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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14
Burr Oak Ridge.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frost were Sunday
visitor at the home of their son,
John Frost.
John McCalla, of Davis City, Wis
tied Saturday night at Bid Frost's.
Mrs. Mary Walton and Miss Lide
Chastain spent one day last week
at VIM. Smiths.
w. Fl. McCalla, Willard Chastain
and Raymond McCalla, of Davis
City, were visitors at G. E. Chas-
tain's Saturday night.
George Dockstader and family re-
turned Saturday to their home in
Des Moines after weeks visit at
the home of Frank Chastain.
Mrs. E. ]. Horney and children
visited over Sunday at Lamont with
friends.
Mrs. Paralee Moore, matron at
the county farm, spent a few days
the latter part of the week at De-
catur City
Roy Cannon was able to return
to his home Monday.
Frank Chastain and family were
Sunday visitors at home of W. War
rlngton near High Point.
w. H. McCalla moved his house
hold goods to Leon and will reside
in the Uriah Mitten property.
Miss Nora Rogers, who is teach
ing school at Brush College, spent
Sunday with home folks near Davis
City.
Russell Meek, who is attending
school at Van Vert, visited a few
days with his grandfather, R. Meek.
Mr.. Dougherty, the photographer,
was the guest of Miss Mary Rumley
Sunday.
Marion Evans visited at Charley
Smallwoods Sunday.
Miss Olive Evans was the guest of
Miss Mary Rumley one night last
week
Mr.. Mcdaniel finished up his job
of saving in this vicinity Saturday.
L. Cannon and family visited
relatives at Woodland Sunday
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

George Sapp, of Jefferson township,
the last of the week delivered to the
local buyers thirty-five hogs that lack
ed a few Gays Of being seven months
old and averaged 200 pounds each,
for which he received check for
News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney and bladder
trouble not beyond the reach of
medicine. No medicine can do
more. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

There is no cough medicine SO
popular as Foley's Honey and Tar.
1t never fails to cure coughs, colds,
Group and bronchitis. Bell & Rob-
son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14
Decatur City.

Will Euritt, wife and baby spent
Friday at E. F. Aliens.
DR.. J. o. Woodmansee, of Leon,
was here on professional business
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

Any man unused to walking with
cane gets a good many jokes direct
ed at him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

The Park Hotel is serving a spec
ial Sunday dinner. Try them once
and you will become regular GUS
toner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

Baby won't suffer five minutes
with Group if you apply DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil at once. 1t works like
m pio
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

Regulates the bowels, promotes
easy, natural movements, cures con-
tipation-Doan's Regulets. Ask
your druggist for them. 25 cents
a box
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-14

Almost anybody will tackle run
ming a restaurant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Mean Practical Joke.

M. Pierre Lott, the famous French
novelist, who recently visited London
for the first time, and discovered that
the English people have few good
qualities, is given to practical Joking.
At his residence at Hendaye there is a
spare bedroom reserved t,r the novel
lists friends. and in the ceiling there
is a hole. Through this hole M. Lott
is said to drop string on the end Of
which is fastened silk pompon, which
dances gently on the guests nose as
soon as he drops off to sleep. The
tickling awakens him, he gets UP and
lights the candle, but finds no expla
nation of the disturbance, so goes to
bed again. Then the fun recommences.
In the morning the deceitful host asks
quite naturally Of his victim: did you
sleep well?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
High Price of Living Strikes Uncle
Sam the Same as it Strikes
the Meek and Lowley
Ones.
SOME KEoKUK FIGURES
Major Meiss Submits a List Of Prices
Which all Show an Increase
Excepting for
sugar.

The high price of living contro,
versy which is one of the leading
topics of the present time all over the
country, is taken up In series of
articles in the Chicago Tribune which
Is trying to find out who gets the
money!" In the Sunday issue NJ.
Meigs has a short letter telling of the
increase in prices for supplies for the
men in the government service and
submitting list which shows that
everything has increased in price ex.
cepting sugar, which has decreased
8 per cent.
His list and letter is as follows:
Who gets the money?
Perhaps you think that Uncle Sam
is getting 1t through the tariff, and he
may be getting some in this way, but
the men who do the purchasing for
him assert that the high prices are
hitting him just as they are the rest
of us.
The bills that he pays for the sub
sistence Of men he has at work at one
place (Keokuk, Iowa) show the fol-
lowing percentages OF price variation
from 1900 to 1909:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Electric Wire Gnawed Through the
Quarter-lnch Messenger Wire
and Let the Cable Fall
Down.
1T MADE A GREAT NOISE
Three Blocks OF it Either Landed in
the Alley or Festooned itself
Along The
Poles.

With noise like an avalanche OF
snow in an Alpine pass, or the down
fall of the shelving in a tin shop,
the big cable Of the Mississippi Valley
Telephone company, running from
Sixth to Ninth street, in the alley be-
tween Main and Blondeau, fell last
evening at $40 o'clock, pulling with
it number of wires running to the
buildings along Lucas avenue.
The accident was caused by an cleo
trio wire falling across the messen-
ger wire which held the cable. For
an hour the live wire burned and
gnawed Away at the messenger wire.
until it had cut it in two. Then the
cable fell with a crash which woke
up the iremen at the Sixth street
station and startled the whole neigh
borhood.
The messenger wire is a wire cable,
a quarter of an inch thick, upon which
is hung the telephone cable. The
messenger wire is stretched taut and
is strong enough to hold the heavy ca
bic and also to bear the weight of a
man while repairs are being made
The live wire was rubbing against
it for an hour before ii cut it clear
! through.
Only part of the cable fell to the
ground, but all along the line, the big
bunch of wires sagged dowI like a
festoon and this morning DOES iDe.
men were out getting ready to repair
the damage.
Fortunately. the cable which fell
was not in use at the time, its fifty
wires not having been connected up
with the telephones and the service
was not badly crippled, less than a
dozen phones being put out of com.
mission by the, accident. Had the ca.
BILE been connected UP and in commits
sion, there would have been a big job
on for the company for the next few
days.
Those who happened to be in the
vicinity when the crash came, thought
that the new comet had fallen, for be
sides the great noise of the crash the
electrical sparks WEI ii. ing in gr,A
shape for a few seconds and the end
of the cable made great display
when it hit the ground.
Had anyone been 81 unfortunate a
4 to have been under the cable when il
fell, he would never have known what
struck hi.-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Will keokuk's Lady School Teachers
Take to the New Rule Easily
if Law Proposed is
Passed.
QUINCY TEACHERS WILL.
Lady Teachers Of the Down River
City do Not Seem to be Worried
in the Least by Proposed
Shortening"

The interviewer is shy and what
the opinions of Keokuk's lady school
teachers are in regard to wearing
short skirts, scheme for the aboli-
ton of tuberculosis germs in the
school room, proposed by the National
Anti-tuberculosis league, has not been
found out. The following from yes
terday's Quincy Wing, however, may
be of interest to local pedagogues and
serve to give clearly what the opin-
ion of Quincy school teachers is in the
matter Of wearing shorter skirts.
The Quincy school teachers do not
seem to be much alarmed over the
prospect that the National Anti-tu-
berculosis league may succeed in its
attempt to make all the teachers in
the country wear "shoe top" dresses.
In interviewing a number of teachers
in the Quincy schools the consensus
of opinion seems to be one of resig.
nation to the decree, if it come to
pass in SO far as women have to have
feet and that fashion sanctions their
exhibition even to the threatened
"shoe tops FROM Irving school
comes the word that the skirts may be
short but the line is drawn at bloom.
ers. There Is also the suggestion that
as the power of men in their own
homes is on the wane they like 10
make other women mind when they
get the chance to exercise their au.
thority. In Madison school. they say
the floors are so nice and clean that
there are no germs and if skirts must
be shortened, we'll their feet are not
half so bad, you know The teachers
in Berrian are so neat and SO in favor
Of sanitary precautions that their
skirts are already about the required
length but still they don't quite like
the idea of not being their own
bosses in such personal matters. In
Franklin, there is not much cause fol
complaint, for the children, just the
dearest and most sincere little friends
in the world. are always there to give
cheer and content.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

the dining room Of the Odd Fellows
hall Thursday evening, which was
well attended.
The city council has authorized the
lighting OF Main street with forty-can-
dle-power Tungsten lights, from the
levee to Seventh street The lights
will be placed at the curb, four lights
to each block, work to begin at once.
Tickets for the class play, to- be
given by the high schol seniors on
Tuesday evening, February 1. at opera
house, are selling rapidly. and a
crowded house is indicated by the seat
chart. The play is comedy in three
acts, entitled THE Kingdom of
Hearts Content There will be spe-
cialties between acts by the junior
class, selected from the popular comic
operas of The Flirting Princess" and
The Goddess of Liberty Tickets are
25c, 35c, SOC. Miss Jessie Bell is
training the young folks, which is a
sufficient guarantee that the play will
be a success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Bad Breath,

"For months had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two
weeks ago friend recommended cascarets
and after using them ] can willingly and
cheerfully say that they have entirely
cured me. therefore let you know that !
shall recommend them to any one suffer
ing from such troubles. '--Chas. FL. Hal
perm, ia E. 9TH ST., New York, N. Y.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or GRIPPE
lOc. Csc. Soc. Never sold in bulk. The gen.
---~-t -+--+ -~as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
German Women In Africa.

The kindergarten has found its way
to southwest Africa. and is In itself
the sign of higher culture that is
working It's way into the remotes,
parts of the world The German Co
lonial societ' has affiliated with 1t the
German Colonial Woman's union. and
this organization is sending out WON
en- to South Africa in the present ca.
pacity OF governesses. seamstresses
and SO on. but with the hope that ultt
mately they will become home-mak ers.
The German society has announced
that 1t will pay the way of women
seeking homes in the colonies, know.
Ing that only by way of the home is
the German supremacy in that part
of the world assured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

patton. In my opinion constipation
Is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
which is really a sewer pipe. When this
becomes poisoned, causing biliousness, in
digestion and impure blood, which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments. No woman who suffers with con.
situation or any liver complaint can ex-
peet to have clear complexion, or enjoy
good health. -,
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are tonic
TO the stomach, liver and nerves. They
inyigoIate instead of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing il; they enable the stomach to get
ali the nourishment from food that 10
put into it,
These pills contain no calomel, no dope,
they are soothing. healing and stimu-
latinc. {, They school the bowels to act
.rithout physic. Price % cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
*Decrease.
Letter Explains the increases.

Lctler Explains the increases.
The following letter explains how
these purchases were made and shows
the comparison to be absolutely fair:
Keokuk, Iowa Jan ~ editor
of the Tribune.l AT this place we
have fed for many wears the crews of
the government dredge and working
boats and have kept the bills.
Since 1900 we have bought all sup
plies by open market contracts, each
month contracting for tk> next
months supplies for some twenty or
more men, The prices are. therefore,
the lowest market prices.
Groceries We buy of the jobbers
here, but the meat, potatoes. eggs,
and such come from the retailers. The
prices are such as could be haa by
any one running hotel or restaurant
who would take the trouble to get
proposals as we do
M. MEIGS, U. s. c. u.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

There is more Catarrn IN this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
1t local uisease and prescribed local rem
edIes, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced 1t In
durable. Science Gas proven catarrh ia
be constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. j.
Cheney s. Co, Toledo. Ohio, Is the onl,
constitutional cure on the market. 1t /.
taken internally In doses from ~ drops
to a tesspoonful. e acts directly OF
the blood and mucous surfaces OF tn,
system. They offer one hundred dollar.
for any case 1t falls to cure Send fol
circulars and testimonials
Address. H. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. tie.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
fjOn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
A Suggestion.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
The great object of the patriotic
citizen is to elect the best men for
public Office; men that are capable
and fearless in the performance of
duty according to law and the oath
of Office | therefore suggest the fol.
lowing, who fill the bill:
J. A. NJ. Collins for mayor, and
Thomas p Gray and Frank T. F.
Schmidt for commissioners.
PRO BONO CIVITOS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Girls on the Streets at Night

Muscatine Journal: On the streets
of this, our own home city, it is a we'll
known fact that many girls hardly
more than children are seen walking
idly along at night when, to say the
least, home were far better place
for them. We do not say that their
presence on the streets denotes i'll OF
Them. nor even say that harm is sure
to come of it. But there is danger,
a danger of which all parents may
we'll beware.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Why Does II Cure

Not because Il 10 SarsapariIIa.
but because Il 10 q medicine Of
peculiar merit, composed Of moro
than twenty different remedial
agents effocttng phenomenal
cures of troubles Of the blood,
stomach, liver and bowels.
Thus Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrof-
ula, eczema, anemia, catarrh, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
Of appetite, and builds up the system.
Get 1t today In the usual liquid form or in
chocolatAd tablet form called Sarsatabs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
EQUALITY.

There should subsist a great degree
Of equality between the rank and for
tune of individuals: without which
there cannot exist long any equality
between them in point of right or au-
thority. There should be littl. or no
luxury; for luxury must either be the
effects OF wealth, or it must make it
necessary. - Rousseau.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
C0NSTIPATI ION.
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS
Munyon's Paw

munyon's raw
Paw Pills are UNI
like all other laxa-
tives cor cathartics.
They coax the liver
into activity by
gentle methods.
They do not scour;
they do not grippe;
they do not weak
en-; but they do
start all the secre-
tons of the liver
and stomach in a
way thatasoon puts
these organs in a
healthy condition
apI norraofc oopct,.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

You Needn't keep on feeling dis
tressed after eating, nor belching, nor
experiencing nausea between meals.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures dyspepsia.
it. strengthens the stomach and other
digestive organs for the proner PEI.
Torrance of their functions Take
Hoods
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Rev. j, w. Williams Tes.Ifies

Rev. I. w. Williams. Huntington, w.
Va, write us as follows: This Is to
certify that used Foley's Kidney
Remedy for nervous exhaustion and
kidney trouble and am free to say that
Foley's Kidney Remedy will do all
that you claim for it." Wilkinson Il
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

Chamberlain Cough Remedy is not
a common, everyday cough mixture
It is meritorious remedy for all the
troublesome and dangerous complica.
lions resulting from cold in the head
throat, chest or lungs. Sold by Will
kinson & Co. pharmacy and ]. F.
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

Any skin itching is a temper-tester.
The more you scratch the worse i:
itches. Doan's Ointment cures piles,
eczema-any skin itching. At all
drug stores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
A Reminder.

She-"I see by this paper that but
tons and similar objects are now made
of milk" He-"Run out and get a
quart of milk, will you? This shirt
hasn't button on il"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

l have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly. George B.
Krause, 3o6 Walnut Ave, Altoona,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Pneumonia Follow a Cold

PNEUMONIA FOLLOW colo
but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar, which stops the cough,
heals the lurgs, and expels the cold
from your system. Wilkinson 4 Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
WORK BOOMING
ACROSS RIVER
King Kingston, Expert Quarryman,
Arrived From Spokane to Boss
Job Of 0uarryins
Rock.
MORE ABOUT THE STRIKE
Grating Foreigner Who Wanted to be
Foreman Was Responsible
for Strike sstur-
day..
MORE ABOUT THE STRIKE

King Kingston, the expert quarry
man from Spokane, Wash, arrived in
the city and today directed the men
water power company's quarry across
the river Thousands of tons OF rock
will be needed in construction of the
dam and. this phase of the work is
naturally quite extensive. The quar-
~ has already shown an excellent de.
post of rock suitable for the work
which the company needs it for and
the source is practically inexhausti.
Bile. A little blasting was done on the
work Saturday. but this was for the
purpose of pushing the dam excava-
tions.
More Men Arrived.
1t was reported from the companys
office this morning that twenty men
arrived Sunday and that about forty
more are expected either this after.
noon or in the evening. The men now
at work are Americans. Roumanians
and Italians, the strike Saturday llav
ig the effect of excluding all of the
Bulgarians who were at work. This
does not mean that in the future they
will not be employed, but that prac
tically all of the Bulgarians at work
joined In the strike.
An educated Bulgarian, only one of
the many who travel with gangs OF
this kind for the purpose of practicing
graft was responsible for the strike
situation Saturday. He has been on
the work since the Bulgarians first
arrived and the company expected diff
ficulty from him from the very start.
It seems as though he talked the for
eigners into asking that he be appoint
ed as foreman, and even demanding
It,. This they did, but the company
I refused. The educated foreigner is
not the kind of a man the company
wants in a responsible position and
could do nothing but deny this demand
This troublesome individual has been
watched by the company from the
start. His object was to interest
storekeepers and thus received lit
tie graft money by influencing his fell
low countrymen in purchasing their
goods from the stores he represented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31
Men Not Hard to Get.

Men at the present time are not
difficult to secure in work of this kind
All the company needs to do is to APP.
ply to the many railroad employment
agencies of the country and they are
glad to furnish men for the haul they
get out of it. AT the present time the
labor problem is not at all one of diff
fculty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-31

Read The Daily Gnte city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-09-29

bad, n. NJ, where Mrs. Rock and
children have been spending the sum-
mer and where DIR. Rock had gone
three weeks ago to join them. They
report an enjoyable trip, with visits in
some fine country, but DR.. Rock said
on returning that he had seen nothing
while gone that looked so good to him
as South Dakota and Aberdeen.-Aber-
deem News, Monday.
DIR. Rockford, of Minneapolis, divis-
ion surgeon of the c. M. & st. p.
railway was in the city Tuesday in
consultation with DR.. p. ID. Peabody
on the Helen Chard case, who has been
very dangerously i'll at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Chard,
for the past three weeks. At the con-
suitation it was decided not to operate.
At this writing the little patient is
very much improved and it is thought
the crisis is passed and she will recover.
A letter from Miss Clara Flagstad,
who is attending the Conservatory of
Music at Fargo, N. D., announces she
is well pleased with the school and has
begun her studies under the supervision
of most excellent corps ofteachers.
Miss Clara is taking advantage of the
scholarship won in the Reporter and
Farmer contest and wishes us to again
express her appreciation to the many
friends who helped her obtain the
scholarship.
A number of the classmates of Mil
ton Keenley and Martin Visit gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Wist Tuesday evening and greatly sur
prised the two young gentlemen, when
loud knock was heard at the door
one of the young men rushed down to
answer the summons and was sur
prised to find the members of the 9Th
grade laden with baskets and boxes
filled with refreshments. Games were
played during the evening and a good
enjoyed by ALL
The mission and childrens' festival
to take place last Sunday in VIM.
Dahl's grove, one mile south of Lily,
was postponed and will be held there
next Sunday, Oct. 2. The festival is
held under the auspices of the Lutheran
Synod church of Lily. The speakers
of the day are Rev. S. Berven, of
Nerstrand, Mimi, and Rev. Kilness
local pastor. The ladies will please
bring their lunch baskets along. Coffee
will be served by the Ladies Aid
society Everybody welcome.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-09-29
CAUSE OF NUMEROUS DEATHS
Statistics Covering Ravases Of In
fantile Paralysis.

Washington, Sept. 25.-The mortal
fly report of the census bureau cover.
ing Investigations for 1909 takes
cognizance of infantile paralysis Gan.
terror poliomyelitis) and pollagra as
diseases to which the flesh is heir.
The record shows SEQ in the former
and 116 in the latter class.
The statistics cover only slightly
more than half of the population, ex.
tending only to states or cities which
require the registration of deaths.
Owing to the fact that the deaths
from infantile paralysis were widely
distributed, the inference is drawn by
the report that the disease exists eli.
ther in epidemic or endemic form in
many parts of the country.