact
Address ali communications 70
THE GATE CITY CoMPA-yy
No 1G North Sixth 81, heozns.
THE GATE CITY Is on sale at the fol-
lowing news STANDS; $500
Hotel Keckuk, cor. Third ana sonnsSn-
a n HoIifuH 81 Co. q Main eIssI
ward Bros. 525 Main street
DEPOT News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Keokuk, iowa - November 10, 1903.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

ment, including $50 new cars.
Some movements must depend to a
considerable extent upon bluBter and
noise, but equal suffrage will not be
won CHS way" concludes the Spirit
Lake Beacon.
It Is the observation of the Dn-
bmqGe Telegraph Herald that many a
man who is attending to his own fur
mace is now learning more about the
black hand.
The Jacksonville Courier holds that
che man who owns an automobile and
can afford bacon for breakfast is
deserving of a good rating in Dun
and Bradgtreet.
According to the Herald-Transcript.
Peoria man has named his motor
boat Accommodation because when
4 II stops anywhere there is absolutely
no telling when 1t will go on.
An Indiana boy, aged seventeen,
tried to rob a bank. The Washington
Star suggests that he had evidently
been reading some Of the perniclous
literature that gets into the state from
outside sources.
The Girls Christian hotel started
BY the Volunteers Of America In Des
Noines a few months ago, has proven
20 successful taat an addition to the
dormitorieg will coon be made in order
TO accommodate the patrons.
Theodore r. Timby, who claimed he
. invented the revolving tnrret Of the
famous Monitor, and that, accordingly
, he saould have received the fame his
4. tory accorded to John Ericsson. died a
= the age Of ninty-one in Brooklyn.
0 The Creston Advertiser agrees will
: Senator Cnmmins that the oYercapl
I talizatfon Of corporations is an cyl
! that should be remedied by legIsla
, ton. Tais. the Advertiser believes
+. ID one Of the first tasks 70 which cor
r gress should address itself
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Some movements must depend to
considerable extent upon buster and
noise, but equal suffrage will not be
won chs way concludes the Spirit
Lake Beacon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18
puty az Test Of Capacity.

Goethe: Endeayor TO do thy duty
~-H 'N9v -v,'t tr,nw thy capacity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-18

It Is the observation of the Du-
buque Telegraph Herald that many
man who is attending to HIS own fur
mace is now learning more about the
black hand.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
SCOURGE OE CRLCKETS.

The pioneers, separated by 1,200 miles
from supplies in the east, after a winter
of pTivatiOn, anxiOusly awaited the
harvest. 1t was an early spring, they
had sOwn all their seed, the grain was
hOurishirg and the young trees were in
leaf, when in May the air suddenly be
came dark with a horde Of crickets so
vast that it obscured the sun. They
settled on a field and straightway the
green disappeared as by magic, and left
only furrOwed rows Of brown earth.
The greedy insects devoured every blade
of grass, every green leaf, and with it
the promise of next seasons bread. More
direful than the plaques of Egypt was
this scourse of crickets to the Utah
pioneers Crushing the baleful pests
under their feet. the people walked
hopelessIy abroad in the blaze of the
monday sun-the shifting air a-whir
with myriads of wings-and dry-eyed
viewed the desOlatiOn.
Efforts were unavailing. for who can
fight millions, though they be but
cTiCkets? When the Inhabitants gave
up in despair and stared famine in the
face, behold, from over the lake ap-
peared myriads of snow-white gulls
Was this another scOUrge visited upon
them? The birds settled on the fields,
everywhere, and bounced upon the
crickets and swallowed them. They
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
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