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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-18
SDoCiaI InduCcmcnt
To Be Sanitary

. The Tonopah Sewer & Drain =
. age company will put the sew =
. er pipe to your property line =
. without charge to you. From .
. your. property line to within =
. three feet OF your connection .
. for Is cents per foot, and the .
. actual cost of Excavation. =
. Phone to Secretary at the =
. Nevada First National bank, =
. or see the General Manager. :
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-18

THE TONOPAH LUMBER co.
has the largest stock of all kinds
of mining timbers and
building material; wholesale and re-
tail Mining timbers a speciality.
S-9-tf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

get their first view and impression of
the city Of Keok0k.
Keokuk during The last summer was
visited ~ scores Of excursions that
came W boat and rail; thousands
came 70 view this gigantic undertake
ing Of damming the Father of Wat.
era, the great Mississippi river.
Now, how will visitors be Impress
ed with their first view Of our river
front and wharf, or the remnant of
what is left, now covered with rail-
road tracks, coal sheds and other
tumble down shacks, now going into
decay?
This hrst outlook and first view
certainly wculd not Impress people
fayorably who wished to locate and
invest in business in orr city.
I would suggest to our city fathers
! that they curtail a part of the ex
pense for improving back and side
/ streets of the city and use each year
. part of the eighteen or twenty
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
A Keokuk Factory Which Has Made
the Most Rapid Growth of Any
Cereal Company in the
United States.
PURITY OATS POPULAR
Growth Not Confined to the MIssls.
sippi Valley But Rajidly Becom-
ing Leader Both on the Pa
cifc and Atlantic Coasts

No concern in the cereal line in the
country has had as rapid and steady
growth, month by month, during the
past two years, as the American Rice
and Cereal Co.
Not only has its business through
out the Mississippi Valley more than
trebbled, but on both the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts Purity Oats are widely
distributed and are fast taking the
lead of all others.
Owing to the fact that the oats put
out by the American Rice and Cereal
Co., are sterilized and their keeping
quality in any and all climates suaran-
teed-this company has built up a
trade throughout the south and south
west, where heretofore cereals could
only be handled in small quantities
during the winter months, so that
during the past year car load after
car load of Purity Oats have been
shipped to extreme southern points
with most satisfactory results.
All of Uncle Sans soldiers who
were in Texas the past year were
supplied with Purity Oats, although
in order to secure this government
business it was necessary to show SUI
periority over brands which had been
given the preference for years.
The plant of the American Rice and
Cereal Co, has run steadily without
shut down of more than a day or
two for needed repairs since the first
OF the year and their pay roll has
grown to be very considerable item
of Importance in the Industrial life of
Keokuk It has been difficult at
times for them TO secure the number
OF employees which the business has
demanded. For many weeks, although
working its full capacity in every de-
partment, they have been running sew
eral thousand cases behind their or
ders, while other mills have been
closed during the summer months.
1t is a matter of great satisfaction
to the mana cement of the American
Rice and Cereal Co that the great
increase in business has been with
old customers. thoroughly demonstra-
ting the fact that it is the quality of
the product put out and the treatment
accorded patrons that has brought
about such results, rather thar an
Indifferent quality backed by low
prices. which can only bold trade OF
questionable value for short time.
No concern is advertising Keokuk
more widely than the American Rice
& Cereal Co. and 1t should be source
of local pride that no shipment has
ever gone out from this mill for which
the slightest apology need be offered
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
To the Editor of The Gate CITY.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
While our city fathers and business
men and citizens are all uniting N
organizing projects, to boom our city,
and advertise our many advantages,
SO as TO induce and assist new enter
prises and manufactures to AXE adj
vantage of our great and cheap eiec-
trio power now on the eve OF being
developed by the Keokuk and Hamil-
ton Water Power Company. Now /
4 would suggest to his Honor the mayor,
I to clean house and be prepared to re-
celFe company. It is the general
custom at our own homes, when com
pany is expected that our good house
wives clean house, have their front
yards cleaned up and their reception
rooms and halls tidied UP and made
presentable for the expected company.
Now how is it with our river front
along on the wharf, or levee, the front
door OF our city? Where all persons
or parties who arrive or pass through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

thousand dollars derived from mulct
tax and fines. and apply, say one-haif
OF this amount to the permanent i'm
provement of our wharf and levee
front, remove all unsightly shacks off
of the wharf or levee and make an up
to date steamboat landing for their
use in all stages of water, during
river navigation, which could be done
by putting in a retaining wall of rock
or concrete, commencing at the rail
road bridge and carried down stream,
to say near the elevator Col Meigs
has several times offered to deposit
material when dredging the canal
am informed, provided this retaining
wall was built SO as to retain the fill,
and without any expense to the city.
Now it appears to me that the
present time is ripe to commence this
long neeeed and necessary improve
ment.
AS / notice, the old mossback Pack
ct Co, the Diamond 10 line of steam.
ers has been sold, viz: the elegant
side wheeled packets, the ST. Paul
and Quincy and their running mates,
the steamers Dubuque and Sidney, In
Guiding their dry docks. boat yards,
warehouses and all their other steam,
boat property, to the live wire steam.
boat operator, ]. Streckfus. Now let
the city of Keokuk and her citizens
give him fair show, to bring back
again some of the old time river
prosperity.
All of our older citizens know that
the river interests built up Keokuk tc
the highest point of prosperity she
ever attained, which lasted up to and
long after the close of the civil war
But the citizens OF Keokuk as vel
as all othe- river towns between st
Louis and ST. Paul went crazy mat
and bankrupted themselves in the aid
| ing of railroads and railroad projects
| sincerely believe that when tn,
| Panama canal is completed, that TIL,
| Mississippi river will have numerou
lines Of elegant passenger and freigh
steamers towing barges plying the riy
/ er between New Orleans and st. Pau
i which will more than double an
treble the numerous passenger an
freight steamers that piled the rive
prior to the civil war, and that ther
will be such improvements in tn
mode of cheapening the handling c
freights by electrical machinery an
appliances. that will cause the grea
railroad barons to wake up and TAX
notice.
i ]. F. DAUGHERTY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Mark Twain Birthplace

Mark Twain's old home in Hannibal,
Mo-, is to be moved to the town park
and preserved as memorial to the
humorist. The modest dwelling in
which Mark Twain lived has long been
an object of interest to visitors and a
source of pride to the town. However.
! Hannibal has recently felt the breath
OF progress. And one of the first
things that this breath threatened to
do was to snuff out this particular
/ building.
Fortunately the Commercial club Of
! Hannibal was alive to the CONNER
cial as well as the sentimental value
OF landmarks. So when 1t learned
| that the house was about to be torn
down to make room for fiat build
! ing at once secured a sixty-day option
on the property and announced that
! the house would be removed and pre-
served as a memorial
The building is two story frame
| structure, and it is in fairly good con-
| dition. With a certain amount Of re-
! pairs it can readily be restored to the
condition in which it was when the
humorist lived there. And If the town
should decide to make it the home of
a sort of Mark Twain museum the
memorial would become doubly inter.
esting.
club of Hannibal, Mo, is worthy OF
imitation Cities and towns which
neglect to preserve the various OBJ
jects Of real historic interest that they
may happen to possess are deliberate
ly depriving themselves of peculiar
interest and appeals to outsiders that
no evidence Of material civic progress
. can supply.
? The stranger will remain cold at the
J sight of the skyscrapers. The sky
scrapers are common modern, ant
: impersonal. The sight Of a new bank
!, building. with large fiuted ionic col
! umns in front. may even fail to sti
i his enthusiasm. Handsome banl
r buildings are to be found in all parts
e But the announcement that such ant
e such place is where some great MAJ
I lived and worked or died, or wher,
d some extraordinary historic event tool
t place. is reasonably sure to kindle
Q certain warmth All,at once the tow
acquires new distinction. 1t is dit
ferent. 1t has shrine relics, dignity
a past.
And of all such memorials none ar,
8 more fascinating for the public thar
/ the birthplaces or the homes Of tn,
4 men who have risen from humble be
: ginnings to greatness In this repubii.
8 and then gone hence, leaving name
8 and fame for future generations t.
0 muse upon. Chicago Inter-ocean.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Curious Nelahbors FoIled.

A wealthy New York society woman
has recently become very much inter
ested in city missionary work. In her
district is poor but respectable fam
lily named Moriarty, living on the tor
floor rear of tenement house In q
congested east side street.
Every time she has visited the Mort
artys she has been much annoyed by
the staring and whispering of the 9th.
er occupants of the building. The
other day she spoke to Mrs. Moriarty
about It,
Your neighbors seem very curious
to know who and what | am" she
remarked.
They do So" acquIesced Mrs. Mort.
arty.
DO they ask you about it?"
indade they do, ma'am."
And do you tell them"
Faith, thin, an OF do not. OF fist
soy you're me dressmaker, an let Il
go at thot Metropolitan Magazine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
LIFE PERIODS AND CLOTHES
How Mans Tastes in Raiment DIFF
fer From Youth to Care
less Old Age.

It Is interesting to follow man In
the matter of his raiment- There are
established periods in his life where
in his tastes differ. and his ways diff
fer, and from start to finish the mat
ter is one of considerable interest.
When he is under age and at col
lege, his taste runs riot in the matter
of clothing. Weird checks, fearful
plaids, remarkable cuts of balloon
like pants and box-like coats appeal
TO him. The matter of quarter inch
in length Of coat concerns him
greatly and he begins to have his
pants pressed with four creases in
them, pointing to the north, south.
east and west
When he goes to work he carries
some of this wonderful raiment With
him. 1t is link that connects him
with glad college days. But the link
wears out and he is busy, and pres
emily you see him IN wholly different
attire He is neat enough, but his
weird taste has changed
He now goes In for business suits
and is painfully exact in his dress
for the evening.
But as he gets along IN business he
ceases to have his clothing pressed
He marries and his wife keeps afte,
him to put on a clean collar. He ha,
long ceased to wear shoes for look,
and has his shoes made to order he
cause he likes EN- to be 17-1S inche,
wide at the toe in order to obtain com
fort. He has them shincd wheneve
any event comes along and remind
him of it.
And finally his whole family lea
upon him. They call him slouchy, an
when he gets new suit it is a fan
fly matter in which the indiyidut
views of the family combine, and hi
own are lost. For it's always thu
way, and probably always will be-
Galveston News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
sherbet From VloIets.

Sherbet made of extract of violets
was much esteemed in the east and
Mohammed is reported to have said
of 1t that it surpassed all other ex-
tracts In some parts Of Europe it is
customary to mingle yiolets. roses
and lime blossoms with preserves to
add a flower element to the fruity
flavor. In Egypt and Turkey violets
are used in making sherbets. as mint
is employed in juleps in Kentucky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Medicines for Plants,

The general public afe not the
only users of patent medicines" said
a norist as he opened box OF small
metallic pills Lately we have
ADOPTED the French custom Of feed
ing our plants whatever element they
happen 70 need in this shape. The
PMS are buried In the soil and arr
slowly absorbed. and the resulting
growth is remarkable"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
As Shakespeare Would Have said !,

swat the fly, we pray you. as we de.
nounced him to you. rippingly with
the hand; but If you muff him. as
many OF swatters do. we had as lief
the town criet dashed the flies. Nor
90 we not saw the air too much
your hand thus: but use all gently:
lor IN the very torrent. tempest and
las we may say the whirly-ind Of
passion you must acquire and bege.
temperance. that may give IT
sinoo'hness. Be not too tame
neither. Go. make Won ready
New York Mail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
The Kind of Bird.

When women whisper scandal and
say little bird told them, it's a safe
bet that the little bird was a Tyre.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

Wisdom Of Lott.
Let us be kind II we wish to be ro.
gretted~-Pierre Lott
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
woman's Body Sent Home.

A telegram received at Jacksonville
from Mrs. Lou Birchfield, of Johnson
CITY. Tenn, instructed Undertaken
Conant to forward the remains OF
Bertha Birchfield, the woman VINO
committed suicide, to the above men
toned city. No new developments
have been reported in the case,
although the authorities gave up the
search for clues or information fdF
lowing the proof of suicide, The de-
ceased was supposed to be named
Mrs. Webb. and later on her name
was given as Mrs Bertha Butchtield,
but the telegram proves that her cor
rect name was Birchfeld, and also
tends to show that she was unmar-
ried. Following his instructions, I'm
dertaker Conant shipped the BODY
thus ending a case that attracted con-
siderable attention locally.
To Keep From Moving.
"Now YOU two children go to your
room and see that you don't move TOT
an hour" said the woman. out OF pa
tience.
I'VE may play chess, thsn, NAM
maj" inquired the larger boy'-1on'
kers Statesman.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
100000 FIRE.
San Francisco's Great Amusement
Park 10 Devastated.

San Franchises Great Amusement
Park 10 Devastated.
Fire destroyed the "Chutes," San
Francisco's biggest amusement park,
which was known as the Coney Island
of the west.
So far as is known, none lost his
life, but several firemen were injured
in their work of trying to save the
concessions from the flames.
The damage is estimated at $780,
900. The cause Of the fire Is not
known, but 1t is believed to have been
caused by crossed wires.
Recently rebuilt, the "Chutes" had
Just been opened to the public. The
gates had closed only few minutes
before the blaze started, About 100
attendants were on the grounds.
The fact that the fire started as
late as it did likely averted q panic
which might have cost several lives,
as at midnight the place was
crowded.
Later 1t was declared that two men
had persisted in the flames, which
spread from the park into lodging
house which directly adjoined it. Sew
eral women in this lodging house mar
rowly escaped, and thrilling rescue'
were made. The concrete theater II
the Chutes park was the only build
ing saved,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
GOVERNMENT WINS.
So-CaIIed Tobacco Trust Is Given
Knock Out Blow.

So-CaIIed Tobacco Trust Is Given
Knock Out Blow.
The government has won sweep
ing victory over the so-called tobacco
trust" The supreme court of the
United Sattes held the American To
bacco company and its allied corpor-
atoms to be operating in violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
BY directing that the combination
be forbidden the privilege of inter
state commerce or be placed in the
hands of a receiver unless 1t disinte-
CRATES in harmony with the law with
in six, or at the least, eight months,
the court is regarded to have dealt
with the tobacco corporations more
drastically than with the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, whose disso'
luton was ordered two weeks ago.
Both the first and second SECTIONS
of the Sherman antitrust law have
been violated by the so-called tobacco
trust, according to the court. MOI
only has it restrained wrongfully anC
unlawfully interstate commerce II
the eyes of the court, but 1t has at
tempted to monopolize the tobacco
business to the injury of the public
and of it's competitors.
While the decree was regarded al
unusually severe, at the same time
there was touch of leniency In no
making the combination an OUTLAY
| "noW"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
CHAPTER OF CASUALTIES
jacksonville Is Treated to Several
Startling Sensations.

jacksonville Is Treated to Several
Startling Sensations.
That waves of crime, death and sui
eide sometimes sweep over a com
munity has long been the theory Of
psychologists, and that there is some
ground for belief in their theories
seems to be evidenced by the recent
happenings In Jacksonville. The sud
den death of Mrs. G. E. Ridge, of 1924
Swift street, and the self-destruction
of Carl o. Book make four violent
deaths reported to the authorities re-
Gently. Several other deaths and
murderous assaults add to the unusual
number of cases requiring attention
of the police authorities.
Mrs. G. E. Ridge was discovered
yesterday evening, lying dead in the
kitchen of her apartments at 1924
Swift street. everything pointing tc
death by asphyxiation. The valves OIL
her stove were wide open, and the
whole apartment was filled with the
fumes of the escaping gas.
Investigation of the death OF Car
o Book, who was found lying along
side of the road near Evergreen Gem
etery, proved that the young man wa'
not victim of epilepsy, as first re
ported, but that he had ended his lif'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
MOROCCO is BARRED.

British Government Won't Receive
the SuItan's Ambassador.
The British governments invitation
to Morocco to send a special ambsssa.
dor to the coronation of King George
has been withdrawn, 1t is said, and
the foreign office has notified Elmokri.
who had been designated to represent
Sultan Mulai Hafd. that he would not
be received.
This action on the part Of the Brit.
ish government was brought about by
the cruelty with which the sultan's
troops treated women and children
during the recent raid from Fee, The
soldiers consoripted many women and
girls in the neighboring villages and
sold them on the streets Of Fec,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE SIGNS.

First Agreement for Cooperation in
the Protection of State Forests.
The first agreement between the
federal government and a state pro-
viding for cooperation in the protec-
ton of state forests under the Appa-
lachian forest reserve law was signed
at Washington by Secretary OF Agrl-
culture Wilson with New Hampshire
The state will be given $1,000 for
twenty-eight forest patrolmen.
Connecticut, New Jersey, Name
Massachusetts,, Maryland, Minnesota,
Vermont and Wisconsin have applied
for funds. AS only 100000 was ap,
propriated, not more than $1,000 VIII
he allowed to any state for the year.
No state will be allowed an amount
larger than that which the state IL
self appropriates for the same pur'
nose.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
FOR LAW REFORM.
Initial Step Taken by U. s. Supreme
Court Justice White.

Court Justice White.
The initial step in the first big re.
form inaugurated by Chief Justice
White, of the supreme court of the
United States, since his elevation to
that office became public when an
nouncement was made that the chief
Justice had appointed a committee to
change and revise the rules of prac-
tice in the equity courts of the United
States.
The committee is composed of JUS
tees Lurton and Van DeVanter, and
Chief Justice White, ex-officio. 1t will
report to the full court, probably in
the fall, such changes and revisions
in the present rules. For years the
rules have been pronounced in many
quarters as Anticipated and often work
ing injustice and hardship. The most
general outcry against them has been
they encourage delay in litigation and
high costs.
Not only have clients complained
of the delays and costs, but lawyers
themselves fret at the insurmountable
delays. Another objection has been
| that the rules were unnecessarily COM
| plicated.
President Taft is known to be In
| terested in the reform. 1t is regarded
as striking at the most Objectionable
set of rules in force by direction of
the supreme court. The present rules
were promulgated in 1912, and except
for a few changes to individual rules
have remained unamended to the pres
ent day.
1t is understood that the committee
desires suggestions from members Of
the bar and the bar associations as tc
what changes should be made.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
Notice.!

Ms hereby given, that on June June la andi
N0tiGS Is NE Guardian Of the persons anu
Estates a. #e RSfsg %Eom m0S are minors GSS
under the age OF ,INS E - Inc honorable NJ.
viz MAKE tbe PRoGnty JaGgr Of patn"P@ GTq@
Florida sy for authority to Sry 2%% s sSa all Of
the right nd TOT to The NM Of sW Of SgfL% OF
F Fa6ss IS,5 9 81 Fn;Si a. the Oh
County Of Putnam inya nee being to clear 9thGr
set OF said eNe6Gngc rom Tax deed f in t6t
PropS ai6 minors nj having some teT REE Y S
land above ueS, Guardian of said
P,latka, Florida Minors
May 18th, 1911 Cor petitioner
f. E. Haskell At'o'"''
| Slot. -
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
Nanrn Kills Merchant.

At Lady Lake, few miles south of
Ocala, Lord Grant, well-known mer-
chant of that place, was shot and
killed by a negro Mr.. Grant. acting
as a deputy, attempted to arrest the
negro. who shot him down in cold
blood. Word was sent to Ocala. and
Sheriff Galloway. with several depu-
ties. FASTENED to Lady Lake and are
searching for the negro. The affair
caused a great deal of excitement at
Lady Lake, as the dead man was quite
prominent in that section.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-09
$4,000 for New School.

Palatka continues to build. Tween
ty.fiye thousand dollars has been APP
0ropriated for the erection of a beau
tiful new high school building. The
site has already been purchased, 70
by 100 feet, on North Fifth street
inst west of the new court house
When completed. this building Will be
enc of the most modern new buildings
anywhere to be found. The school
board is contemplating putting In an
Industrial training department the
building will be a two-story bricE
structure, with q well-ventilated base
ment.