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The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
Notice,

Notice is hereby given that there
will be public examination of teach
ers at the court house, the 2lst and
22nd days of December 1911, to ascer.
tain the professional qualifications of
all persons desiring to teach in the
public schools Of Boone county,
J, O, CURNUTr,
County Examiner,
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
New Araumcnt for a Pension.

An old lady called on lawyer In
San Francisco to ask him TO have the
United States government grant her
pension She told a sad story OF her
destitution and added glowing ac
count of the heroIsm her husband had
displayed in the Civil war
AS ! understand II" said the pen
sion attorney, you ask for this pen
sion In the name Of the valiant serv
Ices rendered 10 your country by your
husband
No. replied the old lady ~ ask
It in the name Of God and his mercy
"ln that case" SAID the lawyer "Il
ger YOU your pension have very
few applications in that name" Pop
ular Magazine
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
Quest OF Tranquility.

"sometimes," said Plodding Pete,
"Tm tempted to map out n route thatn
take mo to them there artio regions"
"The climates no good" yentured
Meandering Mike,
mo; but your nerves get n reat
None o. them Eshimos 10 loohin' fur
firm hAndn,"
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
Why He Ceased 70 MANAGE,

Looking Tor Job, eh2 am sur
prifed to hear II You told me the
last time saw you that you had
fine situation az n manager
"Yes, | had, but lost It in foolish
way married the lady ! had been
managing"
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
.neaper sun.

"Cioing to have new suit this
ycor?'
40
Last years cleaned and pressed
eh?"
Worse than that. My wife insists
that my old suit will be good enough
nfter she's gone over II with the
vacuum cleaner
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16

We mentioned list and style
Crafts till and box for
will make looking
We cut the lower end Of all our Crafts
which the planter after unless
We have making
balance
and financial standing
we will give reference
The Harrison times., 1911-12-16
HOGS Lost.

Lost last Friday night from my pen
in northeast part Of town, two black
hogs with round holes in left ears.
Weight 100 and 80 lbs.
CoRBEIL CoTTON,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
FRANKLIN,
, . - 49, ~>~e~> .

Last Monday rufnor had it Of a
telegram from Miller, Neb., announc-
ing the death of Mrs. Dan Judy, a
former lady of this locality. Now i
turns out that it was only street Cos
sip and that the lady is fast regain
ing her health after a long siege of
illness.
Chas. Stieneke, who spent a few
years in California, returned home
Friday. He claims Lee county is good
enough for him and beats the golden
shore with all its Chinese and Jap
anese
A. C. Kiesecke and family are
now at home in the old Rolded place
Fred II. Ginning received the sad
news of the death of his cousin, a
daughter of Chris Won Aim in Wet
zendor, Germany. She is mourned By
her husmand, four children. her par
ents and a number of friends.
The annual meeting OF the town
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
SERVICE, NOT A MATTER OF
SALARY

Many Americans have the idea that
the surest way to get good public Of
hcials is to increase official salaries
On this point the following extract
from the report of an American con-
sui in England should prove both in
teresting and enlightening
THE justices of the peace in a
large city, with the exception of one
paid magistrate, receive no compen-
sation, and consider it an honor to act
in that capacity. The members of
city councils, as rule, serve without
pay. The chairman of one of the most
important public boards, in one of the
largest cities in England, said to me
that he gave two-thirds of his time to
at once if any salary were attached
because his compensation grew out of
the fact that he would be helpful to
his city without receiving any none
tary return.
From the foregoing the San Fran
cisco Bulletin is reminded of a truth
that is too often ignored in this coun-
try. The amount of money paid out
for salaries" the Bulletin says. has
no beneficial effect on the quality of
public service A man who has not
the right civic spirit will not make a
good public servant It does not mat
ter whether he receives a large finan-
cial compensation or is supposed to
take his pay in personal satisfaction
Such man will either neglect his
duties or use his position to further
his private interests.
''Of course, in the matter of com
pensation. the point of view of the
English citizen is different from that
of the American We want the oppor-
tunity to serve the public in an Of
fetal capacity held open to the poor
as well as the rich, and therefore We
insist on paying salaries to all of
fcials who are expected to give their
time to the affairs of the government
This attitude toward office-holding is
unquestionably right as far as il goes.
Our error lies in not judging all Of
the standard that holds the honor of
serving the people above all other
considerations and regards salary
as merely recognition that good
servant should receive some material
compensation. For. as matter of
fact, money can never be an adequate
return for unselfsh public service"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

ship trustees was held at the city hall
last Monday. The following road SUI
pervisors were appointed. No. /, va
cant. No. Jacob Hohl No. A. I.
Cruickshank, No. Bud Helm.
The town council met in the even
ing of the same day, making and
hearing reports and settlements with
the treasurer and street commission
er. All bills We're allowed and ordered
paid, but the health officer, as there
was none appointed by the former
mayor last year. and hot time was
had before adjournment. After the
bills had been acted on, the cemetery
question was again called but no ac-
ton taken. One member claims that
the town has no jurisdiction over
the City of the Dead. The truth is,
that John c. Chapman decided this
parcel of ground for a cemetery, for
the sum of $500, the terms being
that three trustees be appointed to
look after it until the. town of Frank
lin is incorporated, then the town of
Franklin to have full charge of it.
This instrument was made Feb. "a,
1850. and recorded page 54S, book 4.
In 1874 the town was incorporated
and the council took charge at once,
until the past year.
The regular April showers. chang
ing with cold and warm weather are
on hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
kAHokA, MO.

Col. o. ]. Snyder was an over sun
day visitor in Kahoka. He left Mon
day on trip to Colorado
Several of the kahoka teachers at
tended the teachers meeting in Keo-
kuk last Friday.
At a meeting of the directors last
Saturday, Miss Mabel Keester was
chosen to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Helen Mckee,
who resigns to become county super
intendent Of schools She taught the
third grade
The returns from the recent cleo
ton of county superintendent of
schools are all in and the result was
the election of Miss Mckee by 81
votes over Mr. Ingold.
The case of State of Missouri vs..
Theorus Rowe, charged with the muir
der OF VIM. Daggs, came to close
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
ADVERTISING.

1T pays to advertise is come to be
/ recognized as a platitude Yet it is
of interest, and worthy of remember.
ing, that the deepest students of bust.
ness methods are emphasizing the
worth of advertising as never before,
and in face of the declarations of
some who believe the enormous sums
thus spent are not bringing in the
proper compensation.
Recently, in convention of agents
of the Hartman railroad system, in
Chicago, a resolution to expend ST.
100000 in advertising the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific properties
mously adopted This is the largest
sum ever suggested by railroad for
such purposes, and goes to show how
appreciative the carriers are of the
lasting merits and material advantag-
es which acrue from liberal advertis-
ing, Printers ink is beyond question
the greatest selling force known to
commerce. The man who advertises
regularly knows this but the "occa-
sionaf' advertiser is not so certain.
1t is the constant repetition of an
advertisement which makes the public
familiar with the article exploited and
finally interests it to the point of pur-
chase. One insertion. or a half dozen
insertions, may not do this: but if the
object advertised possesses merit or
Suitability in any degree, advertising
will make it sell. Mark Twain, our
lamented humorist, tells story of an
indignant subscriber, who remonstrat-
ed with him for having discovered
spider in his folded evening paper,
which Mark was then editing. Think
ing to appease the wrathful one. Mark
declared that the only reason for the
spiders presence in the evening pa
per must have been an overweening
curiosity TO read the advertisements.
in order to discover the town mer-
chant who did not advertise, SO that
it would spin its web across his door,
way and remain permanently undis-
turbed thereafter.
Whether the irate subscriber was
Modified or not, there's moral In the
anecdote: Those who advertise sue
coed; those who do not advertise.
stagnate. Even the railroads realize
this Notwithstanding Facts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
SUGAR CREEK.
) = 80 NNNN4>>>% !

Sunday school at Sugar Creek at
10 a. M, Mrs. Mckinney will be the
superintendent.
Linn Humes and family spent Sun
day with Mrs. Humes parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gregory, of Clark City
Mr.. and Mrs. Schellenberger spent
Sunday with their son, Frank Schel-
lenberger.
Elva and Aleen Mckinney spent Sun
day with Edna Karnes.
Mrs. Clark Wilson Of Kirksville is
spending this week with her mother,
Mrs. George Haywood.
Cloid and Lawrence Berkhead spent
Sunday with their sister. Mrs. DIR. r.
Dunn.
Miss Myrtle Walker is sick with
the chicken pox.
Ray Mckinney spent Sunday with
Evert Everman of near Revere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Rowan of Can
ton, spent Sunday with the ladys pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Haywood.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

last Friday when the state dismissed
the case for want of sufficient evil
dence to make a case.
Lynn Hays, a prominent farmer
living southwest Of Kahoka, was
found dead in bed early Monday morn
ing. He was a sufferer from heart
trouble and this was the cause of
death. He was one of the county's
progressive farmers and his death
was shock to his many friends. No
arrangements for the funeral have
been made at this time.
National Bank Examiner c. w. Wat
son spent Sunday with home folks in
Kahoka.
j. C. Johnson, of Cameron, ILL.,. a
former resident of near Kahoka, died
Sunday as result of an accident re-
Gently sustained.
Mrs. l.. Alexander left Monday for
Cameron, ILL.,, to attend the funeral
of ]. G, Johnson.
Miss Bessie Snyder is the guest of
Mrs. Bert Bull of Monroe City, Mo.
Hon. J. M. Dawson came up from
Jefferson City and spent Sunday with
his family in Kahoka.
Bert Parsons of Chicago an old
Kahoka boy. was greeting old friends
in Kahoka Sunday and Monday. He
reports himself as holding good
position and prosperous.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Breenlee are at
home from Arkansas. where they
spent the winter. They report de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
OPENING OF THE BALL SEASON.

Early ball games now being played
are a reminder of the coming season,
and thai it is good business for any
town to maintain strong team.
The one lack OF the sport is that
Y rarely encourages the average mar
INTO exercise of his own. Sitting on
the bleachers. cheering the home boys
or even execrating the umpire, do not
develop your own muscle.
But the sight of nine men drilled
TO become one intelligent unit, the
snap and vivacity of a sport where
thought and action are instantaneous
the exhibition of perfect muscular dt.
yelopment and control, the complete
mastery shown over the laws of mo.
ton as applied to ball-all this
would seem a wonderful spectacle
We're 1t not SO familiar. And the
swift shifts of fortune in this thriI.
ling competition appeal to the mobile
and enthusiastic American temnara.
ment
A town who fails to give adeouate
support to base ball seems to q bost
Of people as slow as town mime !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

A retired business man of Chicago,
Louis Oberndorg. was buried the 9th
er day. He had been one of the most
enthusiastic automobilists of his city
and found much pleasure and benefit
from being being almost constantly
in the open air. Just before he died
he requested that no horse have any
part in his funeral and accordingly a
motor-drawn hearse and motor cars
for pallbearers and mourners disting-
uished his burial
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Green tea drinkers will be glad to
learn that they are not to be deprived
of their favorite beverage after all on
the first of May. provided it receives
the preferred tint through natural
processes As we have already shown,
it is as easy to cure the herb SO that
it shall be green as it is to make it
black, but the demand for it has led
to artificial coloring. and that is what
is to be prohibited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
DENMARK.
) = . . : . : : = : . = . :


Mrs. Ida Farley Of Parsons. Kan
sas, is visiting with her mother and
sister, Mrs. R. Sniff and daughter,
Kittie.
Word received from the hospital at
Burlington says that Miss Nellie
Klophenstein is doing as well as
could be expected. She was operated
on for appendicitis on Friday, April Z.
Miss Kate Quinton of Chicago is
visiting with her sister. Mrs. Holstene
and family.
Mrs. Knowlton left last week to
visit relatives at Mt. Pleasant and
Mitchelville, Iowa, until about May |,
when she will go to Peoria, III, and
make a home for her son, James, who
will be in business there by that
time.
D1. Roy Trowbridge. d. d. s., Of
Iowa City. is expected home for a
short visit. Will come Thursday,
April 49,
Mrs. Mary Bowden and Miss Ruth
Park are Fit Madison visitors.
A representative of the Home
Finders Association conducted SER
vices at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon and the Congregational
church at 80 p. m.
Most of our measle patients are do
ing well, but there has hardly been
enough of the well to care for the
sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lippert are expected
this week to come to make their home
bert with Mrs. Lippert's father, Mr.
las. Conoro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Victor T. Noonan. a Creighton
alumnus and former contributor to
the Bee, has become editor-in-ehief of
the Free Press-Record, a weekly pub
lished at Waverly. n. Y. Stanley r.
Osborn, also former Omaha Bee
man, is doing special work on the
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Captain John E. Rowland. rs years,
who commanded Mississippi river
steamers half century ago, jour-
neyed all the way from London to St.
Louis just to take farewell look at
the river. He started back for London
Immediately
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

William Faxon's voice was heard at
his own funeral in Ovid, Mich. While
his body lay in casket those gath
cred to pay final tribute heard two
HYMNS by him. and also heard him as
one of a trio. including his own son
and daughter. in sacred songs. His
voice was reproduced on phone
graph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Mrs. C. B. Alexander is at the head
of the movement in New Jersey to get
the legislature o pass bill providing
for the appointment in every town in
that state of policewomen. The pc
licewomen are to have 9 their chief
duty safeguarding girls in the dance
halls and moving picture shows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The division bakers at San Antonio
are turning out 10000 loaves of bread
daily, but they seem strangely indiff-
erent to the needs of the soldiers from
the pie belt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Daniel C. Fisher of Dorchested and
Barrister's Hall, the only blind inven-
tor of textile machinery in the world,
is adapting new invention to the
condition of the British mills where
by he believes he is going to be the
means of soon revolutionizing the tex
tile industries of all England
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The Maderos, one of whom is lead
ing the Mexican revolution, are the
richest family in the country. being
worth from s2o0oo.ooe to s25.0oo,000.
The spectacle of multimillionaire
bleeding for the poor poems of Mex
ico,r surely is enough to make the
angels weep.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The Minnesota legislature has just
passed bill appropriating $1,000 for
the widow of Governor John A. John
son. representing the salary he would
have received if he had lived out his
term.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Mrs. Martha D. Gould has been ap-
pointed to succeed Miss Jean Gordon
as factory inspector for the Orleans
parish in New Orleans. Mrs. Gould
has for a number of years been Miss
Gordon's assistant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The cost of sending the soldiers to
Texas is placed at s1.5O0,000, but they
failed to take account of the S15.0o0,-
600 needed afterward for pensions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Now foreign writer declares that
Garibaldi approved Of political assassi-
nation. II is taking unfair advantage
of the great Italian, though. to bring
up the charge now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Because Joseph Plummer Of Milton.
N H., was prevented by his father
from marrying the woman of his
choice he has remained forty years in
bed. He IS now II years old
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The army -maneuvers' ought at
least to give US some moving pic
lures about something else than up
setting peanut stands and falling over
in the china closet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

II the immortal Shakespeare could
have read the returns from the Chi
cago city election he would have
known one answer to his question,
whats in a name"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

With the tendency of Mr.. Taft's ath-
letic drives to land over in the blue
berry swamp, it would be prudent for
the golf ball factories to run over
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Vice President Corral of Mexico is
going to Europe for his health. If
he wants complete rest, he should
swap places with Vice President sher-
man for time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Twenty six thousand Easter eggs
are condemned because coated with
powdered stone. This is what comes
from allowing hens to run out in the
road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

While the Republicans do not har-
monte very well just now, no one
should forget that the past two years
have been period of the full dinner
pail
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The wife of an Omaha newspaper
man, who has collection Of 1862 pitch
ers, cant be induced to make an ex-
hibit in Rourkes park. 1t is under
stood she doesn't need the money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Andrew Carnegie is reported to
have dropped considerable money Iate-
ny. But he had 10 do something With
It until he could persuade one more
town TO take a library
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

We could save embarrassment by
publishing the spring poetry offered
US, but if we did so, our years of
laoor to get the Pegasuses of this
neighborhood lassooed and tied up
III the barn would be thrown away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The anti-Japanese orators hear
the hoof beats of the yellow man S
horse We wish We could, instead
of having 10 walk half mile to get
our laundry bundle
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

salutations for the lady mayoress"
OF Hnnnewell Kan, are premature. A
recount of the ballots by ungallant
men pushed the hope of the sex off
the boards. Ye that have tears to
shed, spill EN- now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The anti-American feeling in Mex
leo is probably due to the failure of
railroads built with American capital
to allow the Mexican people to ride
free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

There is complaint because only is
babies We're born on fashionable Fifth
avenue in two years, but this is where
the poodle dog is the JOY of many
homes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The Mexican revolutionists are said
to be holding up the Pullman passen-
gers. If the report is true this interior
ence with the porter's monopoly may
set the troops at San Antonio in mo-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

In her Search for Sinner has it
ever occurred to Fair Lillian to snoop
about the Illinois legislature bit?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The most remarkable thing about
the perfume thieves in New York is
that they were able to keep detectives
off the scent for eight months
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

The fire at Albany did not wipe out
all the record, however.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Congress proposes to grind out the
coffee trust at this session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Adam Scherzinger of Evansville,
Ind after paying taxes for the last
six years on property in the onetime-
town of Greenup. Okla, has discover
ed that the townsite was vacated for
delinquent taxes the year after the
lots were purchased He says the
county treasurer of Pawnee county
Okla. has been collecting taxes on
town property that does not exist as
such. Several other citizens Of Evans
Vile say they also bought lots in
Greenup and are still paving taxes on
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Former Senator Nathan b. Scott of
West Virginia is trying 10 content
himself loafing around He owns a
savings bank, . factory that employs
500 men and many other interests
working steadily for him Il can't
quite make UP my mind to loaf the
senator admitted Il have never done
it. My friends say it would do me
good, but fear II would be harder
work than working hard | am max
ing a trial of three weeks OF it, and I
am finding it SO little TO my liking that
msy have TO slip back into harness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Miss Corntassel writes us that
meal bags make fine harem skirt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14

Get the red ink. Another Gould
wedding coming up on the horizon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-14
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