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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

daughters. Deceased had long been
a resident of Clark county, and but
recently took up her residence in
Kirksville to- admit Of her daughters
attending school. She was extremely
well liked by all, and her death L
universally mourned The relatives
have the sympathy of all in their sor.
row. She was aged GO years.
Mrs. j. r. Hume of Kahoka and
Mrs. Maud Hays, of CORN, are attend
ing the Pythian Sister grand lodge in
st. Louis.
Mr.. Arch Jones of Downing, and
Mrs. Maud Tryear. were united in
marriage Tuesday evening at the
home of the brides sister Mrs OTIS
Goodenough, in Kahoka.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

Speaking about arguing with wom-
an, here's j. W. Barnes opinion on
the subject as expressed in a para
graph in the Springfield Register:
Nothing but brass band can win
in an argument with woman. If you
have no brass band go down cellar
and pound tie wash boiler and then
sneak out and take the pledge at the
nearest repository where they sell
stuff that will brace up weak mind. :"
Isn't he simply "horrid?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

All who want 10 see. personal merit
recognized in befitting way and
efficiency in office rewarded as it de.
serves should support C. b Lake for
clerk of the district court Mr.. Lake
has served for some time as deputy
clerk under Clerk Lotion in the Keo-
kuk office and has made a record
that does him the highest credit. His
books are models of neatness and
are kept strictly up-to-date. In his in
tercourse with the bar and the gener.
al public he is ALWAYS courteous and
accommodating So acceptable has he
made himself TO everybody having
business with the clerks office that
there would be general regret if he
were to be displaced During his ser
vice as deputy he has gained an in
sight into the duties of the position
that gives him decided advantage
over any new and untried man Mr.
Lake has fairly earned the promotion
he seeks and should be elected by /;
Rndsome majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

According to report of the surgeon
general of the army, the spread of
pellagra in Illinois, especially in the
charitable institutions of the state,
will reach a menacing stage shortly
unless aggressive measures are taken
ut once by the authorities of Illinois.
Representatives of the medical corps
of the army who recently made an in
spection of the state hospital for the
insane at Peoria, say they found there
IT'S cases of the dread disease. which
is supposed to come from eating
musty corn. The need of active
measures to prevent the spread of
the disease is clearly imperative.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
No DANCER Whatever.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: There is no
danger of Keokuk going to the demni-
ton bow-wows, even though the city
clerk has just issued it's one thou.
sandth dog license.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
NO CAMPAIGN SPEECHES

The Democratic state central com
mittee has asked all Democratic speak
ers to refrain from making political
speeches tomorrow, the day of Sena-
tor Delivers funeral, and in each
instance where meeting is scheduled
to make it memorial for the senior
senator, Chairman Reed of the com.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The United States postoffice estab-
lishment now requires 100000
sheets of paper annually, and the
stamps are printed at the rate of
L 100000 a day. One machine will
turn out 1000 stamps per minute,
and six presses are kept running
simultaneously. Rigid account is de-
manded of every blank sheet of pa
per and every ounce of ink or gum.
After printing sheet of 400 it is
quartered and if single stamp is
torn or mutilated, the whole 100
stamps of the quarter sheet are
burned. So careful has the count
been that not a single stamp has
been lost in over thirty-seven years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

Walter Wellman's proposition to
cross the Atlantic in balloon wasn't
all talk, after all. He is to be credit
ed with an earnest intention to make
good. He failed, but tie did his best.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

There is more truth than poetry in
the observation of the Sioux City
Journal that Iowa Republican candi-
dates are running on their confidence
and Democratic candidates on their
nerve
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

A Cedar Rapids church announce
ment contained the following: Sub
iect, He'll, and How to Get There. ;
A cordial welcome to ALL" Just as if
anybody needed to be informed con-
corning either the route or the means,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

When Columbus discovered Amer
lea it is recorded that he didn't know
what he was up against. If an Hi
nots editor is to be believed most of
the inhabitants have been in the same
frame of mind ever since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The vagaries Of the science Of
jurisprudence" are an unfailing source
Of wonder for the unframed multi
tude. A New York Judge rules that
tobacco and beer are necessaries,
while appolinaris water used as a
chaser is "an extravagance
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
A Joy Forever.

Galesburg Republican-Register: A
Monmouth exchange says that beauty
is JOY forever. Pshaw, there is
not much Joy in beauty when she
is furious, jealous, raging, scornful,
naughty, mendacioue. .Besides If
there were no ugly things in the
world, beauty would be too common
place to be noticed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The best that can be said of CLYDE
Tayener, who has rushed to the front
as candidate for congress in the
Fourteenth Illinois district against
Hon. James Mckinney, is that he has
more courage than Judgment. When
the campaign is over he will have less
self-confidence, but he viii know
more.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
Can He Do III

Washington Times: If T. R. sue
ceeds in standing pat and insurging
simultaneously, we will at least have
witnessed the achievement Of the i'm
possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
Poor Business.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: King Man
uel may now get chance to enjoy
life. 1t is something of handicap
to be born into this king business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The pictures of Colonel Roosevelt
in the aeroplane show him sitting
perfectly still. The Omaha Bee natur-
ally concludes that they must be
fakes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
The Goat Got Him,

Emmetsburg Democrat; Jutius Deei
has sued the Wodman camp at spirit
Lake for $4,000 damages for ailek za
INJURIES received while being iniuateo
into the order IN isSe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
=. os.,,no eut EschewIng.

sto,, CITY Journal: Iowa news
papers, IN their struggle TO pc gooa J.
seen 10 have passed from chewing 70
escheWinR politics,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The Ottumwa Courier declares that
no man ever gets far ahead who
tries TO do as little as he can as his
days work and still hold his job.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The Outlook's circulation will have
to undergo material increase to meet
recent additions to its expense ac-
count.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
MeIodious Music.

Denver Republican: No busy cash
register bell ever sounds out of tune
to business man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

However it may be with the tariff,
it does not seem an exaggeration to
say that politics has been revised
downward says the Sioux City Jour
nal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

T. R. is certainly wonderful man.
He can break into the first page
whenever he takes notion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

Governor Carroll is a bigger man
than he was two years ago. and
should receive bigger VOTE says
the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
In ain Exalted Place.

Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer:
Hats off to Aviator Hoxsey. He is
the first man who ever dared tell the
colonel to sit still.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

It is the more or less pertinent
observation of the Marshalltown
Times Republican that Roosevelt stays
on the shelf like baseball.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
Beware!
l around the

Beware!
My son, I've travelled around the
world,
And many maids I've met;
There are two kinds you should
avoid
The blonde and the brunette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Iowa City Citizen says the
only hope of the Democrats is that
the Republicans will not work togeth-
er.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

Senator Taylor of Tennessee. nam.
ed for Governor by the Democrats,
is known locally as Catgut Bob OF
Happy Valley. Bob plays the fiddle
never violin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

1t seems almost like proclamation to
clean house this fine weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The Omaha Bee suggests that the
Atlantic man who asks a divorce be.
cause his wife refuses to pour the
coffee might retaliate by trying a
different drink.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

There is no doubt about the great
opportunities OF Iowa. says the Wa
terloo Courier. The trouble is that
the people don't know it. AS a state
we need TO wake up and do some ad-
yertising and educating. Talk Iowa to
your friends your families and to the
world. Iowa is unexcelled, the favor
ed of all creation for homes, health
and happiness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The New York Mail is publishing
a series on What Sacrifices Men
Have Made for Women which leads
the Baltimore Sun to suspect that the
editor of the Mail has been trying to
match a sample of ribbon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

A Hazelton, Pa, man had his skull
fractured in quarrel and never dis
covered it until three days later. IT
is simply shocking how long it takes
some men to get anything through
their heads" comments the Des
Moines Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The Atlantic Telegraph says that
Elihu Root would be an honor and a
credit TO the supreme bench and
would dignity it with his legal acu-
men and integrity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

A Detroit judge says he can not I'M
derstand how a man could permit
his wife to beat him. The Oskaloosa
Herald declares that a Judge with no
more understanding than that ought
to get off the bench.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-19

IF insurgency is bad, Democracy
is worse" says the Denison Review.
insurgency may be the frying pan,
but Democracy is the fire. No sensi-
BILE Republican will make the jump"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
S1W Reward, s1W.

The readers of this paper will De pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, an that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is fhe only positive cure now known 10 the medical fraternity Catarrh being q constitutional disease, re- Quires 3 constitutional treatment Halls catarrh Cure is taken inter- nally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system hereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu- ton and assisting nature in doing it's work. The propeietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials Adress: F. !. CHENEY & Go, Toledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
cHifarar3 Cry
 FOR FLETcuE2'c C A . TO RIA
A Hurt Dog Tells

The pest proof that an individual or company is meeting with success is shown by knocking and petty 5eal- ousy on the part of competitors.
 It is the fellow that is not doing anything that never gets the knocks but he becomes a specialist with the hammer So when you hear q sel- low knocking, you can say he $ Hurt Dog-The other fellow has step- ped on ais toes.
 You will find this the case with professional men-Business Men and all others.
 The Insurance Business is 10 ex- eeption.
 The Consolidated Casualty Conn., pany has begun to step on their toes and they are beginning to yell.
 At first they began to whine, now you can hear them yelping, on every corner. Tn fact they congregate and OLD TRAY YELPs and the LITTLE FTDOS bring in the chorus.
 When asked by the public why all this noise. Why we have new company in the field We'll you have had them before have never heard you in such pain and agony as this.
 Yes, But-Well hold on, don't they pay their claims? Yes, that IS the trouble and they, are offering a s10o reward for proof of any unpaid just claim.
 We'll why don't you get that s1Oo and quit knocking. I can't find an unpaid claim. Are they prompt 1n the settlement of claims. Yes, all the policyholder has to do Is to have his physician fill claim blank and go to their office and receive drafts in full
 Well, if this is the case. see no reason of so much unwarranted knocking. We'll on the Q. T. am going to confess to you their policies are so liberal, and they give their policyholders such square deal, they are putting us out Of business and we have to do this to hold some Of our business. We feel encourag- cd over the above as our president assures us that knocking on the part of competitors means greater success
 Your for Business KIMBALL & SAUNDERS Gen MTs.
 113 Pine St. Old Phone 2S6
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18

ton and intensified cultivation. It IS not necessary to go to Colorado for this you can do it right at home on your own farm, perhaps When the pasture starts to dry I'D q part of it at least can De flooded and kept green If dry in the spring the meadow can be helped by flooding. the grass can be cut early, the ground then flooded and second crop assured If alfalfa is sown three crops can be secured. The growth Of almost every crop is retarded by dry hot weather. hut fl plenty of mois- ture can be furnished, the hotter the weather the faster and better the growth Water is more important and more remnnerative than fertili- ger
 Hay, corn. wheat, beef and pork, butter and eggs-in fact. almost a4 agricultural produefs-are now sell ing for two or three times as much IS twenty-five year ago The cry is HOW
 Back to the soil and with rnproe- ed, up to date methods the fife of the farmer can he made profitable an1 pleasant and profitable 5o degree that would not have been thought possible in the past There nevzr was a time when there vas great er inducement for q farmer 10 use his brains than the present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18

this vicinity.
 ClarksviIle-4 new sewerage sys- tem. waterworks and light plant are the improvements in store for this city ! 6. Wilson has the franchises and announces that const .uction 0p- erations will De started before long.
 Nanilla-A s700O gin plant ls to be installed here.
 Ashdown-A flour mill $ being promoted here
 Conway-A Des Moines, Ia, man IS planning to establish a pig wood working plant here.
 Hazen-Work is expected to start within sixty days on 6 light and power plant
 Rrinkley-A anion station to cost $6oo0 is reported 10 nave 6een= agreed upon 3g the officials of three roads involved fhe Cotton Belt, the Rock Island and the Iron Mountain.
 Rts6n-A building commissioner has been appointed by the county court to proceed with the matter of building 3 new court house.
 Fl Dorado-Contract has been awarded for s2o,0oQ school build- ing.
 Jonesboro-The streets have been placed in condition for paving by the contractors.
 Stuttgart-The intended paving of the main streets here has received a setback in the discovery of the fact that the cost of the intended improve ment is too nigh for the assessed val nation of the property involved.
 Star City-Work has started on the Lincoln County court house.
 Warren-En line with a good roads campaign contract was let Saturday for eleven highway bridges in var ious parts of the county.
 atesville-Contrac will be let here Aug. 25 for big drainage ditch.
 Benton-The Greenville Stave Co. will put in a s1o 0o0 stave mill here which will have q pay roll of s10o 900 year
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
LIFE ON PANAMA CANAL

has had one frightful drawback trouble-that has brought suffering and death to thousands. The
 germs cause ehills. fever and ague, billiousness, jaundice, lassitude. weak ness and general debility. But Elec- tric Bitters never fail to destroy then, and cn1e malaria troubles. Three
 bottles com 9ietely cured nc of a
 very soT~ attack Of malaria. |" writes Vm. < Fretwell, of Lucama N c. and I've had good health ever since Cure stomach, liver and kid ney troubies, and prevent typhoiJ. 5fc Guaranteed ay all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
 IN ARKANSAS

Lonoke-Work is to start soon up- on a s75,000 power plant which is designed to furnish power 10 he dis tributed throughout the rice fields in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
Graphic Want Ads. Get Res|
Is Your Private List of ''IMPOSSIBILITIES TOOLARGE?

Perhaps some things have been placed apOn your sonal Catalogue of ImpOssibiNtes which have no l there.
 Ge brayey to work to discredit your Iist-to prove
 lot of your "impossible" things possible and i' -ssd yoa will find your whole scheme of life reaea You will ind, also that personal individual business longer Code of Reasons" for y0ar lack Of r cess, WITH THE MEANS AND RESOURCES AT HN7 10 really attainahle your available forces are uSAA
 Rational judicious of publicity will enable v revise your list of Responsibilities" 50 radically tha 10 longer terrify you-no longer act your !alef- perity.
 Publicity-of the sort you can .ahord"-will seafes the one person in the city who is really eager to E thing you want to sell; thus erasing what may be ability" Mo- from your list It Will dispose of Nha be Slmpossibility' No. your list by enabling V double the number of customers of your store-east tagging b1s1ness to . busy one-withoat ex's yeur resources This calls for some snerye" on !o1 flor some faith some sell-ass1r2nce. But 1t can -is being done al of the dne-aaA is worth delns
 All thruesA ys1r list sf sInpsssibIlfes' Will b things tat persistent sf aAveFtising space will will Se1ft suk' sf ys1r nst Business obstscaeh .l disorsaninten, hossehell annoyances-these e long on your list for p1hNcity remedies then. with all of yesr aAairs, adyertisi1g Will esne E part ia year lie @ uital e Aelpf1l tAat yea VII thaf yss ever ha1 It sf sInpsssAinties"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13

such official Is mentioned In the Will
l.nms bill. ON the contrary. the tech
rlfcal work is given over to the Cor
poration Commission, with authority
TO employ experts to examine each
State bank once year. In other
words, tho members Of the commission,
in hours that are already we'll occu-
pied, are to direct accountants In the
supervision of 240 banks, controlling
$40 100000 or the peoples money. Will
this be sutncient supervision? IT It
Is the lessons taught by economic his
tory and tho experience OF other States
are worth nothing at all.
The loan and reserve features Of the
williams bill are even worse. The
men who framed the bankers Bill took
note OF the fact that many banks
failed because the directors unwiscly
loaned too much nloiiey to ono man or
because they orten Kept too little
cash on hand. TTenco they strictly
limited the possible loans OF every
bank and fixed d standard reserve for
all. Mr. Williams's bill does neither.
1t gives to the bank directors the
power to loan what they will Of their
depositors' funds on whatever secu-
rity they please, to whomsoever they
may approve. Tho same directors can
say whether single dollar shall be
Kept in the bank vaults to meet emcr-
Eencies beyond the normal daily busi-
ness. They are made the sole guar
| dams OF depositors' funds, without the
| essential safeguards Of the law
| we trust that this bill will not be
approved. If it should receive the
sanction OF both houses. it will deal a
hard blow to the best interests of the
state banks. Many of tho latter have
been held up. and are seriously en-
dangered unless legal relief Is
! provided. II that relief Is not forth
coming. these banks, and scores OF
others which arc now perfectly sol.
| vent ana ab1e to meet all demands
! VIII inevitably suffer from a lack o.
public confidence in their security ant
stsbiilty.