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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

~ SABE-One-hnIf dozen select
Rose Comb Rhode Island Red year
ling hens. VIII also sell yearling
cock. Eggs per sitting are now
$500 per 10 from choice stock
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds.
Willard f. snider. 224 East Main
ST, Clarksburg, w. va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

W,ANTED-PositIon as janitor, or.
cleaning of any kind in buildings.
wilI give good service. Write or
can at 1923 Bridge St.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

WANTED-A partner to buy nice,
clean business; money maker; per-
manent possession. good salary
Take about 81, 200 Address Part
ner.' Telegram ONCE.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

OUR BOYS BAND
ClaEksburg, Va.
Open for al easements. Good
musicians. Finely uniformed. Rep
ertoire Of over 200 pieces.
Harvey I. Gregory, Director
Bell phone 5S4-R.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

'Ine pFl1ss III INC sIH5IS
were divided as follows;
Carroll, Uniontown, 356, first.
Second and third prizes were d.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

within two minutes walk from the
postofftee; $3.50 a week: convenient
to Glen Elk. Apply at III school
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-05

WANTED 10 BUY-qA 1880 repeat
ing ride. Apply at sac West Pike
st.
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S. e w. Burnside is here from
Charleston on business and visiting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
BRIEF FACTS
ABOUT KEOKUK
Concise information Used on En-.
velopes Sent Out From keo-
kuk Hotel.

Printed on the envelopes furnished
ito the guests of the Royal Hotel, is
the following. collection of informa
ltion about Keolluk.
Brief Facts About keokuk.
E Cut this out and paste ii in your
that for reference
4 keokuk is the gateway OF the vast
rich territory lying between the Mis-
.sissippi River and the Rocky Noun
tains and is the natural distributing
point for this wonderland. AT the
present time its III manufacturers
land iobbers do an annual business of
over s35.OO0,0oo.
Keokuk has six railroad lines.
three steamboat lines. four express
companies with through billings
4 throughout the United States, and the
best shipping Facilities OIL any city in
Iowa.
Keokuk is the most picturesque
city on the Mississippi. River. city
of magnificent homes and generous
hospitality; of wide, clean, shady,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

paved streets; electric, gas and water
plants; electric car lines and inter-
urbans; excellent sewerage system
and fire department; two business
colleges; ten public schools: five sec
tartan schools; three libraries: TWEEN
ty-seven churches and thirteen denom-
nations, Y. NJ. G. A. and Y. W. G. A.
three missions; two converts, five
public parks: three court houses the
United States District and Circuit
Courts, District court and Superior
court; twenty-five public buildings:
twenty-three secret societies; five
social clubs; five theatres; eight ho
tells; two daily and FIVE weekly news
papers.
Last but not least an immense by
idroelectric plant capable OF general
ing 100000 horsepower OF energy is
in course of construction.
Keolluk is city with future. Ii
| is certain to grow and prosper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
RUN DOWN CONDITIONS
Their Cause and Effect.


Rundown conditions are caused by
a lack of iron in the Stood and NAL
assimilation of food. If you are one
of these unfortunates who have
drifted into this state. change your
diet, eat foods that are rich in min
eral elements of nutrition and take
Ninol, our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic without OLD, which supplies
iron TO the blood in the most easily
assimilated form
A case is reported from Mattoon,
H., Mrs. O. NJ Watrous was in very
poor health for years. She was weak,
all run down, no appetite, and only
weighed ninetyseven pounds. She
had doctored for a long time without
benefit. Ninol was recommended
She tried it. and in less tran a year
she was in perfect health and weigh.
ed 127 lbs.
Vinol creates an appetite, re-es
tablshes perfect digestion and makes
good. pure blood. In this natural man
ner it builds up the rundown, weak
and debiliated. and replaces weak
ness with strength.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the un
Outstanding that your money will be
returned If it does not help you
McGrath Bros. Drug Company, Keo
kuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Try a Laxative
Cough Syrup
Make IT Yourself.

II you have been going al! win
ter with a troublesome weakening
cough. without obtaining relief
or cure from the numerous old
time out of date cough mixtures,
then you should try making at
home cough syrup that has a
laxative, cleansing and tonic ac-
ton.
Essence Mentho-Laxene when
made into a syrup, quickly re-
lieves the most chronic coughs
and colds on the lungs of old or
young. and not only that, but it
has a most decided curative ac-
ton so thar almost any chronic
case may be cured III week or
two. Buy Of your druggist 2is
or package of essence mentho-
laxene. containing full directions
for making a pint of laxative
cough syrup very easily at home.
You make a syrup Of graduated
sugar. Here is the formula:
Essence mentho-laxene ..2iz ozs.
GRADUATED sugar syrup l51a ozs.
1t makes the surest cough rem
edy known for old people. and
children like it so we'll, too.
not only quickly loosens the
highest cough, but it drives the
cold out of the system and cures
by its tonic and laxative action.
You can save IS to 81 by max
II at home cheaply as pint
lasts a family long time.
3. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
BANK ROBBERS
REFUSE TO TALK
Will Not Reveal Their Identity and
are Now on the Road to the
Pententary.

Monmouth Review: While George
Reed and Carl Carroll still maintain
a re::cence regarding their identity
and their connection with the burg
'ariziEg OF the Swan Creek bank
last Monday night. yet the officers
of the city and county believe that
they will have enough against both
of the men within a day or two to
hold both to the grand jury. Car
roll has already been bound over in
bonds of $4,000 and Reed is to
4 have his hearing tomorrow morning.
Reed was transferred yesterday to
| the county Jail and placed in cell
! apart from his pal. He still refuses
| to talk, but that he is the worse
crook of the two is the belief of the
officers, and, in fact of all who have
seen him. All efforts of detectives
to get him to talk have proven futile
/ but it is believed that the picture OF
him taken yesterday morning will
reveal who he is and aid in fastening
the crime upon him. The officers are
/ also reticent as to what is doing in
the case, but it is the belief of those
who have followed the case that they
know more than they are telling at
present
However, it is practically certain
| that there will be something doing
| in a few days that will make inter.
esting reading. That they have sew
eral lines out which are pretty Ger.
tain to bring results is known but
| what these are the officers will moi
say. Reed and Carroll were both
measured by the Bertillion system
and this may disclose their identity
The reward of two hundred dol
lars which is offered by the bank
insurance company, which had the
motley on the bank robbed. will prob
ably be settled satisfactorily. Sheriff
McDill Of Henderson county. who
notified Chief Claycomb that Carroll
1 was on the freight train coming this
way, was over yesterday from Oqua
wka to see Chief Claycomb. and vii
make a claim for part OF the re
ward. He and the chief had talk
/ over the matter, and it is safe to say
| that there will be no trouble owe,
this or it's division. Other loca
officers will probably be remembered
4 Another feature of the reward aues
ton is what the bank itself will do
| if anything. While the bank looks L
| the insurance company for its protec
ton. vet it is argued in many circles
that as the institution recovered Its
money without any great trouble OF
DELAY 1t should reward the officers
M word has been received from the
officers of the bank regarding theil
intention in the matter. but it is
4 liFely that something will be heare
from them shortly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

times, and said that / ought to have an
operation. / would not listen to that,
and when friend of my husband told
him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, / was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture of health and
feel like it, too. can do my own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk a COW.
/ can entertain company and enjoy
them. / can visit when l choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. I wish / could
talk toevery suffering andgirl."
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. 1t has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in.
flammation, liberation, fibroid tumors,
! Irregularities, periodic pains, backache
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why don't you tryit:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Edgar smyser, High School Pupil,
Pleases a Large Audience at
the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday
Afternoon.
POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY
Thoughts Worth While Framed With
Remarkable Realism of Descrip-
ton, ornamented With HUI
NOR and Satire.

81 81
A large audience saw and heard
one of the most remarkable boys in
the world at the Y. Mo. A. Sunday
afternoon and at the end of fine
flow of oratory applauded till the
walls and ceiling vibratcd.
They heard high school pupil
without any legs give a finished ad-
dress in way that made them for
get his physical limitations, al
though the pulpit was standing on
the floor to make its top register
with his body as it stood on the plat
form Sometimes horticulturists cut
off branches from a Aree to make
the peaches larger and finer; the am
putation OF his limbs seems to have
given added growth and power to
the brain of Edgar Smyser who is
bound to he we'll known as an orator
and would make a very successful
lawyer.
The subject of the address was
points of view, and it opened with 9
description of bit of downtown Chi
cago with a spectacle shop in the
foreground, 1t closed with a descrip
ton OF the summer woods in fit.
words that was a veritble poem, {
realistic bit OF painting which only ;
man of great talent could compose.
Tie Method and Medium.
Four things appear with remarkable
emphasis in Edgar Smysers platform
work. In thought is a tendency t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

show the way to Venus Mount and
Cupids Bay. Willing Lassie.'
Another new idea this year is the
Cupid letter, which is printed on
brown wrapping paper and goes in an
envelope of the same material, with
suitable drawings on both envelope
and letter head--with an admonition
to put the stamp STICKY side down :
'I'ye sometimes thought that maybe
| was blest,
And then when | first met you
knew,
That out of many millions none but
you,
Could wake this very tender love o.
mine,
And be to me my own valentine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
VALENTINE DAY
COMES VERY SOON
Tuesday, February 14th is the Proper
Date for Sending the Most
Tender Message to
Loved Ones.
AS FAR AS YOU LIKE
Prices Range All the Way From Dime
Up For The Fancy Cards
Which Are the Proper
Thing.
AS FAR AS YOU LIKE

Ground hog day and Valentine day
both in February, thirteen days
apart and both supposed to exert cor
siderable influence over the populace.
although in somewhat different man
ner, during the remainder OF the year
give the month in which women are
said to do the, least talking peculiar
significance over the other eleven.
True, there is considerable difference
in the effect produced by the two
events. but after all there is sort of
similarity. Clouds play an important
part in both, and both are supposed to
have either depressing or joyous
effect on a large proportion of the hui
man race.
1t all depends on your age. If you
are more or less aged and subject to
rheumatic attacks, grounding day al.
fects your joints, while If you are
young and susceptible to the ''grande
passion Valentine day hits you just
/ below the fifth rib--the force and
character of the blow depending on the
kind of valentine YOU get and the
verse it contains
Celluloid has played prominent
/ part in the making of valentines
since this most important sidecomb
material was discovered, and this year
Is no exception. This fact makes it
advisable, if YOU are lucky enough to
receive one of the more expensive
kind, to store it in the refrigerator.
or at least as far away from the heat
as possibble.
4 The output of valentine verses this
year is about up to the standard. with
some new ones in the comic line. The
mushy verses are no more or no less
, mushy than they have been since the
time they were stolen bodily from
i Poor Richards Almanac, and some Of
, them are oozy enough TO throw this
. high school maiden into the first &c
, stacies of puppy love.
You can go as far as you like this
year in valentines. You can get a
whole dozen little red hearts with q
suitable 'fondest love- inscription or
each for ten cents, or you can go as
high as twenty simoleons for cellu
loid and ribbon affair with little red
cupids pasted in appropriate, places
and a suitable picture of a dreamy
eyed maiden in the center. sit comes
in a specially made box, and requires
! an extra trip of the delivery, Wagon
to carry. it to the expectant, object o.
your hearts desire.
Valentino Letters and Want ADJ.
Valentine want ads is a new stunt
that is being shown by one of the
shops this year. The ads are writer
on hearts, and the Inscriptions rur
;, something like this:
!. Situation wanted: Stenographel
who is being dictated to all the time
, wants life contract where she is to d.
all the debating. Splendid qualiflca
tons. but willing to learn. Will vol
; teach me? Your valentine"
3 Rooms to let; A corner in m,
j. trunk to put your shoes in. A. f. Fini
+ ty."
, Land ahoy: loving heart, still
] uncharted, wishes to be discovered b,
3 a bold explorer No unslrmountabl,
I obstacles; Your hearts compass vii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

Speedy Relief From Kidney Trouble,
Il had an acute attack of Bright's
disease with Inflammation of the kid
news and bladder, and dizziness says
Mrs. Cora Thorp. Jackson, Mich. "A
bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy Over.
come the attack, reduced the infiam
nation, took away the pain and made
the bladder action normal. ! wish
everyone could knsw of this wonderful
remedy" Wilkinson IS Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Lasr,ppe Coughs.

Strain and weaken the system and
If not checked may develop into pneu-
monia. No danger of this when Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is taken prompt
". 1t is a reliable family medicine
for all coughs and colds, and acts
quickly AMI effectively in cases OF
Group. Refuse substitutes. Wilkinson
& Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

gan and Ulysses S. Grant as examples
of men who overcame competition by
knowing the other side OF the strug-
gle and thus far models for christians
and infidels alike. That the world
depends on the spectacles we wear
and are seen through was the general
theme; prejudices and characteristics
determine what the world Ct thought
lis, not only TO persons. but also to
communities, nations and the whole
world of humanity itself We all are
constantly changing our spectacles
and the world view is continually
growing better and truer. These
things are not accidental, but are the
evolution of character controlled by
a master hand executing the Supreme
Thought.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

While it is often impossible to
prevent an accident, it is never i'm
possible to be prepared-it is not be
yond any ones purse. Invest 20 cents
in bottle of Chamberlain Lini-
ment and you are prepared for sprains
bruises and like injuries. Sold by all
dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Mowlnu Machines XIII Snakes.

Certain kinds of noises attract
snakes. The whirr of the moving
machine is one, and in six months as
many as 100 cobras alone have been
killed on a grass farm in India by the
advancing machine Madras Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Keokuk Aerie, No. eS3-Mests first
and third Wednesday of each month at
Eagles hall, corner Eighth and Main.
Visiting brothers cordially invited
Frank Moeller, W. President; c. A..
Noakes, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
ORDER OF OWLS.

Regular meeting of the order OF
Owls the first aud third Tuesdays of
each month a their hall in the Schlitz
building, corner Third and Johnson
streets, third floor. Visiting Owls are
cordially invited F. NJ Ballinger.
worthy president; Ed ". Kiser. secre.
tary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
3. P. o. ELKs.

Keokuk Lodge, No. fo6- Meets FIRST
and third Thursday nights at Elks
hall, Gibbons opera house block, Sixth
and Main streets. Club rooms open
daily. Visiting brethren cordially in
yited. James Cameron. ST., E. r.;
William Reimtold, Secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Backache. Rheumatism. slceplessness

Backache. rheumatism, SIcepIessncse
Result from diordered Kidneys. Fo-
ley Kidney Pills have helped others.
they will help YOU Mrs. j. B. Miller.
Syracuse. n. Y, says: 'For a long
time ] suffered with Kidney trouble
and rheumatism. | had severe back
aches and felt all played out. After
taking two bottles of Foley Kidney
Pills my backache is gone and where
used to lie awake with rheumatic
pains now sleep in comfort. Foley
Kidney Pills did wonderful things for
me-" Try them now. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
No Country for Tobacco Users.

In Abyssinia 1t is considered crime
to smoke. The law forbidding tobacco
was at first intended to prevent
priests, from smoking in church;
but it was taken too literally,
and nowadays even foreigners have TO
be careful not to be seen smoking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
A. o. w.

Keokuk Lodge, No. $50 Meets
every Thursday night at 7:so o'clock
at hall over keokuk Savings bank,
corner Fifth and Main streets. Visit
ing brethren cordially invited. Ed.
Vaughn, NJ. W.; q. A. Baur, Recorder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

for four or five days
at a time every
month, and SO weak
/ could hardly walk.
/ cramped and had
backache and head
ache, and was so.
nervous and weak
that / dreaded to
see anyone or have
anyone move in the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine to
ease me at those
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sSECUR
lTY, KEOKUK COUNCIL. No. 1899
Meets the first and third Monday OF
each month, at A o. U. w. hall at
5 o'clock. o. " Rowe, president;
L. Whitmarsh, Financier; Mayme
c. Schenlc, Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
MODERN wOODMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall

Keokuk Camp,No. Meets ever
Wednesday evening at 7:30 p. m. Our
latch string is out to neighbors. c. b..
Lake. Y. c.; ]. a. Pollard, Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
visuaIizins the Inner Vision.

Visualizing the Inner Vision.
That is syllabus of the address
Sunday afternoon, but, stalwart as
was the framework the audience APP
preciated most of the beauty of de-
sign and execution. In introducing
Edgar Smyser, Principal Reid, Of the
high school, said OF him:
r. HE can see beauty in things and
tell you about them in a way to
make you ashamed. He has vision
and it means something
i And really, that is the most re-
/ inarkable thing about this boy. Grip
! pie from his early childhood, he en-
tirely lacks the usual psychology and
! mental makeup of the manned. In
istead of a cynicism that cuts, a re-
sentiment that masters character. and
an irritability that. constantly APP
pears, this boy without legs is essen
TALLY a poet; seeing beauty all the
time, and making that beauty mani
i fest to all by wonderful facility in
the handling of words.
One must again refer to the very
end of his address. There were only
forty or fifty words in the last para
graph; but with those fifty words he
painted the depths of the summer
woods in colors and sounds, in bright
ness and music. 1t was cameo in
miniature but it had all the portrayal
with words that one of Meissonier's
pictures accomplishes with pigments
He seems to have read principally
philosophy and little poetry; but he
has the poetry in his own inner soul
HE is always philosophical, but al
ways he Is a word painter of the
beautiful. The combination is mos,
valuable to his audiences.
A Remarkable Career.
This boy, Edgar Smyser, was flung
into the great world away back from
anywhere in Missouri He had dis
ease of the knees which prevented
him from walking. He read greedily
land always solid stuff. Judge Will
liam Logan accidentally heard OF
him, sent a doctor to see him, and
brought him to Keokuk hospital
kept him there for years through an
amputation of both legs near the hips
then kept him in boarding house
while he went to school, and is com
pleting his education, so far as fl
nances go.
1t was as much worth while as any
iof the many great things Judge Lo
gan has done. 'rhe boy has done his
) share. He has been racing through
) the schools and will complete the
+ heavy four-years high school course
: In three years, probably with scholas
tic honors awarded him on gradua
! ton. He has been studying oratory
, and philosophy and observation o.
: things outside the school Nothing
; daunts him, he went into the man
i,lal training shop and made Judge Lo
/. gan a piece of furniture-heavel
knows how, He was elected mayor o.
: the high school municipality, after ;
campaign which is worth another
story, by big majority. He invented
an entirely new device for the loco
motion of legless people with which
! he gets around as we'll as men will
! more legs and less brains. There is NJ
r telling what such an indomitable ant
pleasing young man will accomplish
in the next thirty years He really j:
one of the most remarkable youths o
record
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06
Philosophy and Humor.

Some of his remarks approach be
ing epigrams-certainly they show
much study and keen observation
Take these two sentences out of the
address OF yesterday afternoon,
To-day science is bowling on her
knees to higher Power"
The politicians have to accept the
existence of God if they succeed
Was that last sentence philosophy
or satire? There were other cases In
which one was not sure whether the
speaker was stating a logical fact in
human existence, or poking sly fun at
things as they are as compared with
the domain of Billikin.
The line of thought began. with
Columbus, Lincoln and Jesus as men
with one object in life and thus far
models for christians. It continued to
John D. Rockefeller j. Pierpont Nor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-06

deep philosophy made pellucid: there
is humor that humanizes all he
says; there is certain satire for
seasoning; his illustrations all il
1umine the subject
Another four things characterize
his medium of expression. He has the
fluency of the mountain brook; his
realism of description visualises the
scene like photograph; the con-
struction of his address is remark
ably logical and interest compelling;
his voice is musical, modulated SUI
perbly and under perfect control,
with fine shades of tone quality.
Given these things with subject
worth while and an address is bound
to be worth listening to and is sure
to stick in the memory. And that is
what any address by Edgar Smyser
demonstrates.