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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29
STERLING J. WlCKHAM
Editor and Publisher
Clio, Michigan
TALKING NEWSPAPER LATEST
METHOD OF NEWS SERVICE

A unique device which spread
the latest local and foreign news
throughout the city In less than tel
minutes after the central news o.
flee receives it is in existence o
Budapest, Hungary.
The Instrument of dispatch Is
called the talking newspaper" an
4 Is neither a public -phonograp
nor a news sheet, hurriedly distrib
uted. 1t is sort of telephone
news service and is the only thini
of its kind in the world. WORKING
in connection with the associated
newspapers of the city, a central
office has been established, which
Is the core of this curious system.
AT the first hint of news coming in
over the telegraph instruments to
any or all of the newspaper offices
this central telephone office is
called. and whatever the news is
from far or near the bureau is adj
yised Of II in full The bureau
ssent Then rings his signal. and this
signal calls to his special news telc-
.phooe II the same instant every
-subscribcr in Budapest. After Q
reasonably aoaS interval, loas
-eaeodh - allow subscribers to get
eaoudA % at1sw subscribers to set
% their receivers, the dispatch Is
sio~dy aud Aistinc4iy read 4 the
-seatr0 office, and Subscribers Ill
ovsr de city stand listeninG TO the
came voice.
IN order 20 have this service Ia.
stalied Ia the house one has 10 be
d ths 1rsf place Q subscriber 10 q
-eswspsper. Upon 'shotsfas Sis ssdb-
scriptioa receipt he may nj q small
additional cost have the news tele-
placne put in. This instrument Is
composed merely Of pair Of re-
-oeivers~and call bell. II is hung
on the wall and has sufficiently
long wires to allow the listener to
sit comfortably in his chair with
one Of the small receivers at each
car.
A large percentage of the private
residences in Budapest and all of
The hotels and cafes are wired with
the selephonic news service, and
NY receivers seem to be always
ssNns on some ones ears.
of com, Sae receives announcements
- .i storms or marked chang
go, az Weather, stock quotations
49, !, s..s;cNsNse, sudden fluctua-
products, etc.
Nor do these fca,ure, ;no,,,do al,
the curious advantages VII. 80,
pouring with full generos;,.. go,
the central office to the I'M, my -,
thousands throughout the ci,s 81 IT,
cry evening the central switch !.
by special arrangement with M
Royal Opera management, connec,
ed with the big transmitter in tn
auditorium of the opera house, S
that the complete music of the OF
era, vioces and orchestra, is hear
not only by the great crowds thu
fill pit and galleries there, but b
all those others who sit in arm
chairs and lie on touches at HON
in dimly lighted parlors and bor
doris, lost in dreams and steepe
in harmony.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29

Johnny cake without eggs-1 IL
cups meal, | cup white flour, 1 ia
blespoon unmelted lard, table
spoons sugar, I teaspoon soda, IL
teaspoon salt. Mix all together and
add enough buttermilk to make as
stiff as loaf cake.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29
F. M. Houghton & Co.

Johnny cake-1 egg, IL cup sug.
ar, 1 ~ cups sweet milk, 2 cups
flour, cup corn meal, 3 teaspoons
baking powder, 2 tablespoons melt.
ed butter, salt. Use quick oven.
This is good baked in gem tins. In
fact, | bake nearly all my Johnny
cake that way.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29

my goodness!" cried she. Il should
think you'd have more sense!" .
"Oh. I was just jokinS!" Holpstsr
made haste to say. I'VE can't have
. dog In . dat."
The next morning - he hs walked
down tho street Hoipetsr saw the dog
again. shivsrihg In the mouth OF an
alley. tail between legs.
Good boy!" Holpeter said reckless.
" and snapped his hnssfs.
The dog put forward one shivering
paw and then huddlsd back. II was
too cold evidently to risk the effort
which might end In q rebuff.
That noon In the midst of his hot
lunch Holpeter choked. Bet II hasn't
had q square meal for weeks!" he
growled. . ~
HUH said the man who was talk.
ing to him.
Nothing ut ALI" Holpeter snapped.
The next morning In his pocket 70
posed neat little packet Of meat and
bones and Holpeter was terribly con-
cerned when the dog was not ct the
usual alley. He found the beast
block away. Aowsvss. and gave him
The Scol. He stood watching Il eat
81 vas fun iAts ~ six nsa inside
Of q u1ne&e. go
~ HsarStsr tesss cot - ~
viss tAst.sssyasL 'As'A - Ne ~
~ est3ex n 10 AaA . 80 ~ -
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NJ. HsaysaS. lst1A vissav intsittsa.
SxnDA IL eoavsFsakSsaAi - "a
s1Dssl EOAs ~ m, siaA.- -1g0sy."
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81 @ yssr nia1i ~ ~, SssseoSse
- ssai1s ~ tssa0As AsAa- :vAasA
sis ~ per sssts ~ ssalD11a -
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We'll thsps Ars - Uafs taOnstO
- tesA. ia ~ AsseanA eAssseu1fy.
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syssi"
!. - Asfpssss sasA nersipG, 1aQn b, ~
sAIj1aS VIM 1s vas . bSSsA Avay
fSon the siisy fvssasatsA b tAs -.
N ~ fsiapl 10 - II ~ .Asas asounl
,to~'v4it fser It.. HI gtdDeStsn TO 'faftA-
Or Ais acQusiatancs With the little
beast vsat for naught. The dog had
stood 90 much abuse that it, suspi.
cions were deep.
Finally on q day which was % cold
that ice cream would have tasted like
. hot drink Holpeter threw caution to
tho winds.
ITS a shame" he said. Ito think Of
that nice little dog freezing to death
and starving and nobody willing to put
out helping hand! I'm going to take
him home and fix him up!"
Fired by this virtuous resolve, Hol-
peter left work an hour earlier than
usual that afternoon to search for the
friendless pup. When he saw 1t
and whistled 1t edged away.
poor chap!" Holpeter said. ct
doesn't know I'm his friend"
The dog ran across the street and
Holpeter followed, narrowly escaping
the wheels of an automobile and fol-
lowed by the lavish remarks Of its
chauffeur. Once on the sidewalk the dog
started to run and Holpeter broke in
to q gallop. The woman whose hand
bag he carried away on coatsleeve
button In his haste protested so vocif-
\ erously that Holpeter, quite uncon-
.ssous OF his crime. was forced to
..op because of the crowd that ha-
rsssea him.
ua,ns.ssedy told the policeman that
o,s. vas trying his best to get
800 ss they saw him lodging
~ e."N,I Il was An exceedingly
~. =. 49,, MA the policeman was
| Hoipetsr got hoas - n o.cIoot that
night and told his ,ass s.,onsd story
to his wife.
WELL" she said when Ne ~ .,a.S
his narrowing tale. what 49,. -
the dogf"
''Dog!" roarsd Holpeter. "IfA. -.
| any aoua> he r,,nufn~ vattw -
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29

In our feed department we have
bran, middlings, corn, corn meal,
ground feed, Cotton Seed Meal, Oats,
Baled Hay and Straw. We also ham
die Salts, Posts, Cement, Plaster,
Lime, Hard and Soft Coal, and Tile
of all sizes from 2 inch drain tile to
"a inch sewer crock and all of the
fixtures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
eventually take its place with France
in having the most sensible system of
road supervision and maintenance.
HONOR THE OLD SOLDIERS.

Captain Overton, in communica-
ton in The Sunday Gate City, suggest
ed that the Commercial Club take the
initiative in the matter OF inviting the
survivors OF the First, Second and
Third Iowa regiments to hold their
reunion for this year in Keokuk. There
is nothing TO be said against this
suggestion, and much that might be
said in favor OF it The Commercial
Club is a wide-awake, active organiza-
ton. alert TO Keokuks interests and
needs, and thoroughly representative of
the community. As such representa-
tive organization it could properly in
Vite the old soldiers to come here
and extend to them the city's hospi-
tality The two Grand Army posts
would be glad to cooperate with the
club. as no doubt would the people of
Keokuk generally. 1t is an open Sc
cret that the veterans of the First.
Second and Third regiments would
rather meet in Keokuk this year than
anywhere else This is the flftieth an
niyersarv of their rendezvous and
muster into the service IN this city in
1861, and this locality naturally holds
a large place in their memory because
of that fact. Now that Keokuk is
about TO enter upon an active effort
to secure conventions and reunions it
cannot do better than to begin by ex-
tending the glad hand to the first of
the thousands it welcomed half CEN
fury ago. The attention of the Com
mercial Club is called to the opportun-
ity that awaits it and is worthy its
best efforts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
A lady was walking along Market
Hawkins Taylor of Iowa.
New York Evening Post:

New 1CFh Evening HOSl.
81 am anxious about the country.
Are we to be divided as nation? The
thought is terrible. How do
things look at Washington? Are the
appointments satisfactory?
Did Hawkins TAYLOR. of Iowa, get any
thing?"
Such is the climax of letter of
Judge David Davis, written in the
troubled spring of 1861, to Ward H.
Lamon, marshal of the District of
Columbia, and published in the new
edition, of Lannon's "Recollections of
Abraham Lincoln" No answer to the
letter is printed, and the reader is
left in doubt whether Hawkins Taylor
of Iowa, got anything or not One IS
not certain even of what he wanted.
Did he have an Enthusiastically in his
eye? Was his ambition for a place Of
Importance near the President? Did
his lofty spirit aspire to the dazzling
glories of consulship, a postmaster
ship? Or was he receptive candi
date for whatever might be offered
Upon these questions, history. or so
much of it as manages to win gener-
al attention, is silent Bull Run, An
tietam, Stonewall Jackson, Farragut
Chickamaugua, Appomattox, and 9th
er names are familiar to us, but not
Hawkins Taylor, of Iowa. His JOY over
the recognition of the value of his
services in time Of need, the jubila-
tions of his friends over his appoint
ment to a good berth, their confidence
in the speedy triumph of govern.
ment that displayed such acumen in
selecting its agents-or disappoint-
ment and gloom and dark forebodings
of the fate of the republic: which
was it half century ago in the neigh
borhood of Hawkins Taylor, of Iowa?
Only the frivolous can be indiffer-
ent to such inquiries. 1t was Lincoln's
own declaration that the postoffice at
Brownsville worried him more than
battle; but this must have been
subsequent to the Taylor incident,
with its aftermath Of veal or woe. 1t
is so easy to think of those four
years as one long, breathless sus-
4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
ELvAsToN, Ill.
) ) : . : : ; !. ; : : /. ; )

The black clouds rise in the west
and pour forth rain in abundance
somewhere, but not at Elyaston. Farm
ers east of Carthage say it's too wet
to pillow corn. Same is said north
and south of us. and we know that
the Mississippi river is west of us,
but all is dry and dusty in Elvaston.
Pastures are giving out, meadows are
short and oats will not be fit for any
thing but pasture; many fields the
ground shows in them. Corn fields
are not suffering where the soil was
properly prepared.
Our county surveyor is surveying
near Hamilton for the route for the
water power line to st. Louis.
w C. Ewing had the misfortune to
break one bone in his right arm,
handling colt.
Asa Baxter had the same misfor-
tune happen him while loading hogs.
A. Puntenney, John Price and Hir-
am Ingersoll attended Decoration day
exercises in Hamilton.
Samuel Houston Of East Carthage,
visited with his sister, Mrs. Campbell,
on Thursday.
VIM. Gable is just able to get
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06

pense, with every twenty-four hours
furnishing Charlottesville or a
Vicksburg, just as they do to those
who look back at them through the
glowing pages of histories, that Il
gives one somewhat of shock To
realize that people danced, sang, mar
ried. were given in marriage, and
sought office, with the same zest
which we displayed dozen years age
as the drums beat the call to fight
which we tried to pretend we thought
was not a frolic. Certainly there was
much appreciation of the historic
significance of the struggle from the
instant of its first premonitory shad
ows. Men felt only too keenly that
the eyes of the old world we're fas
tened upon the travail of the new
But dramatic as the spectacle was, II
was more than spectacle; it was life
and not drama. Men fought and died
like the heroes they were and have
been considered. But they lived too
and sowed and reaped, read the news
papers and talked about the weather
and the price of corn, like the men
they were.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
NEW HOTEL FoR KEoKuK.

There is cause for general congrat-
ulation and rejoicing over the fact
that Keokuk is assured a fine new
hotel commensurate with the new ca
reer upon which it entered coincident
with the work of developing the wa
ter power. Keokuk's most urgent
need at the present time is proper
4 hotel accommodations for the thou
sands OF visitors from near and from
far who come here to acquaint them
selves with the character, magnitude
and details of the great enterprise.
/ This need is to be met by the cree
1 ton of hosiery costing about $780,
| 600 The money has been pledged,
the site selected and work on the
structure will be commenced as soon
as the transfer of the property TO its
new owners can be effected.
The new hotel will be one of the
finest in the country outside the iarg-
est cities. 1t will be modern in every
respect and valuable addition in
every way to Keokuks facilities and
attractions Visitors to the city Will
be assured as good accommodations
as are to be obtained anywhere and
better than are available in most
cities of the same size. An especial
point in its favor viii be the fine view
it will command The new hosiery
will overlook the big dam and power
house, the enlarged lock and
dry dock, the keokuk and Hamilton
bridge and a long stretch of the great
Father of Waters. 1t will also com
mand wide sweep of the Illinois
shore both above and below the mile
wide dam.
Local capital will build and control
the new hotel. OF the $4,000 needed
to finance the enterprise $50 900 Will
be contributed by the Water Power
Company. 1t is highly significant Of
and faith in Keokuk and their will
ingness to identify themselves with
the city that they have thus improved
the first opportunity that has pre-
sented itself to make large invest
ment here outside the water power
project. There could be no better ev;-
dence of friendliness, philosophical
ness and a desire to sustain right re-
lations with the community Keokuk
is to be congratulated not alone upon
the assurance of getting greatly
needed fine new hotel but also upon
the fact that Messrs. Stone & Web
ster are to be SO largely interested
in the enterprise and identified cor
respondingly with the growth. de-
velopment and prosperity of the city.
Everything has been coming Keo-
kuk's way since Messrs. Stone &
Webster first interested themselves
in the water power proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
WILL ENFORCE ROAD. LAWS.

Attorney General Cosson has sent
TO county attorneys in the state d
letter calling their attention especial
ly to the laws relating to highways
and the need of their enforcement.
He includes the opinion OF Special
Counsel Lee on the Interpretation OF
the new road drag law and states
that under this law it is up to the
county supervisors and township
trustees to have the law enforced
Road dragging is made compulsory
under the law and failure to do so is
a misdemeanor. The plain intent of
the legislature was TO have this work
continued right along this year and
every year, and, although the law is
somewhat ambiguous, yet it is the
duty of all road officers to continue
the work.
The attorney general also insists
upon enforcement OF the law of the
state regarding noxious weeds and
has included to each county attorney
copy of the law in this regard The
law requires that persons having
charge of the highways shall keep
them clear of noxious weeds and
land owners can be required to cut
their weeds along the highway fences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06

the Democrat. We cut off several ex-
cAanges that were fat and dull and
uninteresting and they do not know
it. They do not seem to find it out,
at any rate their papers continue to
arrive weekly, just as if nothing had
happened Which shows that they did
not want the Democrat and never 4 i'd
want it.
If they cared a darn for the Demo-
crat, they would look for it every
week, and not finding it. would know
that they were off the list and they
would cut us off When we say this
we are in no danger of hurting any
ones feelings. since these editorial
brethren do not get the Democrat and
therefore will never know what we
say
So we conclude that a lot of plugs
are running newspapers in Iowa who
ought to be running banks or minis
where it is all in and nothing out for
expenses. They do not enjoy their
work. They are insists. They are
unhappy and ought. to get, at some
thing that they really; enjoy, because
the worst punishment that can be
inflicted on a man is. to set him at a
job that he hates, and surely, these
editors hate their jobs. But. when we
get a paper whose editorial page we
do not read, we stop that exchange
and we do 1t at once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06

In eniarging on reciprocity PrezE
dent Taft refers 70 tariff relations
with the Philippines, Porto Rico and
Cuba. But all these are annexed u
the United states except Cuba. and
the Cuban constitution gives this
country authority TO intervene for its
peace and solyency Putting Canada
ION par with United statez' pos
sessions is likely to suggest annex.
sion to our northern neighbors Who
are already suspicious Of our inten-
aions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
GOOD ROADS PROGRESS.

Director of Good Roads Page of the
department OF agriculture is authority
for the statement that one million dol
lars a day is the record that will be
established. throughout the United
States as the expenditure for improv-
ing and maintaining public roads. New
CT before in the history OF the country
has there been such interest in the
improvement OF highways, and with
the legislatures Of the states appro-
priating millions Of dollars for this
purpose, the good roads movement has
received it's greatest impetus since
the foundation Of the Republic.
On The same authority, the money
that viii b expended on the roads of
tnis country during the next six
months xiii be more than ever before
II the same period Of time. In 1904,
the total expenditures for the construc-
ton and maintenance of roads and
bridges In the United States amounted
to about 100000, but the expendf-
ture for this purpose in 1911 will ag-
gregate about sI40.500, GOO.
More money IL being expended in
New York for road Improvement than
In any other state. The percentage
Of improved roads in New York has
Increased from 7.e per cent in 1903
+ 70 90 per cent in 1910. 1t is expected
that al least s5.o00.0 900 viii be expend-
I'd on state roads and on trunk line
{ systems IN New York this year. In ad-
dition 70 sT,G0o,g00 already raised BY
local taxation
But while New York leads in &C
complished regults, every state in the
Union seems at last TO be thoroughiy
aroused 10 the benefits derived from
investments In improved highways. II
California, the state has issued s18,
090, 800 In bonds with which 10 buiic
a system of state highways. Thil
work will begin during the presen
season. In the state Of Connecticut
about 81, 100000 vii be expended thii
year out Of the state TREASURY fo
trunk-line and grate-aid roada OF IN
s5,000o 900 bond Issue recently author
lied In Maryland, over $3.50 900 vii
be available this year for trunklin'
and state-ald roads Nassachugett
viii expend from state revenues owe
81 900 300, for the construction an,
J maintenance Of state roads.
+ over 22,0o0,0G0 Is available il
. North Carolina from bond issues +
q the various counties for ROAD improve
t ment this year, and the legislator
It has authorized the construction Of
e road from the Atlantic ocean 70 tn
e Tennessee line, distance of ~
e miles.
IS The prospect for a complete sygteI
e of public roads throughout the Unite
n States is better nov than ever befof
I. in the history Of the country, and
1t uniformity of recent good road Ian
< gives promise that this country vi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
On Reading Exchanges

Washington Democrat: Every
newspaper man is asked many million
times whether he reads all the papers
he gets. Undoubtedly nobody reads
all OF his exchanges, but we try to
read most of ours or we cut them off.
We do not care for an exchange mere
~ to help litter up our office, so we
drop them when there is nothing of
interest on the editorial page.
VI course, nobody pretends to read
all OF every paper or even all of any
paper, but a newspaper man who
works and enjoys his work likes to
glance over every editorial page he
gets to see what is going on in the
world. and we can get better idea
OF what is going on over the state by
reading our exchanges editorial
pages than in any other way. The
editorial page of live editor reflects
not only what he thinks, but what the
people are thinking, because the
editor who reflects only what he
thinks is not an editor at all, but
he is an Egyptian mummy. that is to
say, he is dead and has been dead for
over three tho~sand years. So, when
we do not read the editorial page OF
an exchange we do not want 1t as an
exchange.
But We have a good joke on several
OF our exchanges or maybe 1t is on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
Another Iowan Honored.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Another Iowan has come into a
position of distinction in the college
educational feld-Julian C. Monnet
who has just been elevated to the
presidency of the state university OF
Oklahoma. He takes his place with
such young men as President John s
NolIen of Lake Forest university and
President-elect John G. Bowman OF
the State University of Iowa, who
have in the past few years been put
at the head of large institutions. In.
cidentally, Mr.. Monnet was born at
Keosauqua, which has turned out
scores of men who attained distinction
in many different fields of endeavor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
CARTHAGE, ILL.
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Miss Edith Knapp, of Omaha, is Wis
ting the families of her uncles, Frank
and Edward Cutler.
Rev. and Mrs. j. A. McCulloch, OF
Burlington, visited relatives in the city
last week.
Mrs. Phoebe Noble spent one day
the past week with her brother, Judge
Logan, of Keokuk
Miss Reinoehl, of Quincy. visited
Miss Anna Reyer the past week.
c. j. O'Harra was business visitor
to Springfield last week
Mr.. and Mrs. John Byler are visiting
in Southwestern Missouri
Gordon Cherrill is visiting rela.
tfYes in Omaha.
Miss Ola Huston is visiting friends
in Champaign.
G. r. Burgner and Frank Thompson
of East st. Louis, are visiting Mrs NJ.
A. Burgner
Mr.. and Mrs. Web Thomas and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Miller, of Keokuk, visited Loren Rus.
sell over Sunday
Prof. ]. A. Johnson of the High
school has accepted a position with a
drug company at Burlington for the
summer. Mrs. Johnson is visiting
home folks in Ohio.
Miss Mabel Simpson is visiting with
home folks near Augusta.
Mrs. Chas. Clark and daughter,
Mary, went to Aledo Tuesday to at
tend the commencement exercises OF
William and Vashti college, Jarvis
Clark being a member of the class.
Miss May Cooper and brother, Ray,
of Lorraine, visited part of last week
with Miss La Veta Shipton.
Mrs. S. B. Massie, OF Quincy, visit.
led last week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Daw.
Miss Herman, of Beardstown, was
the guest the past week of Miss Edna
Harper
Mrs. Jerome Callihan, of Springfield
visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Stowe
the past week.
Mrs. Frank Guthrie, of West Point
is visiting Mrs. Robt. Blake.
Miss Katherine Cherrill accompan
led Miss Elizabeth Cherrill to Chicago