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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

fatten a pig on food that lines his all
mentary canal with frost A pig
which has been primed for month
with hot succotash and stewed Climax
plug will swell up like a town dude
at country dance The pig with a
cold storage reservoir In place of a.
stomach will never strain the sus-
penders on set Of hay scales.
The great objection which lies
against the bob sled is that as at
present constructed it has no springs.
This is why the fashionable set Of
New York, Chicago and Pekin, Illi-
rois, have abandoned its use and
taken up with the limousine. After
a family has ridden the bumpers OF
! a hard-pan bob sled for fifteen miles,
the children becomc SO calloused that
you couldn't restore their circulation
with a piano contest. We believe
that bob sled with set of full ell
| liptic springs and rumble seat
| would sell like wildfre More men
have contracted curvature of the
spine from close contact with the
crupper of a bob sled than from any
other cause, and that vehicle is re-.
sponsible for thousands of uneasy
boils. A inmp-spark boil is often the
cause of discord in the home. and
Is more depressing to the spirits than
a cold bed. The bumpless bob sled
/ is coming. and the name of the man
who puts 1t on the market will re-
4 vertebrate down the corridors of fame
like a peg-legged carpenter on tin
roof
/ A farmer reader says that he hasn't
used a milk stool in fifteen years
His conversion dates from the time
when brindIe heifer swatted him
in the teeth with paint-brush tail
and filed his eyes full of dock seed,
Immediately after which he picked up
the milk stool and inserted it neatly
/ In her diaphragm, which ruined her
for dairy purposes. Ever since then
he squats, holding the pail between
! his knees. AS result. he has de-
yeloped a pair of Indian club biceps
which are the pride Of the household.
He has also cultivated bow leg
which would make surcingle look
like tight wire. The m2n who can
4 pail seventeen COWS with both knees
tucked up coyly under his chin, with
out springing his shin bones, has a
muscular development which would
make Frank Gotch resemble flag
staff.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

N7e'i ~ q iic-tt INV. tHOn1Gr
If his bubble will burst9" says the
Washington Press.
The Davenport Times says the fire
has been lighted under the political
kettle at Des Moines.
Many nervy man hasn't the nerve
to look his coal bin in the face" says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
the fact that this is the year that
brings the people of the United States
to their census.
The Charles City Intelligen,er pre-.
diets that the Ninth district is going
to see the prettiest political .aght tbs
year it has ever seen.
A Chicago woman stole $4,000 In
order to secure husband. The Rock
ford Star believes 25-cent classified
ad. would have done it.
When Iowa gets to building roads
that will be passable the year rocnd
the width of the roads will take ca. e
of ITSELF" says the Hopkinton Leader.
Alimony demanded in the Brokaw
divorce case leaves it a matter of
doubt with the Monmouth Atlas
whether it is a sentimental catastro-
pine or case OF high finance.
Nearly million dollars in improve
ments was Iowa City's record in the
year closing. This includes about
100000 for the university and wing
to Mercy hospital, costing approx
mately the same amount. The value
of new residences is estimated at $780,
900.
To man up tree 1t looks as II
there will be nothing left for the regu-
lar Republicans Of Iowa to do but
fight Or else get off the EARTH says
/ the Emmetsburg Reporter For our
part we see 10 choice In the matter.
The edict has gone out that 20 far
as can be prevented no one but an
insurgent will be tolerated in Iowa and
ltnat the Republican party of Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Moses was the man who really orig
mated the commission plan, according
to Rev. W. R. Coventry, of the cir.
ton Heights Presbyterian church. The
commission system has been in exist
ence ever since the beginning of time
says Rev. Mr.. Coventry, and was in,
troduced into church government in
bob, by John Calvin. 1t would seem
that anything that has the approval of
Moses and John Calvin should be wor.
thy OF a large degree of public con.
fidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Before Webb Byers can beat Smith
in the Ninth district, he must under
mine Republican confidence in the Re-
publican party and in President Taft
Commenting on this postulato, the
Iowa City Republican says:
IF he can do this, lie can win. But
SO long as the people have confidence
in President Taft and still believe in
the old party, he i'll be permitted to
continue his law Office rather than to
be given a seat in congress-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

a design has been approved for a
monument to mark the grave of Miss
Anna Pelley in the cemetery at Anna
I'll. 1t will be recalled that she was
foully murdered in Cairo and the
crime preeipitated the recent lynch
ings there. The design is the figure
of young woman kneeling before a
large cross, the base being a massive
granite block. The monument will
cost about 5000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Instead of INDUCING in the usual
social session on New Years day
Davenport Elks co-operated with the
Ned Lee mission and fed some 700
poor, hungry children. The Elks are
good fellows in more ways than one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The man these days who can go up
and down the cement porch steps or
get along on the sidewalks without
foundering around needs no affidavits
to keep him out Of the jag cure hos
pital at Knoxville.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
The Sioux City Journal observes

The Sioux City Journal observes
that
An investigation has been going on
down in the First Iowa district, but a
way to get under Representative Ken
nedy has not yet been discovered"
Nor is any way likely to be discov
cred. Mr.. Kennedy is firmly entrench-
ed in the good will and confidence of
his constituents, and those who seek
to undermine him will do more harm
to themselves than to him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The necessities of life continue TO
make greater and greater demands OIL
the family purse. Last year Uncle
Sam spent s40o0o,oOO for diamonds
and precious stones.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Web Byers proposes to let go of
the substance of the attorney general
ship to grab at the shadow of Wal
ter Smiths seat in congress. The wis
dom OF such procedure from a
worldly point of view may we'll be
questioned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

There is much complaint In the
state over coal shortage and the rail
road commission is in receipt of com
plants of the railroads confiscating
coal consigned to shippers in small
towns. If the cold weather continues
it is regarded as certain that there
will be great distress in northwestern
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
DAILY BY MAIL.


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THE GATE CITY is on sale at the fose
lowing news stands:
Hotel Keokuk. cor. Third and JohnsoA
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Ward Bros. 525 Main street.
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

In one day Peoria received 269 car
loads of flour. But what's the use?"
petulantly exclaims the Herald-Tran-
script. You can't burn -four" Nor
drink it, either
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Down in Joplin, Mo-. Billy Sunday
has accomplished the remarkable feat
of effecting the conversion of mayor.
And mirabile dictu. a Joplin mayor
at that!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The postcard habit is all right for
the department from financial point
of view. but it is mighty trying on
the postal employees. The latter would
gladly see it abandoned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Iowa City has subscribed 100000
in aid of a proposed interurban be-
tween that place and Davenport. The
testimony is conclusive as to Iowa
City's enterprise and progressiveness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

In New York city high finance in the
milk business helps account for the
excessive cost of living. II was shown
at an inquiry into the affairs of the
milk trust there the other day that
IS per cent of the original $4,000 600
capitalization of the Borden com
pany was water The amount Of the
latter in the milk is not stated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

A Chicago man says that he intends
to blow up the United States senate
He will be disappointed If he expects
to frighten that body. 1t is used to
being blown up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

What is SO rare as train on
fime?" asks the Spirit Lake Beacon
How about business community that
doesn't kick when the mails are late?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

All but four of the lis arrests
made in Burlington during December
were for drunkenness. There must
be lot of amateurs in that com
munity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
keokuk, Iowa. .......... Jan. s, 1910.

Nebraska farm products have in
creased in value $50 per cent in a
year Repeal the tariff law!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Don't let the quail starve They
will need food every day as loag as
the ground is covered with snow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
IOWA HuMoR.
Helpful Hints to Farmers by Howard
Ram in the Manchester Press.


In breaking a new rcad, after
heavy fall of snow, always locate 1t
in as close proximity to barbed wire
fence as possible. This will give the
family an exciting ride and stimulate
the sale of shin plaster
Ship Us Your Hides is the inn
moral advice given by an advertiser
in certain agricultural mediums. II
we thought we could get out of ours
what we have put into 1t. we void.
Another advertiser announces that Ec
will pay Cash for Skins" This is
probably grating proposition.
A correspondent asks for remedy
for the poll evil in chickens. The poll
evil Is a half brother to the boil
weeyil, and got its start from the in.
trepid male biped who always votes
the way the ward boss tells him to-.
We never heard of chicken having
the poll evil Our correspondent must
have got the disease conrused with
the pip.
Next to the noise made by a sight
draft. there, is nothing more depress.
ing than a windmill which scueaks in
the Silly night ike q wooden bed
whose Stats are out of alignment. II
is not pleaaant Job to climb the
mizzen mast of windmill in a stiff
breeze and a clinging fur coat. but
1t is preferable to waking up with
the death cry of hot box ringing
in your ears. A wooden windmill with
bad cold in the head can put more
men on hard cider jag than bill
let doux from the tax ferret.
One OF the neatest, daintiest devices
which we have seen for some time is
the automatic hen fumigator This is
a tin receptacle filled with an anti.
septic powder. and is designed to sep
arate hen from lice, mites and Jig.
gers The hen Is placed inside the
can in a sitting posture, with her
hands uplifted to heaven. and a turn
of the crank causes her to describe
several graceful parabolas. while the
powder drifts into her pores. They
say that after hen has taken thig
degree she will turn back hand
spring from the roof of the hennery
like contortionist with the snakes.
There is popular superstition to
the effect that the wasp has the most
searching sting on the market, but
the man who has been chased out of
/ the back yard by colony of honey
bees knows bett r. The male bee has
a retroactive sting which will 20
through a corduroy jacket like a
sand burr through gauze shirt. A
trustful farmer Of our acquaintance
undertook to lead swarm OF bees
into the hive with his bare hands
and a seductive smile. and when they
hooked his form out OF the current
bushes he looked like a pouter pigeon
with the humps. We would as soon
place our trust In a mule with the
ear ache as to put any confidence In
the bee
# you will sling few loads 81
cooked feed into your hogs from
time to time, you viii get It back
on market day A good many PEG
pie look upon the hog SIS an insen.
safe hind, with the intellectual rating
Of pair OF deuceg. but he knows
the difference between an iced corn
cob and hot hypodermic from a
feed cooker. You might as well try
Ito pnt nork on an eavesDout as ia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Ship Us Your Hides is the i'm
moral advice given by an advertiser
in certain agricultural mediums. If
we thought we could get out of ours
what we have put into It, we wor,d.
Another advertiser announces that rc
will pay Cash for Skins This is
probably grating proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
NOTES AND COMMENT

"Peary IS a big man now. Wonder
if his bubble will burst9" SAYS the
Washington Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

An unframed horse in the scene OF
Sheridan's ride in Shenandoah, be-
ing played by a stock company at
theater in st. Joseph, Mo-, became
struck with stage fright and charged
the scenery. It first kicked over
stone WALL and then stepped on
several supposedly dead soldiers, who
ran yelling from the stage. The horse
was not subdued until the curtain was
rung down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

In breaking a new read, after a
heavy fall of snow, always locate 1t
in as close proximity to a barbed wire
fence as possible. This will give the
family an exciting ride and stimulate
the sale of shin plaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
must be but the instrument Of insur

Marrow roads and wheel tax
that ought to be the highway Platform
for $780, says the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

Many a nervy man hasn't the nerve
to look his coal bin in the face" says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The Omaha Bee calls attention to
the fact that this is the year that
brings the people of the United States
to their census.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The Davenport Times SAYS the fire
has been lighted under the political
kettle at Des Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06

The Charles City Intelligen,er pre-
diets that the Ninth district is going
to see the prettiest political .7ght tx s
year it has ever seen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-20

y RIDE FREE TO THE GREAT SALE
We pay train or car fare on pur-
chases of stos or overfor within ra.
dius of 25' miles of Fairmont. viii
you come? b g
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
IT'S ELECTION DAY;
SALOONS ARE OPEN;
WHY? WELL LISTEN!
This Is election day?

This is election day?
Sure it is. Isn't everybody vot.
ing?
And the saloons are all open?
You bet. Every single, solitary
saloon in Spokane is running wide
open just the same as though not a
soul was exercising the right of the
great American voter.
Doesn't the law of the state of
Washington require that all saloons
shall be closed during the time of
voting in general election?
Tthey certainly do.
Then how comes it that the dis
pensers of liquid enjoyment are do
ing business at the same old stand
There have been lot of people
who have been communing with
themselves like thusly today, and
as a consequence of these commun-
ings the telephones in the offices of
Mayor Pratt and Corporation Coun-
sci Morrill, have been busy all day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
A LOT OF 'Em IN
THE SAME BOAT

"S-a-y! What the hotel, Bill?"
The fellow who said this was a
big, broad-shouldered chap, and he
looked about as thoroughly sur
prised as anyone could look.
He stood at the second floor
landing of the stairs in the admin
istration building, and the cause of
all his surprise was an innocent
little sign, scrawled in red chalk
on a bit of brown card board.
All the sign said was: "Registra-
ton books now closed" But the
signsign made the fellow say what
he did.
"Registration books now closed"
repeated the fellow, with a gasp.
"Why | was just told that if | got
down here before II o'clock l could
register all right"
BOOKS closed at 6:45 last night
Informed a kindly passerby who
heard the big fellows puzzled ejac.
ulation.
CLOSED last night? And l went
by here yesterday and thought I'd
dodge the crowd by waiting until
today. Well, Watcher know about
that?"
And the big boy wandered down
the stairs with the look of surprise
still overspreadiDg his counter.
ance.
Just by the way, there were a
lot OF other people in this town who
were as badly surprised as the big
fellow
Flo rthere were many who con.
FUSED the fact that the polling
places did not open until II a. m.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13

Spokane favorite, is one Of the big
attractions on tip-top bill at the
Orpheum this week in her new
sketch, THE Cheat" which is in it.
self as pleasing bit of work as
has been seen here this summer.
Coupled with the work of Miss
Shirley 1t is no wonder 1t has
scored an unqualified success. Hal
Stevens, in his Famous Scenes
From Famous Plays" is another
feature on the bill and his work is
novel and highly entertaining, CIV
en- amid elaborate settings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
| G O N tt N u E d
r o
P A 9 E O N f
DEMOCRATS

elected and the result in the
fourth district is yet in doubt,
although the Democrats claim a
victory there also. The Demo-
Gratis have a majority in the
state senate and a possible ma
jority in the lower house, assur-
ing the election Of a Democrat
to the United States senate to
succeed Eugene Hale, who re-
Gently announced his intention
to retire.
The Republicans today admit
that they were outgeneraIed by
Plaisted. Realizing that he
must rely on the city vote to
elect him, the Democratic can
didate concentrated his efforts
in the larger towns. AS a re-
suit he carried every import
ant city and town in the state
with the exception of Calais
and Belfast.
Covernor-eIeet Plaisted does
not consider local conditions
responsible for his victory.
"Local conditions were not
the determining factor in the
election in this state" he said
in q statement issued today.
1.-THE people Of the state vot-
ed on national issues. High
prices, Republican control by
the interests, the trusts, Can
nonism--all helped US in win
ming our victory. The people
Of the country are weary Of Re-
publican misrule."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13

Dozens of anxious enquirers have
been asking the why of the where
fore of the saloon activity.
Well, listen folk, and we'll tell
you the answer.
Today's election isn't a general
election.
What?
Not in the state of Washington.
According to the statutes of the
state primary election is not an
election.
That is to say it is, but it isn't.
The law of this part of the land
so reads that the primary election
now going on, is not really an elec-
ton at all. 1t is regarded by law
as nothing more nor less than a Sc
lection by the people of the men
they wish to enter into the real
elective race.
Such being the case, today's do
ings are not general election.
And hence the running of the sa-
looms
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
WHAT THE WEATHER
! MAN SAYS TODAY

: High pressure, with crests over
South Dakota, obtains eastwardly
from the Rockies. Low pressure
prevails between the Pacific and
Rockies as far north as Oregon,
with lowest barometer over south
ern California. Rain fell in Wyom.
ing, South Dakota, the lower Mis-
ssissippi valley and the south At
lantic coast and from the lake re-
gions and upper Ohio valley to the
st Lawrence valley. In the Pacific
Scoast states temperatures generally
! IRE about normal. Conditions are
unsettled over this section.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
CLARK PREDICTS
| GENERAL VICTORY
IN NOVEMBER
1--WE Will Trounce Them
Out of Their Boots"
Says Champ.
(ey United Press Leased Wire)

a JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. 10.
Champ Clark, minority leader in
the lower house of congress. today
predicted that the democrats will
sweep Missouri next November.
Clark is delegate to the demo-
cratic state platform convention,
which assembled here today. Con-
cerning the situation in Missouri,
he said:
Beginning with the recent tri-
umph of Clement c. Dickinson in
the Sixth Missouri district, the DEM
socrats will continue the good work
and make the November elections a
rout.
4 THE results in Maine yesterday
are the best evidence that the peo-
pie are heartily tired of being de-
\ ceived, maltreated and betrayed.
y What happened in Maine is a
foretaste of what will happen
: throughout the nation in November.
We will trounce them out of their
boots; the time is ripe"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
PACKERS IN COURT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Sept. Mittimuses
for the arrest of officials of the
packing companies indicted yester-
day were issued today by Judge X.
NJ. Lands of the United States
court. The packers, it is expected,
will be brought into court today
with their bondsmen. The trial
promises to be one of the most
sensational and hardest fought of
any of the trust busting" cam
paigns that the government has
ever undertaken.
1t is believed that the grand jury
which returned the indictments We
terday will add other names to
those already entered in the docu-
ment of the federal court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
} . . = ~H~~> 800 4
} NEWBURGH PEOPLE
TAKE OWN CENSUS, 4

= NEWBURGH, N. Y, Sept.
. 13.-The people of Newburgh
. are so much dissatisfied with
. the announced result of the
. federal census here that the
. local newspapers have decided
. to make an enumeration of
. their own. Canvassers will be
. placed at work next week. The
. federal census showed a gain
. of 2 per cent over the popula-
. ton 10 years ago. Local bust
. ness men think the town is 20
. per cent larger.
. q q q . q q . . . 4 4 q q q ,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-13
RAILROADS MAKE GAINS.
(sy United Press Leased Wlre)

(By United Press Leased Wlre)
Chicago, Sept. 13.- Compared
with the gross earnings of railroads
year ago the returns for August
this year show that practically the
same lines gained 10.1 per cent
within the year. Their gross earn
ings for August, 1910, aggregated
$37,425,927, a gain of $3,434,458.
This is a much better showing
than that of July, when the increase
was only 7.6 per cent over the cor
responding period of 1909. The
gains reported by the railroads
were especially marked through
out the south, southwest and east.