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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
FoREwARNEp IS FoREARMEp.

The state dairy and food commits
sion has issued a pamphlet in which
1t outlines the policy OF the cornmis-
sion IN the matter of enforcement OF
the pure food act and quotes and ex-
plains the lay. The commission
states that it viii devote much of its
time TO inspection of places where
food is prepared and kept, especially
in restaurants, and hotel kitchens,
dining rooms, bakeries, and the like
with riew 10 improvement of SAM.
tary. conditions. Hotel keepers, res
tauranters and grocers are warned
that the department will strictly en-
force the Law 20 the letter in regard
10 food products, which are uncovered,
whereby dust, dir, flies, and filth
will get to them Meat products,
dates. figs, dried fruits, pastry, crack
ers, cakes. bread and Ike products
must be protected by glass and all
products screened from flies. The
inspectors viii go through your en-
tire store. including the cellar. Hav-
Ing possession Of rotten, decomposed
potatoes, apples, cabbage, Or other
vegetable products in your cellar or
place Of business is unsanitary and
/ will be grounds for prosecution II dis
covered by our inspectors
The ice man will also come in for
a share of attention The sale OF ice
which is to be used Ia food products
such as beverages like lemonade. soda
water, punches, etc, and which is
filthy or unsanitary by reason OF be-
ing taken from stagnant waters. Il
a violation of the food laws Of the
state. Dealers occasionally handle
both the distilled water Ice and 90
called river, lake and pond ice suca
dealers should use care in informing
their customers as to the source nf
their product and, If the same f. n
be used for refrigeration only and not
in beverages, the customer mus+ he
fully informed The labelling o. vag.
ons, Distilled Water Ice" when other
ice is carried constitutes misbranding
under the statute
The crusade against sbor. ,a;oh..
misbranded and adulterated foods Ia
paints, and articles offered for saio
which come under the province ~ ~
commission, will be pushed with co.
! verify according to the announ caroa,+
lof Commissioner Barney. Forewarned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
PUT UP MAIL BOXES.


Additional carrier help is needed
In the Keokuk postoffice but it cannot
be obtained until larger percentage
OF local patrons have signified their
willingness to cooperate with the
postoffice department in improving the
service by putting up receptacles for
mail at their homes and places Of
business.
At the present time many homes
are not equipped with any sort of a
receptacle for receiving mail, conse-
quently when the mail carrier arrives
with letter he is compelled to ring
the door bell or knock upon the door.
In case there is no one at home the
letter is carried along until the next
delivery and the person to whom 1t is
to be delivered suffers Just that much
delay. Mail boxes can be procured
for small sum-anywfer from TWEEN
ty or twenty-five cents to a dollar,
according to the size and make. They
can be attached to porch post, the
side of door or at the gate entrance
The mail man will slip the mail into
such boxes and the resident can Sc
cure it upon his arrival He is saved
that much delay to the letter and the
mail man is permitted to travel his
route just that much more rapidly,
therefore permitting him to give
everyone just that much better ser
vice. Cooperation brings good SER
vice and it is cooperation in this re-
spect which the postal authorities are
now asking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
kAHokA, MO.
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Frank Ferguson and Miss Lucy
Woods, both of near Wayland, were
united in marriage at the home OF the
officiating minister, Rev. T. A. ALI
son, Tuesday.
The Kahoka ball team have game
matched with Hamilton for Tuesday,
August Is In Kahoka. On Friday, Aug.
10, they will play Wayland at Ka-
hoka
Robert Wallis and Miss Grace
Lutebecher, both of DeKalb, ILL.,.
were united in marriage Tuesday by
Squire S. NJ. Perry at his official par
lors In Kahoka.
Martin Daggs is the guest OF Kaho-
ka relatives.
E. Hit Stewart and family will
leave about September l for Fort
Collins, Colo, to spend the winter
Mrs. W. B. Sisson returned Tues.
day from a trip to Buffalo, N. Y. and
other eastern points.
Miss Gladys Crawford of Kahoka is
at Cherokee, Iowa, studying to be a
trained nurse.
Mayor Dorsey and John Seyb left
Thursday for western trip 1t is now
Mayor Fred Kirchner
The Kahoka school board held an.
other meeting Tuesday night with the
usual deadlock. A motion to elect the
teachers of the high school was de-
feated. The opening OF school is only
three weeks off and the failure of tho
board to elect superintendent and
the teachers OF the high school is be.
coming serious matter. Three OF
the board are willing to go ahead and
elect all the other teachers but the
superintendent, but the other three
would not consent. go adjournment
was had with nothing accomplished
The board should get together on
some one at once. for the good OF the
schools
Judge n. NJ. Pettingill, Of Memphis,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

The Confederate Veterans and the
Daughters of the Confederacy have I'M
dertaken a campaign to persuade the
daughters of the Southland that 1t is
not fitting that they ride horseback
astride. Gen. James F. Smith, COM
handing the Arkansas division of the
U. C. ", is leading the movement
THE hoyden of the western plains"
he says, "is not the accepted equine
pattern for the old Southland, which
still retains many of its ancient ideas
of woman's modesty.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
An Electrically Lighted Farm.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Moore
Brothers farm near Iowa Falls is TO
be electrically lighted. There will be
all the latest machinery and ffty-fve
Tungsten lights in houge and barn
and o1tbuiidings, garage. etc. The
yard win also be lighted. That beats
crawling out 10 the barn or back TO
the house on stormy night. With no
moon in the sky and that old lantern
extinguished BIZ the wind. Now. these
OF US who are growing weary OF the
struggle for existence Ia the cities,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
SUNDA YZSMS
Extracts From w A. Sunday $ Lecture at
the Oakland Chautauqua.

The crying need OF our day Is for
leaders that can lead. you've got to
shell the woods for God
We seem to have taken the devil 8
opiates until we are sleeping in a
dormitory Of rottenness and death.
The people are going to hell so fast
you can't see them for the dust.
We are becoming ration of graft
ers. Why, preacher who took a
passionate recently in another state
told me the other day that the local
undertaken came to him and offered
him rake off on all the funerals
he'd turn his way.
If you must smoke, get cigar or
even an old cob pipe, but cut out the
cigarets, or some morning you'll
wake up and find your puny brains
have run out on the pillow while you
slept
When a man stands around with his
hands in his breeches pockets, it won't
be long until he will try to get his
hands into other peoples pockets.
The Scotchman is always orthodox,
though he may not always be religious.
The Englishman loves kindly power.
Did you know England recently spent
fifty-f1ve million dollars to put crown
on King Georges block?
We have fifteen colleges to teach
children how to raise cattle and hogs
to one which teaches children how to
live.
There are families where the rails
ing of one more boy means the rails
ing of one more bleareyed booze
fighter.
The average little sissy who hasn't
sprouted long skirts knows more
about devilment than her grand
mother knew at sixty, and has her
mother backed clear off the walk.
l think the most good for nothing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

most useless thing on earth is mere
old society dame.
II there Is anything that makes me
sick 1t Is to see woman hugging and
kissing an old pug dog A woman
must love something, but don't call
pug dog anything.
Society has just about put mater
nifty out of fashion.
believe love of idleness and In
dolence leads more girls to the mar
riage altar than love.
The mother who will allow her
daughter to float around the township
In a narrow gagged buggy with some
sap-headed youth. or go Joy riding in
q buzz wagon until 2 o'clock in the
morning, simply opens the front
door to shame and dishonor.
think a good woman is the best
thing this side Of heaven and bad
woman the worst thing this side OF
hell.
If had my way I'd have every pack
of cards in hell before shutdown.
Dancing Is nothing more nor less
than hugging set to music
am against anything that makes
1t easier for people to do wrong and
for anything that makes it easier to
do right.
The average life Of a prostitute is
but five years. There must be con-
slant supply of new material and the
dance halls are relied upon as the
most prolific source OF supply.
I do not care what people may think
OF me, am responsible to God alone
Every good thing in this world has
a parasite which seeks to destroy it.
We must fight these evils.
I do not much blame men for seek
ing separation from some old pug-lov-
ing society DANES. I should not my
self want to play second fiddle to a
bow-legged bulldog.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

where 1t entered. No bones were
broken and it is to be hoped no ser.
ious complications may arise to hind
er his speedy recovery. Moral: Keep
the guns away from children
Miss Mia Day returned home Sun.
day evening after a several weeks
visit with her aunt In Mackinaw.
Miss Dot Reagin, who has been in
training school for nurses in Mich.
igan, for the past year, arrived IN
this city Sunday for a two weeks
visit with her mother, Mrs. Carrie
Wetzel.
c. B. Garner is Smelling his corn for
shipment Oscar Ebert Is doing the
work
Quite number of farmers are haul.
Ing coal for their winter fires, while
the roads are good.
Very little hay is being loaded here
for shipment, something unusual at
this time of year for Elvaston.
The second crop of clover hay will
be better than was the first crop
The ground plows fine and many are
turning over the soil.
James G. Johnson was a business
visitor here on Wednesday.
John Horny was surveying near
Pontoosuc Wednesday.
John Price and Hiram Ingersoll It
tended the reunion of the First and
Third Iowa regiments in Keokuk
Thursday and Friday. They also
called at st. Joseph hospital to see
Earl Sollars who was operated on for
appendicitis on the fourth of August
He is feeling like getting home and
does not suffer any from being con-
fined to his bed
Little Lloyd Munson has been very
seriously sick with blood poisoning
from cutting his foot with piece OIL
glass bottle, but he is now somewhat
better, and hopes are entertained lot
his recovery.
John Brant is reported as better.
Sunday, August s, a son was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stump.
Mrs. Emma Boswell of Ohio ana
Mrs. Bffie Urton and son Lester OF
South Dakota, arrived Friday for
several weeks visit with relatives
here.
Another boy has arrived to make its
home with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wnit
comb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Hanson and
children Of Mackinaw. H., came sat
urday for visit with relatives here
and at Hamilton.
John Tngersoll OF Hamilton, OHIO,
Is again In our midst, shaking HANDS
with old friends.
Read The Daily Gate City. JOG
per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
ing truculency Of Its police depart


Green Corn.
Elbows on the table,
Cheeks with butter smears,
Like a streak Of sunshine
Stretching to my ears,
Fingers rather sticky,
Still my pulses throb,
Here's a food for princes,
Corn upon the cob!
Just across the table
Nellie's eyes l see,
Sending sparkling glances
Ger the way to me.
Her sweet mouth is hidden
But sigh nor sob.
For know she's smiling,
Behind the luscious cob.
Majorie, the winsome,
Laughing little miss,
Fairly beams, with goodness,
Gladness and with bliss.
Smeared with yellow butter
See her bright face bob,
Just touch OF pink behind
Corn upon the cob.
Now you see us at it,
Picture of content;
Needless of our manners,
Free from sentiment. :
Care is quite forgotten
Joy is on the job,
With mussy but delightful
Corn upon the cob.
Detroit Free Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
ELvAsToN, ILL.
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Lot B. Clark has Just received a
car load OF phosphate fertilizer and ia
hauling the same out to his farm, ~
miles east of town.
A serious accident occurred on
Thursday, two miles north Of town.
when Donovan Campbell, years old
son OF H. L. Campbell, while handling
~ calibre rife, the gun was dis
charged. the ball striking his other
little brother just below the eye and
ranging down, coming out through
the cheek on the opposite side from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
Pronresa In Evidence.

Kahoka Free Press: Keokuk's
dream of progress is being realized
by the activity of her business inter
ests. The sound of the hammer and
the saw can be heard in all sections
OF the city where buildings long in dis
use are being refitted to make room
for the new enterprises.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

Practical knowledge beats theory
every time,-and sometimes even
arithmetic, as the following goes to
show:
Now Harold said the teacher, ff
mere We're eleven sheep in field and
s,A jumped the fence, how many would
there be left?',
None replied Harold.
.. My, there would,'' said she.
so maam, there wouldn't, per
h, s.ea ne; You may know arithmetic.
0pt you don't know sheep"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
A Productive Iowa Farm.

Jacksonville Courier: 1t is amazing
what some of the Iowa farms will pro-
duce. At Iowa City the other day T..
T. Meade, not being satisfied with
eighty bushels of 70 cent corn to the
acre did a little digging on his farm
and uncovered s3,05O in gold coin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
keokuk, Iowa August IA, 1911
THE BABY.

THE BABY.
Wonder-Eyes. Wonder-Eyes, little
Curley Head.
Where has mothers baby been since
he went to bed?
Roaming In the fairy woodlands, stop
ping by the way,
picking buds and singing songs,
Where Shadow Children play?
Chubby little Wonder-Eyes,
Opening wide In sweet surprise!
lTangled Locks, Tangled Locks. where
has Baby strayed7
Rlaying loves young kissing games
with some fairy maid?
picking shells from stretching beach
/ es, laughing at the sea,
Coming back from Wonderland with
/ fairy gifts for me?
/ Little Boy, Little Boy,
+ Do your fingers clutch toy?
Dimpled Greek, Dimpled Cheek, crow
ing your delight
Vat the coming of the morn after
dreamy night!
Long the ride and rich the beauties
on the Shadow Train.
Talking you to Sunderland and fetch
ing you againl
Laughing little heart Of me,
What new wonders did you see?
lWonder-Eyes, wonder-Eyes. little boy
Of mine,
Are you drunk with the breath of
the fairy wine?
Come, it's time for Baby's waking!
See the sun is high,
g.And the CLEAN of day is dancing In
the Baby's eye!
Does the world hold such another?
Singing little soul of Mother!
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

The police force in Evansville, Ind.
was called out to arrest swarm OF
(bees. The dispatches are silent as
to what it did, but 1t should have
known enough to beat tin pans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
UNION VETERANS. SENTIMENT

We cherish no hatreds-our breath Is
sweet
AS the smell Of the midsummer
clover;
When the arms of our foemen were
stacked at our feet.
That moment our anger was over.
Colonel Richard Realf.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

Pittsburgh mas added the letter "h"
ITO It's name, which prompts the Ce-
dar Rapids Gazette to remark that in
recent years Pittsburgh has added
more than the letter. 1t has added the
whole word.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

might find 1t possible to exist on a
farm with electric light and garage.
and might find this method of getting
back to the soil by no means SO very
trying.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

] It remained for social philosopher
ITO point out that when the lion and
the lamb lie down together the lamb
Isn't visible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

Women must take off their hats in
New Jersey. A law in that state pro-
lhibits the wearing Of stuffed birds as
an ornament on hat or bonnet. There
Is a similar enactment on the Mis-
souri, statute books, but has anybody
ever heard of its being enforced?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

A dispatch from New Haven, KY.
tells Of happy death as follows:
while attempting to cross the
railroad tracks in a buggy, two ne
groes, Bill Hardwood and Chaplin
Johnson, we're struck by train.
Hazelwood died. The negroes were
SO busy eating watermelon that they
did not see the train"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

should be forearmed 1t would be we'll
for every dealer in food products to
obtain copy of the commissions
pamphlet and promptly comply with
its instructions in every particular.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

| man was arrested in South Dako-
TIA for putting small boy in cage
with two hyenas. Cruelty to ami
mails?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Kin Hubbard complains that after
an excursionist finds a hotel cheap
enough to stop at it is time to go
home.
1t has been noticed by the Oska-
loosa Herald that people who think
they are not appreciated are generally
the ones who never appreciate other
people.
California had an earthquake shock
yesterday. The Des Moines Capital
suggests that perhaps it was caused
by SO many Iowans getting ready to
move back.
1t is remarked by the Sioux City
Tribune that thanks to recent rains,
moving lawns is becoming less like
giving bald headed men the formality
OF hair cut.
According to George Fitch, the peck
ct knife is the first link in the chain
of convention for boy. AS soon as
he gets a good knife he begins to
stop standing on his head.
A Chicago man has secured an In
junction restraining his wife from
calling him up on the telephone dur
ing office hours. The natural inference
drawn by the Des Moines Tribune is
that she has been calling him UP for
the purpose of calling him down.
"Mr Bryan" says the Cedar Rapids
Republican. may have passed out of
the sphere OF influence. but no man
will be elected President of this coun-
try next year who calls the peerless
one liar. He has too many friends
and admirers left
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

It is Abe Martins observation that
nothing is as flat as an eItemporane-
ous speech when you read It in type.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

II # rains much more George Fitch
will insist on calling this particular
season duck days instead of dog days,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

A New York woman wants a d.
~orce because her husband insists on
reading his poems TO her The brute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

| Bathing suits one-fourth or is
THE announcement in an advertisement
in an exchange. Police! Police!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
THOUGHT FOB The DAY.

The future of Keokuk Is in the
hands of the people of Keokuk- The
kcity will be what they make 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

"Alas." seems to be a proper part of
ALASKA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14

DAILY BY MAIL. a,
One year .S3.WlF'our months. .sA ~
Six months.. 1.50IOne month..... "a
Entered in Keokuk postoffice as secono
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms in advance. ~
All subscription orders should give .n o
p. y. address and state whether II Is =, :
new or renewal order. chahse ~, y,
address is desired. state both the OH
and new address.
Remit by postofrice money order.
express money order. registered iessei
or draft, a. our risk.
The date printed on the address OF Oh
each paper notes when the suoseiip''oA-
expires. .s,-
papers promptly will confer FAVOR "
giving notice OF the fact.
Address all communications to
THE GATE CITY COMPAN J.,
No IS, North Sixth St, keokuk, lows
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the
following news stands:
Hotel keokuk cor. Third ana Johnson
q n Rollins & CO., 6Zg Main street
Ward Bros, SIS Main street
Depot News Stand.
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Read The Daily Gate City. JOG
per week.
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Kin Hubbard complains that after
an excursionist finds a hotel cheap
enough to stop at it is time to go
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18

At the club-the Natioral-accord-
ing to this mornings papers"
Il didn't read them. Does IT say
anything more about his lawsuit
against the Bentley company
Yes" said. suddenly remember
ing. He has settled the case. He
places the full rights Of the patent at
their disposal, upon condition that the
Bentley people call In as many of
their clocks as they can purchase and
make them ON his superior model.
There is also sman cash settle
ment-"
But why does he wish all the
Bentley clocks called mr.
because he wants the honor Of the
invention; he wants It as he invented
It. and the Bentley people are will
ing enough to replace the few hun.
bred they have disposed Of"
SO lame did Sewell's reason seem to
me that advanced It hesitatingly, as
though 1t were some pitiful personal
excuse. But before Crewe could an.
swer there came a tap at the door
The tanitor stood there.
Pardon me. gentlemen" he said
but MIR. Sewell has sent for the
clock"
What clockf This. What right
has Mr.. Sewell to it7"
Il mean Mr.. Sewell, the manager
for the Bentley people," said the jan.
itor. TITS part of the apartments,
gentlemen-goes with them, and the
landlords going to exchange it for a
new one"
Can you tell the man to come back
this afternoon?" asked Crewe, press
| ing silver piece into his hand
~All right, sir. Thank you" said
the ianitor, Withdrawing. Sorry to
have disturbed you, gentlemen"
Now, Langton," said Crewe, hurry
round to police headquarters and get
a couple Of detectives here. Have
authority to seal the door, And have
Sewell with you"
I hurried away and made my re
quest to the head of : city police
He was disposed to scott at my de-
mand; but he had q wholesome re
spect for Crewe, who had assisted him
and incidentally made a fool of him
on more than one occasion He agreed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18
He sank back MO bis char:


pirated principle of SeweITs clocks,
and It licked slowly and somberly. as
though it were the sole guardian Of
the mystery.
do you see anything peculiar shout
this clock?" asked Crewe. looking at
me amusedly. TT is hardly possible
that you do not"
mo, / do not" said. "Of course
the principle is different; the orna-
mentation-"
Tut! Look at the face"
TT seems a very ordinary face" !
said.
How many clocks have you looked
at in your life, Langton? A dozen?
A thousand?"
More likely a thousand" I said.
"And you really never saw a clock
whose face appeared radically differ
ent from that one?"
Not that can recall" I said, look
ing at the clock hopelessly.
well, II seems incredible" said
Crewe Now, Langton, come to the
window and direct your gaze upon the
clock in that church spire. You see II
clearly?"
81 can make out the figures and the
hands"
Now look back. You see no differ.
ence?" He unfastened the glass
front and, striking match, held it to
the central aperture In the face,
through which the mechanism was
wound. Not satisfied by this scrutiny
apparently. he drew q tiny battery
from his breast pocket, connected two
wires and pressed a knob, whereupou
a little light flashed in a miniature
bulb. He inserted this in the aperture
and looked into the clock. Next, hav.
ing closed the case again. he strobe
back across the room until he stood
half way between the mantel and the
hole in the wall. upon a carpet still